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Hundreds of federal health workers, including doctors in senior leadership positions, began hearing early Tuesday morning that they are losing their jobs, part of a vast restructuring that will winnow down the agencies. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/u...

Make America Healthy Again! www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

Jet fuel is spilling into the North Sea after a U.S.-flagged fuel tanker collided with a cargo ship off the eastern coast of England. Thirty-seven people have been brought to shore.

Trump’s Veterans Affairs Secretary says his goal is firing 80,000 workers at the VA.

Because of Elon Musk and his team’s actions, more people are at risk of getting cheated by their banks, more seniors are at risk of losing Social Security, and more veterans are at risk of losing access to their benefits.

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Here’s the link for the unpaywalled version: archive.ph/xzFUr Also it should be not surprising at all that this group of people are predominantly white and predominantly male. Shouldn’t be the least surprising to anybody

“I don’t know anyone with Long Covid!” I promise you that you do. Long Covid is an invisible illness. You won’t know someone is impacted unless they choose to tell you. Many folks hide their disabilities because the world is NOT kind to disabled people. Be an ally. Be someone we can confide in

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A 2024 report found that the IRS netted savings of $13,000 for every additional hour spent auditing wealthy individuals’ tax returns — a return that “would leave Wall Street hedge fund managers drooling,” per the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.

At $250 it’s STILL way overvalued

Posted by @attorneycrump.bsky.social: “Target, once a corporate leader in DEI, now faces a 40-day boycott led by Rev. Jamal Bryant after scaling back its diversity efforts. The retailer currently faces declining sales, tariff pressures, and customer visits dropping more than rival competitors.”

Trump’s Department of Housing and Urban Development, which oversees billions in aid and insures more than a trillion dollars in mortgages, is pondering using the blockchain and a stablecoin. One HUD official derided it as “monopoly money.”

Some 21 million Americans don’t have ready access to a passport, birth certificate, or naturalization papers. And the SAVE Act would require these documents to register to vote.

Dying at this study of sexual habits that used the Gini index to compare P-in-V inequality to income inequality onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

An unknown number of fired CDC workers got their jobs back this week. Among them was Bri McNulty, who had shared her story with NPR.

In some cases, photos seemed to be flagged for removal simply because their file included the word “gay,” including service members with that last name and an image of the B-29 aircraft Enola Gay, which dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, during World War II.

BREAKING: Homeland Security suddenly and illegally announced that it's ending a legally binding collective bargaining agreement with 50,000 TSA workers and their union.

The United States has a shortage of more than 7 million affordable rental homes for low-income people. The country is also experiencing record homelessness. DOGE’s cuts to HUD are now set to exacerbate these dueling crises. Read @juliannemcshane.bsky.social's report:

At a sermon preached to President Trump at Washington National Cathedral, Bishop Mariann Budde asked him to "have mercy" on people who are "scared," including LGBTQ children.

If you want to read a new book coming out but don't want to buy it, a great thing you can do is ask your local library to order it. The more requests they get, the more likely they are to acquire it and then lots of people will get to read it who othewise wouldn't.

This man is a profound danger. Every American should oppose his nomination.

H5 bird flu found in wastewater in New Jersey and Las Vegas, according to CDC's wastewater program. New Jersey don't have any known cases of H5N1 bird flu in poultry or dairy cattle.

"I always say, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is my biggest influence. There is something about the mood here. The fear, insanity, corruption, filth, despair, violence in the air was so beautiful to me." - David Lynch || @phillyvoice.com www.phillyvoice.com/david-lynch-...

Here’s a (very long) fact sheet on the Biden Administration’s record of accomplishments. Please feel free to share this ahead of his Farewell Address to the Nation from the Oval Office tonight at 8 pm EST. 🇺🇸

The right stayed a steady and consistent course for over 40 years to get to this point. One thing the left has to let go of is the romanticized idea of how change happens.

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The lawsuit comes during the waning days of the Biden administration, and the next administration is less likely to aggressively pursue a charge against Musk.

Russia field executed Australian POW Oscar Jenkins. Australia is moving to expel the Russian ambassador. Jenkins is a former teacher who volunteered to protect Ukraine during Russia’s invasion.

President Biden used his farewell address to the nation Wednesday to warn of an “oligarchy” of the ultra-wealthy taking root in the country and of a “tech-industrial complex” that is infringing on Americans’ rights and the future of democracy.

Well done RollingStone for reporting it accurately.

Getting a library card has been life changing. I've finished 10 books since October, all for free 📖 go support your local library!!

Amazon workers affiliated with the Teamsters union launched a strike at seven of the company’s delivery hubs less than a week before Christmas. Here’s what you should know.

Just so we’re clear what just happened: Republicans tore apart their funding agreement with Democrats after Elon Musk told them to. They created a new bill that defunded child cancer research. And then they failed to pass that bill too.

If you see anyone talking about how the Amazon strike could disrupt the flow of packages:

I only learned recently that unpasteurized milk can transmit polio virus, and used to be a fairly common source for outbreaks. It was actually the first virus shown to be transmitted via food. Some fun trivia to keep in mind these next few years 😬

a whole movement of "back to the land" weirdos who have never even been to the state fair

You know it's bad when your doctor is like, "I'm not sure if this is depression or if you are simply having appropriate emotional responses to an unending cavalcade of terrible events."