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Beth Hentges 🏳️‍🌈

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Mathematics educator, lifetime member Girl Scouts of the USA, spouse, mother, dog mom.

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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
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Highly contagious COVID strain detected in CA amid vaccine crackdown
A highly contagious new strain of COVID-19 has been detected in California and in other states, a discovery that comes as federal officials announced they will no longer support booster shots for h…
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Morgan Fairchild @morgfair.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
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Judge Rips Trump Administration Over Failure to Give Deportees Due Process
Read more here.
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How the Fuck Rich Boswell @bozbuckeye.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
News outlets are reporting the CDC has stopped recommending the COVID vaccine for pregnant women and healthy kids. That’s not true. It’s not the CDC . It’s RFK Jr 100 percent . The professionals at the CDC have zero input . It’s a shame the free press isn’t reporting that .
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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
The process of changing COVID-19 vaccines recommendations today was strange, possibly illegal, not reflected on CDC's page and in tension with @fda.gov 's announcement last week, explains @lifehacker.com lifehacker.com/health/rfk-a...
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What We Know About RFK’s Announcement to Reduce Access to the COVID Vaccine
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr announced on Tuesday that COVID vaccines will be no longer recommended for healthy children and pregnant people. Here’s why...
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 28/05/2025
The article title says it all. 🧠💥 Lead poisoning causes brain damage — and hurts the little kiddos the most. 👶💔 So… where is CDC in this? 🤔🏛️ Ooooh, that's right... our experts were fired 😬🤐 abcnews.go.com/Health/milwa...
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Jorge A. Caballero, MD @datadrivenmd.social · 27/05/2025
Stanford scientists detect new COVID variant in California as Trump's CDC moves to restrict vaccine access
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New COVID variant NB.1.8.1 detected by Stanford as US limits vaccines — San Francisco Chronicle
A new, highly transmissible variant of the coronavirus, known as NB.1.8.1, was detected in California and several other U.S. states, prompting concern among public health experts as the federal govern...
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Alfonso Gonzalez @educatoral.com · 27/05/2025
OPINION: A big reason why students with math anxiety underperform — they just don’t do enough math #MathChat #Math #iTeachMath hechingerreport.org/...
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OPINION: A big reason why students with math anxiety underperform — they just don’t do enough math
Students with high levels of math anxiety perform worse not just in math classes, but also in STEM classes more broadly. They avoid math as much as possible. Science, technology and engineering educators need to have math anxiety on their radar, too.
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iMathTutor® @imathtutor.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
#STEM #education #MathEd #RightWingCoup #academia Source:https://buff.ly/rj9yOz5
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NPR @npr.org · 22/05/2025
BREAKING NEWS: A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from carrying out Trump's executive order calling for the closure of the Education Department.
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Judge blocks Trump administration from closing the Education Department
The federal judge also told the administration to reinstate department employees who lost their jobs during the reduction-in-force announced in March.
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
BREAKING: The Supreme Court just effectively overruled 90 years of precedent on the shadow docket, greenlighting Trump's firing of multi-member agency leaders while their cases are pending—despite Congress' effort to protect them against removal. A huge decision. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
No. 24A966
DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES, ET AL. v. GWYNNE A. WILCOX, ET AL.
ON APPLICATION FOR STAY
[May 22, 2025]
The Government has applied for a stay of orders from the
District Court for the District of Columbia enjoining the
President’s removal of a member of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and a member of the Merit Systems
Protection Board (MSPB), respectively. The President is
prohibited by statute from removing these officers except
for cause, and no qualifying cause was given. See 29
U. S. C. §153(a); 5 U. S. C. §1202(d).
The application for stay presented to THE CHIEF JUSTICE
and by him referred to the Court is granted. Because the
Constitution vests the executive power in the President, see
Art. II, §1, cl. 1, he may remove without cause executive officers who exercise that power on his behalf, subject to narrow exceptions recognized by our precedents, see Seila Law
LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 591 U. S.
