NEW: Yesterday, I posted that I was unable to get the COVID vaccine at my VA clinic, and many of you assured me that the new one would be available soon and that I was overreacting. I was not overreacting. I am no longer eligible for the vaccine. apnews.com/article/vacc...

Took me a second to realize this was the #twitter bird upside down and dead and not #SonicTheHedgehog dead

The federal grant funding traditionally goes out by July 1. It includes support for migrant education, after-school programs and English language learners.

Allowing Netanyahu to drag us into another endless war in the Middle East would be a catastrophic error by President Trump and Republicans in Congress. Every lawmaker needs to ring the alarm against U.S. military action in Iran. Only Congress has the authority to declare war.

What they aren’t showing on Fox News

Kitty lovers started a petition to reclassify cats as necessary to tackle rodents at New York City bodegas.

Kehlani declares 'I am anti-genocide' after Cornell pulls the plug on campus concert

'Man, that's cold,' says a disgusted Satan

A photograph of historic, sickening shame.

Breaking News: A federal prosecutor interrogated the The New England Journal of Medicine — which is considered the world’s most prestigious medical journal — in what its editor described as a “vaguely threatening” letter.

I’m leading over 175 Members of Congress to fight for the government’s free, easy-to-use tax filing service. Trump and Musk want to kill Direct File. Instead of caving to the billionaire tax prep industry, how about standing up for working Americans?

“The spread of measles in the Southwest now constitutes the largest single outbreak since the United States declared the disease eliminated in 2000, federal scientists told state officials… the current tally is likely to be higher because it takes time for the agency to collate state reports.”

The National Institutes of Health plans to pool information from private sources like pharmacies and smartwatches.

Breaking News: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is said to have shared detailed information about forthcoming strikes in Yemen on March 15 in a private Signal group chat that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer.

Breaking News: Google acted illegally to maintain a monopoly in some online advertising technology, a federal judge ruled.

BREAKING: Multiple people injured as police respond to a shooting at Florida State University

The American Civil Liberties Union sued the Department of Defense’s education agency, arguing that the removal of books in response to Trump administration orders infringed on the First Amendment rights of students.

Effective immediately, the government says it will begin screening immigrant social media for activity that officials think indicates support for antisemitism.

Boston researchers analyzed data from over 375,000 US adults and found that nearly 1 in 7 reported long COVID by late 2023. Those affected faced higher risks of unemployment, hardship, anxiety, and $218B in lost wages. www.nature.com/articles/s43...

The Internal Revenue Service has reached an agreement with immigration authorities to share tax information about some immigrants without legal status, marking a major change in how tax records can be used.

Breaking News: The White House violated the First Amendment in banning The Associated Press from President Trump’s events, a judge ruled.

Americans seeking retirement or survivor benefits from the Social Security Administration will no longer be able to apply over the phone, starting next week.

Breaking News: The IRS agreed to share information with ICE to help locate people for deportation, court records show. This is a fundamental change in the IRS, which had gained the trust of migrants and encouraged them to file their taxes.

Microsoft has fired two employees who interrupted the company's 50th anniversary celebration to protest its work supplying artificial intelligence technology to the Israeli military.

Prominent anti-vaccine activists lined up on social media to denounce the move. By @gbrumfiel.bsky.social

The Trump administration froze funding for a program to upgrade aging low-income housing and make it energy efficient. The move threatens hundreds of projects around the country. By @jenniferludden.bsky.social

HANDS OFF !

Atlanta Liberty Plaza filled to capacity and overflowing all around the Capitol! DEMOCRACY IN ACTION! #Atlanta #Handsoff

This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.

Tim Walz is awesome:

Video showed that before 15 aid workers were killed by Israeli forces, they had their emergency signal lights on, contradicting Israel’s claims.

Brutal WSJ cover

A Southeast Louisiana jury ruled oil company Chevron must pay more than $740 million dollars to restore damage it caused to coastal wetlands following a landmark trial more than a decade in the making.

😡😡

RFK Jr. cuts CDC labs investigating outbreaks of STDs, hepatitis. There was not enough time for scientists to shut down labs before they were locked out from their email systems and the building, with equipment still running and hazardous materials left unattended. www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/rfk...

JUST IN: A federal judge in Maryland Friday ordered the Trump administration to take immediate steps to return a Maryland man who was deported to a Salvadoran mega-prison by mistake, setting up another high-stakes clash between the White House and the courts.

Breaking News: Susan Crawford, a liberal judge, won a pivotal Wisconsin Supreme Court seat despite $25 million in spending by Elon Musk on her opponent. nyti.ms/4jbwPWD

Love this! Tumor cells with broken tRNA modifications create weird peptides that T-cells love to track down. Translational dysregulation in cancer as a source for targetable antigens. www.cell.com/cancer-cell/...

“We are sending this SOS to sound a clear warning: the nation’s scientific enterprise is being decimated… The administration is slashing funding for scientific agencies, terminating grants to scientists, defunding their laboratories, and hampering collaboration.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Pete Hegseth Calls For Steep Cuts To Number Of Steps In AA Recovery

A veteran who returned injured from Iraq continued serving by working for the VA. She now faces a crisis at home, after the Department of Government Efficiency’s cuts targeted her job. nyti.ms/4hN4q8d

This is awful news for the FDA and for public health. “The Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine official, Dr. Peter Marks, resigned under pressure Friday and said that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s aggressive stance on vaccines was irresponsible and posed a danger to the public.”

If you’re looking for some sleepy time white noise tonight, I had an ~~idea~~ this week… It’s a white noise video that donates all revenue to Partners in Health and you can watch it here: youtu.be/dv2XyqC-EQ4

Big Bird Seen Working At Local Starbucks After PBS Funding Cuts

President Trump's new executive order ends collective bargaining for wide swaths of federal employees, as part of his broader campaign to reshape the government's workforce. Unions are vowing to sue.