Reminder: Dolly Parton helped fund the Moderna vaccine for COVID.
Dolly Parton, who helped fund the Moderna vaccine, gets a ‘dose of her own medicine.’ (Published 2021)
The country music star broke into song before she was inoculated, and urged her fans to “get out there and get your shot.”
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This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.
BREAKING: the administration is now threatening in federal court to LEVEL the Kennedy Center if Trump does not get his way His path of destruction knows no bounds & he will answer for it in court @democracydefendersaction.org @WLG -TN
Trump Lawyers Warn That Kennedy Center Might Need Demolition if Not Fixed
In a court filing about honoring President Trump on the facade, the administration said that without a proper renovation the building might need to be “taken down.”
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WaPo Exclusive: Ticket sales and fundraising collapsed after Trump's name was added to the Kennedy Center — even as the center's leaders publicly claimed a financial turnaround, according to confidential documents obtained by The Washington Post.
Kennedy Center finances deteriorated sharply after Trump name change
Budget and meeting documents obtained by The Post show ticket revenue and fundraising plummeted even as leaders publicly touted a financial turnaround.
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An organization that, like its starting QB, does not respect its fans. Wasting everyone’s time here.
Ian Rapoport@rapsheet.bsky.social · 2w agoSources: The Browns are naming Deshaun Watson as their starting QB for Week 1. The favorite going into camp. Now the starter, officially.
Hope the Trump 47 administration doesn't undo the excellent decision to name aircraft carrier for WWII hero Doris Miller. Original decision made by - checks notes - the Trump 45 administration. www.cnn.com/2026/08/20/p...
Exclusive: Navy weighs renaming carrier slated to honor Black war hero, potentially switching it to Trump | CNN Politics
The US Navy is working to rename an aircraft carrier under construction that was set to honor a Black sailor hailed for his heroic actions during the attack on Pearl Harbor, three sources familiar wit...
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“.. It’s bonkers that a defense secretary would involve his wife .. sharing details of an impending military operation, and face zero consequences,” said John Ullyot, who left the Pentagon .. after three months working under Mr. Hegseth ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/s...
Today's news: Moderna and Merck say mRNA cancer vaccine succeeded in late-stage melanoma trial www.statnews.com/2026/08/19/m...
Moderna and Merck say mRNA cancer vaccine succeeded in late-stage melanoma trial
A personalized mRNA cancer vaccine succeeded in a late-stage melanoma study, results that could herald a new, powerful approach in oncology.
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The whaleship Essex leaving Nantucket, August 12th, 1819, by New Zealand artist Anthony D Blake The following year she will be sunk in the Pacific by a sperm whale, providing the inspiration behind Herman Melville’s Moby Dick #Ageofsail #InTheHeartoftheSea #whaling
"America and the rest of the world are now witnessing a public exhibition of narcissistic rage. Trump embarked on a war for personal glory, and what he got instead was ongoing humiliation. He clearly finds it all unbearable." I confess that I'm finding it rather unbearable, as well.
Tom Nichols@radiofreetom.bsky.social · 3w ago"Scaling back the exercise is, of course, an insane decision, which does nothing but hurt an ally, and tempt an adversary to think—correctly—that American leadership is feckless." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Two Black mayors took cities that the country loves to write off and made them measurably safer. That’s not a fluke. That’s a blueprint. Chicago and Baltimore just posted numbers that should be front-page news. They’re not. We need to talk about why. 🧵 www.theroot.com/opinion-blac...
The executive branch is being run by the dumbest motherfuckers alive. www.wsj.com/us-news/trum...
Exclusive | Trump Orders Navy to Restore Old Technology in Aircraft Carriers, Costing Billions
The Navy spent years fighting the president’s push to go back to steam catapults.
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The USS Abraham Lincoln has been at sea for 200+ straight days, and reports say conditions onboard are so bad that multiple sailors have tried to jump off. Our servicemembers deserve better than this. There needs to be an investigation.
Ex Trump Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Matthews: "Advisors were telling him he lost. I think Trump has always been a broken man, but losing in 2020 fair & square to Biden permanently broke his brain… He's the weakest, most thin-skinned baby of all time."
So many sneering elitist journalists with snarky posts over the past months that the Reflecting Pool story was trivial. It was so trivial that the DC US Attny presented false evidence to a grand jury to indict an innocent man to please the President while they both lied about it.
The goal of this "review" was always to relieve the terrible insecurity some military folks have around civilian academics and turn the academies and service colleges back into what they were some 35 years ago: Retirement homes for passed-over officers.
Jim LaPorta@jimlaporta.bsky.social · last mo.Late night scoop - Pentagon weighs eliminating civilian tenure at military academies and reviewing all curriculum, draft memo says www.cbsnews.com/news/dod-pen...
Rand Paul--who doesn't believe in evolution--holding a hearing of Dr. Fauci--a retired, life-long public servant-- while we are *actively* in the midst of SEVERAL disease outbreaks due to unnecessary public health cuts and corporate lobbying shows exactly how unserious Republicans are.
Rather than discussing racism as something that happened to her, Toni Morrison turned the conversation toward what racism does to the people who practice it. Her memorable closing thought, “Take me out of it.”invites everyone to examine the moral costs of racism itself.
Once you understand that this is a model of science written by non-scientists who hate universities but love venture capital and redirecting money to political allies, everything makes a lot more sense. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/u...
Trump’s Plan for Science: More Money for A.I., Less for Universities
Michael Kratsios, President Trump’s science adviser, proposed overhauling how the government funds research. Democrats said Mr. Trump’s actions had weakened science.
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The 2026 World Cup final was the most-watched English-language soccer telecast in U.S. history. nyti.ms/4bDRnpr
Science meets religion in the centuries-old Vatican Observatory | CNN CNN's Christopher Lamb visits the Vatican Observatory, a centuries-old center of astronomical research where faith and science intersect. www.cnn.com/2026/07/18/s...
And also, the Secretary of Defense is a dangerous idiot
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2mo agoCommander of Blue Angels is asked about the flyover incident yesterday. He described it as “an unsafe situation” and “we will have a heavy review of what happened yesterday to ensure we don’t put ourselves in unsafe situations again.”
President Trump used to brag about all the money we were making from tariff revenue. Last month, that trend flipped to a $26 billion loss as the government started paying back the tariffs the Supreme Court ruled illegal. The refund bill is just getting started.
Boomers Were Supposed to Downsize. They Are Buying Bigger Homes Instead. www.wsj.com/economy/hous...
Boomers Were Supposed to Downsize. They Are Buying Bigger Homes Instead.
Wealthy, older Americans are ripping up the traditional script for aging: “We’ll downsize when they plant me 6 feet into the ground.”
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Just when you thought Scrippshenge couldn't get any better... 🌒 Captured last night by @erikjepsen on Instagram. #Scrippshenge #UCSD #UCSanDiego #ScrippsPier
Sen. Alsobrooks tells Vought "I have been waiting for the opportunity to come face to face with you" and repeatedly calls his actions "depraved" and "evil"
In the realm of questions posed during Senate hearings, this one from Ossoff -- "Isn't it humiliating to be unable to answer this?" -- ranks right up there with "Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last?"
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo agoOSSOFF: Who won the 2020 election? CLAYTON: Uhm, you know, I'm not going to do this with you O: This is a job interview. You have an obligation to be honest with the committee. Who won the 2020 election? C: I'm not gonna get into that with you O: You're not being honest or forthright C: ...