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RFK Jr. says U.S. will stop funding global vaccine alliance Gavi Gavi works to expand access to vaccines for children in some of the world’s poorest countries. Health experts say the move could have deadly consequences.

Let’s be absolutely clear. This decision, based on fringe conspiracy theories, will kill children.
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As a person who lost 6 family members over vaccine matters I take RFKs uneducated viewpoint on vaccines personally. Enough.

OMG YES… say that‼️

@tarasetmayer.bsky.social nails it.

Honestly, we’ve been waiting for politicians to catch up to where the people are—and it’s getting damn late!

an archival black and white photograph of the KKK marching in Washington DC with the capitol behind them

In light of everything happening, I wrote about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the people that fought against them anyway, and about how fascism always fails. dansinker.com/posts/202…

It's on them for falling for a well-known serial liar's "promises".

Three updates:
1. The Justice Department has deleted a database tracking federal police misconduct. The database was first proposed in 2020 following the police killing of George Floyd.

Murphy: "This is a constitutional crisis that we are in today. Let's call it what it is."

Warned , they were.

Trump Pauses Disbursements to Program Supplying H.I.V. Treatment Worldwide Pepfar, which is estimated to have delivered lifesaving treatment to as many as 25 million people in 54 countries, faces a funding delay of as long as 180 days.

Trump Pauses Disbursements to Program Supplying H.I.V. Treatment Worldwide www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...

And he's done absolutely nothing about it.

Did you know that Elon and Trump want to start using the same AI claim denial process used by United Health at the Department of Veterans Affairs?

Just thought you might want to know.

Trans folks held a dance party in the Capitol bathroom to protest the bathroom ban on there.

With absolutely no respect due, what the hell did they think they were getting?
#LeopardsAteMyFace

BREAKING: Bombshell report reveals Pete Hegseth — Trump’s pick to lead the Pentagon — was booted out of two vets groups due to reckless handling of funds, sexual impropriety, and public intoxication.

First Hegseth’s own mother essentially blew the whistle on her womanizing, abusive son. Now…

There is a $2,000 cap on prescription drugs for seniors that will go into effect in 2025.

To be clear, Trump didn’t do that!

Trump has entered the “I am the state” phase of his presidency. There are no rules, no standards, no judgments that matter other than his and he will prove it by obliterating norm after norm.

A set of well-toned (and well-moisturized) legs have always been my weakness.

Your legs are so pretty 😍

Journalists flock to Bluesky as X becomes increasingly 'toxic' Journalists are finding more readers and less hate on Bluesky than on the platform they used to know as Twitter.

NBC: Mississippi Free Press "Bluesky is getting 20 times the engagement or more than Twitter,” Pittman said. “Seeing a social media platform that doesn’t throttle links really makes it clear how badly we were being limited.”

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I keep telling you, they're going to lie about how many people they murder like they did during COVID.

Nichols: You have the makings of a not so slow motion authoritarian takeover of the United States government. And people ought to be really concerned about this.

Morning!

“But the eggs were just so expensive.”

I thought the next logical step would be to go Interstellar and shoot through black holes and wormholes, colonize Mars with cars n'shit.

Blocked

Michigan AG Nessel: Trump cabinet picks show disdain for victims of sex assault | Opinion The most powerful man in America is broadcasting contempt and disdain for survivors of sexual assault.

Michigan AG Dana Nessel calls out Pete Hegseth, RFK Jr., and Linda McMahon:

[Trump's] cabinet picks show disdain for victims of sex assault.

"We are telling survivors of sexual assault that they don't matter, that their trauma is meaningless." www.freep.com/story/opinio...

The meme I didn't know I needed

You knew it was coming.

I don't think the actor Earl Holliman, who just died at 96, officially came out, so I was touched to see his passing confirmed by his husband. His first screen role was in 1952; he came up when, for an actor, coming out was not difficult but impossible. He lived through things we'll never know. RIP.