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This is perfect. The DOJ's embarrassing snafu with disappearing redactions was the fault of Elon Musk. Musk cancelled government subscriptions to Adobe programs that would have made the redactions permanent. What a pack of fools.
December 26, 2025 at 9:02 PM
This is perfect. The DOJ's embarrassing snafu with disappearing redactions was the fault of Elon Musk. Musk cancelled government subscriptions to Adobe programs that would have made the redactions permanent. What a pack of fools.
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Neither the New York Times nor the Washington Post published stories about Trump writing 200 unhinged posts on Christmas Day
You almost have to feel bad for an ugly old man with no family or friends to keep him company on Christmas Day that he makes 200 crazy posts ranting about everything under the sun.
Almost.
Almost.
December 26, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Neither the New York Times nor the Washington Post published stories about Trump writing 200 unhinged posts on Christmas Day
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If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.”
cnn.it
December 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
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These declines are MASSIVE.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
I count 10 cities in 2025 that are on track to have the fewest murders since at least 1970. Newark is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1956 (though only have data through Oct this year) and San Francisco is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1942.
December 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
These declines are MASSIVE.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
Question for physicists:
If I bought a Powerball ticket for tonight, but I haven’t checked the results yet, am I currently existing in a superposition of billionaire and regular person?
If I bought a Powerball ticket for tonight, but I haven’t checked the results yet, am I currently existing in a superposition of billionaire and regular person?
December 23, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Question for physicists:
If I bought a Powerball ticket for tonight, but I haven’t checked the results yet, am I currently existing in a superposition of billionaire and regular person?
If I bought a Powerball ticket for tonight, but I haven’t checked the results yet, am I currently existing in a superposition of billionaire and regular person?
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And there it is...
December 22, 2025 at 2:55 AM
And there it is...
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This is why the Ellisons paid $150 million to acquire a mediocre Substack blog www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/12/bari...
Bari Weiss misplaces story that would be unfavorable to the Trump administration - Lawyers, Guns & Money
60 minutes was heavily promoting an important story about conditions inside CECOT, and that kind of thing is not going to fly at the Bari Weiss Broadcasting Network: All of these links went to promoti...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
December 21, 2025 at 11:46 PM
This is why the Ellisons paid $150 million to acquire a mediocre Substack blog www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/12/bari...
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Created by #StanDOM's Andre Kumar, the five-year SMART-HM program connects new faculty with mentorship, professional development & a community designed to help them find their path — & their purpose — in #AcademicMedicine. #25MomentsOf2025 https://stan.md/41NxsA2
December 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Created by #StanDOM's Andre Kumar, the five-year SMART-HM program connects new faculty with mentorship, professional development & a community designed to help them find their path — & their purpose — in #AcademicMedicine. #25MomentsOf2025 https://stan.md/41NxsA2
With all the times that the internet tries to collectively cancel some random person for acting horrible while intoxicated in public, if anyone deserves to be made "famous" by the internet, it's people like this.
In the wake of the tragedy at Brown, online conspiracists rushed to pin the horrific mass murder on an innocent Palestinian student. One of them was Shaun Maguire, a partner at leading VC firm Sequoia Capital.
www.fastcompany.com/91463942/seq...
www.fastcompany.com/91463942/seq...
Sequoia's Shaun Maguire accused an innocent Palestinian of being the Brown shooter. Then he doubled down
Online sleuthing is not, it turns out, among the noted VC's talents.
www.fastcompany.com
December 21, 2025 at 4:53 AM
With all the times that the internet tries to collectively cancel some random person for acting horrible while intoxicated in public, if anyone deserves to be made "famous" by the internet, it's people like this.
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Question: When the head of the DOJ’s Civil Rights division tweets out a false statement about an individual that results in them being barraged with death threats based on their religion and ethnicity, which governmental agency would look into whether that student’s Civil Rights had been infringed?
December 20, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Question: When the head of the DOJ’s Civil Rights division tweets out a false statement about an individual that results in them being barraged with death threats based on their religion and ethnicity, which governmental agency would look into whether that student’s Civil Rights had been infringed?
