Half of them, including the guy at the top, don't see it that way. They want zero poverty - not by helping not-rich people, but by punishing them harder for not being successful to motivate them to leave poverty
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
Texas proposed doing this back when they were fighting Biden to have 'abortion pills' completely banned. Biden responded to Texas by adding protections that allowed the pills to be sent through the federal mail, which Texas couldn't intercept.
You heard it correctly
No! Not that. What are you thinking?
People should get married young and have lots of children they can put to work to earn income for the household so the couple can afford to have a family.
Trump doesn't mean "my people." He means "you people."
"If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”
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woman looking at a photo of an atomic bomb detonating and her hair style looks the same
“Liliana Orsi, a 22-year-old beauty in Rome, Italy, displays her new atomic hairdo and the photo of the atomic blast which inspired it. It took a hair stylist 12 hours to arrange Liliana’s coiffure, so it’s not recommended for daily wear. ”
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Vinnie Vincent trademarked the double V.
JD Vance's trip to negotiate with Iran was just postponed indefinitely after Iranian leadership did not respond to Trump's demands.
Trump's 2-week ceasefire expires this Wednesday.
He'll say we have unlimited ammunition and weapons and Iran has practically no drones or missiles left. Again.
Debbie: Nursing home care
RFK Jr: Bad for businesses
Debbie: LIFE-PRESERVING CARE!
RFK Jr: Business matters more
RFK Jr: The staffing rule was putting nursing homes out of business.
Debbie (yelling): AND PEOPLE WERE DYING BECAUSE THERE WEREN'T ENOUGH CAREGIVERS
So tormented he went into a different line of work? No? Not that tormented then.
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They're going to watch impassively as children die from contagious diseases, lack of healthcare, more pollution, looser safety regulations, poor nutrition, etc. and say something like it's because God's angry and lawmakers are just trying to return the nation to righteousness to defuse God's anger.
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HHS's new funding guidelines for Title X subvert its entire purpose. Instead of getting effective contraception to the country’s poorest women so they may decide if & when to have kids, Title X now seems aimed at getting more pregnant, whether they want to be or not.
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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy: "This is the greatest equipment in the world that we're deploying, and it makes the job of the air traffic controller that much easier. We're gonna use AI tools."
There was no reform. What happened was ICE throttled back their behavior because DHS was shut down and isn't getting paid. After they get more funding, there will be a new flood of videos of ICE violence.
Republicans refused 11 times to end the DHS shutdown if they have to order ICE to obey the law
Working fathers are essential to the well-being and development of their children, but the United States is experiencing a crisis of fatherlessness that is ruining our children’s futures. In the overwhelming number of cases, fathers insulate children from physical and sexual abuse, financial difficulty or poverty, incarceration, teen pregnancy, poor educational outcomes, high school failure, and a host of behavioral and psychological problems. By contrast, homes with non-related “boyfriends” present are among the most dangerous place for a child to be. HHS should prioritize married father engagement in its messaging, health, and welfare policies.
And it's in Project 2025 that non-related boyfriends are a danger to children living in the same household.
They're pitching the line that humans are like lions, bears and stallions, animals which will kill very young members of their own species that don't have their scent, aren't their offspring. That the lack of empathy is completely natural
On Monday 47 released a series of memos that doubled down on his support for increasing domestic fossil fuel production for purported “defense readiness”.
Gack.
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"That's what you got?"
Wait for it.
The kids will be alright..
November remembers.
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GOP: Test scores! Test scores! We got to get the numbers up! Attendance numbers! We got to get those up! Graduation numbers! We got to get the number up!
Parents and teachers: But what about the content of education?
GOP: All that matters is we get the numbers higher. We got to look good.
Trump: "I would've won Vietnam very quickly if I were president. Look at Venezuela. I took it over in 45 minutes."
Chris Wright insists that collapsing snow pack in Colorado is the result of "the path of the jet stream last year," not climate change
Saying 'Trump lost the 2020 election' is a red line for Trump. Anyone who says that he lost and it was a fair election he will see as a true enemy.
I don't know if y'all grasp that a narcissistic injury is seen as life-threatening by the narcissist, not just a hurt.
Warnock had him right where he wanted him.
And then didn't follow up. Sometimes I think the Senators have their prepared materials and they're not even listening to what the nominee is saying.
WARNOCK: What grade would you give the American economy?
WARSH: Well, if i gave a student anything other than an A, the dean would summon me because I would've hurt his self-image
WARNOCK: Consumer confidence is at a record low. That's Americans' grade on the economy
