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Politico @politico.com · 16/10/2025
California will start selling low-cost insulin in January, becoming the first state to bypass Big Pharma with its own supply of the expensive drug.
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In shot across Big Pharma's bow, California will sell its own insulin
Delivery of the state-branded drug makes good on a longstanding promise by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
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Politico @politico.com · 16/10/2025
DOJ has been silent on the Epstein files since start of the shutdown.
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DOJ silent on Epstein files since start of the shutdown
The House Oversight Committee's Jeffrey Epstein investigation has ground to a halt during the federal funding lapse.
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maudlin-sky.bsky.social @maudlin-sky.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Tariff costs to hit $1.2 trillion, with consumers bearing most of the hit, S&P says. -CNBC In fact, the firm says that just one-third will be borne by companies, with the rest falling on the shoulders of consumers, under conservative estimates.
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maudlin-sky.bsky.social @maudlin-sky.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
www.wsj.com/economy/cons... Trump’s tariffs are inflating prices.
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Grocery Prices Keep Rising. Frustrated Consumers Are Trying to Adapt.
Shoppers say they are cutting back on purchases, stockpiling certain foods or exploring more-affordable stores.
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maudlin-sky.bsky.social @maudlin-sky.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Who will lose out when ACA health-insurance subsidies expire? -WP 22 million, About 80 percent of the people who benefit from them live in states that Donald Trump won in the 2024 presidential election. The only way to stop this nonsense is the vote for Democrats in the 2026 midterm elections.
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maudlin-sky.bsky.social @maudlin-sky.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
www.threads.com/@rbreich/pos...
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Robert Reich (@rbreich) on Threads
The federal food program helping more than 1 in 4 young children access fresh produce, milk, and formula will run out of funding next week. Over 5 million children could lose food assistance — all th...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 06/10/2025
Letting the health care tax credits expire would devastate American families — and we’re making that crystal clear by giving you the data. We’ve built graphics showing how much costs would rise in every GOP district. Let’s start with Mike Johnson (R-LA):
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maudlin-sky.bsky.social @maudlin-sky.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
www.threads.com/@kim.quilts....
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Kim (@kim.quilts.stockholm) on Threads
I live in Sweden. I pay about 10% more tax here than in the US. For my money I get Healthcare that won't bankrupt me, and paid sick leave. If I had kids I would get paid to stay home if they get si...
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 07/10/2025
President Trump called Portland a war zone last week, and now state Republicans are trying to deliver one—by sharing a photo of “South American riot police” in 2008 from Getty Images. trib.al/jbtYwZg
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Republicans Caught Using Fake Image to Lie for Trump About Portland
The Oregon Republican Party used images of riots in South America.
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maudlin-sky.bsky.social @maudlin-sky.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
www.threads.com/@mike_nellis...
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Mike Nellis (@mike_nellis) on Threads
CNN breaking it down: if Republicans let ACA subsidies expire, your health care premiums will skyrocket. One example—$7,225 a year now (8.5% of income) would jump to $25,000 (nearly 30%). That’s the r...
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maudlin-sky.bsky.social @maudlin-sky.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
www.threads.com/@amyklobucha...
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Amy Klobuchar (@amyklobuchar) on Threads
Starting yesterday, notifications of higher premiums are being sent out to 90,000 Minnesotans. I’ve already heard from one small business owner in Eagan whose premium will be increasing by *at least*...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 04/10/2025
“It’s disguised as work requirements and term limits, but in reality it’s a way to strip families of their benefits,” said Deborah Thrope of the National Housing Law Project. “This is a huge departure from how the HUD programs have been run.” By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
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Millions Could Lose Housing Aid Under Trump Plan
Drafts of unpublished rules obtained by ProPublica detail plans that would open the door to full-time work requirements, two-year limits on living in federally supported housing and stripping aid from...
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maudlin-sky.bsky.social @maudlin-sky.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
www.threads.com/@rbreich/pos...
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Robert Reich (@rbreich) on Threads
These are the people getting huge tax cuts — paid for by cuts to health care for millions of Americans. Every lie Trump and Republicans are telling right now is meant to distract you from this.
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maudlin-sky.bsky.social @maudlin-sky.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
www.threads.com/@rbreich/pos...
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Robert Reich (@rbreich) on Threads
80% (!) of the ACA subsidies that are about to expire go to people in states that Trump won in 2024. Time and time again, Trump and MAGA Republicans will sell out their own voters — all to fund massi...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/10/2025
Wow. It should get more attention that on most social media sites aside from X, the Trump White House is getting absolutely ripped to shreds over the shutdown. These Instagram comments are absolutely brutal for them.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 04/10/2025
Revlimid has its origin in a pill that cost patients $7.50 each. Decades later, the cancer drug costs more than $18,000 for a month’s supply — even though it still only costs about 25 cents to manufacture. Read @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social's award-winning investigation:
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The Price of Remission: This Cancer Drug Saves Lives — but Costs a Fortune. I Wanted to Know Why.
When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked ...
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maudlin-sky.bsky.social @maudlin-sky.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
www.threads.com/@senwarren/p...
