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Sure sure let’s order the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) to end all pandemic preparedness and biodefense work.
WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?
WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?
Exclusive: Key US infectious-diseases centre to drop pandemic preparation
Staff members have been instructed to scrub this topic and ‘biodefense’ from the agency’s website.
www.nature.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Sure sure let’s order the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) to end all pandemic preparedness and biodefense work.
WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?
WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?
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Regulations are what keeps ordinary Americans healthy and, often, alive.
It took spoiled meat and rodent droppings out of our food. It took harmful lead out of our gasoline and paint. It took poison out of our water.
Deregulation only achieves one goal: making rich corporations richer.
It took spoiled meat and rodent droppings out of our food. It took harmful lead out of our gasoline and paint. It took poison out of our water.
Deregulation only achieves one goal: making rich corporations richer.
February 13, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Regulations are what keeps ordinary Americans healthy and, often, alive.
It took spoiled meat and rodent droppings out of our food. It took harmful lead out of our gasoline and paint. It took poison out of our water.
Deregulation only achieves one goal: making rich corporations richer.
It took spoiled meat and rodent droppings out of our food. It took harmful lead out of our gasoline and paint. It took poison out of our water.
Deregulation only achieves one goal: making rich corporations richer.
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Sometimes understatement amounts to enabling. This NYT article frames this as a battle between "vaccine activists" and "vaccine proponents" rather than unhinged conspiracy theorists vs. science. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/h...
Kennedy Allies Target States to Overturn Vaccine Mandates for Schoolchildren
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Sometimes understatement amounts to enabling. This NYT article frames this as a battle between "vaccine activists" and "vaccine proponents" rather than unhinged conspiracy theorists vs. science. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/h...
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“The suppression of gender studies is not only an attempt to suppress a critical analytical tool, but also knowledge itself.”
Eliminating gender studies courses helps to ensure that universities and other institutions will continue to protect men who benefit from the abuse of women and girls, either directly or through their connections to those who exploit girls and women for profit.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Gender studies courses are shutting down across the US. The Epstein files reveal why | Joan Wallach Scott
Texas A&M University is the latest school to end women’s and gender studies programs and teaching race. We know why
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 9:52 PM
“The suppression of gender studies is not only an attempt to suppress a critical analytical tool, but also knowledge itself.”
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Police don’t wear masks. State troopers don’t wear masks. The National Guard doesn’t wear masks. But you know who does?
White supremacists, militia groups, insurrectionists, and ICE.
White supremacists, militia groups, insurrectionists, and ICE.
February 13, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Police don’t wear masks. State troopers don’t wear masks. The National Guard doesn’t wear masks. But you know who does?
White supremacists, militia groups, insurrectionists, and ICE.
White supremacists, militia groups, insurrectionists, and ICE.
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Thanks to all the charlatans, quacks and fools who've allowed measles to reach my child's secondary school in London
February 12, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Thanks to all the charlatans, quacks and fools who've allowed measles to reach my child's secondary school in London
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More science-deniers, taking us backward and refusing to protect the public good due to ill-founded conspiracy theories, thinking everyone free to get + spread preventable disease
Gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/h...
Gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/h...
Kennedy Allies Target States to Overturn Vaccine Mandates for Schoolchildren
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 9:48 PM
More science-deniers, taking us backward and refusing to protect the public good due to ill-founded conspiracy theories, thinking everyone free to get + spread preventable disease
Gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/h...
Gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/h...
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We have the chance this year to not only take back the House (or if we're dreaming, even the Senate), but to primary the hell of a lot of D losers and shift the party significantly to the left. We have the chance to lean on ALL of our reps to actually do something.
February 13, 2026 at 5:19 AM
We have the chance this year to not only take back the House (or if we're dreaming, even the Senate), but to primary the hell of a lot of D losers and shift the party significantly to the left. We have the chance to lean on ALL of our reps to actually do something.
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Doctors on site at both recent murders and an EMT that was right there when Pretti was killed (he was literally helping her) and they didn't let them help.
And of course they shot both Good and Pretti so fucking often it's unlikely they would've survived anyway but—
And of course they shot both Good and Pretti so fucking often it's unlikely they would've survived anyway but—
February 13, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Doctors on site at both recent murders and an EMT that was right there when Pretti was killed (he was literally helping her) and they didn't let them help.
