The president is a real estate developer and reality TV star. Here’s what doctors, scientists, and autism experts say about Tylenol and vaccines. When disinformation muddies the waters, @rewirenewsgroup.com floods the zone with truth.

VA Sen. Tim Kaine on pressuring the state’s federal prosecutors to go after Trump’s political opponents: “You have my pledge that I will do everything I can to uphold the rule of law in Virginia and act to check anyone’s efforts, even the President of the United States, who tries to tear it down.”

If you’re not the type to tune into vaccine panel mtgs, you missed personal attacks, dropped calls, awkward silences, overall chaos—& some news that may change when and how you & your family can get vaccinated. @cameronoakes.bsky.social was following the debate live, and she breaks it all down here

The website that had to retract an AI-authored story it unwittingly assigned and published decides actually robot writers are fine

“It would be a lot of lowering. The flag would never be up.” America in a nutshell.

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May I present to you: the rule of law

If the U.S. were a foreign country we read about in the press, many Americans would see it as too dangerous to visit. Instead, we live here.

If your college kid is trans or nonbinary, they may have gotten an unwelcome new dorm assignment this year. Several schools have reversed or restricted gender-inclusive housing policies in hopes of keeping their federal funding, inc Univ Kansas & UNC Asheville, @rewirenewsgroup.com reporting finds.

Revolutionary. About a decade ago NYC became (I think) the first U.S. city to make pre-K free. Then it included 3-year-olds. Spots in 3K programs, which save families $10k-$30K a year, are coveted and competitive. To imagine universal free childcare in *this* country? It will change so many lives.

“Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn,” was all the groom, 81, said to CNN when called for comment. I’m old enough to remember when ol’ Ollie ran for governor of VA. (That’s when I learned about Iran-Contra, and everyone else was reminded of it—not great for his campaign).

Southerners of Bluesky collectively rolling our monolithic eyes right now

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Strong Duterte vibes. The former Philippines president is at The Hague now for his extrajudicial killings disguised as a war on drugs. But of course the US isn’t a member of the International Criminal Court, and rarely has it felt bound by international law.

BREAKING: New York Governor Kathy Hochul is set to sign an executive order allowing pharmacists to prescribe and administer Covid-19 vaccines to anyone who requests them, regardless of age or underlying conditions.

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It’s alllmost as if women’s pain isn’t seen as a matter of great import in medical procedures 🤔

✨Shocking news✨ from NYC: When you give pregnant people w/o stable housing $1000, no strings attached, life improves for them and their baby. "It means getting to live in a safer neighborhood...getting to choose to go back to work & put your child into child care...access to more nutritional food.”

Soul-rending terror and determination, in one picture

Not just Planned Parenthood: When the Trump admin slashed Medicaid funding for healthcare orgs that provide abortions in July, it was widely seen as an effort to defund PP. But other medical care chains will see their budgets decimated, reports @cameronoakes.bsky.social for @rewirenewsgroup.com

I had @dandrezner.bsky.social as a prof at @fletcherschool.bsky.social One reason I chose Fletcher is bc ~40% students were intl, radically enhancing class dynamics when learning foreign policy. It surprises me not at all & delights me plenty to read that admins at are moving mtns to secure visas.

Read this masterpiece. Read it all. Come for the wad of cash, stay for the reporter turning down what she thought was a light snack. Then ponder: what kind of influence would $100 buy these days anyway?

How to do your job when the law makes it almost impossible? If you’re an OBGYN in a state that bans abortion, either you figure it out—or you leave. “I’m a fighter,” said a Texas OBGYN. “So, onward.” This fabulous story is the kind of journalism that makes me proud to work at @rewirenewsgroup.com

I think Cuomo is badly misjudging how New Yorkers feel about other New Yorkers getting affordable apartments. We’re all for it! We’d snatch it up too if we got our shot.

But never to me. Never to me.

I refuse to read beyond faster new Acela cars debuting {plugs ears, rides train 🚆}

New favorite website: Weeds of New York nycgarden.blogspot.com/p/our-weeds_...

She was right about Roe, folks.

No

Military government decrees violence emergency, places five major cities including the capital under military rule -Argentina 1973 (three years before coup)

AJ is one of the last and only international outlets reporting on the ground in Gaza, and Israel just killed their reporters. Ghastly, unconscionable stuff.

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Stanford's student paper sues Noem and Rubio, saying their policies cause non-citizen students to avoid expressing themselves freely in the Daily's pages due to fear of detention and deportation h/t @joshgerstein.bsky.social www.thefire.org/sites/defaul...

I asked a numbers guy: What else could Trump's $150 billion mass deportation budget pay for? The short answer is: Americans could get a lot of FREE health care, and shuttered rural hospitals could reopen their doors. For the long answer, you gotta click through.

Political scientists use a concept— “voice or exit”—to discuss how people show dissent. In a healthy democracy, they tend to speak up (voice). In a rotten system, they often leave (i.e., migrate—exit). Obviously, exit is a form of voice, too. It’s striking that it’s the one Texas Dems must use.

A new study finds only 12% of media content consumed by first graders is educational. PBS leads as the top source, producing 45% of the educational TV and videos kids watch most often, according to a child development researcher. buff.ly/WmmIXuQ

Pitch callout!

Trisomy 18 is usually fatal within weeks of birth. Some families are getting more time, with surgeries, luck and incredible effort. This is the story of what Noah, and his family, are up against. https://nyti.ms/44Z7TgU

A city councilman in Danville VA was doused in gasoline and set on fire this week. Political violence is now the norm in this country.

This could go in many directions, all of which demand we see photo documentation

Important research alert! 👇

Worked out to Ozzy today (RIP) and it totally slapped

Care workers allow the rest of us to work

Our TransMissives series continues with a powerful letter from a trans teen who did *not* request anonymity. Daniel Trujillo wants the world to know his story and why his family no longer lives in the U.S.

Very mindful, very demure, not at all likely to raise eyebrows

A horrifying statement published today by the Editorial Committee of the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency. "Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die" Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:

Not the news we needed today 😞

Leon was granted political asylum in 1987 after surviving torture under Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet said granddaughter Nataly ‼️”who asked that her surname not be used because she fears U.S. government retribution against her and her relatives‼️”<—this last bit should chill the soul

Congratulations to all the liberated. This is absolutely, batsh*t wild news.