Naomi Botkin
@naomibotkin.bsky.social
I guess we’ll be replacing the sugar in our diets with salmonella.
The Trump Administration Agriculture Department will not require poultry companies to limit salmonella bacteria in their products, halting a Biden Administration effort to prevent food poisoning from contaminated meat.
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USDA withdraws a plan to limit salmonella levels in raw poultry
The Agriculture Department says it is withdrawing a plan to limit salmonella bacteria in poultry products.
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April 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I guess we’ll be replacing the sugar in our diets with salmonella.
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Gosh, how do we get the Salvadorans to release Kilman Abrego Garcia?!?
Um, here's an idea - STOP PAYING THE SALVADORANS.
It costs them money to detain him. Turn off the money, and they won't detain him anymore.
Anything else from the Trump administration is a total LIE.
Um, here's an idea - STOP PAYING THE SALVADORANS.
It costs them money to detain him. Turn off the money, and they won't detain him anymore.
Anything else from the Trump administration is a total LIE.
April 17, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Gosh, how do we get the Salvadorans to release Kilman Abrego Garcia?!?
Um, here's an idea - STOP PAYING THE SALVADORANS.
It costs them money to detain him. Turn off the money, and they won't detain him anymore.
Anything else from the Trump administration is a total LIE.
Um, here's an idea - STOP PAYING THE SALVADORANS.
It costs them money to detain him. Turn off the money, and they won't detain him anymore.
Anything else from the Trump administration is a total LIE.
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April 15, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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This seems right, and all of this is WRONG.
April 12, 2025 at 1:42 AM
This seems right, and all of this is WRONG.
To me, this stands out among the many egregious news reports this week. And that’s saying something.
This is naked corruption that uses federal policy to pour money into the pockets of the President's largest campaign donor. Forcing the nation's 70-some million Social Security recipients to sign up for the website owned by a Nazi saluting billionaire is outrageous.
SCOOP: The Social Security Administration (SSA) will be shifting its public communication exclusively to X, sources tell WIRED. This comes as agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent.
April 12, 2025 at 1:55 PM
To me, this stands out among the many egregious news reports this week. And that’s saying something.
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This is naked corruption that uses federal policy to pour money into the pockets of the President's largest campaign donor. Forcing the nation's 70-some million Social Security recipients to sign up for the website owned by a Nazi saluting billionaire is outrageous.
SCOOP: The Social Security Administration (SSA) will be shifting its public communication exclusively to X, sources tell WIRED. This comes as agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent.
The Social Security Administration Is Gutting Regional Staff and Shifting All Public Communications to X
The SSA's shift to Elon Musk's X comes as the agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent, WIRED has learned.
www.wired.com
April 11, 2025 at 6:40 PM
This is naked corruption that uses federal policy to pour money into the pockets of the President's largest campaign donor. Forcing the nation's 70-some million Social Security recipients to sign up for the website owned by a Nazi saluting billionaire is outrageous.
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For your enjoyment: here is Secretary of Education Linda McMahon talking about implementing AI in schools, but pronouncing it "A1," as in "A1 Steak Sauce"
www.youtube.com/live/lxrg28z...
www.youtube.com/live/lxrg28z...
April 9, 2025 at 7:49 PM
For your enjoyment: here is Secretary of Education Linda McMahon talking about implementing AI in schools, but pronouncing it "A1," as in "A1 Steak Sauce"
www.youtube.com/live/lxrg28z...
www.youtube.com/live/lxrg28z...
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A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
April 7, 2025 at 4:13 AM
A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
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If you need a reminder of why the tariffs are a public health issue as well:
▶️About *80%* of our active pharmaceutical ingredients are produced abroad.
▶️About *50%* of our generic drugs are manufactured overseas
This means increased costs in an inevitably strained generic drug supply. Not good
▶️About *80%* of our active pharmaceutical ingredients are produced abroad.
▶️About *50%* of our generic drugs are manufactured overseas
This means increased costs in an inevitably strained generic drug supply. Not good
April 4, 2025 at 1:44 PM
If you need a reminder of why the tariffs are a public health issue as well:
▶️About *80%* of our active pharmaceutical ingredients are produced abroad.
▶️About *50%* of our generic drugs are manufactured overseas
This means increased costs in an inevitably strained generic drug supply. Not good
▶️About *80%* of our active pharmaceutical ingredients are produced abroad.
▶️About *50%* of our generic drugs are manufactured overseas
This means increased costs in an inevitably strained generic drug supply. Not good
Fingers crossed
RAND PAUL: “.. When McKinley most famously put tariffs on in 1890, [the GOP] lost 50 percent of their seats in the next election. When [Smoot and Hawley] put on their tariff in the early 1930s, we lost the House and the Senate for 60 years.”
@washingtonpost.com
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April 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Fingers crossed
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RAND PAUL: “.. When McKinley most famously put tariffs on in 1890, [the GOP] lost 50 percent of their seats in the next election. When [Smoot and Hawley] put on their tariff in the early 1930s, we lost the House and the Senate for 60 years.”
@washingtonpost.com
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@washingtonpost.com
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April 4, 2025 at 8:40 AM
RAND PAUL: “.. When McKinley most famously put tariffs on in 1890, [the GOP] lost 50 percent of their seats in the next election. When [Smoot and Hawley] put on their tariff in the early 1930s, we lost the House and the Senate for 60 years.”
@washingtonpost.com
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@washingtonpost.com
t.co/ONtPfv9On2
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It was the Dunning of tymes. It was the Kruger of tymes.
April 3, 2025 at 4:55 AM
It was the Dunning of tymes. It was the Kruger of tymes.
Tell me you’ve never done your own shopping without telling me you’ve never done your own shopping.
