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It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.

We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.

We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.

Tyson Foods announces that they’ll be closing a major beef-processing plant in Lexington, Nebraska with 3,200 employees.

Lexington has a population of 11,205.

Nebraska overwhelmingly voted for the orange felon over VP Kamala Harris.

I hope they’re enjoying their vote.

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Harvard just opened an investigation into Larry Summers's ties to Epstein.

That's just PR cover for Harvard.

They've known this entire time.

Epstein literally had an office at Harvard for years.

Piggy has signed off on the release of the Epstein files.

There is a loophole in the law that lets the DOJ withhold anything they deem is part of an active investigation.

It’s precisely what Piggy is counting on.

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Rep. Joe Neguse (D-CO02) & Assistant House Minority Leader to Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY08):

"There's a reason that Steve Bannon has compared the Congress to the Duma [Russian lower house]

It's because that is the way in which Speaker Johnson and House Republicans are functioning"
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Jon Stewart nails the Chuck Schumer play
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@joeneguse.bsky.social

@joeneguse.bsky.social

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"Let's go over Pothole Pete's record" -- Hannity brought on Sean Duffy to attack Peter Buttigieg and blame him for his own failures

VITTERT: What do you say to people struggling with higher prices?

NAVARRO: We feel your pain. We are literally doing everything we can.

VITTERT: But the president calls it a "con job." How can people think he feels their pain?

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In the 2022 life expectancy data, Hawaii was the only state that had a longer life expectancy than that reported for the United States in the CIA's World Fact Book. In the 2023 data, Hawaii joined the rest of the states below the CIA's reported life expectancy for the United States. To provide national data that allowed states to be compared to the nation as a whole, I used the traditional method of calculating life expectancy, the age by which half the deaths occurred and got 76.8 years. I sorted the states and found Maryland the 25th had a life expectancy of 76.3 years. Virginia which ranks 29th matched the 76.8. This suggest only a little deviation from a normal distribution, as I looked at the total list, I saw Virginia had the matching life expectancy and is ranked 29th, close enough to the middle to make me feel there is no problem using this calculation for the nation. I then compared this national life expectancy with the CIA ranked table and found it tied Sri Lanka which just happened to rank 100th out of 227 countries on the CIA list. In other words, calculating an honest life expectancy for the United States, which pays the most for health care has 99 countries with longer life expectancy that spend less on health care. Health care wise we are not getting our money's worth. I wanted to paint the state abbreviations party colors but still can't get the software to do it so here is the table of the state abbreviations by party: Dem Mix Rep CA AZ AL CO GA AK CT IA AR DE MI FL DC MN ID HI NH IN IL NC KS ME OH KY MD PA LA MA TX MS NV WI MO NJ MT NM NE NY ND OR OK RI SC VT SD VA TN WA UT WV WY In general, the states with the longest life expectancy are solid Democratic voting states, New Mexico is the major exception. And, the states with lowest life expectancy are the Southern Republican voting states, the mid-west Republican voting states have life expediencies even with the lower Democratic states.

The total United States reported life expectancy, age by which half the people die, is higher in Harris voting states than the states that voted for Trump. Two other things: Total USA is higher than all the states and people in 99 countries live longer. 🧪💡☠️ #Sociology #Population #News #Think

Vaccine advice based on science: US centre fills gaps in public-health information Epidemiologist Michael Osterholm talks about efforts by the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy to inform vaccine recommendations and maintain public-health awareness during the Trump administration.

Epidemiologist Michael Osterholm spoke with Nature about efforts by the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy to inform vaccine recommendations and maintain public-health awareness during the Trump administration. go.nature.com/43oZK4g #episky 🧪

Blue background, 3 kids popping out of left side with smiles on faces. COVID vaccine extra benefits in kids with atopic dermatitis. Top kid has dark brown afro puffs, second kid is a boy with black hair, third kid is a girl in overalls with light brown pony tails.

Study of >11,000 children with atopic dermatitis (eczema) shows that COVID vaccination has additional benefits including:

✅ Fewer COVID infections
✅ Fewer other infections (pneumonia, ear, skin)
✅ Less allergic reactions (asthma, food anaphylaxis)

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#medsky #pedsky 😷🧪

Medicaid chief’s claim $1bn is spent on healthcare for ‘illegal immigrants’ is false, say experts Mehmet Oz made claim about audits, but experts say he misidentified routine administrative errors

Last week, Medicaid admin Dr. Oz posted on X, claiming that CMS audits found $1 billion of taxpayer money went to Medicaid for “illegal
immigrants.”

But, according to experts, the audits he was referring to were routine and unrelated to immigration.

My latest.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

An older couple is walking together in a park. The woman is wearing gray workout clothes, and the man is wearing dark blue. They are smiling and looking at each other. Stock image.

Taking over 5,000 steps per day may slow tau protein buildup and cognitive decline in people with preclinical #Alzheimers disease, according to a 14-year study of cognitively unimpaired older adults published in Nature Medicine. go.nature.com/47Qw02J #medsky 🧪

Can't wait to see the Wall Street reaction to that factotum tomorrow 😜💙

Measles data from a Vitamin Supplement Company?

FOX NEWS: So what would Trumpcare look like?

DR OZ: Well, these are all ideas that we're still working on

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The only language Trump & Republicans understand is money

#SoftSecession
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Shutdown Deal Kills Food Safety Rules After lobbyists spent big on the Trump administration and Democratic defectors, the government funding bill cut food-contamination rules and limited ultraprocessed-food research.

After lobbyists spent big on the Trump administration and Democratic defectors, the government funding bill cut food-contamination rules and limited ultraprocessed-food research.
www.levernews.com/shutdown-dea...

Thank you for the #AltText

Wow, two major solar flares apparently

Trump Administration Plans to Send Border Patrol to Charlotte and New Orleans

ICE/BP’s next targets are reportedly Charlotte and New Orleans.

Two things:

1) If they had the capacity to hit many cities at once, rather than pick on one or two at a time, they would.

2) Moving south seems to confirm speculation that they’re leaving Chicago because it got cold.

Office Hours: Why isn't the media reporting on Trump's dramatic mental decline? He's showing even more signs of dementia, but the media is mum

Trump's mental decline appears to be accelerating. So why isn’t the media reporting on it? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/office-hours-why-isnt-the-media-reporting-dec

Is the Resolute Desk at Mar-a-Lago? Queen Victoria gave the desk to President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1880.

Appears to be a fake; this is a report from yesterday from an upper-class magazine in the UK

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Rep. Joe Neguse (D-CO02) & Assistant House Minority Leader to Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY08):

"There's a reason that Steve Bannon has compared the Congress to the Duma [Russian lower house]

It's because that is the way in which Speaker Johnson and House Republicans are functioning"
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