WWI Combat: 53,402 deaths
WWI Flu: 45,000 deaths
Pete Hegseth: “Let’s make the flu a threat again!”
Apparently, “readiness” now means making our troops as vulnerable as they were in 1918. Bold move.
Democratic House Rep. Troy Carter to RFK Jr. in the HHS budget hearing:
"Respectfully, you know what I really wish you'd spend more time on? More time thinking about the American people, less time talking about whale heads, bear heads, and raccoon parts."
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The Islamic Republic of Iran has officially informed Pakistan that it will not attend talks with the United States tomorrow and that its decision is final.
Vice President JD Vance has cancelled his trip to Pakistan.
The possibility exists that the war could start again in just a matter of hours.
Masterful questioning by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to RFK Jr. on why he's giving more money to insurance companies in the HHS budget hearing:
Q: "We know they're lying...We are giving them more money because they're saying that they need it?"
RFK Jr.: "Yeah, they're lying, but..."
Bravo, AOC!
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Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, the Florida Democrat charged with embezzling $5 million in FEMA money, announces resignation just minutes before the House Ethics Committee was to vote on whether to recommend that the House expel her. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/u...
Sorry, he's saying it "weakens our warfighting capabilities" to ensure our soldiers don't get the flu all at once—taking them off the battlefield?
Make this make sense. It seems reality is the *opposite* of what he describes. Sounds to me like he just wants anti-vaxxer troops to flood our military.
Settee down everyone, it's not that funny
Despite searching, there have been no photos of important Ukraine strikes in Samara.
The local governor admitted hits to a crucial pumping station which sends oil to to Novorossiysk, among other places.
Ukraine says it damaged 5 tanks with a capacity of 20,000m3 of crude oil.
The strikes on Tuapse have caused serious pollution on the Krasnodar coast, where tourism is important to the economy.
Official advice wasn't very helpful!
A dramatic rescue operation has been taking place in Kharkiv... thankfully nothing to do with the war, and this one had a happy ending.
A cat was stuck in a tree for four days without food or water. He dodged two rescue attempts and almost a third...
Ukraine confirms the Druzhba pipeline is working again - presumably Hungary is getting Russian oil again.
Zelenskyy says he's done what the EU demanded and expects the €90bn loan to be unblocked.
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TODAY: Virginia votes, PA says Medicaid abortion bans are unconstitutional, The Onion takes over Infowars, and a vaccine for pancreatic cancer shows lasting results. News with swearing! the-daily-beans.simplecast.com
Donald says we would have won the Vietnam War if he'd been president.
Maybe he should have just served.
The Vance Embarrassment Tour continues. So weird that Iran is unwilling to sit down with a country that started wholesale bombing them the last time they sat down together. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/u...
The Pentagon will stop requiring members of the military to get flu vaccines. Image Hegseth, wearing a blue suit, a tie and American flag pocket square, stands in front of an American flag. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday that service members would no longer have to get flu vaccines.Credit...Pete Marovich for The New York Times The Pentagon will no longer require troops to get annual flu vaccines, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday, calling the policy an “absurd, overreaching” mandate.
George Washington LITERALLY would not have won the Revolutionary War had he not vaccinated the troops against smallpox.
Meanwhile, this idiot: www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...
Epstein wasn’t a financial consultant
He trafficked in young girls and used compromising information to extort money
Paris did this to huge success.
listen to this response from John Thune and note how *even MAGA Republicans* are no longer pretending Trump isn't personally directing harassment investigations against his political foes
We don’t need a new Fed. Chairman, we need a new president.
Just impeach the Mother Fucker! Honestly.
🚨BREAKING: Republican attorneys general from a dozen states moved to help the White House defend President Donald Trump’s executive order on mail-in voting Tuesday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
In February 1777, General George Washington ordered the first mass immunization campaign in American history by mandating that his troops be inoculated against smallpox. He protected the Continental Army from an epidemic that was deadlier than British forces.
249 years later, we have this idiot.
"Because Trump turned to culture war before joining an evil axis, because Ukraine and the rest of the world got time to adjust to the shift in American loyalties, the efficacy of Trump’s betrayal will be significantly diminished."
Marcy on how bad it all is & how dick-stepping gives us some grace.
TUR: It appears the president is more desperate in this moment. Do you agree?
LAWLER: Well, let's look back. Obama engaged in a 7-month conflict in Libya--
TUR: We don't need to go back to Obama. Let's stick w/ Trump
LAWLER: Excuse me, excuse me. Yes we do.
TUR: How does that make this war okay?
If not for Trump, what's the emoluments clause for? What's impeachment for? What's the 25th Amendment for? What's section 3 of the 14th Amendment for? What are checks and balances for?
The baddies are cherrypicking the Constitution the same way they do the bible: for their own benefit.
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lmao rare to see someone so easily baited in a congressional hearing, but RFK jr is a sucker
We previewed their confrontation in 2022, and the story somehow remains very relevant! boltsmag.org/unease-in-lo...
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Flu spreads efficiently especially in close quarters like military troop lodging facilities. If you are in the military you are required to get several vaccines because of how devastating outbreaks can be to troops and also because they are more likely be targeted by agents of biological warfare.
