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Aiming to make the world better one laugh at a time. A little crazy, lover of my family, animals, photography, travel, cooking, hockey, Democracy! X -@ebert_ann https://www.instagram.com/travelgirl59/#

This is who Republicans just made FBI Director. Kash Patel calls for β€œoffensive operations” to jail Americans who they consider β€œthe enemy.” β€œWe will go out and find the conspirators... Yes, we are going to come after the people in the media”

Macron has just urged the French to join the military reserve. β€œWe are entering a new era”. France will have to spend more on defence. β€œThe threat that Russia represents imposes choices on us” (Live exchange on social media)

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"In other countries, this would be called 'an authoritarian coup.' In America, mealy-mouthed officials call our transition into a mafia state 'deeply troubling' and do little to curb the damage." -- HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT (2020)

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"The best and the worst thing about vaccination is that it 'makes nothing happen.' A child successfully inoculated against measles doesn’t fall sick with that condition, doesn’t miss school, doesn’t go to the hospital. They don’t suffer life-changing complications. They don’t die prematurely."

A leading pediatrician was already worried about the future of vaccines. Then RFK Jr. came along

In a new book, pediatric infectious disease specialist Dr. Adam Ratner details the history of measles, a virus that’s often a bellwether for public health disasters.

latimes.com

Heads up: The co-author of Project 2025 just issued a directive to halt almost ALL activity out of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Β  Russ Vought instructed employees to "cease all supervision and examination activity" and pause all pending investigations. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

Russell Vought, CFPB's new acting head, issues directives to halt portions of bureau activity

The Senate confirmed Vought as director of the Office of Management and Budget on Thursday.

nbcnews.com

I realized today that Trump, Musk, DOGE, Vance, Miller, Vought and their many collaborators have broken so many laws already that they know they have to destroy our government and entire way of life to stay out of jail. This is all or nothing. We should respond accordingly.

Super Sunday. Good day for Football. Bad day for Chickens. Indeed, every day is a bad day for Chickens. While you gnosh on wings today I offer this annual reminder that in the US, we lay, hatch, grow, slaughter, bring to market, buy, cook, and eat, one million chickens per hour.

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