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The thing about RFK jr. being a terrible head of health and human services is like…yeah. Yeah, he is literally the worst possible person for the job.
December 20, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The thing about RFK jr. being a terrible head of health and human services is like…yeah. Yeah, he is literally the worst possible person for the job.
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Pretty much.
February 28, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Pretty much.
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If you had told me in 2012 that Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign manager would be posting like this 13 years later i would not have believed you
August 30, 2025 at 3:27 PM
If you had told me in 2012 that Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign manager would be posting like this 13 years later i would not have believed you
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Re: stripping citizenship, look. There is no legal mechanism for him to do it. The very fact that he is talking about it tells you, yet again, what he is. He’s an aspiring totalitarian who wants absolute power over people’s lives and to use it to reward friends and punish enemies. That’s really it.
July 12, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Re: stripping citizenship, look. There is no legal mechanism for him to do it. The very fact that he is talking about it tells you, yet again, what he is. He’s an aspiring totalitarian who wants absolute power over people’s lives and to use it to reward friends and punish enemies. That’s really it.
Stating the obvious because American media won't
May 11, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Stating the obvious because American media won't
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Amazing how badly MAGAs hate Christians.
May 11, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Amazing how badly MAGAs hate Christians.
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1/ For ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for public service, we reported on five pregnant women who died after not receiving timely medical care in states with strict abortion bans.
These are their stories 🧵
These are their stories 🧵
May 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM
1/ For ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for public service, we reported on five pregnant women who died after not receiving timely medical care in states with strict abortion bans.
These are their stories 🧵
These are their stories 🧵
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RFK Jr and Statistics:
May 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
RFK Jr and Statistics:
The “free speech “ party is voting to make speech illegal. Hmm. Maybe it’s never been about free speech.
The bill has five Democratic Party cosponsors (listed in replies).
I’m not sure I’ve ever seen something so simultaneously absurd and disturbing: the House will vote
Monday on a bill that would punish Americans for participating in boycotts of Israel with fines of up to $1 MILLION or prison terms up to TWENTY YEARS.
Monday on a bill that would punish Americans for participating in boycotts of Israel with fines of up to $1 MILLION or prison terms up to TWENTY YEARS.
May 6, 2025 at 3:18 AM
The “free speech “ party is voting to make speech illegal. Hmm. Maybe it’s never been about free speech.
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You forgot to mention she resigned in protest in January after you killed her cartoon about your plutocrat owner.
The Pulitzer Prize for illustrated reporting and
commentary goes to @anntelnaes.bsky.social, for various works that appeared in The Washington Post.
This is her third Pulitzer recognition.
commentary goes to @anntelnaes.bsky.social, for various works that appeared in The Washington Post.
This is her third Pulitzer recognition.
Ann Telnaes
Ann Telnaes was an editorial cartoonist for The Washington Post. She won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning in 2001 and was a finalist for the prize in 2022.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
You forgot to mention she resigned in protest in January after you killed her cartoon about your plutocrat owner.
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Ironically, this is Big Pharma's wet dream. Rather than a preventative vaccine that costs a few dollars a dose twice a lifetime, they can sell expensive new in-patent drugs for hundreds a dose that you need to keep taking.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will direct federal health agencies to explore potential new treatments for measles as the U.S. faces its largest outbreak in 25 years. Experts fear the decision could have grave consequences, as studies show the existing vaccine is 97% effective in preventing infection.
RFK Jr. Orders Search for New Measles Treatments Instead of Urging Vaccination
Decades of research have turned up no miracle treatment for measles, but studies show the M.M.R. shot is 97 percent effective in preventing the disease.
www.nytimes.com
May 3, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Ironically, this is Big Pharma's wet dream. Rather than a preventative vaccine that costs a few dollars a dose twice a lifetime, they can sell expensive new in-patent drugs for hundreds a dose that you need to keep taking.
The “free speech “ party is voting to make speech illegal. Hmm. Maybe it’s never been about free speech.
I have a right to boycott.
So do you.
So do you.
The bill has five Democratic Party cosponsors (listed in replies).
May 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The “free speech “ party is voting to make speech illegal. Hmm. Maybe it’s never been about free speech.
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I get the impulse - and the American brand is definitely tarnished - but I’m still very much Team U.S. Moved to London 3 years ago, and I’m looking forward to moving back next year. on.ft.com/43cggES
Americans want to move to Europe — but just how easy is it?
