Scientists Find Measles Likely to Become Endemic in the US Over Next 20 Years
A new study forecasts more than 850,000 measles cases over the next 25 years if US vaccination rates stay the same. Millions of infections are possible if rates drop.
By Emily Mullin for Wired, April 24, 2025 12:55 PM
Ah yes, the government asking Jews to register as Jewish, in the name of protecting the Jews. No way that could go wrong www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/n...
— Catherine Rampell (@crampell.bsky.social) April 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Second man deported to El Salvador last month in violation of Maryland court order
Kilmar Abrego Garcia was not the only man erroneously deported to El Salvador last month despite a Maryland judge’s order.
By John-John Williams IV for the Baltimore Banner, April 24th, 2025.
I can’t believe JD Vance killed the pope. Ridiculous
— Jorts (and Jean) (@jortsthecat.bsky.social) April 21, 2025 at 4:44 AM
‘Who Is DOGE?’ Has Become a Metaphysical Question
The acting head of the General Services Administration says it has no DOGE team. It merely lists at least a half-dozen DOGE affiliates on payroll and has a section of its building for DOGE use only.
By Zoë Schiffer and Kate Knibbs for Wired,
April 24, 2025
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— Fired but Fighting (@firedbutfighting.bsky.social) April 18, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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Why Neo-Nazis Are Obsessed With the Occult
The Nazis themselves were murder nerds. Now their successors are LARPing as wizards of racial superiority as they commit very real atrocities—as seen in the recent parent killing in Wisconsin.
By Talia Lavin for the New Republic, April 20, 2025
NEW: Trump admin asks SCOTUS to let it enforce anti-trans military ban during litigation. The request comes in the wake of two district court orders finding that the ban is likely unconstitutional. Also: More upheaval in DOJ's Civil Rights Division this week. Today, at Law Dork —>
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner.bsky.social) April 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Wife of wrongly deported Maryland man Kilmar Abrego Garcia forced into safe house after government posts address online
Homeland Security shared copy of protective order from 2021 revealing family’s address on social media
By Alex Woodward, The Independent, April 23, 2025
If one quote from a insurance exec ever summed up the American healthcare experience, this might be that quote: www.propublica.org/article/blue...
— Chris Morran (@themorrancave.bsky.social) April 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Trump’s War on Measurement Means Losing Data on Drug Use, Maternal Mortality, Climate Change and More
By slashing teams that gather critical data, the administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose consequences could ripple out for decades.
by Alec MacGillis for ProPublica, April 18th