We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS.
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Important context for Trump's promise to give people $5k each: he did something similar ahead of the 2018 midterms where he promised a new 10% tax cuts for the middle class. abcnews.com/amp/Politics...
Anthropic Is building a surveillance system to monitor activists using a “pre-crime” approach that tries to predict incidents before they happen. The extensive monitoring system that the AI company is building is aimed primarily at keeping tabs on activists who oppose the rapid development of AI.
Anthropic Is Building a Predictive Surveillance System to Monitor Activists - The American Prospect
New hires and comments in interviews show that the AI giant is using its capabilities against dissenters.
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The CDC still isn't counting two deaths from measles in PA, reportedly by order of the new director, Erica Schwartz. I reached out to her spox for comment last week, but haven't heard anything, and afaik she's made no public comments about measles. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
US health officials exclude measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania from counts
RFK Jr, the health secretary, has suggested the deaths were ‘fabricated’ while the CDC claimed it was reviewing them
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It's time to reject MAHA's deadly kookery "Everyone, from scientists to senators are now calling RFK Jr. 'dangerous to the American public,' and urging him to resign"
Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH, SM@jennifernuzzo.bsky.social · 3w ago
OMB's proposal to remake federal grantmaking was flooded with comments Now, they are withdrawing some from the public record — including some that point out Russell Vought's connection to the federally funded research that led to Trikafta www.statnews.com/2026/08/25/r...
Comments on OMB research rule mysteriously removed from federal website
Some comments on a proposed OMB research rule have been mysteriously removed from a public-facing government webpage.
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Btw, championing special funding opportunities for URM has the functional effect of putting the superlative URM candidates in competition with the midURM and taking them out of the way of mid-majoritarian candidates. If anyone wonders why various programs over decades haven’t really moved the needle
Jeremy Berg@jeremymberg.bsky.social · 3w agoI thought about this, but I am actually being kind. Jon was one of the leading proponents of programs to increase representation in the biomedical workforce when he was NIGMS Director but folded like a cheap umbrella early on. 1/4
I am once again saying on the internet the only reason to do shit like this is because The Trump Administration *wants* vulnerable people to die. They are eugenicists. They BELIEVE that people who can't ~naturally~ fight off illness are inferior and do not deserve to live. Period. SEND SKEET.
Dan Diamond@ddiamond.bsky.social · last mo.BREAKING — Trump is planning to sign an executive order today that calls for spacing out childhood vaccines, breaking the MMR into three separate shots and making other key vaccine changes. @lenasun.bsky.social @rachelroubein.bsky.social
Multnomah County Chair Vega Pederson hired Chris Oxley to lead their negotiations on the Moda Center renovation. Oxley formerly worked for the Blazers and currently serves as Board President at Sport Oregon, a nonprofit that has been lobbying for public funding of the Moda Center renovation.
This is how the CDC honored Officer David Rose, killed a year ago in the domestic terror attack by a shooter who believed he'd been injured by a vaccine. Truly one of the most appalling things I have ever seen.
teabelly@teabelly.bsky.social · last mo.Today at CDC they had a "celebration" for Jay. Someone heard the doge boys in IOD say “Welcome to the party” AT THE FUQING PLAQUE DEDICATION for the officer that died one year ago during CDC attack to someone. They’re all just having a big party...
It seems only sensible and fair, then, if we want to create an environment where a fair deal gets made in good faith from both sides, for these two pieces of leverage to be disposed of or dropped in tandem. That is, the City agrees to ditch the first-class claim and the Blazers agree not to leave.
No child should be in prison. Shut down Dilley. Ensure dignity and due process for all children. End family detention.
Oh, I’m sure that the MAGA/MAHA Administration will use this identifiable information about us wisely & never for nefarious purposes They’re demanding “detailed, personally identifiable medical records of all patients who seek help at their emergency rooms” 😨 kffhealthnews.org/health-indus...
Trump Administration Demands Hospitals Share Emergency Room Records - KFF Health News
The tiny federal agency that tracks consumer product safety is pressuring hospitals to turn over patient records from emergency room visits, including about injuries that have nothing to do with consu...
