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EXCLUSIVE: The U.S. has lost its measles-elimination status, a stunning reversal for a nation that has kept the vaccine-preventable disease at bay for decades. wsj.com/health/u-s-loses-mea… from @l_e_whyte + me
This is the dumbest news conference. They're spending more time blaming congress and praising Trump than explaining what happened and what's the fix. I'm not feeling confident or safe. #faagroundstop
10 years?! I miss her.
It has been 10 years since the passing of our beloved Gwen Ifill.
We, like so many of you, miss her every day. Her smile, her laugh, her vision and her leadership. But all of that continues to guide our journalism today. Ten years later, as we cover the news, we still ask ourselves one crucial question: What would Gwen do?
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In 1890, the legal age of sexual consent in Delaware was seven years old.
Seven.
In 38 American states, it was twelve or younger.
A man accused of sexually assaulting a little girl could escape conviction by arguing that she had consented.
One woman helped change that.
Her name was Helen Hamilton Gardener.
At a time when most American women couldn't even vote, Gardener joined a movement demanding that lawmakers raise the age of consent and offer girls greater protection against sexual exploitation.
What she discovered was horrifying.
Some legislators resisted reform because they feared girls would falsely accuse men. Others insisted that girls matured early enough to consent to sex.
In Texas, opponents argued that working girls might blackmail their employers. Another argument was that Southern chivalry offered women sufficient protection.
These were actual arguments recorded in an 1895 report on legislative opposition.
Gardener refused to remain silent.
She wrote novels exposing the consequences of sexual abuse, published detailed comparisons of state laws, and publicly identified states that refused to strengthen their protections.
She encouraged Americans to question nearly 9,000 state legislators about their positions.
She also fought proposals that would have denied protection to sexually assaulted girls unless they could prove they had been virgins.
And she challenged the supposedly scientific arguments used to portray women as intellectually inferior to men.
Her campaign was part of a much larger movement involving thousands of women, including suffragists, temperance activists and Black reformers.
By 1900, 32 states had raised their age-of-consent thresholds to between fourteen and eighteen.
Gardener subsequently became an influential campaigner for women's suffrage, helping secure President Woodrow Wilson's support for a federal constitutional amendment.
In 1920, she became the first woman appointed to the United States Civil Service Commission.
She died in 1925.
There is something extraordinary about the women who fought these battles.
They had to ask men for permission to protect children from other men, while those same men denied them the right to participate equally in making the laws.
And some of those lawmakers were more concerned about protecting adult men from accusations than protecting little girls from sexual assault.
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Speed, like every other streamer I see pop up on this website, is one where everything I’ve learned about him has been without my consent BUT he is the exception in that all I’ve seen from him has always been a very pleasant surprise I won’t lie
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I faked being sick so I could stay home and watch Anita Baker on the Donahue Show.
The piano melody, the ease of her vocals, and such stunning composure to just lay this song out while sitting down in a CHAIR right in the middle of the day.
Chile… she blew my little self AWAY!
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I’ve been investigating this story for months, and here’s what multiple sources have alleged.
The Office of the Attending Physician has been the subject of an ongoing Inspector General investigation that began last year. That investigation is now nearing completion.
One of the most troubling allegations involves the treatment of active-duty Navy sailors assigned to the office. While civilian employees reportedly work approximately 40 hours per week, sailors are allegedly being required to work 80 to 90 hours per week, without overtime compensation because of their active-duty military status.
Sources have also described sailors being required to deliver medications, including Viagra, to members of Congress in the middle of the night.
The alleged working conditions have reportedly placed enormous physical and emotional strain on these sailors. Sources have described alcohol-related struggles, deteriorating personal relationships, and significant stress on their families.
There are also allegations involving a potential sexual assault complaint by a civilian nurse against a member of the office’s leadership. I have not independently verified whether a formal complaint was filed, and I am continuing to seek additional information before reporting further details.
These are serious allegations involving the treatment of active-duty military personnel assigned to serve Congress. I am continuing to investigate, and I hope the forthcoming Inspector General report will provide greater clarity about what occurred, who was responsible, and whether appropriate action has been taken.
The dismissal of Brian Monahan, the longtime attending physician of Congress, has roiled Capitol Hill, with lawmakers wondering just what caused the Navy to oust the doctor who serves lawmakers, aides and Supreme Court justices.
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If law enforcement focused on stuff like this, wage theft, and white collar crime, we could return so much to the community and impact regular crime. But folks with money committing crimes get treated differently most of the time.
