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An 1801 etching of a dandified physician taking a lancet to a ‘dindonnade,’ a word signifying both ‘turkey’ and ‘hoax.’ It ridicules the smallpox vaccine, which takes fluid from an animal to insert into a human. (Wellcome Collection)

🧪History rhymes. Anti-vaccine sentiment is also old.
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1. "People driven like lambs" like "blind sheep"
2. Downplaying the seriousness of the disease
3. "Proof" that vaccines are ineffective; false "experts"
4. "Conspiracy" or a "threat to personal liberties"

Three U.S. citizens, ages 2, 4 and 7, swiftly deported from Louisiana The cases have renewed concerns that the Trump administration’s expedited deportations are violating the rights of both citizens and noncitizens.

This line is going to stick with me for a very long time.

“One of them is a 4-year-old with Stage 4 cancer who was deported without medication or the ability to contact their doctors…”

I have read the complaint here. I believe that a careful reading of the statutes charged here means that even if we believe everything stated in this affidavit (and I do not), the judge is innocent of the charges.

My "this is too good to be true, check your biases" radar is pinging on this one. Anyone have a guess as to what's going on here?

🚨UPDATE: Rümeysa Öztürk has now suffered three separate asthma attacks while in DHS custody.

She has not received her required asthma medications—a violation of her fundamental right to medical care.

This is cruelty, it is neglect, and it is a damning moral and legal failure.

Two heroic stray dogs rescued an injured dog from the middle of the road by dragging him to safety. The dog had been hit by a car and was stranded. Many cars passed by, but it was two stray dogs who pulled him off the road. The injured dog survived, and the stray dogs were rescued. 15/10 for both

When tyranny is legal, resistance isn’t, so the process is to build personal networks that can be trusted to do the things we can’t talk about in the clear. And to work on the strategies that throw sand in the mechanisms of power and slow them down, from infiltration through obstruction to 🛠️in ⚙️.

How to Save a Democracy Americans can learn from opponents of authoritarianism elsewhere.

"The problem with a delayed response is that the more power leaders with authoritarian tendencies accumulate, the harder it is to mount an effective resistance. The opposition is thus more likely to succeed if it acts early..."

www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

who amongst us

How the Social Security Administration and DOGE are gaslighting Americans The Social Security Administration (SSA) sent an email on March 27 to beneficiaries saying that reports that field offices were closing was an invention of fake news media.

Pushback works, part gazillion:

"Here are the facts: DOGE moved forward with plans to close multiple field offices. Then, without public notice or explanation, they reversed their plans. Now they are trying to pretend like they were never planning to close the offices."
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You want to break the tyranny of the present?
Then…. Take Hold of Our History

You want to take back America?
Then…. Take Hold of Our History

You want to make progressive, indeed radical, history?
Then…. Take Hold of Our History

On Transgender Day of Visibility, we celebrate Minnesota’s transgender community and recommit to standing up for our neighbors in the face of hatred.

As your Governor, I’m proud to stand in this fight with you.

🚨 Eakin v. Adams County Board of Elections Learn more here.

🚨BREAKING: Federal court rules that the Pennsylvania date requirement for mail-in ballot violates the First and 14th Amendments. Counties cannot reject ballots from counting undated and wrongly dated mail-in ballots.

A HUGE victory for my law firm, our clients DSCC and DCCC and the voters of PA!

How the Social Security Administration and DOGE are gaslighting Americans The Social Security Administration (SSA) sent an email on March 27 to beneficiaries saying that reports that field offices were closing was an invention of fake news media.

1. The Social Security Administration and DOGE are GASLIGHTING AMERICANS.

They are telling millions of beneficiaries that reports they were closing SSA field offices were fake news.

Actually, these closures were PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED and LEASES WERE CANCELED.

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What should you do if you think you have the measles? To help control the spread of measles, experts say people who think they're infected should take precautions before visiting a doctor’s office or the emergency room.

“If you have any concerns” about being infected with measles, “do not just show up at the pediatrician’s office. Do not just show up at the ER,” Brown said. “Call first so they can be prepared.”

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You can go to Yale.

