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🧪A reminder of how measles made headlines over a century ago.
Headline From The Bridgeport Evening Farmer
November 22, 1913
We have forgotten. History rhymes.
#ImpeachRFKJr
#SackTheQuack
Headline From The Bridgeport Evening Farmer
November 22, 1913
We have forgotten. History rhymes.
#ImpeachRFKJr
#SackTheQuack
December 28, 2025 at 2:04 AM
🧪A reminder of how measles made headlines over a century ago.
Headline From The Bridgeport Evening Farmer
November 22, 1913
We have forgotten. History rhymes.
#ImpeachRFKJr
#SackTheQuack
Headline From The Bridgeport Evening Farmer
November 22, 1913
We have forgotten. History rhymes.
#ImpeachRFKJr
#SackTheQuack
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Covid vaccines released last fall sharply decreased the risk of ER and urgent care visits in children, according to new data released by the CDC — providing a striking counterpoint to Trump administration rhetoric about the shots
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/h...
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/h...
Covid Vaccines Reduced Children’s Likelihood of E.R. and Urgent Care Visits, the C.D.C. Reported
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Covid vaccines released last fall sharply decreased the risk of ER and urgent care visits in children, according to new data released by the CDC — providing a striking counterpoint to Trump administration rhetoric about the shots
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/h...
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/h...
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Based on the rapid pace of Trump’s mental decline, which only exacerbates his malignant narcissism, repulsive behavior, megalomania, and habitual lying, 2026 is going to be a rough year.
December 12, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Based on the rapid pace of Trump’s mental decline, which only exacerbates his malignant narcissism, repulsive behavior, megalomania, and habitual lying, 2026 is going to be a rough year.
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Trump's mangled right hand was extremely spackled tonight at the White House congressional ball (Alex Wong/Getty)
December 12, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Trump's mangled right hand was extremely spackled tonight at the White House congressional ball (Alex Wong/Getty)
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"There are costs to performatively deploying members of the military—one of which is the risk of endangering them"
From @juliettekayyem.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
From @juliettekayyem.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
A Terrible and Avoidable Tragedy in D.C.
Trump was warned that members of the military could be attacked.
www.theatlantic.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
"There are costs to performatively deploying members of the military—one of which is the risk of endangering them"
From @juliettekayyem.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
From @juliettekayyem.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Breaking News: The chief of staff for President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine resigned amid a widening corruption scandal.
Andriy Yermak, Zelensky’s Chief of Staff, Resigns
Andriy Yermak, President Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief of staff and top peace negotiator, became the highest-ranking casualty of an investigation into a vast kickback scheme.
nyti.ms
November 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Breaking News: The chief of staff for President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine resigned amid a widening corruption scandal.
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Breaking News: The chief of staff for President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine resigned amid a widening corruption scandal.
Andriy Yermak, Zelensky’s Chief of Staff, Resigns
Andriy Yermak, President Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief of staff and top peace negotiator, became the highest-ranking casualty of an investigation into a vast kickback scheme.
nyti.ms
November 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Breaking News: The chief of staff for President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine resigned amid a widening corruption scandal.
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Worth watching this whole clip. Indistinguishable from Nazi leaders talking about Jews in the 1930s.
TRUMP: If you look at Somalia, they are taking over Minnesota.
REPORTER: What do the Somalians have to do with this Afghan guy who shot the National Guard members?
TRUMP: Ah, nothing. But Somalians have caused a lot of trouble. They're ripping us off.
REPORTER: What do the Somalians have to do with this Afghan guy who shot the National Guard members?
TRUMP: Ah, nothing. But Somalians have caused a lot of trouble. They're ripping us off.
November 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Worth watching this whole clip. Indistinguishable from Nazi leaders talking about Jews in the 1930s.
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Russia writing US policy. For discussion of the implications of this please listen to my conversation with Michael Weiss on Thinking Live:
snyder.substack.com/p/oligarchs-...
snyder.substack.com/p/oligarchs-...
New: @theins.press saw the Witkoff-Dmitriev plan six months ago in draft form—except it was all Dmitriev. Bloomberg reports now Dmitriev told Ushakov he’d pass along a Russian plan and the Americans “can present it as their own”: theins.press/en/politics/...
Made in Moscow: The “U.S. peace plan” for Ukraine was substantially formulated months ago by Kremlin operative Kirill Dmitriev
Since it was first published on Nov. 20, the much-discussed 28-point plan for ending the war in Ukraine has borne all the signs of a Kremlin information operation. In fact, many of its most controvers...
theins.press
November 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Russia writing US policy. For discussion of the implications of this please listen to my conversation with Michael Weiss on Thinking Live:
snyder.substack.com/p/oligarchs-...
snyder.substack.com/p/oligarchs-...
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NEW: The appeals court panel rejected Trump's claim that the term "Big Lie" is defamatory and not simply a valid, subjective assessment of his effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
NEW: The appeals court panel rejected Trump's claim that the term "Big Lie" is defamatory and not simply a valid, subjective assessment of his effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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Court found it was factual to call Trump’s Big Lie a “Big Lie.”
Eleventh Circuit throws out Trump's suit against CNN in a per curiam unpublished ruling. Meaning Trump's arguments were totally meritless, not even worthy of a published opinion. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
November 18, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Court found it was factual to call Trump’s Big Lie a “Big Lie.”
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Dear GOP,
If you’re gonna do anything with the tariff money, stop bailing out Argentina and passing out checks so Trump can pretend he’s personally writing these checks.
Pay down the debt. For once
If you’re gonna do anything with the tariff money, stop bailing out Argentina and passing out checks so Trump can pretend he’s personally writing these checks.