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Elizabeth Warren (@senwarren) on Threads
How out of touch can Donald Trump’s top economic adviser be? A 60-year-old couple making $85k/year will have to pay over $22,000 more EVERY YEAR. TWENTY TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS.
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maudlin-sky.bsky.social @maudlin-sky.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
“Military-civil fusion has exploded in recent years with the evolution of technology,” Feith explained. Leadership in batteries, robotics and automation brings economies of scale and deep R&D pipelines that can be redirected toward military use.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Casey Desantis’s charity that got $10 million redirected from a Medicaid fraud settlement the state entered into directly into its bank account rather than the FL treasury.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 04/10/2025
Experts said federal officials would likely be deeply interested in understanding direct Chinese investment in SpaceX. The U.S. government has asserted China has a systematic strategy of using investments in sensitive industries to conduct espionage.
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX Took Money Directly From Chinese Investors, Company Insider Testifies
The newly unsealed testimony marks the first time direct Chinese investment in the company has been disclosed, raising new questions about foreign ownership interests in one of America’s most importan...
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maudlin-sky.bsky.social @maudlin-sky.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
www.threads.com/@senpattymur...
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Senator Patty Murray (@senpattymurray) on Threads
JD Vance is outright LYING when he says Democrats are giving health care to illegal immigrants in our funding bill. How do I know? Because I wrote it! Undocumented immigrants are NOT eligible for fed...
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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...
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Paramount Officially Acquiring The Free Press and Making Bari Weiss CBS News Editor in Chief: Report
Paramount Skydance will be officially acquiring The Free Press and hiring its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of its CBS News division, with the deal to be announced this coming Monday, accordin...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 02/10/2025
“These are rules that are going to cause an enormous amount of hardship for millions of people,” said Will Fischer at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. “It’s going to cause people to become homeless, kids to be pulled out of their schools.” By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
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Millions Could Lose Housing Aid Under Trump Plan
Drafts of unpublished rules obtained by ProPublica detail plans that would open the door to full-time work requirements, two-year limits on living in federally supported housing and stripping aid from...
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Politico @politico.com · 02/10/2025
Hospitals and medical groups warn Trump's new $100K visa fee could pummel red state hospitals.
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Trump's new $100K visa fee could pummel red state hospitals
Rural areas that overwhelmingly voted for the president employ a high concentration of doctors on H-1B visas.
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maudlin-sky.bsky.social @maudlin-sky.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
President Trump is considering providing $10 billion or more in aid to U.S. farmers as the agriculture sector warns of economic fallout from his far-reaching tariffs, according to people familiar with the discussions- WSJ How about a bailout for consumers? End the tariffs!
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maudlin-sky.bsky.social @maudlin-sky.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
www.threads.com/@nicoleadavi...
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Nikki Davies (@nicoleadavies) on Threads
Goodnight from this war-ravaged hellscape that is Portland, Oregon /s
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maudlin-sky.bsky.social @maudlin-sky.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
www.threads.com/@senduckwort...
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Senator Tammy Duckworth (@senduckworth) on Threads
Your health care bill is about to explode. The notices will start arriving next month. A $7,000 bill could jump to $24,000. Democrats are fighting to stop this. Republicans are fighting to guarante...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 24/09/2025
ProPublica identified 155 counties in the Deep South with private schools that opened as likely segregation academies. One in Amite County, Mississippi, has never — over nearly 30 years of surveys — reported enrolling more than one Black student. (Published Dec. 2024)
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The Story of One Mississippi County Shows How Private Schools Are Exacerbating Segregation
A new ProPublica analysis shows a stark pattern across states in the Deep South: Alongside majority-Black public school districts, a separate web of private academies are filled almost entirely with w...
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sher12.bsky.social @sher12.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
It's absolutely astonishing: In just about 13 years, Norway has skyrocketed from virtually no sales of zero-emission battery electric vehicles to nearly 100% of all new passenger car purchases.
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maudlin-sky.bsky.social @maudlin-sky.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (@repjayapal) on Threads
We have just one week left until a Republican government shutdown. Democrats are ready to pass a bill that keeps millions of Americans from getting kicked off their health care. Trump and Republican...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2025
In more than 700 cases over five years, Georgia reported inadequate housing as the sole reason for taking a child into foster care, a @wabe.org and ProPublica analysis found. Advocates say it would be cheaper to help families get housing. (Published Jan. 2024) By @stephannnnie.bsky.social
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When Families Need Housing, Georgia Will Pay for Foster Care Rather Than Provide Assistance
In more than 700 cases over five years, Georgia reported inadequate housing as the sole reason for taking a child into foster care, a WABE and ProPublica analysis found. Advocates say it would be chea...
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maudlin-sky.bsky.social @maudlin-sky.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
The U.S. Is Forfeiting the Clean-Energy Race to China - The Wall Street Journal America has given up its effort to challenge China in the renewable-energy industries that increasingly power the global economy.
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maudlin-sky.bsky.social @maudlin-sky.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
US Taxpayers Will Pay Billions in New Fossil Fuel Subsidies Thanks to the Big Beautiful Bill - WIRED - The report finds that the amount of public money the US will now spend on domestic fossil fuels stands at least $34.8 billion a year. - Trump and big oil. A symbiotic relationship.
