This is so bizarre. A politician telling you her vision for America is that you’ll have to work when you’re sick and die young, orphaning your kids. Please vote for @drannieandrews.com

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 16h ago

these people booing sound like literal sheep as Darline Graham criticizes Dr. Annie Andrews for supporting "government-run healthcare" before bragging of her parents that "if they were sick, they had to get up and go to work...my mother passed away when I was 11 and my father just over a year later"

The FDA just approved daraxonrasib, a breakthrough drug for advanced pancreatic cancer that doubles survival time. This is huge: pancreatic cancer was once thought untreatable. The researchers received a standing ovation when they presented the trial results, unheard of at scientific conferences.

There is no one better at calling out #TrumpsCorruptionCostsUS than Bobby De Niro. He has this administration pegged as well as Congress and SCOTUS. ‘The Executive has descended into a cesspool of corruption, stupidity and cruelty.’ You’ll want to watch this, it’s pure🔥🔥💥💥💥

EPA effectively gone. Biomedical innovation handicapped, NIH a shell of itself. Medicaid slashed, subsides gone, millions more without insurance. No actual “food” policy beyond slogans. Their “approach” to chronic disease is as feeble and dangerous as their “handling” of measles

This is just amazing. You would think that Texans would want to get back to that level.

John Abramson@johnabramson.bsky.social · 8h ago

“My parents died so fuck yours too,” is quite the argument against reasonable healthcare

Annie Andrews: "What she [Darline Graham] said there was that her healthcare plan is, 'you should work hard until you die' ... I believe Darline's parents deserved better."

NEW: The Trump administration is hiring. This time, for private contractors that will collect voting files nationwide to use in federal "fraud detection" work. As midterms loom, the proposal raises concerns that the administration is turning to law enforcement to interfere in the voting process.

Trump administration seeks private contractor to collect voter files nationwide for ‘fraud detection’

The proposal represents a potentially significant expansion of the administration’s efforts to collect and analyze state voter data ahead of the 2026 midterm elections and beyond. And it adds to conce...

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The president has NO authority to make lists of voters & tell the Postal Service who gets a ballot That power belongs to Congress & to the states, which have passed no such law. @campaignlegal.org & @democracydefendersfund.org are in court to put and end to these shenanigans @ms.now👇 -TN

🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: MIT Professor Develop Technology That Could Detect Ovarian Cancer Before It's Too Late After losing loved ones to cancer, MIT Professor Angela Belcher developed a technology that detects ovarian cancer early, before it spreads.

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Fed’s preferred inflation gauge shows core prices rose 3.3% annually in July

The personal consumption expenditures price index was expected to rise 0.1% monthly and 3.6% on a 12-month basis, according to economists surveyed by Dow Jones.

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Inflation today is higher than when Trump took office in January 2025, higher than when he launched his chaotic tariffs in April 2025, and higher than when he launched his illegal war in Iran five months ago. Trump’s decisions are driving up costs and eating into your paycheck.

Here's the official announcement of Parton's passing from her reps, along with the request that in lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at www.imaginationlibrary.com

Alex Zalben@azalben.bsky.social · yesterday

Dolly Parton, among a thousand other amazing things she did in her life, gifted over 330 million books to kids through her Imagination Library program. Her passing is a tremendous loss to the world, but you can support the program today to keep it going imaginationlibrary.com

Happy 110th birthday to the National Park Service! And thank you to everyone who has taken action this week to support and defend our parks.

Dolly Parton's family asked that, in lieu of flowers, fans make a donation to the singer's Imagination Library. Here's what the charity does ⬇️ www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

Turning Pages: Inside Dolly Parton's Imagination Library

Core team of 15 staff and thousands of volunteers and partners help the country-music philanthropist deliver books to kids around the world.

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Dolly Parton truly was a diamond in a rhinestone world. May she rest in peace.

Do not normalize children dying from measles. Measles was previously eliminated in the US, thanks to vaccines. When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.

More than 60 intl. law experts and women human rights defenders have signed the “International Declaration on Gender Apartheid and Its Destructive Consequences.” Hannah Garry, @profkarimabennoune.bsky.social, Zubaida Akbar & Zarqa Yaftali on how it might aid the fight against gender apartheid:

Experts Declare International Law Principles Supporting Women’s Resistance to Gender Apartheid

A declaration signed by leading international law and human rights experts calls for codifying gender apartheid as a crime against humanity.

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Almost 30,000 pounds of raw, frozen beef imported from Argentina has been recalled after being sold in Florida and Texas. Good luck, everyone.

We’re going to hear about how everyone loved Dolly, and that feels true. But it’s good to remember, and to her credit, that she was attacked for her AIDS activism, her vaccine advocacy, her LGBTQ+ support and even, more recently, for her reading initiatives. She ALWAYS stood firm when it mattered.

Maxwell’s petition for a new trial was “meritless” and often “frivolous,” the judge wrote, and the evidence she provided only “incriminates her” further.

Judge Rejects Ghislaine Maxwell’s Request To Overturn Conviction

Maxwell’s petition for a new trial was “meritless” and often “frivolous,” the judge wrote, and the evidence she provided only “incriminates her” further.

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The Empire State Building went pink at exactly 9:25pm for Dolly Parton. Because of course they made it 9 to 5. That’s how you honor an icon. 🩷

Covid wastewater going up in Texas. New XFG mRNA supposedly available in September

Absolutely despicable. Trump's ICE arrested the wife of Army Sgt. Hedcar Leonel Turcios Juarez in front of their 6-year-old. How can we expect our troops to be at their best when their Commander in Chief is deporting their loved ones at home? This is no way to honor our heroes.

Wife of active-duty Army sergeant deported amid Trump's immigration campaign

An advocacy group says some military families are now "living in the shadows."

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BREAKING: we just filed to STOP the new USPS rule on mail ballots The Court only held that the injunction came too early. Now we HAVE a final rule & we are litigating it @democracydefendersfund.org & @campaignlegal.org are proud to represent LULAC, Madison WI & Travis County TX

Trump administration officials argue that states and localities are legally obligated to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement efforts. But by and large, the decision on whether to cooperate lies with state and local governments. bit.ly/4ghurOi

Are States and Localities Required to Cooperate with ICE?

State and local officials’ responsibility to aid in federal immigration enforcement is largely a matter of state and local law, despite the administration’s claims to the contrary.

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Happy 110th Birthday to the National Parks Service!🌳 This National Park Week, we celebrate the hundreds of parks, monuments, and historic sites that make America beautiful. We also honor the many Parks Service employees—who face staffing shortages, maintenance backlogs, and budget cuts every day.

Doug Ford: "Jobs number went down in the US last month while Ontario gained 52,000 jobs, more than the entire US combined ... I feel terrible for the people in the US"

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library gifted more than 332,000,000 books since it was first created 31 years ago.