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Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT

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Overnight stay in hospital in Canada costs $0 ..

Watch the full video here: youtu.be/PhCTaY4wkY0

CBS News may not want you to see its CECOT reporting, but I'm happy to share this powerful video that our team produced this year.

Bill Clinton releasing a statement saying 'release the Epstein files, you cowards' was not on my bingo list.

Dear Ireland & all my cousins, ill soon be heading your way. In the meantime go n-éirí leat. In the meantime Nollaig shona dhuit ♥️

Read the Trump stuff. He was totally involved

Garcia: First, let’s be very honest about what’s happening. This is a White House cover-up. They are now involved in an illegal cover-up of the Epstein files. They’re defying Congress. They’re defying their own base. They’re lying to the American people.

"'If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient,' Ms. Alfonsi wrote." {gift link} www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...

Censorship is major step on the path toward an authoritarian regime. Cancelling an important 60 Minutes piece on the very real brutality being experienced by imprisoned people has lit a 4 alarm fire.

I’m old enough to remember when CBS News would never have surrendered to a demagogic president or any other politician. Remember Edward R. Murrow?

1. So I have a few thoughts on "heritage Americans," Nathanial Hawthorne, witch-hunting, Thomas Pynchon, Calvinism, strange feuds, the Daughters of the American Revolution, FDR, the moral responsibilities of nationalism & (I guess) Jack Kirby.

As an old man takes us back to the 50s

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This is the kind of reporting that sets the @nytimes.com apart. Incredible detail and investigative depth to show how corrupt Trump and his administration are. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Tapper: This is one of the documents the DOJ released. It’s 100 pages. It’s all black. That’s the transparency we’re getting.

Judge Mark Wolf on why he resigned: What we have now under President Trump is utterly inconsistent with equal justice under law. I watched, virtually day after day, his direction to the DOJ to prosecute his perceived political enemies and to insulate his friends, his family….

Trump father had Alzheimers. It can be inherited. Alzheimer's Infusion Treatment is given as intravenous infusions in hospital every 2 weeks with needle in a vein in hand or arm Frequent MRI scans are crucial to check brain swelling or bleeding.

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Fewer than 10% of Epstein files were released. They have been redacted beyond credibility

People in Sweden have social security, affordable healthcare, strict gun laws, 5 weeks paid annual leave & a year maternity leave A night in hospital costs $10. "Prescription drugs have an annual cap of $210. The Swedish government is not communist. It is a democratic socialist country

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Kennedy was a war hero- he fought in WW2, saved fellow sailors which left him with serious injuries. He earned the Navy and Marine Corps Medal. He served as a Senator and as a beloved President. He was murdered while on duty. He loved the arts and the Kennedy Center was intended to honor him.

Trump’s name is already being added to the Kennedy Center. No permission was sought or granted. Awful. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...

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The ignorance of this decision will cause more suicides of young people. RFK jr ignores that in a fetus, genitals & brain develop in different months- usually gender matched. But occasionally there is a gender difference. People can be born as a female ( or male) with genitals of opposite sex

It's a whole of government effort to eradicate trans people from society. This is just the first step. They're coming for all of us.

Daniel Dale. Fact check: “President Trump is repeating the same core batch of lies in most of his speeches and interviews. Here's a fact check of some of the long-debunked false claims he deployed during his address tonight: cnn.com/2025/12/17/pol…

Trump to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research. one of the world’s leading Earth science research institutions. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/c...

I'm told that HHS has just terminated all funding agreements with the American Academy of Pediatrics. Here's a letter HHS sent canceling one of the grants, relating to work on birth defects. Canceled because the project "emphasizes equity, diversity, and inclusion as key foundational components"

Grammy nominated opera singer Jubilant Sykes' was fatally stabbed. His son was arrested & is being held without bail in Southern California www.usatoday.com/story/entert...

“Donald Trump’s Remarks on the Death of Rob Reiner Are Next-Level Degradation On a weekend of terrible violent events, you would not expect a President of the United States to make matters even worse. But, of course, he did.” By David Remnick www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

Bondo Beach Brown University Rob and Michele Reiner Our hearts are breaking. And this president offers us no words of comfort or understanding or even common decency.

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Unemployment Rate Rises, a Warning Sign for Economy www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...

The zone of whats possible or even probable keeps expanding

What a beautiful person

The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to abruptly eliminate as many as 35,000 health care positions this month, according to an internal memo, VA staffers and congressional aides. https://wapo.st/3KSaAts

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Love and light cannot be crushed by darkness . Wishing love and Happy Hanukkah to all who observe!

This is how its done

The most caring, kindest, talented person imaginable

A hero