chriscomer.bsky.social
@chriscomer.bsky.social
Reposted
From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA
March 22, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Reposted
Wall Street Journal Editorial Board comes out swinging against JD Vance.

Indeed, key moment in downward spiral was Vance lashing out in response to Zelenskyy's point on diplomacy with Putin

WSJ: "It is bewildering to see Mr. Trump’s allies defending this debacle as some show of American strength."
Opinion | Putin Wins the Trump-Zelensky Oval Office Spectacle
Vice President Vance starts a public fight that only helps Russia’s dictator.
www.wsj.com
March 1, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Reposted
An undocumented mother is in federal custody along with her undocumented son after ICE detained them.

Their family says the mother doesn’t have a criminal background, and she is the primary caretaker for her daughter Xitlali, who is battling cancer. nbcnews.to/4kAJNz1
March 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Reposted
Elon Musk has shut down a team of tech-savvy civil servants responsible for developing the IRS’s free tax-filing service and improving government websites. As a result, 90 employees were immediately locked out of their devices and informed that their jobs were deemed non-essential.
March 2, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Reposted
I stand with Ukraine 🇺🇦

❤️ if you do, too.
February 28, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Reposted
The offer by a top Justice Department official to protect a specific group of government employees was notable, in part because of his silence as another group of federal workers is also being targeted.
After vowing to protect DOGE workers, Trump prosecutor is silent on employees targeted by 'DEI watch list'
Ed Martin, a former "stop the steal" activist, has offered Elon Musk the services of his office. But he had no comment on a list targeting other government workers.
www.nbcnews.com
February 6, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Reposted
February 4, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Reposted
BREAKING: The White House is preparing an executive order to eliminate the Department of Education, two sources familiar with the plans tell NBC News.
White House preparing executive order to abolish the Department of Education
The planned order follows years of campaign promises from President Donald Trump to abolish the federal Education Department.
www.nbcnews.com
February 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Reposted
There is still beauty in this world
Judge rules that Black church in DC, which won a $2.8 million default judgment against the Proud Boys, now gains control over the trademark “Proud Boys.” The far-right group is barred from selling any related merchandise or symbols without the consent of the church. Gift link:
Proud Boys Lose Control of Their Name to a Black Church They Vandalized (Gift Article)
A judge awarded the trademarked name and symbols to a Washington church to help satisfy a $2.8 million judgment against the far-right group.
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Reposted
The Defense Intelligence Agency has ordered a pause of all activities and events designed to celebrate women and minorities, in order to comply with President Trump's executive order, according to a memo obtained by NBC News.
nbcnews.to/3PZRxw6
January 31, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Reposted
I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget INSURRECTIONIST TRUMP!
January 21, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Winter in southern Maryland.
January 11, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Reposted
December 26, 2024 at 1:28 PM
Reposted
Do you think you're sitting still right now?

- You're on a planet that orbitis a star at 30km/s

- That star is orbiting the center of a galaxy at 230km/s

- That galaxy is moving trough the universe at 600km/s.

Since you started reading this, you have traveled about 3000km.
December 25, 2024 at 3:27 PM
Winter MACO conference in Cambridge, MD
December 13, 2024 at 12:05 AM
Annual illumination at Antietam National Battlefield One for each of the 23,000 casualties.
December 8, 2024 at 4:45 AM
Quite the sunset
December 8, 2024 at 4:41 AM
Reposted
We keep getting messages saying climate change is a hoax and the world is flat. Is it 2024?!
December 7, 2024 at 11:09 PM
Wonder why? Maybe they’re exhausted family caregivers who are behind at work (and worried they’ll lose their job if they don’t get caught up). So reading their bills (much less writing an appeal within the 30 day deadline) while caring for some is low on the to do list.
December 7, 2024 at 10:10 PM
December 7, 2024 at 9:56 PM
Blue Cross is just as bad It’s the last thing you should worry about when a loved one is suffering.

This year my wife spent a week hospitalized with a staph infection & my daughter had hip surgery to repair a torn labral. Both my denied as medically unnecessary
www.pbs.org/newshour/amp...
How algorithms are being used to deny health insurance claims in bulk
Federal data shows that health insurance companies denied more than 49 millions claims in 2021, but customers appealed less than 0.2 percent of them. Investigative journalists at ProPublica found that...
www.pbs.org
December 7, 2024 at 8:32 PM