BirdieL.
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“we will rule you forever with an iron fist of suffering” is maybe not the most compelling message any administration has ever had
JD Vance: "The suffering is going to get a lot worse."
As I’ve explained: one of the best ways to protect your heart health is to keep up with your Covid and flu vaccinations. Don’t listen to antivaccine activists they don’t care about you or your family www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/w...
Covid and Flu Can Triple Your Risk of Heart Attack
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sing it with me to the tune of teenage mutant ninja turtles:
cancel your wapo subscription
cancel your wapo subscription
BirdieL.
@cbird.bsky.social
· 10d
BREAKING: Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat’s Terry Rozier arrested in connection with sports betting probe, AP sources say.
Miami Heat’s Rozier, Trail Blazers' Billups arrested in federal gambling probe, sources say
Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups have been arrested in connection with a federal investigation into illegal sports betting, two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Thursday.
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@cbird.bsky.social
· 10d
Mike Johnson lies shamelessly to no pushback on CNBC: "The Republican Party is the party ready to fix healthcare. We're demonstrating that every day. We brought down costs in Medicaid & we strengthened the program in the big beautiful bill b/c we got ineligible enrollees off & we brought down costs"
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· 13d
BEHIND THE CURTAIN: President Trump and the federal government are policing speech, morality, and punishment of individual citizens at a level of micromanagement rarely, if ever, witnessed in America.
Behind the Curtain: It won't stop with Trump
Trump and future presidents hold the power, backed by precedent, to wield their vast authority to harm critics, help allies and chill free speech.
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· 16d
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· 16d
Bullshit.
Dave McCormick: "I do think some of this horrible language on the extreme left -- 'fascism, Nazism, authoritarianism' -- I think that's a recipe, an introduction and encouragement to violence. It's gotta stop."
BirdieL.
@cbird.bsky.social
· 16d
Levin: I did not pay one dime to any Republican to publicize the No Kings protest. They’re talking about it all by themselves because they’re scared—scared of mass, peaceful people power.
They can smear us all they want—these are our First Amendment rights, and we’re showing up.
They can smear us all they want—these are our First Amendment rights, and we’re showing up.
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· Sep 29
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· Sep 27
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· Sep 27
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· Sep 26
1/ I’m Till Eckert, a ProPublica reporter. For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been going to the same NY immigration courthouse.
Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.
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Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.
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