<p><a href="/tags/giftarticle/" rel="tag">#GiftArticle</a></p><p>We Ran the <a href="/tags/cdc/" rel="tag">#CDC</a>: <a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#RFKJr</a> Is Endangering Every American’s <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a></p><p>By William Foege, William Roper, David Satcher, Jeffrey Koplan, Richard Besser, Tom Frieden, Anne Schuchat, Rochelle P. Walensky & Mandy K. Cohen<br>The authors previously led in the CDC, as directors or acting directors under Republican & Democratic admins.</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/policy/" rel="tag">#policy</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#medicine</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/conspiracytheories/" rel="tag">#ConspiracyTheories</a> <a href="/tags/disinformation/" rel="tag">#disinformation</a> <a href="/tags/idiocracy/" rel="tag">#idiocracy</a> <a href="/tags/kakistocracy/" rel="tag">#kakistocracy</a> <a href="/tags/recklessendangerment/" rel="tag">#RecklessEndangerment</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/opinion/cdc-leaders-kennedy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ik8.gf0g.skHNQEL7UbKw&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/opinion/cdc-leaders-kennedy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ik8.gf0g.skHNQEL7UbKw&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/opi</span><span class="invisible">nion/cdc-leaders-kennedy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ik8.gf0g.skHNQEL7UbKw&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
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<p>These idiots have no idea what they’re doing</p><p><a href="/tags/rubio/" rel="tag">#Rubio</a> says <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> won’t govern <a href="/tags/venezuela/" rel="tag">#Venezuela</a> but will press changes through <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#oil</a> blockade</p><p>#<a href="/tags/idiocracy/" rel="tag">#idiocracy</a> <a href="/tags/kakistocracy/" rel="tag">#kakistocracy</a> <a href="/tags/geopolitics/" rel="tag">#geopolitics</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> <a href="/tags/warpowers/" rel="tag">#WarPowers</a> <a href="/tags/criminal/" rel="tag">#criminal</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/maduro/" rel="tag">#Maduro</a> <a href="/tags/abduction/" rel="tag">#abduction</a> <a href="/tags/landgrab/" rel="tag">#LandGrab</a> <a href="/tags/sovereignty/" rel="tag">#sovereignty</a> <a href="/tags/warcrimes/" rel="tag">#WarCrimes</a> <a href="/tags/extrajudicialkillings/" rel="tag">#ExtrajudicialKillings</a> <a href="/tags/theft/" rel="tag">#theft</a> <a href="/tags/piracy/" rel="tag">#piracy</a> <a href="/tags/internationallaw/" rel="tag">#InternationalLaw</a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/live/us-venezuela-trump-maduro-updates-01-04-2026?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-01-04-Breaking+News" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/live/us-venezuela-trump-maduro-updates-01-04-2026?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-01-04-Breaking+News"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/live/us-venezuela-t</span><span class="invisible">rump-maduro-updates-01-04-2026?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-01-04-Breaking+News</span></a></p>
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<p>The vanity of this man is boundless.<br><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> announces a direct-to-consumer website for Americans to buy drugs, called <a href="/tags/trumprx/" rel="tag">#TrumpRx</a>.</p><p>Trump said his admin would cut drug prices by 100% or more [🙄], speaking ahead of his planned announcement with <a href="/tags/pfizer/" rel="tag">#Pfizer</a> on lower prices for several medications, without explaining how the cuts would be enacted.</p><p>“I think it's one of the biggest things that we'll do. We'll be reducing drug prices by 100% in some cases, 300% or more.”</p><p><a href="/tags/idiocracy/" rel="tag">#idiocracy</a><br><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trumprx-website-announcement-white-house-pfizer-ceo-2025-9" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.businessinsider.com/trumprx-website-announcement-white-house-pfizer-ceo-2025-9"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.businessinsider.com/trumpr</span><span class="invisible">x-website-announcement-white-house-pfizer-ceo-2025-9</span></a></p>
