"Let Go of Your Pearls" Let's not get it Twisted.

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Adam Parkhomenko (@adamparkhomenko) Donald Trump just got a COVID booster at Walter Reed, per the White House physician. Let’s be clear this is the same guy who downplayed the virus, mocked masks, and turned lifesaving vaccines into a ...

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The Big List of Protest Signs for #NoKings 10/18 Instead of talking to MAGA or each other, focus on winning the hearts and minds of the unaware and undecided.

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A Shortlist of Federal Data the Trump Administration Has Tampered With or Destroyed The scale and scope of federal data and statistics that have been...

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A Thing You Can Do Right Now To Help Protect The Right To Vote The U.S.

Take action and share! Comment period closes Oct 20. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

RFK Jr.: “Vaccines Don’t Save Lives” In a recent post on X, RFK Jr. said that vaccines are overrated.

He has got to go!
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Trump’s War on America Is Expanding The president is now unleashing state violence at home and abroad, illegally and with impunity.

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House GOP seeks to rewrite Jan. 6 — and absolve Donald Trump We all know what happened, but a new committee hopes to muddy the waters

Don't believe what you saw with your own eyes! 🤬
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Reid’s tenure as registered foreign agent faces fresh scrutiny in LG bid • Virginia Mercury On a Monday evening in early September, a mix of Virginia politicos and Washington regulars filed into Butterworth’s, the Capitol Hill newcomer profiled by Washingtonian this spring as “the MAGA crowd...

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Energy Dept. adds ‘climate change’ and ‘emissions’ to banned words list It is the latest in a series of Trump administration efforts to dispute, silence or downplay climate change.

Censoring words, suppressing research, and silencing scientists doesn't change reality. Climate change will affect everything from intensifying weather patterns to disrupting our global supply chains.

Treating it as "That-Which-Must-Not-Be-Named" will only make us woefully unprepared.

Which Families Will Grieve Tomorrow? Two veterans, two states, two massacres in one weekend. America’s obsession with guns has turned our neighborhoods into war zones. The only question left: whose community is next?

Which Families Will Grieve Tomorrow?
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From Hitler to Hegseth When Generals Swear to a Man

From Hitler to Hegseth
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Calls for criminal investigation into release of Mikie Sherrill's military records The race for governor in the Garden State exploded on Thursday into ugly accusations of dirty tricks and alleged leaks.

The National Archives released the military records of Mikkie Sherrill, then admitted they shouldn't have.

The documents appear to contain personal information like her SSN number, per ABC: abc7ny.com/post/calls-i...

This Is Not Conservatism It’s Fascism

This Is Not Conservatism
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ICE Detained Lawful US Resident Based on His 'Perceived' Ethnicity: Class Action Lawsuit | Common Dreams New lawsuit accuses ICE of unlawfully arresting DC residents based on ethnicity. Complaint filed in US District Court.

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Researchers, medical residents, other highly skilled technical workers. This is just plain stupid!

The techniques that drove the development of much of modern molecular biology & medicine - restriction enzymes, PCR, CRISPR - relied on fundamental discoveries from basic research. This kind of work just will not get done without government support.

The Right’s Scary Quick Campaign to Exploit Charlie Kirk’s Death Republicans are organizing around the idea that fiction is reality—and too many liberals are playing along.

Yes, Kirk was a talented communicator and activist whose far right organizing infrastructure affected American politics. He also espoused Christian nationalism, platforming racist attitudes, attacks on free speech, and support for political violence. trib.al/LuVqO3J

Three Democrats break from Clean Virginia and take Dominion money Three lawmakers made the rare move this summer and broke from the most prominent Democratic donor, Clean Virginia, and accepted money from their political rival, Dominion Energy.

Three Democrats break from Clean Virginia and take Dominion money
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Opinion | The Dangers of the Charlie Kirk Aftermath

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This administration is responsible for the most blatant attacks on the free press in American history.

What will be left of the First Amendment when he’s done?

The U.S. military is carrying out extrajudicial killings of civilians, and Vance is out there cracking jokes about it.

The Danger of Fake Civics It’s no accident that some of the loudest voices in politics built their platforms not on policy or lived expertise, but on convincing people they alone could explain how America works.

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Abigail Spanberger gets show of support from 2 former GOP lawmakers in bid to be Virginia governor Early in-person voting in the Virginia governor's race between Republican Winsome Earle-Sears and Democrat Abigail Spanberger starts Friday.

Remember - early voting in Virginia starts TOMORROW, Sept 19! Time to restore sanity to our Commonwealth and send those enabling the current fascist regime packing! www.cbsnews.com/news/abigail...

Not clear what possible legal justification there is for the extrajudicial execution of alleged drug traffickers www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...

US stocks vs. rest of the world: worst underperformance since 2009.

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Exclusive: FBI employees worry Trump's Washington surge is exposing unmarked cars Agents are appearing in high-profile areas dressed in tactical gear and emerging from unmarked cars.

Trump's surge of federal law enforcement into Washington, D.C., is exposing the FBI's fleet of unmarked cars, potentially risking its ability to do its most sensitive national security and surveillance work, nine current and former employees of the bureau warned.

A guide to fall 2025 vaccines This fall, we have vaccines for three fall respiratory viruses: flu, RSV, and Covid-19.

A current guide to fall vaccines for respiratory viruses, from a highly trusted source. open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...

Trump Is Inventing Fake Emergencies to Gain Real-World Power Today, the structure of law granting exceptional emergency powers is a grave threat to democracy and an avenue toward authoritarian rule.

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