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Your periodic reminder that the President or Congress can stop this nightmare right now. The president can fire. The Congress can impeach and convict. I would think that lying under oath during his confirmation hearing could be just one possible charge.
IOW, this is not inevitable or unstoppable.
IOW, this is not inevitable or unstoppable.
It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines.
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
December 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Your periodic reminder that the President or Congress can stop this nightmare right now. The president can fire. The Congress can impeach and convict. I would think that lying under oath during his confirmation hearing could be just one possible charge.
IOW, this is not inevitable or unstoppable.
IOW, this is not inevitable or unstoppable.
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Can’t stop thinking about this. The Trump administration is essentially extorting hospitals into dropping gender-affirming care—without Medicare or Medicaid they’d go bankrupt. It’s akin to a backdoor ban even for people with private insurance, a proposal that wouldn’t pass Congress.
Under the proposed rule issued by the Trump Administration today, any Medicare- or Medicaid-participating hospital would be barred from providing gender-affirming care to *any child*, even if the care is not paid for by Medicare or Medicaid.
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-23465.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-23465.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov
December 20, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Can’t stop thinking about this. The Trump administration is essentially extorting hospitals into dropping gender-affirming care—without Medicare or Medicaid they’d go bankrupt. It’s akin to a backdoor ban even for people with private insurance, a proposal that wouldn’t pass Congress.
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RFK Jr.’s handpicked anti-vaccine staff at HHS have apparently decided that the CDC will no longer recommend most childhood vaccines.
They will encourage parents to discuss it with doctors instead.
This is going to kill babies, and it will cause the most harm among the most vulnerable.
They will encourage parents to discuss it with doctors instead.
This is going to kill babies, and it will cause the most harm among the most vulnerable.
U.S. plans to stop recommending most childhood vaccines, defer to doctors
The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:34 AM
RFK Jr.’s handpicked anti-vaccine staff at HHS have apparently decided that the CDC will no longer recommend most childhood vaccines.
They will encourage parents to discuss it with doctors instead.
This is going to kill babies, and it will cause the most harm among the most vulnerable.
They will encourage parents to discuss it with doctors instead.
This is going to kill babies, and it will cause the most harm among the most vulnerable.
This is enraging. 😡
And there’s zero self-awareness that many applauding such government intrusion into the exam room over transgender care crashed out over schools requiring their kids to get a COVID vaccine.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/18/h...
And there’s zero self-awareness that many applauding such government intrusion into the exam room over transgender care crashed out over schools requiring their kids to get a COVID vaccine.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/18/h...
Trump moves to ban transgender care for minors by targeting hospitals | CNN
US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other health officials said Thursday that the federal government will block hospitals and doctors from providing transgender care to ch...
www.cnn.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:27 PM
This is enraging. 😡
And there’s zero self-awareness that many applauding such government intrusion into the exam room over transgender care crashed out over schools requiring their kids to get a COVID vaccine.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/18/h...
And there’s zero self-awareness that many applauding such government intrusion into the exam room over transgender care crashed out over schools requiring their kids to get a COVID vaccine.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/18/h...
A 4 min overview of the big picture, acute complications of cirrhosis, and how they are all tied together.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjho...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjho...
December 15, 2025 at 8:16 PM
A 4 min overview of the big picture, acute complications of cirrhosis, and how they are all tied together.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjho...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjho...
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Makary’s strategy is familiar. Cast doubt on consensus. Frame experts as elites. Then present himself as the truth-teller who can “fix” the system. It is a classic manipulation of public trust, weaponizing cynicism against science itself.
December 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Makary’s strategy is familiar. Cast doubt on consensus. Frame experts as elites. Then present himself as the truth-teller who can “fix” the system. It is a classic manipulation of public trust, weaponizing cynicism against science itself.
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Prasad, Makary and others who claim that COVID19 vaccines killed 10 children are not telling the truth.
According to @jeremyfaust.bsky.social, the committee that worked on this question reported that there were ZERO deaths that they were certain were caused by the vaccines.
Well worth reading.
According to @jeremyfaust.bsky.social, the committee that worked on this question reported that there were ZERO deaths that they were certain were caused by the vaccines.
Well worth reading.
