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Listen to real pediatric experts.
American Academy of Pediatrics vaccine schedule for newborns - 18 yrs is the one to use. Just published August 19, 2025 ❤️ downloads.aap.org/AAP/PDF/AAP-...
January 5, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Listen to real pediatric experts.
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The destruction doesn't make for a photo-op like tearing down the East Wing of the White House or bulldozing the Rose Garden, but it's every bit as bad. Generations of American children learned to spell and count, learned the Preamble to the Constitution, from watching shows produced by the CPB.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations
Corporation For Public Broadcasting Is Dissolved After 58 Years Of Service
www.huffpost.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:04 PM
The destruction doesn't make for a photo-op like tearing down the East Wing of the White House or bulldozing the Rose Garden, but it's every bit as bad. Generations of American children learned to spell and count, learned the Preamble to the Constitution, from watching shows produced by the CPB.
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This is incredibly short sighted and will cause serious harm longterm. This unilateral decision to reduce recommended childhood vaccines from 17 to 11 in the USA is not backed by science or the healthcare access realities of the US population.
www.statnews.com/2026/01/05/c...
www.statnews.com/2026/01/05/c...
Federal health officials slash recommended childhood vaccinations under Trump’s directive
The number of recommended childhood shots drops from 17 to 11.
www.statnews.com
January 5, 2026 at 7:24 PM
This is incredibly short sighted and will cause serious harm longterm. This unilateral decision to reduce recommended childhood vaccines from 17 to 11 in the USA is not backed by science or the healthcare access realities of the US population.
www.statnews.com/2026/01/05/c...
www.statnews.com/2026/01/05/c...
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As Trump continues his quest for Venezuela's oil, remember that the president stripped the legal status away from 300,000 Venezuelans in the US last October, launching the largest delegalization campaign in modern US history.
Trump is making thousands of rule-abiding immigrants undocumented
Inside the largest delegalization campaign in modern US history.
www.motherjones.com
January 4, 2026 at 8:01 PM
As Trump continues his quest for Venezuela's oil, remember that the president stripped the legal status away from 300,000 Venezuelans in the US last October, launching the largest delegalization campaign in modern US history.
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In 2026 and beyond, Americans are going to feel the impacts of the GOP’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’:
—14 million will lose their health care
—22 million families will lose some or all of their food assistance
—Health care costs for 22 million could surge by an average of 114%
—14 million will lose their health care
—22 million families will lose some or all of their food assistance
—Health care costs for 22 million could surge by an average of 114%
January 2, 2026 at 9:18 PM
In 2026 and beyond, Americans are going to feel the impacts of the GOP’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’:
—14 million will lose their health care
—22 million families will lose some or all of their food assistance
—Health care costs for 22 million could surge by an average of 114%
—14 million will lose their health care
—22 million families will lose some or all of their food assistance
—Health care costs for 22 million could surge by an average of 114%
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This isn’t fully true! You can request a manual postmark at a post office, you just need to know to do it. Just another thing to educate mail-in voters about.
nstp.org/article/usps...
nstp.org/article/usps...
December 30, 2025 at 3:58 AM
This isn’t fully true! You can request a manual postmark at a post office, you just need to know to do it. Just another thing to educate mail-in voters about.
nstp.org/article/usps...
nstp.org/article/usps...
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Warning about this story: it’s a *bit* intense — because the subject matter, well, just is.
If you’re listening to @npr.org tonight, you may hear my voice — as part of this story I’ve been working on for a bit. www.npr.org/2025/12/24/n...
How the clergy has rallied against the Trump administration's immigration policies
Religious leaders have rallied against the Trump administration's detention and deportation of immigrants. Clergy are filing lawsuits, accompanying migrants to court hearings and leading protests.
www.npr.org
December 24, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Warning about this story: it’s a *bit* intense — because the subject matter, well, just is.
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Within 15 minutes today, I got two back-to-back notifications of deaths at ICE facilities.
