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Winston Churchill in the White House…
Not wearing a suit because he is at war
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Here I react to the shameful encounter between American leaders and media and the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share.
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failure…
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Oh and if you're wondering,
Here's just one randomized placebo controlled trial of the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine
From Denmark
Yes, a placebo arm was used
Yes, they assessed safety
No there were no safety signals
Yes, MMR vaccine is safe
thelancet.com/journals/eclin…
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Trump tells Time he's not sure he can get the price of groceries down: "It's hard to bring things down once they're up. You know, it's very hard."
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The failed Kroger-Albertsons merger—blocked in court this week—offers the clearest proof yet that the antitrust movement is breaking through. This win may be the last hurrah of Lina Khan’s FTC, but it won't be the last victory for the movement she leads:
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
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Montana, Nevada, Arizona, and Missouri voted for a woman's right to choose while simultaneously voting for the guy who stripped them of that right. Wild times.
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If this goes the way it seems to be going, a plea: Hold the recriminations. The important thing will be figuring out how to fight the climate of repression, which will begin via preemptive obedience long before the government formally changes hands
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The deal we made to bring home wrongfully detained Americans would not have been possible without our allies.
They stepped up and stood by us.
So for anyone who questions whether allies matter, today is a powerful example of why it’s vital to have friends in this world.
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NEWS: Senate Republicans just blocked our bipartisan tax deal to once again expand the Child Tax Credit—a lifeline for working families that cut child poverty nearly in half when Democrats last expanded it in 2021.
Don't listen to what they say. Watch what they do.
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When he was a teenager, @EddieGibbsNY killed a man, he says, in self-defense. Now, as a state Assemblyman, he works to help the currently and formerly incarcerated. This is a story about remorse, atonement and second acts: nytimes.com/2024/05/04/nyr…
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If you haven't read the book Robert E. Lee and Me: A Southerner's Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause, by @Ty_Seidule , you should. It helps to understand the Big Lie.
Ty Seidule@Ty_Seidule
Ulysses Grant’s birthday. The finest soldier to ever wear US Army blue. Captured three armies - Fort Donelson, Vicksburg, Appomattox. Destroyed slavery, “the cause and pretext for the rebellion.” Saved the United States and democracy. Huzzah! #Grant
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“The horrible sights I have witnessed on this field I can never describe. No blaze of glory, that flashes around the magnificent triumphs of war, can ever atone for the unwritten & unutterable horrors of the scene of carnage.”
~Brig. Gen. James A. Garfield on Shiloh’s aftermath.
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Republicans want to completely privatize Medicare.
Deep in Project 2025, which conservatives hope to implement if Trump wins, is a call to “make Medicare Advantage the default enrollment option.”
Medicare Advantage means privatized Medicare.
rollingstone.com/politics/polit…
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The issue here is pretty simple
It is awful to be uninsured in America
That's just true
Many states like Massachusetts have achieved near universal coverage
But in many other states -- Obamacare is the best path to getting insurance
And people are signing up. As they should
Ashish K. Jha@ashishkjha
As I've been saying for a while The data is clear People in GOP states love and are the biggest beneficiaries of Obamacare New piece in @politico politico.com/news/2024/01/3…
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Thanks to President Biden’s infrastructure bill, remote locations on the Navajo Nation reservation are receiving electricity and broadband — for the first time, EVER.
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'The Daily Show' Just Announced That Jon Stewart Is Returning As Part-Time Host—And Fans Are Thrilled braderstakei.com/48KXeWJ
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Germany is showing America how to do it. They lived through Hitler, they know the price you pay if you elect a fascist.
Terry Reintke@TerryReintke
This is Berlin today. Calling for resistance against the Far Right. All around Germany, people took to the streets in the last days. History tells us: We cannot wait until it is too late and Fascists are in power. We have to stand up to them. NOW.
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