<p>The <a href="/tags/fbi/" rel="tag">#FBI</a> forced out a senior official overseeing aviation shortly after <a href="/tags/kashpatel/" rel="tag">#KashPatel</a> grew outraged about revelations of his PUBLICLY-AVAILABLE jet logs indicating he’d flown to see his musician girlfriend perform….</p><p>Steven Palmer, a 27-year veteran of the FBI, became the 3rd head of the critical incident response group—which includes FBI pilots—to be fired or removed in Patel’s short regime, adding to a year filled with retributive terminations.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/idiocracy/" rel="tag">#idiocracy</a> <br><a href="https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/fbi-ousts-leader-as-patel-fumes-over-attention-to-agency-jet-use" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/fbi-ousts-leader-as-patel-fumes-over-attention-to-agency-jet-use"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-w</span><span class="invisible">eek/fbi-ousts-leader-as-patel-fumes-over-attention-to-agency-jet-use</span></a></p>
<p>Judge says possible errors by <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> handpicked <a href="/tags/usattorney/" rel="tag">#USattorney</a> <a href="/tags/lindseyhalligan/" rel="tag">#LindseyHalligan</a> could imperil <a href="/tags/jamescomey/" rel="tag">#JamesComey</a> case</p><p>In a rare move, the judge ordered prosecutors to hand over records of the grand jury proceeding to the former <a href="/tags/fbi/" rel="tag">#FBI</a> director’s lawyers.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/kakistocracy/" rel="tag">#kakistocracy</a> <a href="/tags/idiocracy/" rel="tag">#idiocracy</a> <a href="/tags/revengepolitics/" rel="tag">#RevengePolitics</a> <br><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/17/lindsey-halligan-indictment-james-comey-00654224" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.politico.com/news/2025/11/17/lindsey-halligan-indictment-james-comey-00654224"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.politico.com/news/2025/11/</span><span class="invisible">17/lindsey-halligan-indictment-james-comey-00654224</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/barron/" rel="tag">#Barron</a> Bails On His <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/crypto/" rel="tag">#Crypto</a> Launch Speech Because Dad's <a href="/tags/blathering/" rel="tag">#Blathering</a> Took Too Long</p><p>In what may be the most perfectest Trump product launch ever, Barron (evidently eager to prove <a href="/tags/kamalaharris/" rel="tag">#KamalaHarris</a> right about his Dad’s rallies) decided to bail on his presentation as the “visionary” behind the project because his Dad’s blathering took too long. Perfect. So so perfect.</p><p><a href="/tags/idiocracy/" rel="tag">#idiocracy</a> <a href="/tags/grift/" rel="tag">#grift</a> <a href="/tags/weird/" rel="tag">#weird</a> <a href="/tags/insane/" rel="tag">#insane</a> <a href="/tags/nonsense/" rel="tag">#Nonsense</a> <br><a href="/tags/commonsense/" rel="tag">#CommonSense</a> <a href="/tags/sanity/" rel="tag">#sanity</a> <a href="/tags/realitybasedpolitics/" rel="tag">#RealityBasedPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/harriswalz2024/" rel="tag">#HarrisWalz2024</a><br><a href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/9/17/2271082/-Barron-Bails-On-His-Trump-Crypto-Launch-Speech-Because-Dad-s-Blathering-Took-Too-Long" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/9/17/2271082/-Barron-Bails-On-His-Trump-Crypto-Launch-Speech-Because-Dad-s-Blathering-Took-Too-Long"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/</span><span class="invisible">9/17/2271082/-Barron-Bails-On-His-Trump-Crypto-Launch-Speech-Because-Dad-s-Blathering-Took-Too-Long</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> Hands the World to <a href="/tags/china/" rel="tag">#China</a></p><p><a href="/tags/xi/" rel="tag">#Xi</a> Jinping could only have dreamed of such rapid destruction of American <a href="/tags/power/" rel="tag">#power</a>.</p><p>By Michael Schuman</p><p>American global leadership is ending. Not because of “American decline,” or the emergence of a multipolar world, or the actions of US adversaries. It’s ending because President Donald Trump wants to end it.</p><p><a href="/tags/geopolitics/" rel="tag">#geopolitics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/idiocracy/" rel="tag">#idiocracy</a> <br><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2025/02/foreign-policy-mistake-china/681732/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2025/02/foreign-policy-mistake-china/681732/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theatlantic.com/internatio</span><span class="invisible">nal/archive/2025/02/foreign-policy-mistake-china/681732/</span></a></p>
