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YouTube video by CNN Donald Trump: I keep whining until I win (CNN interview with Chris Cuomo)

"I am the most fabulous whiner. I do whine because I want to win. I am a whiner, and I’m a whiner, and I keep whining, and whining until I win."

- Donald Trump to Cuomo, 2015

@jbpritzker.bsky.social please bring this up every chance you get.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xms8...

YouTube video by CNN Donald Trump: I keep whining until I win (CNN interview with Chris Cuomo)

"I am the most fabulous whiner. I do whine because I want to win. I am a whiner, and I’m a whiner, and I keep whining, and whining until I win."

- Donald Trump to Cuomo, 2015

@jbpritzker.bsky.social please bring this up every chance you get.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xms8...

Air Pollution From Industrial Facilities Is Far Worse Than Estimated The Trump administration has put a stop to EPA rules that would have required more than 130 industrial facilities to install air monitors to measure pollution. Millions of people living near these pla...

Our analysis of EPA air monitoring data shows that companies have far underestimated the pollution caused by their facilities.

At a U.S. Steel plant outside Pittsburgh, monitors found benzene levels 37 times higher than estimated emissions.

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What to know about the deadly UPS plane crash in Louisville, Kentucky The plane crashed and burst into flames on Tuesday in Louisville, killing at least 12 people and injuring nearly 20 others. The disaster also shut down the largest UPS package distribution hub.

Mechanic brain fog? "It resembles in some ways a 1979 crash that happened at Chicago's O'Hare airport and killed 273 people when the same General Electric engines detached from a plane. Investigators blamed improper maintenance before that crash."

www.npr.org/2025/11/06/g...

This really hasn’t gotten enough attention this week.

@wired.com #ICE
www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...

Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared. ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.

Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to our analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.

(Published February)

Meet all 37 White House ballroom donors funding the $300 million build, including Silicon Valley tech giants, crypto bros and the Lutnicks | Fortune The list, reviewed by Fortune, did not mention specific dollar amounts offered by each contributor.

Meet the 37 private donors for Trump’s ballroom—many of whom have ongoing governmental contracts or regulatory cases.

It sure looks like their multi-million dollar donations are a way to curry favor.

Families 'Horrified' After Daycare Teacher Pulled Out Of Preschool By Armed Federal Agents The incident happened in front of parents and children at Rayito de Sol in North Center, a parent said. They believe the

Trump’s ICE goons dragged a childcare worker out of a bilingual daycare and preschool in front of children and parents.

This is who Trump claims is the “worst of the worst” — a woman who has dedicated her life to educating and caring for children.

The cruelty is the point.

Integrated immune, hormonal, and transcriptomic profiling reveals sex-specific dysregulation in long COVID patients with ME/CFS Shahbaz et al. find that female long COVID patients with ME/CFS exhibit heightened inflammation, altered hematopoiesis, disrupted hormone levels, and neuroinflammatory gene signatures. In parallel, ou...

Direct link to the research mentioned in the post above:

Integrated immune, hormonal, and transcriptomic profiling reveals sex-specific dysregulation in long COVID patients with ME/CFS (Nov 7, 2025)
www.cell.com/cell-reports...

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Yesterday was the first time I made someone nervous because I was wearing a mask.

If seeing me wearing a mask makes you nervous, you should probably be wearing a fucking mask, just sayin'.

The peer pressure to not mask is WILD.

If you’re reading this, I am prescribing you one dose of cuddling with a soft animal or holding a baby (with the parent’s permission). Stat.

Heater, a perfect little orange cat, lays on my black cape which is draped on a teal couch. She is sitting in a very silly position with her back left leg (which has a white sock and perfect little pink beans) is tucked underneath her left arm. Her right paw is just kinda dangling. She’s got BIG eyes and a face made of love. She smells like laundry and dreams.

how does she manage to be so cute even with the world like this

Opinion | How Women Destroyed the West

Have you still not cancelled the New York Times?

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/o...

