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The secretary of defense throwing a top military official under the bus to protect himself. A beacon of integrity.
December 2, 2025 at 1:35 AM
The secretary of defense throwing a top military official under the bus to protect himself. A beacon of integrity.
ProPublica found more than two dozen cases of immigration agents using "less lethal" weapons in ways that appear to flout the government's own rules, including by aiming at someone’s head, spine or groin or deploying chemical agents near children.
Read the full story: propub.li/44HU4Tp
Read the full story: propub.li/44HU4Tp
Trump’s Immigration Forces Deploy “Less Lethal” Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters
Civil rights and weapons experts cite the consequences of federal agents’ use of crowd control weapons: religious leaders shot with pepper balls and noxious chemicals. A nurse nearly blinded by tear g...
propub.li
December 2, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Healthcare for all!
We must stop tinkering around the edges of a broken healthcare system.
Yes, let's extend the ACA tax credits to prevent a huge spike in healthcare costs for millions. Then, let's finally create a system that puts your health over corporate profits.
We need Medicare for All.
Yes, let's extend the ACA tax credits to prevent a huge spike in healthcare costs for millions. Then, let's finally create a system that puts your health over corporate profits.
We need Medicare for All.
December 2, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Healthcare for all!
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WH tries to throw Adm. Bradley under the boat. Won’t work.
“Oh, what a tangled web we weave
When first we practice to deceive.”
“Oh, what a tangled web we weave
When first we practice to deceive.”
REPORTER: Does the administration deny that that second strike happened, or did it happen and the administration denies that Hegseth gave the order?
LEAVITT: The latter. Secretary Hegseth authorized Admiral Bradley to conduct these kinetic strikes. He worked well within his authority and the law.
LEAVITT: The latter. Secretary Hegseth authorized Admiral Bradley to conduct these kinetic strikes. He worked well within his authority and the law.
December 1, 2025 at 7:26 PM
WH tries to throw Adm. Bradley under the boat. Won’t work.
“Oh, what a tangled web we weave
When first we practice to deceive.”
“Oh, what a tangled web we weave
When first we practice to deceive.”
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Expiring ACA tax credits will hit small businesses especially hard. Meanwhile, 74% of small business owners are worried that their business won’t survive due to Trump’s tariffs.
Trump is crushing small businesses while doling out tax breaks to his big corporate donors.
Priorities.
Trump is crushing small businesses while doling out tax breaks to his big corporate donors.
Priorities.
December 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Expiring ACA tax credits will hit small businesses especially hard. Meanwhile, 74% of small business owners are worried that their business won’t survive due to Trump’s tariffs.
Trump is crushing small businesses while doling out tax breaks to his big corporate donors.
Priorities.
Trump is crushing small businesses while doling out tax breaks to his big corporate donors.
Priorities.
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Today is World AIDS Day
The disease has killed 44 million people
The State Department:
“The US Government will not be commemorating World AIDS Day this year.”
It’s disrespectful to everyone who lost their life. Everyone who lost a friend, partner or loved one. Everyone currently living with HIV.
The disease has killed 44 million people
The State Department:
“The US Government will not be commemorating World AIDS Day this year.”
It’s disrespectful to everyone who lost their life. Everyone who lost a friend, partner or loved one. Everyone currently living with HIV.
December 1, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Today is World AIDS Day
The disease has killed 44 million people
The State Department:
“The US Government will not be commemorating World AIDS Day this year.”
It’s disrespectful to everyone who lost their life. Everyone who lost a friend, partner or loved one. Everyone currently living with HIV.
The disease has killed 44 million people
The State Department:
“The US Government will not be commemorating World AIDS Day this year.”
It’s disrespectful to everyone who lost their life. Everyone who lost a friend, partner or loved one. Everyone currently living with HIV.
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A leaked 115 page report by current & former FBI personnel describes the bureau under Kash Patel as a “rudderless ship” & says he is “in over his head,” lacking the experience & bearing needed to be an effective FBI director—
December 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
A leaked 115 page report by current & former FBI personnel describes the bureau under Kash Patel as a “rudderless ship” & says he is “in over his head,” lacking the experience & bearing needed to be an effective FBI director—
An unvaccinated baby just died of pertussis (aka whooping cough) in the US this week.
Vaccines can save your kid’s life from an awful death.
www.ama-assn.org/public-healt...
Vaccines can save your kid’s life from an awful death.
www.ama-assn.org/public-healt...
What doctors wish patients knew about pertussis
Also called whooping cough, pertussis is a highly contagious respiratory infection. Alyssa Kuban, MD, of Texas Children’s Pediatrics shares more.
www.ama-assn.org
December 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
An unvaccinated baby just died of pertussis (aka whooping cough) in the US this week.
Vaccines can save your kid’s life from an awful death.
www.ama-assn.org/public-healt...
Vaccines can save your kid’s life from an awful death.
www.ama-assn.org/public-healt...
Watching CNN now and some GOP congresswoman is on the air saying “they’ll welcome us as liberators” and “we need that oil.”
Will we never learn?