And of course they shot both Good and Pretti so fucking often it's unlikely they would've survived anyway but—
And of course they shot both Good and Pretti so fucking often it's unlikely they would've survived anyway but—
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“They were hellbent on not allowing anybody to help him until he was dead,” she said. “I was right there, and they — all of them — made the decision to deny me access to give him the best possible chance of survival.”
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: “I was literally begging the agent who was holding me back to let me do CPR,” she told The Intercept.
The Woman Alex Pretti Was Killed Trying to Defend Is an EMT. Federal Agents Stopped Her From Giving First Aid.
One of the women Alex Pretti was killed trying to defend is an EMT. Federal agents stopped her from giving him first aid.
interc.pt
February 13, 2026 at 7:14 PM
“They were hellbent on not allowing anybody to help him until he was dead,” she said. “I was right there, and they — all of them — made the decision to deny me access to give him the best possible chance of survival.”
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New via MS NOW:
Corey Lewandowski raised alarm inside DHS when he sought approval to carry a federally-issued firearm while working for the agency.
Lewandowski's pursuit of a weapon became so contentious that a veteran attorney for ICE was escorted from the building after refusing the request.
Corey Lewandowski raised alarm inside DHS when he sought approval to carry a federally-issued firearm while working for the agency.
Lewandowski's pursuit of a weapon became so contentious that a veteran attorney for ICE was escorted from the building after refusing the request.
Noem adviser Lewandowski sought to carry a firearm at DHS, alarming officials
A lawyer who refused the request was reassigned, according to two people familiar with the matter.
www.ms.now
February 13, 2026 at 11:20 PM
New via MS NOW:
Corey Lewandowski raised alarm inside DHS when he sought approval to carry a federally-issued firearm while working for the agency.
Lewandowski's pursuit of a weapon became so contentious that a veteran attorney for ICE was escorted from the building after refusing the request.
Corey Lewandowski raised alarm inside DHS when he sought approval to carry a federally-issued firearm while working for the agency.
Lewandowski's pursuit of a weapon became so contentious that a veteran attorney for ICE was escorted from the building after refusing the request.
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SCOOP: ICE is asking Social Security for peoples' in-person appointment dates and times, and SSA staff are being told to give it to them. From me + @leahfeiger.bsky.social + @zoeschiffer.bsky.social @wired.com
wired.com/story/social...
wired.com/story/social...
Social Security Workers Are Being Told to Hand Over Appointment Details to ICE
The recent request goes against decades of precedent, and puts noncitizens at further risk of immigration enforcement actions.
wired.com
February 13, 2026 at 8:19 PM
SCOOP: ICE is asking Social Security for peoples' in-person appointment dates and times, and SSA staff are being told to give it to them. From me + @leahfeiger.bsky.social + @zoeschiffer.bsky.social @wired.com
wired.com/story/social...
wired.com/story/social...
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Generic Headline (Reuse as Necessary)
[INSERT HIGH-PROFILE DOJ CASE HERE]: ACTUAL EVIDENCE APPEARS TO CONTRADICT GOVERNMENT ACCOUNT
literally EVERY TIME
[INSERT HIGH-PROFILE DOJ CASE HERE]: ACTUAL EVIDENCE APPEARS TO CONTRADICT GOVERNMENT ACCOUNT
literally EVERY TIME
"The pastor appears to place his right hand on Lemon’s side.
'I want to be respectful, but please don’t push me,' Lemon tells him, and Parnell lifts his hand ....
The [DOJ] indictment alleges, without explanation, that it was Lemon who 'caused the pastor’s right hand to graze Lemon.'"
'I want to be respectful, but please don’t push me,' Lemon tells him, and Parnell lifts his hand ....
The [DOJ] indictment alleges, without explanation, that it was Lemon who 'caused the pastor’s right hand to graze Lemon.'"
The Don Lemon indictment: Video appears to contradict key claims
A Washington Post review of videos from the protest at Minnesota’s Cities Church in January offers a detailed look at Lemon’s movements that day.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Generic Headline (Reuse as Necessary)
[INSERT HIGH-PROFILE DOJ CASE HERE]: ACTUAL EVIDENCE APPEARS TO CONTRADICT GOVERNMENT ACCOUNT
literally EVERY TIME
[INSERT HIGH-PROFILE DOJ CASE HERE]: ACTUAL EVIDENCE APPEARS TO CONTRADICT GOVERNMENT ACCOUNT
literally EVERY TIME
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bruh
⚠️ Rep. Thomas Massie:
“I am not suicidal. I eat healthy food. The brakes on my car and truck are in good shape. I practice good trigger discipline and never point a gun at anyone, including myself. There are no deep pools of water on my farm and I'm a pretty good swimmer.”