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Add in a virus that has been causing LONG COVID in some, it’s time to wake up and #CleanTheAirWeShare you can DIY an air cleaner too!

Hundreds of dolphins found dead in Amazon lake were in water hotter than a jacuzzi, study finds "You couldn't put your finger in the water," said the lead author of the study, which spotlights the impacts of planetary warming on aquatic ecosystems.

New study finds “brutal drought and extreme heat wave that began in September 2023 transformed the lake into a steaming cauldron. The lake's waters reached 41C (106F).” 😱

A good leader does not need to be the smartest or most knowledgeable person in the room. They DO have to be willing to listen to smart and knowledgeable people.

Trump’s VA Made It Harder for Male Veterans to Get Treatment for Breast Cancer. Lawmakers Want to Fix That. After ProPublica revealed changes to how the Department of Veterans Affairs covers men with breast cancer, House members demanded the agency reverse its decision. Separately, new Senate legislation wo...

“It is clear with this decision that VA has callously put political calculations and adherence to unscientific executive orders above its obligations to provide care to veterans,” lawmakers wrote in a letter to the Department of Veterans Affairs.

“I Don’t Feel Safe”: Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force A pastor was pulled over for looking lost. A 72-year-old was marched out in his bathrobe due to mistaken identity. Memphis’ mayor welcomed the federal law enforcement surge, but some residents say the...

Phillip Lewis, a 72-year-old cancer patient, said he was woken up and marched outside his home in his robe and underwear before federal officers even checked his ID.

He was not, it turned out, the man they were looking for.

By @wendicthomas.bsky.social & @kathsburgess.bsky.social

What Really Happened in Portland Before Trump Deployed the National Guard In the two months before Trump’s decision, criminal charges were announced against only three people. On nights when physical conflict did erupt, it often came from police firing on, shoving, pepper-s...

Our review of 700+ videos of the Portland protests shows a wide gap between the reality on the ground and the characterizations by Trump, Fox News and DHS, which said its office in the city was under “coordinated assault by violent groups.”

By @robwdavis.bsky.social and Steve Suo

Weapons for Denmark, Croatia and Poland including AMRAAM missiles, Aegis systems and HIMARS are delayed as furloughed staff cannot brief Congress.

Over $5 billion in US arms exports to NATO allies have stalled due to the 40-day government shutdown, a senior State Department official told Axios.

www.axios.com/2025/11/09/g...

This is exactly what happened in 1930s Germany. Wake the fuck up, y'all. 😳👇

Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job.

"Positive Depictions" Of Trans People Banned In Alabama State Libraries Proposal The code change that has been proposed does not ban negative depictions of transgender people, however. Public comment is open until October 14.

1. You may have heard of book bans before, but the new one in Alabama takes the cake.

The Alabama Public Library Service has a new proposal that would ban—get this—only "positive depictions" of trans people.

The hearing is next month. Public comment is open.

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They’re claiming the signature isn’t real but I’m going to remind everyone that 11000+ photographs and videos were removed from Epstein’s properties by the FBI and this is the tip of the fcking iceberg.

And I think everyone in the GOP knows it.

A&M Dean removed following student complaints over curriculum The Department of Justice has also acknowledged the situation and said it would be investigating.

Texas A&M’s President just removed a dean and department head from their positions after they supported a professor whose lesson on gender was challenged by a student. www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...

The Trump lawsuit against Murdoch (or rather Newscorp) is obviously based on a lie, now that the ‘birthday book’ was released. The legal system would have tools to discourage such lawsuits - but somehow the fact that so many gop politicians parrot obvious lies shows no one expects the system to work

GOOD WORK YOU ARROGANT FUCKOS: Korea’s major projects halted as detained LG Energy workers. 8500 U.S. jobs go *POOF!*
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Political pundits cite a political motive behind the surprise raid, such as tRuMp’s pledge to deport 1 million undocumented migrants annually

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I am livid. I'm working on a data pull for my website and get this when I try to get COVID emergency department visits. They want us to fly blind when we are easily pushing into the million cases/day territory. I HATE this administration.
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