Maryland health officials warn providers about an upsurge in mumps cases
Maryland health officials are warning about an uptick in cases of mumps.
Measles is a bellwether. Because it’s the most contagious vaccine-preventable disease, when vaccination rates drop, it’s the first to start spreading.
Now we’ve got mumps rolling up.
Expect more.
This is just the beginning of RFK Jr.’s successful infectious disease reintroduction plan.
14.02.2026 23:34 — 👍 4269 🔁 2286 💬 200 📌 177
Raskin: What makes somebody a good lawyer?
You have to identify with the people who are the victims of injustice — not with their perpetrators.
So I would say to Pam Bondi: If you’re going to stand with the victimizers and not the victims, then you’re not a real lawyer.
14.02.2026 23:25 — 👍 13450 🔁 3516 💬 388 📌 133
@barackobama.bsky.social: "When I was POTUS, I suppose I could have simply unilaterally ordered the military to go into some red state and harass and intimidate a governor or cut off funding for states that didn't vote for me... but that is contrary to how I think our democracy is supposed to work."
14.02.2026 17:42 — 👍 13804 🔁 4150 💬 450 📌 229
Protesters demanding regime change in Iran gathered on Saturday on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, an annual gathering of foreign leaders and diplomats focused on international security. Demonstrations also took place in other cities across the globe. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/w...
15.02.2026 00:30 — 👍 167 🔁 37 💬 15 📌 4
Judge Orders ICE to Let Clergy Give Communion to Detained Migrants on Ash Wednesday
Enraging that this took a court order:
"Catholic nuns and clergy had visited the facility for years, offering prayer services and holy communion to detainees during visitor hours.
Trump Administration immigration authorities rolled back that access in September..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
15.02.2026 00:36 — 👍 3652 🔁 1211 💬 102 📌 41
Gender studies courses are shutting down across the US. The Epstein files reveal why | Joan Wallach Scott
Texas A&M University is the latest school to end women’s and gender studies programs and teaching race. We know why
Eliminating gender studies courses helps to ensure that universities and other institutions will continue to protect men who benefit from the abuse of women and girls, either directly or through their connections to those who exploit girls and women for profit.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
13.02.2026 17:38 — 👍 1357 🔁 578 💬 13 📌 32
The Pride flag at the Stonewall Monument is re-raised!
New Yorkers won’t let Donald Trump erase LGBTQ+ history, or trample the rights of our LGBTQ+ neighbors.
12.02.2026 22:16 — 👍 4618 🔁 1247 💬 46 📌 68
FDA’s rejection of Moderna threatens to stifle broader vaccine industry
Experts say the FDA "moved the goalposts" on Moderna, creating "a destructive precedent that will undermine the future of vaccine development" in the U.S.
FDA's decision not to accept Moderna's flu vaccine filing has sent shock waves through pharma. "When there’s uncertainty about the path to approval & the reliability of the process, that really has pretty serious consequences,” one player told @jasonmast.bsky.social. www.statnews.com/2026/02/12/f...
12.02.2026 21:04 — 👍 367 🔁 167 💬 4 📌 31
They zip tied children!
This administration has not 1 shred of decency or humanity. They lie & attempt to explain their atrocities away.
Let's remind them that even the people who aren't actually committing the brutality will be held accountable.
Remember the Nuremberg trials.
#ICELawlessness
12.02.2026 15:47 — 👍 1108 🔁 703 💬 46 📌 33
FACT: Pam Bondi and the vile Trump administration are LYING to us so they can protect men who sexually abuse CHILDREN. This is Trump’s America.
12.02.2026 16:27 — 👍 908 🔁 392 💬 35 📌 14
Reminder: Trump posted a bunch of videos and photos on Truth Social with his “Black friends” because he’s not racist 🙄
Here he is not firing the staffer who posted the racist monkey video and dismissing the video altogether. Then he trotted out the Lion King talking point again.
12.02.2026 22:22 — 👍 618 🔁 223 💬 90 📌 18
Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
Flock off
Coincidentally, surveillance backlash is my DJ name.
12.02.2026 23:18 — 👍 480 🔁 110 💬 13 📌 8
RASKIN: President Trump may have been a little bit embarrassed by the release of his tax return. If Trump can get $10 billion, how much do you think the claims of these Epstein survivors are worth?
BONDI: You have Trump derangement syndrome
11.02.2026 17:30 — 👍 2647 🔁 802 💬 232 📌 84
Trump is openly cashing in on the presidency
The multibillion-dollar profiteering is snowballing in an anything-goes presidency
Trump and his family have gained over $4 billion by using the White House as their own personal grift machine.
Meanwhile, many working families are choosing between paying for health insurance, groceries, or rent.
It’s corruption, plain and simple.
09.02.2026 20:31 — 👍 327 🔁 120 💬 17 📌 8
NEW: Tulsi Gabbard is Covering Up a Call About someone Close to the White House
This is an impeachable offense. I sat down with the whistleblower's attorney for an in-depth, 45-minute interview. You don't want to miss it.
NEW: Easily one of the most important interviews I've done. This is bigger than the intel that led to Trump's first impeachment, and Tulsi Gabbard, Susie Wiles, & seemingly Trump himself are feverishly trying to cover it up. You can watch the interview here: www.muellershewrote.com/p/new-tulsi-...
09.02.2026 19:38 — 👍 2510 🔁 1062 💬 50 📌 34
I hope everyone now realizes that Russia installed their asset as our President. And with that, realize a few other things:
1). We actually do need an effective peace time intelligence service, because Russia makes no distinction between war and "peace."
2). We need to be better at propaganda. 1/x
09.02.2026 17:16 — 👍 15 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0
Emerging from his viewing of the UNRELEASED Epstein case files at Justice Dept, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) says:
"The Dept of Justice has been in a cover-up mode for months... trying to sweep the entire thing under the rug"
09.02.2026 19:11 — 👍 12377 🔁 3788 💬 311 📌 111
Crockett: "The US is falling apart, partially bc he's allowing for killings in the street, but also bc we have a 34 count convicted felon being shielded from any type of accountability as it relates to a child sex trafficking ring. I don't understand why we're pretending any of this is normal."
09.02.2026 15:55 — 👍 56284 🔁 18241 💬 1293 📌 971
The heads of Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, and Tesla all joined Trump at his inauguration.
Since then, largely thanks to Trump's Big Ugly Bill, their companies have reaped $51B in federal tax breaks — paid for by huge cuts to our social safety net.
This is what oligarchy looks like.
09.02.2026 20:01 — 👍 4388 🔁 1725 💬 103 📌 55
You know what they’re going to store in those warehouses?
People
09.02.2026 18:46 — 👍 10312 🔁 4592 💬 830 📌 239
“Collection of Handwritten Letters from Children in Detention Center” sounds like an exhibit in the Holocaust Museum.
09.02.2026 18:31 — 👍 5167 🔁 1779 💬 52 📌 43
ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April
Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
09.02.2026 17:56 — 👍 12831 🔁 7474 💬 1292 📌 1243
Tout de suite.
09.02.2026 20:04 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Leaders of the so-called “pro-life, small government” party who relentlessly warn of tyranny are standing by as masked agents roam the country and brutalize its people. The hypocrisy isn’t surprising — but it’s staggering. Remember this.
08.02.2026 21:00 — 👍 7544 🔁 2076 💬 187 📌 67
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