The cruelty.

1. We interrupt this programming for some LEGITIMATELY GOOD NEWS Violent crime in Baltimore has PLUMMETED to historic lows How did the city do it? Baltimore adopted a comprehensive set of "woke" policies, treating violence as a public health issue

"The issue of government has always been whether individual men and women will have to serve some system of government and economics, or whether a system of government and economics exists to serve individual men and women."  —FDR, 1932

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Jane Mayer makes a great point that Trump has made so much $ off his recent grift, he no longer needs Musk. So corrupt. Truly curious why this corruption is not a bigger deal for voters.

😕 pretty much

Tennessee, we could have had this. 😢

Nope, @nytimes.com I cannot stomach the VP on The Daily this am. Too full of rage and dread over blowing up the deficit and defunding effective funding to give to the ultra-wealthy. I hope you held his feet to the fire, but even if you did, I just can’t listen to his unpatriotic word vomit. 🤮

If everyone received the vaccine at 10 yo, it would prevent HPV in the entire population. Eventually no one would carry the virus & it could not be spread to others Side Benefit is reduction in cases of both #Cervical and #Penile cancers.

Read now and put the recommended solutions on the list of “future to do.” That is, if we get the chance. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/o...

There's more than this essay can capture, but this is a good start. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/o...

Whenever you hear conservative politicians preach from the gospel of "fiscal responsibility," remember that one of the biggest drivers of deficits lately are the Bush and Trump tax cuts, which have added nearly $10 trillion to the national debt.

An appropriate response.

No child has to die of measles. We have actively and collectively decided to let children die rather than prevent a vaccine-preventable disease. We are stupid, and our children pay the price.

I guess it’s useless to ask how these Advance Financial ppl sleep at night, but holy cow, what terrible greed.

Amazing to watch the understandable hubris of Anthony Bourdain’s first episode of Parts Unknown in Myanmar. I watched the other day, and the discussion about possible democracy taking hold in Myanmar was from the perspective of the presumed “fact” that our democracy was not fragile. Gutting.

1/ For ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for public service, we reported on five pregnant women who died after not receiving timely medical care in states with strict abortion bans. These are their stories 🧵

Who among us could cope with all of this and a minimal level of support? Not me.

Congrats everyone — we are at the point where The Onion and real life are indistinguishable from one another. 😳🇺🇸 theonion.com/ice-agents-w...

This is anti-science, anti-intellectualism, anti-standards.

Good morning. Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors. It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.

It IS a defining feature. Lots of numb folks walking around looking for new ways to numb them selves. My numbing drug of choice is work for sure.

“In the effort for transparency.” So, transparently, they will strip rights away and deport American citizens.

Chilling.

Markets are tumbling, but listen to this entire thing. He is going to do this unless we mobilize. Trump plans to disappear American prisoners into that hellhole in El Salvador. Believe him when he says this.

Nashville’s #Handsoff protest was threaten by storms and more flooding, but still had a great showing.

Why do we have institutions for learning if they so easily cave to a bully’s threats? We are collectively going have to sacrifice a lot to stand up for our freedom. Dismantling would be better than collectively crouching in fear for very short term preservation. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/n...

What’s clear is Sen. Cory Booker had a potential alternative life as a neurosurgeon. Bladder capacity out the wazoo.

This will kill people, maybe worse than suggesting Vitamin A over measles vaccine. We have discredited David Grier over and over in the medical community. Kennedy Turns to a Discredited Vaccine Skeptic for Autism Study www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/h...

Last Friday, 1,000 more NIH biomedical research projects were defunded with no notice Here’s a word cloud of canceled grants, based on their titles

By moving to the “center,” Democrats have failed to fight the forces that led us to Trump: widening inequality and the unchecked power of billionaires. There's no "center" anymore between a takeover of the government by oligarchs and true freedom. Dems need to learn this.

I saw Lucinda Williams in Nashville at the now long shuttered Cafe’ Milano in 1997 or so. Saw her a few times since. Worried about her after her stroke. Now, almost 30 years later, saw her perform with her band in NOLA. She is as strong and electric as ever. Awesome show!

🚨BREAKING: It seems very clear that the Administration decided not to abide by the court's order. The question now is what will the judge do. Does he proceed with contempt or something short of that to defuse. Upping the stakes is the fact that the AG and her senior staff signed this notice.

Unbelievable but true. Erasing history and truth…

100%. I’m as moderate as moderates come, and am outraged. Fight!

Terrible. So infuriating. Trump and his time will ultimately be history, but it will take a long time to rebuild what is being dismantled in a matter of a few short weeks.

My now 19-year-old actually did have a rare (benign, but bothersome) side effect from her first MMR at 15 months of age. However, I still got her second dose (no side effects to that one) because I wanted her to be fully protected. I can’t imagine being more fearful of the vax than the dz.

Sen. Kelly doesn’t need her to, but will @marshablackburntn.bsky.social defend her fellow U.S. Senator and American patriot, Mark Kelly?

Jamelle Bouie has the most perfect description of Trump in his most recent NYTs oped: “He is covetous person consumed by an insatiable desire for acquisition, a man who seems to take the seven deadly sins as a seven-day challenge.” No one has ever described him better.

There was a lot of #AcademicFreedom, good scholarship, and independent thought in German universities before Hitler. After Hitler had risen to power, many academics fled the country. Some resisted the Nazi regime and were persecuted. Most adapted to a new situation. Here are some examples. 1/n

Hens, this is Mr. Fox. Don’t worry, he looks hungry, but he’s promised to take great care of you. I’m sure all will be well. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/h...

None of us can be sure what will “work.” You try multiple things and find your way in. Read some histories of the Civil Rights Movement by those who participated. They were never “sure” of what would work. Some campaigns fizzled out. But persistence, creativity, determination, and focus were key.

I’ve been a primary care doc for over 30 years and have seen measles only once as a medical student. Even then (1990) it was considered a significant outlier. Vaccines prevent disease and death.

I love the show Severance, but wish @benstiller.redhour.com wouldn’t shill for sports gambling. It’s a scourge that preys on people who have no idea it’s a huge set up for debt, grief, and loss.

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Pro-life rights for bacterial replication?

Just ordered mine.

First for me, but I could not finish the article about Peter Thiel’s promotion of “Christianity”. It made me physically sick…Lord have mercy on us all.

AND, the vast majority of adults have had or will have more than one partner. That doesn’t make you promiscuous. Who would not want a safe anti-cancer vax?