<p>Un-fucking-believable</p><p>Senate confirmed <a href="/tags/mehmetoz/" rel="tag">#MehmetOz</a> to oversee <a href="/tags/healthinsurance/" rel="tag">#HealthInsurance</a> for millions of Americans<br>
TV’s “<a href="/tags/droz/" rel="tag">#DrOz</a>” & known quack has been confirmed to lead the Centers for <a href="/tags/medicare/" rel="tag">#Medicare</a> & <a href="/tags/medicaid/" rel="tag">#Medicaid</a> Services, which has a massive $1 trillion+ budget & oversees health insurance for millions of Americans.</p><p><a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#health</a> <a href="/tags/insurance/" rel="tag">#Insurance</a> <a href="/tags/medical/" rel="tag">#medical</a> <a href="/tags/benefits/" rel="tag">#benefits</a> <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/idiocracy/" rel="tag">#idiocracy</a> <a href="/tags/kakistocracy/" rel="tag">#kakistocracy</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/cancer/" rel="tag">#Cancer</a>, <a href="/tags/covid/" rel="tag">#Covid</a>, & <a href="/tags/alzheimers/" rel="tag">#Alzheimers</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> Could Be Lost Forever</p><p>Days before <a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#RFKJr</a> announced that 10,000 <a href="/tags/hhs/" rel="tag">#HHS</a> staffers would lose their jobs, a message appeared on <a href="/tags/nih/" rel="tag">#NIH</a> research repository sites saying they were "under review."</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#health</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#medicine</a> <a href="/tags/antiintellectualism/" rel="tag">#AntiIntellectualism</a> <a href="/tags/idiocracy/" rel="tag">#idiocracy</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <br><a href="https://www.404media.co/nih-archives-repositories-marked-for-review-for-potential-modification/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.404media.co/nih-archives-repositories-marked-for-review-for-potential-modification/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.404media.co/nih-archives-r</span><span class="invisible">epositories-marked-for-review-for-potential-modification/</span></a></p>
<p>…Trump’s speech perpetuated the dissonance that has characterized the <a href="/tags/iranwar/" rel="tag">#IranWar</a> from the start. In Trump’s first extended speech about the <a href="/tags/war/" rel="tag">#war</a>, delivered 32 days into it, he did not provide a clearer picture.
<br>This is not the fog of war. It’s the fog of Trump’s rhetoric & perhaps his thoughts.</p><p>Opinion by Ramesh Ponnuru</p><p><a href="/tags/idiocracy/" rel="tag">#idiocracy</a> <a href="/tags/kakistocracy/" rel="tag">#kakistocracy</a> <a href="/tags/trumpswar/" rel="tag">#TrumpsWar</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#Iran</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/warcrimes/" rel="tag">#WarCrimes</a> <a href="/tags/regimechange/" rel="tag">#RegimeChange</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/warpowers/" rel="tag">#WarPowers</a> <a href="/tags/geopolitics/" rel="tag">#geopolitics</a> <a href="/tags/nationalsecurity/" rel="tag">#NationalSecurity</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#oil</a> <a href="/tags/energycrisis/" rel="tag">#EnergyCrisis</a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/04/02/trump-iran-war-speech/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/04/02/trump-iran-war-speech/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.washingtonpost.com/opinion</span><span class="invisible">s/2026/04/02/trump-iran-war-speech/</span></a></p>
<p>This. I mean…. I can’t even….</p><p><a href="/tags/idiotinchief/" rel="tag">#IdiotInChief</a></p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>: …I’ve been meeting w/heads of… <a href="/tags/forest/" rel="tag">#forest</a> countries, call themselves forest, Austria & others... they say we're a forest nation. We live in forest…In one case you know they say our <a href="/tags/trees/" rel="tag">#trees</a> are much more flammable than <a href="/tags/california/" rel="tag">#California</a> but we don’t have <a href="/tags/forestfires/" rel="tag">#ForestFires</a> because we clean the floor. We sweep the floor….</p><p><a href="/tags/idiocracy/" rel="tag">#Idiocracy</a> <a href="/tags/kakistocracy/" rel="tag">#kakistocracy</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#nature</a> <a href="/tags/fema/" rel="tag">#FEMA</a> <a href="/tags/interior/" rel="tag">#Interior</a> <a href="/tags/forestmanagement/" rel="tag">#ForestManagement</a> <a href="/tags/forests/" rel="tag">#forests</a> <a href="/tags/wildfires/" rel="tag">#wildfires</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/climatecrisis/" rel="tag">#ClimateCrisis</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a></p>
