asking questions in hearings is always better than speeches

Opinion | Measles Took My Daughter. This Is What I Want Everyone to Know.

A child can seem fine while the virus slowly replicates in her brain, poised to exact a terrible toll years later. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/o...

So much stupid coming out this WH and those associated with it.

Judge halts Trump effort requiring colleges to show they aren’t considering race in admissions A federal judge has halted efforts by the Trump administration to collect data that proves higher education institutions aren’t considering race in admissions.

Judge halts Trump effort requiring colleges to show they aren’t considering race in admissions
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If I’m going go to be teleported to a restaurant, could it be to an upscale place, especially one where it’s hard to get a reservation?

👀 oh Bari

A deadly bacterial disease is returning, doctors warn, as vaccination rates fall Hib once killed 1,000 children a year, permanently disabling many more. Doctors who've never seen the disease say the comeback is changing the way they practice medicine.

“The last night I was a pediatric resident, a child came in with Hib and promptly died by the next day. I didn’t work for 50 years to have everything destroyed by one man.”

-Dr. Kathryn Edwards, Vanderbilt University

This is what RFK Jr. and the anti-vaxxers have wrought.

Whoever leads the Justice Department after Pam Bondi “will be confronted with exactly the same problem" as she was, @qjurecic.bsky.social argues: “Trump is asking his attorney general to do the impossible.” theatln.tc/d6DKeRUC

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Jeannine Pirro on the shortlist? She couldn’t even get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich.

Florida’s Immigration Crackdown Is Showing Cracks: ‘We’re Hurting People’

Ya think? www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/u...

#fridayreads

The number one rule for No Kings 3 tomorrow is DO NOT INTERACT WITH COUNTER PROTESTERS! Do not talk, do not argue, do not react to their words, their single-finger salute, or their rolling coal. DO NOT ENGAGE!!!!

You safety team is ready to deal with any negative people.

Should You Need to Prove Citizenship to Vote? Ask Kansas.

Should You Need to Prove Citizenship to Vote? Ask Kansas. A Kansas law required a passport, a birth certificate or other proof of citizenship to register, but it was struck down after a court found that around 31,000 eligible voters had been blocked. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/u...

An arson attack leaves Britain's Jewish community feeling vulnerable British police are hunting three suspects after an arson attack on ambulances that has left Britain's Jewish community feeling vulnerable.

An arson attack leaves Britain's Jewish community feeling vulnerable
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Tsundoku: The art of buying books and never reading them Do you have a habit of picking up books which you never quite get around to reading? That's tsundoku.

I’m so down with this! www.bbc.com/news/world-4...

Pentagon press policy ruled unconstitutional in case brought by N.Y. Times A federal judge struck down the Defense Department’s new press policy that triggered an exodus of reporters from the Pentagon, calling it unconstitutional.

Yet another unconstitutional thing they’ve done. The list is long and they want to add more. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

House committee votes to subpoena Attorney General Bondi to answer questions over the Epstein files The House Oversight Committee has voted to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi to answer questions over the Justice Department’s handling of files related to the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking invest...

Oooh, Bondi gets to haul her binders filled with insults back to Congress. House committee votes to subpoena Attorney General Bondi to answer questions over the Epstein files

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Trump Stays Out of Public View After U.S. Launches Military Assault on Iran

Instead, the president capped an extraordinary day of U.S. aggression abroad by attending a glitzy fund-raising dinner at his club. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/u...

Orange 🤡 posted today that the bombing “will continue until peace is achieved throughout the Middle East.” That is huge goal.

Elite Doctors Served Jeffrey Epstein While Treating His ‘Girls’

I refuse to let this story die away because of the war. Elite Doctors Served Jeffrey Epstein While Treating His ‘Girls’ www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/u...

Hungry for Affirmation, Vulnerable to Scams: As a Writer, I Know the Feeling

Hungry for Affirmation, Vulnerable to Scams: As a Writer, I Know the Feeling www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/b...

4 Minnesota guys

Republicans are going to put @bencollins.bsky.social out of business

Longevity guru Peter Attia exits CBS News after Epstein emails surface Communications newly released by the Justice Department reveal chummy communications between the two men.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

A Fatal ICE Shooting Occurred in Texas Months Before Renee Good’s Killing

A Fatal ICE Shooting Occurred in Texas Months Before Renee Good’s Killing www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/u...

US farmers say Trump’s $12bn package not enough to undo damage from tariffs Thousands of farms set to go bankrupt as grain farmers in particular hit by trade disruptions caused by price hikes

Reminder of the damage the illegal tariffs inflicted on farmers.
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The removal of the Pride flag at Stonewall “was no careless mistake,” but the latest attack by the Trump admin on the LGBT community, a new SDNY suit alleges

“The government has not removed other historical flags at other national monuments, most notably Confederate flags”

Federal judge rules Kilmar Abrego Garcia can’t be re-detained by immigration authorities A federal judge has ruled that Immigration and Customs Enforcement cannot re-detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia because a 90-day detention period has expired and the government has no viable plan for deporti...

Federal judge rules Kilmar Abrego Garcia can’t be re-detained by immigration authorities

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How Legal Immigration Became a Deportation Trap Under Trump, the Homeland Security agency responsible for processing visas and green cards has become a site for easy arrests.

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Opinion | Judge Leon Educates Pete Hegseth The military version of lawfare loses in embarrassing fashion.

Gift link. www.wsj.com/opinion/judg...