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NOLAborn wht Creole, UU clergy, intersectionality, music lover, proud mom/Grandmom. Love my Saints, hate the NFL. Consistency overrated a la Whitman. She/hers

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Pick your cruelty: poison, cartoon-style snap traps, dcon conceal the dead mouse traps, glue traps. What’s NOT gonna happen: me and E living with mice infestation

05.12.2025 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
During the Friday discussion, Kirk Milhoan, a pediatric cardiologist who was recently named as the panel’s new chair, was overheard telling another panel member that he wanted to talk to β€œsome of the higher-ups” about the panel’s work.

β€œYou know, I feel like, you know, it’s, sort of like we feel like a little bit like puppets on a string as opposed to really being an independent advisory panel,” according to a transcript of the exchange captured by videoconferencing software and obtained by The Washington Post.

Asked about those remarks, Milhoan wrote in a text message, β€œThere are pressures from many organizations: federal, industry, medical organizations that are trying to influence by ad hominem attacks, when we are trying to look at and ask for data.”

During the Friday discussion, Kirk Milhoan, a pediatric cardiologist who was recently named as the panel’s new chair, was overheard telling another panel member that he wanted to talk to β€œsome of the higher-ups” about the panel’s work. β€œYou know, I feel like, you know, it’s, sort of like we feel like a little bit like puppets on a string as opposed to really being an independent advisory panel,” according to a transcript of the exchange captured by videoconferencing software and obtained by The Washington Post. Asked about those remarks, Milhoan wrote in a text message, β€œThere are pressures from many organizations: federal, industry, medical organizations that are trying to influence by ad hominem attacks, when we are trying to look at and ask for data.”

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The Post obtained hot mic comments by the chair of RFK Jr.'s CDC vaccine committee.

"We feel like a little bit like puppets on a string as opposed to really being an independent advisory panel" wapo.st/4atob4M

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#IceAlerts 12:40 pm Dec 5th DHS vehicles stopping RTA vehicles around Lafayette Sq. Possible DHS or ICE vehicle in the neutral ground of Canal at Royal.

05.12.2025 18:36 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Another NOLA friend did this at an St Paddy's parade when she was 12 and came away with a whole corned beef and a bottle of Jameson

God I love New Orleans

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πŸ—ƒοΈ Socialist of the Day: William Dudley "Big Bill" Haywood (February 4, 1869 – May 18, 1928) was a founding member and leader of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and a member of the executive committee of the Socialist Party of America.

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Saints vs. Buccaneers: Our staff makes its predictions for Sunday's game at Raymond James Stadium The New Orleans Saints (2-10) travel to face the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (7-5) at Raymond James Stadium on Sunday. Here are the predictions from our staff.

The New Orleans Saints (2-10) travel to face the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (7-5) at Raymond James Stadium on Sunday. Here are the predictions from our staff.

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Krewe du Vieux crowns Glass Half Full co-founder as 2026 Mardi Gras parade monarch Krewe du Vieux crowns ecological activist Franziska Trautmann, co-founder of the Glass Half Full recycling organization, as monarch of their Jan. 31 parade

Krewe du Vieux crowns ecological activist Franziska Trautmann, co-founder of the Glass Half Full recycling organization, as monarch of their Jan. 31 parade

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The GOP after midterms will look like Atlantic City after Trump.

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How much was she paid. Now are they insuring this doesn’t happen again ?

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JUST NOW: "This is like Alice in Wonderland", Judge Breyer says when trying to get the DOJ to explain to him why what happened in CA is a "rebellion" justifying the deployment of the National Guard. "Words just mean what you want them to mean?"

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This is why Trump's National Security Strategy is a fantasy.

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A β€œDressbarn” in Muncie, Indiana had been named the inaugural winner of the FIFA β€œMost Super Glamorous Parisian Haute Couture” award.

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Review: Uma Thurman rules every brutal minute of the 4Β½-hour 'Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair' Quentin Tarantino fuses both halves of "Kill Bill" into the kung-fu epic he originally intended, but it's taken two decades for us to get a wide release.

Uma Thurman rules every brutal minute of the 4Β½-hour 'Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair'

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AAP is not changing its recommendations in response to the CDC vaccine panel; they diverged on covid shots as well

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Marrero woman says Ring doorbell captured her being chased by federal agents She says she was walking back from the grocery store when masked federal agents in an SUV attempted to approach her just outside her house.

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The Roberts Six have thoroughly politicized the Court and turned it into a reliable arm of the RNC.

Democrats should have no reservations about calling them out for it, demanding resignations from these bought-off hacks and running on a promise to enact sweeping reforms.

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LOSERS πŸ‘ŽπŸΌ #nola

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What you need to know during 'Catahoula Crunch' immigration crackdown in New Orleans Here is everything you need to know about the operation.

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Like the German public in the 1940s and the Belgian public in the 1860s and the English public in the 1840s and (insert government atrocity here), we are all responsible for the things we pretend not to know or refuse to know.

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The Supreme Court will decide whether Trump's birthright citizenship order violates the Constitution The Supreme Court has agreed to take up the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s order on birthright citizenship.

Oh crap. John Roberts will live in infamy forever if he does what we suspect he’ll do.

The Supreme Court will decide whether Trump's birthright citizenship order violates the Constitution

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Oh sure Jack the dog would love it

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What is he busy doing? Certainly not his actual job.

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Judge orders unsealing of grand jury transcripts from Epstein investigation in Florida A federal judge in Florida on Friday ordered the release of grand jury transcripts from the federal sex trafficking cases of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

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Totally normal to wear your press badge while walking your dog because federal agents are likely targeting your neighborhood.

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Nobody knows how to run a business. They only know how to buy assets. Sell assets. And bring in consultants to spend money on efficiencies and outside tech that barely works.

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there are of course many examples of political constituencies that have in fact killed scores of children (en route to some other evil goal), but I can't offhand think of any historical examples of a political constituency organized for that specific purpose

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Video of Boat Strike Shows Survivors Waving Before Fatal Follow-Up Attack

Every boat strike is an illegal act on our dime & in our name. We are war criminals & 5 eyes will no longer include us in intelligence sharing.

Gifted article
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...

#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory

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The change in weather has driven tiny mice inside for warmth. Like, inside my house. I’m not happy. Begone, you tiny rodents! Stop eating my paper products! I will resort to glue traps.

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