<p>Ok now this is absolutely revolting:</p><p>A <a href="/tags/realityshow/" rel="tag">#RealityShow</a> where <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#immigrants</a> compete for US <a href="/tags/citizenship/" rel="tag">#citizenship</a>? <a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#DHS</a> is considering it.</p><p>DHS is considering taking part in a <a href="/tags/realitytv/" rel="tag">#RealityTV</a> program that would have immigrants go through a series of challenges to get American citizenship, ofcls said Friday.</p><p><a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/debasement/" rel="tag">#debasement</a> <a href="/tags/humiliation/" rel="tag">#humiliation</a> <a href="/tags/idiocracy/" rel="tag">#idiocracy</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/us/politics/homeland-security-immigration-reality-show.html?smid=url-share" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/us/politics/homeland-security-immigration-reality-show.html?smid=url-share"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/us/</span><span class="invisible">politics/homeland-security-immigration-reality-show.html?smid=url-share</span></a></p>
<p>Moron did what now?</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> announced a 100% <a href="/tags/tariff/" rel="tag">#tariff</a> on <a href="/tags/movies/" rel="tag">#movies</a> produced outside the <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a>, saying <a href="/tags/hollywood/" rel="tag">#Hollywood</a> was dying a "very fast death" due to the incentives that other countries were offering to draw American filmmakers.</p><p>"This is a concerted effort by other Nations &, therefore, a National Security threat. It is, in addition to everything else, messaging & propaganda," Trump said in a social media post.</p><p>[I mean…c’mon, a <a href="/tags/nationalsecurity/" rel="tag">#NationalSecurity</a> threat?]</p><p><a href="/tags/idiocracy/" rel="tag">#idiocracy</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/trump-announces-100-tariff-movies-produced-outside-us-2025-05-04/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/trump-announces-100-tariff-movies-produced-outside-us-2025-05-04/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.reuters.com/business/media</span><span class="invisible">-telecom/trump-announces-100-tariff-movies-produced-outside-us-2025-05-04/</span></a></p>
<p>Staff of <a href="/tags/fema/" rel="tag">#FEMA</a> were left baffled on Monday after <a href="/tags/davidrichardson/" rel="tag">#DavidRichardson</a>, the head of the US disaster agency since May, said during a briefing that he had not been aware the country has a <a href="/tags/hurricaneseason/" rel="tag">#HurricaneSeason</a>, acc/to 4 sources familiar w/the situation.</p><p>The US <a href="/tags/hurricane/" rel="tag">#hurricane</a> season officially began on Sunday & lasts through November. <a href="/tags/noaa/" rel="tag">#NOAA</a> forecast last week that this year's season is expected to bring as many as 10 <a href="/tags/hurricanes/" rel="tag">#hurricanes</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/idiocracy/" rel="tag">#idiocracy</a> <a href="/tags/climatecrisis/" rel="tag">#ClimateCrisis</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/extremeweather/" rel="tag">#ExtremeWeather</a><br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fema-staff-confused-after-head-said-he-was-unaware-us-hurricane-season-sources-2025-06-02/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.reuters.com/world/us/fema-staff-confused-after-head-said-he-was-unaware-us-hurricane-season-sources-2025-06-02/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.reuters.com/world/us/fema-</span><span class="invisible">staff-confused-after-head-said-he-was-unaware-us-hurricane-season-sources-2025-06-02/</span></a></p>
