HASSAN: I'd like to give you the opportunity to say clearly here today to any parents who are watching that the best way to protect their kids from measles is to vaccinate them

RFK Jr: I have said that, that the best way to stop the spread of measles is through vaccination

Controversial Trump deal 'not going to go through' due to ethics concerns: ex-GOP lawmaker A former Republican congressman doesn't think president Donald Trump will be allowed to keep the "flying palace" given to him by Qatar's royal family.The Trump administration is preparing to accept a super luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet from the foreign government to use as Air Force One and then be ...

A former Republican congressman doesn't think president Donald Trump will be allowed to keep the "flying palace" given to him by Qatar's royal family.

The Right-Wing Media Machine Is What’s Saving Donald Trump—for Now The president isn’t governing as if he wants to be popular, but he’s getting help sweeping his wreckage under the rug.

The Right-Wing Media Machine Is What’s Saving Donald Trump—for Now newrepublic.com/article/1936... via @newrepublic.com

Some cooking done by Rodger

What does ChatGPT have to say about vaccines? Thanks to Andy Roo Mowery for this post on another platform. Shared with permission.

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It's weird watching people choose racism over rational thinking, but here we are, eh?

It’s time to start asking people which side they cheered for in Star Wars.

Tesla Executives Want Elon Musk To Email Them 5 Things He Did This Week And this week's other graffiti news headlines!

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Just read this graf. Share it with people you know who don’t pay attention to politics or news.

What Was That? Grandpa Simpson visited the Justice Department on Friday, giving a speech that must have given even his handlers pause, a campaign stump speech delivered in front of the Seal of the Department of Just...

'It was open season for petty vendettas and old wounds that are apparently still fresh for the president. It was a story in which he was the victim, condemning in others the same behavior he himself freely engages in.'
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PSA:
🚨 Be aware of your surroundings at all times if you live in this area. An adjudicated rapist & unindicted pedophile has been given permission to move into this neighborhood on 1-20. Subject has a long history with Jeffrey Epstein and has been known to barge into teenaged girl’s dressing rooms.

Thank God Merrick Garland waited nearly 2 years to appoint Jack Smith because, after all, nothing is more important than preventing the optics of politicization.

Shot of Mar-a-lago bathroom with classified docs stacked in boxes

Only biological males with cakey orange foundation and 34 felony convictions may use this bathroom.

BREAKING: Trump Guitars Owner Gets Cease and Desist for Scammy Guitars Gibson Guitars isn't playing around.

The company that makes the Trump Guitars was hit with a Cease & Desist from Gibson for ripping off their Les Paul body design. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

Trump alone didn't beat the justice system.

He had help.

It took Oligarchs relentlessly amplifying his lies on their media platforms.

Ethically compromised members of the Supreme Court.

70+ million willing to vote for a convicted felon.

There's a lot to fix. But it can be fixed. It must.

Anyone, any entity, anywhere in the world can just pay him any amount (for anything he promises in return), and there's no disclosure of the payments, no oversight of any of it by anyone, and of course no potential bribery prosecution (of him) because... immune.
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Slow. Clap.

Today, November 25th 2024 is the day we officially learned that justice in America, in fact, does NOT matter. #sad

This will mean higher gas prices, higher alcohol prices, higher food prices, higher building prices, higher car prices, higher pharmaceutical prices, etc. Trump is about to teach Americans who *actually* pays for tariffs (the consumers do).

Ha ha.

Here's my independent analysis of the 2024 election...

This is horrific, and the template for what the fascists want to do nationwide.

I don't have a dog, I have a furry roommate who doesn't pay rent.

It was never about “free speech” over in the bad place.

If you don’t know who Jay Graber is, you will. She’s the woman behind Blue Sky.

Everyone’s talking about it. In just the past week, Bluesky’s user base has exploded, more than doubling to over 16 million as people scramble for an alternative to X, Facebook, and Threads.
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Trump’s FCC Director nominee. The oil and gas industry, polluters, corporations and banks will be free from regulations; while the media, schools, universities, scientists, doctors, and Trump’s political enemies will receive special attention. As we warned many times.

"It will go away in the summer" was one of my favorite policies.