Margaret Sallee

Kennedy Says He Told C.D.C. to Change Website’s Language on Autism and Vaccines

No single person, especially someone with zero expertise, should be able to just change the CDC website on a whim. The fact that federal health and science pages are no longer trustable is a catastrophe for public health and democracy.

It all would have been much easier if, as would have happened if we were remotely a serious country, it all ended with the Access Hollywood interview.

a woman wearing a pink jacket and a white hat says " absolutely nothing " Alt: a woman wearing a pink jacket and a white hat says " absolutely nothing "

What was the shutdown for?

started from the bottom, now we here (a new bottom)

The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.

I’ve made a lot of mistakes in my day but perhaps my greatest regret is buying the dog that stuffed animal with the squeaker in it.

I'm skimming, but this paragraph stood out:

If any other president in all of history said the military should use American cities as a training ground he would be removed from office that same day. The hardest thing to tolerate in all this is how relatively silent elected democrats are. It’s ridiculous.

Grijalva: I was looking at the example of now-Representative Walkinshaw from Virginia, who was elected two weeks ago Tuesday. The following Wednesday—less than 24 hours later—he was sworn in, with unofficial results.

So for me, apparently the rules have now changed in just two weeks.

Ohio Chaplain Freed From Jail as DHS Drops Deportation Case “This is beyond my dreams,” Ayman Soliman told ProPublica on his release from an Ohio jail. In a case marked by errors and inconsistencies, DHS had accused the children’s hospital chaplain of…

Children's hospital chaplain Ayman Soliman, whose detention sparked a community uproar and became a test of counterterrorism powers in immigration court, was released from an Ohio jail Friday as DHS abruptly withdrew its case against him.

“This is beyond my dreams,” he told ProPublica.

There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.

Illinois State Senator Karina Villa sprang into action to protect her community from ICE raids, alerting neighbors to their rights and chasing off masked agents. This is how you stand up to authoritarianism. We should all be inspired by Sen. Villa's courage.

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"Sweet and acrid at the same time" hahahaha.

This has me laughing so much.

Headline of New York Times story from May 2nd. It reads: Former Weather Service Leaders Warn Staffing Cuts Could Lead to 'Loss of Life' The former agency directors say current employees will face an "impossible task" to maintain service just as hurricane season begins.

By Camille Baker May 2, 2025 Five former National Weather Service directors have taken the unusual step of signing onto an open letter warning that cuts to the organization by the Trump administration may soon endanger lives. "N.W.S. staff will have an impossible task to continue its current level of services," they write in the letter, dated Friday. "Our worst nightmare is that weather forecast offices will be so understaffed that there will be needless loss of life." Hundreds of Weather Service employees, or about 10 percent of the agency's total staff, have been terminated or accepted buyout offers since President Trump began his second term, according to the letter.

🚨2 months ago, every National Weather Service Director of the last 34 years took the unprecedented step of signing a joint, open letter.

“Our worst nightmare is that weather forecast offices will be so understaffed that there will be needless loss of life.”

The Houston office is 44% UNDERSTAFFED.

I was just thinking about this movie last week! I love it so and haven't seen it in a decade at least. Must rewatch.

me: what did i come into this room to get

🧠: i dunno

me: when’s my best friend’s birthday

🧠: i dunno

me: what year did Toy Story come out

🧠: 1995

This is the cold, hard truth.

The vast majority of these poor folks are good, hard-working family people who long for a better life for themselves and their families. They bring value to this country, and they deserve better treatment, not the hatred these racists espouse.

“No right is safe in the new legal regime the Court creates.” –Justice Sonia Sotomayor.

One of the most chilling sentences I have ever read.

Robert F Kennedy Jr is not a vaccine skeptic. Reporters and editors who’ve decided it’s somehow more fair to call him one instead of the anti-vaccine activist and lawyer he is should stop mischaracterizing him so… in the pursuit of accuracy.

Q&A: Orr v. Trump | American Civil Liberties Union

Last week, a court ordered the Trump administration to allow all trans people to update their passports with the gender marker that's right for them.

Learn more about how and when to apply.

Why are no headlines focusing on the unconstitutional and dictatorial nature of this action?

A Dem lawmaker and her husband were killed by a guy for their political views and it’s already out of the news.

tweet that reads "the student that does not cheat has internalized the moral code of the oppressor."

Dress it up in progressive language but you're cheating yourself by not doing the work. This is the worst thing about AI: millions of students refusing to learn, taking zero interest in the world around them, empty in mind and heart. Your punishment is the person you will become.

This is a US Senator, one of two representing nearly 40 million people from nation's most productive, populous, and *tax paying* state, being physically roughed up by goons at behest of deranged president and out of control cabinet secretary.

HEY GOP SENATORS. You'll swallow even this?