. via White Rose Resistance: www.huffpost.com/entry/united... .

from an FB friend: One of my nieces is a Vet, and she has said the hardest thing is when the owner doesn't stay for the euthanasia. www.newsweek.com/vet-who-euth... .

via Dave: Guys, the President who went after the "Private Christian Academies" and Bob Jones University, (who gave him the finger, metaphorically), was Richard Nixon. Nixon did a few things right, even if he was a Republican. Check this out: www.politico.com/magazine/sto... .

via Cynthia: What House Oversight released . oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/evo-su... .

from Reuters: The National Congress of American Indians strongly condemned on Saturday a Pentagon review that decided against revoking medals awarded to U.S. soldiers at the 1890 Battle of Wounded Knee, an event which many historians consider a massacre.

New batch of Epstein estate documents include mentions of Peter Thiel, Steve Bannon, and Elon Musk. “It should be clear to every American that Jeffrey Epstein was friends with some of the most powerful and wealthiest men in the world." Details: is.gd/xmdgNU .

via White Rose Resistance: tradersunion.com/news/market-....

Sugar and a sad liver 2/2 Some studies show that sugar can be as damaging to the liver as alcohol, even if you’re not overweight. It’s one more reason to limit foods with added sugars, such as soda, pastries, and candy. . www.webmd.com/fatty-liver-... .

Sugar and a sad liver 1/2 Too much sugar isn’t just bad for your teeth. It can harm your liver, too. The organ uses one type of sugar, called fructose, to make fat. Too much refined sugar and high-fructose corn syrup causes a fatty buildup that can lead to liver disease.

silly MAGAts 14/14 ... or the attempts to rig the 2020 election, or the Civil War?) --The right wing is also screaming about how TERRIBLE lying to Congress is. (Oh, you mean like Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett and RFK Jr. and Pete Hegseth and Kristi Noem?)

silly MAGAts 13/? Stephen Miller said "What James Comey did is truly one of the most severe assaults on our freedoms and liberties that has occurred in the whole history of the nation." (More severe than, say, Trump’s attempt to overthrow the government, or the assault on the Capitol, or ...

silly MAGAts 12/? James Comey: "My family and I have known for years that there are costs to standing up to Trump, but we couldn’t imagine ourselves living any other way. We will not live on our knees, and you shouldn’t either." Trump and his goons are wildly overstating the seriousness of the case.

silly MAGAts 11/? The Pentagon has issued new restrictions on reporters at the Pentagon: they’re not allowed to go anywhere but the reporters' room and cafeteria, they’re not allowed to talk to anybody, and they’re not allowed to put out any news that hasn’t been personally authorized by Hegseth.

silly MAGAts 10/? Trump just fired US Attorney Michele Beckworth, the top federal prosecutor in Sacramento, after she reminded a border patrol chief to abide by court-ordered restrictions on immigration raids. The NYT headline was "Trump Fired a US Attorney Who Insisted on Following a Court Order."

silly MAGAts 9/? Trump slapped ridiculously high tariffs on pharmaceuticals, kitchen and bathroom cabinets, and upholstered furniture, all in the name of national security. (There are LOTS of jokes about the upholstered furniture, and involve references to couches and JD Vance.)

silly MAGAts 8/? Trump just put up photographs of all the presidents (in gold frames) along the colonnades outside the White House. They’re all in chronological order. Where Biden’s photo is supposed to be, Trump put a photo of an autopen. (The pettiness, cruelty, and sadism of Trump has no bottom.)

silly MAGAts 7/? Hegseth: "The decision is final. Their place in history is settled." (It certainly is. Wounded Knee was the worst massacre of Native Americans in history, the bloodthirsty killing of mostly women and children. His pettiness, cruelty, and sadism apparently has no bottom either.)

silly MAGAts 6/? Hegseth announced the US soldiers at the Battle of Wounded Knee will keep medals. Only 10 Medals of Honor were awarded for soldiers’ actions in the whole D-Day invasion; 20 medals were awarded for Wounded Knee to try to change the narrative from heartless massacre to heroic battle.

silly MAGAts 5/? Kristi Noem, who has been widely criticized for failure to give out FEMA payments to recovering communities, approved more than $11 million dollars in federal money to restore a pier near where a major Trump donor lives. It’s also near where her boyfriend Corey Lewandowski lives.

