Valerie B
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Valerie B
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"FDA wants everyone under the age of 65 to be at higher risk of getting COVID" is a better headline
May 20, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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According to a study by Penn Wharton, Trump's "big, beautiful bill" that pays for tax breaks for the rich by cutting Medicaid leads to a $700 LOSS in income for the working class, a $1,000 LOSS in income for the poor & a $389,000 INCREASE for the top 0.1%.

We must defeat it.
May 16, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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One thing to remember about RFK Jr that can sometimes get lost in the brain worm thing or the heroin thing, or the fact that he’s arguably personally responsible for the deaths of dozens of children in Samoa, is that he is deeply incompetent about public health and totally unqualified for this job.
ALSOBROOKS: Can you name which office the Safe to Sleep campaign operates out of?

RFK Jr: Which campaign?

ALSOBROOKS: The one the senator asked you about just two minutes ago

RFK Jr: It's ACF

ALSOBROOKS: No, actually it's Health and Human Services
May 14, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Hey world, remember when you thought this was awesome? (Which, by the way, it was). Yeah well she's been suspended for a week now because of it; it's coloniser rules and forms of expression allowed only, indigenous people must only be angry in white ways.

www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Te Pāti Māori MPs to be temporarily suspended from Parliament over haka
MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke faces a seven-day suspension for her actions.
www.rnz.co.nz
May 14, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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As a followup to Andor Disney should release Star Wars: Detours
May 14, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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In the end, Andor was the only Star Wars to make me cry. Never too late, even after nearly half a century.

What a fantastic tribute to freedom fighters, to all those who resist all forms of fascism. This show went way beyond my expectations.

A huge, huge, huge thank you to Lucasfilm. 🖖
May 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Want to know what a 6-week pregnancy/abortion actually looks like?
May 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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I just want to point out there are 2 bills that have been presented (in 2 different states,) that would make it illegal to pay people for porn performance if they are:

- pregnant
- have a substance use disorder
- a “mental illness”
- need the money to pay their bills
May 14, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Ben of Ben & Jerry’s *arrested* after confronting RFK Jr. & Congress:

"They need to let food into Gaza. They need to let food to starving kids! Congress is paying to bomb poor kids in Gaza, and paying for it by kicking poor kids off Medicaid in the US!"
May 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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On this day May 13th, 1985 the city of Philadelphia dropped a bomb on the Move Home at 6221 Osage Avenue killing 11 people including 5 children.
collaborativehistory.gse.upenn.edu/stories/move...
May 13, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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Let's be clear: Republicans don't want more 'parents' at home. They want more *women* at home.

If you think this isn't about eradicating women from the public sphere, you haven't been paying attention
May 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Just curious, what’s the tariff on a $400 million jet from Qatar?
May 11, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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My love of reading is strongly link to this man…
May 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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pls tell ur friends in philly to come to this excellent show 😍 comedy, drag, & music from adult mom (new album out THIS WEEK!!!❤️)
May 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Walter Cronkite, who was described as the most trusted man in America, once said:

“Freedom of the press is not just important to democracy, it is democracy.”

Paramount: Stand up for a free press and our democracy. Do not capitulate to Trump's dangerous move to authoritarianism.
May 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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May 1, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Israel bombed a ship with humanitarian goods in international waters near Europe
Israel just fired a missile from a drone into a “Freedom Flotilla” ship carrying humanitarian aid for Gaza. It was anchored near Malta at the time.

x.com/gazafflotill...
May 2, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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This is a widely inaccurate & dangerous mischaracterization. The vaccine was developed in fetal cells obtained from two elective abortions in the early 1960s. There is not abortion debris floating around in the vaccine. And the Vatican has okayed its use. RFK Jr. is again spreading disinformation.
RFK Jr on measles: "The MMR vaccine contains a lot of aborted fetus debris."
May 1, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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There’s more worm debris in this man’s brain than there is fetus debris in vaccines
RFK Jr on measles: "The MMR vaccine contains a lot of aborted fetus debris."
May 1, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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Call it something fancy like "malfeasance" or something simple like "incompetence" but either way there should be articles of impeachment to remove the HHS secretary for being a shameless liar who is working relentlessly to make people sick.
RFK Jr on measles: "The MMR vaccine contains a lot of aborted fetus debris."
May 1, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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It is like we elected a cat President of Vases on the Edge of the Counter.
it really is astounding that a presidential administration crashed the growth trajectory of the wealthiest country on the planet in basically two months
April 30, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Trump has now arrested a judge for a decision she made in her courtroom.

His FBI director bragged about the arrest online but then deleted the post. They know this is unconstitutional.
April 25, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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We don't need Trump & Vance teaching us about periods in an attempt to have a “baby boom.”

It’s true: Americans are having fewer kids, and for some people that’s an economic choice. Let’s lower the cost of child care and housing so that people who want kids can have them, instead of this weird BS.
April 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM