Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

Katherine Wells, the public health director in Lubbock, Texas, describes her fight to stop the largest measles outbreak since 2000, despite a chaotic reorganization of federal health agencies.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2025/05/12/521038/an-insiders-view-of-the-texas-measles-outbreak/

#HealthScience #Healthcare #National #News #Texas #Cdc #MeaslesOutbreak #MeaslesVaccine #PublicHealth #TexasMeaslesOutbreak

Gov. Abbott supports a bill in Texas that is being hyped as a "furries" bill.

When you read it, it's a draconian ban on a common form of children's play: dressing up.

But really, the goal here is to stoke anti-LGBTQ hysteria.

https://www.salon.com/2025/05/12/texas-wants-to-ban-kids-from-playing-dress-up-yes-really/

FAA CHAOS IN THE SKIES >>> THANKS MAGA CULT VOTERS: #OMG... #Trump Has A Guy Named #SeanDuffy From #Hayward, Wisconsin That Was A Competitive #Lumberjack Athlete And An #MTV #RealityTV Actor And #FoxNews Contributor As #America's Guy In Charge Of The #FAA....

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/11/nyregion/newark-airport-flight-disruptions-duffy.html

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#Trading records examined by NYT show that a flurry of purchases of the $TRUMP token started the day before the coin’s backers disclosed the contest. Information had leaked about the upcoming promotion, allowing certain parties to make early bets that the market price was about to jump, the records suggest.

#Trump #law #securities #SEC #EmolumentsClause #corruption

This Republican administration is attempting to find someone corrupt enough to be their IRS director as there has now been four different tries in four months.
https://wbhm.org/npr-story/trump-is-looking-to-use-the-irs-for-his-own-political-ends-nixon-tried-it-too/

Why ICE grabs people off the streets:

If an officer knocks on your door:
Do not open the door.

ICE “warrants” are not signed by judges;
they are ICE forms signed by ICE officers
and they do not grant authority to enter a home without consent of the occupant(s).

https://immigrantjustice.org/know-your-rights/ice-encounter

https://bsky.app/profile/worcestermainfo.bsky.social/post/3lot5cakdnk2h

“We can do this the easy way (cutting Medicaid benefits) or the hard way (RFK Jr. actively trying to kill you).”

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One of the weirdest digital things about moving to a new country has been all the App Store region locked apps that are totally essential for basic utilities, shopping, and digital ID. If you have any Apple Care plans, you cannot switch region -until they expire-. So the only thing I have figured is making a second icloud in Australia and scheduling hours (because of the timer) to deregister and reregister my phone, install the apps in bulk, then switch back.

@maddad I decided just to make a larger version.

Vaccines fucking work.

Great results on RSV. Let’s hope the current bozos in charge of US health don’t back slide on this major development. https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/05/baby-hospitalizations-from-rsv-fell-up-to-71-with-new-vaccine-treatment/

The Trump administration is going through legal contortions to explain how a $400 million jet exclusively for Trump's use, even after he leaves office, isn't a bribe of a violation of the constitutional statute against receiving a gift from a foreign nation
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-administration-poised-accept-palace-sky-gift-trump/story?id=121680511
#USPolitics