‘Fires, guns and Trump’ are among the catalysts spurring US citizens to consider a move across the pond. Inquiries, applications and house buying are accelerating — but the shifting sands of red tape ...
on.ft.com
May 4, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I get the impulse - and the American brand is definitely tarnished - but I’m still very much Team U.S. Moved to London 3 years ago, and I’m looking forward to moving back next year. on.ft.com/43cggES
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If Trump is serious about tariffs on movies, it's a very dangerous escalation. Tariffs have not traditionally been applied to services, and the United States is a massive net exporter of services. We would be extremely vulnerable to any service-based retaliation.
Trump says movies produced outside the U.S. are a national security threat. So he’s imposing a 100% tariff on all movies that are “produced in foreign lands.”
May 5, 2025 at 1:27 AM
If Trump is serious about tariffs on movies, it's a very dangerous escalation. Tariffs have not traditionally been applied to services, and the United States is a massive net exporter of services. We would be extremely vulnerable to any service-based retaliation.
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No matter how bad you imagine smallpox was, it was worse than that.
Ben Franklin on inoculation, after his son died from smallpox.
“In 1736, I lost one of my sons, a fine boy of four years old, by the small-pox, taken in the common way. I long regretted bitterly, and still regret that I had not given it to him by inoculation”.
“In 1736, I lost one of my sons, a fine boy of four years old, by the small-pox, taken in the common way. I long regretted bitterly, and still regret that I had not given it to him by inoculation”.
May 5, 2025 at 4:39 AM
No matter how bad you imagine smallpox was, it was worse than that.
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It is not unfrequent to hear men declaim loudly upon liberty, who, if we may judge by the whole tenor of their actions, mean nothing else by it but their own liberty, — to oppress without control or the restraint of laws all who are poorer or weaker than themselves.
Samuel Adams
Samuel Adams
April 26, 2025 at 2:06 AM
It is not unfrequent to hear men declaim loudly upon liberty, who, if we may judge by the whole tenor of their actions, mean nothing else by it but their own liberty, — to oppress without control or the restraint of laws all who are poorer or weaker than themselves.
Samuel Adams
Samuel Adams
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Incredible scoop! Career officials inside the Trump administration first viewed the case of Mr. Abrego like any normal case of a wrongful deportation — they began looking for ways to bring him back, as happens normally when ICE makes mistakes.
Then the White House got involved, and blew it up.
Then the White House got involved, and blew it up.
April 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Incredible scoop! Career officials inside the Trump administration first viewed the case of Mr. Abrego like any normal case of a wrongful deportation — they began looking for ways to bring him back, as happens normally when ICE makes mistakes.
Then the White House got involved, and blew it up.
Then the White House got involved, and blew it up.
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We are watching.
Jesus. Trump just touched down in Florida with Elonia — again.
It’s April 11. He’s been “president” for 82 days. He’s spent 27 of them golfing at his own resorts. His travel alone has already drained $30 million from taxpayers. 🌴🍸😎
It’s April 11. He’s been “president” for 82 days. He’s spent 27 of them golfing at his own resorts. His travel alone has already drained $30 million from taxpayers. 🌴🍸😎
April 13, 2025 at 2:14 AM
We are watching.
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These guys are NOT YOUR FRIENDS. They don’t want to make your life better. Wake up!!!!
I’ve never met a voter who wants to pay banks more money. This is a reminder that Trump, Musk, and their allies in Congress would rather help banks and corporations than level the playing field by protecting consumers. news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/s...
Senate Votes to Repeal CFPB's $5 Cap on Bank Overdraft Fees (1)
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s $5 cap on bank and credit union overdraft fees finalized toward the end of the Biden administration is one step closer to elimination after the US Senate vot...
news.bloomberglaw.com
March 28, 2025 at 1:22 AM
These guys are NOT YOUR FRIENDS. They don’t want to make your life better. Wake up!!!!
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Based on the group chat, it's not clear that the Commander-in-Chief made the final decision for the United States to bomb another country. "The core thing that was supposed to happen in these decision-making procedures clearly didn't happen," says Hayes.
‘Where was the president?’ Hayes on Trump’s alarming absence amid war plans group chat
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March 27, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Based on the group chat, it's not clear that the Commander-in-Chief made the final decision for the United States to bomb another country. "The core thing that was supposed to happen in these decision-making procedures clearly didn't happen," says Hayes.
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This continues to be the biggest story in the country: DOGE has already squandered half a trillion dollars in 6 weeks. Not billion. half a trillion, $500 billion talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/irs-p...
IRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USA
The Post reports today that the IRS’ internal projections estimate that the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
March 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This continues to be the biggest story in the country: DOGE has already squandered half a trillion dollars in 6 weeks. Not billion. half a trillion, $500 billion talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/irs-p...
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