"Go to an old cemetery. See all the baby graves from before the 1950s & 60s? After that, hardly any. That's when people started vaccinating their children. If you're unsure what to do to protect your kids, the answer is literally written in stone." — Michael Okuda

How quick we forget.

The fact that the President of the United States is saying this is not ok. It will never be ok.

This is not normal - and everyone in DC who is still harboring delusions that they can keep doing politics (and legislating) either in denial or pretending this is all normal - are enabling this.

The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe. Will we listen to his words today?

20 MS. BOLGER: Can we mark this as 21 Exhibit -- whatever we're at? 22 THE REPORTER: 31. 0343 1 MS. BOLGER: 31, please. Exhibit 31. 2 (Exhibit 31 was marked for identification.) THE WITNESS: Several of President Trump's staff have told me in confidence that -- that Lindsey Graham is gay. 7 MS. BOLGER: Hold

An excerpt from the deposition of Laura Loomer in her defamation lawsuit against Bill Maher and HBO.

Should Jon Stewart Run for President in 2028? I was skeptical about a Stewart candidacy, but maybe ‘The Daily Show’ host is the right person to shake up the Democratic presidential primaries.

Should Jon Stewart Run for President in 2028?

"I was skeptical about a Stewart candidacy, but maybe ‘The Daily Show’ host is the right person to shake up the Democratic presidential primaries," Mehdi Hasan writes.

Read @mehdirhasan.bsky.social's piece:
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The Tea App Markets Itself As A Safe Whisper Network. It's Just More Digital Surveillance The biggest red flag is that the Tea app seems to be an attempt to quick-fix on an individual level what is a structural problem — that is, misogyny — via surveillance culture.

"The Tea app is yet another example of surveillance tech enabling us to turn one another into content fodder for the tech industry."

Read Politics editor @leximcmenamin.com's latest op-ed ⤵️

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Inside the Sketchy History of Supplements and Vitamins If you take a supplement, you should read this.

Supplements are ubiquitous, and the marketing around them can be authoritative, chummy, and even confessional — personal promises that you can take control of your health. But there’s a catch: Manufacturers don’t have to prove that their pill, tincture, powder or tea is safe or effective. Read more:

Trump just made a stunning confession

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The number of people who write to me telling me they have made an incredible discovery using ChatGPT, or proved that it is conscious, is now roughly one per day. I wish there were a resource I could send these folks to gently try to steer them away from the brink

ANTHONY ALBANESE Prime Minister of Australia The situation in Gaza has gone beyond the world's worst fears. The position of the Australian Government is clear: every innocent life matters. Every Israeli. Every Palestinian. This conflict has stolen far too many innocent lives. Tens of thousands of civilians are dead, children are starving. Gaza is in the grip of a humanitarian catastrophe. Israel's denial of aid and the killing of civilians, including children, seeking access to water and food cannot be defended or ignored. We call on Israel to comply immediately with its obligations under international law. This includes allowing the United Nations and NGOs to carry out their lifesaving work safely and without hindrance. Any proposals for the permanent forced displacement of the Palestinian population must be abandoned. Australia condemns the terror and brutality of Hamas and we reiterate our call for the immediate release of the remaining hostages. We continue to support all international efforts to facilitate a ceasefire, recognising that an immediate and permanent ceasefire gives the best hope of bringing hostages home and easing the agony of their loved ones. Australia is proud to have strongly supported the creation of the modern state of Israel. Then, as now, the global community envisioned two states: the State of Israel and the State of Palestine. Recognising the legitimate aspirations of the Palestinian people for a state of their own has long been a bipartisan position in Australia. The reason a two state solution remains the goal of the international community is because a just and lasting peace depends upon it. Australia is committed to a future where both the Israeli and Palestinian peoples can live in peace and safety, within secure and internationally-recognised borders. Until that day, every effort must be made here and now to safeguard innocent life and end the suffering and starvation of the people of Gaza.

BREAKING

A new statement from the Prime Minister of Australia begins with “The situation in Gaza has gone beyond the world's worst fears.”

When a Gaza cease-fire is signed, Israelis will have to face just how much we lost the war | Opinion ***

"A moral failure of unspeakable proportions, the Gaza war is also the result of a tactical, strategic and military failure. Israel is starving Palestinians in Gaza because it has proved unable to defeat Hamas by force of arms."
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I can’t for the life of me understand why Democrats haven’t made this ghoulish surveillance baron into a public enemy comparable to the role that Soros plays on the right. He’s legitimately a bogeyman.

Justice Department Told Trump in May That His Name Is Among Many in the Epstein Files Bondi told president at the meeting that Justice also decided to not release more Jeffrey Epstein documents because of the presence of child pornography and the need to protect victims.

Exclusive: The Justice Department told President Trump in May that his name is among many in the Epstein files.

ATTN: If you’re one of the 1,000 FBI agents who reviewed the Epstein files, feel free to reach out to me via signal (in my bio). I’ll keep you anonymous- as I have the thousands of current and former federal workers who have sent me tips. Please share this widely. 🙏🏻

OpenAI: We have achieved a longstanding grand challenge in AI: gold medal-level performance on the world’s most prestigious math competition—the International Math Olympiad (IMO).

Terence Tao: Well...

Tucked away in the 'One Big Beautiful Bill' is the requirement that all visitors to the US must pay $250 just to enter the country starting 1 October! For a family of 5 that's $1250! I doubt this will help America's crashing tourism business which is down 10% already since January

This is not the act of a legitimate government.

McDonald’s AI Hiring Bot Exposed Millions of Applicants’ Data to Hackers Who Tried the Password ‘123456’ Basic security flaws left the personal info of tens of millions of McDonald’s job-seekers vulnerable on the “McHire” site built by AI software firm Paradox.ai.

NEW: McDonald's AI hiring bot "Olivia" exposed millions of applicants' data to hackers. How? With tricks as straightforward as guessing the username and password “123456."

Red flag: The IRS has said in a court filing that churches and other houses of worship can endorse political candidates from the pulpit — carving out an exemption in a decades-old ban on political activity by tax-exempt nonprofits.

His mastery of the deep intricacies of international relations continues to boggle the mind.

How My Reporting on the Columbia Protests Led to My Deportation As an Australian who wrote about the demonstrations while on campus, I gave my phone a superficial clean before flying to the U.S. I underestimated what I was up against.

This is shocking. Pure totalitarianism from DHS, and also blatantly unconstitutional.

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Having one of the richest people in America (Bloomberg) funding millions of dollars in ads bashing you really matters. Rich people promising to cut jobs from New York if you win also hurts. www.thefp.com/p/escape-fro...

"Nobody’s going to spit on our police officers," says Trump, who four months ago pardoned people who beat police officers with pipes, flagpoles, baseball bats and 2-by-4s at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Alt text: Screenshot of two tweets from Elon Musk. In the first tweet, Musk responds with a thinking-face emoji to a post by Natalie F. Danelishen that reads, “In 1992 Trump partied with Jeffrey Epstein. Just gonna leave this here,” accompanied by a video screenshot showing Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein standing together and talking at a party. In the second tweet, Musk again uses a thinking-face emoji to reply to a tweet from @AGHamilton29, which states that Trump’s relationship with Epstein is well established and that Trump flew on Epstein’s plane at least seven times. The tweet includes a quote from a 2002 New York magazine profile in which Trump describes Epstein as a “terrific guy” who likes “beautiful women” and that “many of them are on the younger side.”

Elon Musk is currently sharing posts about President Trump’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

Please kill me.