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The Disastrous First Year of RFK Jr. The damage the HHS secretary has done to science and public health is appalling—and it could have been avoided.

"Cassidy and McConnell could do a literal world of good if they spent the rest of 2026 speaking out against Kennedy and joining his Democratic critics in calling for him to be removed from his job." That, or another miracle, would be amazing.

Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared. ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.

Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.

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This Is What Destroying the Vaccine Market Looks Like A shocking move by RFK Jr.’s team has the industry spooked—for good reason.

Early studies suggest versions of mRNA vaccines could be effective against certain kinds of cancer too. Now companies will have to wonder if the animus towards mRNA vaccine will spill over into those efforts too.

Great, just great.

Hussein al-Sheikh, the Vice President of the Palestinian Authority, said Israel’s reported moves to deepen annexation in the West Bank, including in Area A, would amount to a “nullification of all signed and binding agreements” and constitute a “dangerous escalation” and a “blatant violation of international law.” He warned the steps would impose “new realities on the ground,” undermine any political horizon, “dismantle the two-state solution,” and drag the region toward further tension and instability. Al-Sheikh called on the U.S. administration and the international community to “intervene immediately” to halt what he described as “occupation-driven aggression.”

See new posts Conversation حسين الشيخ Hussein Al Sheikh @HusseinSheikhpl What is being circulated about impending Israeli decisions to deepen annexation and impose new realities in the West Bank, including in Area A, constitutes a nullification of all signed and binding agreements between the parties and represents a dangerous escalation and a blatant violation of international law. These unilateral measures aim to undermine any political horizon, dismantle the two-state solution, and drag the region into further tension and instability. We call on the U.S. administration and the international community to intervene immediately to halt this occupation-driven aggression.

Hussein al-Sheikh, the VP of the Palestinian Authority, said Israel’s reported moves to deepen annexation in the West Bank, including in Area A, would amount to a “nullification of all signed and binding agreements” & constitute a “dangerous escalation” & a “blatant violation of international law...

Hamas said the measures, including land seizure, opening property registries for settlers, and undermining Palestinian municipalities, especially Hebron, are designed to change “geographical and legal facts on the ground” alongside a “genocidal war and ethnic cleansing.” The movement called for Palestinian national unity, intensified resistance in the West Bank and Jerusalem, urged Arab and Islamic states to cut ties with Israel, and pressed the UN and international community to apply “real and effective pressure” and hold Israel accountable. Full statement below. ⬇️ —— ⭕ Press Statement We affirm that the Zionist occupation cabinet's approval of new decisions targeting our people and land in the West Bank, including land seizure, opening property registries for the benefit of settlers, and attempts to infringe upon the authorities of our municipalities and national institutions, foremost among them the Hebron municipality, falls within the fascist settler-colonial approach and the comprehensive annexation plan, as well as the genocidal war and ethnic cleansing of the extremist criminal occupation government, aiming to impose false sovereignty and change geographical and legal facts on the ground. In light of these decisions, we renew our call for national unity and a unified program to resist the occupation and confront its settlement projects. We also call on our people and their rebellious youth throughout the West Bank and Jerusalem to intensify the confrontation with the occupation and its settlers by all available means, to thwart the projects of annexation, Judaization, and forced displacement.

In light of these decisions, we renew our call for national unity and a unified program to resist the occupation and confront its settlement projects. We also call on our people and their rebellious youth throughout the West Bank and Jerusalem to intensify the confrontation with the occupation and its settlers by all available means, to thwart the projects of annexation, Judaization, and forced displacement. Our Palestinian people will not surrender to these occupation policies, will continue to uphold their historical rights, and will not deviate from the choice of resistance as the path to get rid of the occupation. The legitimacy of this land is written by our people through their steadfastness and resilience; and such fleeting decisions will not grant the occupation any right to a single inch of our land. We demand the Arab and Islamic states to bear their historical responsibility in confronting the occupation and its plans aimed at imposing the annexation of the West Bank as a fait accompli, take practical and serious steps, foremost among them cutting relations with the Zionist entity and expelling its ambassadors from capitals that have established relations with it, and strengthen a unified Arab and Islamic position that aligns with the aspirations of our Ummah's peoples and the legitimate rights of our people. We further call on the UN and the international community, with all their bodies and components, to exert real and effective pressure on the occupation to stop its violations and aggression and to hold it accountable for its ongoing crimes against our land and people. *Islamic Resistance Movement - Hamas* 8 Feb. 2026

🟢 Hamas said the Israeli cabinet’s decisions reflects a “fascist settler-colonial approach” and form part of a “comprehensive annexation plan” aimed at imposing “false sovereignty” over the West Bank.

Hamas said the measures, including land seizure, opening property registries for settlers, and...