Pay down the debt. For once
November 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Dear GOP,
If you’re gonna do anything with the tariff money, stop bailing out Argentina and passing out checks so Trump can pretend he’s personally writing these checks.
Pay down the debt. For once
If you’re gonna do anything with the tariff money, stop bailing out Argentina and passing out checks so Trump can pretend he’s personally writing these checks.
Pay down the debt. For once
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Elon Musk returned to the White House on Tuesday evening, at a black tie dinner hosted by Donald Trump for the Saudi crown prince, and de facto ruler, Mohammed bin Salman, known as MBS.
November 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Elon Musk returned to the White House on Tuesday evening, at a black tie dinner hosted by Donald Trump for the Saudi crown prince, and de facto ruler, Mohammed bin Salman, known as MBS.
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Reductions in Force not required by shutdowns, have never happened in any previous shutdown, and a judge has ruled they are illegal.
The shutdown is an excuse, not a reason, for them to do what they wanted to do: destroy government.
The shutdown is an excuse, not a reason, for them to do what they wanted to do: destroy government.
Lee Zeldin announces on Fox that there will be "severe" layoffs at the EPA if the shutdown continues
November 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Reductions in Force not required by shutdowns, have never happened in any previous shutdown, and a judge has ruled they are illegal.
The shutdown is an excuse, not a reason, for them to do what they wanted to do: destroy government.
The shutdown is an excuse, not a reason, for them to do what they wanted to do: destroy government.
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Tom Nichols: “This whole notion of deploying riot control troops to every city — for what? What kind of disorder are they expecting? Perhaps millions of people voting, going to the streets to express their choice in an election?”
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Tom Nichols: “This whole notion of deploying riot control troops to every city — for what? What kind of disorder are they expecting? Perhaps millions of people voting, going to the streets to express their choice in an election?”
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
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Tucker Carlson interviewed white nationalist podcaster Nick Fuentes on Monday, sitting politely as Fuentes criticized the power of “organized Jewry in America.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/one-of-the...
www.thebulwark.com/p/one-of-the...
One of the Most Dangerous Interviews Ever in MAGA Media
Why Tucker Carlson platformed white supremacist Nick Fuentes.
www.thebulwark.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Tucker Carlson interviewed white nationalist podcaster Nick Fuentes on Monday, sitting politely as Fuentes criticized the power of “organized Jewry in America.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/one-of-the...
www.thebulwark.com/p/one-of-the...
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I picked @radiofreetom.bsky.social's brain about Netflix's A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE, nuclear panic cinema more broadly, and the current, uh, state of things when it comes to nukes. Things got kind of weird this week, huh? www.thebulwark.com/p/what-a-hou...
What 'A House of Dynamite' Gets Right About Nuclear War
Tom Nichols on Kathryn Bigelow's tick-tock nuclear war drama.
www.thebulwark.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I picked @radiofreetom.bsky.social's brain about Netflix's A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE, nuclear panic cinema more broadly, and the current, uh, state of things when it comes to nukes. Things got kind of weird this week, huh? www.thebulwark.com/p/what-a-hou...
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Kristi Noem is flat-out lying when she claims no U.S. citizen has been arrested in her violent crackdown. Do a web search on “immigration citizen arrested” and you’ll see. Here’s one of the many documented reports we found.
October 30, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Kristi Noem is flat-out lying when she claims no U.S. citizen has been arrested in her violent crackdown. Do a web search on “immigration citizen arrested” and you’ll see. Here’s one of the many documented reports we found.
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Trump literally had to fly to China to fix his own mess.
And any deal now won’t match what we had BEFORE his tariffs.
Trump looks like he’s spaced out.
And any deal now won’t match what we had BEFORE his tariffs.
Trump looks like he’s spaced out.
October 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Trump literally had to fly to China to fix his own mess.
And any deal now won’t match what we had BEFORE his tariffs.
Trump looks like he’s spaced out.
And any deal now won’t match what we had BEFORE his tariffs.
Trump looks like he’s spaced out.
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Hurting Donnie’s feelings is now treason.
October 30, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Hurting Donnie’s feelings is now treason.
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Gov. Pritzker on Federal agents swarming a Halloween parade in Chicago:
“Don't believe it when they tell you that they're busting the worst of the worst, gangs, or gang members. They're attacking peaceful neighborhoods and terrorizing kids in Halloween parades.”
“Don't believe it when they tell you that they're busting the worst of the worst, gangs, or gang members. They're attacking peaceful neighborhoods and terrorizing kids in Halloween parades.”
October 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Gov. Pritzker on Federal agents swarming a Halloween parade in Chicago:
“Don't believe it when they tell you that they're busting the worst of the worst, gangs, or gang members. They're attacking peaceful neighborhoods and terrorizing kids in Halloween parades.”
“Don't believe it when they tell you that they're busting the worst of the worst, gangs, or gang members. They're attacking peaceful neighborhoods and terrorizing kids in Halloween parades.”
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"My reason for being there wasn’t just to see them confront ICE: It was to better understand how a community defends its vulnerable neighbors, parents of schoolchildren, and fellow churchgoers." @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social on the ground in Chicago: www.thebulwark.com/p/three-days...
Three Days In Chicago: A City on the Brink
Groups are finding new ways to stand up to ICE in Chicago. Here are their stories.
www.thebulwark.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:00 AM
"My reason for being there wasn’t just to see them confront ICE: It was to better understand how a community defends its vulnerable neighbors, parents of schoolchildren, and fellow churchgoers." @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social on the ground in Chicago: www.thebulwark.com/p/three-days...