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Trump administration cancels grants that support deafblind students, special education teachers • Wisconsin Examiner Wisconsin Superintendent Jill Underly called on the Trump administration to reconsider the decision in a statement this week.

This Administration’s wanton
cruelty is harming innocent citizens of our nation.

The Pentagon, the Press and the Fight to Control National Security Coverage

The Pentagon head is now muzzling reporters to only print “approved” stories about the Department. This is another assault on the First Amendment.

Why Is Trump Bailing Out Argentina? This is about ideology and Trumpian fealty, not America’s interests

At a time of rising costs and cuts in healthcare for millions of Americans, why would we use taxpayer money to bail out the Argentinian leader?

YouTube video by Official George Carlin What would George say 🤔 #whatamIdoinginNewJersey #georgecarlin #standupcomedy

George Carlin was quite brilliant. That’s why I used him for a part in The Prince Of Tides. Incredible comedian who also was quite serious as you can see here.

Speak truth to power And other thoughts about a difficult week in the US

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Opinion | Kennedy Said He Wouldn’t Take Away Vaccines. This Week Will Be the Test.

Covid vaccines are increasingly hard to find. I hope Secretary Kennedy changes his tune and offers clear guidance about its availability and coverage.

The state of Florida not requiring children to be vaccinated will result in needless illness and death. It will cause a spike in measles and pertussis which can be fatal. Utterly backwards policy.

Donald Trump called the covid pandemic a hoax and once suggested injecting bleach as a cure. But he generally let the scientists develop a vaccine that worked. Now his HHS Secretary is restricting access to the Covid boosters and casting doubt on the effectiveness of the vaccine.

Judges keep finding that Donald Trump has illegally withheld research funding in an attempt to punish and coerce our leading universities. Harvard is the latest example.

India Was the Economic Alternative to China. Trump Ended That.

India is the world’s largest democracy and a counterweight to China. Trump managed to blow up years of work bringing India closer to the US by his 50% likely illegal tariffs.

It was a bit terrifying to watch RFK Jr who is not a doctor or trained in public health think he knows more than the AMA and Association of Pediatricians.

The powerful voices of the women abused by Jeffrey Epstein need to be respected. It is incumbent on Trump and the GOP to release the DOJ files.

RFK Jr. ousted a CDC boss. Now former directors say he's endangering US health — ABC News The former directors say they are stunned by what they've seen unfold at CDC.

Conspiracy theorist RFKJr who is neither a doctor nor public health expert is destroying the CDC , one of the Crown Jewels of our government. Disgraceful.

YouTube video by Raw News And Politics GOP To Increase Taxes On Lowest Earners

Republicans are practicing reverse Robin Hood. Raising taxes at people in lower income levels under $30,000 a year and cutting taxes for billionaires and the biggest corporations.

There are more guns than people in the US. Another deadly school shooting and all some politicians offer is thoughts and prayers. Stop voting for these pro gun politicians who think gun rights are more important than young lives.

Fed governor's firing shows that Trump is beyond all restraint As the retaliations mount, the president increasingly sees himself as omnipotent

The Founders built check and balances into our Constitution. The Fed by law is an independent agency. His purported firing of Lisa Cook appears illegal. What will the supposed conservatives on the Supreme Court do if the case reaches them?

Opinion | Who Cares if You’re Healthy So Long as You Look Good?

The Trump Administration claims the aim is to make America healthy again. Meanwhile there is no restriction of dangerous chemicals and reduced inspections of meat producers for salmonella poisoning.

Women in Hegseth's Military - Lawyers, Guns & Money Not good. Trump and Hegseth have been on a firing spree throughout the military, especially when it comes to removing women from senior positions. This past winter, the administration fired Admiral Li...

Firing high ranking and experienced women from the military is both sexist and incredibly short sighted.

There can be no peace deal in Ukraine unless Putin returns the children his troops kidnapped there and return them to their families.

Historians Alarmed by White House Plan to Oversee Smithsonian Exhibits

Donald Trump is pressuring our esteemed Smithsonian Museums to rewrite our past. But you cannot erase the truth of our history whether positive or negative.

Opinion | America Is Abandoning One of the Greatest Medical Breakthroughs

The reckless destruction of medical research by the Trump Administration will haunt our country for years.

Donald Trump loves the spotlight so he made President Zelensky sit with his back to the camera and have to pivot to answer a question.

After his embarrassing meeting with Putin, one can hope Trump stands with the democratic allies in NATO and supports Ukraine. 

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In another demonstration of Donald Trump wasting your tax dollars, the Washington Post reports the Administration is now paying 154,000 federal employees full salary and benefits not to work.

Opinion | President Midas’ Terrible Touch

While it pales in comparison to his destructive policies, ruining the Rose Garden and gilding everything in the White House in faux gold makes it look like a dictator’s ostentatious palace.

This Administration does not believe in higher education or medical or scientific advancement.

Trump demands $1bn from University of California over UCLA protests President Donald Trump demanded a massive $1 billion fine from the prestigious University of California system on Friday as the administration pushed its claims of antisemitism in UCLA's response to 2...

Donald Trump continues his war on California. He sent the military to Los Angeles for no reason, his ICE agents are chasing farmworkers through fields, and now he demands a billion dollars from our great public university UCLA.

So Much for the ‘Best Health-Care System in the World’ Republicans used to trumpet the innovation of the American medical sector. Now they’re taking a meat axe to it.

The anti science bias against medical innovation will cost our country and our citizens dearly.

Why you might not know that 2024 was America's safest year since the 1960s An overwhelming majority of Americans, 64 percent, believe that crime increased across the country in 2024, according to a Gallup survey conducted late last year.

Trump and the GOP constantly campaign that crime is out of control. In fact as this FBI report reported, violent and property crime last year was at its lowest level since the 1960s. This fact should be more broadly known by our citizens.

Opinion | Two Words: Plastics Treaty

Since we are all affected by the microplastics everywhere, the least that should be done is to ban the known toxic chemicals in some plastics. Right now the plastics treaty is being negotiated and the Trump Administration is on the wrong side of history.