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maudlin-sky.bsky.social @maudlin-sky.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
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ProPublica (@propublica) on Threads
Cancer drug Revlimid is one of the bestselling pharmaceutical products of all time, with total sales of over $100 billion. It’s also extraordinarily expensive, costing nearly $1,000 for each pill, ev...
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Teawhalem @teawhalem.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
RFK. Jr's family members say he is a 'threat' to Americans' health and call for his resignation Source: The Associated Press
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Alternate headline: Johnson Lied.
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maudlin-sky.bsky.social @maudlin-sky.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
www.threads.com/@kerrbear3.0... RFK disinformation.
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Kerr Bear (@kerrbear3.0) on Threads
Did you know? A 2021 CCDH report found RFK Jr. was part of the “Disinformation Dozen” - 12 people behind nearly 2/3 of anti-vaccine misinfo on social media. I feel like more people should know this...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/09/2025
Ravi bought insurance thinking it would deliver on its promise of access to mental health care providers. After 21 phone calls and multiple hospitalizations, no one could find him a therapist. “I don’t want to die,” he told his mom. (Published Sept. 2024)
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“I Don’t Want to Die”: Needing Mental Health Care, He Got Trapped in His Insurer’s Ghost Network
Ravi Coutinho bought a health insurance plan thinking it would deliver on its promise of access to mental health providers. But even after 21 phone calls and multiple hospitalizations, no one could fi...
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maudlin-sky.bsky.social @maudlin-sky.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
People can’t get COVID vaccines as cases surge. Anger is building against Trump. - Los Angeles Times "The amount of confusion surrounding availability of the new vaccine has been maddening," said Lazniarz, 70 years old man, who lost his best friend to COVID a year and a half ago.
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maudlin-sky.bsky.social @maudlin-sky.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Rising electric bills become political problem for Trump and the GOP - The Hill apple.news/AkGmjaOYeRYS... Consumers should refuse to pay for energy intensive Ai, cloud storage facilities.
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Rising electric bills become political problem for Trump, GOP — The Hill
Rising power prices are becoming a political liability for Republicans as electricity costs outpace inflation.
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Younity @younityuk.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Japan has just opened its first osmotic power plant 🌊⚡ This works by mixing fresh & salt water across a membrane, creating pressure that drives a turbine to make electricity. This site will generate 880,000 kWh a year...while helping run a desalination plant providing fresh water to the city 👏
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Japan has opened its first osmotic power plant – so what is it and how does it work?
The site in Fukuoka is only the second power plant of its type in the world, harnessing the power of osmosis to run a desalination plant in the city
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Glitter Jedi Fellina @glitterjedi.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
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maudlin-sky.bsky.social @maudlin-sky.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
FDA ends broad Covid vaccine authorization as RFK Jr. limits access to immunizations RFK Jr.: Pennie’s saved, lives lost. Common sense would allow all those who choose the Covid 19 vaccine to receive it. Don’t forget there were Over 1 million lives lost during the pandemic in the U.S.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/08/2025
NEW: Trump describes Leo Terrell, head of the antisemitism task force, as a “highly respected” and “incredibly successful” attorney. Documents reveal a distinctly mixed legal track record, marred by malpractice suits and client disputes. By @peterelkind.bsky.social‬ & Katherine Mangan
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The Leader of Trump’s Assault on Higher Education Has a Troubled Legal and Financial History
Leo Terrell’s past is at odds with Trump’s description of an “incredibly successful” attorney. Documents obtained by ProPublica and The Chronicle of Higher Education reveal a trail of legal disputes a...
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maudlin-sky.bsky.social @maudlin-sky.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
www.threads.com/@gallegofora... Trump it’s shutting down over 1,000 skilled tradesman jobs.
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Ruben Gallego (@gallegoforaz) on Threads
Trump loves to talk about jobs. But his stop-work order on Revolution Wind just fired 1,000 skilled construction workers mid-project. Enough energy to power 350,000 homes. 80% complete. Thrown away b...
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Marco Foster @marcofoster.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Gavin Newsom: “What more evidence of authoritarianism do you need? These guys aren’t screwing around. We can no longer screw around. It’s all at stake. People need to wake up. We can’t continue to play by the old set of rules.“
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Stephen Leahy @stephenleahy.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Building new solar/wind farms is cheaper than operating existing coal plants leahy.substack.com/p/one-third-...
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One Third of All Energy Used is Now Clean Energy
Fossil fuels are losing to cleaner, cheaper and better energy sources
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Conway: I think she had every reason to downplay any involvement that Donald Trump had in anything she was involved with.. I think the real question is, what's in the documents that they haven't produced?
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America Is Divided @petrep.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
RFK Jr. Vowed to Find the Environmental Causes of Autism. Then He Shut Down Research Trying to Do Just That. www.propublica.org/article/rfk-...
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RFK Jr. Vowed to Find the Environmental Causes of Autism. Then He Shut Down Research Trying to Do Just That.
While touting a $50 million initiative to identify the causes of autism, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is helping lead an administration that is rolling back protections against pollution and toxic chemicals,...
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