28 people have died in ICE custody since Trump took office. These facilities are overcrowded & are putting their own profits over health and safety. We need oversight & accountability NOW.
28 people have died in ICE custody since Trump took office. These facilities are overcrowded & are putting their own profits over health and safety. We need oversight & accountability NOW.
December 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Within 15 minutes today, I got two back-to-back notifications of deaths at ICE facilities.
28 people have died in ICE custody since Trump took office. These facilities are overcrowded & are putting their own profits over health and safety. We need oversight & accountability NOW.
28 people have died in ICE custody since Trump took office. These facilities are overcrowded & are putting their own profits over health and safety. We need oversight & accountability NOW.
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The Trump administration plans to ramp up efforts to strip some naturalized Americans of their citizenship. The guidance asks that they “supply Office of Immigration Litigation with 100-200 denaturalization cases per month” in the 2026 fiscal year
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
Trump Administration Aims to Strip More Foreign-Born Americans of Citizenship
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:10 AM
The Trump administration plans to ramp up efforts to strip some naturalized Americans of their citizenship. The guidance asks that they “supply Office of Immigration Litigation with 100-200 denaturalization cases per month” in the 2026 fiscal year
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
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In response to the DC shooting, the Trump administration is blocking pathways for rule-following and vulnerable immigrants.
“These policies don’t just disrupt paperwork. They derail lives.”
“These policies don’t just disrupt paperwork. They derail lives.”
Trump Is “basically shutting down the legal immigration system”
In response to the DC shooting, the administration is blocking pathways for rule-following and vulnerable immigrants.
www.motherjones.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
In response to the DC shooting, the Trump administration is blocking pathways for rule-following and vulnerable immigrants.
“These policies don’t just disrupt paperwork. They derail lives.”
“These policies don’t just disrupt paperwork. They derail lives.”
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Hollow public words, impotent task forces, phony dog-n-pony shows, performative platitudes & behind-the-scenes betrayals. This has become the norm in Southern Baptist leaders’ handling of clergy sex abuse.
"So much duplicity adds up." #ThisistheSBC
My column today: baptistnews.com/article/sout...
"So much duplicity adds up." #ThisistheSBC
My column today: baptistnews.com/article/sout...
Southern Baptist leaders’ duplicity betrays abuse survivors – Baptist News Global
Newly released court documents depict an image of Southern Baptist leaders’ duplicity in dealing with clergy sex abuse.
baptistnews.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Hollow public words, impotent task forces, phony dog-n-pony shows, performative platitudes & behind-the-scenes betrayals. This has become the norm in Southern Baptist leaders’ handling of clergy sex abuse.
"So much duplicity adds up." #ThisistheSBC
My column today: baptistnews.com/article/sout...
"So much duplicity adds up." #ThisistheSBC
My column today: baptistnews.com/article/sout...
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A big subtext here: The GOP and Trump administration — including Trump himself! — have repeatedly bemoaned the plight of persecuted Christians over the years, often referencing Iranian Christians in particular.
But per this priest, the admin is trying to deport Iranian Christians back to Iran.
But per this priest, the admin is trying to deport Iranian Christians back to Iran.
Via me and @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social: CBP posted a pic of two detained Iranians, saying, “No fun in the sun when you are unlawfully present.”
According to their Episcopal priest, they’re Christian converts seeking asylum, and deporting them may be a death sentence religionnews.com/2025/12/09/b...
According to their Episcopal priest, they’re Christian converts seeking asylum, and deporting them may be a death sentence religionnews.com/2025/12/09/b...
Priest says sisters slated for deportation are Christians who could face persecution by Iran
WASHINGTON (RNS) — ‘We all feel a wound in our body of Christ, knowing what’s happening to them,’ said the Rev. Fran Gardner-Smith.
religionnews.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
A big subtext here: The GOP and Trump administration — including Trump himself! — have repeatedly bemoaned the plight of persecuted Christians over the years, often referencing Iranian Christians in particular.
