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The last time America increased tariffs like this, it was 1930 — and it triggered the Great Depression.

Trump has previously said he wants the death penalty for drug dealers, but then pardons Ross Ulbricht, the creator of a black market business that facilitated $183 million in illegal drug transactions. I guess the color of your skin really does matter.

Trump in disbelief as smug bishop scorns him in stunning lecture President Donald Trump received a stern lecture from Episcopal bishop Mariann Budde on Tuesday, during the inauguration interfaith prayer service.

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Bless her for her bravery. Hope she is safe.

Initial Rescissions Of Harmful Executive Orders And Actions – The White House By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as

Trump just rescinded an Executive Order issued by President Biden to lower prescription drug costs for people in Medicare and Medicaid.

Biden preemptively pardoned J6 police officers who were beaten and injured, to protect them against retribution from the insurrection leader because they dared to testify truthfully before Congress.

Trump pardoned the thugs who beat them.

Pam Hemphill, a J6er who has since expressed serious regret for what she did, says she will not accept a pardon from President Trump.

“I committed a crime.”

BREAKING: We’re suing the Trump administration to block the president’s attempt to end birthright citizenship.

An executive order does not have the power to override the Constitution.

Biden Says Equal Rights Amendment Is ‘Law of the Land’ "President Biden moved to enshrine the Equal Rights Amendment in the Constitution, declaring that the measure to prohibit sex-based discrimination had cleared the necessary hurdles to go into effect a...

President Biden moved to enshrine the Equal Rights Amendment in the Constitution, declaring that the measure to prohibit sex-based discrimination had cleared the necessary hurdles to go into effect after a half-century of debate,”
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State prison plan is bad for all Arkansans, opposition group says • Arkansas Advocate Opponents of the planned prison in Franklin County told a bipartisan gathering of lawmakers Tuesday that the expected penitentiary is not just a bad deal for locals, but for all taxpayers. “Fundamenta...

Franklin County folks met with a bipartisan group of lawmakers and members of the press Tuesday afternoon following Governor Sanders' State of the State address. They did a good job highlighting why the prison project, as proposed, is bad for Franklin County, bad for Arkansas, and bad for taxpayers.

Are some cases of Alzheimer's disease caused by infection? - Harvard Health Some scientists believe that microbes might play a part in Alzheimer's disease development. There are several theories about how and why this occurs. Microbes that might be involved include certain...

'The virus that causes COVID-19, known as SARS-CoV-2, may also make the brain vulnerable to Alzheimer's'.

It's very important to think through the population-level effects this will have in the next decade.

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Jimmy Carter on the American oligarchy He was a truth-teller. We should remember what he said — and act on it.

Shortly after Citizens United, Jimmy Carter issued a stark warning about the role of Big Money in politics. May we remember the truths that he told us — and act to remedy them. bit.ly/4j6N1cC

I was interviewed at CES this morning. We mentioned that consumers will decide whether they want to be on a platform that is “unfiltered free speech “ or “ moderated”. I mentioned that I loved @bsky.app , and spontaneously people started clapping 🔥.

There is still beauty in the world.

Biden signs bill expanding Social Security benefits for retired teachers, public employees • Arkansas Advocate President Joe Biden has expanded Social Security benefits for more than 2 million Americans by signing broadly bipartisan legislation.

President Joe Biden has expanded Social Security benefits for more than 2 million Americans by signing broadly bipartisan legislation that Congress approved late last year.

The expansion of benefits is expected to cost $195.65 billion during the next 10 years. arkansasadvocate.com/2025/01/06/d...

Jimmy Carter’s casket arrived earlier at the Capitol rotunda, where he will lie in state until Thursday. What a beautiful photo. Rest in peace, President Carter.

Arkansas Law Criminalizing Librarians Ruled Unconstitutional A federal judge has struck down key parts of an Arkansas law that would have allowed criminal charges against librarians and booksellers for providing so-called “harmful” materials to minors.

A federal judge has struck down key parts of an Arkansas law that would have allowed criminal charges against librarians and booksellers for providing so-called “harmful” materials to minors

Well done RollingStone for reporting it accurately.

New article alert! We show here that contrary to previous reports, there is no association with intrathymic persisting DNA viruses and autoimmune myasthenia gravis. Interestingly, our thymuses do home a variety of persisting viruses whose significance to thymopoiesis is unknown. #ImmunoSky 🦠🔬🧬🧪🩻

U.S. House at the last minute passes bill to avert government shutdown; Senate next • Arkansas Advocate The U.S. House finally approved a stopgap spending bill Friday night that will keep the government open for a few more months, after a raucous 48 hours that served as a preview of what…

The U.S. House finally approved a stopgap spending bill Friday night that will keep the government open for a few more months, after a raucous 48 hours that served as a preview of what President-elect Donald Trump’s second term in office might look like.

Crockett: The fact that we have Americans that are saying, wait a minute, are you saying that tariffs are going to negatively impact me? It's kind of like that wall that we are still waiting on Mexico to build, that they are going to pay for. No, we are going to pay for it.

#ARleg Update: Voucher program growing fast Our governor's proposed budget calls for another $90 million for school vouchers.

This week's newsletter: Our governor's proposed budget, LEARNS vouchers can pay for jiu jitsu, and legislators have begun prefiling bills for the 2025 Regular Session. #ARpx

We keep saying this was going to happen. I feel like I’m going insane

Abortions were up 37% in Mass. last year, driven by patients from other states Massachusetts saw a substantial increase in abortions in 2023, the first full year after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Most of the change can be explained by a nearly seven-fold rise ...

Massachusetts saw a 37% increase in abortions in the year after the Dobbs decision.

Patients and providers in our state deserve privacy – especially in the face of continued threats to access nationwide. We must ban the sale of cell phone location data.
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After having cataract surgery on both eyes and still using drops on my right eye, I received my new glasses from the VA today. Makes me a happy camper! Enjoy your weekend, and never take life for granted. 💙💙

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