April 3, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Tell me you’ve never done your own shopping without telling me you’ve never done your own shopping.
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In 1828, the "Tariff of Abominations" led to a populist uprising that put Andrew Jackson into the presidency
In 1930, the Smoot-Hawley Tariff led to a populist uprising that put FDR into the presidency
In 2025, Trump's tariffs will repeat history -- We the People will RISE UP
In 1930, the Smoot-Hawley Tariff led to a populist uprising that put FDR into the presidency
In 2025, Trump's tariffs will repeat history -- We the People will RISE UP
April 3, 2025 at 2:18 AM
In 1828, the "Tariff of Abominations" led to a populist uprising that put Andrew Jackson into the presidency
In 1930, the Smoot-Hawley Tariff led to a populist uprising that put FDR into the presidency
In 2025, Trump's tariffs will repeat history -- We the People will RISE UP
In 1930, the Smoot-Hawley Tariff led to a populist uprising that put FDR into the presidency
In 2025, Trump's tariffs will repeat history -- We the People will RISE UP
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Apparently he intentionally dehydrated himself leading up to this… thoughts and prayers for his kidneys 🙏 and thank you for standing up for us
The New Jersey Democrat spent more than 25 hours criticizing the Trump administration's policies on immigration, education, the economy and more since 7 p.m. ET Monday. He ended his marathon speech shortly after 8 p.m. on Tuesday.
Cory Booker breaks a 68-year-old Senate record with a 25-hour speech
The New Jersey Democrat spent more than 25 hours criticizing the Trump administration's policies on immigration, education, the economy and more since 7 p.m. ET Monday. He ended his marathon speech sh...
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April 2, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Apparently he intentionally dehydrated himself leading up to this… thoughts and prayers for his kidneys 🙏 and thank you for standing up for us
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i want to make a t shirt out of “everything looks like a conspiracy when you don’t know how anything works”
🔥 @ninajankowicz.com: "Mr Taibbi said when he was first searching through the so-called Twitter files he didn't know what he was looking at. Well, he still doesn't. Everything looks like a conspiracy when you don't know how anything works."
April 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
i want to make a t shirt out of “everything looks like a conspiracy when you don’t know how anything works”
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Trump administration to cut vaccination funds. "The loss of U.S. support may mean 75 million children do not receive routine vaccinations in the next five years, with more than 1.2 million children dying as a result," reports @stephanienolen.bsky.social Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/h...
U.S. to End Vaccine Funds for Poor Countries (Gift Article)
A 281-page spreadsheet obtained by The Times lists the Trump administration’s plans for thousands of foreign aid programs.
www.nytimes.com
March 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Trump administration to cut vaccination funds. "The loss of U.S. support may mean 75 million children do not receive routine vaccinations in the next five years, with more than 1.2 million children dying as a result," reports @stephanienolen.bsky.social Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/h...
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Is it bad when an authoritarianism expert says he's packing his bags
March 26, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Is it bad when an authoritarianism expert says he's packing his bags
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I’ll repeat — if the goal ISN’T to specifically and deliberately weaken and isolate the United States as quickly as possible, how would a plan to do that look any different than what they are doing?
New in PN: Trump moves to destroy Columbia University
"It’s another corrupt quid pro quo like the one behind Trump’s 'perfect phone call' to Zelenskyy. Here, Columbia only gets federal funding if it agrees to violate the constitutional rights of both faculty and students on Trump's behalf."
"It’s another corrupt quid pro quo like the one behind Trump’s 'perfect phone call' to Zelenskyy. Here, Columbia only gets federal funding if it agrees to violate the constitutional rights of both faculty and students on Trump's behalf."
Trump moves to destroy Columbia University
It's his latest corrupt quid pro quo.
www.publicnotice.co
March 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I’ll repeat — if the goal ISN’T to specifically and deliberately weaken and isolate the United States as quickly as possible, how would a plan to do that look any different than what they are doing?
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March 16, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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To be crystal clear:
1. Measles is a nasty disease
2. You cannot treat measles with antibiotics or cod liver oil
3. The measles vaccine is very safe and highly effective, as shown by the ELIMINATION OF THE DISEASE IN THE US FOR 25 YEARS
4. RFK Jr. is an ignorant fool
1. Measles is a nasty disease
2. You cannot treat measles with antibiotics or cod liver oil
3. The measles vaccine is very safe and highly effective, as shown by the ELIMINATION OF THE DISEASE IN THE US FOR 25 YEARS
4. RFK Jr. is an ignorant fool
In an interview, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health and human services secretary, outlined a strategy for containing the measles outbreak in West Texas that strayed far from mainstream science, relying heavily on fringe theories about prevention and treatments.
Without Offering Proof, Kennedy Links Measles Outbreak to Poor Diet and Health
In a recent interview, the health secretary also suggested that the measles vaccine had harmed children in West Texas, center of an outbreak.
www.nytimes.com
March 10, 2025 at 11:39 PM
To be crystal clear:
1. Measles is a nasty disease
2. You cannot treat measles with antibiotics or cod liver oil
3. The measles vaccine is very safe and highly effective, as shown by the ELIMINATION OF THE DISEASE IN THE US FOR 25 YEARS
4. RFK Jr. is an ignorant fool
1. Measles is a nasty disease
2. You cannot treat measles with antibiotics or cod liver oil
3. The measles vaccine is very safe and highly effective, as shown by the ELIMINATION OF THE DISEASE IN THE US FOR 25 YEARS
4. RFK Jr. is an ignorant fool
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March 8, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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I'm not doomscrolling, I'm just sampling a buffet of farm-to-table panic attacks
March 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I'm not doomscrolling, I'm just sampling a buffet of farm-to-table panic attacks