<p>There’s a protest outside of <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> court in <a href="/tags/chicago/" rel="tag">#Chicago</a> today, supporting <a href="/tags/ramonmoralesreyes/" rel="tag">#RamonMoralesReyes</a>, a <a href="/tags/milwaukee/" rel="tag">#Milwaukee</a>, <a href="/tags/wisconsin/" rel="tag">#Wisconsin</a> man who snatched by <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> & accused of writing a letter threatening <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>.</p><p>There's just one problem: the letter was fake.</p><p>Another man is now accused of forging it an effort to get Reyes — who could testify against him in a criminal case — deported.</p><p>Yet Reyes is still facing deportation.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#DHS</a> <a href="/tags/idiocracy/" rel="tag">#idiocracy</a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-threat-letter-charges-ramon-morales-reyes-f90472f31a2209741ebf3866d2f6cef2" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/article/trump-threat-letter-charges-ramon-morales-reyes-f90472f31a2209741ebf3866d2f6cef2"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/trump-threa</span><span class="invisible">t-letter-charges-ramon-morales-reyes-f90472f31a2209741ebf3866d2f6cef2</span></a></p>
<p>This is insane.</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>’s Secretary of the <a href="/tags/army/" rel="tag">#Army</a> thinks<br>that currently there is a US soldier on the moon.</p><p>Embarrassing AF.</p><p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/military/" rel="tag">#military</a> <a href="/tags/militarypreparedness/" rel="tag">#MilitaryPreparedness</a> <a href="/tags/kakistocracy/" rel="tag">#kakistocracy</a> <a href="/tags/idiocracy/" rel="tag">#idiocracy</a></p>
<p>Today, *every* living prior leader of NASA's science directorate have released a joint letter condemning the proposed cuts to NASA science. These individuals every administration from Reagan to Biden, and all believe these cuts are insanely destructive.</p><p>Link: <a href="https://www.planetary.org/press-releases/nasa-science-chiefs-letter-press-release" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.planetary.org/press-releases/nasa-science-chiefs-letter-press-release"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.planetary.org/press-releas</span><span class="invisible">es/nasa-science-chiefs-letter-press-release</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/stem/" rel="tag">#STEM</a> <a href="/tags/nasa/" rel="tag">#NASA</a> <a href="/tags/idiocracy/" rel="tag">#Idiocracy</a></p>
<p>2 days after catastrophic <a href="/tags/floods/" rel="tag">#floods</a> roared through Central <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a>, <a href="/tags/fema/" rel="tag">#FEMA</a> did not answer nearly ⅔ of calls to its <a href="/tags/disaster/" rel="tag">#disaster</a> assistance line, acc/to documents reviewed by NYT.</p><p>The lack of responsiveness happened because the agency had <a href="/tags/fired/" rel="tag">#fired</a> hundreds of contractors at call centers….</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/idiocracy/" rel="tag">#idiocracy</a> <a href="/tags/extremeweather/" rel="tag">#ExtremeWeather</a> <a href="/tags/federalgovernment/" rel="tag">#FederalGovernment</a> <a href="/tags/funding/" rel="tag">#Funding</a> <a href="/tags/masslayoffs/" rel="tag">#MassLayoffs</a> <a href="/tags/budgetcuts/" rel="tag">#BudgetCuts</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/climate/fema-missed-calls-texas-floods.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/climate/fema-missed-calls-texas-floods.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/cli</span><span class="invisible">mate/fema-missed-calls-texas-floods.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
<p>Furor over Epstein files sparks clash between <a href="/tags/pambondi/" rel="tag">#PamBondi</a> & <a href="/tags/danbongino/" rel="tag">#DanBongino</a> at DOJ</p><p>The <a href="/tags/doj/" rel="tag">#DOJ</a> & <a href="/tags/fbi/" rel="tag">#FBI</a> are struggling to contain the fallout & appease the demands of <a href="/tags/farright/" rel="tag">#FarRight</a> *conservative* personalities & influential members of Trump’s base after the admin’s decision this week to withhold records from the <a href="/tags/jeffreyepstein/" rel="tag">#JeffreyEpstein</a> <a href="/tags/sextrafficking/" rel="tag">#SexTrafficking</a> investigation [likely because <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> is in them].