Deb
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Founder @RealityTeam11 field work in inoculation and counter disinfo. Be clear, be excellent, be kind. TEDx Talk http://bit.ly/3AXkdft Most other socials: @deb_lavoy
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These are good moments to remember that the CEOs of all the biggest companies in America are happy to go to White House dinners and slap this guy’s back. They do not care about this. Remember this, years from now, when they want you to forget.
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 4, 2025 at 12:13 AM
These are good moments to remember that the CEOs of all the biggest companies in America are happy to go to White House dinners and slap this guy’s back. They do not care about this. Remember this, years from now, when they want you to forget.
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December 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Donald Trump wants to be recognized as a peacemaker.
His deputies obliged today by putting his name on the headquarters of the U.S. Institute of Peace, an agency that DOGE tried to kill.
The new name — the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace — "adds insult to injury," said a lawyer for USIP staff.
His deputies obliged today by putting his name on the headquarters of the U.S. Institute of Peace, an agency that DOGE tried to kill.
The new name — the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace — "adds insult to injury," said a lawyer for USIP staff.
Building gets a new name: The ‘Donald J. Trump’ Institute of Peace
The change comes as Trump’s administration has touted his peace deals and ahead of a signing of a deal between the leaders from Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo this week.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Donald Trump wants to be recognized as a peacemaker.
His deputies obliged today by putting his name on the headquarters of the U.S. Institute of Peace, an agency that DOGE tried to kill.
The new name — the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace — "adds insult to injury," said a lawyer for USIP staff.
His deputies obliged today by putting his name on the headquarters of the U.S. Institute of Peace, an agency that DOGE tried to kill.
The new name — the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace — "adds insult to injury," said a lawyer for USIP staff.
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🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨
I’m partnering with Rep. Massie & @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social to introduce a War Powers Resolution that will force a vote in Congress to block Trump’s insane escalations against Venezuela.
No one except Trump wants this war—so I’m going to use every tool I have to stop him.
I’m partnering with Rep. Massie & @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social to introduce a War Powers Resolution that will force a vote in Congress to block Trump’s insane escalations against Venezuela.
No one except Trump wants this war—so I’m going to use every tool I have to stop him.
December 4, 2025 at 12:04 AM
🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨
I’m partnering with Rep. Massie & @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social to introduce a War Powers Resolution that will force a vote in Congress to block Trump’s insane escalations against Venezuela.
No one except Trump wants this war—so I’m going to use every tool I have to stop him.
I’m partnering with Rep. Massie & @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social to introduce a War Powers Resolution that will force a vote in Congress to block Trump’s insane escalations against Venezuela.
No one except Trump wants this war—so I’m going to use every tool I have to stop him.
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Sum: RFK Jr is wrong, wrong, wrong. Yet again.
The HPV vaccine is safe and cuts cervical cancer risk by 80%, large reviews find www.nbcnews.com/health/healt... via @nbcnews.com
"The vaccine works. Full stop."
"The vaccine is safe. Full stop."
#VaccinesWork #ScienceMatters
The HPV vaccine is safe and cuts cervical cancer risk by 80%, large reviews find www.nbcnews.com/health/healt... via @nbcnews.com
"The vaccine works. Full stop."
"The vaccine is safe. Full stop."
#VaccinesWork #ScienceMatters
The HPV vaccine is safe and cuts cervical cancer risk by 80%, 2 large reviews find
Hundreds of studies, including gold-standard clinical trials, challenge Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s claim that the cancer vaccine is harmful.
www.nbcnews.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Sum: RFK Jr is wrong, wrong, wrong. Yet again.
The HPV vaccine is safe and cuts cervical cancer risk by 80%, large reviews find www.nbcnews.com/health/healt... via @nbcnews.com
"The vaccine works. Full stop."
"The vaccine is safe. Full stop."
#VaccinesWork #ScienceMatters
The HPV vaccine is safe and cuts cervical cancer risk by 80%, large reviews find www.nbcnews.com/health/healt... via @nbcnews.com
"The vaccine works. Full stop."
"The vaccine is safe. Full stop."
#VaccinesWork #ScienceMatters
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Rewarding 🧵
It’s that time of year: what was the piece of writing about AI that stuck with you the most this year, pop press or academic? A few of mine in the thread. ⬇️
December 3, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Rewarding 🧵
Let’s kill all innovation and progress and just be happy in 1978. I’m sure that will work out.
Auto industry news:
Trump has slashed average fuel economy requirements from 50 mpg by 2031 to 34.5 mpg
www.detroitnews.com/story/busine...
Trump has slashed average fuel economy requirements from 50 mpg by 2031 to 34.5 mpg
www.detroitnews.com/story/busine...
