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Millions of Americans are already learning that their health insurance costs for 2026 are going way up. I want to hear from you so we can make this impossible for the GOP to ignore the consequences of their policies. If your premiums are going up, reply below and please share your story.

Our secret is out! Milwaukee has been named the 3rd-best big city in the U.S. for the 3rd year in a row by Conde Nast Traveler Magazine. How many of the top 5 have you visited? 1. Chicago, Illinois 2. San Francisco, California 3. Milwaukee, Wisconsin 4. Portland, Oregon 5. New Orleans, Louisiana

Kimmel’s back—proof that public pressure can make a difference. But folks in our region won’t be able to watch tonight because KOMO’s owner, Sinclair, refuses to air the show on its ABC stations. It’s corporate cowardice to censor programming just because the president doesn’t like it.

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Dr. Demetre, in his resignation from the CDC, said this: “I have never experienced such radical non-transparency, nor have I seen such unskilled manipulation of data to achieve a political end rather than the good of the American people”. It is an outrage that RFK Jr. remains as head of HHS.

I wasn't overreacting.

Calling for user research participants! To inform bioenergy research data integration, we are seeking feedback to improve ways of finding data across Dept. of Energy sources. Fill out this short survey by Aug. 31 to volunteer for a 45-minute interview: jointgeno.me/UserResearch2025 🖥️🧬 🧪🍄🌱🦠

FRAUD ALERT: I have nothing to do with these phony books using my name on the cover. I have not written a memoir or partnered/inspired any cookbooks! Attempts to get Amazon to take these down have gone nowhere.

When mRNA vaccines are wrongly attacked, this is one of many examples of what you're missing. A broad spectrum prevention strategy against viruses www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

NEWS: Annie Farmer, an Epstein survivor who testified against Ghislaine Maxwell, just revealed on CNN that she wrote a letter with her concerns to Deputy AG Blanche — and received no response. She says neither she nor other survivors have heard a word from the DOJ.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced today that it will begin phasing out its operations, following Congress’s recent decision to revoke previously allocated federal funding. CPB said it is initiating an “orderly wind-down” after nearly six decades.

None of the Epstein/Maxwell survivors were notified of Maxwell’s transfer to the minimum security facility.

We had heard this happened, and now there’s proof.

Today, President Trump signed a bill into law that will eliminate $1.1B of federal funding for public media. This devastating act tipped the threat against journalism in America into a crisis. Millions depend on the NPR Network. Now, we’re counting on you. Donate here: n.pr/458sOhq

Everyone: we want the Epstein files released! Pam Bondi: how about JFK? MLK? HRC? LBJ? ELO? REO Speedwagon?

I needed a reason to stop drinking soda. Coke products can take a hike.

Oops: On Joe Rogan’s podcast in September 2018, Tulsi Gabbard acknowledged that Russia interfered in the 2016 election. Rogan called it “amazing” that it took until 2016 for foreign election influence to become a major issue in the U.S.

BREAKING: Justice Department fires SDNY federal prosecutor Maurene Comey, who played key role prosecuting Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, per @eorden www.politico.com/news/2025/07/16/maurene-comey-fired-doj-00458921

BREAKING: Trump's Justice Department just fired one of the Epstein prosecutors. www.politico.com/news/2025/07...

NEWS: Donald Trump has fired Maurene Comey, who was the key prosecutor in the Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell cases

Summer of Scam: Crypto

US science, by Hilary Price

Hmm

“In the past two years, however, with surprisingly little notice, renewable energy has suddenly become the obvious, mainstream, cost-efficient choice around the world.” www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...

DHS appears to accidentally confirm CNN's reporting in an unhinged reply to MeidasTouch on X, noting that "by Tuesday, FEMA had deployed" staffers. This aligns with CNN's reporting that Noem didn't authorize FEMA's deployment of Urban Search and Rescue teams until Monday.

🚨🚨🚨 IT GETS WORSE 😳 "Kristi Noem didn’t authorize FEMA’s deployment of Urban Search and Rescue teams until Monday, more than 72 hours after the flooding began, multiple sources told CNN." Story: www.cnn.com/2025/07/09/p...

Our last secretary of defense didn’t inform the White House that he was going to the doctor and republicans had hearings about it. www.cnn.com/2025/07/08/p...

In at least one case, Grok praised Adolf Hitler.

Donald Trump Jr in 2024: How is it that my father could be convicted of 34 crimes, but no one on Epstein's list has even been brought to light? I'm trying to figure out how that's possible. It's almost like they're trying to protect those pedophiles for some reason. I can't imagine why.

Are they going to start paying taxes??

"In 50 years of watching economic policy, I have never seen a package... that did so much to take money from the poor, give it to the rich.”

The US is experiencing its worst measles outbreak in over 30 years, with 1,288 cases reported just six months into the year. The vaccine-preventable disease has led to three deaths, two children in Texas and an adult in New Mexico, and dozens of hospitalizations.

Bondi tries (badly) to explain why that minute is missing from the Epstein prison video

This is pretty freaking damning. This whole article is the degradation of public services to the point of death and destruction. | As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...

Oh, is that all you know how to do, Mike?

The Epstein List went from "sitting on [Pam Bondi's] desk right now" to "there is no list" in just a few months!

It is now my mission to flip these seats and take back the house. You can help defeat them, too.

It’s official. Republicans just voted to rip health care away from millions of Americans to fund tax cuts for billionaires.

Well, I'll be getting a mid-five-figure tax cut and all it took was creating a police state and taking away health care from a bunch of my neighbors

Let’s see how long this gag order on the government is obeyed.

He genuinely doesnt give a fuck what happens to the rest of them or he doesnt know whats going on.

Mike Johnson just said if you are for reducing the deficit, this bill is for you. The bill adds 3-4 trillion dollars to the deficit. They just lie.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren always says it best, "This bill is bad. It's bad economically. It's bad morally. This bill is just wrong. But we stay in the fight."

The White House took down a website hosting the nation's top report on how climate change is affecting the United States.

I hate that I have to spend time understanding Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert but I'm doing it anyway. The story painted by a not-very-deep-dive is fascinating in a "true crime" kind of way.

I have no other agenda than sharing the science & interpreting what it likely means for the people I love. If you have a problem with that, it’s almost certainly because you’ve been radicalised. Also: Fuck.

Will President Donald Trump deport Elon Musk? Today, Trump told reporters: "We'll have to take a look." Musk appears to have worked in the US without authorization. According to experts, if he did so and lied about it as part of the immigration process, he could be denaturalized. Our earlier story:

“The minutiae of Medicaid policy” is a wild euphemism for “16M+ Americans will lose their healthcare”