Donald Trump is so clearly, inarguably, utterly depraved and disgusting, yet millions of Christians pretend he shares our values because he promises them the authority and splendor of the kingdom of this world.
@BethMooreLPM Happy anniversary! We felt so honoured that you joined us in Canada back in November and your words about love and 1 Cor 13 were very meaningful. Enjoy celebrating 47 years of love! (PS- can you still pronounce 'fragile' the Canadian way? ☺️)
@Ellen_peba@AdamKinzinger Exactly my point. Thanks for proving it! Those who believed that the 2020 election was stolen were the ones who were there on January 6th. There would be no reason to be there if you accepted the election results.
@wagraham Except that moments later, the president of the United States says he hates his enemies and disagreed with Charlie about this. Who do you think Americans will listen to more?
To my fellow Christian conservatives: Trump privately mocks you, thinks you're simpleton suckers, and laughs at your faith. It amuses him to no end that you think he's one of you and that he can manipulate you into putting your faith in him instead of in God and His principles of righteousness.
Please pray for discernment and open your eyes to the wolf under the sheep's clothing.
@SukhmanGillASL We have outdoor Christian worship events in Canada all the time and I've attended many times. This man, however, thinks your faith shouldn't exist. He believes that Canada should be the 51st state in a christian theocracy called America. You are not reading the room.
An pastor filmed as ICE agents arrested two of his church members. He told the agents that the Iranian couple was fleeing religious persecution. They're asylum-seekers, he said. "It doesn't matter," one of the agents replied. My latest for @CTmagazine https://t.co/mUDctHgvdY
I've been hearing a lot about this common concern: "Are kids getting too many vaccines?"
It's a fair question. I'm a parent too. And as an infectious diseases physician who directs an antibiotic stewardship program, a big part of my job is stopping unnecessary medications. I'm a minimalist by nature - both personally and professionally.
But here's what most people don't realize:
A shocking fact in vaccine science: Kids today are exposed to FEWER antigens from vaccines than children in 1900 - when there was literally ONE vaccine (smallpox).
In 1986, kids received about 10 shots protecting against 7 diseases. Those vaccines exposed them to over 3,000 antigens - the pieces of viruses or bacteria (like proteins or sugars) that teach the immune system to recognize and respond to real infections.
Today's schedule includes more injections - about 50 by age 18 - but the total number of antigens is just ~150. That's a 95% reduction in antigen exposure, thanks to modern acellular and conjugate vaccine designs.
The data over 18 years (Offit et al., Pediatrics 2002):
🔹1900: 1 vaccine (smallpox) = ~200 antigens
🔹1986: ~10 vaccines = 3,000+ antigens + 3mg aluminum
🔹2025: ~50 vaccines = ~150 antigens + 5-6mg aluminum
As for aluminum adjuvant - a compound added to help trigger a stronger immune response - children today receive about 5–6 mg total over the full vaccine schedule, up from ~3 mg in 1986. That's a modest increase over 18 years. For perspective, infants ingest ~7–10 mg of aluminum just in their first six months from breast milk or formula.
So yes, there are more shots. But the actual antigen exposure is dramatically lower than it was in 1986 - or even 1900. Modern vaccines stripped out thousands of extra proteins while adding protection against Hib meningitis, pneumococcal sepsis, chickenpox complications, liver cancer, HPV cancers, and more.
TL;DR: Modern vaccines do far more with less. That's progress. Let's not go backwards.
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💥 BREAKING: Ukrainian drones flew out of grain train car hatches and destroyed 13 Russian tanks and more than a 100 armored vehicles and other equipment being transported by the Russian train in occupied southern Ukraine.
The hatches appear to have been opened remotely, again.
Governor JB Pritzker just announced that Illinois will be defunding investments in companies controlled by El Salvador to punish the country for holding American residents without due process.
@CharlesHMcVety@archtoronto It was a recommendation (one of 500) made to a budget sub committee that included people from all 4 parties . The recommendation came from a 3rd party. It was not accepted by the liberal party, or made into a motion or bill. They have posted publicly that it will not happen.
Fascinating stuff here from an expert in MS-13, who explains in granular detail why many of the Abrego Garcia claims just don't add up. A big one: He came here at the age of 16 over a decade ago. Why isn't there any evidence of gang activity?
Transcript:
https://t.co/SObaP4szN5
After Secretary Hegseth argued “nobody was texting war plans," The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg responds: “That’s a lie. He was texting war plans, he was texting attack plans."
"When targets were going to targeted. How they were going to be targeted. Who was at the targets. When the next sequence of attacks were happening. I didn’t publish this…because it felt like it was too confidential.”