</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/idiocracy/" rel="tag">#idiocracy</a> <a href="/tags/breadandcircuses/" rel="tag">#BreadAndCircuses</a> <a href="/tags/panemetcircenses/" rel="tag">#PanemEtCircenses</a> <a href="/tags/conspiracytheories/" rel="tag">#ConspiracyTheories</a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/epstein-files-dan-bongino-bondi-trump-fbi-0f02f67b6c97fc50e4d93bc4dbf4c4d0" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/article/epstein-files-dan-bongino-bondi-trump-fbi-0f02f67b6c97fc50e4d93bc4dbf4c4d0"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/epstein-fil</span><span class="invisible">es-dan-bongino-bondi-trump-fbi-0f02f67b6c97fc50e4d93bc4dbf4c4d0</span></a></p>
<p>Trump's threatened 30% <a href="/tags/tariff/" rel="tag">#tariff</a> on <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> exports is set to deal an economic blow to a community he has vocally & controversially championed: white farmers.<br>Citing false claims that <a href="/tags/white/" rel="tag">#white</a> South Africans are being persecuted, <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> has cut aid to the country, publicly berated its president in the Oval Office & invited <a href="/tags/afrikaners/" rel="tag">#Afrikaners</a> - descendants of early European settlers - to come to the <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> as *<a href="/tags/refugees/" rel="tag">#refugees</a>*.</p><p><a href="/tags/perfomativepolitics/" rel="tag">#PerfomativePolitics</a> <a href="/tags/stunt/" rel="tag">#stunt</a> <a href="/tags/racism/" rel="tag">#racism</a> <a href="/tags/idiocracy/" rel="tag">#idiocracy</a> <a href="/tags/geopolitics/" rel="tag">#geopolitics</a><br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/us-tariffs-south-africa-set-hit-white-farmers-trump-has-embraced-2025-07-09/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.reuters.com/world/africa/us-tariffs-south-africa-set-hit-white-farmers-trump-has-embraced-2025-07-09/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.reuters.com/world/africa/u</span><span class="invisible">s-tariffs-south-africa-set-hit-white-farmers-trump-has-embraced-2025-07-09/</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/giftarticle/" rel="tag">#GiftArticle</a></p><p>Pure idiocy</p><p><a href="/tags/epa/" rel="tag">#EPA</a> Says It Will Eliminate Its <a href="/tags/scientific/" rel="tag">#Scientific</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> Arm</p><p>The decision comes after a <a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#SCOTUS</a> ruling allowing the <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> admin to slash the federal work force & dismantle agencies.</p><p><a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/climatecrisis/" rel="tag">#ClimateCrisis</a> <a href="/tags/idiocracy/" rel="tag">#idiocracy</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#UnitedStates</a> <a href="/tags/braindrain/" rel="tag">#BrainDrain</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/climate/epa-firings-scientific-research.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Xk8.l81V.O4DgmQBqHXzk&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/climate/epa-firings-scientific-research.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Xk8.l81V.O4DgmQBqHXzk&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/cli</span><span class="invisible">mate/epa-firings-scientific-research.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Xk8.l81V.O4DgmQBqHXzk&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
<p>Exclusive: US <a href="/tags/cdc/" rel="tag">#CDC</a> <a href="/tags/vaccine/" rel="tag">#vaccine</a> presentation cites study that does not exist, author says</p><p>A review on the use of the preservative thimerosal in vaccines slated to be presented on Thursday to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's outside vaccine committee cites a study that does not exist, the scientist listed as the study's author said.</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#RFKJr</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/hhs/" rel="tag">#HHS</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#medicine</a> <a href="/tags/idiocracy/" rel="tag">#idiocracy</a> <a href="/tags/kakistocracy/" rel="tag">#kakistocracy</a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/us-cdc-report-shows-no-evidence-linking-thimerosal-containing-vaccines-autism-2025-06-24/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.reuters.com/business/finance/us-cdc-report-shows-no-evidence-linking-thimerosal-containing-vaccines-autism-2025-06-24/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.reuters.com/business/finan</span><span class="invisible">ce/us-cdc-report-shows-no-evidence-linking-thimerosal-containing-vaccines-autism-2025-06-24/</span></a></p>
