Jen Lefferts

Pediatric Brain Cancer Group to Lose Federal Funding

These are my patients. Kids dying of brain cancer. Kids and families desperate for treatment and hoping to find a cure through experimental therapies. Trump is dismantling science and children with brain tumor are the victims. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...

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Americans will feel impact of immigration enforcement on farms, union president warns Workers are "terrified" as immigration agents sweep farms, the president of United Farm Workers says, adding that Americans should think about the "human loss" as well as "crops rotting" in the fields

Workers are "terrified" as immigration agents sweep farms, the president of United Farm Workers says, adding that Americans should think about the "human loss" as well as "crops rotting" in the fields.

(Reuters) - Staff of the Federal Emergency Management Agency were left baffled on Monday after the head of the U.S. disaster agency said during a briefing that he had not been aware the country has a hurricane season, according to four sources ..

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“They’re trying to kidnap someone” On the scene of a brutal ICE arrest in Worcester, Massachusetts.

@billshaner.bsky.social reports from the scene of a brutal ICE arrest in Worcester, Massachusetts: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Today in the bluest of the blue Massachusetts, a mother and baby ripped apart.

We did this to enslaved through the buying and selling of human beings.

We did this to indigenous people through boarding schools.

And now we are doing it again.

Do not say this isn’t who we are.

It is.

And now, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was the executive producer of 60 Minutes.

We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.

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World Travelers Are Rethinking Vacation Plans to the US

As anecdotes of detentions and deportations reverberate, early signs point to a worrying spending slump from Europeans and Canadians.
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Antarctica Tariffs Announced

It's about time those deadbeat slackers started pulling their weight...

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This is a United States Senator

MACK: I was laid off from HHS and now people aren’t getting social services, especially people with disabilities

BANKS: You probably deserved it

MACK: Why did I deserve it?

BANKS: Because you look like a clown

Curious what ADL has to say...

I'm going to be in #boston later this month, and I'd love to talk to local orgs, local radio stations, and different student groups/papers about Bluesky. Please dm me if you can help connect me!

How Trump’s ‘51st State’ Canada Talk Came to Be Seen as Deadly Serious President Trump, in an early February call, challenged the border treaty between the two countries and told Justin Trudeau he didn’t like their shared water agreements.

Trump reportedly told Justin Trudeau he does not believe the border between the US and Canada is “valid” and he wants to “revise” it.

Trump has also said he wants to bring Canada to its knees by driving them into economic ruin.

'For the record...': Rachel Maddow sets the record straight on Trump address falsehoods YouTube video by MSNBC

Rachel Maddow sets the record straight on Trump address falsehoods

@maddow.msnbc.com runs through an exhausting list of false statements made by Donald Trump in his first address to a joint session of Congress of his new term.

WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GanW...

Exclusive: Fired US government workers with top security clearances were not given exit briefings, sources say The lack of so-called "read outs" for workers with clearances dismissed by Musk's DOGE could raise security risks, experts say.

"None of the employees with security clearances for nuclear secrets were properly debriefed, the current DOE source said...

"Those employees could be targeted by foreign adversaries for nuclear espionage...

"They have lost their source of income..."
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To be clear, the U.S. is leveling punishing tariffs on its allies while discussing easing sanctions on Russia.

Thank goodness for the American Medical Association. Here is their YouTube page. Please share far and wide. Right now bird flu is spreading throughout our country and most people have no clue. Please stay updated and bookmark this page for your health and well-being.

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Trump’s W.H.O. Exit Throws Smallpox Defenses Into Upheaval Health experts see his retreat from international cooperation as disrupting the safe-keepers of one of the world’s deadliest pathogens.

President Trump’s order that the U.S. exit the WHO could undo programs meant to ensure the safety, security and study of smallpox that once took half a billion lives, experts warn. They add that it could also raise fears among allies that the U.S. might weaponize the deadly virus.

The AP says it was blocked from the Oval Office over continuing to use “Gulf of Mexico” | CNN Business The Associated Press said the White House barred its reporter from Tuesday’s Oval Office executive order signing because of the AP style guidance on using the name Gulf of Mexico versus Gulf of Americ...

AP reporter blocked from the Oval Office over AP’s continued use of “Gulf of Mexico”

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Kash Patel Took $25,000 From Russia-Linked Firm to Appear on an Anti-FBI TV Series The documentary was produced by a filmmaker tied to Russian propaganda efforts.

SCOOP: Kash Patel took $25,000 from a production company with ties to Russia propaganda activity to appear in an anti-FBI docuseries. He did not respond to questions about this.

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Behind Closed Doors, Trudeau Says Trump Threat to Take Over Canada Is Real Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, speaking to business leaders in Toronto, attributed Mr. Trump’s statements about making Canada a U.S. state to Canada’s wealth of critical minerals.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that President Trump's repeated statements about annexing Canada and making it the 51st state is something to be treated as a serious threat.

The Government’s Computing Experts Say They Are Terrified Four IT professionals lay out just how destructive Elon Musk’s incursion into the U.S. government could be.

New: We spoke to government IT employees/contractors about DOGE. Their warnings were dire. The people who maintain the systems that keep the country working are terrified. "This is the largest data breach and the largest IT security breach in our country’s history—at least that’s publicly known."

CDC Posts, Then Deletes, Data on Bird Flu Transmission Between Cats and People The data, which appeared fleetingly online on Wednesday, confirmed transmission in two households. Scientists called on the agency to release the full report.

Cats that became infected with bird flu might have spread the virus to humans in the same household and vice versa, according to data that briefly appeared online in a report from the CDC but then abruptly vanished.

Elon Musk now has access to your Social Security number. The world’s richest man has gained access to the confidential personal information of every taxpayer in the United States.

Trudeau: I think Canadians are a little perplexed as to why our closest friends and neighbors are choosing to target us.

I don’t think there are a lot of Americans who wake up in the morning saying, "Oh, damn Canada. Oh, we should really go after Canada."

This will do wonders for the forthcoming argument that X isn’t a “state actor” for purposes of violating the Constitution.

180 Republicans Voted Against Funding the FAA, the Agency That Keeps Planes from Crashing Trump selected eight of them to serve in his administration. Read this exclusive research and reporting on Meidas+.

NEWS: 180 Republicans voted AGAINST funding the FAA, the agency that keeps planes from crashing. Trump selected eight of them to serve in his administration.

Read our new research—and yes, we name names.

Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.

This is a hostile takeover of the federal government by a private citizen of unlimited means with no restrictions and no transparency. Welcome to the Deep State www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...

Looks like somebody has ADS: Acosta Derangement Syndrome.