My favorite bit of trivia about Hung Cao is that when he ran for congress, he spent a chunk of time campaigning in the wrong district.

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Oh that's a good one!

HAHAHA! That response killed me. And it's so damn true.

Sick in a Hospital Town, Part 1: The Business of Care Welcome to Albany, Georgia, where one hospital dominates the political and economic landscape. The story of Phoebe Putney Memorial is the story of American health care.

The U.S. is blessed with one of the most scientifically and technologically advanced health care systems in the world.

And yet, when it comes to health outcomes among the world’s wealthiest countries, the U.S. ranks last.

Read "Sick in a Hospital Town," a 2026 Hillman Prize winner:

Ominous.

BRUTAL NEW POLL

Donald Trump is cratering. His approval with Republicans hits an unprecedented low.

The US Secretary of the Navy, John Phelan, a businessman and art collector who has never served in the military, flew at least twice on Epstein's plane with Jean-Luc Brunel, and got his job by donating millions to Trump's campaign is apparently stepping down. No word on why yet.

This is insane, tinpot authoritarian shit.

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/u...

Unlike the US media, international media are saying it like it is. The US is a global pariah:

Navy secretary is out The Pentagon announced John Phelan's surprise departure without citing a reason.

Navy Secretary John Phelan is leaving the service’s top civilian post immediately, the Pentagon announced, a surprise departure that comes just over a year into his tenure.

BREAKING: A GOP-appointed Virginia judge has struck down the Democratic-backed redistricting amendment in full, ruling it unconstitutional and “void from the start.”

AG Jay Jones says he will immediately file an appeal.

The President and his Administration have already failed twice in court trying to intimidate me, and he's still not letting up. Just more proof that he'll do anything it takes to silence those of us willing to call him out. I'm not backing down — ever.

The Trump administration just announced they are prosecuting civil rights groups for infiltrating and exposing the KKK and other white supremacist groups.

www.npr.org/2026/04/21/g...

At least 34 tankers linked to Iran, including vessels carrying crude oil, have successfully bypassed the U.S. blockade, per FT

This is your periodic reminder that Democrats introduced legislation in 2021 to ban gerrymandering nationwide and every republican voted against it except two who were absent.

Your government refusing to prosecute sexual predators, but protect them instead, only makes sense when you realize your government is being run by sexual predators.

Congratulations, Virginia! Republicans are trying to tilt the midterm elections in their favor, but they haven’t done it yet. Thanks for showing us what it looks like to stand up for our democracy and fight back.

What Efficient Looks Like On Denise Ames, the hospital that is quietly breaking, and the trillion dollars that finished the job

A nurse spent 22 years learning which doctor ordered what, what he was likely to get wrong, the names of her patients' children. She quit. Worked at a garden center for 14 months. Came back to a floor where she's now the only one who knows where the crash cart is.

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Incredible shots of the exchange between Rep. AOC and RFK, Jr. at today’s congressional hearing.

(image credit: WSJ reporter @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social)

🚨🚨BREAKING: In a huge victory for Democrats that will greatly increase their odds of winning back the House in November, Virginia voters have APPROVED the redistricting referendum.

Spike Lee at the knicks game with a Pope Leo jersey is a chefs kiss 🧑‍🍳

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.

Senators urge US Postal Service not to implement Trump mail-in voting order A group of 37 Democratic ​U.S. senators on ‌Tuesday urged the U.S. Postal Service not ​to comply with ​a March 31 executive ⁠order issued by ​President Donald Trump ​tightening rules on mail‑in voting.

A group of 37 Democratic U.S. senators on Tuesday urged the U.S. Postal Service not to comply with a March 31 executive order issued by President Donald Trump tightening rules on mail‑in voting.

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PLEASE KEEP TRACKING ICE.

A federal judge JUST ruled that Trump improperly coerced Facebook and Apple to remove ICE-tracking apps in violation of the First Amendment.

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.

BALDWIN: Do you think NIH should fund less cancer research?

RFK Jr: No, they should fund more, & one of the few agencies that got a raise in the budget was NCI

B: That increase is less than $1m for an institute with a $7b budget. That's a .01% increase. It wouldn't even cover one additional grant

Plain white background with black text that reads, bro, what does CVS even stand for.

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Crusty Velociraptor Spatula? Cacodemomania Vestigial Saucier?