Federal layoffs and cuts to benefit programs have hit D.C. residents hard. According to a new report, close to 40% of households in the greater Washington region experienced food insecurity over the past year. More from @samdelgado.bsky.social:
Food insecurity in the DC area hits a new high
Cuts to SNAP, surging costs, and federal layoffs are making it difficult for District residents to put food on the table.
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DoorDash has ripped off more than 260,000 NYC delivery workers. We’re making them pay $131.5 million — the largest worker settlement in City history. This is New York, where hard work pays and greed will cost you.
should be day 2 stories if Maine/national media pick up on fact Collins' lobbyist husband, Tom Daffron, worked closely - for years - with Scott Reed, a key player in the corruption scandal @andrewperez.bsky.social & @martinpengelly.bsky.social wrote about that in June zeteo.com/p/susan-coll...
Susan Collins’s Husband Worked for the Lobbyist Running Her Super PAC
The Maine senator's husband apparently consulted last year for the lobbyist leading Pine Tree Results PAC, documents show.
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Matthew Gertz@mattgertz.bsky.social · 19h agoRough day for Susan Collins in the local Maine press, where ProPublica's bombshell story is the lead story.
If someone posted this about a Jewish Senator, it would be rightly condemned as anti-semitism. El-Sayed was born and raised in Michigan, but because he is Muslim he is perpetually foreign and under suspicion.
#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 3d agoWARNING WARNING WARNING AN ARAB MUSLIM MIGHT RECEIVE CLASSIFIED INTEL???
White House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. Grants www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/s... far larger threat to academic research than AI
White House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. Grants
Federal officials are drafting an executive order that would place grants under review by an outside panel, the latest effort to redirect billions of dollars in research spending.
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The selected cells will expand: you get more of these. And they mature; they function better and faster. This is how you strengthen the immune system, similar to encountering the pathogen itself, using the body's same cells, but without the danger of not controlling the pathogen! 8/8
That is the reason why vaccines are strongly recommended; they prepare our immune system to be faster and better when those pathogens are encountered! Vaccines have very small amounts of antigens. What do they do? 6/8
Why vaccination? We are born with an immune system: it is there, we do not need to interfere. It can fight most pathogens. However, some pathogens are serious and can cause real harm, even death. These are quick and evasive and our immune systems can really need some help. 5/8
Exposure to pathogens is always unwanted: there is always a risk and you really do not need to get ill to become healthier, nor does your immune system! That would be a very incorrect interpretation!! 4/8
The under 2s of today get more advanced vaccines, protecting them from 14 infectious diseases, but they contain only about 300 antigens. So their exposure is much less, and their immune system is more concentrated on fewer antigens. 2/8
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $8 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of American households is worth just $4.27 trillion. Read that back. Remember: Wealth can’t be separated from power. Power begets wealth and wealth begets power.
NEWS: The Pentagon has announced mandatory low-testosterone screenings for male troops 30 and older, including screening for symptoms such as “reduced libido, loss of spontaneous morning erections, erectile dysfunction,” and other symptoms.
applying "Make ___ Great Again" to Germany really does kinda give the game away
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoTrump: “Wow! The Populist Party in Germany just had a really big night. They finally got tired of the absolutely horrible Immigration rules and regulations which have hurt Germany so badly. THEY ARE ON THE RISE, and not going to take it anymore! MGGA!!! President DJT”
at this point being a nazi edgelord online must be a prerequisite for working in the trump administration, no?
Edward Wong@ewong.bsky.social · 2w agoNEW: Nate Hochman was fired from the DeSantis campaign in 2023 after promoting a video with the Sonnenrad, a Nazi symbol embraced by white supremacists. He now works in Rubio's State Department, as deputy director of policy planning and chief speechwriter. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/u...
this is the kind of design costume designers make to tell you who are the bad guys in a space movie
Ten US states now ban puppy-mill sales in pet shops. Delaware recently became the 10th barring retailers from selling dogs and cats bred in high-volume mills. The measures build on 530 local ordinances across 31 states, backed by Republicans and Democrats alike. buff.ly/tFRiqsf #ShareGoodNewsToo
Big win: 10 US states now ban the sale of puppy mill puppies in pet shops
Pets are not commodities. And now 10 states have made it illegal to sell puppy mill puppies in pet stores.
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Tens of thousands of 9/11 survivors and responders were promised care through the World Trade Center Health Program, a federally funded lifeline meant to treat the medical consequences of that day. Thanks to DOGE, its research has slowed and, in some cases, completely stopped.
More People Have Died From 9/11 Than on 9/11 - Reveal
A Long Island doctor once treated 9/11 responders who were dying. Now she’s a reporter and trying to figure out why the illnesses haven’t stopped.
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they don’t even try to hide the fact that this is not about women’s sports this is about crushing anyone who doesn’t conform to their particular view of gender and what they actually want is to never see the wnba or its fandom ever again
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoRiley Gaines: "I went to the WNBA game in Minneapolis. It was a bunch of, like, disgruntled lesbians."
If you were a Christian, say, and you were wondering what Christ was up to nowadays, this is it.
Christopher Hale@christopherjhale.bsky.social · 2w agoNEW: Every week, a Philadelphia nun drives to the immigration court in Harlingen, Texas, to sit beside unaccompanied children, some as young as four, who face a deportation judge with no lawyer and no parent. An undocumented migrant who is facing deportation called Sister Rose Kuhn his “angel.”
Why do you appreciate unions? I’ll start: Weekends off Paid vacations Work breaks Sick leave Paid holidays No child labor Safer working conditions Health care and retirement benefits
I just think a country that claims to be first world, the best in the world in fact, and somehow manages to possess the largest nuclear armed military on Earth ought to have more robust federal public health measures than literally just one rabies guy
213 people recommended for rabies treatment after petting zoo exposure in NC
RABIES UPDATE | The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) said that 284 people were exposed to rabies at a petting zoo. They have recommended rabies post-exposure prophylaxis...
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Erin Fogg says Free Link@criminalerin.bsky.social · 3w ago"we estimate 856 (213–2220) human rabies deaths in the United States (US) from 2000 to 2024, meaning that only around 7% of human rabies deaths in the US were confirmed during this period." And that was BEFORE there was only ONE rabies guy in the whole federal government of this 3.2M sqft country
And yet somehow Harry Potter got a second season without airing a single episode ALMOST AS IF QUALITY IS SECONDARY TO THE PERSONAL WHIMS AND BIASES OF THE EXECUTIVES INVOLVED
weinberg@weinbergs.bsky.social · 3w agoyeah, who wants a series that got 11 Emmy nominations, a 92% RT score, and everyone seemed to like
US data centers directly consumed about 66 billion liters (17.4 billion gallons) of water in 2023, according to the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, with indirect water use from electricity generation adding nearly 800 billion liters more. Source: gpusmith.com/articles/en/...
Medical groups offer vaccine guidance to fill federal vacuum The latest COVID-19, flu and RSV vaccines remain very safe and highly effective for protecting people against severe complications from the potentially life-threatening respiratory viruses, www.npr.org/2026/09/...
Surface display of co-stimulatory ligand B7H2 on engineered bacteria enhances tumor immunotherapy @cp-cellrepmed.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell-reports...
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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