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@dan-neil.bsky.social

As a matter of fact, facts matter 💯

Just in time for the 2026-2027 vaccines, a new review shows that COVID19 vaccination significantly reduces the risk of severe illness and hospitalization across all age groups, including kids. Pregnant women were also protected, as were their babies. Don’t forget to schedule your vaccination!

COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness and Safety for the 2026-2027 Respiratory Season

This Special Communication aims to identify and summarize the most recently published evidence evaluating the effectiveness and safety of US-licensed COVID-19 vaccines and report on the epidemiology o...

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Georgia farmer Patrick Shivers says he cannot find workers to pick the peas on his farm despite offering free housing with all utilities included plus $1400 a week "Looks like some of ya'll about to go hungry"

President Donald Trump and the U.S. Postal Service risk unleashing “massive chaos and confusion” by implementing expansive mail voting restrictions weeks before the upcoming midterms, a widely respected elections expert said in a new court filing. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Leading elections expert says Trump’s mail voting restrictions will create ‘massive chaos and confusion’

Tammy Patrick, an expert on election mail, said the Postal Service itself can't feasibly enforce the mail voting restrictions it's pursuing.

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Any sweeping systemic change you want to make in the United States has to begin with adding seats to the Supreme Court in 2029. No major reform bill will survive the current court. No civil rights law, no anti-corruption law, no wealth tax, nothing.

Flock cameras have no place in Texas. They can piece together an exact map of your behavior — the places you went and how long you were there. Flock calls this “pattern-of-life” mapping. Texans call it something else: government overreach.

I recently had my first doctor refuse to wear a mask for me. They confidently told me “new science shows you only have to wear one when you’re sick”. I reminded them that asymptomatic transmission is real and that I’m immunocompromised & have been hospitalized for a cold… 🧵

It’s getting pretty gross out there! zeteo.com/p/19-ways-tr...

Here Are 19 - Yes, 19! - Ways Trump and Republicans Are Plotting to Rig and Steal the Midterm Elections

Attacking immigrants and Black voting power. Gutting election security. Voter purges. Threats of arrests and raids. And so much more. Trump’s assault on elections is truly unprecedented.

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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him)@hansilowang.bsky.social · 5d ago

My latest @npr.org story: A whistleblower report says the U.S. Postal Service is rushing out an online system for President Trump’s push to restrict mail-in voting that could “derail” the midterm election if courts allow it to proceed. Key parts of USPS' plan are currently blocked by a court order