silly MAGAts 4/? Melania Trump is now selling her new line of 2026 Christmas ornaments, which feature her signature and cost from $75 to $90, shipping extra. (A line in the small print says arrival is not guaranteed before Christmas and may not be till February.)

silly MAGAts 3/? Most people had no idea their local stations were owned by Sinclair and/or Nexstar and what they were up to, and now they’ve been brought out into the open.)

silly MAGAts 2/? On Kimmel’s first show back, he showed Trump aboard Air Force 1, gloating about Kimmel being taken off the air and saying," He had no ratings." Kimmel: "Well, I do now." Nexstar and Sinclair folded today on their boycott against Jimmy Kimmel and will put him back on starting Monday.

from SF author Connie Willis via SF author John Stith; silly MAGAts 1/? Gavin Newsom: Donny had a tough week. He fought Kimmel, free speech, teleprompters, the American people, reality, voices in his head, and aceta-menta-phone. In the end, he lost every fight. He is just a sheep in wolf’s diapers.

Good news! Environmental engineers are making progress in a new method to clean up PCBs, a dangerous ‘forever chemical’ that lingers in the water, using bacteria attached to biochar made from corn kernels. theconversation.com/bacteria-att... .

from Katharine: www.miamiherald.com/news/politic... .

from a reposting of the below link: "Apparently many people weren't so keen on Netanyahu's UN address either - www.bbc.com/news/article... .

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In Orwell's 'The Road to Wigan Pier' 2/2 "... however much of a Tory or an anarchist by temperament, is to work for the establishment of Socialism. Nothing else can save us from the misery of the present or the nightmare of the future. ... Indeed ... Socialism is such elementary common sense ..."

from White Rose Resistance's thread 'In Orwell's 'The Road to Wigan Pier' 1/2 “I am arguing for Socialism, not against it. ... The job of the thinking person, therefore, is not to reject Socialism but to make up his mind to humanize it… For the moment, the only possible course of any decent person,

from White Rose Resistance's thread: 'These people are walking examples of Dunning Krueger.'

from Mary Ann: open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p.... .

via Colleen I think: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... .

via Reuters: The United Nations was shocked, U.N. spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Friday, when a Fox News host called for the world body to be bombed over U.S. President Donald Trump's difficulties with an escalator and a teleprompter.

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from Katharine: www.miamiherald.com/news/politic... .

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from Andrew: Here’s the con: 1) Present the problem - Tylenol causes autism 2) Present the treatment - Leucovorin, a supplement owned by Dr Oz 3) Get rich off the revenue and the increase stock.

from Cynthia Hope Laub: 👀 Unsettling, to say the least Hegseth is summoning all flag officers from around the globe to Quantico the night before republicans shut down the government. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec... .

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via Mary Ann: www.regulations.gov/commenton/IC....

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from Monday's article via Colleen 4/4 ... an expanded definition of autism being adopted in 2013 and the improved screening of children, two factors that have led to more people being diagnosed with the condition this century and that explain the hike. . www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a... .

from Monday's article via Colleen 3/4 ... 1 in 31 American eight-year-olds was diagnosed with autism in 2022, compared with one in 150 in 2000, suggesting a significant rise. However, the CDC’s own experts dismissed the idea that the condition is spreading by pointing to ...

from Monday's article via Colleen 2/? ... which account for around 70-80 percent of overall risk, while environmental influences together contribute only about 20-30 percent.” The CDC under Secretary Kennedy reported earlier this year that ...

from Monday's article via Colleen 1/? Alex Polyakov of the University of Melbourne, Australia, rejected attempts to link painkillers to autism, saying: “Research shows that both autism spectrum disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder are predominantly driven by genetic factors, ...

anti-life party's leader maims, kills 5/5 In July, Trump signed a tax and spending bill that the Congressional Budget Office estimates will reduce federal spending on Medicare by nearly $500 billion through 2034. . www.king5.com/article/news... .

anti-life party's leader maims, kills 4/5 “We are making some difficult but necessary decisions to secure Children’s future and protect our ability to deliver compassionate care and life-saving research for the patients and families who need us,” the statement said. ...