Will we never learn?
December 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Watching CNN now and some GOP congresswoman is on the air saying “they’ll welcome us as liberators” and “we need that oil.”
Will we never learn?
Will we never learn?
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Energy transitions can happen faster than we think:
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
December 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Energy transitions can happen faster than we think:
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
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BREAKING: We won! 3rd Circuit affirms illegality of Habba appointment
We @democracydefendersfund.org are honored to work on this case with the wonderful folks at Lowell & Associates, Gerald Krovatin & many others 👇
We @democracydefendersfund.org are honored to work on this case with the wonderful folks at Lowell & Associates, Gerald Krovatin & many others 👇
December 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
BREAKING: We won! 3rd Circuit affirms illegality of Habba appointment
We @democracydefendersfund.org are honored to work on this case with the wonderful folks at Lowell & Associates, Gerald Krovatin & many others 👇
We @democracydefendersfund.org are honored to work on this case with the wonderful folks at Lowell & Associates, Gerald Krovatin & many others 👇
I find it alarming how much I agree with MTG lately.
What is happening?
What is happening?
December 1, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I find it alarming how much I agree with MTG lately.
What is happening?
What is happening?
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You don’t get to pick. That’s the whole damn point of the rule of law.
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
November 30, 2025 at 5:25 PM
You don’t get to pick. That’s the whole damn point of the rule of law.
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Researchers have found a potential link between obstructive sleep apnea and the development of Parkinson’s disease.
Those who treated their sleep apnea early in their diagnoses had fewer cases of Parkinson’s.
Those who treated their sleep apnea early in their diagnoses had fewer cases of Parkinson’s.
Study links obstructive sleep apnea to Parkinson’s disease
Researchers found veterans with the sleep disorder were nearly twice as likely to later develop Parkinson’s disease. But treatment with a CPAP machine could help.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Researchers have found a potential link between obstructive sleep apnea and the development of Parkinson’s disease.
Those who treated their sleep apnea early in their diagnoses had fewer cases of Parkinson’s.
Those who treated their sleep apnea early in their diagnoses had fewer cases of Parkinson’s.
Public health saves lives.
(My aunt died of cervical cancer at age 31, leaving behind two children under five.)
(My aunt died of cervical cancer at age 31, leaving behind two children under five.)
Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
November 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Public health saves lives.
(My aunt died of cervical cancer at age 31, leaving behind two children under five.)
(My aunt died of cervical cancer at age 31, leaving behind two children under five.)
Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:11 AM
My most healthy dish for Thanksgiving this year- roasted fennel, pear and pomegranate salad.
With roasted pecans.
With roasted pecans.
November 27, 2025 at 9:17 PM
My most healthy dish for Thanksgiving this year- roasted fennel, pear and pomegranate salad.
With roasted pecans.
With roasted pecans.
They are so incredibly spiteful and petty.
The State Department has warned employees not to use government funds to mark Dec. 1 as World AIDS Day and to “refrain from publicly promoting World AIDS Day through any communication channels.” nyti.ms/3KhPDrA
Trump Administration Will No Longer Commemorate World AIDS Day
The State Department warned employees not to use government funds for the occasion and to “refrain from publicly promoting World AIDS Day through any communication channels.”
nyti.ms
November 27, 2025 at 12:13 AM
They are so incredibly spiteful and petty.
Do older men with proclivities to date women 30-40 years younger than them ever stop to think about the fact that these young women are often not the most mentally stable people? Or Is that part of the appeal? They think they can control them?
It’s a risky bet- with at least 2 lives on the line.
It’s a risky bet- with at least 2 lives on the line.
November 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Do older men with proclivities to date women 30-40 years younger than them ever stop to think about the fact that these young women are often not the most mentally stable people? Or Is that part of the appeal? They think they can control them?
It’s a risky bet- with at least 2 lives on the line.
It’s a risky bet- with at least 2 lives on the line.
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www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
The Justice Department acknowledged Tuesday that it was Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem who decided to proceed with the deportation of 100 Venezuelan men to a notorious prison in El Salvador despite a judge’s order to keep them in U.S. custody.
The Justice Department acknowledged Tuesday that it was Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem who decided to proceed with the deportation of 100 Venezuelan men to a notorious prison in El Salvador despite a judge’s order to keep them in U.S. custody.
Kristi Noem made call to hand over deported men to El Salvador, DOJ says
The disclosure adds a wrinkle to the murky timeline surrounding the unprecedented deportation effort.
www.politico.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:45 AM
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
The Justice Department acknowledged Tuesday that it was Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem who decided to proceed with the deportation of 100 Venezuelan men to a notorious prison in El Salvador despite a judge’s order to keep them in U.S. custody.
The Justice Department acknowledged Tuesday that it was Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem who decided to proceed with the deportation of 100 Venezuelan men to a notorious prison in El Salvador despite a judge’s order to keep them in U.S. custody.
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Hegseth is very very terrified, deep deep down of something to do with maleness www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts.
www.npr.org
November 25, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Hegseth is very very terrified, deep deep down of something to do with maleness www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...