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RFK Jr is fine with his MAGA/MAHA crew spewing toxic mercury (Hg) into the air

But he won't give US funds to Gavi to buy vaccines for low income nations unless they remove thimerosal, an ethyl mercury proven as safe

It's methyl mercury that is toxic—a different form of Hg never used in vaccines

Shapiro: Pennsylvania in 'crisis mode’ as bird flu hits Lancaster County A highly contagious bird flu is sweeping through Lancaster County and beyond, killing more than 7.6 million birds statewide since the start of the year. “We are obviously in crisis mode when it comes to high-path avian influenza,” said Governor Josh Shapiro during a roundtable with farmers and agriculture leaders in Lancaster. This is the hardest the region has been hit by avian flu in decades, state officials said. In response, the Shapiro administration is deploying nearly $60 million through what the governor called the nation’s only dedicated Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) Recovery Fund. Pennsylvania remains the only state in the nation with a dedicated HPAI Recovery Fund, designed to help poultry producers stabilize and recover from devastating losses. "My administration is working around the clock to expand our rapid response efforts and mitigate this surge. We are deploying more personnel, expanding our testing ability, and coordinating closely with the federal government and our industry partners to ensure we have our poultry farmers' backs every step of the way," said Shapiro. The roundtable was held at the PennAg Industries Rapid Response Center in Lancaster, where state and federal teams coordinate containment efforts. When a case is detected, animal health teams immediately quarantine affected sites, conduct testing and oversee cleaning and disinfection to prevent further spread. More than 100 personnel are now assigned to mitigating the outbreak, including state veterinarians, Penn State Extension experts and 42 USDA employees. The state’s Animal Diagnostic Laboratory System has processed more than 672,000 avian flu tests over the past year. Since infections surged in recent weeks, 8,000 tests have been conducted in just six weeks. Beyond containment, state officials say recovery is a major focus. “When the virus hits, they suffer a tremendous financial blow overnight,” said Russell Redding, secretary of agriculture. “They are working round the clock under tremendous strain.” The state is covering lost revenue for producers forced to temporarily halt operations due to infections or nearby quarantines. Farmers are also encouraged to use the state’s Farmer Mental Health Hotline. Major questions remain about whether and when a vaccine will be widely available, and how vaccination could affect international trade, since some European markets do not typically accept poultry products from vaccinated birds. “No one has an immediate answer on it,” Shapiro said. “I think everyone has identified the challenge, and we’re going to work through it. Our administration is going to continue to work with our federal partners on this.” As quarantines continue along the Route 283 corridor from Manheim to Lancaster city, state officials are urging poultry producers to reinforce biosecurity, limit farm access and report unexplained illness immediately. For now, Shapiro said, the message to farmers is simple: “We have your backs.”

Pennsylvania is responding to a major bird flu outbreak impacting poultry farms. Over 7.6 million birds have been affected, prompting a $60M state recovery fund & increased testing/containment efforts. Officials urge biosecurity mea…

FDA removes warning of crank autism cures–RFK Jr. appoints their promoters Robert F KennedyJr says his new appointees will help him ‘fight autism.’ But, Eric Garcia writes, many of them also contributed to his presidential campaign

NEW: Just weeks after the FDA removed its webpage warning about fake autism "Cures" that could harm autistic kids, RFK Jr. nominated numerous members to the government's autism advisory committee that promote those same crank cures.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Senator Alsobrooks Co-Sponsors Legislation Requiring Refunds of Trump's Illegal Tariffs

What does the Tariff Refund Act of 2026 do? - Requires CBP to pay refunds of all tariffs that were unlawfully imposed by the President under IEEPA and paid by importers—even if the importation has already been finalized and closed (“liquidated”) by CBP. - Sets a deadline of 180 days after enactment for CBP to process all refunds. - Requires CBP to pay interest on the refunded amount. - Directs CBP to prioritize small businesses when paying refunds and to coordinate with the SBA to provide key information on the refund process to small businesses. - Requires CBP to report every 30 days to relevant congressional committees on the status of refunds until CBP has completed the payment of all refunds. - Directs CBP to issue guidance on how to address duty drawback claims. - Expresses the Sense of Congress that importers, wholesalers, and large corporations should pass on those refunds to their customers.

This Administration has collected an estimated $175 billion in illegal tariffs.

We’re fighting to get every penny back.

Our bill requires a FULL refund with interest. It’s time to return this money to working Americans and small businesses.

1. This obviously should never have been pursued in the first place and everybody who signed off on it should never hold any kind of state power again

2. This is a good thing and again shows that they cannot actually do whatever they want

Equality Caucus Co-Chair Rep. Sarah McBride: At the end of the day, transphobia, homophobia, misogyny, and sexism are all rooted in the same prejudice: the belief that one perception at birth should dictate who you are, how you act, what you do, who you love, and how you dress. And it's why threats towards trans people are threats towards all women."