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Oregon GOP governor candidate, Christine Drazan, promises to purge the Oregon State Board of Education and fill it with anti-woke MAGAs. "Curriculum in the classroom that is not age appropriate" is a dog whistle for anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-sex ed. This is anti-equality, neo-segregationist rhetoric.
At nearly seven months pregnant, Lesli Vaca Díaz was helicoptered to a Tucson hospital after she says a Border Patrol agent struck her in the back so hard during her July 2 arrest that she had the wind knocked out of her and fell to her knees. CBP is investigating. @tucson.com tinyurl.com/bp6nny24
Two pregnant detainees hospitalized in Arizona; one claims border agent struck her
Two pregnant women in immigration custody in Arizona were hospitalized this month in separate incidents. In one, a woman was helicoptered to a Tucson hospital after what she called an
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Scott Delaney@scott-delaney.bsky.social · 2mo ago‼️ AHRQ is in the midst of a mass grant termination event. We (at Grant Witness) need your help to launch a tracker ASAP. If you received an AHRQ termination notice--or if you know of someone else who did--please submit information about the grant here: grant-witness.us/submit-nih.h...
NEW: Aurora Police say an ICE detention center employee shot a protester last night. She is expected to survive. 42-year-old Brandon Booth, who works for the ICE contractor GEO Group, is being held on suspicion of attempted second degree murder and other charges.
Oyer: "2 days after Blanche was confirmed as deputy AG, he fired me from my position as DOJ's career pardon attorney. I declined to rubber stamp a favor for a friend of the president, and it cost me my job. Mr Blanche's office had asked me to restore the gun rights of a convicted domestic abuser..."
Park rangers fined Sandra Shachar for vandalism this morning at the President’s House, hours after the Trump admin installed its version of history. The 72 year old has been posting news articles on the site’s walls since the slavery exhibit was removed. If she does it again, she’ll be arrested.
A 28-year-old Mexican man was killed by a semi truck this morning after ICE and HSI agents caused him to flee for his life in St. Augustine, Florida. ICE is tearing parents from children, workers from job sites, neighbors from their homes, people from their cars, and neighbors from our streets. 1/
This is I believe the third incident where ICE has gone to arrest people, they flee, and someone is hit by a car or other vehicle and dies. In this case, ICE officers went to question some people at a gas station, they panicked, and one of them ran into the road and was hit by a truck.
Miami Herald@miamiherald.com · 2mo agoNEW: A 28-year-old man died Tuesday morning following an encounter with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security Investigations agents in St. Augustine, marking the third death involving ICE in a week.
If you get explosive diarrhea this summer, thank RFK Jr. and Donald Trump. In July 2025, they slashed the CDC program monitoring this exact parasite from 8 pathogens down to 2. Cyclospora was one they stopped tracking. It's now in 30+ states, with 7,000+ cases, and they can't find the source.
This is Joan Sebastian Guerrero, the 26-year-old Colombian father and husband murdered by ICE fascists in broad daylight in front of his 3-year-old daughter. He was NOT the target of the ICE warrant. He was documented. He did everything right. ICE murdered him anyway. And yet… 1/2
Russell Vought has a daughter who suffers from cystic fibrosis like me son. She is for a fact benefiting from a miracle breakthrough drug called Trikafta. My son and I have been advocating for 38 years for this breakthrough. It is no way a cure, but Vought is halting further research. EVIL
Lisa Reyna Loe@lisaloe.bsky.social · 2mo agoRussell Vought, the architect of Project 2025, wants to further destroy any semblance of authentic scientific research. Science isn’t a partisan issue! There’s still time to sign 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
Doctors and human rights experts documented hundreds of incidents from June 2025 through May 2026 and estimate true number is ‘far greater’
‘Misuse’ of crowd control weapons on ICE protesters led to blindings and traumatic brain injuries, report finds
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You can reduce your risk of Cyclospora infection by: Avoiding pre-washed bagged salads Thoroughly washing produce Cutting away damaged areas Heating food to 158°F, which kills the parasite Washing hands and surfaces
The ICE murder of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo deserves the same fury as Renee Good and Alex Pretti