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Retired genetic engineer and virologist, knitting addict and Etsy shop owner, lover of all things science 🧬 🧫 🧪 and politics. Data and fact driven. Occasional pretty photo posts. ❌👑 https://momshomemades.etsy.com

Dumb and dumber. And they frankly have nothing to lose any more. I should give them a ring and ask if they’re interested in purchasing this bridge I own 🤣🤣

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“Nationwide, some 1.5 million children have lost food stamps under Trump’s crackdown over the last year, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Surviving With $3.78 in Her Bank Account by Selling Blood Plasma www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/o...

Opinion | Surviving With $3.78 in Her Bank Account by Selling Blood Plasma (Gift Article)

Millions of Americans struggle in sometimes unimaginable ways, and Trump’s cuts in food stamps and other benefits are now making life even more precarious.

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This is how democracies begin to slide toward authoritarianism. Former 60 Minutes correspondent Cecilia Vega says that after new leadership took over at CBS News, she and her team were repeatedly pressured to include claims they could not verify.

Under international law, genocide is defined as any act committed with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group. This definition was established in Article II of the 1948 Genocide Convention.

@booker.senate.gov don’t look at the Epstein victims. Follow the money. Trump isn’t afraid of being accused of rape. He’s already been convicted. He’s afraid of being convicted of human trafficking.

A 3-year-old girl watched ICE murder her father yesterday. We all watched Sebastian Guerrero’s final moments through our phones. We can scroll away — but Sebastian’s 3-year-old daughter cannot.