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[Dr. Angela Rasmussen @angie_rasmussen]

Tony Fauci was in charge of an agency that funded research which allows us to develop vaccines in 10 months.

Kennedy cancelled that research and is responsible for thousands of preventable deaths

[Matthew Chapman @fawfulfan]

The huge number of Republican lawmakers who think "transgenic" is the same thing as "transgender" is hilarious.

No one is trying to turn mice transgender, lady. They're inserting foreign DNA into their genomes to see what it does to their development or resistivity to disease.

[Polling USA @USA_Polling]

The fucking community note 😭

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

Ted Cruz on Trump's Iran agreement: "Giving billions of dollars to theocratic lunatics who want to murder us is not a good idea."

[Gregg Carlstrom @glcarlstrom]

One of the reasons Trump cited for abandoning the JCPOA in 2018: The deal "fails to address the regime's development of ballistic missiles... we will be working with our allies... to eliminate the threat of Iran's ballistic missile program."

Trump, eight years later:

[Matthew Chapman @fawfulfan]

The cause of the algae problem in the Reflecting Pool is simple: the Reflecting Pool is not a swimming pool, but Trump treated it like one.

It's supposed to have natural drainage. Instead, he sealed and painted over the granite and turned it into a huge pool of standing water.

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

Zohran Mamdani spoke at a Rikers Island graduation ceremony honoring 57 incarcerated people who earned their high school diplomas.

One graduate, Elijah Smith, said he didn’t expect the mayor to show up, but his presence meant something: “It helped. Someone cares about the incarcerated individuals in this jail.”

Sometimes dignity starts with simply showing up.

[Yashar Ali 🐘 @yashar]

California Governor Gavin Newsom says he and his wife, Jen, are the subject of a federal investigation because he’s considering a run for president and has called Trump out for his corruption.

Newsom:

“In recent days, federal agents have knocked on the doors of family, friends, and former employees, not because they found a crime, because they’re simply trying to find one. They’re demanding records. They’re abusing the grand jury process, digging through years and years of random documents. Donald Trump isn’t just coming after me because of my mean tweets. He’s coming after me because I’m considering running for president, because he hates that I’ve consistently called him out over and over again for his lies and deceit.”

[NHLPA @NHLPA]

The NHLPA stands in solidarity with the @NFLPA opposing California SB 795.  All workers deserve workers’ compensation protection, and we join the NFLPA and other players’ associations in asking lawmakers to reject this bill.

[Jasmine('s boobs hurt) @Ranting_Trans]

Good to see we're keeping the old ways alive

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

BOSTON (AP) - Federal judge halts effort by Trump administration to force states to comply with conditions to get SNAP funding.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Trump: I don't need this. I got elected. What the hell do I have to be here for? I'm here because I like the farmer. I guess there is a lot of truth to that.

[ABC News @ABC]

President Trump is floating the possibility of keeping the UFC arena on the White House South Lawn — built for a series of fights on his birthday and Flag Day — permanently.

Read more: https://t.co/PdI3ZarEYr

[Acyn @Acyn]

Trump: I just had this done. *holds up chart comparing reflecting pool to buildings*

[Front Office Sports @FOS]

An artist is suing FIFA for $25 million after his Dallas mural was covered ahead of the World Cup.

Robert Wyland alleges the work was painted over without consent, in violation of federal protections for visual artists.

[Samuel Lau @SamuelRLau]

Idiotic.

"transgenic mice" are mice w/ altered genes used to study cancer & other conditions. They are not "transgender" mice.

But tell me again which party is obsessed with making everything about trans people?

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

The Pentagon is moving to recruit hundreds of troops to appear as spectators at Trump's UFC cage-fighting event at the White House — and requiring those who attend to pay for their travel and meet height and weight requirements, according to people familiar with the matter and internal memos reviewed by WaPo.

[State of the Union @CNNSOTU]

Sen. Andy Kim "hugely concerned" ICE protests in New Jersey could spiral like Minneapolis: "I've not seen my state with this level of precariousness during my entire time in elected office."

[Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @HelenBranswell]

5 months into 2026, the US has racked up 1,983 confirmed measles cases. That's nearly 87% as many cases as were recorded in all of 2025.
Most of those cases are locally acquired; only 9 are imported.
Unless vaccination patterns improve, endemic measles is here to stay. https://t.co/IOXzvXUW4S

[Team Talarico @TeamTalaricoHQ]

The family of a child who was repeatedly raped by a man who Ken Paxton let off with no new jail time is speaking out:

“The fact that Attorney General Ken Paxton allowed this man to get away with molesting and sexually abusing [our] son for three years is completely disqualifying.

Adam Hoffman could have faced life in prison. Instead, Ken Paxton and his office offered him a deal that kept him off the sex-offender registry and included no new jail time.”