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Cyclist. Victorian Lit & Culture. Reader. Writer. Teacher. Associate Professor. About cycling: https://offthebackweb.wordpress.com

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Trump administration's embattled FDA vaccine chief is leaving for the second time The FDA's controversial vaccine chief, Dr. Vinay Prasad, is leaving the agency. It's the second time he has abruptly departed following decisions involving the review of vaccinations and specialty drugs.

The FDA's controversial vaccine chief, Dr. Vinay Prasad, is leaving the agency. It's the second time he has abruptly departed following decisions involving the review of vaccinations and specialty drugs. n.pr/4d6X6FQ

07.03.2026 04:44 πŸ‘ 280 πŸ” 73 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 6
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Police body cam footage shows DOGE knew Institute of Peace was private property during raid Footage obtained by The Handbasket’s lawsuit shows a hostile takeover on March 17, 2025.

SCOOP β€” Body camera footage obtained as a result of my lawsuit against the DC Metropolitan PD confirms DOGE and the Trump administration openly admitted they were entering private property when they raided the building on March 17, 2025. That didn't stop MPD from breaking down the doors.

My report:

06.03.2026 22:04 πŸ‘ 7000 πŸ” 2602 πŸ’¬ 82 πŸ“Œ 92
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Not-for-profit Mayo Clinic reports record profit last year Rochester-based health system saw more patient demand and growing philanthropy last year, though it also closed clinics in southern Minnesota.

Remember when the Mayo Clinic fought and successfully killed the nurse staffing bill, with one of the reasons being it would cost them too much money to do so...just asking...

You also save a lot of money by shutting down rural healthcare. www.startribune.com/mayo-clinic-...

07.03.2026 01:18 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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Bill Criminalizing Mail-Order Abortion Pills as 'Drug Trafficking' Heads to Governor Mailing abortion drugs to patients would be a crime under a bill passed by the Mississippi Legislature.

NEW: A Mississippi bill criminalizing mail-order abortion pills as "drug trafficking" is headed to the Missisisppi governor's desk after passing both the House and Senate.

@heatherharrison.bsky.social reports: www.mississippifreepress.org/bill-crimina...

07.03.2026 01:29 πŸ‘ 143 πŸ” 109 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 15
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After spending the day talking about college football, Trump heads to Palm Beach for another weekend of golf.

07.03.2026 01:07 πŸ‘ 2484 πŸ” 747 πŸ’¬ 423 πŸ“Œ 124
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Justice Department publishes documents with sexual assault allegations against Trump The department shared FBI documents outlining allegations involving Trump.

"The woman’s central allegation, according to FBI summaries of her interviews with investigators, known as FBI 302s, is that Trump hit her after she bit his penis when he attempted to force her to perform oral sex."
www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

06.03.2026 17:59 πŸ‘ 1357 πŸ” 551 πŸ’¬ 108 πŸ“Œ 35
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FEMA ordered to restore disaster mitigation funding The enforced compliance order comes nearly a year after FEMA terminated the program, calling it

A multistate coalition secured a court order Friday requiring the Federal Emergency Management Agency to take β€œconcrete steps” to reverse the termination of a disaster mitigation program that has been in limbo for months. www.courthousenews.com/fema-ordered...

07.03.2026 00:47 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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We can throw another $500,000,000,000 at the Pentagon this year and spend $1,000,000,000/day on a wholly useless war, but we can't afford to hire doctors and nurses to take care of our veterans? The United States is such an irresponsible, messed up country right now.

06.03.2026 22:33 πŸ‘ 7714 πŸ” 3136 πŸ’¬ 357 πŸ“Œ 151
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New York is investigating the death of Nurul Amin Shah Alam AG Letitia James will head an "independent assessment" of what happened to the Blind Rohingya refugee who Border Patrol dumped in Buffalo.

New York Attorney General Letitia James is investigating the death of Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a Blind Rohingya refugee who died in the cold streets of Buffalo days after Border Patrol dumped him without coordinating with his family or lawyers.

06.03.2026 21:02 πŸ‘ 6068 πŸ” 1808 πŸ’¬ 119 πŸ“Œ 101
Trump in a dark suit, wearing a red tie and white shirt. He is pointing and smirking. Caption reads β€œI did that.”

Trump in a dark suit, wearing a red tie and white shirt. He is pointing and smirking. Caption reads β€œI did that.”

06.03.2026 23:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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"Wow. A big drop" -- CNBC highlights that labor force participation is now the lowest it has been since in late 2021, before the covid vaccine was widely available

06.03.2026 14:06 πŸ‘ 5316 πŸ” 1846 πŸ’¬ 274 πŸ“Œ 151
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Albini Sessions (Benefit for Letters Charity), by Fugazi 12 track album

Stop literally everything.

Steve Albini's Fugazi sessions, widely bootlegged and full of lore, now available officially for the first time.

fugazi.bandcamp.com/album/albini...

06.03.2026 14:56 πŸ‘ 1260 πŸ” 470 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 128

U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION UNABLE TO COMPLY WITH COURT ORDER DIRECTING TARIFF REFUNDS -COURT FILING

06.03.2026 15:25 πŸ‘ 772 πŸ” 176 πŸ’¬ 130 πŸ“Œ 292
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This is not good.

