Heather Prentice
@heatherprentice.bsky.social
Epidemiologist. Medical Device Surveillance & Assessment. Posts are my own. She/her. CA currently by way of CO, KY, AL, MD, and DC.
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At least once a day I think about the declared “energy emergency” while they simultaneously destroy the offshore (and maybe onshore) wind industry and get mad all over again
September 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
At least once a day I think about the declared “energy emergency” while they simultaneously destroy the offshore (and maybe onshore) wind industry and get mad all over again
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The fact that Matthew Dowd lost his job for pointing out Charlie Kirk’s hate speech, while Brian Kilmeade openly suggests we should euthanize the homeless and there is zero outrage, shows exactly what is terribly wrong with today’s political mainstream media.
September 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The fact that Matthew Dowd lost his job for pointing out Charlie Kirk’s hate speech, while Brian Kilmeade openly suggests we should euthanize the homeless and there is zero outrage, shows exactly what is terribly wrong with today’s political mainstream media.
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This Supreme Court is as much a menace to democracy as Trump. Prob. more so. Take away appellate jurisdiction. contrarian.substack.com/p/even-feder...
Even Federal Court Judges Know the MAGA Justices are Out of Control
The Roberts Court makes obvious the need for serious reform
contrarian.substack.com
September 8, 2025 at 8:47 PM
This Supreme Court is as much a menace to democracy as Trump. Prob. more so. Take away appellate jurisdiction. contrarian.substack.com/p/even-feder...
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If I were charged with a federal crime, I’d hire Pam Bondi’s brother as my lawyer. Because I don’t think this is a coincidence.
DOJ drops charges against another client of AG Pam Bondi's brother Brad
For the second time in less than a month, the DOJ has dropped charges against a client represented by Brad Bondi, the brother of U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi.
abcnews.go.com
August 29, 2025 at 2:54 AM
If I were charged with a federal crime, I’d hire Pam Bondi’s brother as my lawyer. Because I don’t think this is a coincidence.
Looks like something North Korea would do.
This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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August 28, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Looks like something North Korea would do.
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Dear journalists:
The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her.
Your words shape people’s reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.
The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her.
Your words shape people’s reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.
August 26, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Dear journalists:
The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her.
Your words shape people’s reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.
The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her.
Your words shape people’s reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.
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Last week Trump said he likes the idea of starting a war so he can declare “no more elections” and stay in office forever.
Today he just said “a lot of people” want “a dictator.”
See where this is going?
Today he just said “a lot of people” want “a dictator.”
See where this is going?
August 25, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Last week Trump said he likes the idea of starting a war so he can declare “no more elections” and stay in office forever.
Today he just said “a lot of people” want “a dictator.”
See where this is going?
Today he just said “a lot of people” want “a dictator.”
See where this is going?
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"As RFK Jr. prepares to ban all COVID vaccines, it's time for Sen. Bill Cassidy to intervene." New by me open.substack.com/pub/robertma...
As RFK Jr. prepares to ban all COVID vaccines, it's time for Sen. Bill Cassidy to intervene
Cassidy must choose between our physical health and his political health. It's not too late to make the right choice.
open.substack.com
August 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
"As RFK Jr. prepares to ban all COVID vaccines, it's time for Sen. Bill Cassidy to intervene." New by me open.substack.com/pub/robertma...
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Words cannot adequately describe what a colossal disappointment our mainstream media has been during our slow descent into authoritarianism.
August 25, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Words cannot adequately describe what a colossal disappointment our mainstream media has been during our slow descent into authoritarianism.
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Tim Walz: "I always get in trouble for it and I'll continue to say it, I don't think we do any favors when we don't name it -- these are fascist policies."
August 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Tim Walz: "I always get in trouble for it and I'll continue to say it, I don't think we do any favors when we don't name it -- these are fascist policies."
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Pritzker: This is not about fighting crime. This is about the President and his complicit lackey, Stephen Miller, searching for ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities, and end elections.
August 25, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Pritzker: This is not about fighting crime. This is about the President and his complicit lackey, Stephen Miller, searching for ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities, and end elections.
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EXCLUSIVE: Democratic voters loathe partisan redistricting.
But they support California doing it to counter Texas, according to a new national poll.
But they support California doing it to counter Texas, according to a new national poll.
National poll: Majority of Democrats back California’s effort to counter Texas despite claims of hating gerrymandering
Democratic voters drop their aversion to redistricting when it means fighting Republicans.
www.politico.com
August 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Democratic voters loathe partisan redistricting.
But they support California doing it to counter Texas, according to a new national poll.
But they support California doing it to counter Texas, according to a new national poll.
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Do you know how insane and infuriating it is to live in a country where one party claims, with media and public support, the mantle of being the ‘tough on crime’ party while its leader openly calls for convicted criminals to be released from prison ‘or else’?
August 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Do you know how insane and infuriating it is to live in a country where one party claims, with media and public support, the mantle of being the ‘tough on crime’ party while its leader openly calls for convicted criminals to be released from prison ‘or else’?
