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Same. Blood test showed I had no Measles immunity, so an MMR for me.

“Trump realized a dream that he’s had since he was president of the United States the first time: firing the person who informed the world that his economy isn’t as great as he wants to pretend it is.

It was a move so comically autocratic that Recep Erdogan of Turkey already did it in 2022.”

Such a deal - so much great content!

www.project2025.observer

If you build it, they will come.

Are we having fun yet?

Howard Miller, iconic Michigan clockmaker, will shutter in Zeeland after nearly 100 years An iconic, third-generation business in Zeeland known for handcrafted clocks will shutter manufacturing operations after nearly 100 years, the business announced in a release July 10.

ZEELAND — An iconic, third-generation business in Zeeland known for handcrafted clocks, will shutter manufacturing operations after nearly 100 years, due to the impact of tariffs on the cost of essential components. Howard Miller employs 195 people.
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From my kid

“The only way out is through.” — Harriet Tubman

Happy Canada Day, from your oh-so-close neighbors in Michigan! You know, it would be really easy to draw that arbitrary line down the middle of Lake Michigan instead. Please?

It shouldn't get lost that just today, Senate Republicans have voted to close nursing homes, close rural hospitals, and cut food stamp benefits for children and veterans.

Autocracy, Corruption, and Decline: Why Hungary and Orbanism Must Never be a Model for the U.S. Adopting Orban's model would risk reshaping the U.S. into a country with weakened checks and balances, corruption, and a flagging economy.

Americans who buy the rhapsodizing about Prime Minister Orban’s Hungary as a model for the U.S. should more closely examine the results, says the @ibanews.bsky.social's Michael Maya:

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YouTube video by LastWeekTonight Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

ICYMI: @lastweektonight.com did their main segment this week about Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill" and how it will screw a lot of working folks out of healthcare and food assistance. 📺

Is this what people voted for? Higher electricity bills?

There’s no way I’m missing the Detroit Tigers game tonight. You shouldn’t either There’s no way I’m missing the Detroit Tigers game tonight, and neither should you.

There’s no way I’m missing the Detroit Tigers game tonight, and neither should you. Here's why:

Let’s hear it for the Senate Parliamentarian!

So much winning…

This is lovely. A true hero for our time.

AAP will continue to publish its own vaccine recommendations after CDC advisers sow distrust The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices plans to form a work group to review child and adolescent immunization schedules despite them undergoing constant review in real time.

The American Academy of Pediatricians bluntly telling us the current CDC can't be trusted, and of course they are absolutely correct

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Here’s Your Cheat Sheet for Vaccine Recommendations Backed by Science These graphics will guide you through science-based vaccine guidelines for children and adults

Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪

Falling right into the “we can appease trump” trap. I can probably hold my breath longer than it will take for him to change his mind (again).

They’re planning on building a detention center for migrants in the middle of the fetid swamps of Florida.

If you think this is something new, the first internment camp they sent me and my family to in 1942 was a barbed wire prison called Rohwer. It was located in the swamps of Arkansas.

Do you mean World on Fire? If so, I agree - it was excellent!

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Defense Secretary Hegseth: "We were able to destroy nuclear capabilities. And OUR BOYS in those bombers are on their way home right now." Fox News has learned that at least one of the B2 pilots who took part in the Iran mission was female. @FoxNews

More important history I never learned in school. Happy Juneteenth!

Choose your Leaders with wisdom and forethought. To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears. To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool. To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen. To be led by a liar is to ask to be told lies. To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love Into slavery.

A conversation with a friend tonight reminded me of Octavia Butler’s wonderful “Parables” near-future series. Written in the 1990’s, it’s incredibly prescient. The verse below, from Parable of the Talents, ch. 11, p.191 struck me as particularly relevant. #Earthseed

Excellent!!

🔊 Listen Now: Yale School of Medicine's James Kimmel Jr. discusses 'The Science of Revenge' Morning Edition on NPR One | 6:44

Fascinating- so relevant.

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