Defense Minister Israel Katz and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich described the moves as “normalizing” life for settlers, removing legal barriers, and strengthening Israel’s permanent hold over “Judea and Samaria” - what the extremist right wing in Israel calls the occupied West Bank. 📌 The changes include: ▪️ Repeal of Jordanian-era laws barring the sale of land to Jews, allowing purchases under the same rules used inside Israel ▪️ Declassification and publication of West Bank land registries, facilitating Jewish purchases of Palestinian land ▪️ Elimination of transaction permits and licensing requirements previously imposed by the Civil Administration ▪️ Revival of a long-dormant state land acquisition committee to enable proactive government purchases for settlement expansion ▪️ Expansion of Israeli enforcement and oversight into Areas A and B for water, environmental, and archaeological violations ▪️ Transfer of planning and construction authority in the illegal Jewish settlement in Hebron, including holy sites, directly to the Civil Administration

▪️ Approval of a dedicated municipal authority to manage Rachel’s Tomb, located within Bethlehem’s municipal boundaries

BREAKING | Israel’s security cabinet approved today a sweeping set of decisions designed to entrench Israeli control & accelerate de facto annexation across the occupied West Bank, according to a report from public broadcaster Kan.

Defense Minister Israel Katz & Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich...

Let’s Not Sportswash Trump’s Authoritarianism The Olympics, the World Cup, and cheering for our nation’s athletes but not the current administration.

Trump is forcing Americans to think like dissidents. This is largely new for us.

Here is my statement on DHS demanding more cooperation than the law requires of our pretrial detention facilities, or jails.

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Wow, who could have predicted all of this?

Debunking the Myth of the ‘Migrant Crime Wave’ Data does not support claims that the United States is experiencing a surge in crime caused by immigrants.

Just a regular reminder that the ENTIRE premise behind the draconian and militaristic immigration enforcement we have been witnessing the past year is based on an empirically disproven lie.

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trump released the names of people who will "govern" and "rebuild" Gaza. White people in western liberal democracies, the same ones supporting israel, a white settler colonial apartheid ethnostate on its campaign of genocide and ethnic cleansing against Palestinians, get to decide who governs Gaza.

Thank you, Minnesota There is no greater obligation for an American than loyalty to the Constitution of the United States.

Thank you, Minnesota
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Rand Paul: "To say it's not a war in Venezuela -- we still have hundreds of ships with a 100% blockade of the coast. That is an act of war. It's an ongoing war. To continue to take their oil -- ongoing war."

The past year has seen an unprecedented displacement of Palestinian communities in the West Bank In 2025, Israeli settlers, backed by the army, displaced rural Palestinian communities in the West Bank at unprecedented rates. It is part of Israel’s escalating strategy to take control of as much of...

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Pew Research Institute (2023):

• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants

• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants

• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.

And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."

It's *not* about immigration.

WYFP? The choice should not be: give us your ID or we'll smash your car window The DHS rules of engagement on paper say one thing and in agents’ practices are not identical to those of actual sworn police officers or even troops trained in crowd control. Breaking your window see...

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DOJ investigating whether Denmark lied on its Greenland mortgage.

ICE's tear gas sent a 6-month-old to the hospital, the latest in an alarming pattern Federal agents' use of chemical weapons has hurt children at immigration raids, while walking down their block, and in their schools.

“He was just lifeless, like he had foam around his mouth. He had tears coming out of his eyes."

Federal agents’ use of chemical weapons has hurt children at immigration raids, while walking down their block, and in their schools.

This isn’t inevitable.

A few Republicans in Congress could still stop a reckless annexation or attack on Greenland — right now.

Silence is a choice.

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I don’t say “Fuck ICE” nearly as often as I should.

More than 200,000 Danish citizens have signed a petition to buy California as a response to Trump’s attempt to take Greenland.

They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”

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How Trump Turned a Foreign Country Into a Piggybank And how Marco Rubio used Trump to hurt Cuba.

Trump is severing the linkage between the legislature and the purse, and attempting to concentrate access to capital in the hands of the executive. This is not how a president of the United States observing the Constitution operates.

Exclusive | It’s Trump’s Economy, and Voters Are Unhappy With It, WSJ Poll Finds The poll offers warning signs for the president and Republicans as they prepare for a pivotal midterm election.

Americans increasingly consider the economy weak and now blame Trump more than Biden. In new @wsj.com poll, 58% of voters say Trump's policies are most responsible for the current economy compared with 31% who fault Biden's policies. @aaronzitner.bsky.social www.wsj.com/politics/ele...

Trump Announces 10 Percent Tariff on European Countries in Standoff Over Greenland

Trump slaps tariffs on European allies in an effort to strongarm them into letting him seize the territory of a NATO member whose population does not want to be part of the United States. @shawnmccreesh.bsky.social @anaswanson.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/u...