You can be so good at crafting sentences you even get a job writing editorials for the New York Times.

Everyone you know might be impressed by this prestigious perch.

But it doesn’t mean you have a shred of wisdom or courage. That much is clear.

Pete Hegseth’s wife reportedly attended meetings with foreign defense officials Defense secretary, already under fire for chat group blunder, faces new scrutiny for having wife in high-level meetings

Why is Pete Hegseth bringing his wife to top security meetings and hiring his brother at the Pentagon? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

White House ordered firing of L.A. federal prosecutor on ex-Fatburger CEO case, sources say DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WASHINGTON DON The Department of Justice in Washington. (Mark Schiefelbein / Associated Press) By Brittny Mejia, James Queally, Matt Hamilton and Matthew Ormseth March 29, 2025 6:24 PM PT

A federal prosecutor in Los Angeles was fired Friday at the behest of the White House, after lawyers for a fast-food executive he was prosecuting pushed officials in Washington to drop all charges against him, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. Adam Schleifer was terminated Friday morning, receiving an email informing him that the dismissal was "on behalf of President Donald J. Trump," according to two of the sources, who requested anonymity for fear of reprisals from federal officials. Joseph T. McNally, the acting U.S. attorney for the Central District of California who is Schleifer's boss, was not involved in the decision, the sources said.

Though U.S. attorneys are political appointees who often ally with the agenda of the current presidential administration, line prosecutors like Schleifer are normally considered career employees. But since taking office, the Trump administration has made a point to drive those seen as political enemies from all levels of the federal government. "This is the most overtly political firing I've seen in my time at the Department of Justice," said Palmer, the former federal prosecutor. "I could absolutely see it having kind of a chilling effect. I also think current prosecutors are concerned about the ability to have free speech. An AUSA [assistant U.S. attorney] who I spoke to said they are concerned that the only people who will be allowed to stay are Republicans or very quiet Democrats."

"The message from Adam's case is that if you're going to indict some run-of-the-mill CEO of a company, you need to check if he's a Trump supporter first," the former prosecutor said. "It's going to cause line prosecutors to be considerably more careful about pursuing anyone who has even tenuous connections to the president, which is not good for the DOJ."

This is *extremely* alarming — White House fires a career federal prosecutor because he (1) went after a politically connected businessman and (2) criticized Trump during a 2020 congressional bid.

“White House fires a career prosecutor” is itself unprecedented.

www.latimes.com/california/s...

Ask Marco Rubio about the detention of this Cuban national.

SCOOP: ICE Revoking Students’ Immigration Statuses Without Their or the University’s Knowledge “Never seen something like this,” say university officials about the secret targeting of Middle Eastern students.

SCOOP: The Trump admin appears to be going into a visa database to quietly change students' immigration status. It's coming entirely by surprise — setting students up to be detained without warning.

It's Mahmoud Khalil & Rumeysa Ozturk — on a wider scale.

In spite of the fact that neither strategy has really been working for decades. Sigh.

Musk has ursurped the power of the purse from Congress, and is now giving out his phone number to a select group of Republican Senators, in case they have questions

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

All journalists should state the problem this clearly:
"DOGE is led by Elon Musk, a wealthy tech executive who is, as a matter of constitutional law, a random asshole with no authority to override Congress. As a practical matter, Trump has allowed him to steal Congress’s power of the purse."

You cannot recover from this with future investments

The data uncollected are lost forever

This is even more unconstitutional than usual. Article I gives Congress the power to establish the post office. It cannot be "dissolve[d]" by the Executive.

Ohio GOP Rep. Balderson says Trump's executive orders 'getting out of control' U.S. Rep. Troy Balderson said he respects Trump and the need for executive orders, but that Congress should be allowed to work as intended.

Troy Balderson is part of a two-seat House majority that includes Tom Massie. This is a very nice sentiment that he is massively empowered to do something about in the event that he means it or gives a shit.

I feel so sick. Enough with the lies, enough with the games. They know exactly what they're doing.

This is a neo-Nazi movement. Proudly so. The only reason they've kept it coded up until now was to take advantage of those who didn't want to believe it.

No more looking away. Face up to what it is.