06.03.2026 13:40 πŸ‘ 9181 πŸ” 3557 πŸ’¬ 725 πŸ“Œ 453
Small bottle of Heinz Tomato Ketchup.

Small bottle of Heinz Tomato Ketchup.

06.03.2026 15:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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BREAKING: 92,000 jobs lost in February, a heavy departure from the expected gain of 50,000, new report reveals.

06.03.2026 14:38 πŸ‘ 215 πŸ” 100 πŸ’¬ 40 πŸ“Œ 9
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Say it plain: This is a terrible jobs report.

The U.S. economy lost 92,000 jobs in February, nearly double the expected loss of 50,000. It’s the third payroll decline in the past five months.

πŸ“ŒNote: This is one of the worst monthly payroll drops since Covid.

06.03.2026 14:17 πŸ‘ 2787 πŸ” 1170 πŸ’¬ 177 πŸ“Œ 88

everyone finds their own way to deal with a bad jobs report

06.03.2026 14:31 πŸ‘ 200 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 1
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U.S. Lost 92,000 Jobs in February The U.S. lost 92,000 jobs in February, the Labor Department said Friday, missing expectations.

A nightmare employment report this morning.

Economists’ expectation was +50,000 jobs.

Actual number was 92,000 jobs lost.

🎁 πŸ”—

www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...

06.03.2026 13:43 πŸ‘ 200 πŸ” 89 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 19
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The Past and Present of Prison Labor: Your Questions Answered - Bolts A historian answers Bolts readers’ questions on the deep roots of forced labor in U.S. prisons, how it operates today, and efforts to challenge it.

I was just reviewing some material in this explainer we published last year on prison labor β€”Β and it's a really useful & important read for anyone who is interested in the matter.

boltsmag.org/the-past-and...

05.03.2026 20:20 πŸ‘ 275 πŸ” 140 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 9
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Bicycling Into the Future - JSTOR Daily Across centuries, bicycles have embodied hopes for speed, freedom, efficiency, and survival.

daily.jstor.org/bicycling-in...

05.03.2026 19:38 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

So far the war in Iran has cost an estimated $5.5 billion.

That's roughly $1 billion per day.

$41,666,667 per hour.

$11,574 per second.

People do not want this.

They want a living wage. They want healthcare. They want to be able to afford a home. They want their basic needs met.

05.03.2026 17:31 πŸ‘ 18673 πŸ” 7269 πŸ’¬ 795 πŸ“Œ 411
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Trump on Rubio: He's doing some job and your next one, Cuba. We can do them all at the same time but bad things happen, if you watch countries that do them all too fast, bad things happen.

05.03.2026 22:06 πŸ‘ 690 πŸ” 210 πŸ’¬ 234 πŸ“Œ 84

I couldn’t attend bc of life reasons, but apparently at university ceremony for years of service, the university couldn’t be bothered to pronounce my name correctly. 15 years, an endowed professorship, multiple years on faculty senate, … and I’m just some name on a piece of paper…

06.03.2026 02:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Kristi Noem out as DHS Secretary; Trump announces Sen. Markwayne Mullin as replacement The announcement comes amid criticism of DHS spending under Noem, and as Congress has allowed the department's funding to lapse.

It's a package deal per CBS: Corey Lewandowski goes with Kristi. Also, did you know that Markwayne Mullin was the only US Senator without a college education? It's not important to Oklahoma voters. www.cbsnews.com/news/kristi-...

05.03.2026 21:07 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 1
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Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June 2025)

05.03.2026 04:00 πŸ‘ 3313 πŸ” 1565 πŸ’¬ 215 πŸ“Œ 132
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The Trump administration told Americans in 14 Middle Eastern countries to use β€œcommercial means” to leave. Airspace is closed across much of the region, and thousands of flights have been canceled.

β€œCommercial means” is doing a lot of work there.

Read more here: www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

05.03.2026 17:04 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œ.. White House officials have already discussed names of potential replacements for Noem, including Republican Sens. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma and Steve Daines of Montana, according to two of the people familiar ..”

@nbcnews.com
www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...

05.03.2026 16:54 πŸ‘ 288 πŸ” 71 πŸ’¬ 89 πŸ“Œ 35

The video of a United States Senator joining the violent removal of U.S. marine from a hearing and hideously breaking his arm in a door is an example of what has been unleashed in this country. They’re tapping in to get in on the violence.
And then he bragged about it on X later.

05.03.2026 13:14 πŸ‘ 12484 πŸ” 4029 πŸ’¬ 507 πŸ“Œ 194
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Wealthy Dubai residents race back to UAE to avoid tax bills Some risk spending too few days in the emirate and too many in the UK

Tax exiles stuck in London desperately trying to get *back* to Dubai to avoid becoming tax resident in the UK? Just great stuff. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

05.03.2026 11:55 πŸ‘ 3914 πŸ” 1212 πŸ’¬ 202 πŸ“Œ 325