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Let's be clear: no one should be taking medical advice from the man who told Americans to inject bleach. To moms worried about the Tylenol they took while pregnant: you deserve better than being RFK Jr's scapegoat. And to the autism community: you are loved exactly as you are.

JFC I need to research this further to fully verify but it’s so on brand it’s painful.

I appreciate the headline at least.

I took Tylenol as needed throughout my pregnancy. I am a doctor. I order Tylenol for pregnant women regularly. Tylenol is safe in pregnancy. RFK Jr is ignoring a huge recent well-done study because he doesn't like the answer it gives. There is no causality between Tylenol and autism.

Damn but I needed this one today. Highly recommended few minutes for everyone feeling the despair this week.

Disney/ABC have a responsibility to refuse to participate in corruption. Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow. People have power. Ask Target

The ACIP vote was tied 6-6 for requiring everyone to get a prescription for the COVID19 vaccine. The chair broke the tie by voting NO. Prescriptions will NOT be required.

The Trump administration has finally released Ayman Soliman, a beloved former children’s hospital chaplain in the Cincinnati area

Jerry from Ben & Jerry's has resigned after 47 years after Unilever silenced their politcal activism.

it's so funny to see America's health insurance companies be like "look. If there's one thing we love it's denying you care. but we ran the numbers - and we cannot BELIEVE we're saying this - and it's cheaper for us to just pay for the vaccines than deal with you going to the ER."

Incredible. Truly.

Whoops, it's been a whole year since we last posted a @mixtapebookclub.bsky.social episode. Life just gets a lot, you know? Good news though—there's more coming. Watch this space 💚💙

It’s honestly so refreshing to see good in the world. Supernatural has been gone for 5 years, and while I miss the show, I miss the firmly connected fandom a million times more. This was a nice reminder that we may have drifted to other interests or social medias, but we’re still here. 💙💚

I am so thoroughly exhausted by the batshittery of this timeline.

🚨🚨🚨!!!

My thoughts and prayers go out to those targeted by Kirk since he started TPUSA, his podcast and all the vilification of POC, women and immigrants that he did over the years. P.s. It's the guns.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) on the shooting of Charlie Kirk: "Political violence, unfortunately, has ramped up in this country ... I think there are people who are fomenting it in this country. I think the president's rhetoric often foments it."

News just broke that the Venezuelan boat that Trump struck was not, in fact, headed to the U.S. with drugs. But this story is disturbing for other reasons, and you need to know why. It's another sign of Trump's growing lawlessness. And it's bad counter-narcotics strategy.

Really cool system we've got where every year my plan gets more expensive while covering less. Great product.

True story 🦄

The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city. This is not a joke. This is not normal. Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.

Our billionaire President put an airline lobbyist in charge of the Department of Transportation. So no, this is not a surprise.

Massie (R-KY) is just on fire: "I don't know if that's precedented in this country to have a president call legislators to say that they're engaged in a hostile act, particularly when the so-called hostile act is trying to get justice for people who've been victims of sex crimes." #TrumpEpstein

i cannot overstate how extraordinary it is for federal civil servants to do this

As far as apologies go "i'm a dumb ass, i'm embarrassed, please help me to be better" is a good one!

JB Pritzker uses the word "invasion" to describe what Trump has planned for my city, Chicago. And that's exactly what it would be – an autocratic government trying to crush our dissent because we oppose his corruption, cruelty and incompetence. It's what dictators do.

from the biggest public health association “RFK Jr. must be removed from his position.”

This is a hell of a letter. “The intentional eroding of trust in low-risk vaccines…will bring us to a pre-vaccine era where only the strong will survive and many if not all will suffer….Eugenics plays prominently in the rhetoric being generated…”

Tim Walz : trans rights are human rights JB Pritzker : we’re taking names of all you fuckers and coming after you Gavin Newsom : lol my pr firm made another meme while i guest starred on another right wing podcast

The State of Illinois at this time has received no requests or outreach from the federal government asking if we need assistance, and we have made no requests for federal intervention.

Went to a concert tonight for a 90s cover band. Applying Biofreeze before bed to offset the oncoming physical consequences of this outing. Trying not to have a full mid life crisis about it!

Oh fuck YES thank you Gov Pritzker!

The amount of damage this man did in my childhood home… I hope he gets everything he deserves in whatever afterlife awaits.

I don't know who needs to hear this but slavery was bad.

This is an interesting report

Imagine having a store people felt so comfortable going into that they gave it a cute nickname, and then throwing that away for the sake of a political group that doesn't even shop there, fucking up so badly that a lot of the former shoppers realized they didn't need to buy so much stuff anyway.

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USA: For the first time in 30 years, the American Academy of Pediatrics issued vaccine guidance that differs from U.S. government advice. "The AAP is “strongly recommending” COVID-19 shots for children 6 months–2 years, while shots for older kids are advised but left to parents."

Maybe it’s because I’m a state legislator, but I’m worried about the under reaction here. She didn’t spend the night on the House floor. She’s being DETAINED AGAINST HER WILL BY REPUBLICANS UNTIL SHE FOLLOWS THEIR ORDERS. This is 🦇 💩

“Do you need help coming up with a new name that isn’t complete shit?!” YES | NO | CANCEL

The Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows food prices have spiked, and wholesale prices on fresh and dry vegetables increased by nearly 40 percent last month — the biggest increase in the last three years. Why? Donald Trump‘s tariffs. Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA The collective scream of every sex educator of the last 30 years who worked their asses off for pennies, just to make accurate helpful sex information available to everyone online and off, and then people are like “what do you expect, there’s no progressive sex advice for men”

A different way of practicing politics is possible - where we vigorously fight for what’s right while inviting people into our coalition, rather than pushing them away.

This. Please stop telling me that you are “not surprised.” Public interest journalism isn’t about shock value. It’s about informing people and holding power to account. I don’t care if you’re not surprised by the information I report on.

when RFK says he wants to “end chronic disease,” what people hear is “he wants to cure us” but what he means is “i want to cull the weak”

If the (wildly popular) governor of Kentucky can say this with his whole chest then what excuse does the (wildly unpopular) governor of California have?