<p>The <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> admin has *declined* to release nearly $7 billion in federal <a href="/tags/funding/" rel="tag">#funding</a> for <a href="/tags/schools/" rel="tag">#schools</a> that helps pay for after-school & summer programs, support for <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#students</a> learning English, <a href="/tags/teacher/" rel="tag">#teacher</a> training & other services.</p><p>The money, which was already allocated by <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a>, was expected to be released by Tuesday. But in an email on Monday, the Trump *<a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a>* Department notified <a href="/tags/state/" rel="tag">#state</a> education agencies that the money would not be available.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/policy/" rel="tag">#policy</a> <a href="/tags/idiocracy/" rel="tag">#idiocracy</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/us/trump-education-funds.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/us/trump-education-funds.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/us/</span><span class="invisible">trump-education-funds.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
<p>It's <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>'s <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a> now. The latest <a href="/tags/financial/" rel="tag">#financial</a> numbers offer some warning signs</p><p>For all of Trump’s promises of an economic “golden age,” a spate of weak indicators this week told a potentially worrisome story as the impacts of his policies are coming into focus.</p><p><a href="/tags/jobs/" rel="tag">#Jobs</a> are dwindling. <a href="/tags/inflation/" rel="tag">#Inflation</a> is ticking upward. <a href="/tags/growth/" rel="tag">#Growth</a> has slowed compared with last year.</p><p><a href="/tags/recession/" rel="tag">#recession</a> <a href="/tags/idiocracy/" rel="tag">#idiocracy</a> <a href="/tags/chaos/" rel="tag">#chaos</a> <a href="/tags/instability/" rel="tag">#instability</a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-economy-warning-signs-financial-numbers-6f9754dbb6b21c9ef5c557b1ebfe6ce9?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-08-02-Economic+shifts+ahead" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/article/trump-economy-warning-signs-financial-numbers-6f9754dbb6b21c9ef5c557b1ebfe6ce9?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-08-02-Economic+shifts+ahead"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/trump-econo</span><span class="invisible">my-warning-signs-financial-numbers-6f9754dbb6b21c9ef5c557b1ebfe6ce9?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-08-02-Economic+shifts+ahead</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/hegseth/" rel="tag">#Hegseth</a> forces out Army’s top general
</p><p>Gen. Randy George’s ouster is the latest in a series of clashes between the <a href="/tags/pentagon/" rel="tag">#Pentagon</a> chief & the service’s senior leadership, an extraordinary move amid the <a href="/tags/war/" rel="tag">#war</a> in <a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#Iran</a>.</p><p>
Gen. Randy George had been expected to hold the job of <a href="/tags/army/" rel="tag">#Army</a> chief of staff until fall 2027, completing a typical 4 years in the post.</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/nationalsecurity/" rel="tag">#NationalSecurity</a> <a href="/tags/militarypreparedness/" rel="tag">#MilitaryPreparedness</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/military/" rel="tag">#military</a> <a href="/tags/idiocracy/" rel="tag">#idiocracy</a> <a href="/tags/kakistocracy/" rel="tag">#kakistocracy</a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/04/02/hegseth-ousts-army-general-randy-george/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/04/02/hegseth-ousts-army-general-randy-george/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.washingtonpost.com/nationa</span><span class="invisible">l-security/2026/04/02/hegseth-ousts-army-general-randy-george/</span></a></p>
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