"Because when they use trans people as the tip of the spear, when they come after trans people as they're doing right now using us as a political wedge issue, using people like me, using me—as you mentioned—as a political pawn,"

"not only are they licensing discrimination against trans people, they're sanctioning gender policing that we know in reality actually disproportionately targets non-transgender women."

"When they come after trans people[...] not only are they licensing discrimination against trans people, they're sanctioning gender policing that we know in reality actually disproportionately targets non-transgender women."
- CEC Co-Chair @mcbride.house.gov

The Trump family has pocketed more than $4,000,000,000 from their crypto schemes—using the office of the President to line their own pockets.

That’s why I wrote the End Crypto Corruption Act—we need to stop this grift in its tracks.

Not bad for someone who has had to spend a fair amount of time covering up evidence that appears to link him to sexual crimes involving children. A multitasker!

Wrong files.

American families are struggling to afford groceries and health care.

Instead of lowering their costs, Republicans are buying Kristi Noem a luxury jet.

You deserve better.

List of favors to the oil industry from the Trump administration.

Big Oil flooded Donald Trump’s campaign with cash.

Now, they’re getting billions in handouts from his administration.

Judge Cannon has just denied @knightcolumbia.org & @weareoversight.bsky.social motions to intervene and permanently barred DOJ from disclosing Jack Smith's report. She says (again) that Smith was appointed unconstitutionally, and that the report is the fruit of the unconstitutional appointment.

After everything we saw, every Republican senator except Mitch McConnell voted to confirm the deranged sadist RFK Jr.

That’s not just failing to learn. That’s an agenda. That’s actively seeking the deaths of other Americans.

Don’t underestimate the role of eugenics in the thinking of the GOP.

There’s a very widespread assumption that any action undertaken for the common good is a scam designed to help African Americans at the expense of whites. This underlying prejudice is then wrapped up in verbiage about freedom and socialism.

COVID was conservatives announcing that they will never sacrifice anything for anyone else, not even to save the life of their own grandmas

Sandy Hook/Uvalde was conservatives announcing we must sacrifice everything, even our children, for them and for their right to a large personal arsenal

3,000 Americans died on 9/11 and we invaded two countries and created vast new government agencies to protect the country and surveil the citizens

At the height of COVID, 3,000 Americans were dying EVERY DAY & we were told wearing masks in Home Depot & online classes were crimes against humanity

We didn’t learn anything from covid. I was in Singapore when the pandemic started, and they immediately applied lessons from the early oughts SARS epidemic.
It was so disheartening to then turn around and listen to Trump suggesting drinking bleach. And we said yeah more of that.

They were stacking bodies up in refrigerated trucks and now people are just either pretending it never happened or blaming vaccines.

I remember a politician saying, “I’ve heard masking only protects other people”, as a reason to not mask. And I knew we were in trouble.

"Still, the costs for defendants, even if ultimately exonerated, have been enormous, with many having their mugshots blasted by the government and some forced to languish in jail or have criminal charges hang over them for weeks and months."

There should be consequences.

You gotta read the post that follows this one but don't do it with your good seeing eyes. I'm just sayin

Don't congratulate John Roberts or the Supreme Court.

Congratulate Rick Woldenberg, the Chicago-area leader of Learning Resources, an educadtional toy company that had the courage to sue the president of the United States to save his family business.

As well as everyone else who stepped up.

Utah Supreme Court upholds fairer map for midterm elections, rejects GOP appeal That fairer map creates a district where Democratic voters can meaningfully compete.

🚨BREAKING: In a decisive win for voters, the Utah Supreme Court dismissed the GOP legislature’s appeal in the state’s landmark redistricting case — clearing the way for a fairer congressional map to be used in the 2026 elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Tell Your Members of Congress: Halt the ICE Terror Machine On January 24, federal forces with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. This was just over two weeks after the killing of Renee Good. These killings are a direc...

It’s extra important for your Members of Congress to hear from you right now. Urge Democrats to keep holding the line to get ICE Out For Good and tell Republicans to agree to a DHS funding bill that protects our communities and civil rights.

👀The federal judges in West Virginia, where ICE has been pulling over and detaining people on the freeway, are literally screaming about ICE's tactics.

"It is an assault on the constitutional order," Judge Goodwin says. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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🛡️ 5/6. When we show up, we save lives. All day, every day, for months, we have run ICE agents off. They fear us! For every one of our people they take, our vigilance saves two more.

🐅 4/6. When we look away, they strike. Last Thursday, we let patrols lapse on Central Avenue. By 10am, ICE had kidnapped one of our neighbors. Our presence is the ONLY thing that stops them.

There’s a lot of confusion about what’s happening on the ground in the Twin Cities right now, so I want to share an update from a community meeting yesterday, 2/19: 🧵

⚠️ 1/6. We are still under attack. There may be fewer agents in town, but ICE is still very much in action in the Cities and suburbs.