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9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American." It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
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Reasonable and generous!
Trump is the Dorian Grey portait of the Confederacy.
every day i see hundreds of comments of people spinning elaborate scenarios to explain how trump can control everything and all opposition is futile. a) i think a lot of you need to log off and stop following professional doomsayers. b) i think a lot of you are cowards
trump can issue as many executive orders as he wants, perhaps coverage should reflect the fact that a lot of these have the legal force of a child's wishlist for santa
not just that he has no constitutional authority, there isn't even any particular legal or institutional mechanism by which the president can make anyone treat this as anything other than a weird advisory opinion.
Benny Johnson, a right-wing podcaster, is among the new media figures who enjoy rare access to the Trump administration in exchange for their promotion of the White House’s agenda to millions of online followers. He stands out for his record of plagiarism and promoting false claims. nyti.ms/4gb5yn1
SO. FEROCIOUS.
Here’s a link to his adoption profile: 24petconnect.com/SacramentoCo...
RFK, Jr. is not keeping us safe and is not the guy for this job.
Check out my Patreon for a free, long-ish essay on how we are inclined to misinterpret the familiar, with a bonus photo of my cat not enjoying early Elvis. www.patreon.com/posts/137434...
going back to the founders it would have been recognized as an act of gratitude and patriotism to dedicate one's life to service of their adopted country, but Vance rejects the fundamental ideal of America in favor of crude blood-and-soil Nazism that he learned on the internet five years ago
RFK Jr looks like he’s been sampling the diseases at the CDC
EAST TEXAS DWELLERS❗️ I am once again asking that if you or a friend of a friend of a friend might even POSSIBLY know someone who could take 1 or 2 sweet healthy adult female cats with all vet care done and no behavioral issues, their disabled senior owners are being evicted and cannot bring cats!
Every time your electricity bill goes up for the next 10 years, it can be traced back to this Administration’s actions. They are making solar and wind power illegal to build in the United States. They are artificially restricting supply while demand is going up.
there is no question in my mind that rfk jr is the most dangerous person in this administration and that his eugenicist ideology threatens the lives of millions of people www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
someone should put together a "kennedy death count" for everyone who dies of a preventable disease and just plaster it everywhere www.statnews.com/2025/08/28/c...
Lot of people not familiar with RFK’s fucked up brain so let me translate: he thinks he can walk around and see how many kids are autistic, and he thinks vaccines caused it. Pretty much that simple
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she said that “black” with a hard r
i was told that trump’s modest improvement with black and hispanic men meant that racism had nothing to do with MAGA. oh well.
I voted against RFK, Jr. because it was clear he just is not up for the job and would put his own politics ahead of science. We are watching my worst fears play out – and it's Wisconsin kids and families who will suffer.
The other day, our rescue’s only car died. Because it also doubled as my personal vehicle, I struggled with the decision to ask for donations to replace it. But the fact is we need a car to function. No rescues, vet appointments, adoptions, NOTHING can happen without a car. donorbox.org/crits4cats
Super important piece on how states can help fill the gaps created by RFK's anti-vax policies. We desperately need RFK out of the job, where he's doing immense damage to public health, but Dem Governors can take effective steps here if they want to. (So can R Governors! Not sure they'll want to.)
i have to imagine that vance said “god forbid” with a huge wink
Dragon Con does the right thing.
"Pediatric Brain Cancer Trial Group to Be Phased Out" "A network of hospitals and cancer centers dedicated to early phase trials of novel treatments will no longer receive federal funding." 🎁🔗 Nina Agrawal for @nytimes.com
Full resignation letter from Demetre C. Daskalakis, a CDC leader, does not hold back. "The recent shooting at CDC is not why I am resigning. My grandfather, who I am named after, stood up to fascist forces in Greece and lost his life doing so. I am resigning to make him and his legacy proud."
One more time, shout out to the very serious people who suggested that RFK had some really good points about public health. No way to have predicted how things would turn out, except to look at his past record and everything he said about vaccines.
Yes, because I was utterly at a loss for a response MORE USELESS than thoughts and prayers.
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Relevant to my last post: @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social on circuses vs. roses. www.meditationsinanemergency.com/circuses-vs-...
wtf is this nonsense? He thinks he can understand kid’s “mitochondrial challenges” just by looking at them? This is an insane person.
