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December 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
(The kennedy center for the performing arts is an amazing community resource for both local and global artists and performers which offers free and low-cost activities to everyone. If you want to protect a national treasure, please consider donating)
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While the new version of this law removes some of the most dangerous provisions, we're still worried it will allow companies to censor useful information like sex ed or suicide prevention that can be vital for teens.
Safety can't come at the cost of free speech.
Safety can't come at the cost of free speech.
House overhauls KOSA in a new kids online safety package
The House Energy and Commerce Committee is set to consider a new package of bills meant to protect kids from online harms.
www.theverge.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM
While the new version of this law removes some of the most dangerous provisions, we're still worried it will allow companies to censor useful information like sex ed or suicide prevention that can be vital for teens.
Safety can't come at the cost of free speech.
Safety can't come at the cost of free speech.
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Data supports current US policy of hepatitis B vaccine for newborns, as officials push for change reut.rs/4rtKoWF
Data supports current US policy of hepatitis B vaccine for newborns, as officials push for change
An independent review released on Tuesday by vaccine experts of more than 400 studies and reports found that long-standing U.S. policy of giving the hepatitis B vaccine to newborns has cut infections in children by more than 95%.
reut.rs
December 2, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Data supports current US policy of hepatitis B vaccine for newborns, as officials push for change reut.rs/4rtKoWF
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Looking for a compelling history of the emergence of AIDS in the US?
And The Band Played On by Randy Shilts is one of the best, exploring the history through those involved across the globe and the rise of ACT UP (Also a 🎥).
We wish all health histories were this good.
(1/3)
And The Band Played On by Randy Shilts is one of the best, exploring the history through those involved across the globe and the rise of ACT UP (Also a 🎥).
We wish all health histories were this good.
(1/3)
Book Review: And the Band Played On by Randy Shilts - The Bibliophage
Randy Shilts creates a tour de force history of the early years of the AIDS epidemic in And the Band Played On: Politics, People and the AIDS Epidemic.
thebibliophage.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Looking for a compelling history of the emergence of AIDS in the US?
And The Band Played On by Randy Shilts is one of the best, exploring the history through those involved across the globe and the rise of ACT UP (Also a 🎥).
We wish all health histories were this good.
(1/3)
And The Band Played On by Randy Shilts is one of the best, exploring the history through those involved across the globe and the rise of ACT UP (Also a 🎥).
We wish all health histories were this good.
(1/3)
A large body of science has linked phthalates to a variety of serious health conditions, including premature birth and infertility. A study by NYU attributed 350,000 deaths from heart disease globally to phthalates exposure. (More references in article)
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
How these chemicals went everywhere and threatened our health
These chemicals continue to contaminate Americans’ food, decades after scientists recognized their dangers.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
A large body of science has linked phthalates to a variety of serious health conditions, including premature birth and infertility. A study by NYU attributed 350,000 deaths from heart disease globally to phthalates exposure. (More references in article)
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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No presidential power is more absolute than the pardon. And no president has wielded it more openly as a tool of personal and ideological loyalty than Trump.
www.axios.com/2025/12/02/t...
www.axios.com/2025/12/02/t...
Trump wields pardons as purest form of power
No president has used pardons more openly as a tool of personal and ideological loyalty than Trump.
www.axios.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:43 PM
No presidential power is more absolute than the pardon. And no president has wielded it more openly as a tool of personal and ideological loyalty than Trump.
www.axios.com/2025/12/02/t...
www.axios.com/2025/12/02/t...
Settler outposts spread among West Bank villages and fuel fear of more attacks
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thehill.com/homenews/ap/...
Settler outposts spread among West Bank villages and fuel fear of more attacks
TURMUS AYYA, West Bank (AP) — The fear is palpable in this Palestinian village. It’s clear in how farmers gather their harvests quickly, how they scan the valley for movement, how they dare not str…
thehill.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Settler outposts spread among West Bank villages and fuel fear of more attacks
thehill.com/homenews/ap/...
thehill.com/homenews/ap/...
The investigation revealed a company that started with a mission to help disabled vets, but that former workers say now is intent on aggressive debt collection and maximizing profits
www.npr.org/2025/12/02/n...
www.npr.org/2025/12/02/n...
This company charges disabled vets millions, even after VA said it's likely illegal
A Florida-based company is charging military veterans as much as $20,000 for help with disability claims, even though the VA has said that may be illegal and the service should be free. But so far nob...
www.npr.org
December 2, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The investigation revealed a company that started with a mission to help disabled vets, but that former workers say now is intent on aggressive debt collection and maximizing profits
www.npr.org/2025/12/02/n...
www.npr.org/2025/12/02/n...
