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The last time a child in the U.S. died of measles was in 2003.
RFK JR on Measles Outbreaks: It is not unusual. There are measles outbreaks every year.
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Rep. Jake Auchincloss 🟧
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Rep. Jake Auchincloss 🟧
@RepAuchincloss
Dad. Marine. Massachusetts Congressman. Build an economy that works like Legos, not Monopoly.
- The last thing American politics needs is more deception & distrust. Without strong regulation, AI deepfakes will do more damage to democracy. My bipartisan legislation, the Deepfakes Liability Act, would help stop these deceptions.A political opponent recently posted a deepfake video of me on social media. It was generated using AI and fabricated my voice and image to put words in my mouth. While it represents a new - and dangerous - low, it was not unpredictable. It just drives home why we need to act
- Social media corporations are the tobacco companies of the 21st century.
00:00 - America needs to return to Teddy Roosevelt’s wisdom: Speak softly and carry a big stick.
00:00 - The negotiations happening now could have happened w/o a war. Indeed, they’re probably harder now. All Trump’s bombs achieved was to make gas more expensive.
00:00 - Russell Vought’s proposal to make politics, not peer review, the standard for NIH science grants would be a cataclysm for the American science enterprise.
00:00 - The War Powers Resolution this week is a bipartisan rebuke of the president's expensive & illegal war of choice.
00:00 - The Iran war was illegal on Day 1. It was illegal on Day 61. And it’s illegal today.
00:00 - America needs to stop fighting forever wars in the Middle East. Congress needs to do its job and stop letting presidents launch wars of choice. I voted for the Lebanon War Powers Resolution today to express both convictions. I support our allies’ right to defend themselves and I
- In @PunchbowlNews yesterday afternoon: “For the Interior bill, Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.), one of the biggest Democratic earmark recipients, is set to bring home $8.9 million in earmarks.” punchbowl.news/archive/6126-m…
- The people of Massachusetts’ Fourth District, who elected him 16 times, have always held great affection and esteem for Barney. We will miss him. And on behalf of all of his former constituents, I extend to his family and friends our condolences for his passing and our gratitude
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