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The United States has recorded its highest annual measles cases in 33 years. The milestone marks a public health reversal in defeating a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable disease as the anti-vaccine movement gains strength.
U.S. measles cases reach 33-year record high as outbreaks spread
Johns Hopkins University data reflects the public health reversal in defeating the vaccine-preventable disease since measles was officially eliminated from the U.S. in 2000.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 7, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Wow. They canceled the Jimmy Kimmel show? So cowardly of ABC.
September 17, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Free speech is essential to our democracy. This attempt to silence is a clear abuse of power.

@jimmykimmel.com Kimmel is an ally of our community, and a model of what it means to live the American Dream. Thank you, Jimmy.
September 18, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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Jerry Greenfield said in a public resignation letter that Ben & Jerry's "has been silenced, sidelined for fear of upsetting those in power" by Unilever, which bought the Vermont-based ice cream maker in 2000.
Ben & Jerry's co-founder Jerry Greenfield resigns over dispute with owner Unilever
Greenfield said the Vermont ice cream maker "has been silenced, sidelined for fear of upsetting those in power" by Unilever, the multinational corporation that bought Ben & Jerry's in 2000.
n.pr
September 18, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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Trump & ICE are terrorizing our communities to the point that students are too afraid to go to school. Absolutely shameful.

Criminalizing immigrant families does nothing to keep our communities safe, and our students, parents, & educators deserve better.
www.wbur.org/news/2025/09...
Chelsea school enrollment drops as ICE cracks down on Mass.
Hundreds of students have left Chelsea public schools this year, as families exit a community — and a state — that’s become a prime target for immigration enforcement.
www.wbur.org
September 18, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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If the Senate passes President Trump's budget bill, millions of us will lose access to critical health care services.

Our lives and communities are on the line. Tell your Senator: Protect Medicaid at all costs.
Congress: Save Medicaid Now
Politicians are attempting to pass devastating cuts to Medicaid right now and we must act fast. Send a message telling your member of Congress to fight back now.
action.aclu.org
June 26, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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AOC: “It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.”
June 22, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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That one person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress, or our allies, or fully explaining to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers.

Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they? Hello?
June 22, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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Transgender people deserve to dictate our own lives and futures.

No court decision can change who we know we are.
June 19, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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Suicide prevention and medical care should be nonpartisan issues. This cruelty could cost lives.

No one should ever be unsafe or unheard because of who they are. I’ll keep fighting with and for the LGBTQ+ community.
June 18, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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The Trump administration is ending 988 Lifeline’s LGBTQ+ service—which has received over 1.3 million calls, texts, & chats since 2022.

The Supreme Court also just upheld a law banning all gender-affirming care for minors.

This is just plain cruel and wrong.
June 18, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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BREAKING: A federal judge ruled all transgender and intersex people can obtain passports that align with their gender identity while the case against President Trump's executive order proceeds.

While this is good news, we will continue fighting until this executive order is blocked permanently.
June 17, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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June 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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For decades, Sec. Kennedy has spread lies about vaccines. Now, his misinformation will lead to preventable illness & death.

Firing independent experts is a dangerous move that makes it harder for Americans to access vaccines that are safe, effective & essential to saving lives.
June 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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When local law enforcement helps ICE detain our immigrant neighbors, our communities become less safe.

The ACLU of Pennsylvania will see the Bucks County sheriff in court.
ACLU sues to stop Bucks County sheriff from helping ICE enforce federal immigration laws
The sheriff's decision to help ICE has triggered wide dispute in Bucks County, with people in favor and opposed
www.inquirer.com
June 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Whether we know it or not, the people of Los Angeles are fighting for this entire country right now. How this plays out will very well be a precursor of what is to come for the rest of us.
Newsom Formally Asks Trump to Pull National Guard Out of L.A.
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office, in a letter to the Trump administration, called the deployment of troops “unlawful” and a “serious breach of state sovereignty.”
www.nytimes.com
June 9, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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My statement on what's unfolding in Los Angeles.
June 8, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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June 9, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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June 9, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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President Trump's deployment of federalized National Guard troops is unnecessary, inflammatory, and an abuse of power.

The Trump administration is putting people in LA in danger and undermines the democratic principle that the military should not police civilians.

www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...
White House aide calls Los Angeles anti-ICE protests an 'insurrection'
Senior White House aide Stephen Miller on Saturday condemned protests in downtown Los Angeles against federal immigration raids as an "insurrection" against the United States.
www.reuters.com
June 8, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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This Pride Month, we are shouting loud and clear: THESE COLORS DON’T RUN.

Our visibility has never mattered more, and neither has our strength. And as HRC’s @brandonwolf.bsky.social says, NO president can push us back into the closet.

(🎥: @msnbc.com)
May 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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People will lose vital healthcare coverage if Trump's budget bill passes. One estimate found that this would lead to over 20,000 avoidable deaths per year.

Oh, and a reminder that Joni Ernst is up for re-election in 2026.
Republicans have a new talking point for gutting Medicaid and SNAP to give billionaires even more tax cuts: “We are all going to die.”

If your senator is a GOP ghoul like Joni Ernst, they need to hear from the constituents they’re betraying with Trump’s Tax Scam: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
May 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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As a child, the U.S. government forced George Takei and his parents to live in an American internment camp during WWII. After the war, his family was left without a home or any resources to get by.

He went on to become an award-winning actor and a lifelong advocate for immigrants' rights.
May 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM