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Anti-MAGA redneck from deep red state. WASP (without the "P") Reckon Canada would consider annexing a tiny, remote blue dot?
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Email from my Ukraine friend today:
www.wired.com/story/cdc-te...

After the latest round of mass firings at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention over the weekend, the union that represents agency employees estimates that around 3,000 people this year—about a quarter of the agency’s workforce—have departed the agency.
A Quarter of the CDC Is Gone
Another round of terminations, combined with previous layoffs and departures, has reduced the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention workforce by about 3,000 people since January.
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In a scathing critique of President Donald Trump, Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday accused the Republican president of deploying National Guard troops to the Democratic cities of Chicago and Portland based on fixations that stem in part from his being mentally impaired.⁠
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“They don’t really follow this holy book they wave around like a prop,” @johnfugelsang.bsky.social tells @velshi.com. Fugelsang argues that the rhetoric of Christianity “has been hijacked” by right-wingers and Christian nationalists whose ideology actually runs counter to the teachings of Jesus.”
John Fugelsang: Right-wing Christians use the Bible ‘as a prop’ & ignore Jesus’ message
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In a rare positive judgement, SCOTUS has Rejected Alex Jones petition to reverse the 1.4 Billion $ lawsuit brought by the families of Sandy Hook murder victims. Jones broadcast multiple times that this was fake, and gave out addresses of the victim families.
This should finally Ruin Him Completely
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Two more members of a Young Republican group chat strewn with racist epithets and hateful jokes stepped down from their jobs Tuesday after we published an exclusive report on the Telegram exchanges.
‘It’s revolting’: More Young Republican chat members out of jobs as condemnation intensifies
POLITICO report on private Telegram chat filled with racist slurs and tropes ignites debate from New York to Washington.
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But while he excelled at the course, it seemed he had foes other than Russian soldiers in his sights. Eagle 7 was in fact a foot soldier in Mexico’s feared Los Zetas drug cartel and had been sent there to learn drone skills for use in drug wars back home,...
Mexican and Colombian drug cartels infiltrate Ukrainian military
Hidden in a derelict factory in western Ukraine, the Kill House Academy is a Top Gun school for the drone-warfare era.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🎉🎈🎁!!!!!
I will have to change my method of linking Substack.
Very poor summaries come thru...
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My quote of the day

Can any of you seriously say the Bill of Rights could get through Congress today? It wouldn't even get out of committee.

F. Lee Bailey
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She works for New Tang Dynasty Television (NTD Television) founded by adherents of the crazy right-wing Falun Gong cult. Their partner organization is the conspiracy rag Epoch Times. It’s no wonder Trump likes her.🙄
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While it's true that Iris Chao was mugged in DC in 2023, she works for the same media outlet that owns The Epoch Times. So this feels uber-staged. After all, he often mocks reporters who are not white and/or have an accents.
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Did she say anything that she thought of herself?