Jamie Sheard
@jamiesheard.bsky.social
PhD in nutrition and Parkinson’s disease; supporting the clinical trials industry as a freelance writer for over a decade; avid reader
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Mike Johnson bemoans able-bodied men collecting healthcare benefits from the government while not working--exactly what Mike Johnson is currently doing.
Mike Johnson: "With Medicaid, we eliminated the fraud, waste, and abuse. We got able-bodied young men without dependents off the program. They were never intended to be there. They're sitting around on their couches playing video games. Yes, that's an actual study."
October 31, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Mike Johnson bemoans able-bodied men collecting healthcare benefits from the government while not working--exactly what Mike Johnson is currently doing.
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Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.
Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
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October 23, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.
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Scientist behind Trump’s Tylenol claims was paid to give evidence against drug maker www.thetimes.com/us/american-...
Scientist behind Trump’s Tylenol claims was paid to give evidence against drug maker
The Harvard academic Andrea Baccarelli gave an ‘unreliable’ testimony on the links between autism and paracetamol, and produced research that raises ‘serious concerns about bias’
www.thetimes.com
September 23, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Scientist behind Trump’s Tylenol claims was paid to give evidence against drug maker www.thetimes.com/us/american-...
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RFK Jr. rolled out that old chestnut again about how healthy Americans were in the 60’s, so here’s a fact check.
In 1965:
-42% of American adults smoked; it’s 11% now.
-The infant morality rate was 24.7/1000; it’s 5.6/1000 now.
-Overall life expectancy was 70 years; it's about 77 years now.
In 1965:
-42% of American adults smoked; it’s 11% now.
-The infant morality rate was 24.7/1000; it’s 5.6/1000 now.
-Overall life expectancy was 70 years; it's about 77 years now.
September 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM
RFK Jr. rolled out that old chestnut again about how healthy Americans were in the 60’s, so here’s a fact check.
In 1965:
-42% of American adults smoked; it’s 11% now.
-The infant morality rate was 24.7/1000; it’s 5.6/1000 now.
-Overall life expectancy was 70 years; it's about 77 years now.
In 1965:
-42% of American adults smoked; it’s 11% now.
-The infant morality rate was 24.7/1000; it’s 5.6/1000 now.
-Overall life expectancy was 70 years; it's about 77 years now.
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I’m just gonna keep repeating this...
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EXPOSING the Trump GRIFT!
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
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July 25, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I’m just gonna keep repeating this...
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Privatizing the National Weather Service and risking the lives of all Americans who depend on breaking severe weather forecasts to help billionaires make more money is very on-brand for the Trump administration.
op: jesscraven101 (via IG)
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July 26, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Privatizing the National Weather Service and risking the lives of all Americans who depend on breaking severe weather forecasts to help billionaires make more money is very on-brand for the Trump administration.
op: jesscraven101 (via IG)
op: jesscraven101 (via IG)
This is absolutely frightening and devastating - so much more could have been done with that money.
$100 billion in new ICE funding is about to be law. This marks the single largest increase in immigration enforcement in US history.
July 3, 2025 at 6:46 PM
This is absolutely frightening and devastating - so much more could have been done with that money.
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Stop saying you’re fine….none of this is fine.
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This Is Not Normal
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
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June 18, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Stop saying you’re fine….none of this is fine.
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This doesn’t stop until we stop it.
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This Needs To Be Shut down
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
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May 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
This doesn’t stop until we stop it.
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This is amazing and a fantastic example of DEI in action:
www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/...
www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/...
What is beep baseball? Boston team of blind athletes plays America's favorite pastime
The Boston Renegades plays beep baseball, an adaptive version designed specifically for blind and visually-impaired athletes.
www.cbsnews.com
May 11, 2025 at 12:45 AM
This is amazing and a fantastic example of DEI in action:
www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/...
www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/...
How is this the man in charge of our public health? I knew we were fucked from the moment he was confirmed, but this is just insane.
RFK Jr on measles: "The MMR vaccine contains a lot of aborted fetus debris."
May 1, 2025 at 1:36 AM
How is this the man in charge of our public health? I knew we were fucked from the moment he was confirmed, but this is just insane.
Measles has hit Chicago
“Health officials are warning that people who were at the following locations on the following dates may have been exposed:”
May 1, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Measles has hit Chicago
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RFK Jr. ordered the NIH’s Integrated Research Facility in Frederick to stop all research on serious infectious diseases yesterday at 5:00 PM.
They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
RFK Jr.'s HHS Orders Lab Studying Deadly Infectious Diseases to Stop Research
NIAID's Integrated Research Facility is one of the few federal facilities charged with studying Ebola. Tuesday afternoon, all of its work was put on indefinite pause by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s departm...
www.wired.com
April 30, 2025 at 10:45 PM
RFK Jr. ordered the NIH’s Integrated Research Facility in Frederick to stop all research on serious infectious diseases yesterday at 5:00 PM.
They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
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A better prostate cancer screening method for all people who can potentially be affected is an exciting medical development! This is a great example of how ensuring representation in research can improve health outcomes.
April 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A better prostate cancer screening method for all people who can potentially be affected is an exciting medical development! This is a great example of how ensuring representation in research can improve health outcomes.
