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New study finds Long COVID may hit about 1 in 6 people who got infected — roughly 15 million Americans. Nearly 90% of those cases involve ongoing chronic health problems, & official tracking still misses a lot of them. Rand Paul needs to inform himself & read this. www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/lon...
Long COVID may affect 1 in 6 infected patientswww.cidrap.umn.eduMcSpocky™Rand Paul is a quack and a liar! Infection isn't and wasn't the best protection!
tRump’s week: failed AG pick blocked by his own senators, nixed Ukraine Patriot licenses, blamed Minnesota for Iranian cyberattack, & gave bizarre funeral speech calling Lindsey Graham a warmonger. Polls at all-time lows. 95 days to midterms & he's totally unhinged. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Donald Trump's erratic week as his polls plummet and he screws Ukraine overThis week, among other things, Trump has failed to get his Attorney General pick confirmed, done his best not to get drawn into Gianni Infantino's nonsense and blamed a cyberattack that almost everyon...www.mirror.co.uktRump is back on the Big Lie full force. ‘Our voting system is strictly third-world.’ Same tired 2020 conspiracy trash, same lies about Detroit and mail-in ballots. This is how he tries to destroy trust in elections as he prepares another Big Lie for the midterms. www.themirror.com/news/politic...
Trump says US has 'third world voting system' then gets caught out in huge liePresident Donald Trump was caught in a massive lie on Friday during a phone interview on America's Voice, where he was once again making bizarre claims about the 2020 presidential electionwww.themirror.comA guy was charged with a felony for using a duress password that wiped his phone during a border search. He’s an activist. Agents said they were looking for child abuse material, but his lawyers call it a fishing expedition. This sets a scary precedent for privacy. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/u...
A U.S. Citizen Deleted His Phone’s Data. Now He Faces a Felony Charge. (Gift Article)Federal prosecutors charged a man returning to the United States with obstruction because he gave them a passcode that erased his smartphone during a customs search.www.nytimes.comElection systems are under attack. Local officials need more than good intentions—they need legal tools and real support against suppression targeting minorities, students, and workers. The Election Protection Hub is building that defense for 2026. www.publicrightsproject.org/hubs-resourc...
Public Rights Project | Election Protection HubPublic Rights Project's Election Protection Hub offers legal support, training, and technical assistance to local elections officials. Learn more.www.publicrightsproject.orgMcCarthyism is back under tRump—and this time it’s far more dangerous. With AI surveillance, loyalty tests for workers, and labeling progressive groups terrorists, the tools of repression dwarf anything from the 1950s. Red Scare 2.0 is here. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
McCarthyism has returned to the United States – and this time it’s even more dangerous | Judith LevineTrump’s campaign of repression echoes the red scare. But now the government has bigger ambitions and more powerful toolswww.theguardian.comMore authoritarian power in action: Arkansas just got the green light to prosecute librarians if kids can access books politicians call “harmful.” Jail time or big fines for doing their jobs. Increasing state censorship over what people are allowed to read. 😡 www.newsweek.com/librarians-f...
Librarians to face prosecution if kids access “harmful” books in ArkansasAnyone who furnishes a "harmful item to a minor," including obscene material, could be charged with a misdemeanor in Arkansas.www.newsweek.comRepublicans stripped food stamps from 4 million people — including 1.5 million kids — and boast it won’t cost them votes. They’re betting America is too cruel to care that children go hungry so the rich can keep their tax cuts. They’re pure evil. Vote them all out. www.huffpost.com/entry/republ...
More Than A Million Kids Lost Food Stamps. Republicans Think It Could Help Them In November.Enrollment in SNAP has plummeted since last year, with 1.5 million fewer children receiving aid.www.huffpost.comtRump starts comparing grass to human beings & rambling about Star Wars airport buses… then his aides frantically shove reporters out of the Oval Office. The word salad was so obvious even the staff knew the show’s over & to physically protect POTUS from public view www.themirror.com/news/us-news...
Trump aides 'rush reporters out' as speech sparks fears 'something's wrong'Donald Trump's aides were seen rushing reporters out of the Oval Office after Trump made comments comparing grass to human beings and likening an airport's vehicles to "Star Wars"www.themirror.comtRump’s shaking down companies for $25-50 million checks for his ballroom and library. His fundraiser literally tells them “the boss wants this money.” Apple, Amazon, SoftBank all paying up. Instead of fundraising, it’s a protection racket run from the White House. www.mediaite.com/media/news/t...
‘The Boss Wants This Money’: Trump Has Reportedly Been Demanding Companies and Donors Pay UpPresident Donald Trump has taken an unusually hands-on role in raising money, personally directing multimillion-dollar fundraising efforts and pushing corporate leaders for increasingly large contribu...www.mediaite.comWe should be furious. tRump’s FCC is going after ABC’s broadcast licenses because the network covers him critically. They’re literally threatening to shut stations down for not toeing the line. This is textbook authoritarian pressure on the press. FFS! www.huffpost.com/entry/abc-so...
ABC Sounds Alarm On FCC License Review, Says Trump Is Retaliating For CoverageThe FCC’s unprecedented early review of eight ABC-owned stations underscores the Trump administration’s increasing attacks on the press.www.huffpost.comThis shit is sickening. tRump just bragged about buying 250 new Escalades so his motorcade can “look sharp.” Said his guys are “very spoiled.” Yeah, with our money. Regular people get crushed by gas and groceries as he throws away our tax money like confetti. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Let them eat SUVs: Trump White House orders fleet of luxury cars as Americans struggleAmericans are facing a deepening affordability crisis but at least Trump and co have ... 250 new Cadillac Escaladeswww.theguardian.comtRump’s DHS is about to nearly triple number of AI surveillance towers along the border with $1 billion of our money. They don’t just look south. They look into American towns, playgrounds, & backyards. The most heavily surveilled people are the ones already living there. reason.com/2026/07/30/h...
Homeland Security is spending $1 billion on 'autonomous' border surveillance towersThe department plans to triple the number of surveillance towers along the U.S.-Mexico border over the next decade.reason.comtRump just got a court win to force sick Medicaid patients to PROVE they're too frail to work or lose their coverage next year. Cancer, disability, chronic illness—jump through the red tape or get kicked off. This is deliberate cruelty aimed at the most vulnerable. www.newsweek.com/medicaid-upd...
What the latest ruling means for millions on MedicaidA judge declined to block work requirements for Medicaid recipients implemented by the Trump administration.www.newsweek.com