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"It’s really hard to know exactly what happened — working-class immigrants don’t answer a ton of surveys. But our best guess is that they swung 23 percentage points against the Democratic Party.

The crazy thing is, if you believe this — and there’s some uncertainty, but I think some version of this is probably true — then something like half of the net votes that Trump received came from immigrants."

nytimes.com/2025/03/18/opinion

The New York Times · Opinion | Democrats Need to Face Why Trump WonBy Ezra Klein
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“By firing skilled human workers & replacing them w/spicy autocomplete, Musk is assuming his final form as both…kind of boss who can be conned into replacing you w/a defective chatbot *&* as…fast-talking sales rep who cons your boss. Musk is transforming key government functions into high-speed error-generating machines whose human minders are only the payroll to take the fall for the coming tsunami of robot fuckups.”

pluralistic.net/2025/03/18/asb

pluralistic.netPluralistic: AI can’t do your job (18 Mar 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
#USpol#musk#elon
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"The health secretary has suggested allowing the virus to spread, so as to identify birds that may be immune. Such an experiment would be disastrous, scientists say."

Unfortunately, this news isn't from the Onion. RFK Jr is anti: science & vaccine.

#GOPDeathCult #Health #PublicHealth #Science #PublicSafety #H5N1 #HHS #RFKJR #Trump #LetItRip #Resist #USPol

Gift: nytimes.com/2025/03/18/health/

Veterinarians with experience containing bird flu said letting the virus sweep through poultry flocks unchecked would be inhumane and dangerous, and have enormous economic consequences.
The New York Times · RFK Jr.’s Prescription for Bird Flu on Farms: Let It SpreadBy Apoorva Mandavilli
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The Trump admin has canceled funding for an ongoing 30-year, nationwide study tracking patients with prediabetes & diabetes.

Investigators working on the landmark Diabetes Prevention Program found out last week that the NIH has halted funding for the project

The #NIH has canceled funding for a landmark diabetes study — at a time when #RFKJr/ #MAHA mvt is focused on addressing chronic diseases, incl. diabetes.

#Health #Diabetes #DOGE #Science #Research #Resist #USPol

statnews.com/2025/03/17/trump-

STAT · NIH cancels funding for landmark diabetes study at a time of focus on chronic diseaseThe Trump administration has canceled funding for an ongoing 30-year, nationwide study tracking patients with prediabetes and diabetes, researchers said.
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Elon Musk now wants to cut the post office (wonder who's bitcoin account that money goes into) we're rising up. Join a protest and show Elon and senile Trump who's in charge.

March 23rd, Join the NALC protest in support of the post office here - nalc.org/news/fight-like-hell

March 20th, join the APWU protest in support of the post office here - apwu.org/day-of-action

National Association of Letter Carriers AFL-CIOFight Like Hell!The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) is the national labor union of city delivery letter carriers employed by the United States Postal Service.
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"They’re circumventing constitutional checks and balances, breaking the law, and gutting critical services that New Jerseyans and folks all across the country rely on — all to pay for their billionaire tax cut and line their own pockets."

What Trump and Musk are really up to
prorevnews.blogspot.com/2025/0

prorevnews.blogspot.comWhat Trump and Musk are really up to  Senator Cory Booker - Don’t be fooled... Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s plans to reshape the federal government were never about making the ...
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Previously: The governor's “border emergency” has lasted even longer than the governor’s COVID-19 declaration. In this time, the #Texas Legislature has allocated more than $11 billion to fund the sprawling tentacles of the Operation Lone Star. texasobserver.org/abbott-opera

The Texas Observer · Abbott’s Border Disaster Has Created a No-Bid Bonanza for Private ContractorsThere is now a powerful, well-heeled constituency that has built up around Operation Lone Star.