“I am not suicidal. I eat healthy food. The brakes on my car and truck are in good shape. I practice good trigger discipline and never point a gun at anyone, including myself. There are no deep pools of water on my farm and I'm a pretty good swimmer.”
February 13, 2026 at 11:15 PM
bruh
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Meta thinks now is a great time to launch facial recognition surveillance tech in their creepy glasses because EFF will be too distracted by fascism to notice.
We noticed.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
We noticed.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
Seven Billion Reasons for Facebook to Abandon its Face Recognition Plans
Meta’s analysis that it can avoid scrutiny by releasing a privacy invasive product during a time of political crisis is craven and morally bankrupt. It is also dead wrong.
www.eff.org
February 13, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Meta thinks now is a great time to launch facial recognition surveillance tech in their creepy glasses because EFF will be too distracted by fascism to notice.
We noticed.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
We noticed.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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Because Renee Good and Alex Pretti were Democrats.
Because DHS paramilitaries are masked, heavily armed, poorly trained, and have been terrorizing Americans for months. Because Americans don't want to vote at gunpoint. #holdfast
February 13, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Because Renee Good and Alex Pretti were Democrats.
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My favorite “kick me” story was reading that Elizabeth Taylor used to go to a gay bar in West Hollywood *very* close to where I used to live. She’d go with an aide just to hang out — I mean, my god!
Forever kicking myself for not spending a night at his place back when he rented it as an Airbnb and you could watch TCM with him.
February 13, 2026 at 11:13 PM
My favorite “kick me” story was reading that Elizabeth Taylor used to go to a gay bar in West Hollywood *very* close to where I used to live. She’d go with an aide just to hang out — I mean, my god!
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“DHS is shutting down because it refuses to obey the law” is excellent framing
DHS is shutting down because it refuses to obey the law. They are tear-gassing schools, killing American citizens, and disappearing legal immigrants. Democrats shouldn’t fund an out of control ICE.
February 13, 2026 at 9:13 PM
“DHS is shutting down because it refuses to obey the law” is excellent framing
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the little hand clap before he hauls off and socks the guy is sending me, this is easily the best thing I've watched today including the Olympics
February 13, 2026 at 11:08 PM
the little hand clap before he hauls off and socks the guy is sending me, this is easily the best thing I've watched today including the Olympics
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People really need to understand that the primary process is where you cement power. When standard Republicans started to get primaried for Tea Party fuckos, things went downhill fast.
We have the chance this year to not only take back the House (or if we're dreaming, even the Senate), but to primary the hell of a lot of D losers and shift the party significantly to the left. We have the chance to lean on ALL of our reps to actually do something.
February 13, 2026 at 11:10 PM
People really need to understand that the primary process is where you cement power. When standard Republicans started to get primaried for Tea Party fuckos, things went downhill fast.
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"wages have been flat for decades" is an extremely simple, obviously true concept that explains about 80% of all handwringing op-eds and for some reason they just won't say that
"zoomers are killing the bar industry" oh interesting was it zoomers who decided a drink should cost seventeen dollars
February 13, 2026 at 10:04 PM
"wages have been flat for decades" is an extremely simple, obviously true concept that explains about 80% of all handwringing op-eds and for some reason they just won't say that
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On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 7:41 PM
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
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The naive fools who take these ‘principled’ moral stands have NO FUCKING IDEA HOW FUCKING BAD things can get. As it is, what the US has already lost is huge and the blowback will last for generations. They’re BUILDING CONCENTRATION CAMPS, ASSHOLES.
February 13, 2026 at 11:05 PM
The naive fools who take these ‘principled’ moral stands have NO FUCKING IDEA HOW FUCKING BAD things can get. As it is, what the US has already lost is huge and the blowback will last for generations. They’re BUILDING CONCENTRATION CAMPS, ASSHOLES.
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Gavin Newsom announces next podcast guest
March 8, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Gavin Newsom announces next podcast guest
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