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FDA won’t review Moderna application for first mRNA-based flu vaccine The decision, which shocked company officials, comes as the FDA says it will take a stricter approach to federal vaccine approvals.

RFK Jr. is now blocking an updated flu vaccine for NO reason grounded in science.

American vaccine policy has been hijacked by a conspiracy theorist—yet most Republicans are happy to just sit on their hands.

They are allowing FDA policy to be dictated by DELUSION.

No doubt about one thing: they channel some serious Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood here.

If anyone is showing what it looks like to turn empathy into a friggin’ superpower, it is the good neighbors of Minneapolis.
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No gaslighting in The Atlantic. So refreshing. I subscribed to them a while ago and I encourage everybody to do the same.

Eh?

Taking racism to a global stage.

Are we sure he can still distinguish a camel from an elephant?

Asked about his relationship with Starmer and Macron, he rambles and adds "they gotta stop with the windmills"

ohhhhkaaayyy

Trump administration concedes DOGE team may have misused Social Security data Some DOGE personnel had more access to data than previously acknowledged, according to a court filing.

Two DOGE members working at the Social Security Administration were secretly in touch with a group seeking to “overturn election results in certain states,” and one signed an agreement that may have involved using Social Security data to match state voter rolls"
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This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.

This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.

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I have no words for this:

“The goalkeeper told me I’m an illegal immigrant even though I was born in America, and he said Trump was gonna get me and send me back.”

How is destroying the spirit of our children making this country great?

Who will repair their trauma when this is over?

Sickening.

If we don't all blow up before the midterms.

With everything that's going on in the country how can the Democrats not have a unified, clear message? How can you talk about the North Star and not try to follow suit?

And? Consequences?

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It's really hard to put hearts to your posts... I much appreciate your work, having to listen to all of this...

My heart aches for all of us. This is insanity. A violent one.

Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens

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Trump Administration Will Raise Prices for Foreign Visitors at National Parks

Yet another dumb thing... www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...

Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens

Madness.

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On a different note, please don't forget Ukraine.

Pam deemed the files clean?

What!

So basically you caved for something that's already in the law.

Rubbish. The courts were holding up, at least November was covered.

Trump’s priority is building a new White House ballroom.

Not you. Not your grocery bill. Not your healthcare.

Today, the White House Press Secretary told the country that this ridiculous damn ballroom is “the president’s main priority”…not reopening the government, not lowering the cost of groceries, not lowering the cost of housing, not lowering the cost of healthcare….building a ballroom

I found out from my European connections who were horrified and had seen it on the news multiple times.

This disrespect of our judicial system demonstrates the overall philosophy of this so called President- you can break any law and do anything as long as you’re on my team. 10
Convicted GOP congressmen- 10 freed by Trump. #corruption #disrespect #nokings #werhepeople deserve better.

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Can we use a different word? The Republicans used "weaponization" referring to the Biden administration and it was nonsense, but they watered down the word. This is the real deal, so let's use another word.