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Carol Shoshkes Reiss, Ph. D.

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Professor Emerita, NYU Editor-in-Chief, DNA & Cell Biology Mentor; always learning; grandmother No DMs, please

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Trump Explodes with Rage after Gavin Newsom Wins Nobel Peace Prize The committee recognized Trump with a "certificate of participation."

Trump Explodes with Rage after Gavin Newsom Wins Nobel Peace Prize

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Nobel Prize in physics goes to trio of researchers for discoveries in quantum mechanics | CNN The 2025 Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to a trio of scientists – an American, a Briton and a Frenchman – for their ground-breaking discoveries in the field of quantum mechanics.
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two years have passed since Hamas' atrocities; may the victims be remembered

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October 6, 2025 If White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller is at the head of the administration’s deployment of federal agents against undocumented immigrants, it appears that Office of Management and Budget...

October 6, 2025

no matter what synonym used for the "lipstick on the pig", donOLD's administration is absolutely not looking out for the best interests of the American people and healthcare - bold-facd lies

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Stephen Miller Calls January 6th Rioters Peaceful Protestors. He Calls Trump Judges Insurrectionists. Stephen Miller β€” the same man who sat in the White House crafting policies that divided this nation, who still defends every authoritarian impulse of Donald Trump β€” just called a Trump-appointed feder...

Stephen Miller Calls January 6th Rioters Peaceful Protestors. He Calls Trump Judges Insurrectionists.

an alternate fact universe among donOLD's cult

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Your Guide to NYC’s Ballot Questions for 2025 Voters will weigh in on housing reforms, a change to election years and an Olympic Sports Complex in upstate New York.

if you live/vote in NYC

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Nobel Prize in medicine goes to trio of scientists for discovering how the immune system is kept in check | CNN The 2025 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded to a trio of scientists for discovering how the immune system protects us from thousands of different microbes trying to invade our bodi...
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String of Correctly Spelled Texts from Trump Fuels Speculation That he is Dead The texts were the work of someone with at least a seventh-grade education.

String of Correctly Spelled Texts from Trump Fuels Speculation That he is Dead

06.10.2025 09:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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October 5, 2025 On Friday the Minnesota Star Tribune reported a conversation on the messaging app Signal between one of Stephen Miller’s top deputies, Anthony Salisbury, and a senior advisor to Secretary of Defense P...

October 5, 2025
donOLD's stunt: the massive and unlawful use of Federalized military force against innocent, non-violent people (largely US citizens) in Portland and Chicago

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Text of the fourth amendment β€œThe right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”

Text of the fourth amendment β€œThe right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”

Just posting this. Everyone knows why.

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They banned books about trees?!?!

Help fight back at www.bookbanpetition.us

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Trudeau's take on college diversity under donOLD's regime

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The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in th...

15 'toons

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October 3, 2025 Although President Donald J.

October 3, 2025

donOLD shares horror videos, Noem a fantasy video; Congressional autopsy of DOGE's damage and cautions about data security; the ICE Chicago raid debacle; Mike Johnson's fear of Epstein to extend the shutdown

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TRUMP CANCELS NEARLY 8B IN CLEAN ENERGY PROJECTS INCLUDING MILLIONS IN NY REPUBLICANS' DISTRICTS
$26,236,446
cancelled for NY-17
β€’ INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
MACHINES CORPORATION
β€’ URBAN ELECTRIC POWER
INCORPORATED
$27,000,000
cancelled for NY-23
β€’ JAMESTOWN BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES
β€’ CLEANFIBER INC.
Source: Appropriations Committee
These are jobs. These are investments in lowering your energy bills.
Trump just cancelled them.

TRUMP CANCELS NEARLY 8B IN CLEAN ENERGY PROJECTS INCLUDING MILLIONS IN NY REPUBLICANS' DISTRICTS $26,236,446 cancelled for NY-17 β€’ INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION β€’ URBAN ELECTRIC POWER INCORPORATED $27,000,000 cancelled for NY-23 β€’ JAMESTOWN BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES β€’ CLEANFIBER INC. Source: Appropriations Committee These are jobs. These are investments in lowering your energy bills. Trump just cancelled them.

Trump just cancelled $8B of energy projects to pressure Democrats to let him jack up health care costs.

And he didn't just cancel projects in Dem districts; he canceled them in R districts too. The difference is that Republicans are letting him use their constituents as pawns.

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Posted without comment.

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October 2, 2025 At about 1:00 on Tuesday morning, federal agents from Border Patrol, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) raided an apartment b...

October 2, 2025

in Chicago, Federal "law enforcement" goons had massive fail in pulling all residents out in cuffs for hours & trashed homes; Vought's punitive cuts to grants and personnel are alarming even GoP reps. donOLD is hiding

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Fake microscopy images generated by AI are indistinguishable from the real thing Materials scientists warn that raw data and replication studies are needed to tackle the looming threat of near-undetectable AI fraud

this AI-generated imaging will be a tremendous problem for scientific literature

"Fake microscopy images generated by AI are indistinguishable from the real thing."

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EMERGENCY MEDICAID REIMBURSES HOSPITALS FOR CARE TO UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS BECAUSE BY LAW HOSPITALS CANNOT TURN AWAY ANYONE IN AN EMERGENCY.
RONALD REGAN SIGNED THIS INTO LAW.

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October 1, 2025 Last night, as the government barreled toward a shutdown, President Donald J.

October 1, 2025

toddler donOLD thinks it is cute to post deeply offensive false videos instead of doing the work of the country to enable Congress to negotiate budgets; Sec Treasury's buddy wins while Argentina is bailed out -- while the country is punished by the lack of a budget

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Yom Kippur is a day of reflection, of forgiveness, of restoration. This year, may we all pray for a better, kinder, more peaceful future.

Wishing all who observe across the five boroughs and the world a meaningful, easy fast. G’mar chatimah tovah.

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IN HIS OWN WORDS
ONE OF HIS RARE TRUTHFUL STATEMENTS πŸ€”

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Furious Kim Jong Un Claims Trump Stole His Idea of Gathering Generals β€œThat asshole totally ripped me off.”

Furious Kim Jong Un Claims Trump Stole His Idea of Gathering Generals

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September 30, 2025 Last Thursday, September 25, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth suddenly announced he was calling about 800 of the nation’s top military generals and admirals, along with their top enlisted advisors, to m...

September 30, 2025

Military brass stoic in face of "pep talk" and dystopian word salad; Senate would not include Dems in conversation on budget; judges continue to stand firm for Constitution

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what is the Speaker afraid of? why not allow her to represent her constituents?

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Hegseth's Meeting Backfires as Military Audience Starts Chanting, "Epstein, Epstein" The Defense Secretary fled the stage in tears.

Hegseth's Meeting Backfires as Military Audience Starts Chanting, "Epstein, Epstein"

30.09.2025 22:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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just received phishing text message purporting to come from NYS tax authority [I have reported it]

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Fossil Fuels and Fossilized Minds What’s driving the doomed attempt to revive coal?

Fossil Fuels and Fossilized Minds

Krugman's data & analysis on coal vs every other source of energy

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