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At the age of 85, Margaret Atwood’s books are increasingly being banned, including her dystopian novel “The Handmaid’s Tale.” Atwood tells her story, Sunday on 60 Minutes. 60Minutes.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:00 PM
At the age of 85, Margaret Atwood’s books are increasingly being banned, including her dystopian novel “The Handmaid’s Tale.” Atwood tells her story, Sunday on 60 Minutes. 60Minutes.com
“The case is clear: He should never have been let anywhere near public health, healthcare and biomedical science in this country. Congress needs to act. And we need to make them do it. RFK Jr. needs to go. Now.”
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
RFK Jr., American Psycho
He needs to go. Now.
www.thenation.com
September 4, 2025 at 11:10 PM
“The case is clear: He should never have been let anywhere near public health, healthcare and biomedical science in this country. Congress needs to act. And we need to make them do it. RFK Jr. needs to go. Now.”
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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DOGE’s accounting of its “savings” is riddled with sloppy mistakes. The five largest cuts that it listed on its website earlier this week were all incorrect — making the savings look far larger than they were in reality.
February 22, 2025 at 1:02 PM
DOGE’s accounting of its “savings” is riddled with sloppy mistakes. The five largest cuts that it listed on its website earlier this week were all incorrect — making the savings look far larger than they were in reality.
This man must not be in charge of public health in America. We cannot countenance this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/h...
RFK Jr. Sought to Stop Covid Vaccinations 6 Months After Rollout
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. petitioned the F.D.A. to revoke authorization of the shots at a time when they were in high demand and considered life-saving.
www.nytimes.com
January 18, 2025 at 1:07 AM
This man must not be in charge of public health in America. We cannot countenance this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/h...
Finally, scammers indicted for defrauding authors into thinking major publishers were interested in acquiring their books.
For years, PageTurner & its ilk impersonated publishers & their employees in these schemes. I hope these scammers get the book thrown at them!
www.justice.gov/usao-sdca/pr...
For years, PageTurner & its ilk impersonated publishers & their employees in these schemes. I hope these scammers get the book thrown at them!
www.justice.gov/usao-sdca/pr...
Three Indicted and Internet Domain Seized in $44 Million Nationwide Book Publishing Scam Targeting Elderly Authors
SAN DIEGO – A federal grand jury has charged three people with defrauding elderly authors across the United States of almost $44 million by convincing the victims that publishers and filmmakers wanted...
www.justice.gov
January 16, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Finally, scammers indicted for defrauding authors into thinking major publishers were interested in acquiring their books.
For years, PageTurner & its ilk impersonated publishers & their employees in these schemes. I hope these scammers get the book thrown at them!
www.justice.gov/usao-sdca/pr...
For years, PageTurner & its ilk impersonated publishers & their employees in these schemes. I hope these scammers get the book thrown at them!
www.justice.gov/usao-sdca/pr...
As always, only the best people.
i am watching clips from the hegseth hearings and it is a goddamn insult
to this country that this chucklefuck was even nominated
to this country that this chucklefuck was even nominated
January 15, 2025 at 5:01 AM
As always, only the best people.
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NEW: Meta has quietly dismantled the system that prevented misinformation from spreading in the United States. Machine-learning classifiers that once identified viral hoaxes and limited their reach have now been switched off, Platformer has learned www.platformer.news/meta-ends-mi...
January 15, 2025 at 12:51 AM
NEW: Meta has quietly dismantled the system that prevented misinformation from spreading in the United States. Machine-learning classifiers that once identified viral hoaxes and limited their reach have now been switched off, Platformer has learned www.platformer.news/meta-ends-mi...
Now that’s the way to do it.
In both the US and South Korea, strong evidence suggested that a president had in effect tried to stage a coup. In South Korea, President Yoon was impeached and now has been detained because all people are equal before the law. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/w...
South Korea President Yoon Is Detained for Questioning Over Martial Law
Yoon Suk Yeol became the first South Korean leader to be detained while in office, ending a tense standoff between his supporters and the authorities.
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Now that’s the way to do it.
Remember when Mitch McConnell said this only minutes after voting to acquit Trump in his second impeachment trial?
“We have a criminal justice system in this country. We have civil litigation. And former presidents are not immune from being held accountable by either one.”
If only!
“We have a criminal justice system in this country. We have civil litigation. And former presidents are not immune from being held accountable by either one.”
If only!
January 14, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Remember when Mitch McConnell said this only minutes after voting to acquit Trump in his second impeachment trial?
“We have a criminal justice system in this country. We have civil litigation. And former presidents are not immune from being held accountable by either one.”
If only!
“We have a criminal justice system in this country. We have civil litigation. And former presidents are not immune from being held accountable by either one.”
If only!
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It takes just 1…
Important wake up call
#H5N1 BirdFlu just sequenced by @CDCgov from severe Louisiana patient
Most important, the H5 virus mutated inside the single patient to gain an ability to bind human receptors in the upper respiratory tract
It takes just one
www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/spo...
Important wake up call
#H5N1 BirdFlu just sequenced by @CDCgov from severe Louisiana patient
Most important, the H5 virus mutated inside the single patient to gain an ability to bind human receptors in the upper respiratory tract
It takes just one
www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/spo...
December 27, 2024 at 4:42 AM
It takes just 1…
Important wake up call
#H5N1 BirdFlu just sequenced by @CDCgov from severe Louisiana patient
Most important, the H5 virus mutated inside the single patient to gain an ability to bind human receptors in the upper respiratory tract
It takes just one
www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/spo...
Important wake up call
#H5N1 BirdFlu just sequenced by @CDCgov from severe Louisiana patient
Most important, the H5 virus mutated inside the single patient to gain an ability to bind human receptors in the upper respiratory tract
It takes just one
www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/spo...
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New from me in @columjournreview on ABC settlement with Trump. We need answers before we can make sense of this.
www.cjr.org/business_of_...
www.cjr.org/business_of_...
Questions ABC News Should Answer Following the $16 Million Trump Settlement
The decision to cave and apologize has unnerved American journalists. The network owes them an explanation.
www.cjr.org
December 16, 2024 at 11:02 PM
New from me in @columjournreview on ABC settlement with Trump. We need answers before we can make sense of this.
www.cjr.org/business_of_...
www.cjr.org/business_of_...
Absolutely disgusting decision by Zuck and Meta - www.wsj.com/tech/mark-zu...
Exclusive | Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Donates $1 Million to Trump’s Inaugural Fund
The president-elect had blasted the tech tycoon during the presidential campaign, but ties have been improving.
www.wsj.com
December 12, 2024 at 3:33 AM
Absolutely disgusting decision by Zuck and Meta - www.wsj.com/tech/mark-zu...
Health Secretary RFK Jr’s first priority: Getting more Americans to drink raw milk… while bird flu soars - might actually be worse than Trump’s suggestion to inject bleach into the body to treat Covid. Only time will tell.
So — all of Trump’s picks to lead our nation’s health agencies have either spread anti-vaccine disinformation, opposed lifesaving public health measures during the pandemic, or promoted false health claims and unproven products.
November 20, 2024 at 3:57 AM
Health Secretary RFK Jr’s first priority: Getting more Americans to drink raw milk… while bird flu soars - might actually be worse than Trump’s suggestion to inject bleach into the body to treat Covid. Only time will tell.
Wow, what a salesman! Who wants to buy a car from this guy?
November 20, 2024 at 3:27 AM
Wow, what a salesman! Who wants to buy a car from this guy?