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whats happening with Kash Patel's eye brows?

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“The Most Terrifying Experience”: The U.S. Navy and the Pandemic of 1918 As the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, continues to shape day-to-day life across the globe, we are repeatedly reminded that what we are experiencing is nothing less than a once-in-a-century pandemic. The title is remarkably apt, for COVID-19 is striking 102 years—almost exactly a century—since one of the greatest public health crises in history. From the spring of 1918 through the first months of 1919, a never-before-encountered strain of influenza wreaked havoc worldwide, killing more people than World War I and leaving a legacy of terror so great survivors were loath to even speak of it.[1] The 1918 influenza pandemic left at least 50 million people dead worldwide.[2] In the United States, it killed an estimated 675,000, claiming over 10 times as many American lives as the war with which it coincided. The 1918 influenza pandemic was a wartime plague, and it is impossible to understand apart from its context in the midst of the Great War. Indeed, even its (incorrect) name, the Spanish flu, was a product of the war; since Spain was neutral, the Spanish government was among the few that did not censor the alarming reports of the disease ravaging its population, leading to a false impression that it had struck Spain particularly hard.[3] The war made the severity of the pandemic possible, crowding people together in severely congested camps and trenches, moving the infected from one population center to another in mass numbers, placing thousands of people who had never travelled more than a few miles from home in unfamiliar disease environments, and hampering even the most basic of procedures for containing its spread. At the forefront of the United States’ participation in the war effort, the Navy stands out among American institutions for the severity of its suffering during the pandemic. Indeed, one historian refers to the early weeks of the outbreak as “largely a naval affair.”[4] Naval personnel, crowded on ships and in navy yards, were prime targets for the disease. Those in the theater of combat in Europe were likewise among its victims, and the strains of warfare overshadowed all efforts to combat the virus. Yet the Navy was also at the forefront of the fight against influenza. Navy nurses and doctors put their own lives at risk to treat personnel and civilians alike. Naval officers took the lead in cities across America to bring the pandemic under control. And the Navy’s scientific minds played a key role in researching the virus and seeking a cure. They were not always successful, but their efforts made the pandemic less disastrous than it otherwise would have been, and their endurance through often nightmarish circumstances was every bit as creditable to the ideals of the service as those waging war against Germany. This is their story.

The U.S. Navy and the Pandemic of 1918

The 1918 influenza pandemic was a wartime plague, and Navy nurses and doctors put their own lives at risk to treat personnel and civilians alike.

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Amanda Ungaro, who was part of President Trump & Melania’s social circle for years, threatened legal action against the first lady “and your pedophile husband.”

To Bondi, she said in a post: “Do you fully understand the information I possess regarding you and the individuals associated with you?"

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Gaslighting, deflection, gaslighting, deflection, gaslighting, deflection, gaslighting, deflection, ...

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Kash Patel situation reminding me of House of Cards antagonist Doug Stamper

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Military supply shortages in the Middle East

a mid-April dinner on USS Abraham Lincoln supercarrier = small handful of boiled carrots, a dry meat patty & a gray slab of processed meat.

service members frequently go hungry + disruption of mail means they cant receive additional food or supplies.

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Does the majority of working class Americans really think banning Sharia law is a priority rn as Steve Bannon claimed?

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Weird stuff like this has been happening for me all day...I wonder if it has anything to do with the problems they've been posting about:

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RFK Jr.: Black Kids on ADHD Drugs Should be 'Re-parented' The new HHS secretary has several controversial views on race and public health, including forcing Black kids to work on organic farms.

his vision for government-run farms where Black youth would be “reparented” away from their families.

Link to the video bookmarked at the point where RFK Jr makes his comments about Black children on the 19Keys online show:

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Plans are in the works.

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I wonder how much longer Scotts Miracle-Gro will hang in there as they face challenges due to supply chain disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, crucial for their fertilizer imports.

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Scoop: House Democrats introduce 6 articles of impeachment targeting Pete Hegseth The articles accuse Hegseth of abuse of power, war crimes and other serious wrongdoing.

Dems file 6 impeachment articles against Hegseth.

Article 1: Unauthorized war against Iran & reckless endangerment of US service members

Article 2: Violations of the Law of Armed Conflict & targeting of civilians

Article 3: Negligence & Reckless handling of sensitive military information

etc:

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CPAC in Moscow now?

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"I did post it, and I thought it was me as a doctor,"
Trump told reporters.
"And it had to do with Red Cross. There's a Red Cross worker there, which we support. And only the fake news could come up with that one."
The post came on Orthodox Easter after Trump attacked the Pope.

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Portrait of JD Vance on the left. Image of the cover of his new book "Communion" on the right. (his New Memoir About His Conversion to Catholicism Showing a Methodist Church on the Cover)

Crickets from this guy so far.

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Who will play the role of Judas?

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a woman speaking into a microphone with a sign that says attorney box ALT: a woman speaking into a microphone with a sign that says attorney box

the Dow hit 50,000

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Melania Trump

Epstein case files

Amanda Ungaro

Stay tuned:

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from the NYmag archives
Jeffrey Epstein: International Moneyman of Mystery “Terrific guy,” Donald Trump booms from a speakerphone. “He’s a lot of fun to be with.”
By Landon Thomas Jr.
Oct. 28, 2002
This story is free for a limited time:

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I dont hear MTG advocating for the War Powers Act,
but I do hear her plugging JD Vance for 2028.

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Article III of the Genocide Convention
mentions several acts as explicitly punishable:

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R.E.M. - It's The End Of The World YouTube video by REMVEVO

R.E.M.
It's the End of the World as We Know It

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April 7, 2026 Iranian-Affiliated Cyber Actors Exploit Programmable Logic Controllers Across US Critical Infrastructure The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), CISA, National Security Agency (NSA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Energy (DOE), and United States Cyber Command – Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF), are urgently warning U.S. organizations of ongoing cyber exploitation of internet-connected operational technology (OT) devices, including Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley-manufactured programmable logic controllers (PLCs), across multiple U.S. critical infrastructure sectors.

Iran State-Sponsored Cyber Threat Advisories:

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now over 50 House Democrats, along with two Senate Democrats, who have called for Trump to be impeached or removed via the 25th Amendment for his post on Iran.

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more like

Make America Pay Again

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By Tuesday afternoon, more than 20 Democratic members of Congress have called for Trump’s cabinet to invoke 25th amendment to constitution to remove a president who is deemed unfit for office.

UN chief decries ‘incendiary rhetoric’ after Trump ramps up threats against Iran as deal deadline looms

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Tucker Carlson:
"It's vile."

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Alireza Rahimi, secretary of Iran's Supreme Council of Youth & Adolescents, made video broadcast on state TV:
"young people, athletes, artists, students & university professors" to gather at 2p around power plants.

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elmo from sesame street is standing in the rain ALT: elmo from sesame street is standing in the rain

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It's a holy war.

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