Kennedy asked CDC director to not include Pennsylvania deaths in measles tally. Kennedy and Pennsylvania governor feuded over response. Expert says it is ‘unheard of’ for CDC to question state determination.

https://www.reuters.com/world/kennedy-asked-remove-pennsylvania-measles-death-cdc-tally-sources-say-2026-09-03/

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r/therewasanattempt • u/Glad_Opinion_6339 • 21h ago

By several companies to be complicit in Israel’s Genocide without suffering economic consequences from BDS

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r/therewasanattempt • u/FirenzeLover • 14h ago

to suppress documentation coming out of Gaza and the West Bank

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r/therewasanattempt • u/ErsiliaCavedagni • 7h ago

to have an oakland mayor who wouldn't sell everybody out

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r/therewasanattempt • u/TheDigitalBuilder • 13h ago

By Brooke Rollins To say that Trump is good for farmers

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r/therewasanattempt • u/utrecht1976 • 1d ago

To do God's work

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JD Vance has said he is “doing as much of God’s work as possible” and that he is OK “if that leads to the end times”, which he says “are coming”.

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Vance also defended Donald Trump’s controversial depiction of himself as Jesus in an AI-generated photo, subsequently deleted, that the president posted earlier this year.

“The president didn’t mean any offense. Obviously, he loves Christians … Did Donald Trump mean to post a meme of himself as God? No. The president has a good sense of humor. He did not mean to mock or mimic God. That’s just not who he is,” Vance said, adding that Trump is “a backslapper” and “a bit of a ball buster”.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/02/jd-vance-god-podcast-end-times

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r/therewasanattempt • u/yeongno_ate_yangban • 8h ago

To not get got

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REJECT THE BILLIONAIRES. VOTE IN EVERY LOCAL ELECTION.

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r/therewasanattempt • u/HomeNowWTF • 20h ago

to get a wedding photo in a canoe

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r/therewasanattempt • u/Accomplished_Bar_390 • 1d ago

to make a valid argument against student loan forgiveness

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29 year old Rep. Maxwell Frost, a Democrat from Florida, debates a boomer who opposes student loan forgiveness, even though his own wife had hers wiped out under Biden

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