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Trump cuts jobs at nation's mental health agency and some jobs at CDC
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Trump slashes mental health agency as shutdown drags on
Sources tell NPR that more than 100 employees have been laid off at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Agency. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had some cuts reversed late Saturday.
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/10/11/nx-s1-5571948/trump-mental-health-substance-abuse-cdc-layoffs-jobs
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Mrs. Betty Bowers
3 days ago
How much does Fox News pay if you go on one of their shows and claim to be a "Former ANTIFA Member"? Because I'm ready to spill tea on the Real-Housewives-level shenanigans that go down in the 72-story ANTIFA corporate headquarters. Especially by the lab assistants on the Molotov Cocktail floor.
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Charlotte Clymer
2 days ago
"After a few moments of laughter..." The No Kings organizers with a fun, tidy response to Mike Johnson's shenanigans.
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🦋💔🇺🇸SEB🇺🇸💔🦋
2 days ago
Marjorie Taylor Greene all of a sudden cares about the Affordable Care Act but not because she’s worried about her constituents it’s because her family members are going to be affected not getting tax subsidies. 🔄
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Lisa Gerrish 💙
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40 Republican former officials slammed Dump’s actions. “No president should order the investigation or prosecution of specific individuals against whom he bears personal grievance when advised by DOJ that the facts and the law do not support such a case.”
www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...
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Trump Hit With Humiliating Attack From Republicans Over His ‘Abuses of Power’
Almost 40 people signed a statement accusing the president of threatening the safety and rights of every American.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-hit-with-humiliating-attack-from-republicans-over-his-abuses-of-power/
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Truthout
2 days ago
This spring, scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency completed a report on the toxicity of a “forever chemical” called PFNA, which is in the drinking water systems serving some 26 million people. It still has not been released.
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Why Hasn’t Trump’s EPA Released the Toxicity Report on This “Forever Chemical”?
PFNA is in the drinking water systems of 26 million people and could cause developmental, liver, and reproductive harms.
https://truthout.org/articles/why-hasnt-trumps-epa-released-the-toxicity-report-on-this-forever-chemical/
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Hegseth announces Qatar will build air force facility at U.S. base in Idaho
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Hegseth announces Qatar will build air force facility at U.S. base in Idaho
The move is a sign of increasingly close ties between the U.S. and Qatar.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth-qatar-air-force-facility-us-base-idaho/
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Deadly blast rips through military explosives facility in Tennessee
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Deadly blast rips through military explosives facility in Tennessee
Officials say there was an explosion at Accurate Energetic Systems, a military explosives plant, and there are some confirmed deaths.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/explosion-tennessee-accurate-energetic-systems/
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The latest on Trump’s National Guard deployments
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Where has Trump suggested sending troops? In cities run by Democratic mayors
In just four months, Trump has suggested or ordered sending federal intervention to nearly a dozen cities.
https://www.npr.org/2025/10/10/nx-s1-5567177/national-guard-map-chicago-california-oregon
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The Tennessee Holler
2 days ago
Nothing says “America First” like letting another country put an Air Force base in Idaho
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"When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist," the committee said.
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Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Venezuela's María Corina Machado
"When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist," the committee said.
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/europe/nobel-peace-prize-awarded-venezuelas-maria-corina-machado-rcna236816?fbclid=IwdGRzaANWDL1jbGNrA1YLNWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAAEe8jSpnLFMpSXvJ1_IUdFgVIaOPrVwFgVKkbPc16zHPNYoM88G5oy3Kq9J7BE_aem_F0ptUfywAsJZEGZz_TUsRw&sfnsn=mo
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NBC News
3 days ago
Doctors say insurers are automatically downgrading their claims, without actually reviewing details about the visit itself and paying less. Insurers say it’s their duty to prevent overbilling.