I have found a lot of use for Melinda Cooper’s concept of the anti-social state: a government that exists only to extract wealth and inflict violence, and dismantles all its pro-social and life-enabling functions. www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
ah yes, vital that we have housing for cars and not people
This rose is called Eustacia Vye. I care not for Thomas Hardy, but this rose deciding this week to bloom a second time has been a note of grace that I have badly needed.
"My friend Victor like saved me though, because he laid on top of me. But he got hit." 10-year-old describes witnessing Minneapolis shooting.
It has been wild to see what were always the two most paranoid pro-Second Amendment scenarios—the government snatching people away and sending occupying armies into communities—literally happen this year, to the delight of conservatives
If something happened to be daughter and in response I was told that she is now "with the person who loved her the most," you could not hold me legally liable for what I would do next.
I enthusiastically recommend this novel!
Speaking as a pro writer, yes, this is 100% correct.
It’s unacceptable that for every 1 open child care slot, 3 children need that same spot in many parts of our state. The truth is: our child care system is totally broken. I’m fighting to fix it.
motivational poorly drawn cats
Also, in 9, "answers" should be "anger." As usual, I don't know what autocorrect is smoking.
Ah, dammit, I lost count. That last post is tenth of ten.
Voters who want change are going to respond if you show them the change they want. 9/9 (There remains another class of voters, those who didn't vote for him...but also didn't vote for her, because she's Black or because she's a woman, or both. I acknowledge that these people exist, but that's it.)
3. Be passionate. Show compassion. Show answers. Be a human being. 9/
2. Get out & talk to your constituents---i.e., the people who are going to vote for you. (Or not.) Care about what interests them. Find out what THEY don't like & talk about ways to fix it. Make it clear that you have plans for how to fix the almighty mess that is our current federal govt. 8/
So what you need to do is 1. Be visible. You don't need to be Gavin Newsom, but you need to put yourselves out there and make it clear that you don't like the current hellscape either. There are SO MANY THINGS not to like, you should be able to find something to say. 7/
Now more than ever, these are people who do not want the status quo. In fact, NONE of the voters you want to reach wants the status quo. And if you are sitting still not being scary...the status quo is what you are effectively offering. This will not get it done. 6/
They voted for him, those that did, because they believed him when he said he was going to make things better. Okay, yes, some of that is on them for believing him after his stint as 45. But most of it's on him for being a LIAR. 5/
The people you need to think about between now and November 2026 are the people who voted for him and now regret it, and the people who didn't vote at all. And you are not going to win ENOUGH of those people by sitting still and not being scary. 4/
And, no, there is ABSOLUTELY NO POINT in even LOOKING at his base. But---and here's the important bit---they aren't enough to win a national election, either. Forget them. 3/
That's fine for your base, but we already know your base is not sufficient to win a national election, or Harris would be president right now. 2/
Dear Democrats, The one strategy that seems most doomed to failure right now is the one you seem to be pursuing: "sit still and hope that, if we don't do anything scary, the votes will come to us." 1/
“Trump’s pretense to ownership of public goods and public spaces isn’t some quirk to be ignored or waited out — “there goes our Donald!” — but a direct expression of his autocratic ambitions and despotic cast of mind.”
Oh bother. I missed the ambiguity. It IS the case, unfortunately, that he is the POTUS. It is NOT the case that this means he can do whatever he wants. ...except, of course, in this, the stupidest timeline, where the only people not saying NO are also the only people with the power to stop him.
After all the fancy constitutional arguments & faux historical glosses, this is the practical endpoint of the unitary executive theory. Because when presidential power is effectively unchecked, the only thing preventing it from devolving into authoritarianism is the decency of the officeholder.
I would like to note for the record that this is not, in fact, the case.
this stuff is such a disgrace. a free citizen of a free country should be ashamed to engage in it.
If you’ve looked at a manhole cover in America, odds are that you’ve seen one that came from Neenah Foundry📍 This place is an iconic Wisconsin manufacturer and it’s always great to see their work firsthand.
Americans broadly hate all of this, and we all gotta remember that when it feels like things are spinning out of control
trump does not intend for the next january 6th to fail www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Thread, with my own personal observation that even if your mammogram is painful, IT IS WORTH IT to detect breast cancer early. My tumors (yes, plural) were only a couple of millimeters, but the mammogram found them.
