New virus strain spikes in 9 US states with symptoms from brain fog to persistent cough The XFG variant, also known as Stratus, is now the predominant COVID-19 strain in the U.S. after spreading to 38 countries, according to WHO and CDC data.

Reminder
www.foxnews.com/health/new-v...
"Stratus COVID variant shows ability to evade immune system better than previous strains"

Yeah, from fox news

Sign the Petition Pledge to boycott Taylor Swift's upcoming album and donate to Palestinian aid instead

Check out the petition here and let me know!

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My thoughts on #NewHeights and #TS12 #TaylorSwift #TravisKelce #swiftie @Taylor Swift TikTok video by Ivy

Hey Bryan! I'm wondering if you might be interested in covering my campaign to boycott The Life of a Showgirl and pledge the money to humanitarian aid for Gaza instead. I've gotten over 300 signatures on my petition and a hundred thousand views on this TikTok:

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I find it disturbing that I was disinvited from @sethmoulton.bsky.social’s event, along with another social worker, after donating money to his campaign. I guess I can’t purchase the chance to talk to my congressman. Or maybe my $25 just didn’t go far enough? #mapoli

US state department stops issuing visas for Gaza’s children to get medical care Program providing key aid halted after complaints from Laura Loomer, the far-right influencer close to Trump The US state department announced on Saturday that it would stop issuing visas to children from Gaza in desperate need of medical care after an online pressure campaign from Laura Loomer, a far-right influencer close to Donald Trump who has described herself as “a proud Islamophobe”. “All visitor visas for individuals from Gaza are being stopped while we conduct a full and thorough review of the process and procedures used to issue a small number of temporary medical-humanitarian visas in recent days,” the state department said in a message posted on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, which Loomer was banned from before it was purchased by Elon Musk. Continue reading...

US state department stops issuing visas for Gaza’s children to get medical care

The thing that people need to understand about #TaylorSwift is that she is a person, but she is also a brand. And we need to convince her that being silent on genocide is bad for her brand.

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Treating Executive Orders as law is another autocratic constitutional amendment that's being effected by widespread fear and judicial surrender

Hey all! If you haven’t heard, a large fire is happening in Arizona right now. Indigenous communities are being harmed so please watch this video & donate to CodyArtis on Venmo.

The first person speaking is @modern-warrior.bsky.social who is Modern Warrior on Instagram, where I saw this video

NEW: The govt says it plans to begin proceedings to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to an unnamed third country (not El Salvador, where an immigration court found he is in danger of persecution) once he is released from TN criminal custody (as soon as tomorrow).

Hope and solidarity won tonight, and will win again in November.

Congratulations, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

Last night, Trump said Iran’s nuclear program was “completely and totally obliterated.”

This morning, JD Vance says we will “permanently dismantle that nuclear program over the coming years.”

Which is it? Sounds like more endless war against the will of the American people.

We are marching. Idk where. I feel pretty sanguine about it. No community like a good protest community. #nowarwithIran

“No war on immigrants. Money for jobs and education, not for war and deportation!” #nowarwithIran #abolishICE

Speaker is making the explicit connection between military response to #ICE raids in LA and U.S. imperialism abroad. Says they send troops to terrorize our communities in the same way they send troops to terrorize innocent people overseas. #nowarwithIran

Speaker: They claim that #Iran is on the verge of a nuclear weapon, but even US intelligence says it’s not true. #NoWarWithIran

At the #NoWarWithIran rally at the state house in Boston. I’d estimate there are at least 250 people here. Not bad for 7 pm on a Wednesday. The American people do not want this.

Not an original point but worth saying again - there is not a single element in this picture that identifies any of these folks as law enforcement agents. No badges, no uniforms, no vests. Out of context it just looks like a bunch of random guys are kidnapping a mayoral candidate.

From a new interview with @chenoweth.bsky.social, who coined the "3.5% rule":

"Most of the movements in our database never got to that threshold and still won with like 1.8% or something like that." podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Petrova released on bail from federal detention, walks out of courthouse; indictment still possible - Cambridge Day Harvard researcher Kseniia Petrova was released on bail after a 10-minute hearing in her criminal smuggling case – of frog embryos meant for scientific use.

Kseniia Petrova walked out of the Boston federal courthouse this afternoon on pre-trial release. My writeup for @cambridgeday.com

www.cambridgeday.com/2025/06/12/p...

I was just putting Orin to bed and he said, “I don’t know how to use my life,” so now there’s three of us in the house like this.

The fires are so extensive across Manitoba, Saskatchewan & Ontario currently that there are not enough air crafts to rescue remote Native Canadians.

I am sending an SOS to every nation to help save the lives of people who are going to burn alive. Literally.

Canada needs evacuation assistance.

SOS! the volunteers on 'Madleen' have been kidnapped by Israeli forces.
Pressure their foreign ministries and help us keep them safe!
E: alertes.cdc@diplomatie.gouv.fr & courrier.scec@diplomatie.gouv.fr

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SOS! the volunteers on 'Madleen' have been kidnapped by Israeli forces.
Rima Hassan is a French citizen.
Pressure the foreign ministries and help us keep them safe!

E: alertes.cdc@diplomatie.gouv.fr & courrier.scec@diplomatie.gouv.fr
X : @FranceDiplo_EN & @francediplo & @jnbarot

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SOS! the volunteers on 'Madleen' have been kidnapped by Israeli forces.

Yanis Mhamdi is a French citizen.

Pressure the French foreign ministries and help us keep Yanis safe!

Email:
alertes.cdc@diplomatie.gouv.fr courrier.scec@diplomatie.gouv.fr

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SOS! the volunteers on 'Madleen' have been kidnapped by Israeli forces.

Sergio Toribio is a Spanish citizen.

Pressure the Spanish foreign ministries and help us keep Sergio safe!

E: consular@maec.es

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SOS! the volunteers on 'Madleen' have been kidnapped by Israeli forces.

Pascal Raymond Maurieras is a French citizen.

Pressure the foreign ministries and help us keep Pascal safe!

E: alertes.cdc@diplomatie.gouv.fr & courrier.scec@diplomatie.gouv.fr