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This needs robust recirculation: youtu.be/t0e9guhV35o?...

CDC’s deputy director to leave Trump administration after six months - sad but not surprising, as she was well qualified. #vaccinessavelives

When Idaho Banned Abortion, OB-GYNs Fled. The Doctors Who Stayed Are Cracking. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/m... The Law of Unintended Consequences strikes again. I wonder if any members of the Supreme Court are troubled by this.

There is something deeply wrong with allowing a sociopath from South Africa to kill thousands of kids in Africa and Ukraine just because he has a lot of money.

Update: he just said that a doctor told him that he had never seen anyone ace a cognitive test. Nonsense! As a geriatrician I administered many cognitive tests and many of my patients got a perfect score. If he has the guts, Dr. Oz should explain to the President how cognitive tests work.

Trump Outlines Rapid Plan to Close and Overhaul D.C. Golf Course www.nytimes.com/2026/10/18/u... Doesn’t he have a war to prosecute?!

Trump Endorses Netanyahu as Best U.S. Partner in Tight Israeli Election www.nytimes.com/2026/10/18/u... Quelle surprise!

📆 No Kings! In Howard County, folks are spreading awareness about voting early and protecting our votes. Pictured are folks at the libraries in Elkridge, Glenwood, East Columbia, Central, and Savage. Lady Liberty is in the house at Savage. 🍃

U.S. Budget Deficit Nears $2 Trillion, a Reality Check for Trump’s Cost Cutting www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/b... - what the heck does this headline mean?! How about “a reality check for Trump’s profligate ways?” Cue Republicans threatening to cut social programs.

U.S. Budget Deficit Nears $2 Trillion, a Reality Check for Trump’s Cost Cutting www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/b... - what the heck does this headline mean?! How about “a reality check for Trump’s profligate ways?” Cue Republicans threatening to cut social programs.

John Roberts and four other Supreme Court justices have betrayed the U.S. Constitution. The checks are gone. Imbalance prevails. The American experiment in self-governance is imploding in real time.

Talarico: "We currently see in Texas women dying in emergency room parking lots from sepsis because their doctors are too afraid to provide life-saving care...I think we should be disturbed by the outcomes of this extreme abortion ban."

Hitler, Goering, Himmler, Goebbels. Bormann, Streicher...these were guys just like you and me. They jsit needed someone to hug it out with them. Maybe buy them a beer. Fucking hell. This is America now.

Thank you, America! Money from diesel will help me kill even more Ukrainian children.

What got you MAGA is too much TV, too much internet, too much talk-radio, a culture of plenty and a long epidemic of narcissism, and people not voting in midterms and local elections.

Why did you post this as I was about to go to sleep?!

“So many people came out to see me in Alabama last night. The Fire Marshall threatened to shut the rally down because we were so bigly over capacity. And I was told that there were over 300,000 outside, crying because they couldn’t get in to hear me. We could hear them all crying from inside. Sad.”

We are now, without a doubt, the greatest kleptocracy the world has ever known. By virtue of Donald Trump and the Republican Party promising to hate and abuse those people a nation of angry rubes wants to hate and abuse, they have lifted the national wallet and handed it back to the rubes, empty.

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/... “What a democracy cannot—and should not—tolerate is a secretary of defense who trucks in propaganda and wants the people who serve in America’s military to be the armed instrument of his own resentments and biases.” Per Tom Nichols

Watching Jack Smith testify makes me wonder - once Trump is out of office, can he be prosecuted for any of his alleged crimes (e.g., possession of government records, his January 6th involvement)? Any lawyers willing to venture an opinion?

JVL was on fire! And rightfully so!

"There are going to be people jumping off the Trump train and we should be careful not to assume that their maneuvering is a belated embrace of liberal democracy. They should be vetted. So let’s get medieval on his limey ass." @jvl.bsky.social on Gerard Baker:

American journalism has reached that point wherein if you cover the White House or opine on national events as a columnist for a major news organization, you must be called "piggy," "sleazebag," or "human scum" by this president. If you are not, you must -- as a gutless and craven cipher -- resign.

@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social: "Republican voters in focus groups say things like, 'I just don't like Vance's face. I think he seems weird.'" Sarah Longwell tells @realbillmaher.bsky.social why JD Vance doesn't have the juice.

60 Posts in 10 Hours: How Trump’s Social Media Reflects His Version of Reality www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/u... - who is writing these headlines?! His social media posts are a mixture of delusions and lies! Well, it is @nytimes.com after all. 😩

The lies, the disrespect, the bogus claims, may seem same-old-same-old after 10 years of Trump’s assault on truth and decency. But we should not sleep on the stolen valor of the man entrusted with the fate of the nation. charliesykes.substack.com/p/trumps-911...

This Labor Day (and all other days): Thank the workers who serve you. Appreciate the workers who care for you. Respect the workers who pick up your trash. Salute the workers who get you your mail. Honor the workers who teach your children. Pay all workers a living wage.

This donkey has done as much to improve affordability for average Americans as the United States Congress has. #Congress

Kennedy Hires Covid Vaccine Skeptic to Look at Dubious Claims of Military Deaths www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/u... - it just gets worse and worse. RFK, Jr. should resign. #vaccinessavelives

I thought she already had that job. She was just conducting it from the Fox Studios.

Trump is going to do lots of dumb, outrageous things to try to confuse and distract us. Lake America, Trump Strait, the Trump coin...you get the idea. Right now, I'm focused on the two main threats to the elections. Here's a quick update and super simple breakdown.

C.D.C. Director Challenges Pennsylvania’s Report of Two Measles Deaths www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/h... - despite her having excellent credentials and her testimony at her confirmation hearing, I worried that Dr. Schwartz would be unable to withstand pressure from RFK, Jr. Is this an example?

Fine. He can hate the stop/start button as long as he understands that we hate the price per gallon of gasoline that his boss made unnecessarily higher with his stupid war.

“We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can’t have both.” Louis Brandeis

Teachers shouldn’t have to pay for school supplies

Correlation is not causation but RFK, Jr. is not looking too good. (And BTW, if you read the crawler Secretary Bessent isn’t looking too good either.).

Check out this article: Maryland measles cases jump tenfold this year with outbreak declared in three counties www.thebanner.com/community/pu... - None of these new cases were immunized. #vaccinessavelives

How Louisiana’s New Surgeon General Wants to Transform Public Health www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/u... - an OB/GYN physician who is against vaccinating newborns against hepatitis B has no business being Surgeon General. #vaccinessavelives #medsky

Unspeakably disgraceful. Doris Miller was a mess attendant -- the only jobs open to Black sailors -- who won the Navy Cross at Pearl Harbor. With this, and reports USN leaders are considering changing the design of aircraft carriers *because Trump said so* -- the Navy is dishonoring itself.

@radiofreetom.bsky.social

open.substack.com/pub/sensible... Great essay! Atlantic contributor Tom Nichols has written extensively on this topic.

This guy gave the O's some of his best years in some of their leanest and then he did something more inspirational. I'm thinking Baltimore or Baltimore County can find a Mancini Street somewhere on its roadmap. Will do my part wearing this heirloom to the Yards for seasons to come. Thank you, Trey.

Years of Trump Support Came Undone in 15 Minutes in an Airport. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/16/u... - poor reporting. Why didn’t the reporter ask her husband if he still supports Trump?