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RFK Jr is wrong again—"No matter what the politics say, the science is the science”. All current evidence on the safety and efficacy of getting a COVID vaccine in pregnancy all points the same way: the shot is important for maternal and fetal health.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Here's the science behind the COVID vaccine in pregnancy
Existing evidence on the safety and efficacy of getting a COVID vaccine in pregnancy all points the same way: the shot is important for maternal and fetal health.
www.npr.org
June 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
RFK Jr is wrong again—"No matter what the politics say, the science is the science”. All current evidence on the safety and efficacy of getting a COVID vaccine in pregnancy all points the same way: the shot is important for maternal and fetal health.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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This continues to be the biggest story in the country: DOGE has already squandered half a trillion dollars in 6 weeks. Not billion. half a trillion, $500 billion talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/irs-p...
IRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USA
The Post reports today that the IRS’ internal projections estimate that the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
March 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This continues to be the biggest story in the country: DOGE has already squandered half a trillion dollars in 6 weeks. Not billion. half a trillion, $500 billion talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/irs-p...
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The Social Security Administration under Trump/Musk/DOGE:
-Website crashed 4 times in 10 days
-Phone lines are overwhelmed
-Staff being forced out
-Customer experience office eliminated
-SSA field offices on the chopping block
This is an attack on Social Security itself.
-Website crashed 4 times in 10 days
-Phone lines are overwhelmed
-Staff being forced out
-Customer experience office eliminated
-SSA field offices on the chopping block
This is an attack on Social Security itself.
March 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The Social Security Administration under Trump/Musk/DOGE:
-Website crashed 4 times in 10 days
-Phone lines are overwhelmed
-Staff being forced out
-Customer experience office eliminated
-SSA field offices on the chopping block
This is an attack on Social Security itself.
-Website crashed 4 times in 10 days
-Phone lines are overwhelmed
-Staff being forced out
-Customer experience office eliminated
-SSA field offices on the chopping block
This is an attack on Social Security itself.
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Mark Warner calls for Tulsi Gabbard and Trump’s national security team to be fired.
Do you agree that is justified here?
Do you agree that is justified here?
March 25, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Mark Warner calls for Tulsi Gabbard and Trump’s national security team to be fired.
Do you agree that is justified here?
Do you agree that is justified here?
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Wyden: "I'm of the view that there ought to be resignations, starting with the national security adviser and the secretary of defense."
March 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Wyden: "I'm of the view that there ought to be resignations, starting with the national security adviser and the secretary of defense."
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When the stakes are this high, incompetence is not an option.
Pete Hegseth should resign.
Mike Waltz should resign.
Pete Hegseth should resign.
Mike Waltz should resign.
March 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
When the stakes are this high, incompetence is not an option.
Pete Hegseth should resign.
Mike Waltz should resign.
Pete Hegseth should resign.
Mike Waltz should resign.
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"Hospital staff are scrambling with damage control efforts implementing emergency masking policies and giving babies as young as 3 days old injections of immunoglobulin, an antibody that helps their fragile immune system try to fight off #measles."
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Newborn babies exposed to measles in Texas hospital
Infants barely three days old are receiving antibody injections to help protect against the virus. Nearly 300 cases have been reported in the outbreak.
www.nbcnews.com
March 15, 2025 at 3:10 AM
"Hospital staff are scrambling with damage control efforts implementing emergency masking policies and giving babies as young as 3 days old injections of immunoglobulin, an antibody that helps their fragile immune system try to fight off #measles."
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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They're trying to deport my colleague from the med school and holding her without counsel. She was coming back from a visit to her family. If there are ways to help I'll let you know. www.providencejournal.com/story/news/l...
She saw family in Lebanon. Now this Brown Medicine doctor is being held at Logan for deportation.
Dr. Rasha Alawieh flew into Logan Airport Thursday after visiting family in Lebanon. She's being detained now at Logan without legal counsel.
www.providencejournal.com
March 15, 2025 at 1:34 AM
They're trying to deport my colleague from the med school and holding her without counsel. She was coming back from a visit to her family. If there are ways to help I'll let you know. www.providencejournal.com/story/news/l...
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ICYMI:
“Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed information about prominent Black, Hispanic and female service members and topics such as the Civil War from its website”…in order “to remove all references to diversity, equity and inclusion from its online presence.”
“Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed information about prominent Black, Hispanic and female service members and topics such as the Civil War from its website”…in order “to remove all references to diversity, equity and inclusion from its online presence.”
Arlington Cemetery website scrubs links about Black and female veterans
Pentagon leaders have ordered that their websites and social media pages remove articles and images that “promote” DEI.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 15, 2025 at 4:35 AM
ICYMI:
“Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed information about prominent Black, Hispanic and female service members and topics such as the Civil War from its website”…in order “to remove all references to diversity, equity and inclusion from its online presence.”
“Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed information about prominent Black, Hispanic and female service members and topics such as the Civil War from its website”…in order “to remove all references to diversity, equity and inclusion from its online presence.”
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"The richest man on Earth, who pays little to no taxes, thinks your grandmother's medicine and your grandfather's check are the problem—not corporate greed, not tax breaks for the wealthy, not trillion-dollar war budgets.
This level of wickedness is staggering."
This level of wickedness is staggering."
March 15, 2025 at 5:30 AM
"The richest man on Earth, who pays little to no taxes, thinks your grandmother's medicine and your grandfather's check are the problem—not corporate greed, not tax breaks for the wealthy, not trillion-dollar war budgets.
This level of wickedness is staggering."
This level of wickedness is staggering."
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Holy shit. This is *the* gold-standard measurement of atmospheric CO2 -- the one in all the charts.
The Trump administration is planning to cancel its lease at a government laboratory in Hawaii, a site where scientists support key observations of surging greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere, according to a list obtained by Democratic members of Congress and shared with The Post.
Trump moves to close facility that helps track planet-warming pollution
The lab is connected to the Mauna Loa Observatory, where scientists gather data to produce the Keeling Curve, a chart on the daily status of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Holy shit. This is *the* gold-standard measurement of atmospheric CO2 -- the one in all the charts.
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Trump just withdrew the bad CDC nominee after public blowback about the measles vaccine.
Scientists, we can achieve the same with the bad NIH nominee. Public pressure can force out Bhattacharya.
Your voices are needed now. Please take action. 🧪
Scientists, we can achieve the same with the bad NIH nominee. Public pressure can force out Bhattacharya.
Your voices are needed now. Please take action. 🧪
White House withdraws Trump's pick Dave Weldon as CDC director pick
The White House is withdrawing President Donald Trump's nomination of Republican former congressman and vaccine critic Dave Weldon to serve as director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a source briefed on the matter said on Thursday.
www.reuters.com
March 13, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Trump just withdrew the bad CDC nominee after public blowback about the measles vaccine.
Scientists, we can achieve the same with the bad NIH nominee. Public pressure can force out Bhattacharya.
Your voices are needed now. Please take action. 🧪
Scientists, we can achieve the same with the bad NIH nominee. Public pressure can force out Bhattacharya.
Your voices are needed now. Please take action. 🧪
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Sudiksha Konanki, 20, who was on spring break from the University of Pittsburgh, was last seen on a beach in Punta Cana last week. Dominican Republic authorities have been searching by land, air and sea for her.
Authorities Search for U.S. Student Missing in the Dominican Republic
Sudiksha Konanki, 20, who was on spring break from the University of Pittsburgh, was last seen on a beach in Punta Cana.
www.nytimes.com
March 11, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Sudiksha Konanki, 20, who was on spring break from the University of Pittsburgh, was last seen on a beach in Punta Cana last week. Dominican Republic authorities have been searching by land, air and sea for her.
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HAKEEM JEFFRIES NEEDS TO RESIGN! TRUMP IS DESTROYING FREE SPEECH & PROTEST AND THIS IS THE BEST HE CAN DO?
Hakeem Jeffries says of Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest: “To the extent his actions were inconsistent with Columbia University policy and created an unacceptable hostile academic environment for Jewish students and others, there is a serious university disciplinary process that can handle the matter…”
March 11, 2025 at 2:25 AM
HAKEEM JEFFRIES NEEDS TO RESIGN! TRUMP IS DESTROYING FREE SPEECH & PROTEST AND THIS IS THE BEST HE CAN DO?
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There it is — Elon Musk plans to ELIMINATE Social Security and Medicare.
What do Florida Republicans have to say about this? Demand answers. Demand a town hall.
Call them now on 202-224-3121 before Friday’s budget deadline.
What do Florida Republicans have to say about this? Demand answers. Demand a town hall.
Call them now on 202-224-3121 before Friday’s budget deadline.
March 11, 2025 at 9:06 PM
There it is — Elon Musk plans to ELIMINATE Social Security and Medicare.
What do Florida Republicans have to say about this? Demand answers. Demand a town hall.
Call them now on 202-224-3121 before Friday’s budget deadline.
What do Florida Republicans have to say about this? Demand answers. Demand a town hall.
Call them now on 202-224-3121 before Friday’s budget deadline.
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McGovern: The stock market is going down. Planes are going down. We've had several major accidents, several close calls, and we just learned that Elon Musk, the guy whose rocket just exploded, wants to fire air traffic controllers. Make that make sense.
March 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
McGovern: The stock market is going down. Planes are going down. We've had several major accidents, several close calls, and we just learned that Elon Musk, the guy whose rocket just exploded, wants to fire air traffic controllers. Make that make sense.