Trump unveils eased fuel economy rules, touts boost for affordability
Trump is touting new fuel economy standards as a tool to lower vehicle prices and align rules to market realities.
www.detroitnews.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Let’s kill all innovation and progress and just be happy in 1978. I’m sure that will work out.
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Ahead of tomorrow's CDC Vaccine Committee meeting, I made clear Republicans MUST compel RFK Jr. to answer to the Senate Health Committee for his anti-vaxx crusade.
Vaccines save lives. And the American people deserve science-led decisions from the CDC.
Vaccines save lives. And the American people deserve science-led decisions from the CDC.
December 3, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Ahead of tomorrow's CDC Vaccine Committee meeting, I made clear Republicans MUST compel RFK Jr. to answer to the Senate Health Committee for his anti-vaxx crusade.
Vaccines save lives. And the American people deserve science-led decisions from the CDC.
Vaccines save lives. And the American people deserve science-led decisions from the CDC.
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More like Jeffries is willing to concede, but we know it had dropped in fall of last year….
Immigration had already fallen due to Biden Harris under Sec Mayorkas
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
Immigration had already fallen due to Biden Harris under Sec Mayorkas
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
December 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
More like Jeffries is willing to concede, but we know it had dropped in fall of last year….
Immigration had already fallen due to Biden Harris under Sec Mayorkas
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
Immigration had already fallen due to Biden Harris under Sec Mayorkas
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
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Federal judge restricts warrantless immigration arrests in D.C. https://www.axios.com/2025/12/03/warrantless-immigration-arrests-dc-beryl-howell-ruling https://www.axios.com/2025/12/03/warrantless-immigration-arrests-dc-beryl-howell-ruling
December 3, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Federal judge restricts warrantless immigration arrests in D.C. https://www.axios.com/2025/12/03/warrantless-immigration-arrests-dc-beryl-howell-ruling https://www.axios.com/2025/12/03/warrantless-immigration-arrests-dc-beryl-howell-ruling
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huge W for heidegger and the existentialists, honestly
I think part of What's Going On with billionaires is that the daily friction of interacting with normal people is part of what anchors people to the real world, and once you have enough money to buy your way out of the friction you can knock down a load-bearing column propping up your sanity.
December 3, 2025 at 8:12 PM
huge W for heidegger and the existentialists, honestly
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Always follow the money
🚨The Oversight Committee has received files related to Jeffrey Epstein from JP Morgan, Deutsche Bank & the U.S. Virgin Islands. Oversight Dems intend to release files to the public in the days ahead.
Mr. President, release the files, NOW.
Mr. President, release the files, NOW.
December 3, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Always follow the money
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Hey, wrote a new newsletter post. "We have to make it socially unacceptable — again? — to behave as a thuggish manchild."
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Revenge of the Manbabies: Keeping ScOR #17
Reductionist theories about the state of the world are deeply appealing, lord knows. I empathize with people who feel they can wave a hand at society’s many...
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December 3, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Hey, wrote a new newsletter post. "We have to make it socially unacceptable — again? — to behave as a thuggish manchild."
buttondown.com/KeepingScOR/...
buttondown.com/KeepingScOR/...
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ALERT: At US House Homeland Security Committee about violence against law enforcement, Democrats have put the January 6th plaque on a stand behind the Democratic members of panel
(House leadership has declined to hang the plaque at Capitol by mandated 2023 deadline)
(House leadership has declined to hang the plaque at Capitol by mandated 2023 deadline)
December 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
ALERT: At US House Homeland Security Committee about violence against law enforcement, Democrats have put the January 6th plaque on a stand behind the Democratic members of panel
(House leadership has declined to hang the plaque at Capitol by mandated 2023 deadline)
(House leadership has declined to hang the plaque at Capitol by mandated 2023 deadline)
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(A) The border is not secure.
(B) Trump Administration efforts to “secure” the border have been morally abhorrent.
(C) Assuming, arguendo, that the border was secure that security would absolutely not be worth the cost of those morally abhorrent tactics.
What are we even doing here?!?
(B) Trump Administration efforts to “secure” the border have been morally abhorrent.
(C) Assuming, arguendo, that the border was secure that security would absolutely not be worth the cost of those morally abhorrent tactics.
What are we even doing here?!?
Jeffries: "The border is secure. That's a good thing. It happened on his watch. He wants to claim credit for it, of course he'll get credit for that. In terms of making sure that we actually deal with the issues that matter, including on immigration, there's a lot that's left to be desired."
December 3, 2025 at 6:53 PM
(A) The border is not secure.
(B) Trump Administration efforts to “secure” the border have been morally abhorrent.
(C) Assuming, arguendo, that the border was secure that security would absolutely not be worth the cost of those morally abhorrent tactics.
What are we even doing here?!?
