GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a new mRNA vaccine that has been shown to suppress abnormal blood vessel growth in the retina, offering hope to MILLIONS of patients with age-related vision loss. The vaccine triggered strong antibody responses that REDUCED retinal damage by UP TO 85%.
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Words & Phrases We Could Do Without
βArmed Conflictβ? Trump declares war on all of us
We face an open open question as to whether the president, anywhere, anytime he pleases, can execute or round up people he says are terroristsβwithout due process. That we are even entertaining such a discussion tells you how far Trump has damaged democracy open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
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This is great. The absurdity of this moment captured. Make it go viral.
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Oh look the party that screams βfamily valuesβ every five minutes is silent when one of their megachurch darlings pleads guilty to child sex abuse. But theyβll trip over themselves to ban books and attack drag shows. Tells you everything you need to know.
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Pinhead in chief
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Same.
#AlsoTiredOfWaitingForTheEPSTEIN_Files
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No kidding. The GOP is doing everything in its power to kill Americans off.
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Governor Greg Abbott wants to send the Texas National Guard to attack protesting citizens in Portland when Abbottβs own βTexas Toughβ-clowns were too afraid to save the children in Uvalde from an actual criminal.
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So, sending troops from the South into Northern states?
Howβd that work out last time?
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Texas proudly invading Illinois.
Itβs hard to describe the level of potential constitutional crisis here.
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Just a fucking disgrace that any president would say this to active duty military. But I expect it from this asshole, who has never respected the apolitical military tradition weβve had since Washington. No, whatβs more disgraceful is the silence of Republican vets in Congress.
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Inflation up, jobs down, billionaires richer and 20 million Americans about to lose healthcare while the rest are facing massive healthcare premium increases.
The Trump Gilded Age
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Absolutely
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Well now, would you look at that?
A massive, 26-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 2.4 MILLION people in Sweden found found NO EVIDENCE to support a causal link between acetaminophen (the API in Tylenol) use during pregnancy and increased risk of autism, ADHD, OR intellectual disability in children.
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GOOD NEWS! Researchers have made a HUGE breakthrough towards a UNIVERSAL antiviral. By targeting sugar molecules found on the surface of many viruses that SHARE structural similarities, they identified FOUR compounds that successfully BLOCKED infections from SEVEN different viruses.
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@govpritzker.illinois.gov
37 and Kedzie, East Garfield, Illinois.
This is assault.
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Violent thugs are terrorizing Americans and they were sent by the White House.
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YouTube video by Democracy Docket
There Are No "Good" Republicans
Stop grading Republicans on a curve. There are no Republican heroes in the fight for democracy. Staying grounded in the truth is essential β our democracy depends on it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDs3...
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These people deserve a taste of their own cruelty
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Republicans: Biden was trying to buy votes with student loan forgiveness.
Also Republicans: We need taxpayers to bail out farmers who vote for us since Trump put them out of business.
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