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Some good news
New from CDC (at least something is working) on Covid.
For the first time, the LP.8.1 variant has taken the lead in the US, accounting for >40% of cases.
The good news is current boosters work pretty well for inducing neutralizing antibodies against this variant
www.thelancet.com/action/showP...
For the first time, the LP.8.1 variant has taken the lead in the US, accounting for >40% of cases.
The good news is current boosters work pretty well for inducing neutralizing antibodies against this variant
www.thelancet.com/action/showP...
March 1, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Some good news
How do you spell disaster?
Trump and Elon just began firing hundreds of NOAA workers serving “mission-critical and life-saving roles.”
These climate experts and forecasters are crucial to tracking natural disasters like hurricanes.
Make no mistake, their terminations will cause preventable deaths.
These climate experts and forecasters are crucial to tracking natural disasters like hurricanes.
Make no mistake, their terminations will cause preventable deaths.
Hundreds of weather forecasters fired in latest wave of DOGE cuts
Federal workers who were not let go said the afternoon layoffs included meteorologists who do crucial local forecasts in National Weather Service offices across the U.S.
apnews.com
March 1, 2025 at 6:26 AM
How do you spell disaster?
When it happens over and over it may not just be incompetence. Maybe it's deliberate. 🤬
March 1, 2025 at 6:25 AM
When it happens over and over it may not just be incompetence. Maybe it's deliberate. 🤬
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The federal civilian worker payroll totaled $271 billion in 2022.
The annual cost of permanently extending Trump's tax cuts that primarily benefited rich individuals? $400 billion.
Keep this in mind as Trump and DOGE lay off thousands of federal workers.
The annual cost of permanently extending Trump's tax cuts that primarily benefited rich individuals? $400 billion.
Keep this in mind as Trump and DOGE lay off thousands of federal workers.
February 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The federal civilian worker payroll totaled $271 billion in 2022.
The annual cost of permanently extending Trump's tax cuts that primarily benefited rich individuals? $400 billion.
Keep this in mind as Trump and DOGE lay off thousands of federal workers.
The annual cost of permanently extending Trump's tax cuts that primarily benefited rich individuals? $400 billion.
Keep this in mind as Trump and DOGE lay off thousands of federal workers.
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The richest man in the world calls people who get help from government programs the “parasite class.”
But Medicaid’s beneficiaries aren’t parasites. Half of them are children.
If we’re talking about people who depend on government, Elon Musk is the biggest “parasite” of all.
But Medicaid’s beneficiaries aren’t parasites. Half of them are children.
If we’re talking about people who depend on government, Elon Musk is the biggest “parasite” of all.
February 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The richest man in the world calls people who get help from government programs the “parasite class.”
But Medicaid’s beneficiaries aren’t parasites. Half of them are children.
If we’re talking about people who depend on government, Elon Musk is the biggest “parasite” of all.
But Medicaid’s beneficiaries aren’t parasites. Half of them are children.
If we’re talking about people who depend on government, Elon Musk is the biggest “parasite” of all.
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February 28, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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The top 0.1% of Americans control $22 trillion in wealth.
The bottom 50% control $3.8 trillion in wealth.
Read that back.
Folks, this is what oligarchy looks like.
The bottom 50% control $3.8 trillion in wealth.
Read that back.
Folks, this is what oligarchy looks like.
March 1, 2025 at 12:01 AM
The top 0.1% of Americans control $22 trillion in wealth.
The bottom 50% control $3.8 trillion in wealth.
Read that back.
Folks, this is what oligarchy looks like.
The bottom 50% control $3.8 trillion in wealth.
Read that back.
Folks, this is what oligarchy looks like.
The US is now a vassal of Russia. Bow to your new Tsar Putin.
March 1, 2025 at 6:20 AM
The US is now a vassal of Russia. Bow to your new Tsar Putin.
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Destroying the government agencies which would compete with his Businesses. Of course
DOGE recommended firing workers at:
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
March 1, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Destroying the government agencies which would compete with his Businesses. Of course
So apparently "making America great" means destroying the American federal agencies needed in the US and admired throughout the world: FAA, NIH, CDC, NOAA... 🤷🏻
February 28, 2025 at 3:40 PM
So apparently "making America great" means destroying the American federal agencies needed in the US and admired throughout the world: FAA, NIH, CDC, NOAA... 🤷🏻
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Texas Rep. Brent Money (R–Greenville) introduces HB 3399. It would amend SB 14 (which outlawed hormones and puberty blockers for minors) to apply to all adults as well, barring public money from being used for any gender affirming care. Text link: capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/...
![By: Money H.B. No. 3399
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the provision of procedures and treatments for gender
transitioning, gender reassignment, or gender dysphoria and the use
of public money or public assistance to provide those procedures or
treatments.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter X, Chapter 161, Health
and Safety Code, as added by Chapter 335 (S.B. 14), Acts of the 88th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, is amended to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER X. GENDER TRANSITIONING AND GENDER REASSIGNMENT
PROCEDURES AND TREATMENTS [FOR CERTAIN CHILDREN]
SECTION 2. Sections 161.701, 161.702, 161.703, 161.704, and
161.705, Health and Safety Code, as added by Chapter 335 (S.B. 14),
Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, are amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 161.701. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
(1) ["Child" means an individual who is younger than
18 years of age.
[(2)] "Health care provider" means a person other than
a physician who is licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized by
this state's laws to provide or render health care or to dispense or
prescribe a prescription drug in the ordinary course of business or
practice of a profession.
(2) [(3)] "Medicaid" means the medical assistance
program established under Chapter 32, Human Resources Code.
