They go fast when they want to go fast and slow when they want to go to slow and the decision is *always* an ideological one.

Commentary: RFK Jr.'s cancellation of mRNA vaccine research is even worse than it first seemed HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. used discredited and misrepresented studies to justify canceling research into life-giving vaccines.

My comments with @hiltzikm.bsky.social @latimes.com

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Attached is the text of an email sent to the Office of Inspector General at the Smithsonian. Historians and others must start protesting now before this revisionist "cleansing" has occurred.

Please!

8/13 - WEDNESDAY - ARKANSAS

Guess we crashed the Sarah + Linda + (oh hey) Tom Cotton breakfast club yesterday 😏 ...and we’re just getting started.

📍 This morning: Markham & Dennison, Little Rock — bright & early 7AM

They want quiet photo ops. We bring the noise. 🎯📢

#50501Arkansas

Anyone who fails to see that we are careening toward fascism is not paying attention.

YouTube video by Rockway Mennonite Collegiate Running on Sunshine - Rockway Mennonite Collegiate 2025

"We used to consume fossil fuels
to make ourselves power
But now we just look to the sun
for each kilowatt hour"

This is the cutest and most encouraging video I've seen all week. Give it a watch - and share if you agree!

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A list of the most effective ways an individual can catalyze change at the scale we need to effectively tackle climate change, based on social science.

I’m a scientist who studies how climate change impacts our lives and the places we love.

Most of us are worried, but many feel stuck on what to do. If that's the way you feel, check out this list below!

We can’t fix it alone, but I know we can together. 💚

The road to authoritarianism is littered with people telling you you’re overreacting.

This is a deeply unsatisfying pitch. But it's the best I can do.
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75% is insane

All House Democrats voted against the rescissions package to claw back $9 billion in already approved funding — funding for PBS, NPR, and critical aid programs. Just two Republicans voted against the package.

RNC Defends Indiana’s Student ID Voting Ban Read more here.

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The RNC defends the law as constitutional and neutral, arguing that banning student IDs is a valid policy choice and not a form of age discrimination. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Congress has decided to claw back previously approved funding for public media.

This decision hurts people in communities across the country, but it has only strengthened our resolve to keep Americans informed and connected. (1/2)

The Court’s Liberals Are Trying to Tell Americans Something Justices Kagan, Jackson, and Sotomayor aren’t merely disagreeing with the majority’s technical readings of the law.

“The three liberal justices are writing about a majority unbound by law,” Aziz Huq argues—a dramatic change in the way that Supreme Court dissents work.

Disabled folk don’t have to do “exceptional” things, or be the next Hawking, to have value to society.

They have value because everyone has value, and everyone deserves to live & be supported.

Industry leaders still bullish on Arkansas lithium despite Trump’s clean energy cuts - Arkansas Times Lithium leaders are hopeful that cuts to federal electric vehicle  and clean energy programs won’t wreck the growing Arkansas lithium industry.

Trump hates wind and solar power and is yanking federal supports for EVs and clean energy tech. But all isn't lost. Renewables are still on the rise, and the technology is improving — including in Arkansas, where investment in the lithium industry continues to grow.

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YouTube video by PoliticsGirl Know Anyone In Pennsylvania?

Yo! Pennsylvanians!! Wanna make a difference?
LINK TO COMMENT HERE! - www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eComment/
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My Friday look at the news of the week just went out! The top story—How Republicans want to gerrymander their gerrymanders. Make sure you stay informed by subscribing to Democracy Docket today! hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0

Last night we got another midnight special from House Republicans. A rescissions package that slashes public broadcasting, even though millions rely on it for life-saving emergency alerts. They also voted to cut foreign assistance, which helps keep us safe.

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Trump Administration Prepares to Drop Seven Major Housing Discrimination Cases Federal housing officials spent years investigating cities from Chicago to Memphis to Corpus Christi for putting industrial plants and unwanted facilities in poor, nonwhite neighborhoods. Now, under T...

NEW: Federal housing officials spent years investigating cities from Chicago to Memphis to Corpus Christi for putting industrial plants and unwanted facilities in poor, nonwhite neighborhoods.

Now, under Trump, the agency plans to drop the cases.

By @jessecoburn.bsky.social

@rokhanna.bsky.social went on Tim Pool, Flagrant, Glenn Beck and Theo Von. The best way to ensure that those audiences know what Democrats stand for is to tell them. If we abandon those spaces, we can't act surprised when the only exposure their viewers get to Democrats is through a rightwing lens.

Arkansas folks - let's don't let any office go uncontested! There are SOOO many good people out here who will support you and help you. Talk to one of us if you think you might be interested!

RNC Sues New Jersey for Access to Voter Roll and Election Machine Records Read more here.

One of the most under reported stories in the legacy media is how many states the RNC and DOJ are suing right now to access their voter rolls. It is a frontal assault on democracy that Democracy Docket covers every day, while legacy media both-sides Trump. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

We don't need more INSTRUCTIONS, we need more MONEY FOR FOOD TO FEED KIDS. #arleg
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The U.S. has collected over $80 billion in tariff revenue since Trump unilaterally slapped them on our biggest trading partners. That's an increase of 65% from the previous year. In other words, Americans paid $80 billion more for goods than they should have paid.

YouTube video by Indivisible One Million Rising: One Million Trained, Millions More Empowered

HELLO. If you cannot get into the #onemillionrising training, it is because 130k people registered and we've maxed out, but YOU CAN STILL WATCH ON YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoeY...

The IRS Is Building a Vast System to Share Millions of Taxpayers’ Data With ICE ProPublica has obtained the blueprint for the Trump administration’s unprecedented plan to turn over IRS records to Homeland Security in order to speed up the agency’s mass deportation efforts.

Emails show that IRS chief counsel Andrew De Mello said a recent DHS request did not comply with the law.

Two days after refusing the demand to turn over more than 7 million home addresses, De Mello was pushed out of the top legal job.

Senators Want Answers on Use of DHS Database to Purge Voters Senators Want Answers on Use of DHS Database to Purge Voters

If Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials can brief an election-denier group on how states are now using its databases to verify voters’ citizenship, then they can brief Congress, a trio of Democratic senators wrote to DHS Sec. Kristi Noem Tuesday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Heads-up: Medical debt can now go back on your credit report, thanks to a federal judge appointed by Trump.

“Researchers say the repository has the potential to help answer health questions not only specific to veterans — like who is most vulnerable to post-service mental health issues, or why they seem more prone to cancer — but also relevant to the nation as a whole.”

#DougCollins #Veterans #VA #DNA