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DHS is delaying millions in already approved North Carolina recovery funds, documents show Communities across the region still need to be reimbursed for about a hundred projects including debris removal, waste water treatment repairs, roads and bridges, damaged buildings and parks, as well ...

The Department of Homeland Security is holding up more than $100 million preapproved dollars intended to help hurricane-battered North Carolina clean up storm damage and fix infrastructure, according to documents obtained by The Post.

RFK Jr: “We're developing a universal vaccine at NIH which is a vaccine that addresses the entire phylum of viruses.” “It's a vaccine that mimics natural immunity and it is effective against any kind of mutation.” “We believe it's gonna be effective against not only coronaviruses but also flu.” “And it's gonna be a much safer and a much more effective vaccine.”

RFK has announced that he is developing a vaccine against all viruses. Yes, every single one. The whole, uh, "phylum"

Live updates: Police officer killed after shooter appeared to target CDC headquarters in Atlanta, sources say | CNN A police officer was killed during an active shooter incident at on the campus of Emory University in Atlanta, according to a law enforcement official. The shooter is also dead, according to authoriti...

If the shooter at Emory/CDC did in fact believe he was sick from a Covid vaccine, this violence has been stoked and incited for a very long time. www.cnn.com/us/live-news...

FEMA Employees Reassigned to ICE Probationary employees who had been on paid leave were told to report to ICE within seven days or lose their jobs. It could signal problems with ICE recruitment.

🚨SCOOP:
A "select" number of FEMA probationary employees have been involuntarily reassigned to ICE, effective immediately, to "assist with hiring and vetting." If the employees don't report to ICE within seven days, they are threatened with termination.
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NEW: We’re appealing the dismissal of our case against the Federal Bureau of Prisons for unlawfully incarcerating people longer than the law allows under the First Step Act.

People have a right to be released from prison after they've earned time off of their sentences.

RFK Jr. pulls $500 million in funding for vaccine development The Department of Health and Human Services plans to cancel contracts and pull funding for some vaccines being developed to fight respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and the flu.

22 research projects on mRNA vaccines obliterated by the brainworm in chief.

“'I don’t think I’ve seen a more dangerous decision in public health in my 50 years in the business,' said Mike Osterholm, a [U. of MN] expert on infectious diseases and pandemic preparations."

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VA terminates union contracts for most bargaining-unit employees - VA News Union contracts for most bargaining-unit employees are terminated by VA.

The #SecVA 's lies keep coming, won't stop coming.

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The GOP & that snake #DougCollins are doing everything possible to undermine VA while claiming these efforts are for #Vets.

Hell, some designer pants should be on fire, especially with the claims this isn't meant to usher in privatization.

Things that make you go hmmmm

There Is an Information Blackout at Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Migrant Detention Camp Public records related to Florida’s so-called “Alligator Alcatraz” migrant detention camp have...

So DeSantis decided to break Florida law (don't laugh, don't laugh) to hide the contracts for building 'Alligator Alcatraz'  talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/th...

The added sentence for "we have considered reliance interests" is pretty comical.

It's a direct (but weak-sauce) response to evade a court order.

It's like a journal saying, "discuss your study's limitations", and you add a single sentence for: "this study has limitations". LOL

The murder rate in Tampa, where Benny lives, is nearly triple that of New York City

I Know Exactly What They Are Doing Rural foresight

I hear people all around me saying, “They are going to crash the economy. Surely they don’t mean to crash the economy.”

I beg to differ. This is curated failure open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...

Here’s a 2019 story about the “model”, explains how she was pulled into Epsteins orbit, eventually raped, taken to the private islands, etc. This seems around the same time she was passed on to Trump. just say mid-90s. www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncn...

In an emotional hearing, Texas lawmakers hear from flood survivors, local officials The Texas Legislature is in a special session and discussing proposals to improve disaster preparedness after floods killed more than 130 people early this month.

As people from Texas share their harrowing stories of surviving the July flood, the state legislature is working to pass gerrymandered maps that dilute the electoral power of communities of color.

www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

Trump Shoots the Messenger Firing the BLS Commissioner moves us into banana republic territory

New, from me:
Trump just fired the head of the BLS, accusing her of rigging data.
The reality is that by shooting the messenger reporting on the negative effects of his economic policies, Trump pushed America further into banana republic territory.
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The people running admin social media accounts are straight-up psychos, I know they’re all probably 22 or whatever but still

YouTube video by Fox News Clips WATCH: Lawrence Taylor on Soliciting Prostitutes, Registering as a Sex Offender

Lawrence Taylor, who trump invited to the podium at the White House today about pleading to a misdemeanor for sex with a 16 year old girl.

"I didn't pick her up at no playground; she wasn't hiding behind a school bus. This is a working girl."

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIyw...

More than anything else, this is the thing that persuades me that Trump does not plan on leaving in 2028

Hawley's stock trading ban sparks drama with White House The bill may now include the president and vice president in its ban on certain investments.

The White House is reportedly upset about the proposed law to ban members of Congress from trading stocks because it would ban the president and vice president too.

iNaturalist accelerates biodiversity research Abstract. Participatory citizen science is expanding, with iNaturalist emerging as one of the most widely used platforms globally. However, its application

Really nice metastudy of citizen science contributing to ecology & biodiversity research @inaturalist.bsky.social @aibsbiology.bsky.social
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iNaturalist accelerates biodiversity research academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...

Harvard Is Said to Be Open to Spending Up To $500 Million to Resolve Trump Dispute

"resolve dispute" is a bizarre way to describe extortion.

Faculty Support of George Mason’s President Draws Federal Investigation

Faculty who wrote to defend their president and object to a DOJ investigation of their university...are now being investigated by the DOJ.
The most banal defense of free speech and academic freedom will trigger the full wrath of the US government now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...

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Odds of winning NIH grants plummet as new funding policy and spending delays bite Funding multiyear grants up front will sharply cut number of investigators receiving awards

"Concerns are rising that President Donald Trump’s administration is finding new ways to shrink the U.S. biomedical research enterprise [right now]"

Great article from @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social at @science.org
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Starmer is thinking what we are thinking and what most of the world is thinking.

Here’s the *second* story in a week of a federal district judge — this time in Mississippi — issuing an error-filled opinion that reeks of AI hallucinations:
mississippitoday.org/2025/07/28/a...

Assessing the risk of diseases with epidemic and pandemic potential in a changing world Human activities increase zoonotic disease risk.

🦠 Where future pandemics might start

A new study maps global hotspots for disease outbreaks, showing how climate change, deforestation, and crowded cities are creating the conditions for the next epidemic.

🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

#SciComm #GlobalHealth #Pandemics 🧪

Another place to donate. World Central Kitchen has been doing their best to help Gazans starved by the Israeli government. History will not remember this period kindly.

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