Medical scholars say efforts to find a singular cause for autism has historically led to scrutinizing parents and fueling stigma.
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Medical scholars say efforts to find a singular cause for autism has historically led to scrutinizing parents and fueling stigma.
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02.07.2025 20:53 โ ๐ 1125 ๐ 263 ๐ฌ 6 ๐ 6I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. Iโm sorry we have to live through this.
Weโre honored to report that over 11 million showed up for todayโs No Kings protest, and totals are still coming in. Justโฆ wow. WOW ๐ฎ! Thereโs nothing more to say.
15.06.2025 01:20 โ ๐ 21178 ๐ 4439 ๐ฌ 550 ๐ 516I encourage everyone to consider attending one of the many demonstrations planned for tomorrow across the country.
Show up. Demand accountability. Peacefully protest.
Find the rally closest to you: NoKings.org
Supreme Court extends block on deportations under Alien Enemies Act.
16.05.2025 20:42 โ ๐ 4761 ๐ 496 ๐ฌ 52 ๐ 16Donald Trump's plan to accept a $400 million jet from a foreign government is corrupt and unconstitutional.
Heโs making deals for himself while making life less affordable for you.
This is part of a Trump Day One EO. He shut down the refugee resettlement program and said that it could only come back once the program had been changed โto admit only those refugees who can fully and appropriately assimilate into the United States.โ
For Trump, that means Afrikaners.
REPORTER: What do you say to people who view that luxury jet as a personal gift to you?
TRUMP: You're ABC fake news, right? Let me tell you -- you should be embarrassed asking that question. They're giving us a free jet ... when they give you a putt, you pick it up and you walk to the next hole
Could you imagine the response if a democratic president said they didnโt know if they had to uphold the Constitution?
How fast would the articles of impeachment be drawn ?
20 minutes at the most
Tomorrow there will be more of us.
12.05.2025 02:23 โ ๐ 13687 ๐ 1280 ๐ฌ 217 ๐ 36Ethics is for losers, Trump says.
12.05.2025 02:25 โ ๐ 2305 ๐ 422 ๐ฌ 168 ๐ 52Today on Motherโs Day, letโs remember every mother deserves a livable wage, affordable child care, paid family leave, and the ability to retire with dignity.
America must become a nation which treats all mothers and their kids with the respect and dignity they deserve.
BREAKING: AOC just what off on Tom Homan and Kristi Noem when defending the Democrats, who protested at the New Jersey ICE facility.
11.05.2025 17:04 โ ๐ 909 ๐ 188 ๐ฌ 30 ๐ 10This isnโt a good idea even if the plane was being donated to the U.S. government. But Trump GETS TO KEEP THE PLANE??? Itโs simply a cash payment to Trump in exchange for favors. Just wildly illegal.
11.05.2025 16:54 โ ๐ 8087 ๐ 2266 ๐ฌ 688 ๐ 171A photo of a person in front of the Supreme Court holding a handmade rally sign reading "Proud mom of a cherished trans child."
This weekend we're celebrating all of the moms who support their children without condition, exactly as they are.
11.05.2025 17:37 โ ๐ 1522 ๐ 197 ๐ฌ 9 ๐ 9I feel like the president taking a bribe from another country does more than "raise substantial ethical issues."
11.05.2025 17:38 โ ๐ 127 ๐ 36 ๐ฌ 8 ๐ 3Since I administered the WH emoluments rules, let me explain why this is forbidden
Trump expressed interest in it before it was offered
He is going to use & benefit from it a while in office
And he's going to keep using it after he leaves!
Functionally, it's a gift to him & so it's illegal
Someone tell the NY Times that Hillary is accepting a plane from Qatar. Then maybe theyโll stop being pussies and start covering it for the corruption that it is.
11.05.2025 17:12 โ ๐ 17200 ๐ 4368 ๐ฌ 373 ๐ 156Hurricane season is about to start, and we are going to be cooked with this administration in charge. No progress on affordable insurance, so people get to lose their businesses and homes and the rich can buy up all that land.
11.05.2025 18:55 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The new head of FEMA warned staff, โDonโt get in my way,โ and threatened to โrun right overโ anyone who tried to interfere with him.
11.05.2025 18:03 โ ๐ 4735 ๐ 1098 ๐ฌ 326 ๐ 71Breaking News: President Trump plans to accept a luxury Boeing 747 from Qatar that he will use as Air Force One and will keep using after he leaves office. The plan โ involving possibly the biggest foreign gift ever received by the U.S. government โ raises substantial ethical issues.
11.05.2025 16:09 โ ๐ 1598 ๐ 523 ๐ฌ 971 ๐ 734Itโs Sunday and Qatar just bribed the President.
Bookmark this and come back to it when Trumpโs corruption comes full circle, and he inevitably gives them some incredible deal.
President Trump reportedly is set to accept a luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet as a gift from Qatar's ruling family during his trip to the Middle East this week, and U.S. officials could convert the plane into a potential presidential aircraft.
11.05.2025 16:25 โ ๐ 180 ๐ 67 ๐ฌ 104 ๐ 43Donald Trump and Elon Musk want to spend $1 billion on travel to Mars on Musk's rocket ships while they close Social Security offices and fire Social Security workers.
That's not efficiencyโthat's theft.
The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.
08.05.2025 21:17 โ ๐ 7691 ๐ 3634 ๐ฌ 2650 ๐ 2366So let me get this straight, we finally get an American pope, and some of the America first crowd is mad because he cares about the poor and immigrants. Am i missing something here?
09.05.2025 00:41 โ ๐ 54002 ๐ 8186 ๐ฌ 3381 ๐ 549The Trump administration fired Librarian of Congress Dr. Carla D. Hayden as part of their sweeping book ban efforts. One of the titles removed? Freckleface Strawberry, a childrenโs book about self-acceptance. Seriously, who gets offended by that?
09.05.2025 04:36 โ ๐ 4894 ๐ 940 ๐ฌ 219 ๐ 43Think Elon Musk is out of Washington? Think again. DOGE is quietly building a massive data collection system designed to centralize unprecedented access to your personal information Social Security, taxes, medical diagnoses, and more.
07.05.2025 13:55 โ ๐ 4231 ๐ 1438 ๐ฌ 176 ๐ 104Even *if* you accept Stephen Millerโs (textually, historically, and morally indefensible) claim that undocumented immigrants are not entitled to due process, youโd *still* need due process to ensure that the individuals at issue are, in fact, undocumented.
His argument fails even on its own terms.