Flu spreads efficiently especially in close quarters like military troop lodging facilities. If you are in the military you are required to get several vaccines because of how devastating outbreaks can be to troops and also because they are more likely be targeted by agents of biological warfare.
I had the opportunity to confront Pete Hegseth's bigoted spiritual mentor, Pastor Doug Wilson, and call him out on his history of hate, his misreading of the Bible, his hijacking of Jesus, and his cosplay Crusading.
It was worth it.
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The probe stems from her false claim that Democrats rely on “illegal citizens” to win elections.
This morning, I posted two important stories based on insider information from the FBI and SCOTUS, published in @theatlantic.com and @nytimes.com respectively.
This doesn’t happen by accident.
The source(s) have to know they’ll be protected, even if the reporters are threatened with jail.
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Embattled Congresspeople standing up for privacy need our help. Write to their colleagues and tell them we need real reforms in Section 702. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
A Mississippi hospital may shut down by June 15... and this is what healthcare collapse actually looks like in real time.
Source: Mississippi Free Press, Andrew Cass, April 13, 2026
#HealthcareNotTrumpsWar
Cases Collapse Under Scrutiny: Over and over, cases against protesters fell apart, often because statements made by the arresting officers were debunked by video footage.
www.propublica.org/article/caug...?
I don’t even have words for this.
Oil money for climate think tank. #COI? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Virginia!
Vote YES on the redistricting referendum! Don’t let Republican gerrymandering silence your voices!
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PLEASE HELP SWEET BEAUTY…Pledging $10 …please rescue …
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Beautiful Winter- will probably be euth listed today- trying 2get him fostered before this happens!
East coast this is a beautiful pup- 5 yrs old- video will be posted below!
Pls repost him!
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While Trump is sending servicemembers into the Middle East for another illegal war, he’s also making sure veterans lose their homes.
www.npr.org/2026/04/02/n...
Today is #International #FactChecking Day.
apnews.com/article/misi...
WOW. New data just revealed that ICE agents arrested 3,800 Minnesota residents this winter – averaging 33 arrests every day.
More than 75% of those arrested had no criminal record.
ICE agents are not just going after the worst of the worst, and they are not making communities better off.
1/ My first story as a @propublica.org climate reporter:
I discovered that the Trump appointee in charge of rewriting methane rules at the EPA was – just four years ago – an unnamed author of an oil industry response to those same rules.
His name isn't in the document itself, but…
🚨 BREAKING: Trump is expected to sign a sweeping executive order targeting mail-in voting, escalating his long-running effort to restrict ballot access ahead of the 2026 midterms.
It's so refreshing to have a politician finally say out loud: no one ever asks if the police turn a profit so why should the post office
I’m really glad to see Senators Warren and Shaheen sent this letter to Sec. Hegseth about the WEXMAC TITUS program which is helping fast-track the construction of immigrant concentration camps (and also floored and humbled that they link to my story about the program in the first sentence)
Persevere. - Making change needs consistency, just like everything else www.lifeisasacredtext.com/p/461ca79f-5...
SPRINGSTEEN IN MINNEAPOLIS: “This is still America… and this reactionary nightmare and invasion of American cities will not stand.” 🇺🇸
(From ablackpolitical)
Now get out and vote in the midterms like your life depends on it, because it does. #NoKings
How it started vs how it's going.
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