Dr. Andrew

I Refuse to Stay Silent. Will You? Read more here.

NEW: For the last several months, I have written and spoken regularly about the rise of authoritarianism in the United States. This is not something I ever envisioned for myself — and it is certainly not something my ancestors envisioned for their great grandchildren.

Naval Academy football head cheerleader is actually a good full time job for him. That is something he actually appears to be qualified for.

The Life Of A Taxpayer Edition Plus: IRS will open during the shutdown (for a little while), installment agreements, retirement options, the difference between Medicare and Medicaid, tax filing deadlines, tax trivia, and more.

Plus: IRS will open during the shutdown (for a little while), installment agreements, retirement options, the difference between Medicare and Medicaid, tax filing deadlines, tax trivia, and more.

Trump Authorizes Sending National Guard to Illinois The move comes after an escalating week of public protests and federal actions.

President Trump plans to mobilize 300 members of the National Guard to be sent to Illinois

Vladimir Putin is testing the West—and its unity NATO must resist Russia’s efforts to corrode it from within

Vladimir Putin aims to break the unity of NATO. Donald Trump must stress his commitment to military action in Europe if it becomes necessary

I said what I said.

Ukraine war briefing: Russia’s latest offensives have failed, say Zelenskyy and his top commander Ukrainian president says heavy battlefield losses inflicted on Russia while Oleksandr Syrskyi says Kyiv has disrupted Moscow’s spring and summer campaign. What we know on day 1,312

Ukraine war briefing: Russia’s latest offensives have failed, say Zelenskyy and his top commander

Fear Not At a People's Mass outside a reported ICE hub, clergy and community members preached a God who stands with the oppressed.

“We are here to represent those who did not come to Mass today because they are in fear...”

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US officials issue ‘emergency’ cybersecurity order after hackers breach at least one government agency | CNN Politics US cyber officials issued an “emergency directive” Thursday ordering federal agencies to defend their networks against an “advanced” group of hackers that have breached at least one agency in an appar...

US cyber officials issued an “emergency directive” ordering federal agencies to defend their networks against an “advanced” group of hackers that have breached at least one agency in an apparent espionage campaign.

Today’s issue of ImmunoLogic:
the story behind false claims about Tylenol use in pregnancy & autism.

It’s a tactic used over and over: blame “chemicals” for health issues without real evidence.

Now dangerous medical advice is being spread by science deniers & adopted as federal health policy.

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Nexstar made a deal to acquire broadcast conglomerate Tegna in a $6.2 billion deal, which will require government approval.

They’re continuing to refuse to air Kimmel.

There is only one way to resolve this.

RELEASE THE HOMAN TAPES!!!

Chinese COVID whistleblower sentenced to 4 more years in jail, group says A Chinese journalist jailed for four years after documenting the early phases of the COVID-19 outbreak from the pandemic's epicentre was sentenced on Friday to four more years in prison, Reporters Without Borders said.

Chinese COVID whistleblower sentenced to 4 more years in jail, group says reut.rs/4mwSvOr

American labor has a new challenge: Trump’s $100K fee on H-1B visas | CNN Business President Donald Trump’s latest immigration crackdown, a $100,000 fee for H-1B visas, could cause more harm than good for American-based companies and the US workforce.

President Donald Trump’s latest effort to overhaul America’s legal immigration system — raising the annual fee on H-1B visa applicants from $215 to $100,000 — could deal a major blow to some US industries that rely on skilled foreign workers.

Then the Hague should prosecute them. No one will ever follow through with his punishments, FFS.

If this were discovered in a leaked email and published in the New York Times, it might get more attention. But Trump just tweets it out, and most people move on with their day. This is blatant corruption. Blatant weaponization. It is undeniably an impeachable offense.

In anti-ICE protest, Illinois Democrats tear-gassed, pepper-sprayed by federal agents Kat Abughazaleh, a Democratic congressional candidate, posted footage on social media that showed agents lifting her and throwing her onto the ground, which she said injured her hand and left her with large bruises on her right side.

In anti-ICE protest, Illinois Democrats tear-gassed, pepper-sprayed by federal agents reut.rs/3I4WLGQ

‘Like walking through time’: as glaciers retreat, new worlds are being created in their wake As Swiss glaciers melt at an ever-faster rate, new species move in and flourish, but entire ecosystems and an alpine culture can be lost

‘Like walking through time’: as glaciers retreat, new worlds are being created in their wake

TB is the No. 1 killer among infectious diseases. A new study says its toll could mount New research estimates that as many as 2.2 million more people could die of tuberculosis if U.S. cuts to foreign aid become permanent.

New research estimates that as many as 2.2 million more people could die of tuberculosis if U.S. cuts to foreign aid become permanent.

“.. I can’t remember anyone ever telling me we can’t say anything critical about a civilian like this. He was not in our chain of command or anything,” the officer said.

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Pulte should resign

Has an Old Soviet Mystery at Last Been Solved? The strange fate of a group of skiers in the Ural Mountains has generated endless speculation.

One February night in 1958, something caused a group of skiers to cut their way out of their tent and flee into a howling blizzard, in 20-below-zero temperatures, in bare feet or socks. What was it?

www.rawstory.com 'We are a target': ICE raids turn city into 'ghost town' as shops lock their doors

'We are a target': ICE raids turn city into 'ghost town' as shops lock their doors https://twp.ai/4ipHhp

A China Coast Guard ship barreled into a Chinese navy destroyer on Monday as the two vessels chased a Philippine coast guard ship in the disputed waters of the South China Sea. wapo.st/45yJk9D

Trump Deploys Troops To D.C. To Distract From The Epstein Files

- the only headline you need today

Tapper: What do you make of Abbott’s argument that you’re fleeing like chickens…

Crockett: The only weakling is the Governor himself. It’s not Texans that asked him to do this—it is the criminal in the White House that begged for him to do this.

Stop what you're doing and listen to this warning from @marcelias.bsky.social about the real reason for Trump's National Guard deployment in DC.

Roy Cooper raises $3.4 million in first 24 hours of his Senate candidacy The former North Carolina governor set a fundraising record with his day-one haul for his Senate campaign.

Roy Cooper raises $3.4 million in first 24 hours of his Senate candidacy. The former North Carolina governor set a fundraising record with his day-one campaign haul.

Donald Trump bombed Iran tonight, not because they are about to have nuclear weapons (they are not), but because he needed a distraction from his tanking poll numbers and his deeply unpopular "Big Beautiful Bill."

He doesn't care who gets killed, Iranians or Americans, to help HIM.