But per this priest, the admin is trying to deport Iranian Christians back to Iran.
But per this priest, the admin is trying to deport Iranian Christians back to Iran.
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What child is this?
I’ve sung this song for my entire life, and as a younger version of myself, I would always see a single child, born in the cold, surrounded by the smell of damp straw and animal dung. One child whose attention my heart demanded...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/what-child...
I’ve sung this song for my entire life, and as a younger version of myself, I would always see a single child, born in the cold, surrounded by the smell of damp straw and animal dung. One child whose attention my heart demanded...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/what-child...
'What Child Is This?' Why Followers of Jesus Should Have No Peace This Christmas
Have you ever felt like something was off, something you couldn’t quite place but you were sure of just the same; that despite all the trappings of normal and appearances of routine, there hovered a s...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
What child is this?
I’ve sung this song for my entire life, and as a younger version of myself, I would always see a single child, born in the cold, surrounded by the smell of damp straw and animal dung. One child whose attention my heart demanded...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/what-child...
I’ve sung this song for my entire life, and as a younger version of myself, I would always see a single child, born in the cold, surrounded by the smell of damp straw and animal dung. One child whose attention my heart demanded...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/what-child...
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Via me and @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social: CBP posted a pic of two detained Iranians, saying, “No fun in the sun when you are unlawfully present.”
According to their Episcopal priest, they’re Christian converts seeking asylum, and deporting them may be a death sentence religionnews.com/2025/12/09/b...
According to their Episcopal priest, they’re Christian converts seeking asylum, and deporting them may be a death sentence religionnews.com/2025/12/09/b...
Priest says sisters slated for deportation are Christians who could face persecution by Iran
WASHINGTON (RNS) — ‘We all feel a wound in our body of Christ, knowing what’s happening to them,’ said the Rev. Fran Gardner-Smith.
religionnews.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Via me and @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social: CBP posted a pic of two detained Iranians, saying, “No fun in the sun when you are unlawfully present.”
According to their Episcopal priest, they’re Christian converts seeking asylum, and deporting them may be a death sentence religionnews.com/2025/12/09/b...
According to their Episcopal priest, they’re Christian converts seeking asylum, and deporting them may be a death sentence religionnews.com/2025/12/09/b...
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I don't think the public has fully grasped that the Republican megabill means that SNAP could end altogether in some states - or the extent to which the Administration is setting states up to fail, spiking the costs they'll face & making deep cuts to food assistance more likely.
NEW: The recent government shutdown, with families skipping meals and babies unfed, could have been a preview of what’s to come when Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill shifts billions in costs for the SNAP program to states that may not be able to afford them.
How State Tax Cuts Could Lead to a SNAP Crisis
President Donald Trump’s so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act will shift billions in costs for SNAP and Medicaid to states. But with 26 having cut or eliminated state income taxes just since 2021, they may not have the money to continue the programs.
www.propublica.org
December 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I don't think the public has fully grasped that the Republican megabill means that SNAP could end altogether in some states - or the extent to which the Administration is setting states up to fail, spiking the costs they'll face & making deep cuts to food assistance more likely.
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If you’re celebrating the mass deportations of distraught, exhausted human beings seeking refuge, you probably shouldn’t be singing sweet songs about a baby with “no crib for a bed.”
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/christian-...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/christian-...
Christian, If You're Celebrating ICE, You Shouldn't Be Celebrating Christmas
Christian, I’m trying to reconcile two things I’ve seen this season, maybe you can help me make sense of them…
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:18 AM
If you’re celebrating the mass deportations of distraught, exhausted human beings seeking refuge, you probably shouldn’t be singing sweet songs about a baby with “no crib for a bed.”
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/christian-...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/christian-...
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Further evidence that widespread covid vaccination is better for everybody.
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
Redirecting
doi.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Further evidence that widespread covid vaccination is better for everybody.
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This really is grotesque: they went through years-long citizenship processes and are now being denied simply because if the country they are from. It’s formalized bigotry.
