Trump fought to keep the ballroom fundraising contract secret. Here’s what’s in it. The agreement governing hundreds of millions in private donations was kept secret until a watchdog group sued and a judge ordered it disclosed.

Trump fought to keep the ballroom fundraising contract secret. Here’s what’s in it. wapo.st/42jTDNx

This Growing Climate Threat Could Be Increasing Your Blood Pressure - Inside Climate News A growing body of research suggests that saltwater leaching into freshwater supplies is increasing the risk of human health problems.

It’s salt.

Saltwater is intruding into groundwater both because oceans are rising and because decreasing rainfall is disabling the capacity of coastal aquifers to hold the encroaching seawater at bay —> salinity of drinking water increases.

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Treasury Announces President Donald J. Trump’s Signature to Appear on Future U.S. Paper Currency WASHINGTON – In honor of the 250th anniversary of the United States of America, President Donald J. Trump’s signature will appear on future U.S. paper currency along with the Secretary of the Treasury...

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Trump's approval on economy falls in AP-NORC poll, showing new warning signs for president A new AP-NORC poll finds that President Donald Trump’s approval rating on the economy has slumped over the past month as the Iran war drives prices higher.

New AP poll has Trump's approval down to 33 percent. On his handling of the economy it's 30-70:
apnews.com/article/trum...

The SAVE Act has officially died in the Senate…

Good. 😎✨

Tillis: Government shouldn’t require restaurant hand-washing | CNN Politics The invisible hand might control the free market – but it also might not be washed.

Part of the war on washing hands.

www.cnn.com/2015/02/03/p...

Fox host says he 'hasn't washed hands in 10 years' Harvard and Princeton graduate Pete Hegseth says germs don't exist because he can't see them.

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Sec. Hegseth: "It's Just Gay" To Require Our Warriors To Wash Hands After Using The Bathroom

You thought you heard a roll of thunder, but it was actually thousands of medical historians cracking their knuckles and rolling up their sleeves to revisit centuries of “dirty immigrant” canards.

Op-Ed: You may not have “seen any girls,” but you are still responsible for enabling a pedophile sex trafficker | The Clayman Institute for Gender Research A gray-haired man in a denim jacket stares into the distance alone. Another image shows him baking muffins in a dim kitchen. The third presents him and his wife, looking diminished, exiled from the wo...

Enablers seeking sympathy now "allowed Epstein to assault and abuse girls and women with impunity . . They imbued him with legitimacy. . . Without them, hundreds of girls and women would likely be enjoying much different lives."

Alison Dahl Crossley, Bethany J. Nichols, & @adriandaub.bsky.social

Why the Pentagon is dropping a flu vaccine mandate US soldiers are now free to get the flu.

US soldiers are now free to get the flu. www.vox.com/the-logoff-n...

AI learns language from skewed sources. That could change how we humans speak – and think | Bruce Schneier Large language models aren’t trained on real-life conversations. As we encounter their language, it could affect our own

It's been well noted and is real shit.

"A 2022 study found that children in households that used voice commands ...became curt when speaking with humans, often calling out “Hey, do X” and expecting obedience, especially from anyone whose voice resembled the default-female electronic voices."

Trump Is Said to Be in Talks to Send Afghans Who Aided U.S. Forces to Congo

This is monstrous. Just profoundly shameful behavior by our government.

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/w...

They're using a war, with thousands dead and billions in damages, to manipulate the markets and enrich themselves. Frustration is knowing the agenda is not hidden anymore and yet the sheep are still obeying.

Last week, Tennessee Republicans passed a disastrous voucher scam expansion that steals our tax dollars and defunds our public schools. Now they’re doubling down. We won’t back down. Tennessee Democrats will fight like hell to protect our public schools. Call your State Rep. now.

Last week, Tennessee Republicans passed a disastrous voucher scam expansion that steals our tax dollars and defunds our public schools. Now they’re doubling down.

We won’t back down. Tennessee Democrats will fight like hell to protect our public schools. Call your State Rep. now.

#sheshed

Nurses condemn California Assembly’s failure to advance CalCare California Nurses Association members condemn the California State Assembly’s failure to advance A.B. 1900, the California Guaranteed Health Care for All Act, also known as CalCare, at a time when hea...

The California Assembly has killed the CalCare single-payer healthcare plan (AB 1900), despite CA Dems’s veto-proof supermajority in both houses & the majority of CA voters supporting it.

My fellow Californians, consider each rep & gov candidate’s CalCare stance when you cast your vote!

A Genocide Scholar Asks “What Went Wrong” in Israel The Israeli historian Omer Bartov argues in his new book that a “state ideology” of Zionism has led to what he calls genocide in Gaza.

If you have people in your life who acknowledge the horror of what Israel has done to Palestinians but argue over the term genocide or say "what about," & you want to persuade them, or help them think more humanly, some might be able to actually hear this. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

The 2026 National Teacher of the Year believes kindness and understanding can plant a seed in students Pennsylvania high school history teacher Leon Smith got into education because he wanted to make a difference. His favorite lesson forces students to grapple with history’s complex lessons.

Pennsylvania high school history teacher Leon Smith got into education because he wanted to make a difference. His favorite lesson forces students to grapple with history’s complex lessons.

Note to Democrats: Voters giving up Trump only to vote for the next Republican solves nothing.

The problem isn't Trump, it's the Republican party.

Don't allow Republican politicians dodge accountability by claiming it was all him.

"Ukrainian hackers broke into the conference feed with explicit threats, warning participants they had been identified.

“All your faces are recorded, so watch your backs. You, the bald one, first,” one of the hackers said."

Give that hacker an award.😂🤣

Gas Stove Emissions: Indoor air quality & health effects About 38 percent of U.S. homes use gas-fired stoves and ovens for cooking. Combustion of so-called “natural gas” — which is primarily methane — creates many toxic air...

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Natural gas (methane) comes with natural benzene. Right into your home for no extra cost. Financial cost, that is.

"it is generally considered that the only absolutely safe concentration for benzene is zero."

American Petroleum Institute report (1948) published with Harvard.

They knew.

Benzene: classed as cancer-causing in humans by the IARC

RFK Jr.'s vaccine mess brings flu and Covid shot confusion YouTube video by Melody Schreiber

The judge didn't just halt changes to vaccine recommendations. He also halted new recommendations for flu, Covid, and RSV shots -- which could be a problem approaching the summer Covid season and the fall.
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Trump's budget takes aim at the federal programs that monitor pandemics, track ecological threats, and protect our waterways.

CEPR's @mattsedlar.bsky.social explains what we lose when science becomes a budget line item. #EconSky

As the planet warms, scientists burn homes to figure out how to best protect them in wildfires Scientists are using controlled fires to study how to protect homes from wildfires. At a site in South Carolina, researchers burn down test houses to learn how different materials and designs can withstand flames.

Scientists are using controlled fires to study how to protect homes from wildfires.

Fed Chair Nominee Caught in Massive Lie on What Trump Told Him Kevin Warsh said he had not discussed cutting interest rates with Donald Trump.

Warsh busted by Gallego for lying... newrepublic.com/post/209319/...