CDC Buildings Hit by Gunfire Agency may have been the target of shooter who blamed his illness on COVID shots

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“Nobody came”: Hill Country flooding survivors recount anguish, neglect during emotional hearing Residents told state lawmakers about what they’ve lost and the hardships they’re experiencing almost a month after the July 4 disaster devastated the region.

The MAGA-led response to the Texas floods is going great - so great that locals are still finding rotting human body parts in the debris that no one in government appears to care about picking up:

The term “underaged girls” is too often used to soften the blow of the deviant acts by pedophiles.

They are CHILDREN.

The vernacular we use matters!

There’s no downplaying this!!

We are supposed to protect children not enable predators who feast on them!!

A New Era of Reproductive Coercion: A Conversation With Kylie Cheung The author’s new book explores how the Dobbs decision “created new avenues through which the state and abusive figures can collaboratively punish and control their victims.”

"The reality remains that under patriarchy and under rape culture and under abortion bans, all survivors and all abortion seekers are dehumanized and denied agency by their abuser or by the state," Kylie Cheung tells @amylittlefield.bsky.social in a new Q&A.

He's a bigot, what do you expect? These articles always make it seems like no one saw this coming. BS we all saw this coming, many of you just thought you wouldn't be affected.

Can Rupert Murdoch Conquer LA? The tabloid baron will launch a West Coast version of the New York Post next year.

My new piece is up now @thenation.com. The NY Post is moving out to LA. Like any New York transplant, you have to ask: Will it last? Or will they go home in six months? www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Senators seek UnitedHealth records on push to curb nursing home hospitalizations Ron Wyden and Elizabeth Warren sent a letter to the healthcare conglomerate on Thursday citing a Guardian investigation

Senators Ron Wyden & Elizabeth Warren are asking UnitedHealth to hand over company records about its attempts to reduce hospitalizations for nursing home residents—following our investigation:
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US air force denies early retirement for transgender service members

The US air force is denying early retirement to all transgender service members with between 15 and 18 years of military service, opting instead to force them out with no retirement benefits.

Trump administration ousts FBI official who refused to name agents who investigated January 6

Brian Driscoll resisted demands made earlier this year for the names of agents who investigated the January 6 insurrection, two people familiar with the matter said.

I’ve spent my life fighting bullies. I still believe there’s hope for America | Robert Reich

"I remain doggedly hopeful about the long-term future," writes former labor secretary and Guardian US columnist Robert Reich. "But, undeniably, we and much of the world now face a brutal set of crises, headed by the decline of democracy and deterioration of the rule of law."

Can Anything Halt the Gerrymandering Arms Race? Texas Dem quorum-breakers are seeking to protect voter rights nationwide, but they’re likely engaged in little more than a perfunctory game of chicken.

Our top story: In order to truly throw a wrench in the GOP’s machinations, Democrats would likely have to keep their quorum break going through November, when the state opens up candidate filing for the 2026 elections.

Trump Wants U.C.L.A. to Pay $1 Billion to Restore Its Research Funding

This is beyond outrageous. I knew that if DJT were elected, blue states and cities would be the first to be targeted and have the farthest to fall. But the time this guy and his goons are done America will have reverted to the 1850s

What to Do — And Not to Do — About a Judge Like Emil Bove To confront a judge like Emil Bove so committed to Trump’s authoritarianism, we need to recognize the underlying problem.

"Bove has made unwaveringly clear that, for him, the law is the president’s will."

Finally Friday Reads: V is for Vendetta, Violence, Vengence, and Victims Good Day, Sky Dancers! I never thought our democracy would collapse so easily and so quickly, yet here we are.  Our supposed checks and balances have fallen to incompetence, corruption, and the fea…

My latest on Sky Dancing with Featured Funny by @johnbuss.bsky.social wp.me/pgqML-RUy I never thought our democracy would collapse so easily and so quickly, yet here we are. Our supposed checks and balances have fallen to incompetence, corruption, and the fear of a tribal cult.