Imagine working your entire life to own a home in NYC, only to have it stolen right from under you.
This is how New Yorkers lose generational wealth without ever selling their homes. #stopdeedtheft
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A Texas veteran who is wheelchair-bound just had her VA-funded home care cut from 58 hours a week to 14 — her caretaker helps her shower, use a lift to get in bed, and change her. Her home health company says it's the same story for all 30 veterans they serve.
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Meta’s Muse bot is supposed to look cute, but in reality it’s creepy and even dangerous.
Muse AI gave out one user’s address without asking him, read another person’s texts without permission, and even spies on users’ friends.
It’s compiling dossiers on everyone who uses it, and even people who don’t.
When I said that Schumer and Jeffries were taking credit for grassroots local organizing, this is what I meant. This tsunami was not a top down event. It was bottom up. It was not status quo establishment picks that made this such a big turnout.
👀 Senator @scott_colom: “It’s not accurate to say @SenSchumer recruited me. The people of Mississippi recruited me… you think I was listening to someone that lives in Brooklyn?”
Wow, very different picture than the one Schumer + his allies are painting.
(H/T @ClippingWings)
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Investigation just found that officers lied about the death of Edwin Adams last month. Police caused the fatal crash directly.
Name: Edwin Michael Adams
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Race: Black
Date: 10/12/2026
Location: Mission Street at Eighth Street, Muni bus shelter
City: San Francisco
County: San Francisco
State: California
Agency: San Francisco Police Department
Officer(s): Not Disclosed
Cause of Death: Blunt force trauma
Event: Killed during police pursuit when an officer lunged at his moving electric scooter, causing him to crash into a bus shelter pole
On October 12, 2026, at approximately 11:24 a.m., Edwin Michael Adams, 56, was riding an electric scooter near Mission and Eighth streets when San Francisco police officers in unmarked vehicles pursued him over an arrest warrant involving an allegedly uncharged electronic ankle monitor. Adams was awaiting trial on nonviolent drug charges.
Surveillance footage released November 12 by the San Francisco Public Defender's Office shows an unmarked police vehicle pursuing Adams while another vehicle blocks his path. A plainclothes officer exits the second vehicle and lunges toward Adams as he approaches on his scooter. The officer appears to make physical contact with Adams, who subsequently crashes into a metal bus shelter pole, suffering fatal head injuries. He was transported to a hospital, where he died.
Police initially reported that Adams had collided with a street fixture while attempting to escape arrest, omitting the officer's physical intervention immediately before the collision.
On November 12, the Public Defender's Office publicly accused SFPD of misleading the public about Adams's death. Its formal complaint to the Department of Police Accountability alleges three violations: unlawful pursuit, excessive use of force and dishonesty.
The Public Defender's Office maintains that officers had no justification for a dangerous pursuit over a nonviolent administrative warrant. Attorneys also disclosed that the Sheriff's Department had not notified them about the warrant, preventing them from attempting to resolve the ankle-monitor issue before Adams was killed.
The San Francisco Police Officers Association disputes the accusations, maintaining that Adams was not tackled and instead lost control of his scooter. However, the newly released footage shows an officer lunging toward Adams immediately before the fatal collision, supporting earlier eyewitness accounts that contradicted the department's original explanation.
The District Attorney's Office is conducting an independent investigation. The officers involved have not been publicly identified, and police body-camera footage has not been released.
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sfstandard.com/2026/11/12/su…
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🚨 Arizona Democrats have now won every statewide race:
— US Senate
— Governor
— Secretary Of State
— Attorney General
— State Treasurer
— Corporation Commissioner
— School Superintendent
— Mine Inspector
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Sen. @ChrisVanHollen (D-MD): "We should not be preserving our institutions if they are not delivering for the American people. We should be making delivering for the American people the single mission of our government, even when that means shaking things up. That's why I'm running for the Majority Leader in the United States Senate."
Full video here: youtube.com/live/E9yi0cu2_gE…
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This trailer by my publisher @OneSignalPub tells the story of how I founded @DAIRInstitute, which turns 5 this December!
My book DEEP UNLEARNING argues that we don't have to settle for the technological path charted by gazillionaires.
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This should be illegal. All so the GOP can hold onto one more vote. Not that the Dems didn't do it with Feinstein. Do these senators sign a contract to let their bodies be used until their heart stops in the interest of power? Disgusting.
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