The FDA has blocked the release of three studies demonstrating the safety of vaccinations for coronavirus and shingles. The studies in question — which cost millions of dollars and were conducted by agency-based scientists — found that serious side effects from the vaccines were very rare.

Trump Signs Executive Order Banning Seashells open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...

It's a speech worth listening to, and it would be good to think that this Congress really heard it. www.youtube.com/live/lS4-mSH...

“Today Péter Magyar, the man who will replace Orban after winning the election in a blowout, revealed that Orbán was using government money to finance CPAC.” open.substack.com/pub/ heathercoxrichardson/p/april-13-2026?r=5in7f&utm_medium=ios

An informative conversation about the self-inflicted damage the US is sustaining with the war in Iran and the continued resilience of the Ukrainians who are now fighting with their own drones. Thinking Live with Phillips O'Brien on War in Iran and Ukraine open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

The amazing, letter-perfect performance of NASA this week is a ferocious rebuke to the right-wing fools who constantly tell us that for-profit businesses always do a job better than the government.

This story is hearbreaking.

And behind the war scenes a corrupt betting platform. NEWS: Trump Says Military Ready for Its Next 'Conquest,' US to Make Military Draft Registration Automatic, Trump Gives NATO Ultimatum open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

No words…..

See the long list of cuts this administration wants to make to fund this war. Call your reps. NEWS: Pete Hegseth Purges Generals as Paranoia Grows, Military Silent as American Service Member is Missing, Trump Proposes Massive Cuts to Healthcare, Schools, and More open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

In what world is it okay for the Defense Secretary to make multi-million dollar investments in defense companies: a) Ever; b) In the run-up to starting a war in the Middle East FT has the scoop: www.ft.com/content/744e... In a functional democracy, he would offer his resignation tonight.

I think often of a New York Times photo of a little Iraqi girl tending to her parakeets in a bombed house, probably from 20 years ago now. I will think of this man and his sweet dog often now too. People just want to love what they love, care for their little beings, and instead we do this to them

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Iran isn't the only theocracy open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...

If you can’t think for yourself you can’t rebel. If you become reliant on an external brain to think for you, you will soon need it desperately. If you do not find art important, no art can move you to action. A docile, listless, addicted population is the dream of an authoritarian.

Medicare for All - "That's socialism!" Social Security - "That's socialism!" Debt free education - "That's socialism!" Universal childcare - "That's socialism!" $1 billion per day on a war in the Middle East that no one wants, while millions of people at home struggle. "That's just how it is."

“God is non-binary.” Thank you for this. #Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #Pinks #SheShed

Such important work from my friend and fellow poet, Ed Madden. www.postandcourier.com/free-times/a...

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"Trump’s attack on Iran scorns the will of the people and their constitutional right to decide whether they want to pay for a war with their money and their lives." February 28, 2026 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

This one hits hard.

Pritzker’s invoice to White House: (via @nbcnews.com) @govpritzker.illinois.gov

Justice for Dr. Linda Davis. ICE must be held accountable for the deadly chain of events and the cruel aftermath. Her memory lives on in every life she touched.

I never thought I’d see the day. Americans being told by the rest of the world to fight for our own democracy. We should never have gotten here. Keep resisting. ✊🏽 #SheShed #Voices4Victory

Read and share all over..he nails it

This is so spot on

HOW MANY TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN? HOW MANY INNOCENT, HARD WORKING IMMIGRANT FAMILIES DO TRUMP/MILLER PLAN TO DESTROY? MILLIONS? Like the NAZIS? People who've peacefully coexisted her for decades; many families who's ancestors were in America for MILLENNIA before Trump, Miller, Noem's families.

Saboteurs: Wrecking the US for generations by contributing to the spread of disease.

She spent the whole morning performatively screaming at Congressmen, but this image of Bondi saying nothing and refusing to turn around will be the only real takeaway from her testimony today.

And in other news. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Mamdani announces a new executive order protecting New Yorkers from "abusive immigration enforcement," including requiring ICE to have a judicial warrant to enter NYC property

Mamdani: "I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her were, 'I'm not mad at you.' I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger. ICE shot him bc he did something they could never fathom ... let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion."

BREAKING: The Supreme Court has refused to block California’s new congressional map approved by voters last November. The map will go into effect until 2030, countering Trump’s mid-decade redistricting scheme in November’s midterms.

Speaking to the BBC on Tuesday, Epstein survivor Annie Farmer said: "It's hard to focus on the new information that has been brought to light because of how much damage the DOJ has done by exposing survivors in this way." Incompetence and blatant illegality on this scale becomes a cruel strategy.

"With a judicial finger in the constitutional dike." "Jesus wept." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

He Witnessed an Earlier Shooting. Feds Arrested Him at the Scene of Alex Pretti’s Killing. theintercept.com/2026/01/31/m...

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They are all responsible open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...

Some people seem to have been absent for this day in civics class.

These days it’s: ’What are we gonna do about mass Gestapo shooting American citizens?,’ Norton said. ”What they're doing in Minnesota with the strike needs to expand.” ”We should be talking about a national general economic strike until this is over.” #GenStrike #GovtOut #LockThemUp Thread 1/7🧵

“This is a preschool you stupid motherf*ckers!” (From Somali Snaps)

Trump Replaces Asshole with Alternate Asshole open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...