Israel says it will retake Gaza City, escalating war with Hamas The plan announced by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office stops short of the full occupation of the Gaza Strip that he had discussed earlier.

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On Vaccines, Kennedy Has Broken Sharply With the Mainstream

While many officials and scientists embrace other parts of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s agenda, his stance on vaccines is alienating allies who fear a public health crisis.

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Trump Delayed a Medicare Change After Health Companies’ Donations The president posted talking points provided by one firm that donated millions, and his administration delayed a change on coverage of pricey bandages that could have hurt the company and others like it.

A biotech company donated millions for access to a dinner with President Trump. The next day, Trump posted the company's talking points opposing a pending change that would have restricted Medicare reimbursement for the company's products, and his administration later delayed the change.

Looking forward to it!

What do we know about the Covid-19 virus five years on? As the virus continues to evolve, experts assess its latest variants, seasonal prevalence and levels of vaccine uptake

What do we know about the Covid-19 virus five years on?

Could RFK Jr's move to pull mRNA vaccine funding be a huge miscalculation? The US is withdrawing $500m for vaccines for diseases like flu and Covid. Health correspondent James Gallagher asks if it's the right call.

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Long Covid has overtaken childhood Asthma and you want to pull MRNA vaccine funding 😬 #MedicalApathyHurtsAll

BBC 1

UTMB vaccine project among $500 million in mRNA cuts announced by RFK Jr. Neither UTMB nor Moderna has confirmed the nature of the project included in the announcement, or how much funding is being lost.

My comments with @houstonchronicle.com

UTMB vaccine project among $500 million in mRNA cuts announced by RFK Jr.

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What to know about mRNA vaccines Research shows mRNA vaccines saved millions of lives during the COVID-19 pandemic

Research shows mRNA vaccines saved millions of lives during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Heinous.

What Happens to Public Media Now? Republican-backed funding cuts go way beyond NPR and PBS. Radio and TV stations from Alaska to the Allegheny Mountains may never be the same.

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YouTube video by South Park Studios Introducing the Director of Homeland Security | South Park

It's better — and more brutal — than you've heard. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kD4E...

“The proverbial butterfly flapping its wings today can mean your two-week hurricane may quickly evaporate by tomorrow,” Lowry said. For forecasts beyond a week, meteorologists use an ensemble — a collection of models — to gauge general regional risks, but not landfall-level precision. This year, there’s also a new tool for meteorologists and model watchers alike: artificial intelligence-driven forecast models that go out 15 days. These provide yet another option in an already crowded predictive weather world. But, according to Lowry, they’re not helping the hurricane hype machine. “The pervasiveness of AI has given the 15-day weather forecast an extra air of credibility,” Lowry said. But he added some of the latest AI weather models have blind spots.

Early studies have suggested these models can provide skillful forecasts of storm tracks but are not as reliable when it comes to intensity. “Historically, 80 percent of hurricanes form between early August and mid-October and 90 percent of our strongest Category 3, 4 and 5 hurricanes form during this busy 10-week stretch,” Lowry said. “There’s no reason to think this year will be any different, so be ready regardless.”

In today's @washingtonpost.com, I address the hurricane fearmongering we've all but come to expect this time of year. Anyone sharing single-run forecasts 10 or 15 days out isn’t credible. At best, they’re misinformed. At worst, they’re gratuitously stoking unnecessary fear for profit or likes.

Video shows Department of Justice official urging Jan. 6 rioters to 'kill' cops The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.

NEW: Police bodycam footage introduced at the trial of Jared Wise showed him berating police officers on Jan. 6, 2021, and yelling "kill 'em" as rioters attacked law enforcement. He’s now working as a senior adviser for the Department of Justice.

At a time in history when the most influential leaders of the U.S. need to stand up loudly and clearly for the rule of law, democracy, and decency, they are leading the charge in the opposite direction — fawning over the most dangerous authoritarian America has ever witnessed.

If you’re wondering how ICE recruitment and training is going under Kristi Noem—South Park already nailed it.