(B) Trump Administration efforts to “secure” the border have been morally abhorrent.
(C) Assuming, arguendo, that the border was secure that security would absolutely not be worth the cost of those morally abhorrent tactics.
What are we even doing here?!?
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But Hunter made some paintings.
December 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM
But Hunter made some paintings.
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BREAKING: All House Democrats have signed our discharge petition to extend the ACA tax credits.
That makes 214.
We can protect health care and lower costs — if only 4 Republicans will join us.
That makes 214.
We can protect health care and lower costs — if only 4 Republicans will join us.
December 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
BREAKING: All House Democrats have signed our discharge petition to extend the ACA tax credits.
That makes 214.
We can protect health care and lower costs — if only 4 Republicans will join us.
That makes 214.
We can protect health care and lower costs — if only 4 Republicans will join us.
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More pardons for the ultra wealthy. Less justice for the rest of us.
NEW: The commutation Trump issued to David Gentile wipes away all further fines & restitution.
Gentile had been sentenced to 7 years for his role in a $1.6B scheme that defrauded thousands of investors.
Prosecutors had been seeking $15.5M in forfeiture.
www.justice.gov/pardon/media...
Gentile had been sentenced to 7 years for his role in a $1.6B scheme that defrauded thousands of investors.
Prosecutors had been seeking $15.5M in forfeiture.
www.justice.gov/pardon/media...
December 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM
More pardons for the ultra wealthy. Less justice for the rest of us.
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I've been saying for the better part of a year that Trump is on a mission to decriminalize corruption. To make it the legal equivalent of jaywalking.
I feel that more strongly now than I ever had.
I feel that more strongly now than I ever had.
Trump announces a pardon of Henry Cuellar: "I am hereby announcing my full and unconditional PARDON of beloved Texas Congressman Henry Cuellar, and Imelda. Henry, I don’t know you, but you can sleep well tonight — Your nightmare is finally over!"
December 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I've been saying for the better part of a year that Trump is on a mission to decriminalize corruption. To make it the legal equivalent of jaywalking.
I feel that more strongly now than I ever had.
I feel that more strongly now than I ever had.
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1. Jared Kushner's trip to Moscow yesterday was not just unethical; it was illegal.
You cannot accept tens of millions of dollars from foreign governments and simultaneously conduct high-level diplomacy for the federal government.
It says it right in the Constitution.
You cannot accept tens of millions of dollars from foreign governments and simultaneously conduct high-level diplomacy for the federal government.
It says it right in the Constitution.
Kushner’s Moscow mission wasn’t just corrupt. It was unconstitutional.
Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law, has been traveling the world to participate in high-stakes foreign policy negotiations on behalf of the president.
popular.info
December 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
1. Jared Kushner's trip to Moscow yesterday was not just unethical; it was illegal.
You cannot accept tens of millions of dollars from foreign governments and simultaneously conduct high-level diplomacy for the federal government.
It says it right in the Constitution.
You cannot accept tens of millions of dollars from foreign governments and simultaneously conduct high-level diplomacy for the federal government.
It says it right in the Constitution.
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Trump’s treatment of immigrants is beyond inhumane.
That’s why today I’m introducing my Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act to phase out our over-reliance on private, for-profit detention centers & put in place guardrails to protect immigrants’ civil & human rights. www.newsweek.com/ice-detentio...
That’s why today I’m introducing my Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act to phase out our over-reliance on private, for-profit detention centers & put in place guardrails to protect immigrants’ civil & human rights. www.newsweek.com/ice-detentio...
Democrat says Trump admin's "absurd" actions will help ICE bill succeed
In an exclusive interview with Newsweek, Washington Representative Pramila Jayapal outlined her updated ICE detention bill.
www.newsweek.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Trump’s treatment of immigrants is beyond inhumane.
That’s why today I’m introducing my Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act to phase out our over-reliance on private, for-profit detention centers & put in place guardrails to protect immigrants’ civil & human rights. www.newsweek.com/ice-detentio...
That’s why today I’m introducing my Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act to phase out our over-reliance on private, for-profit detention centers & put in place guardrails to protect immigrants’ civil & human rights. www.newsweek.com/ice-detentio...
And that’s why Ukraine is even more important than Ukraine.
BREAKING: Russia ‘ready’ for war with Europe, Putin has said, per the Guardian.
December 3, 2025 at 12:36 PM
And that’s why Ukraine is even more important than Ukraine.
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19 point shift is a lot
Ds don't seem to be getting what they need out of Nashville. But if the margin lands at R+3, that's a D+19 shift from 2024 -- we're not talking a wave, we're talking tsunami
again @gelliottmorris.com says behn still has a chance but damn 3 points in this district is 🦇💩
December 3, 2025 at 2:45 AM
19 point shift is a lot
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Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.