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:32 AM
This really is grotesque: they went through years-long citizenship processes and are now being denied simply because if the country they are from. It’s formalized bigotry.
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Please do not take medical advice from this administration. Listen to the actual experts.
Kressly: So let’s talk about the contagiousness of hepatitis B. It can live on surfaces, and it can be spread through touch—from someone who is shedding the virus to someone else.
So when we’re in situations where we can’t know 100% who is at risk, the right answer is to protect everyone.
So when we’re in situations where we can’t know 100% who is at risk, the right answer is to protect everyone.
December 5, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Please do not take medical advice from this administration. Listen to the actual experts.
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Common sense right here.👇🏼
Kressly: So let’s talk about the contagiousness of hepatitis B. It can live on surfaces, and it can be spread through touch—from someone who is shedding the virus to someone else.
So when we’re in situations where we can’t know 100% who is at risk, the right answer is to protect everyone.
So when we’re in situations where we can’t know 100% who is at risk, the right answer is to protect everyone.
December 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Common sense right here.👇🏼
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Most ACA marketplace users can’t afford potential increases, poll shows
@jennifershutt.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2025/12/04/r...
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Most ACA marketplace users can’t afford potential increases, poll shows • Kentucky Lantern
Many who buy health insurance on Affordable Care Act marketplace say they won't be able to afford it next year, according to a KFF poll.
kentuckylantern.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Most ACA marketplace users can’t afford potential increases, poll shows
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@jennifershutt.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2025/12/04/r...
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To be very clear, Kennedy's team is messing with a vaccine which has led to a 99 percent drop in the incidence of hepatitis B, which kills, early and painfully, 25 percent of the people who get it as children. lnk.thebulwark.com/3Xt957M
RFK’s Anti-Vax Team Readies Its Next Moves
“Their game is, let’s really destabilize trust in the vaccine, and make people really anxious about it.”
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:00 AM
To be very clear, Kennedy's team is messing with a vaccine which has led to a 99 percent drop in the incidence of hepatitis B, which kills, early and painfully, 25 percent of the people who get it as children. lnk.thebulwark.com/3Xt957M
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It’s laughable witnessing these yearly railings against some imaginary conspiracy and being told we need to “keep Christ in Christmas,” by people who don’t seem the slightest bit interested in keeping Christ in their Christianity the rest of the year.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/happy-holi...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/happy-holi...
'Happy Holidays' isn't an Insult to Jesus, But Christians Who Weaponize Christmas are.
American Evangelicals’ annual campaign against the supposed “War on Christmas” began early this year, with the White House promising the apparently perpetually oppressed faithful that with Donald Trum...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
It’s laughable witnessing these yearly railings against some imaginary conspiracy and being told we need to “keep Christ in Christmas,” by people who don’t seem the slightest bit interested in keeping Christ in their Christianity the rest of the year.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/happy-holi...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/happy-holi...
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For decades, most of the refugees accepted by the U.S. have been Christians who face threats of death or extreme persecution in their home countries.
sojo.net/articles/new...
sojo.net/articles/new...
The Only Promise Refugee Advocates Are Making Amid Trump’s Re-vetting
Faith and immigration activists speak out against the “cruelty” of the plan to re-interview hundreds of thousands of refugees.
sojo.net
December 3, 2025 at 12:00 AM
For decades, most of the refugees accepted by the U.S. have been Christians who face threats of death or extreme persecution in their home countries.
sojo.net/articles/new...
sojo.net/articles/new...
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There's no one way to be absolutely sure about a video's authenticity, but experts say there are some simple clues that can help. n.pr/3MdlYQQ
AI video slop is everywhere, take our quiz to try and spot it
There's no one way to be absolutely sure about a video's authenticity, but experts say there are some simple clues that can help.
n.pr
November 30, 2025 at 10:09 AM
There's no one way to be absolutely sure about a video's authenticity, but experts say there are some simple clues that can help. n.pr/3MdlYQQ