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Measles outbreak investigation in Utah blocked by patient who refuses to talk The person refused to even tell health officials their address.

The right-wing war against public health means that now a person has refused to cooperate with a case investigation that exists for the sole purpose of minimizing the risk to others.

Really selfish behavior from a suspected measles case in Utah.

One Halloween I dressed up as the GOP's Healthcare plan.

I never made it out of the House.

Trump is holding a Great Gatsby/Roaring 20s-themed party at his private club in Palm Beach tonight as he tries to withhold SNAP and health care subsidies from millions of Americans. (via Kellie Meyer)

the party now cared more about climate change and various academic fixations than cheap energy and good-paying jobs.

This right here, this exact sentence, is THE problem in American political journalism.

The IRA *was* cheap energy and good jobs! That was the whole bill! Democrats did precisely what political pundits are telling them to do and the pundits just ignore it.

They know exactly who he is and what he does. He will not change; he will only grow more violent and erratic, as his dementia worsens. The only way to not know this is to be deliberately ignorant and obtuse.

I will never forget and I will never forgive the people who voted for him.

Friendly reminder that Republicans are garbage, entirely devoid of empathy, compassion, or honor. They are terrified little babies who are filled with hate, scared to death of anything they don't understand. And they don't understand most things, because they are also deeply incurious.

From @katejbaer.bsky.social's book, And Yet. Get it here: bit.ly/baerandyet

#poem #booksky #writing

#Truthbomb

“Well, maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls, you know? And maybe the two dolls will cost a couple of bucks more than they would normally.” DT

Evanston Mayor Dan Biss on today’s ICE raids in his community: “What federal agents are doing in Evanston right now is monstrous.”

most of the time I think he’s at least really committed to fascism. but there’s just a lot of evidence he’s bored as fuck and they keep coming up with these little projects for him. I mean it’s important for elderly people to stay active.

On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.

Medicare for All would save $450B a year.

Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.

Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.

It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.

It’s about priorities.

Happy Hallowepstein files are still being covered up.

What Stuart Stevens says is perfectly obvious, and something you will not see reflected in any of the major media coverage.

Rep. Clay Higgins: There are 22 million American households receiving SNAP benefits for groceries, at $4200 per year on average. Try to get your head wrapped around how many pantries you can stock with $4200 dollars in properly shopped groceries. Any American who has been receiving $4200 dollars per year of free groceries and does NOT have at least 1 month of groceries stocked should never again receive SNAP, because wow, stop smoking crack.

Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana blames SNAP recipients for not stockpiling a month's worth of food.

He ends his tweet with "stop smoking crack."

I’ll be glad when we run this regime out of power and we do something about those ICE assholes.

They should be tried for their crimes against humanity.

"MEXICO POR LA LIBERTAD" wwii poster

Mexico Versus Nazis is a theme that’s really resonating with me of late

Sometimes I believe that we will get through this for something better because we are yearning to take care of each other.

How to Build a Union Culture that Welcomes Immigrant Members Solidarity between workers is the lifeblood of a fighting labor movement. The workplace throws us together regardless of culture, race, gender, and language; we may have little in common but the need ...

“Federal agents are terrorizing immigrants and citizens, and racially profiling us Latinos for kidnapping and detention. If ever there was a time to stand up to a boss and declare that an injury to one is an injury to all, it’s now,” writes @lfelizleon.bsky.social

Trying to explain this to a time-jumped James Madison: So yeah, the Speaker of the House refuses to bring the House back into session because swearing in a duly elected member will expose the President of the United States to consequences for his numerous crimes against children
JM: I want to die

Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva has now been waiting 36 days to be sworn in to office — setting a new record that any member of Congress has had to wait following a special election.

Organized Labor and the Black Worker, 1619-1981 A classic, radical history of Black workers' contribution to the American labor movement.

Don’t take my word for it www.haymarketbooks.org/books/991-or...

Need hope in this mess In Americ? Don’t know what you can do? Professor @hcrichardson.bsky.social has sage advice right here:

Waiting for someone to explain why the announcement of a trade relationship that is worse than the one we had a year ago is received as a big success

This is correct.

Assemblies of God churches shielded accused predators — and allowed them to keep abusing children NBC News uncovered a 50-year pattern of sex abuse, silence and cover-up in the world’s largest Pentecostal denomination.

We spoke to dozens of survivors, read thousands of pages of court and police records, identified 200 alleged church abusers across decades.

Our investigation reveals a 50-year pattern of sex abuse, silence, complacency & cover-up in the world’s largest Pentecostal denomination.

Read it here:

Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.

That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.

Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.