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This is an excellent read. The more you know. #Science 🧪

“… we were advancing toward elimination of hepatitis B in the United States,” says Ward “I am deeply concerned that if the ACIP rescinds this policy, they’re going to contribute to the spread of hepatitis B rather than its elimination.”
Hepatitis B vaccine guidance set to be rolled back for US babies: what the science says
A panel of US vaccine advisers voted to rescind a recommendation that all newborns should receive a hepatitis B vaccine at birth.
www.nature.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Prime Minister of Poland. 🇵🇱
December 6, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Police Chief Brian O’Hara has delivered a blunt message to his department: If an officer witnesses ICE agents using illegal force and fails to step in, they will be fired. 👏 👏 👏
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
www.ms.now
December 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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One cannot go to Hannah Arendt’s work for comfort, Jennifer Szalai writes of the German-born political thinker. What she offers instead is “the company of someone who had direct experience of the horrors of the 20th century yet never relinquished what she called amor mundi, or ‘love of the world.’”
Hannah Arendt Is Not Your Icon
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Grundschule: »Es fällt den Kindern schwer, sich an Regeln zu halten«: 1100 Grundschullehrkräfte aus Hessen schlagen Alarm: Immer mehr Schülern und Schülerinnen fehle es an grundlegenden Fähigkeiten. Hier berichtet eine Lehrerin, mit welchen Problemen sie im Schulalltag kämpft.
Grundschule: »Es fällt den Kindern schwer, sich an Regeln zu halten«
1100 Grundschullehrkräfte aus Hessen schlagen Alarm: Immer mehr Schülern und Schülerinnen fehle es an grundlegenden Fähigkeiten. Hier berichtet eine Lehrerin, mit welchen Problemen sie im Schulalltag kämpft.
www.spiegel.de
December 7, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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Ungarn: Podcaster trotzen Orbáns Medienzensur auf YouTube: In Ungarn wehren sich Podcaster auf YouTube gegen das autoritäre Regime von Viktor Orbán. Wenige Monate vor der Wahl scheint auch der Präsident das Potenzial der Plattform erkannt zu haben.
Ungarn: Podcaster trotzen Orbáns Medienzensur auf YouTube
In Ungarn wehren sich Podcaster auf YouTube gegen das autoritäre Regime von Viktor Orbán. Wenige Monate vor der Wahl scheint auch der Präsident das Potenzial der Plattform erkannt zu haben.
www.spiegel.de
December 7, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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Officials from both parties have refused to turn over sensitive voter information, insisting they will protect the data entrusted to them — no matter how many lawsuits the Trump administration intends to file. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
States Push Back Against Trump DOJ Lawsuits Seeking Millions of Voters’ Private Data
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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"Drei mit den vertraulichen Gesprächen vertraute Personen teilten diese Woche der Kyiv Post mit, dass die #Trump-Administration europ. Verbündete intern darüber informiert habe, dass Washington nach 2027 nicht mehr der wichtigste konventionelle Verteidigungslieferant der NATO sein werde.

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US Promises Pre-Christmas Arms Boost for Ukraine, Pushes for Europe-Led NATO by 2027
Senior US defense officials warned European partners that while military aid to Kyiv is set to rise, Washington will no longer anchor NATO’s conventional defenses past 2027.
www.kyivpost.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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"Putin is a towering fool who will be remembered for a war against Ukraine that made Russia an energy colony of China and an A.I. footnote to Luxembourg."

Well-said Tom Friedman:

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...
Opinion | The ‘Useful Idiots’ From America Whom Putin Is Playing Like a Flute
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.
December 6, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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Russian President Putin reiterated his commitment to his original war aims from 2021 and 2022 and unwillingness to compromise – likely as part of the Kremlin’s efforts to shape the international information space during the ongoing negotiations. More here: www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/rus...
December 5, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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Russia has been a colonial empire for most of its history writes historian Franziska Davies. Therefore, Russia will not be bound by any agreements or treaties as long as it remains an empire, especially since the Ukrainian army is currently resisting Russia’s attempt at colonial conquest by force.
The history of Russia as a history of Perpetual Agreement-Breaking
Russia has, for most of its history, been a colonial empire and remains one to this day. As long as this is the case, don't expect Russia to stick to its own agreements. The problem is structural.
efdavies.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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The free world should take note that the Russian "Führer" has once again revealed his lust for more conquest. In a recent interview, he mentioned that "Donbas and Novorossya" will be "liberated." Below is a map of the imperialistic concept of "Novorossya" for reference. english.nv.ua/nation/peace...
December 6, 2025 at 5:36 AM
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The Faroes Islands parliament has voted to amend the abortion law to allow abortion on request up to 12 weeks, after a long campaign by activists. While it's a positive step, those who provide or help facilitate abortion still face criminalization.
Faroe Islands: Vote to amend outdated law “an important step towards safe and legal abortion”
Reacting to today’s vote by the Faroese parliament (the ‘Lagtinget’/‘Løgting’) to amend the law to permit access to abortion on request up until the end of the twelfth week of pregnancy, Turið Maria, ...
www.amnesty.org
December 5, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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I agree that this is an important guiding insight...and 90% of Americans don't know this.

What is the role of journalism if not to hammer this point home until people understand d it?
December 5, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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December 6, 2025 at 6:44 AM
www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...
Hat die Putin Propagandistin festgestellt, dass viel Kohle abzocken ohne zu arbeiten doch ziemlich gut ist?
(S+) BSW und Bundestagswahl: Neuauszählung könnte Regierung ins Wanken bringen
Das BSW will die Bundestagswahl neu auszählen lassen. Der Wahlausschuss plädiert dagegen, nun landet der Fall wohl vor dem Verfassungsgericht. Hat die Partei Erfolg, droht ein politisches Beben – und ...
www.spiegel.de
December 5, 2025 at 7:56 AM