Johns Hopkins University will be eliminating tuition for undergraduate students from families that make up to $200,000 a year, starting next year, the university announced Thursday.

Thanks to a $1.8 billion donation in 2018 by Michael Bloomberg, an alumnus of the Baltimore university, and continued donations up to $240 million since then, the university will now be tuition-free for qualifying undergraduate students...

https://wtop.com/local/2025/11/johns-hopkins-university-eliminating-tuition-for-most-students/

Trump’s HUD just gutted long-term housing and replaced it with “work/treatment required” temporary beds — putting 170,000 people at risk of losing their homes.

Senior citizens, disabled people, families finally stable in permanent housing? HUD’s new rules slam the door on them.

Experts warn homelessness will rise, not fall. This isn’t policy — it’s cruelty dressed up as “self-sufficiency.”
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/14/nx-s1-5553561/homelessness-housing-funding-trump-administration-hud

Botulism cases lead to widespread recall of infant formula
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/botulism-cases-lead-to-widespread-recall-of-infant-formula?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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I despise this shit bird.

“The guy who called our fallen soldiers ‘suckers’ and ‘losers’ said what about our veterans who work at the VA today?” - The Resistance
#VeteransAgainsttRump
#VFRL

🚨 After the House Dem Caucus call last, these are the House Dems to watch for ‘yes’ votes on the CR:

Henry Cuellar (TX-28)
Jared Golden (ME-02)
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Wash-03)
Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34)
Susie Lee (Nev-03)
Golden is not running again

TELL THEM TO HOLD THE LINE.

☎️ Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121

NOAA cut funding to the Alaska Earthquake Center, directed by my friend Mike West. As a result, seismic monitoring by nine stations in Alaska tracking tsunami-causing earthquakes will go offline by the end of the month. This endangers people in Alaska, Hawaiʻi, and other parts of the Pacific.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/11/11/tsunami-warning-center-trump-funding-cuts/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzYyODM3MjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzY0MjE5NTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NjI4MzcyMDAsImp0aSI6Ijk4NzdjN2ExLTRhMmUtNDdjYi04M2Q2LTUwNGI4Zjk1ZTZiNSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9jbGltYXRlLWVudmlyb25tZW50LzIwMjUvMTEvMTEvdHN1bmFtaS13YXJuaW5nLWNlbnRlci10cnVtcC1mdW5kaW5nLWN1dHMvIn0.AdH-y4BLvreuNv6kGWNjdo7-Jj2X4CSudIObguYdRIY

Native Americans serve in the U.S. Armed Forces at five times the national average. Almost 19% of all Native Americans have served in the Armed Forces since September 11, 2001. Almost 20% of all Native American service members are women, compared to the approximately 15% of all other service members who are women.

#VeteransDay

The Mississippi Department of Human Services is warning of a heightened danger for fraudsters to steal SNAP benefits.

The agency is urging beneficiaries to change their PIN monthly on the day before benefits are set to arrive, to monitor all account transactions and report suspicious activity.
https://www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-snap-beneficiaries-set-to-begin-receiving-partial-food-aid-payments/