2/2 The move, which has not been previously reported, has raised concerns among current + former officials that information about the vaccine’s benefits is being downplayed because they conflict with the views of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has been an outspoken critic of the shots.
SCOOP: Two weeks ago, the head of the CDC delayed publication of a report showing covid vaccine cut likelihood of ER visits and hospitalizations by half. Now that report is no longer allowed to be published in CDC’s flagship scientific journal. My latest. 1/2
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WARSH: The broad contours of the economy are improving. The potential of the economy, the real results of the economy are improving.
TINA SMITH: The reality is there was almost 0 job growth in 2025. That looks to me like not a roaring economy, but a weak economy.
Guy in a Saint Paul jacket standing up
Me, when people are quoting my story to highlight all of the good work people in Minneapolis are doing
Susan Collins helped make this possible.
#mepolitics
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Haskell County, Kansas.
On the morning of March 4, 1918, an Army cook named Albert Gitchell reported to the camp infirmary with a sore throat, fever and headache. By noon, more than 100 soldiers had shown up with identical symptoms. Within a week, over 500 were hospitalized.
Campaign-style graphic with an orange textured background and the headline “Endorsements.” A banner reads “California State Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas.” Below, two columns list endorsing assemblymembers: David Alvarez, Joaquin Arambula, Juan Carrillo, Anamarie Ávila Farías, Mike Fong, John Harabedian, Stephanie Nguyen, Blanca Pacheco, Darshana Patel, James Ramos, Rhodesia Ransom, Celeste Rodriguez, Michelle Rodriguez, Blanca Rubio, Pilar Schiavo, Sharon Quirk-Silva, Jose Luis Solache, Catherine Stefani, Avelino Valencia, Lori Wilson, and Rick Chavez Zbur. At the bottom, silhouettes of a cheering crowd and a raised hand giving a thumbs-up appear above a small “Becerra for Governor” logo.
These Assemblymembers are standing with our campaign because they know what’s at stake. Their trust means everything—and I’ll work alongside them every day to protect the California Dream.
Join us: XavierBecerra2026.com
The Becerra Era is taking root! Let's get him more followers here!
Great cycling infrastructure makes for great pedestrian infrastructure.
Minneapolis and St. Paul need more mixed use development, and should pedestrianize 30% of the streets.
If we did that we'd be elite.
But Democrats love cars too much to make this a reality.
DC statehood yesterday
If you like what happened in Virginia, you’re gonna love DC statehood
CHRIS WRIGHT: Energy prices are still well lower than they were in middle of the Biden adminis--
CANTWELL: I want to stop you right there. There is nobody in the Northwest who thinks that. Not when they wake up & airline flights are being canceled because of high fuel costs. No one thinks it's okay
AOC represents EVERY WOMAN in America right now who is sick and tired of misogyny & misinformation.
She represents us and the rage we feel.
![The key phrase—“an establishment of religion”—was readily
understandable to founding-era citizens. See District of Columbia v. Heller,
554 U.S. 570, 576–77 (2008) (relying on a phrase’s “[n]ormal meaning . . .
known to ordinary citizens in the founding generation”). The reason is
simple. At the time, establishments were “a familiar institution.”
McConnell, Establishment, supra note 12, at 2107.13 Someone on the streets
of 1789 Boston, reading that phrase, would have instantly thought of the
Church of England, the colonial established churches, or the current state
establishments—in other words, a polity’s official church or religion. Ibid.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:aw426jbgw7drhivb4ijrizlu/bafkreiduhdy2udsogi6jjhgxmz764ne7a25cvulptoeqmzq2kevp6pe66e)
The key phrase—“an establishment of religion”—was readily understandable to founding-era citizens. See District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570, 576–77 (2008) (relying on a phrase’s “[n]ormal meaning . . . known to ordinary citizens in the founding generation”). The reason is simple. At the time, establishments were “a familiar institution.” McConnell, Establishment, supra note 12, at 2107.13 Someone on the streets of 1789 Boston, reading that phrase, would have instantly thought of the Church of England, the colonial established churches, or the current state establishments—in other words, a polity’s official church or religion. Ibid.
Although the colonial establishments became more tolerant of dissenters as independence approached, their essence remained unchanged. The original state constitutions reflect as much. Far from rejecting establishments, many states preserved the core components of their establishments, such as public financial support for the official church, regulation of religious institutions, and religious qualifications for civic participation.36 Most explicit was South Carolina, whose 1778 Constitution declared that “the Christian Protestant religion” was “the established religion,” requiring religious societies to subscribe to enumerated articles of faith to receive legal recognition. S.C. Const. of 1778, art. XXXVIII, reprinted in Poore, State Constitutions, supra note 36, at 1626.
The Fifth Circuit flatly states that when the First Amendment says Congress may not create an "establishment of religion," it means the Church of England. They then argue the Founders intended states to have their own churches unaffected by the First Amendment (!!!).
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals is out with a new (very bad) decision, and it's a doozy.
The Fifth Circuit says that Texas can require the Ten Commandments in classrooms. But somehow it gets worse.
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NEW REPUBLIC: “Where Did Millions in Funding Go?”
$63 MILLION companies paid in *settlements* to Trump appears to have vanished (into his pocket) and @SenWarren wants answers.
newrepublic.com/article/2092...
Experts say it’s highly unusual for the White House to tell agents to give up custody of potential evidence in an investigation, as it did with the Tates.
“I’ve never heard of anything like that in my 30 years working,” an ex-DHS official said.
(Published Nov. 2025)
I'm very proud to share that the US edition of A History of England in 25 Poems (Pegasus Books) has a *starred review* from Kirkus. (For friends not in the US / publishing worlds, this is apparently a Big Deal, and I'm very grateful.) #book #history
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A screenshot of clearsky, showing that the bluesky staff member, who goes by Why, has subscribed to only one blocking list, one made by a known troll that searches for users that are against ai and add them to this moderation list. Why @why.bsky.team Blocking 310,708 total users via lists @antiantiai.bsky.social Anti "Anti-AI" Labeler 3 hours ago AI Haters Subscribes to anti-AI blocklists or otherwise seems poorly disposed for productive conversations.
Lmao when a staff member subscribes to a block list made by a troll account and ends up blocking 310,700+ users, all because the majority of the users of bluesky hold the rational opinion that ai is total shit and shouldn't be used for any reason.
Ai is ruining the site, and the world.
Fuck ai.
I watched it at the time. Once or twice it resurfaced in later years. After the disaster, the floodgates opened on YouTube, and so I found it again. I shared it on Twitter; the post went viral. Those who had seen it, remembered well. Those who hadn't were amazed. It's still beyond words. It just is.
I could describe this video like I'm SNL's Stefon, because this clip has *everything*: Prince doing splits, Sheila E, Prince doing the same dance with Jerome Benton that you thought Morris Day owned, a kid in suspenders, his mammoth bodyguard Chick, absolute bedlam . . .
The announcement was widely criticized by Democrats for the timing, the level of priority attached to it, and the obvious disregard for the history of influenza in the U.S. military. trib.al/VBeRbxI
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Eaton's statement is sparking debate in the US & beyond. It embodies military & legal principles of ethical conduct & protection of civilians during conflict. The rule that service members must not follow illegal orders has been part of military doctrine & international law for decades.
#ProudBlue
Over and above the immense power and wealth Trump and Bibi gave to Iran with the Strait of Hormuz, they've also undermined freedom of navigation which is a pillar of global prosperity. Other countries with strategic chokepoints will want to charge tolls, too. And that's a flashpoint for more war.
