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If Antivaxxers take over HHS/NIH, it won't be long before diseases such as Cancrum Oris (Noma) which eats away the flesh of immunocompromised children will become common in US as well. Learnt about Noma in Abraham Verghese's "Cutting for Stone"

New European Union sanctions have recently been announced for two vessels that Bellingcat has previously reported on as part of Russia’s shadow fleet that has been smuggling grain from occupied areas of Ukraine. eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten... www.youtube.com/shorts/5FUm6...

NYC Drinking water station

Get a load of this.

When the federal agents implementing Trump’s mass deportation crusade mistreat, abuse, and fatally shoot residents and citizens of the US, the public deserves answers and accountability. That won’t come from an agency and an administration that routinely lies about these tragedies.

If Congress can grant or deny exemptions to the clause, then it does not really protect a constitutional right or rule of citizenship at all. trib.al/EiheIQc

I hope politicians will be as quick to praise the heroism of Maysum Abdullah as they were to the praise the heroism of those who saved the life of Stephen Ogilvie. It’s shocking how little press coverage the Manchester attack has received. I fear this is an example of our cultural double standards.

Happy June 14! #ObamaDay

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Trump is *not* the duly elected President of the United States. He is an Israeli-Russian-Oligarch plant who is destroying America from the inside. We must restore a legitimate US government to power. open.substack.com/pub/kaitjust...

Don't hold your breath as a consumer to see it flow to you. Another "bailout" for businesses while citizens/consumers continue to see their wallets stretched. www.cnbc.com/2026/05/12/t...

UN report: Five charts explaining the rise of global food insecurity | @yaninequiroz.bsky.social @giulianaviglione.bsky.social #CBarchive Read here: buff.ly/LhONOi6

🚨 NEW TOOL for U.S. legal journalists ⚖️ I turned @allyjar.bsky.social's incredible crowdsourced Google doc on accessing state court records into an interactive map. Check it out and let me know about any errors, missing information, or ways I can improve this thing (link below)

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It's done: The Florida legislature just passed the new map, which was unveiled by the governor Monday. The map significantly shifts 4 Dem seats toward the GOP; whether the GOP could win them all in a blue-leaning year is a different matter. Democrats will sue, pointing to the state constitution.

I just love this👇🏼☺️😭..❣️❣️❣️❣️

🚨BREAKING🚨 The most recent RELATIVE Oceanic Niño Index (RONI) forecast shows we could be facing the strongest El Niño in observed history!! This could lead to dystopian global climate change impacts over the next 1.5 years. No one is prepared.

Heat pumps are the most efficient heating technology ever invented. They harvest and compress pre existing heat in the air, ground or water and transport it where it is needed. That energy is all around us. And it does not have to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

People beat up on Mike Johnson all the time, but if you ask me who was more obsequeious to Trump, without a question it's Kevin McCarthy. Johnson is a radical with a coherent ideology he wants to advance. McCarthy just wanted power without principles. He lied to every single faction of the House GOP

While killing dozens of people in Lebanon (MOPH says 112, civil defense counts 250+, until now), Israel still found time to kill another one of our colleagues in Gaza.

The Pope wishes Asalaamo Alaikum to the children of Lebanon. Beautiful and a powerful reminder of why we must stand united for justice and peace. ❤️✊🏽 youtube.com/shorts/9d9jZ...

Congressional Republicans appear ready to put SNAP benefits even MORE at risk for kids and their families for the next 10 years, in order to pay for ONE HOUR of war in Iran. I wish I were making this up. firstfocus.org/update/will-... 1/7

It's so utterly telling that the organization "StopAntisemitism" is defending the Trump administration compiling list of Jews on campus... which scares my Jewish students so much more than anything on campus that is supposedly being investigated.

So much winning 😕🇺🇸

The difference between these two is racism

Revealing words from Tzipi Livni, former foreign minister of Israel.

There are no two sides to a confession. There is only the confession — and the choice of whether to take it seriously. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/ther...

We’re representing @campaignlegal.org in a lawsuit for info about Trump admin policies that police visa holders’ speech and make it harder for new citizens to vote. Free speech and voting access are core parts of our democracy. The public needs more info. americanoversight.org/new-lawsuit-...

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The deep, deep stench of corruption.

once again I am compelled to mention that Bush v. Gore likely went down the way it did because Sandra Day O'Connor cooked her brain on talk radio scholarlycommons.law.hofstra.edu/cgi/viewcont...

UK says Iran missile attack on Diego Garcia failed ->Al Jazeera | More on "Iran missile attack Diego Garcia" at BigEarthData.ai | #Iran

WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert Mueller, the FBI director and special counsel who investigated Russia-Trump campaign ties, dies at 81.

The grift keeps getting bigger. Tariffs were a way for Trump to extort our trading partners to line his cronies’ pockets.

Every couple of months or so, someone puts out a piece of bad social science meant to undermine the case for more housing. For Roosevelt Institute, I wrote a blog post responding to the two most recent specimens. rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/there-i...

it’s kind of annoying how we have dozens and dozens of studies showing building more housing puts downwards pressure on rents, but once a year a small cadre of crank economists publishes a shoddily-researched paper to try and muddy the waters and for some reason, papers like Hell Gate take the bait

Lots of noise in crude futures but since US/Israel attacks on Iran started they've trended higher by about $2/calendar day. That gets you to $150/barrel crude by mid-April, about 6 weeks after the conflict kicked off. The huge noise of the initial short squeeze and short-term swings obscure a lot.

“legally evacuated to the U.S. after the fall of Kabul”

“Former DOGE hire [John Solly] still has 'god level' Social Security data, whistleblower says *** An independent government investigation is underway, according to a bombshell report.” (Solly denies any misconduct on his part) 3/11/26 … 1/ mashable.com/article/doge...

Totally normal(ized) behavior. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/...

There should be NO CHANGES TO NATIONAL VOTING BECAUSE THERE are NOT PROVEN REASONS TO BACK THAT IDIOTIC BILL! ONCE AGAIN, IT IS ALL ABOUT POWER AND CONTROL! TRUMP DETESTS MAIL-IN BALLOTS BECAUSE THEY DELAY RESULTS... even though he has done it himself! Ignore the asinine subpoena of 2020 voting!

Former Trump chief of staff John Kelly confirmed previous reports that Mr. Trump had made admiring statements about Hitler, had expressed contempt for disabled veterans and had characterized those who died for the United States as “losers” and “suckers." Read more: https://bit.ly/4eSSW2n

They blew up or drowned 150 people with absolutely no justification and it was a 10-minute story.

“Andreessen Horowitz [founded by Thiel ally Marc Andreessen] is now regularly the 1st outside call that top WH officials & senior Republican congressional aides make when considering moves that could affect tech companies’ AI plans, according to current & former WH & congressional aides.” 2/10/26 1/