Mark Riley

Opinion | JD Vance Claims One of Our Worst Traditions as His Own

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They've tracked Americans' drug use for decades. Trump and RFK Jr. fired them The 17-person team of statisticians and scientists at the National Survey on Drug Use and Health are all out of jobs. Researchers around the country use the data to understand behavioral health.

The 17-person team of statisticians and scientists at the National Survey on Drug Use and Health are all out of jobs. Researchers around the country use the data to understand behavioral health.

Russia kidnaps Ukrainian children and gives them to Russians to erase their heritage and demoralize Ukraine. Over 20,000 so far. And the US just stopped helping track these kids and likely deleted the database of all the research. Pure evil, right maga?

On Musk, Empathy, and NPCs In which we find out that Mary is an even bigger nerd than we thought

Civilization began when we stopped being cavemen hitting each other over the head, and agreed on a social contract to live in families and communities. In order to do that, you have to understand that hurting your neighbors is wrong.
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The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific.

If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved

Good work everyone

Out of all the bullies and monsters in the administration, Marco Rubio seems like the purest specimen of how Nazism happened—not a sincere bigot or ideologue, just an empty shell who has literally no limits on what he will agree to do or pretend to believe, embracing brutality to fill his weakness

Cool so what happens if GOP attach a national abortion ban to a CR? You'll vote for that too?

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This reality show premise of finding the dumbest MFer in the country and making him president isn’t going well. Season 1 sucked. Season 2 is much worse.

John Oliver on Facebook: ‘An absolute sewer of hatred and misinformation’ The Last Week Tonight host looked at content moderation and how Mark Zuckerberg has bent to Trump’s will

This is worth reading and watching (link in article).

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Can Trumpism be defeated? Absolutely. Here’s how | Bernie Sanders What we are fighting for is not ‘utopian’ or unachievable. Trumpism can and must be defeated

Bernie Sanders still has the best vision for the United States and the Democratic party.

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Well, isn’t this just a bunch of lies? The White House moved to clarify Musk’s role within the DOGE after a court filing this morning stated that the tech billionaire is neither an employee nor an administrator of the commission and has “no actual or formal authority to make government decisions.”

I’m sorry. You can’t conduct “peace talks” with Russia over its invasion of Ukraine without Ukraine at the table.

As they seem to have so much affection for Musk, will MAGA types buy Teslas and inadvertently move away from fossil fuels? Or, maybe they'll buy them but not drive them? Does anyone have a prediction?

Conservative billionaires are funding a coordinated effort to dismantle public education to pay for private school vouchers that largely benefit wealthy families and enable corporations to avoid their fair share in taxes.

Now they have a friend in the White House.

This is Oligarchy. The three richest men in the world have become $196 BILLION richer since Donald Trump was elected.

$196 billion for three men in 99 days.

Meanwhile, 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.

GSA staff facing massive cuts and fears of 'nonstop' surveillance The remaining employees at the General Services Administration are being warned that their work will be heavily monitored, from their swipes into the office to what they type on their computers.

JUST IN: The remaining employees at the General Services Administration are being warned that their work will be heavily monitored, from their swipes into the office to what they type on their computers.

The NFL is removing 'End Racism' from its Super Bowl end zone Here's what the decision by America's favorite sports league tells us about "anticipatory obedience."

Here's what the decision by America's favorite sports league tells us about "anticipatory obedience."

If Joe Biden had said this it would have been good for a week’s worth of programming on Fox News

Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the government's human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees.
 
"We have no visibility into what they are doing." www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...

Powerful and so very sad. The hate we’ve allowed to take over this country is a stain on our history.

Trump firings at labor board threaten union win at Whole Foods – and beyond Whole Foods workers in Philadelphia voted to unionize early this week but may be stuck in limbo due to President Donald Trump firing leaders at a federal labor regulator.

When millions of struggling workers want to join unions, Trump's decision to neuter the NLRB is blatantly illegal. It is also a huge gift to Musk, Bezos & other billionaires who want to abolish the only federal agency that can stop their union busting.

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Here are just some of the gov’t programs that were floated in a House GOP memo exploring ways to pay for tax cuts proposed by President Donald Trump. The options include cuts to Medicaid and more. youtu.be/bMpyJbi-jyU?...

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Agree. The 90 minutes passed very quickly.

Egg prices are soaring again. Here’s why and what to expect Bird flu has killed millions of hens in recent weeks, shrinking the supply of eggs and hiking up prices at grocery stores.

The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH**

* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
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Trump declares U.S. will withdraw from the World Health Organization The newly inaugurated president has announced his intention to terminate U.S. membership in the U.N.'s global health agency.

The newly inaugurated president has announced his intention to terminate U.S. membership in the U.N.'s global health agency.

Welcome to the plutokleptokakistocracy! Where the ultra wealthy steal from you and run the country in the most insanely inept way imaginable.