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'Guilty until proven innocent': Inside the fight between doctors and insurance companies over 'downcoding'
Doctors say insurers are automatically downgrading their claims and paying less. Insurers say it’s their duty to prevent overbilling.
https://nbcnews.to/4oaN7S6
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Pope Leo urges U.S. bishops to speak about Trump's immigration crackdown
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Pope Leo urges U.S. bishops to speak about Trump's immigration crackdown after being shown migrants' letters
A Texas bishop showed Pope Leo XIV a packet of letters from immigrant families "terrorized" by fear that they and their loved ones will be rounded up and deported.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pope-leo-trump-immigration-crackdown-migrant-letters/
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Thanks, Joe! ❤️
add a skeleton here at some point
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Karly Kingsley
3 days ago
The man declared his own constituents to be enemies and has been actively and deliberately attempting to incite violence while militarizing his own cities. You don’t need an expert to see that he’s unlikely to win.
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A new poll looks at RFK Jr., Tylenol and vaccines, and finds growing distrust
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59% of Americans disapprove of RFK Jr.'s moves as health secretary, a new poll says
A new poll shows trust in federal health policies is plummeting, and what — or who — people believe increasingly depends on their politics.
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/10/09/nx-s1-5566101/kff-poll-vaccines-tylenol-rfk-jr-trump
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Enough!!!!!🦋
4 days ago
Idi Amin would be proud.
add a skeleton here at some point
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Gift article. 🎁 The Pentagon has investigated nearly 300 Defense Department employees, including service members, civilian workers and contractors, for comments appearing online after last month’s shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk
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Hegseth’s sprawling hunt for Charlie Kirk critics spans nearly 300 investigations
The inquiry, resulting in a smattering of disciplinary action so far, follows an extraordinary directive aimed at silencing criticism of the slain activist and Trump supporter.
https://wapo.st/48SLBj5
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Democracy lover
4 days ago
Protest Dinosaurs of the world unite!!!
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Aaron Rupar
4 days ago
Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"
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Rachel Maddow
4 days ago
"The Federal Protective Service reports — which are prepared each day for law enforcement partners — offered no indication of a dangerous escalation of tensions, or unusual levels of protest activity that would prompt the level of alarm expressed by Trump..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...
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Before Trump Ordered In Troops, Federal Officers Called Portland Protests ‘Low Energy’
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/us/politics/trump-portland-troops.html
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Vince D. Monroy
4 days ago
Keep calling their bullsh¡t out
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The large number of reassignments reflect a vast reshaping of the nation’s premier law enforcement agency, .... Has raised alarm among current and former FBI agents who say morale is low across the bureau as agents have less time to dedicate to the often complex cases they were hired to work on.
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A quarter of FBI agents are assigned to immigration enforcement, per FBI data
Nearly a quarter of FBI agents are currently assigned to immigration enforcement, with the number climbing above 40 percent in the bureau’s largest field offices.
https://wapo.st/42y5QyO
4 days ago
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The Mighty Jungle💙💛
4 days ago
'Illegal... Unconstitutional... Dangerous... Wrong': Texas National Guard Troops Invade Illinois Meal Team Six of the Texas National Lard reporting for duty! Hegseth -- will you deal with these fat people.
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'Illegal... Unconstitutional... Dangerous... Wrong': Texas National Guard Troops Invade Illinois | Common Dreams
"Illinois will not let the Trump administration continue on their authoritarian march without resisting," vowed Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/texas-national-guard-illinois
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emptywheel
5 days ago
FPD for Sydney Reid (a woman accused of assault after cops manhandled her for filming an ICE arrest) say that the government did not preserve video that one of the officers watching took, which she claims is exculpatory. They're moving to dismiss the case.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥
5 days ago
💯. At the very least, if a criminal calls you or you call a criminal in the middle of his execution of a criminal conspiracy, you should expect that those conversations may be a subject of inquiry.
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Karly Kingsley
5 days ago
“There is so much about this moment that is trying to make people feel like they’ve lost their minds, when, in fact, these m****f****s are crazy.”