Scoop: FDA vaccine chief’s memo cited 10 pediatric Covid-19 vaccine deaths—but the agency’s own analysis found 0–7.
Dr. Vinay Prasad circulated a memo before FDA scientists finished their work. His conclusions overshot what the agency’s own analysts ultimately found.
insidemedicine.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Prasad, Makary and others who claim that COVID19 vaccines killed 10 children are not telling the truth.
According to @jeremyfaust.bsky.social, the committee that worked on this question reported that there were ZERO deaths that they were certain were caused by the vaccines.
Well worth reading.
According to @jeremyfaust.bsky.social, the committee that worked on this question reported that there were ZERO deaths that they were certain were caused by the vaccines.
Well worth reading.
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MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
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$140m.
Think of how many cancer drug trials or free school lunches this could have paid for www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Think of how many cancer drug trials or free school lunches this could have paid for www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
DHS inks contract to create its own fleet of Boeing 737s for deportations
The agency will spend nearly $140 million to buy the planes, funding that comes from a massive budget increase for immigration enforcement approved by Congress.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
$140m.
Think of how many cancer drug trials or free school lunches this could have paid for www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Think of how many cancer drug trials or free school lunches this could have paid for www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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One of the most highly cited academic articles on the safety of glyphosate has been retracted, eight years after court documents revealed it was ghostwritten by Monsanto retractionwatch.com/2025/12/04/g...
Glyphosate safety article retracted eight years after Monsanto ghostwriting revealed in court
Credit: Mike Mozart/Flickr (CC BY 2.0) A review article concluding the weed killer Roundup “does not pose a health risk to humans” has been retracted eight years after documents released in a court…
retractionwatch.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
One of the most highly cited academic articles on the safety of glyphosate has been retracted, eight years after court documents revealed it was ghostwritten by Monsanto retractionwatch.com/2025/12/04/g...
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Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
October 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
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we all got cowed into avoiding "virtue signaling" as if the public affirmation of socially agreed upon ethical principles was somehow cringey instead of a significant part of what a "society" even is. now all there's left is vice signaling, and it's reshaping society.
December 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
we all got cowed into avoiding "virtue signaling" as if the public affirmation of socially agreed upon ethical principles was somehow cringey instead of a significant part of what a "society" even is. now all there's left is vice signaling, and it's reshaping society.
I’ve played the audio only from this clip for some of my physician colleagues, and asked who they think is speaking. The most common response is some version of “a crazy conspiracy theorist on Rogan”.
It's so interesting to me how Makary conspiracy code switches when he talks to podcasters vs national news. This is the kind of stuff MAHA hears from the FDA Commissioner.
December 7, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I’ve played the audio only from this clip for some of my physician colleagues, and asked who they think is speaking. The most common response is some version of “a crazy conspiracy theorist on Rogan”.
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The FDA is no longer a credible institution.
The current FDA cannot be trusted to protect public safety.
I will not risk my patients by prescribing any new drugs that are approved during RFK and Makary’s “leadership”.
The current FDA cannot be trusted to protect public safety.
I will not risk my patients by prescribing any new drugs that are approved during RFK and Makary’s “leadership”.
December 7, 2025 at 1:37 AM
The FDA is no longer a credible institution.
The current FDA cannot be trusted to protect public safety.
I will not risk my patients by prescribing any new drugs that are approved during RFK and Makary’s “leadership”.
The current FDA cannot be trusted to protect public safety.
I will not risk my patients by prescribing any new drugs that are approved during RFK and Makary’s “leadership”.
The FDA is no longer a credible institution.
The current FDA cannot be trusted to protect public safety.
I will not risk my patients by prescribing any new drugs that are approved during RFK and Makary’s “leadership”.
The current FDA cannot be trusted to protect public safety.
I will not risk my patients by prescribing any new drugs that are approved during RFK and Makary’s “leadership”.
December 7, 2025 at 1:37 AM
The FDA is no longer a credible institution.
The current FDA cannot be trusted to protect public safety.
I will not risk my patients by prescribing any new drugs that are approved during RFK and Makary’s “leadership”.
The current FDA cannot be trusted to protect public safety.
I will not risk my patients by prescribing any new drugs that are approved during RFK and Makary’s “leadership”.