197, 215−218 (2020). The stay reflects our judgment that
the Government is likely to show that both the NLRB and
MSPB exercise considerable executive power. But we do
not ultimately decide in this posture whether the NLRB or
MSPB falls within such a recognized exception; that question is better left for resolution after full briefing and argument. The stay also reflects our judgment that the Government faces greater risk of harm from an order allowing a
removed officer to continue exercising the executive power
than a wrongfully removed officer faces from being unable
to perform her statutory duty. See Trump v. International
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Howdy @icandie.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
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Tampa Bay resister 🇺🇸🇨🇿🇨🇴🏴‍☠️⚡️🐶🎧 @depechemodefan101.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
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AFT @aft.org · 22/05/2025
Trump acts like his rule is absolute, but this country doesn’t belong to a king. On June 14, we’re coming together to send a clear message: No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. Find a #NoKings event near you: go.aft.org/nokings
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 22/05/2025
An anti-abortion group that helped write Project 2025 puts out junk science on mifepristone—and now the Trump administration is calling for a "complete review." Trump's FDA is laying the groundwork to rip away access to medication abortion. We can't be quiet about it.
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National Council of Jewish Women @ncjw.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
In response to the antisemitic shooting where two young people were murdered outside an event in Washington, DC, Sheila Katz, CEO of National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), released the following statement:
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National Council of Jewish Women Statement on Antisemitic Murders at AJC Event at Capital Jewish Museum in DC - National Council of Jewish Women
National Council of Jewish Women Statement on Antisemitic Murders at AJC Event at Capital Jewish Museum in DC
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Defend The Vote @wedefendthevote.org · 22/05/2025
Republicans have the wrong priorities
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NPR @npr.org · 22/05/2025
The U.S. Supreme Court has granted, for now, the Trump administration's emergency request to let him fire the heads of two independent agencies — the National Labor Relations Board and the Merit Systems Protection Board.
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Supreme Court allows Trump to fire members of independent agency boards — for now
At issue is President Trump's firing of NLRB member Gwen Wilcox, who still has three years left on her term, and Cathy Harris, who still has four years left on her term as a member of the MSPB.
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Alan Rosenblatt @drdigipol.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Well, they did it. republicans voted to slash Medicaid and trigger $500 billion in cuts to MEDICARE, TOO!! They lied about EVERYTHING.... they're trying to cut almost $1.25 TRILLION from our healthcare. That is LEGISLATIVE MURDER! #HealthcareCutsKill
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 22/05/2025
Breaking News: A federal judge blocked President Trump’s attempt to dismantle the Education Department and ordered officials to reinstate thousands of fired employees.
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Judge Blocks Trump Administration From Dismantling Education Department
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
#BREAKING: #SCOTUS allows Trump to fire members of NLRB and MSPB pending full appeal; doesn’t say whether it’s overruling Humphrey’s Executor; and asserts that the Federal Reserve can be distinguished. Three Democratic appointees publicly dissent in a feisty opinion by Justice Kagan, link to come.
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Dr. Diaz Eaton up to Good Trouble @mathprofcarrie.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
NSF just released a public list of terminated awards. It’s linked on the bottom of the FAQ page at: nsf.gov/updates-on-priorities#termination-list
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Updates on NSF Priorities
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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
It's HERSTORY! In honor of women's history month, here are excellent women's accounts to follow here on Bluesky. Ignore the old guy with the cigar in the banner. go.bsky.app/Rj6Qfoy
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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Senator Ron Wyden speaks TRUTH TO POWER on Social Security! WE ALL MUST FIGHT TO SAVE SOCIAL SECURITY. WE ALL MUST CALL OUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ESPECIALLY IF YOU LIVE IN A REPUBLICAN DISTRICT OR STATE! 202-224-3121
“Firing half of all Social Security workers will guarantee that seniors will stop seeing their earned benefits arrive on time and in full,” Wyden said. “Trump’s promises to protect Social Security are a sham, just like the rest of his actions since taking office. A plan like this will result in field office closures that will hit seniors in rural communities the hardest. The goal of this effort is to hollow out an agency that currently delivers retirement benefits with a 99.7% accuracy rate, and hand over the keys to private equity and grifters who want to pillage Social Security for all it’s worth.”

Senator Ron Wyden speaking TRUTH TO POWER on Social Security! WE ALL MUST FIGHT TO SAVE  OUR MONEY from Trump & Musk!
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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
The former Social Security chief has warned that Elon Musk’s cost-cutting spree could cause a system breakdown within the next 30 to 90 days.
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Former Social Security Head Warns System Could ‘Collapse’ in ‘Next 30 to 90 Days’
The agency’s former commissioner said the Department of Government Efficiency’s cuts could cause disruptions in benefit payments.
