Francie Berens

Breaking news: Contradicting HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the CDC continues to recommend the coronavirus vaccines for healthy children, according to new documentation posted to the agency's website.

Joe Biden embraced by crowd at airport in first public appearance since his cancer diagnosis.

Wonder how many people Trump is negotiating foreign policy and tariffs with, that have children and other relatives going to Harvard and other Ivy League schools ?

“Do not mock us.”

complete batshit insanity

Virtually every number or statistic Trump throws out on any subject - polls, election results, casualty figures, immigration, taxes, spending, economic, gas or food prices, - 95% of the time he uses a number for anything it is patently false and wildly exaggerated in his favor.

I signed this letter because I’ve lived it. Chris Krebs & Miles Taylor are friends & former colleagues who chose country over politics—truth over fear. Now Trump is targeting them for it. This is authoritarian retribution—plain & simple. Over 200 of us are speaking out. Please read & share.

I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.

My name is Ben and I have autism. I’m not less than anyone else I just see the world differently. Lately I’ve been working on losing weight by walking. I walked 5 miles yesterday. It’s also helps with my confidence and I can enjoy the outdoors and the scenery.

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More in No, Other People: New poll: “America would be better off if more people worked in manufacturing.” • 80% of Americans agree • 20% disagree “I would be better off if I worked in a factory.” • 25% of Americans agree • 73% disagree • 2% currently work in a factory

Chasten and I are relieved that Governor Shapiro and his family are safe. While we wait to learn more, this much is clear: the targeting of a public official and his family - especially a prominent Jewish official on a major Jewish holiday - is unconscionable and has no place in our country.

The most corrupt administration in American history wants you to look the other way from this. We can't. We need answers.

This is high art

He did it because those tux-wearing bastards never once said "thank you."

I have a question. All of a sudden, I’m having a surge of prospective followers. I don’t comment to get followers, haven’t been posting all that much recently, so this is confounding. Did Bluesky change something that made this happen? Anybody else?

I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.

This is the simplest and most obvious explanation.

Reminder: the First Amendment protects everyone who resides in our country. It doesn't matter if you have a green card or a visa or if you're undocumented. The Supreme Court has repeatedly affirmed that any person residing in the United States, regardless of status, is entitled to 1A protections.

Last week the folks on Fox News assumed their viewers had no memory of a story from August 2024. NASA had ALWAYS planned to pick up two astronauts during a SpaceX mission in February 2025 that got moved to March 2025. I provide receipts - @pbsnews.org

There simultaneously was no chat, and also he snuck onto it. There simultaneously was no classified intel, but if he leaks it he'll be in a lot of trouble. Every senior member of cabinet simultaneously was in the chat, and also has never heard of it. Schroedinger's chat.

I wouldn’t trust Tulsi Gabbard with the knowledge of a surprise birthday party. Her role as the DNI is a joke.

It's critical for everyone to remember what an Executive Order is. It is the President communicating orders to members of the executive branch. Policies to pursue, actions to take, etc. They are not laws. They are not close to being laws. They are formalized memos to employees. That's all.

The level of incompetence is of these F&@/ing idiots is shocking. I think it’s a function of zero guardrails and zero accountability that breeds this level of impunity.

Greenland has a new hat, and I think they got it right!

🔑 under-discussed point — why they were on signal:

Olivia Nuzzi apologizes for sharing "tasteful nudes" on national security group chat.

Can’t script this:

At the Mike Lawler empty chair town hall in Peekskill, 102 year old Dee in danger of losing her Medicaid, heard FDR on the radio in 1935 when he created Social Security. @indivisible.org

Xavier transitioned and became Vivian Jenna Wilson. She is alive and well and lives in Japan. No loving parent would ever write such a disgusting thing as this, and it speaks volumes.

Shot. Chaser.

The Trump administration just shut down a food safety committee to prevent bacteria in baby formula. They are also threatening to fire employees who prevent deli meat from being infected with Listeria and applesauce from being laced with lead.

this

Suozzi on Fox on DOGE: "What we're seeing from DOGE is a lot of it has just been reckless. Why do you want to eliminate people who work to oversee the nuclear stockpile? Why do you want to get rid of people who oversee the avian flu? Why do you want to get rid of ppl who oversee a measles outbreak?"

Is anybody talking about Trump revoking Hunter and Ashley Biden’s extended Secret Service protection?

I dove back into Twitter a bit to see what “the other side” was up to. Made a rule though. If people were cursing at each other, I’d leave that thread stat. I’ve had to leave almost every one I started reading. Not all, but by what seems to be young guys. Is that how y’all talk to each other? Why?

So. Weather Channel has been covering multiple tornadoes all night. Through St Louis, crossing over the Mississippi now. Diagonal line of tornado WARNINGS, severe T-storm warnings diagonally southwest from St Louis. At least 4 active tornado warnings. AND they’re going back to regular programming.

Notice to flat-Earthers all around the globe: Please alert the authorities if tonight’s Total Lunar Eclipse looks like this:

Walz: "The idea that the secretary of education would not know what IDEA is -- individuals with disability in education act -- that's like your mechanic not knowing how to put air in your tire. And she's in charge of this nation's education progress. It is catastrophic."