An excellent lesson on the Constitution...

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This child is spot on....
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No Kings - Now What? Here’s Exactly What to Do Next Shannon Watts on finding the fire to fight

From Emily in Your Phone

Cutting the NIH—The $8 Trillion Health Care Catastrophe This JAMA Forum discusses the recent budget cuts to National Institutes of Health (NIH), the effects of these cuts on scientific research and health of individuals in the US, and the prospects for cha...

Over the next 25 years, if proposed cuts in NIH funding are made real, “In a population of more than 340 million, this reflects **82 million** fewer years of life.”

In the US alone.

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can't even guess how many thousands of people are in Downtown Tampa. we're filling several city blocks.

the mood is fantastic.
the cops are just watching from the shade as folks do their happy little protesting.

#NoKings in Tampa is a huge hit.

🚨🚨🚨

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS RE. THE PROTESTS TOMORROW.

Please repost widely!!

Thank you @aclu.org

Dr. Annie Andrews: 'People in South Carolina are ready for a leader who will fight for them' — MSNBC Dr. Annie Andrews, a pediatrician from Charleston, recently launched her South Carolina Senate bid with a viral campaign video hitting against her opponent, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC). Even though a D...

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Why Are They Hiding Their Faces? If ICE agents' actions are perfectly acceptable, they shouldn't have to mask their identities

We’re watching transparency erode as law enforcement begins to resemble secret police more than public servants. This piece unpacks how we got here, and why it should alarm us all.

Deep cuts erode the foundations of US public health system, end progress, threaten worse to come Americans are losing an array of people and programs dedicated to keeping them healthy.

This is the kind of sweeping, truth-telling journalism we need more of. Good job, AP.

RFK Jr. threatens to bar government scientists from publishing in leading medical journals The health secretary said the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of the American Medical Association, and The Lancet are in bed with pharma.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. threatened to bar government scientists from publishing in major medical journals, saying on a podcast that three top journals were “corrupt” and influenced by pharmaceutical companies.

(next to an image of President Obama) “It is up to all of us to fix this. It's not going to be because somebody comes and saves you. The most important office in this democracy is the citizen—the ordinary person who says, no, that's not right." PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

House GOP is holding a hearing on their tax bill at 1:00 AM because they don't want us to know about their scheme to strip 13.7 million people of health coverage & they think no one will stay awake for it.

I’ll be there, testifying & offering amendments to protect our families.

So House Republicans are fighting about the Medicaid cuts in the tax bill for the rich - not because it kicks nearly 9 million people off Medicaid - but because it doesn't kick *enough* people off Medicaid. Vote accordingly.

Veterans facing foreclosures as Trump administration pulls plug on Biden program: report At a time when veterans with VA loans are struggling to keep their homes out of foreclosure, the Veterans Administration (VA) under Donald Trump's stewardship has decided to pull the plug on a program...

Trump is about to foreclose on the homes of 90,000 Veterans. www.rawstory.com/trump-vetera...

🚨Jasmine Crockett & Eric Swalwell begged House Judiciary Republicans to vote NO. They offered deals, sweeteners, the whole package. And those damn soulless traitors STILL voted to let Trump exile American citizens.

This isn’t just betrayal—it’s the birth of authoritarian rule.
Sound the alarm.🚨

Are You Better Off Than You Were 100 Days Ago? We all know the answer.

From the Bulwark:

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I’m livid.

Trump defunded the CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) program.

The program supports and advocates for victims of child abuse, neglect, human trafficking, and children in the foster care system. Volunteers work closely with the court system to ensure that children are safe.
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Midnight Rules Relief Act Will Subvert Government Transparency and Accountability - Government Accountability Project February 13, 2025 Midnight Rules Relief Act Will Subvert Government Transparency and Accountability WASHINGTON – Government Accountability Project is deeply concerned over the Midnight Rules Relief…

During #NCPW2025, we are concerned about the Midnight Rules Relief Act that threatens Congressional oversight that will create a ripple effect on governmental transparency and #ConsumerProtection.

Learn more about this threat to consumer rights. ⬇️

Medicaid covers over 50% of children with special education needs. It also covers children in foster care.

5 Key Facts About Children with Special Health Care Needs and Medicaid | KFF Amid debates about proposed cuts to federal Medicaid spending, this brief analyzes key characteristics of children with special health care needs and explores how Medicaid provides them with coverage.

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Arresting judges.

Threatening allies.

Lying about trade deals.

Trying to sell campaign merch from the White House.

Floating a 2028 run.

Deranged. Dangerous. Undemocratic.

We must retake our democracy.

Fired, rehired, and fired again: Some federal workers find they're suddenly uninsured Commerce Department employees caught up in a legal battle over their mass firings are now learning that their health care coverage was cut off weeks ago, even though they were paying their premiums.

Commerce Department employees caught up in a legal battle over their mass firings are now learning that their health care coverage was cut off weeks ago, even though they were paying their premiums.

Insight: Trump cuts threaten free vaccine program for kids amid measles outbreak Dr. Ali Sherif normally gives about 50 doses of the measles vaccine to children each month at his clinic in Hobbs, New Mexico, near the Texas state line.

Trump cuts will threaten the free vaccine program for kids amid a measles outbreak that has infected more than 600 people and led to three deaths.

HHS canceled $11 billion in COVID-related grants.

#MomSky
#Voices4Victory
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Love Tim Walz.

One of the most shocking things I have read for a while:
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