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So apparently not everyone knew that some ADHD generics do not appear to function identically?

Just in case it’s helpful, here is a list of things that work for me.

This list is SPECIFIC to Vyvanse only.

GREER: I think China realizes they've overstepped

CNBC: You think they realize they overstepped? Their statement says 'if forced to fight, China will fight to the end'

The E.P.A. canceled a $20 million flood protection grant to Alaska months before a remote village was inundated.

Feds ram SUV in chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N on Chicago's East Side, resulting in dozens of residents showing up to protest the federal immigration agents.

Incredible photo from @chicago.suntimes.com ‘s Anthony Vazquez. Pointing what looks to be a teargas launcher at someone’s head at nearly point blank range is incredibly dangerous. This is why I prefer a ballistic helmet in the field.

son's father survived teargas launcher to face during '70s student protests in Paris. had reflex to shield face w- rubbermaid garbage can lid they used as shields. nose smashed into sinus cavity; evac'd thru tunnels below Jussieu... survived - lucky

Tomorrow the Supreme Court will hear arguments in the most important redistricting and voting rights case of the term. Democracy Docket isn't just covering it for the day. It has been covering this case for years.

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Well now, would you look at that?

A massive study of NEARLY 300,000 people in the United States found that receiving an updated 2024-2025 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine REDUCED people’s risk of severe disease AND death in ALL age groups, REGARDLESS of immunity from prior infection or vaccination.

JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense.

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Downy woodpecker is like, "Did you see that?"

Keep in mind that the Coast Guard/DHS keeps regularly posting press releases boasting about interdictions and drug seizures, which makes the use of lethal force in the alleged name of stopping drugs even more suspect.

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

State Department set to launch ‘Office of Remigration’ The concept of remigration has explicitly neo-Nazi roots and has been popularized in Europe.

SCOOP: The State Department's new reorganization plan includes the opening of an "Office for Remigration," a term popularized by far right extremists and neo-Nazis in Europe. The office will coordinate directly with DHS "to advance the President’s immigration agenda."

My report:

Everything Is Permitted An entertaining deep dive into the world, gameplay, and evolution of the hugely successful Assassin’s Creed video game franchise​A hooded figure stands i...

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Department of State v @StateDept g.. The United States has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans. The State Department continues to identify visa holders who celebrated the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk. Here are just a few examples of aliens who are no longer welcome in the U.S.: 5:55 PM • Oct 14, 2025 • 34.1K Views

BREAKING: Marco Rubio's State Department announces publicly that it is exercising unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination in revoking people's visas based on comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk.

Hey look, Israel broke the cease-fire, twice, in two different ways, within 24 hours - again.

"A key aspect of the way we lived with each other before these self-styled epochal developments [post-2020] involved exactly the “social shame and cultural pressure” that Klein and other influential voices now come to condemn"

tapping the 'bring back shame' sign
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will this impact upcoming #NoKings event 😢

IndyStar 2 . Follow 1h: "All Media School and IU students, faculty and staff should be scared by this blatant attack on someone standing up for what's right," student Editors-ln-Chief Mia Hilkowitz and Andrew Miller said in a statement. Read more: bit.ly/43ebKW1 IndyStar. IDS The original investigative student newsroom of Indiana University Barge suspends Bloomingtonr LITTLE 500 IDS IDS She should've knownbetter:' nt in N eoiencnalt. A INnpttM Indiana University fires IDS adviser amid push to control student newspaper's content

The director of student media at Indiana University was fired amidst a dispute between university leadership and editors at the Indiana Daily Student over what content gets printed in the student newspaper. As director of student media, Jim Rodenbush did not directly oversee or have any say over the content published in the IDS, per a charter between the IDS and the university. But he told IndyStar his firing follows a series of meetings with IU Media School leadership in which it grew increasingly apparent they were expecting him to officially prohibit students from publishing news.

Indiana University has fired the staff director of the student newspaper, after disputes in which university leadership tried to pressure him to prevent students from publishing news.

Arizona attorney general threatens legal action against Mike Johnson for failing to seat Adelita Grijalva The Democrat accused Johnson of playing “political games” by delaying the swearing-in ceremony.

👏👏 Damn right, call him on his BS.

here’s more context to the videos DHS is putting out from Chicago.

U.S. Attorney Was Forced Out After Clashes Over How to Handle Russia Inquiry

Extraordinary NYT story:

Trump’s DOJ pressured out another US Attorney in WESTERN Virginia for finding that a grand jury probe his bosses demanded was unwarranted.

They wanted a case discrediting the Russia probe — evidence be damned. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

The Port Authority of NY and NJ manages Newark, LaGuardia, Kennedy, Stewart, and Teterboro airports.

Call their public comment line at 212-435-7000 to tell them what you think of playing this likely-illegal political message.

Remember when Stephen Miller claimed the Chicago apartment raid was on a building “filled with Tren de Aragua terrorists”?

Well, DHS has now dropped the number of alleged TdA members arrested in the building from 2 to 1.

YouTube video by twinbreed D'Angelo - Lady ft. Spanky, Saadiq, Ali Shaheed & ?uestlove

This is the D'Angelo performance that I've never forgotten. This song was already a huge hit but the way he took it from contemporary R&B to church revival illustrated how connected those idioms are. A revelation for those who didn't know, and an affirmation for those who did.

I’m handing out pro-democracy grades to the media The Guardian gets an A, the NY Times gets a C, CBS gets an F

MAGA doesn't want you to trust the news. But the truth is, some outlets do a good job of combating misinformation, while others don't. COURIER's @markjacob.bsky.social grades them in this week's Stop the Presses:

One of Trump’s library funds has mysteriously dissolved, but a lack of transparency keeps the public in the dark - OpenSecrets News Florida officials have administratively dissolved a nonprofit fund connected to President Donald Trump’s planned presidential library because it failed to…

President Trump created two similarly named orgs connected to his presidential library. One has shut down without explanation. And because their are no disclosure requirements, the public does not know who is donating to them or how the money being used. www.opensecrets.org/news/2025/10...

Worth repeating!👇

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154 Freed Palestinian Prisoners Reportedly Being Forced Into Exile by Israel “Exiling Palestinian prisoners is the continuation of captivity by other means,” one legal expert said.

Israel is reportedly forcing 154 Palestinians freed from Israeli prisons as part of the ceasefire deal into exile and deporting them to an unknown country. Experts say the move is a violation of international law.

Congress is losing its grip on the power to spend Americans’ money Congress is supposed to control spending, but increasingly, the White House is dictating how America’s money is used.

This really amounts to taxation w/o representation, and I seem to recall we actually went to war over this once upon a time.