Even if it is painful, it is worth it to detect breast cancer early. Ask me how I know.
welp. so much for buying gear from japanese camera shops
FUCK ME DO NOT DESCRIBE TRUMP'S PLANS IN THE HEADLINES WITHOUT NOTING THEY ARE ILLEGAL.
this is exactly right. it's the same stupid bet every republican has made since 2015.
national geographic but with muppets: thread
While touring INNIO Waukesha Gas Engine, I heard about how the President’s on-again, off-again tariffs are impacting their business, their workers, and their customers. Wisconsin small businesses deserve a fair shot to succeed, not chaos.
I've been fostering this adorable, tiny, soft, young kitty & wish I could keep her, but she'd be happier in a home without other cats. Please share w/ anyone in range of #Philly who's looking for a #cat. More pics at the link and I can answer any Q's: www.petfinder.com/cat/tiny-gre...
UPDATE: Governor Cook has issued a statement. “President Trump purported to fire me ‘for cause’ when no cause exists under the law, and he has no authority to do so. I will not resign. I will continue to carry out my duties to help the American economy as I have been doing since 2022.”
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Snout cat. 🐽
When child care is scarce and costly, the whole community feels it. I sat down with child care providers in Janesville to discuss how we can fight this crisis head-on and give families some relief.
the National Guard deployment is the same thing as the military parade is the same thing as the glowering paintings of Donald Trump staring down at you is the same thing as torturing a small number of South American immigrants: he loves the appearance of tyranny.
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Four journalists were killed by an Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital today, including Mariam Dagga, a freelancer with the @apnews.com. She has a 12-year-old son, who was evacuated from Gaza earlier in the war. She was a true hero, like all of our Palestinian colleagues in Gaza. tinyurl.com/3cn5c9vb
The lead prosecutor in the Ghislaine Maxwell case, Maurene Comey, was fired 8 days before her interview with Deputy AG Todd Blanche on July 24-25, 2025. There was no official announcement or explanation. It's funny how careers end right before the questions begin.
We spend lots of time parsing through all the preexisting trends that made the rise of an American fascism possible, and that's all true enough, but it's still a huge contingent factor that Donald Trump is a literal freak of nature, a sui generis pathological bundle of min-maxed personality traits.
My heart breaks for MooMoo and all the other feral mamas out there trying to keep their kittens safe in an unsafe world, but I am so glad and so grateful that you were able to save Thistle and Thorn. I have loved watching them bloom from grubs to potatoes to real kittens.
Co-signed times a thousand. “Other people have no interiority” is, fundamentally, a deeply evil belief to hold which will lead you exclusively to terrible places
I honestly want a much larger ❤️ to respond to this with.
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I am constantly getting tagged to share posts from "rescues" that are obviously fake. Please learn to recognize the signs so you are not wasting your money and sympathy on scammers! 🧵 1. They have no website, search results, phone #, or physical address - only a PayPal or other donation account.
I hope you like it!
Wisconsinites deserve answers from Republicans as to why they voted to take away their health care.
we see very clearly in public polling that people in california and D.C. hate the deployments and that americans broadly disapprove of them, but here we have an assertion that the smart strategy is to avoid any discussion of the situation in favor of a pivot to, you guessed it, kitchen table issues.
You may not know this, but I love woodworking. What a treat to spend the morning with Ike Wynter in his shop to see how his incredible work comes together.
Remembering today when pro-GOP media erupted with outrage over Kamala Harris' warning that Trump had plans to militarize the national guard and deploy them on the streets of US cities. Indeed, he had such plans. And now he's implementing them.
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So glad these people are running the country www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
The full write up is here: Was It Something The Democrats Said? A Response to Third Way’s Political Language Memo open.substack.com/pub/dcinboxi...
This, this, a thousand times this. People get curious about stuff and think they want it explained but explaining it is bad actually.
lmao holy shit
We just got through an election where voters told us they voted on egg prices and thinking Biden was President in 2020 and people are arguing Dems lose because of “Latinx” and let me tell you that’s the most online stupid fucking shit I’ve ever heard in my life.
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