A key Republican senator is demanding that a major medical organization explain how it helps set industry payment rates, adding urgency to a growing political fight over how doctors are reimbursed
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
GOP steps up pressure on American Medical Association, physician payments
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana) is demanding answers from the American Medical Association about how it helps devise physician payment rates.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:26 PM
A key Republican senator is demanding that a major medical organization explain how it helps set industry payment rates, adding urgency to a growing political fight over how doctors are reimbursed
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
A faith-based pregnancy center will come before the Supreme Court on Tuesday to challenge an investigation into whether it misled people to discourage abortions
www.npr.org/2025/12/02/g...
www.npr.org/2025/12/02/g...
Abortion opponents coming before the Supreme Court on Tuesday
A faith-based center will challenge an investigation into whether it misled people to discourage abortions. The facilities known as "crisis pregnancy centers" have been on the rise in the U.S.
www.npr.org
December 2, 2025 at 12:22 PM
A faith-based pregnancy center will come before the Supreme Court on Tuesday to challenge an investigation into whether it misled people to discourage abortions
www.npr.org/2025/12/02/g...
www.npr.org/2025/12/02/g...
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Antibiotics sprayed on crops.
PFAS approved for commerce.
Carcinogens kept on the market.
The EPA isn’t protecting the public. It’s protecting the industries driving both a public-health crisis and an insect apocalypse.
apple.news/AoVwrXNDwTBa...
PFAS approved for commerce.
Carcinogens kept on the market.
The EPA isn’t protecting the public. It’s protecting the industries driving both a public-health crisis and an insect apocalypse.
apple.news/AoVwrXNDwTBa...
EPA urged to ban spraying of antibiotics on US food crops amid resistance fears — Guardian US
Use of 8m pounds of antibiotics and antifungals a year leads to superbugs and damages human health, lawsuit claims
apple.news
December 2, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Antibiotics sprayed on crops.
PFAS approved for commerce.
Carcinogens kept on the market.
The EPA isn’t protecting the public. It’s protecting the industries driving both a public-health crisis and an insect apocalypse.
apple.news/AoVwrXNDwTBa...
PFAS approved for commerce.
Carcinogens kept on the market.
The EPA isn’t protecting the public. It’s protecting the industries driving both a public-health crisis and an insect apocalypse.
apple.news/AoVwrXNDwTBa...
( not how democracies behave!)
Immigration judges who were fired earlier this year suggested that the administration was targeting judges who were considered too lenient and was also trying to create a feeling of fear.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/n...
Immigration judges who were fired earlier this year suggested that the administration was targeting judges who were considered too lenient and was also trying to create a feeling of fear.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/n...
Trump Administration Fires 8 Immigration Judges in New York
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:29 AM
( not how democracies behave!)
Immigration judges who were fired earlier this year suggested that the administration was targeting judges who were considered too lenient and was also trying to create a feeling of fear.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/n...
Immigration judges who were fired earlier this year suggested that the administration was targeting judges who were considered too lenient and was also trying to create a feeling of fear.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/n...
The Trump administration is concerned that Israel's repeated strikes inside Syria risk destabilizing the country and undermining hopes of an Israel-Syria security agreement, two senior U.S. officials tell Axios
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/i...
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/i...
"Bibi sees ghosts everywhere": U.S. alarmed by Israel's Syria strikes
"He has to stop this because if it continues he will self-destruct."
www.axios.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:25 AM
The Trump administration is concerned that Israel's repeated strikes inside Syria risk destabilizing the country and undermining hopes of an Israel-Syria security agreement, two senior U.S. officials tell Axios
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/i...
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/i...
Members of the House of Representatives are quitting Congress at a record rate, with Republican retirements and resignations outpacing Democrats by a nearly 2-to-1 ratio in the first 11 months of the year.
www.axios.com/2025/12/02/c...
www.axios.com/2025/12/02/c...
Mike Johnson's red alert on members quitting Congress
In previous cycles, the party with more departures tends to lose seats — if not the majority.
www.axios.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Members of the House of Representatives are quitting Congress at a record rate, with Republican retirements and resignations outpacing Democrats by a nearly 2-to-1 ratio in the first 11 months of the year.
www.axios.com/2025/12/02/c...
www.axios.com/2025/12/02/c...
House Democrats lobbying Republicans to increase personal security funding
thehill.com/homenews/hou...
thehill.com/homenews/hou...
thehill.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:17 AM
House Democrats lobbying Republicans to increase personal security funding
thehill.com/homenews/hou...
thehill.com/homenews/hou...
Hegseth in hot water amid fallout from boat strike
Hegseth is facing growing pressure over a Washington Post report that he ordered the military to “kill everybody” in a boat strike in the Caribbean Sea
thehill.com/newsletters/...
Hegseth is facing growing pressure over a Washington Post report that he ordered the military to “kill everybody” in a boat strike in the Caribbean Sea
thehill.com/newsletters/...
thehill.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Hegseth in hot water amid fallout from boat strike
Hegseth is facing growing pressure over a Washington Post report that he ordered the military to “kill everybody” in a boat strike in the Caribbean Sea
thehill.com/newsletters/...
Hegseth is facing growing pressure over a Washington Post report that he ordered the military to “kill everybody” in a boat strike in the Caribbean Sea
thehill.com/newsletters/...