(3) [(4)] "Physician" means a person licensed to
practice medicine in this state.
Sec. 161.702. PROHIBITED PROVISION OF GENDER TRANSITIONING
OR GENDER REASSIGNMENT PROCEDURES AND TREATMENTS [TO CERTAIN
CHILDREN]. For the purpose of transitioning a person's [child's]
biological sex as determined by the sex organs, chromosomes, and
endogenous profiles of the person [child] or affirming the person's
[child's] perception of the person's [child's] sex if that
perception is inconsi…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tsveacqzpqosfuahoqgsfu4a/bafkreihf4d3g6q5ugxqvny4rxjmd6x6w7reynta475pfhrrxz7fo4engmy@jpeg)
February 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Texas Rep. Brent Money (R–Greenville) introduces HB 3399. It would amend SB 14 (which outlawed hormones and puberty blockers for minors) to apply to all adults as well, barring public money from being used for any gender affirming care. Text link: capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/...
Yes this is exactly how this works
DOGE recommends cuts to the FAA.
Hundreds of workers get fired, including those tasked with producing air traffic navigation maps.
Now Starlink is reportedly in line to take over a $2 billion contract to upgrade the nation's air traffic control systems.
See how this works?
Hundreds of workers get fired, including those tasked with producing air traffic navigation maps.
Now Starlink is reportedly in line to take over a $2 billion contract to upgrade the nation's air traffic control systems.
See how this works?
February 28, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Yes this is exactly how this works
Many Catholic universities receive grants to provude scholarships to underserved students under various DEI programs. Those are now vein% axed.
Catholic universities scrambling amid Trump's diversity crackdown
The Department of Education is threatening the federal funding of any school, including Catholic ones, that considers race in any aspect of student life. Already, 185 students are losing scholarship m...
www.ncronline.org
February 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Many Catholic universities receive grants to provude scholarships to underserved students under various DEI programs. Those are now vein% axed.
MAGA view regarding law.
February 28, 2025 at 2:04 PM
MAGA view regarding law.
I kook at it from below. 😜
How I be lookin up to TALL BITCHES:
February 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I kook at it from below. 😜
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Cowards, every single one of them
House Republicans hit the brakes on town halls after blowback over Trump's cuts
A number of Republican lawmakers faced significant pushback in their home districts over Trump and Elon Musk's slashing of the federal government.
www.nbcnews.com
February 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Cowards, every single one of them
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One of the unacknowledged advantages of this awful era is that it's revealing for all to see the putrid connections between great wealth and great power.
The intentions of the oligarchs are fully exposed and more blatant than ever.
But remember: We outnumber the oligarchs.
The intentions of the oligarchs are fully exposed and more blatant than ever.
But remember: We outnumber the oligarchs.
February 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
One of the unacknowledged advantages of this awful era is that it's revealing for all to see the putrid connections between great wealth and great power.
The intentions of the oligarchs are fully exposed and more blatant than ever.
But remember: We outnumber the oligarchs.
The intentions of the oligarchs are fully exposed and more blatant than ever.
But remember: We outnumber the oligarchs.
Stalin would be proud.
Why did they call security to escort this particular IG, you ask?
“In 2022, the inspector general’s office launched an investigation of Elon Musk’s brain implant startup Neuralink, which remains ongoing”
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
“In 2022, the inspector general’s office launched an investigation of Elon Musk’s brain implant startup Neuralink, which remains ongoing”
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
USDA inspector general escorted out of her office after defying White House
Phyllis Fong, a 22-year veteran of the Agriculture Department, had told colleagues that she intended to stay after the White House fired her Friday.
www.usatoday.com
February 28, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Stalin would be proud.
Hitler woukd be proud.
We predicted it. They would turn red state National Guardsman into enforcers against the public. Greg Abbott steps right up to be the first fascist supplicant. www.newsweek.com/greg-abott-t...
Greg Abbott gives Texas National Guard sweeping new powers
The order deputizes the Texas National Guard with immigration and arrest authority, effective immediately.
www.newsweek.com
February 28, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Hitler woukd be proud.
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PROGRESSIVES AGAINST KAMALA HARRIS IN 2024: "Don't vote for her!!!! She isn't good for Palestine!!!!"
DONALD TRUMP IN 2025: "We should ethnic cleanse the Palestinians from Gaza so I can build some Mediterranean-view condos."
DONALD TRUMP IN 2025: "We should ethnic cleanse the Palestinians from Gaza so I can build some Mediterranean-view condos."
February 5, 2025 at 1:19 AM
PROGRESSIVES AGAINST KAMALA HARRIS IN 2024: "Don't vote for her!!!! She isn't good for Palestine!!!!"
DONALD TRUMP IN 2025: "We should ethnic cleanse the Palestinians from Gaza so I can build some Mediterranean-view condos."
DONALD TRUMP IN 2025: "We should ethnic cleanse the Palestinians from Gaza so I can build some Mediterranean-view condos."
Short answer: its successor yes.
And the way the US treated Native Americans inspired Hitler.
And the way the US treated Native Americans inspired Hitler.
February 28, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Short answer: its successor yes.
And the way the US treated Native Americans inspired Hitler.
And the way the US treated Native Americans inspired Hitler.
We know how it all ends...
February 28, 2025 at 7:57 AM
We know how it all ends...
The MAGAts will one day realize their errors. And as they say in the Bible "there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth." 🤷🏻
February 28, 2025 at 7:52 AM
The MAGAts will one day realize their errors. And as they say in the Bible "there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth." 🤷🏻