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WIRED @wired.com · 03/03/2025
NEW: Last month, the Trump administration placed a $1 spending limit on most government-issued credit cards that federal employees use to cover travel and work expenses. It's paralyzing federal agencies.
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Elon Musk’s $1 Spending Limit Is Paralyzing Federal Agencies
The DOGE-mandated credit card freeze is delaying shipments of critical supplies, stalling travel, and stopping employees from doing their jobs.
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Live look at Trump running the country like he runs his businesses.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Elon Musk, who's taken tens of billions of dollars of govt money to enrich himself and his companies, calls Social Security "a Ponzi scheme." Beyond the hypocrisy and fallacy of his remarks, this man is exploiting his bought position to try and steal from SS and fund Trump's billionaire tax cuts.
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NPR @npr.org · 03/03/2025
President Trump warned international students that if they support groups the U.S. deems terrorist organizations, "we will find you, and we will deport you." It's left many student activists anxious.
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Foreign students say the threat of Trump's executive orders is getting real
President Trump warned international students that if they support groups the U.S. deems terrorist organizations, "we will find you, and we will deport you." It's left many student activists anxious.
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Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 03/03/2025
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Rick Scott, who took the 5th 75 times when he was investigated for Medicaid fraud, says AOC “should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law” for advising people of their rights: “We took an oath to uphold the constitution, not to tell people how to evade the constitution.”
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CNN @cnn.com · 03/03/2025
James Harrison, a prolific Australian blood donor famed for having saved the lives of more than two million babies, has died at age 88. Harrison, whose plasma contained a “rare and precious antibody” known as Anti-D, donated blood more than 1,100 times, according to Australian Red Cross Lifeblood.
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James Harrison, blood donor whose rare plasma saved millions of babies, dead at 88 | CNN
James Harrison, a prolific Australian blood donor famed for having saved the lives of more than two million babies, has died at age 88.
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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
🧪🚨 NSF's Directorate for STEM Education (EDU) has halted making nearly all new awards since inauguration day. Among *many* other things, EDU runs the Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). We need to protect the education & training of the next gen of scientists #StandUpForScience Thread👇🧵
Graph between 1/20 and 2/28 of fiscal year 2024 and 2025 new awards in the EDU directorate.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/03/2025
and there it is
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CNN @cnn.com · 03/03/2025
JUST IN: US stocks slid Monday as investors braced for President Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China to go into effect by the midnight deadline.
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Dow tumbles 650 points as Trump confirms tariffs on Mexico and Canada will start Tuesday | CNN Business
US stocks slid Monday as investors braced for President Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China to go into effect by the midnight deadline.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
While George W. Bush was president, the Coast Guard signed a contract to get admin help from a company in Virginia. It paid $144,000, and the contract was completed by June 30, 2005. Last week, Elon Musk's DOGE claimed it had just canceled the long-dead contract. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/u...
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DOGE Claims Credit for Killing Contracts That Were Already Dead
Elon Musk’s group claimed credit for canceling procurement agreements that had been completed years earlier, the latest in a string of public errors on its site.
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Tim Corica @tcorica.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Read this beautiful story and think about how to communicate it to your students. Inspiring! #iteachmath
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Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
The repercussions of Trump's ban on diversity, equity, and inclusion programs are being felt across various health and science agencies. In today’s episode, we talk about the ramifications of that order for science and medicine. Listen here 🎧: buff.ly/Vdpz3oM
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Andrew Freedman @afreedma.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
NEW: The Trump admin has informed NOAA that two buildings that are critical for weather forecasting will have their leases canceled. If this comes to pass, it's a really big deal. Includes weather fcst nerve center in College Park, Md.: www.axios.com/2025/03/03/d...
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DOGE moves to cancel NOAA leases at critical forecasting centers
NOAA's nerve center of national weather forecasting is on a lease cancellation list.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Macron is quite correct.
A tweet from Anton Gerashchenko featuring a quote attributed to French President Emmanuel Macron. The quote states that Vladimir Putin is responsible for starting the war three years ago and for bringing 10,000 North Korean soldiers to Europe. Below the quote, there is a still image from a video of Macron speaking, with subtitles and an "EXCLUSIVO RTP" watermark.
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Mario Nicolais @marionicolais.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Tale of Two Graphs 1. The 1-mth since Trump took office & before today's tariffs get factored in (dropped from ~45k to 43k) 2. The 4-yrs under Biden (climbed from ~31k to 45k) Tell me again why people still believe Rs are better for the economy than Ds? #Trumponomics #Recession #MarketCrash
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Mr. Spock 🖖 @spockresists.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Dow tumbles more than 600 points, S&P 500 posts biggest loss since December as Trump says tariffs will proceed www.cnbc.com/2025/03/02/s...