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“If the state can deprive an individual of his freedom simply because of his politics, which is what appears to have happened [to Mahmoud Khalil], then no one is safe,” @adamserwer.bsky.social writes:
Mahmoud Khalil’s Detention Is a Trial Run
The pro-Palestine student was arrested without due process for exercising his right to free speech. He will not be the last.
www.theatlantic.com
March 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
“If the state can deprive an individual of his freedom simply because of his politics, which is what appears to have happened [to Mahmoud Khalil], then no one is safe,” @adamserwer.bsky.social writes:
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“Some experts warn that restrictions on Canadian electricity exports could lead to higher power bills and more brownouts across the continent, owing to the extremely integrated nature of North America’s power grid.”
Ontario imposes 25% surcharge on electricity exports to U.S.
The province used an Electricity Act regulation to make the policy change, and Premier Doug Ford didn’t rule out cutting off all Ontario power headed south of the border
www.theglobeandmail.com
March 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
“Some experts warn that restrictions on Canadian electricity exports could lead to higher power bills and more brownouts across the continent, owing to the extremely integrated nature of North America’s power grid.”
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A new report from @sanders.senate.gov finds that Americans in the top 1% of earners live seven years longer on average than Americans in the bottom 50%.
Inequality is eating this country alive.
Inequality is eating this country alive.
New Report Shows Working-Class Americans Live 7 Years Fewer Than Rich | Common Dreams
"The massive income and wealth inequality that exists in America today is not just an economic issue, it is literally a matter of life and death," said Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont.
www.commondreams.org
March 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
A new report from @sanders.senate.gov finds that Americans in the top 1% of earners live seven years longer on average than Americans in the bottom 50%.
Inequality is eating this country alive.
Inequality is eating this country alive.
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“This is going to be a massive loss of life overall,” a surgeon who formerly led USAID’s global health initiatives tells TNR. “Children are likely already dying, and will clearly be dying in large numbers.”
Musk’s Purges Suddenly Take a Horrific Turn—and Wreck an Ugly MAGA Lie
We can now be depressingly confident that their mass cuts are killing people.
newrepublic.com
March 10, 2025 at 11:44 PM
“This is going to be a massive loss of life overall,” a surgeon who formerly led USAID’s global health initiatives tells TNR. “Children are likely already dying, and will clearly be dying in large numbers.”
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The arrest of Mahmoud Khalil — a green-card holder married to a U.S. citizen — is reckless, unlawful, and a direct affront to free speech. 🧵
🚨 We demand the IMMEDIATE release of Mahmoud Khalil and denounce federal attacks on constitutional free speech. His abduction's a shocking constitutional violation designed to terrorize pple exercising the most basic Constitutional rights to freedom of expression in advocating for Palestinian rights
March 11, 2025 at 12:14 AM
The arrest of Mahmoud Khalil — a green-card holder married to a U.S. citizen — is reckless, unlawful, and a direct affront to free speech. 🧵
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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu at the House hearing on sanctuary cities:
"If you wanted to make us safe, pass gun reforms. Stop cutting Medicaid. Stop cutting cancer research. Stop cutting funds for veterans. That is what will make our cities safe."
Mic drop!
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"If you wanted to make us safe, pass gun reforms. Stop cutting Medicaid. Stop cutting cancer research. Stop cutting funds for veterans. That is what will make our cities safe."
Mic drop!
🎤
March 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu at the House hearing on sanctuary cities:
"If you wanted to make us safe, pass gun reforms. Stop cutting Medicaid. Stop cutting cancer research. Stop cutting funds for veterans. That is what will make our cities safe."
Mic drop!
🎤
"If you wanted to make us safe, pass gun reforms. Stop cutting Medicaid. Stop cutting cancer research. Stop cutting funds for veterans. That is what will make our cities safe."
Mic drop!
🎤
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STAND UP FOR SCIENCE SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT! ☀️
Bill Nye will be speaking at Stand Up for Science in D.C. on March 7th!
More speaker announcements coming soon, stay tuned! 👀☀️
Bill Nye will be speaking at Stand Up for Science in D.C. on March 7th!
More speaker announcements coming soon, stay tuned! 👀☀️
March 6, 2025 at 12:04 AM
STAND UP FOR SCIENCE SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT! ☀️
Bill Nye will be speaking at Stand Up for Science in D.C. on March 7th!
More speaker announcements coming soon, stay tuned! 👀☀️
Bill Nye will be speaking at Stand Up for Science in D.C. on March 7th!
More speaker announcements coming soon, stay tuned! 👀☀️
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People should be calling this what it is, which is a crypto bailout. They're cutting cancer research so they can bailout rich, degenerate gamblers bsky.app/profile/ronf...
Let’s see, Donald Trump launched his crypto business right before taking office. Melania did the day before the inauguration. Junior launched a new one too. Oh, and of course Eric did.
March 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
People should be calling this what it is, which is a crypto bailout. They're cutting cancer research so they can bailout rich, degenerate gamblers bsky.app/profile/ronf...