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As federal authorities sweep homeless encampments in D.C. , I want to resurface the reporting we @propublica.org did last year on the possessions people lose, which include the things they need to survive: projects.propublica.org/homeless-enc...
Swept Away: What Cities Really Take When They Sweep Homeless Encampments
People say having their possessions — from birth certificates to loved ones’ ashes — taken in “sweeps” traumatizes them, exacerbates health issues and undermines efforts to find housing and get or kee...
projects.propublica.org
August 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
As federal authorities sweep homeless encampments in D.C. , I want to resurface the reporting we @propublica.org did last year on the possessions people lose, which include the things they need to survive: projects.propublica.org/homeless-enc...
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these takes are driving me fucking bananas. All cities have a crime problem, if you define a crime problem as "having any crime." But we make an implicit tradeoff to accept some degree of crime for the privilege of not living in a police state.
These “DC elites shouldn’t deny crime” takes are so…did you just land here from the moon. First of all who are you talking about. Second of all the point isn’t that there is no crime, it’s that Trump is clearly describing a fictional dystopia for political gain while making our real city less safe.
August 15, 2025 at 8:45 PM
these takes are driving me fucking bananas. All cities have a crime problem, if you define a crime problem as "having any crime." But we make an implicit tradeoff to accept some degree of crime for the privilege of not living in a police state.
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More bad news! A federal appeals court has cleared the Trump administration to push forward with plans to gut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, overturning a lower court’s attempt to halt mass layoffs.
August 15, 2025 at 8:04 PM
More bad news! A federal appeals court has cleared the Trump administration to push forward with plans to gut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, overturning a lower court’s attempt to halt mass layoffs.
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US army rolling the red carpet to murderer’s plane. I will never forget this image.
August 15, 2025 at 7:23 PM
US army rolling the red carpet to murderer’s plane. I will never forget this image.
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And he is smiling like he knows exactly how he got here and what he is leaving with.
Not only is this fucking embarrassing, I can’t imagine how much counterintelligence work is going to be required after this trip.
Having a hostile head of state in the presidential limo is *insane*
Having a hostile head of state in the presidential limo is *insane*
August 15, 2025 at 8:45 PM
And he is smiling like he knows exactly how he got here and what he is leaving with.
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Not only is this fucking embarrassing, I can’t imagine how much counterintelligence work is going to be required after this trip.
Having a hostile head of state in the presidential limo is *insane*
Having a hostile head of state in the presidential limo is *insane*
August 15, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Not only is this fucking embarrassing, I can’t imagine how much counterintelligence work is going to be required after this trip.
Having a hostile head of state in the presidential limo is *insane*
Having a hostile head of state in the presidential limo is *insane*
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Trump struggled to walk in a straight line as he went to greet Putin
August 15, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Trump struggled to walk in a straight line as he went to greet Putin
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Note that he had tried to surrender voluntarily. If you needed any more proof that this whole thing was just for the clicks, that’s it.
The White House posted an insane video of the police arresting the sandwich guy in a safe and wealthy neighborhood.
August 15, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Note that he had tried to surrender voluntarily. If you needed any more proof that this whole thing was just for the clicks, that’s it.
This article from @politico.com is infuriating. Acting like RFK Jr. brought about awareness to things like ultra processed foods when public health and medical entities have been speaking on the health implications of these for years. Sanewashing a madman.
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
Congress is lukewarm on RFK Jr.’s plans. In the states, they’re catching fire.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ‘Make America Healthy Again’ movement is taking off in red — and blue — states, even as health experts condemn some of his actions.
www.politico.com
August 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
This article from @politico.com is infuriating. Acting like RFK Jr. brought about awareness to things like ultra processed foods when public health and medical entities have been speaking on the health implications of these for years. Sanewashing a madman.
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
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NEW: In June, ProPublica reported that the FDA has given more than 20 foreign factories a special pass to send drugs to the U.S. even though they were made at plants the agency had banned.
Today, we’re publishing a list of those exempted drugs.
Today, we’re publishing a list of those exempted drugs.
The FDA Let Substandard Factories Ship These Medications to the U.S.
ProPublica identified more than 150 products that were exempted from import bans since 2013. Our list provides the names of the drugs or ingredients and their manufacturers, many of which are no longe...
www.propublica.org
August 12, 2025 at 11:51 AM
NEW: In June, ProPublica reported that the FDA has given more than 20 foreign factories a special pass to send drugs to the U.S. even though they were made at plants the agency had banned.
Today, we’re publishing a list of those exempted drugs.
Today, we’re publishing a list of those exempted drugs.
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Unanswered question: What did Maxwell offer up as her side of the bargain? This is unprecedented, lenient treatment of a sex offender serving a 20 year sentence. Her side of the deal must have been highly valuable—someone really wanted whatever she offered.
Ghislaine Maxwell, serving 20 yrs for sex trafficking minors, has been given permission to leave minimum security campus for work assignments, per @muellershewrote.com
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August 12, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Unanswered question: What did Maxwell offer up as her side of the bargain? This is unprecedented, lenient treatment of a sex offender serving a 20 year sentence. Her side of the deal must have been highly valuable—someone really wanted whatever she offered.