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Dow tumbles more than 600 points, S&P 500 posts biggest loss since December as Trump says tariffs will proceed
Trump's plans to impose import duties on key U.S. trading partners this week loom over the stock market.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
BREAKING: Catholic Charities Diocese of Fort Worth, Texas, sues HHS, alleging that HHS's refusal to pay $36 million in open grant agreements has resulted in "over 100,000 eligible individuals and families losing access to critical services" and layoffs and furloughs across partner agencies.
Despite four attempts by CCFW on January 29 and 30 to obtain payment of obligated grant
funds through Defendants' Payment Management Services system ("PMS"), and another ten requests in the following four weeks, Defendants have persisted in unlawfully preventing CCFW from obtaining over $36 million under its open grant agreements— an amount owing that continues to
mount with the services CCFW continues to provide, unfunded, with each passing day.
As this Court is aware, CCFW has been far from alone in confronting Defendants' unlawful attempt to pause all federal grant funding. On February 25, 2025, the Honorable Judge Loren L.
AliKhan of this Court ordered that the Administration was preliminarily "enjoined from
implementing, giving effect to, or reinstating under a different name the unilateral, non-individualized
directives in OMB Memorandum M-25-13 with respect to the disbursement of Federal funds under
all open awards" and that agencies may not take any steps to implement the federal funding freeze as
contemplated by OMB Memorandum M-25-13. National Council of Nonprofits v. OMB, Civil Action No. 25-239, Dkt. No. #52 (Feb. 25, 2025) (issuing a preliminary injunction to block the government's efforts to freeze federal funding).Defendants' unlawful behavior, in defiance of the Constitutional authority of Articles I and III co-equal branches of government, results in real-world harm not only to CCFW but also to the more than 100,000 individuals and families to whom CCFW and its partner agencies provide essential, Congressionally-mandated services. In CCFW's case, as CCFW wrote to ORR on February 17, "the lack of payments has resulted in 24 of our 29 partner agencies experiencing staff layoff or furloughs," resulting in the over 100,000 eligible individuals and families "losing access to critical services." Neither CCFW, nor its large network of contractors and sub-recipients, have the ability to
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cover the cash flow necessary to continue operating to serve Congress's intent without receiving the Congressionally-appropriated funding for those services. Thus, CCFW's partners have had to lay off
staff, close offices, and cut certain supportive services programs as a result of the lack of payments, resulting in a frustration of CCFW's mission and Congressional mandate.
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David Fahrenthold @fahrenthold.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
MORE DOGE DELETIONS... Elon Musk's error-plagued effort has deleted about $4B *more* of the savings it claimed on its "wall of receipts." The total amount it claims to have saved has shrunk from $16 billion to $9 billion. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/u...
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Struggling With Errors, DOGE Deletes Billions More From List of Savings
For the second time in a week, Elon Musk’s government overhaul effort updated its “wall of receipts” to remove mistakes that inflated its success.
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Of course RFK Jr. is lying...we're talking about a former heroine addict who had brain worms. Just saying that absurdity makes my eyes roll. He will lie about anything and everything just because he can and he will NEVER take responsibility for his actions.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Funding medical research on cancer, diabetes, and Alzheimer’s should not be a partisan issue. We need to give our researchers the resources they need to continue this important, life saving work. wjla.com/news/local/h...
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Higher Education Coalition rallies against Trump Administration cuts to critical research
Union leaders rally on Tuesday afternoon to protest President Donald Trump's cuts to critical research and higher education.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 27/02/2025
the main effect of firing 800,000 people — in addition to debilitating the federal government — would be to plunge the US economy into a recessionary spiral that rivaled the Great Recession
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 27/02/2025
RFK at his confirmation hearing: “I am not anti-vaccine” After RFK confirmed as HHS head: - CDC flu vaccine campaign pulled - Childhood vaccine schedule reviewed - Federal funding to schools with COVID vaccine mandates withdrawn - Meeting to update flu vaccines cancelled
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Here is a 2018 conversation between Jeff Bezos and German publisher Matthias Döpfner at a Business Insider event. Presumably, he is as crimson as a Washington State cherry today:
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