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🌸Juls🌸⚖️
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Aaron Rupar
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Lindsey Graham is working extremely hard to craft a perfect clip of performative outrage for Sean Hannity
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The Tennessee Holler
5 days ago
WATCH —
@whitehouse.senate.gov
: “What became of the $50,000 in cash in that Cava bag? Did the FBI get it back from Homan?” AG PAM BONDI: *LASHES OUT aggressively, avoids answering entirely* 🤷🏼♀️
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Veterans' group invests $1 million between Virginia, New Jersey gubernatorial contests
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Liberal veterans' group invests $1 million between Virginia and New Jersey gubernatorial contests
The $500,000-apiece ad campaigns take direct aim at the Republican nominee for governor of New Jersey, Jack Ciattarelli, and the GOP candidate in Virginia, Winsome Earle-Sears.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/votevets-veteran-group-virginia-new-jersey-governor-spanberger-earle-sears-ciattarelli-sherrill/
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CDC adds consultation before COVID vaccination
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The CDC says people must consult a health professional before COVID shot
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention accepted a controversial recommendation from outside vaccine advisers to tighten guidelines for the COVID vaccine.
https://www.npr.org/2025/10/06/nx-s1-5563869/cdc-covid-vaccine-recommendation
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Psychiatrists call for RFK Jr. to be replaced as health secretary
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Psychiatrists call for RFK Jr. to be replaced as health secretary
Two groups are calling for new leadership at HHS after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions on substance abuse treatment and mental health medications, among other issues.
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/10/06/nx-s1-5559217/rfk-jr-mental-health-substance-abuse-ssri
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KimBOOOly ❤️🔥👻🎃
5 days ago
I saw Lindsey Graham trending and I got excited for a minute because I thought he died Turns out he's still an asshole
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Molly Jong-Fast
7 days ago
Keep taking videos of what ICE is doing.
@govpritzker.illinois.gov
is right, document what’s happening. This is why they hate journalists so much.
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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥
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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥
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Jon Cooper
8 days ago
Spot on.
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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥
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READ: The Full Statement From Jim Mattis
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READ: The Full Statement From Jim Mattis
Former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis issued an extraordinary criticism of President Trump's leadership, saying Trump has sought to divide Americans.
https://www.npr.org/2020/06/04/869262728/read-the-full-statement-from-jim-mattis
8 days ago
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Acyn
9 days ago
Meiselas: So if this 17 trillion he keeps talking about exists, what account is it in? Did he steal the 17 trillion? Subramanyam: I’d love to see his math on that. I’d love to know why it’s not being returned to the American people if that’s the case.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original
9 days ago
American citizens are far more afraid of the so-called "law enforcement" agencies than the "terrorists" they claim to be going after. Don't you dare say, "This is no longer the United States." The f*ck it isn't. There are tens of millions of Americans who claim they are sick of this BS.
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Kyle Cheney
9 days ago
BREAKING: A federal judge says there is a realistic likelihood that the prosecution of Kilmar Abrego Garcia was driven by vindictive motives — reflected in the public statements of Bondi, Blanche, Noem et al. He has ordered discovery on the question.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Adam Kinzinger
9 days ago
CONGRESS GOT ANOTHER PAID VACATION courtesy of Speaker Johnson
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Adam Kinzinger
9 days ago
So Speaker Johnson gave the congress another week off. Paid of course, while they shut the govt down. The GOP has made it clear they have no interest in compromise with Dems. So they will have to figure how to reopen their govt that they closed. And they get another vacation
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AP fact check. Thanks, Associated Press!
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FACT FOCUS: Democrats did not shut down the government to give health care to 'illegal immigrants'
This is false. Democrats say they are pushing for the inclusion of key health care provisions in the next congressional spending package.
https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-government-shutdown-health-care-immigrant-11b3ec0066407a17b407bc8e43962fd9
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God
9 days ago
He's not just unfit to be president, he's unfit to be a human being. He’s unfit to be a carbon based life form. He’s a waste of cytoplasm.
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Apple and Google blocked downloads of phone apps that flag sightings of U.S. immigration agents, just hours after the Trump administration demanded that one particularly popular iPhone app be taken down.
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Apple and Google block apps that crowdsource ICE sightings. Some warn of chilling effects
Apple and Google blocked downloads of phone apps that flag sightings of U.S. immigration agents, just hours after the Trump administration demanded that one particularly popular iPhone app be taken do...
https://apnews.com/article/apple-ice-iphone-app-immigration-fb6a404d3e977516d66d470585071bcc
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