A New Declaration of Independence from Tyranny Effective July 4, 2025

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Hegseth, Waltz, Gabbard Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online Donald Trump's most important security advisers used Signal to discuss an imminent military strike. Now, reporting by DER SPIEGEL has found that the contact data of some of those officials, including mobile phone numbers, is freely accessible on the internet. By Patrick Beuth, Jörg Diehl, Roman Höfner, Roman Lehberger, Friederike Röhreke und Fidelius Schmid 26.03.2025, 21.20 Uhr

🚨NEW: Major development.

German newspaper Der Spiegel has found phone numbers and passwords for Hegseth, Waltz & Gabbard in stolen data freely published on the internet.

‼️It includes details of Signal accounts.

“It is conceivable that foreign agents were privy to the Signal chat group.”

Their decisions are going to kill people.

Opinion | Truths to Remember in a Time of Lies Chaos and disorientation are the goals here. But we know what’s going on behind the curtain.

“Truths to remember in a time of lies”. Not comprehensive but captures many central ones. nl.nytimes.com/f/newsletter...

Iowa has high cancer rates. Trump's cuts to CDC and NIH are already hitting the state Iowa has the second highest incidence rate of cancer in the country, and it is already feeling Trump's cuts to the workforce and research institutions trying to solve the rural cancer problem.

Iowa has the second highest incidence rate of cancer in the country, and it is already feeling Trump's cuts to the workforce and research institutions trying to solve the rural cancer problem.

Graph titled: trumps tax proposals cut taxes for the richest 5% while raising taxes for other groups.

The next time you hear Republicans mention tax cuts, ask yourself: For who?

Because unless you’re in the top 5%, it’s probably not you.

Found this on the North Shore Art Scene blog (2/27/2025 - print by Jack Wilcox)). Poignant. But I'm not waiving the white flag yet.

Right next door

Research has shown that the human brain (at least the pre-frontal cortex-the judgement and decision making part of our brain) does not fully develop until around the age of 25. An even more scary thought to consider given the youth of the DOGE team. IQ does not equal judgement.

USAID was founded by JFK to fight the Kremlin -- by helping countries all over the world, rather than having them fall under Soviet dominance.

The Kremlin has wanted to kill USAID ever since.

Don't fall for anti-USAID propaganda -- it all comes from PUTIN.

"Pfeiffer says it's a sign of the climate of fear right now in the nation's capital as the Trump administration targets federal agencies..." No shit. Talk about climate change!

Disease knows no borders. How do they think this won't impact the US? Oh wait, they didn't think.....

Lives will be lost.

Trump Administration Fires Prosecutors Who Aided Jack Smith Investigations The termination of more than a dozen lawyers who worked with the special counsel, Jack Smith, came hours after the department’s most senior career official was reassigned.

Weaponization. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/u...

The Trump Administration’s hiring freeze has led the National Parks Service to cancel job offers for seasonal employees. We are concerned this could leave our parks understaffed during the busy summer season, which sees over 100 million visitors annually.

She/her/hers👅

Egg prices will be at a record-high for a while | CNN Business Eggs are estimated to cost another 20% throughout 2025 because of new avian flu outbreaks.

Infectious diseases disrupt production, strain supply chains, and lead to skyrocketing prices. Beyond immediate price hikes, such outbreaks increase financial burdens on consumers, manufacturers, and retailers while eroding confidence in market stability. #IDSky

Besides the misspelling, why is TRUTH in all caps? And why is it Trump's truth? Pretty sure there should be a department in charge of this, not our "king" - oops, I mean "president".

As Cervical Cancer Deaths Plummet, Experts Credit HPV Vaccine HPV can cause a variety of cancers, including cervical. New mortality data for women under 25 show the success of the HPV vaccine.

A new study found a 62% reduction in cervical cancer deaths among women under 25 in the U.S.

Dr. Ashish Deshmukh joins us to discuss the study and why the HPV vaccine, introduced nearly 20 years ago, is likely behind this decline.

Question on ASEAN stumped Hegseth at Senate hearing. What is it and why is it important? In a heated Senate confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth, Sen. Tammy Duckworth grilled the proposed defense secretary over the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, asking him if he could name one m...

This says so much. apnews.com/article/hegs...

I have received so many notices about data breaches in the past several years that it is hard to even get excited about it anymore. So, yep, froze credit.

My favorite part of Zuckerberg's Joe Rogan interview is when he suggests there is not enough masculine energy at his company, where two out of every three employees is a man.