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the new hegseth meritocracy in action
Carl QuintanillaPENTAGON: Anyone got any ideas? @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2026/08/03/p...
well there's your campaign ad right there, troy jackson
Joe SudbayVia @pressherald.com (gift link) Elon Musk planning to throw financial support behind Susan Collins’ U.S. Senate bid Collins "had friendly meetings with Musk in the past while also saying last year she was “very concerned” about some of DOGE’s moves" www.pressherald.com?p=7697086&uu...
the free market giveth and the free market taketh. they hired this guy in feb 2025!
The New York TimesBreaking News: The Washington Post’s top opinion editor resigned a little over a year after Jeff Bezos, the paper’s owner, hired him under a directive to shift the section toward “personal liberties and free markets.”
hospitals are required to treat uninsured patients (good!) but this is how hospitals end up going out of business. the GOP majority knew this and their decision to kill the ACA was an effort to kick people off of affordable insurance plans and to shutter hospitals/drive up healthcare costs for all.
The New York TimesMore and more uninsured patients are seeking care in emergency rooms and clinics, having lost their coverage under the Affordable Care Act after congressional Republicans ended enhanced federal subsidies. Many are unable to pay hospital bills.
science continues to change the world and save lives despite it all www.lji.org/news-events/...
New HIV vaccine shows unprecedented success in preclinical studyVaccine approach yields high numbers of HIV-neutralizing antibodies in non-human primateswww.lji.org“Today’s decision makes it clear: States cannot ban things that they don’t have jurisdiction over,” Elisabeth Diana, a Kalshi spokeswoman, said in a statement. what an absolutely craven thing to say after the judge sided with you over claims that the ban would do "irreparable harm".
The New York TimesIn May, Minnesota became the first state to pass a law making it a felony for most prediction markets to locally operate and advertise. A federal judge on Monday blocked the law before it was set to go into effect.
i was curious what the data showed and it turns out many smart people have been modeling the impact of DOGE cuts, @brookenichols.bsky.social being a great resource. their model is past its horizon so other's are taking the work on but 1yr out 262,915 adults & 518,428 kids lost their lives w/o USAID.
Sources | Research Behind the DOGE Impact CounterBrowse the studies, public-health models, and reporting behind the DOGE Impact Counter, including Boston University, The Lancet, CGD, Harvard, CIDRAP, and ProPublica.www.doge-impact.orgJonathan HarrisHe's quite possibly one of the worst people to have ever lived.
venezuela did the same thing yesterday and the state department even wrote a glowing press release about it www.state.gov/releases/off...
Venezuela Withdraws from the ICC - United States Department of StateThe United States welcomes the decision by interim President Delcy Rodriguez and Venezuela to withdraw from the ICC and the new Venezuelan government’s partnership on American-led efforts to dismantle...www.state.govWagatwe Wanjukioh my god
we're finally starting to run out of bombs
FinTwitterBRAD COOPER, TOP US MIDEAST COMMANDER, RECOMMENDED HALTING STRIKES ON THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ, CITING MET OBJECTIVES AND LOW INTERCEPTOR SUPPLIES — A FACTOR IN TRUMP'S PAUSE DECISION. IRAN AND OMAN ARE NOW NEGOTIATING TO REOPEN THE STRAIT AMID A FRAGILE LULL. — AXIOS