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This is a moral moment in America. Sitting on the Capitol steps with Leader Hakeem Jeffries this morning to discuss what’s at stake with Trump’s budget and affirm the need for collective action to protect Medicaid, food assistance, and other safety net programs. @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
Cory Booker and Hakeem Jeffries Live on the steps of the Capitol
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
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April 27, 2025 at 10:13 AM
This is a moral moment in America. Sitting on the Capitol steps with Leader Hakeem Jeffries this morning to discuss what’s at stake with Trump’s budget and affirm the need for collective action to protect Medicaid, food assistance, and other safety net programs. @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
“…broad consensus…that social constructs of descent-based identity, such as race and ethnicity, do not align with genetic groupings…diversity matters for sound science and effective policy…these two concepts have strengthened science and increased benefits to health.”
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Eugenics is on the rise again: human geneticists must take a stand
Scientists must push back against the threat of rising white nationalism and the dangerous and pseudoscientific ideas of eugenics.
www.nature.com
April 26, 2025 at 10:26 PM
“…broad consensus…that social constructs of descent-based identity, such as race and ethnicity, do not align with genetic groupings…diversity matters for sound science and effective policy…these two concepts have strengthened science and increased benefits to health.”
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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WISCONSIN: The chair of the elections commission, a lawyer, breaks down what actually happened using the actual complaint.
Arresting judges like this is a wild fast-forwarding of our plunge into authoritarianism.
Arresting judges like this is a wild fast-forwarding of our plunge into authoritarianism.
April 26, 2025 at 11:45 AM
WISCONSIN: The chair of the elections commission, a lawyer, breaks down what actually happened using the actual complaint.
Arresting judges like this is a wild fast-forwarding of our plunge into authoritarianism.
Arresting judges like this is a wild fast-forwarding of our plunge into authoritarianism.
RFK Jr has a lot to answer for. For measles: >50% of adults are uncertain about whether MMR vaccines have been proven to cause autism, vitamin A can prevent measles infections, or getting the measles vaccine is more dangerous than becoming infected with measles
www.kff.org/health-infor...
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KFF Tracking Poll on Health Information and Trust: The Public’s Views on Measles Outbreaks and Misinformation | KFF
This poll looks at awareness and concern over the outbreak of measles in the U.S. and finds that a growing share of adults is encountering false claims about the measles vaccines, but many are uncerta...
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April 25, 2025 at 10:51 PM
RFK Jr has a lot to answer for. For measles: >50% of adults are uncertain about whether MMR vaccines have been proven to cause autism, vitamin A can prevent measles infections, or getting the measles vaccine is more dangerous than becoming infected with measles
www.kff.org/health-infor...
www.kff.org/health-infor...
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This is who the federal government is putting in charge of determining the cause of autism and creating a registry of autistic people.
www.nationalreview.com/news/vaccine...
www.nationalreview.com/news/vaccine...
Vaccine Critic Who Used Chemical Castration Drug to Treat Autism Tapped to Lead Federal Immunization Study | National Review
Mark Geier had his medical license suspended after the Maryland State Board of Physicians found that his research ‘endangers autistic children.’
www.nationalreview.com
April 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
This is who the federal government is putting in charge of determining the cause of autism and creating a registry of autistic people.
www.nationalreview.com/news/vaccine...
www.nationalreview.com/news/vaccine...
FDA records are missing information needed to safely prescribe drugs because they don’t have the staff to update them
www.axios.com/2025/04/24/f...
www.axios.com/2025/04/24/f...
Key FDA drug data goes missing amid DOGE cuts
Health professionals have been left flying blind on basic questions like where a drug was made.
www.axios.com
April 24, 2025 at 10:26 AM
FDA records are missing information needed to safely prescribe drugs because they don’t have the staff to update them
www.axios.com/2025/04/24/f...
www.axios.com/2025/04/24/f...
What is it with this administration and their need to seriously harm people?!?
The federal government plans to eliminate services for LGBTQ youth who call 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline, according to a Health and Human Services budget draft leaked last week.
HHS plans to cut the national suicide hotline’s program for LGBTQ youth
In February, the program received an average of 2,100 contacts per day.
www.motherjones.com
April 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM
What is it with this administration and their need to seriously harm people?!?
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Breast cancer diagnoses rose by over 300% between 1973 and 1992.
Was there a breast cancer epidemic?!
NO.
Mammograms were implemented for screening in 1976.
PREVALENCE is a function of being able to correctly diagnose something.
This is also about autism.
Was there a breast cancer epidemic?!
NO.
Mammograms were implemented for screening in 1976.
PREVALENCE is a function of being able to correctly diagnose something.
This is also about autism.
April 21, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Breast cancer diagnoses rose by over 300% between 1973 and 1992.
Was there a breast cancer epidemic?!
NO.
Mammograms were implemented for screening in 1976.
PREVALENCE is a function of being able to correctly diagnose something.
This is also about autism.
Was there a breast cancer epidemic?!
NO.
Mammograms were implemented for screening in 1976.
PREVALENCE is a function of being able to correctly diagnose something.
This is also about autism.