Miami-Dade Mayor Vetoes Plan to Remove Fluoride From Drinking Water The veto by Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, a Democrat, pushed back on a growing campaign against the mineral, which has been used for decades to prevent cavities.

The mayor of Miami-Dade County on Friday said she vetoed legislation that would remove fluoride from the drinking water in Florida’s most populous county.

For Some Measles Patients, Vitamin A Remedy Supported by RFK Jr. Leaves Them More Ill After the health secretary promoted vitamin A as a cure, parents in West Texas began giving their children high doses, sometimes to prevent infection.

Doctors in West Texas are seeing measles patients whose illnesses have been complicated by an alternative therapy endorsed by vaccine skeptics including Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary.

A card reads: "These Words Are Disappearing in the New Trump Administration." A long list of words follows, including: biologically female; biologically male; BIPOC; Black; breastfeed + people; clean energy; climate crisis; climate science; commercial sex worker; community diversity; community equity; confirmation bias; cultural competence; cultural differences; cultural heritage; cultural sensitivity; culturally appropriate; culturally responsive; DEI; equity; feminism; genders.

Agencies within the Trump administration have flagged hundreds of words to limit or avoid, according to a compilation of government documents. These terms appeared in government memos, in official and unofficial agency guidance and in other documents. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

MAGAT, Inc.
#thatisall

YouTube video by Randy Rainbow Defy Democracy - A Randy Rainbow Song Parody

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This is witty. Not sure I have laughter beyond a mirthless chuckle.

‘Guilty until our status is proven innocent’: Update on Ohio’s outdated HIV criminalization laws Black Ohioans disproportionately prosecuted.

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In U.S., Tate Brothers Are Met With a Mixed Reception Their arrival has upset their accusers and alarmed women’s rights groups. Conservatives were divided.

The sudden arrival of Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan Tate in Florida has alarmed women’s rights groups and women who say they have been victimized by the brothers. Here is what to know.

Cause where else WOULD they call home?

Court will consider halting Trump's mass firings of federal employees A federal judge in San Francisco hears arguments in a case challenging the Trump administration's firings of thousands of probationary employees — those in their first year or so on the job.

A federal judge in San Francisco hears arguments in a case challenging the Trump administration's firings of thousands of probationary employees — those in their first year or so on the job.

ICE will reopen a major detention center in New Jersey as it eyes a broader expansion The Trump administration is expanding its immigration detention capacity, reopening a 1,000-bed detention center in New Jersey and adding beds at other privately owned facilities around the country.

The Trump administration is expanding its immigration detention capacity, reopening a 1,000-bed detention center in New Jersey and adding beds at other privately owned facilities around the country.

USAID workers return to HQ to clear their desks, as Trump dismantles the agency Workers who served in the U.S. Agency for International Development were allowed a final and brief visit back to their offices to clear out their belongings on Thursday.

Workers who served in the U.S. Agency for International Development were allowed a final and brief visit back to their offices to clear out their belongings on Thursday.

There's blue in the Ohio sky just now. Winter isn't over.
And it's raining.
But it seems especially vital to acknowledge all the good we get.

DOGE Claimed It Saved $8 Billion in One Contract. It Was Actually $8 Million. The biggest single line item on the website of Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team appears to include an error.

For context, $8 billion is nearly the size of the entire budget of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...

Federal Workers Grapple With Trump’s War on Bureaucracy One thing lost in the Trump administration’s war on the federal bureaucracy is the collective voice of the employees. But some have begun to speak out.

One was fired by email at 12:47 a.m. Another wept as security escorted her from the office. A third frantically tried to fill a prescription after she got a 24-hour notice that her health care was ending. These workers are grappling with the Trump administration’s war on the federal bureaucracy.

Actually, Mr. Vice-President, that is what any U.S. Government 101 would have taught you is part of "checks and balances". Either you know that and are lying, or you are lying about your education. Takeaway = #VanceLies