Michele Manos
@michelemanos.bsky.social
Virologist, epidemiologist, public health researcher and professor (retired). Former NIAID Scientific Advisory Council member. Big fan of science, reality, adventure and goodness. Recovering from some years in political party leadership.
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Enough Dems have made the funding bill dead in the water. Now we need Noem impeached and ICE dismantled.
Are there any folks outside Mike Johnson’s house?
Are there any folks outside Mike Johnson’s house?
There are about 100 protesters outside Schumer’s building in the middle of the blizzard urging him to whip Dem votes against any more ICE/CBP funding.
January 25, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Enough Dems have made the funding bill dead in the water. Now we need Noem impeached and ICE dismantled.
Are there any folks outside Mike Johnson’s house?
Are there any folks outside Mike Johnson’s house?
We've definitely arrived in a new place when Bill Kristol is coaching the Dems.
Yes, the GOP controls Congress. That's why it's key to show Congress COULD stop the madness. And it's not just the DHS bill. Congress could repeal the prior multi-year $75b for DHS; set up a special investigative committee (cf. Watergate); amend the Insurrection Act; etc.
January 25, 2026 at 5:12 PM
We've definitely arrived in a new place when Bill Kristol is coaching the Dems.
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Once ICE "officers" remove all the immigrants, will they take all the jobs those immigrants were doing?
January 24, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Once ICE "officers" remove all the immigrants, will they take all the jobs those immigrants were doing?
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I didn't say it. The Germans did.
January 23, 2026 at 8:42 PM
I didn't say it. The Germans did.
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Trump-backing billionaire Miriam Adelson at the Israeli-American Council, asked how she exerts (buys) influence with American politicians: "Can you allow me not to answer? I want to be truthful, and there are so many things I don't want to talk about."
January 18, 2026 at 10:37 PM
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Facebook post from HHS today:
No cake, just steak.
Happy Birthday Secretary Kennedy! We are so grateful for your leadership and determination to Make America Healthy Again.
No cake, just steak.
Happy Birthday Secretary Kennedy! We are so grateful for your leadership and determination to Make America Healthy Again.
January 17, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Facebook post from HHS today:
No cake, just steak.
Happy Birthday Secretary Kennedy! We are so grateful for your leadership and determination to Make America Healthy Again.
No cake, just steak.
Happy Birthday Secretary Kennedy! We are so grateful for your leadership and determination to Make America Healthy Again.
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Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
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I know it's unhealthy, but I love everything about the pure humanity of this moment.
This is the Foreign Minister of Denmark and the Minister of Foreign Affairs for Greenland sharing a cigarette after meeting JD Vance
January 14, 2026 at 11:27 PM
I know it's unhealthy, but I love everything about the pure humanity of this moment.
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This is a big deal.
Editorial in the National Catholic Reporter: "The vice president's comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel."
Catholic Vice President Vance takes to social media to justify killing of Renee Good
After the tragic shooting of Renee Good at the hands of ICE, the Catholic vice president of the United States took to social media to justify the killing.
www.ncronline.org
January 9, 2026 at 2:58 AM
This is a big deal.
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The UK-based Guardian is doing the job of honestly covering U.S. politics that American legacy media have largely failed to do. The content is free, but they need your donations to keep up the vital work. I've given them my $$. @theguardian.com
Trump administration unleashes torrent of untruths after woman shot dead by ICE
Victim-blaming began almost as soon as Renee Nicole Good was killed – we examine the claims and the reality
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:19 PM
The UK-based Guardian is doing the job of honestly covering U.S. politics that American legacy media have largely failed to do. The content is free, but they need your donations to keep up the vital work. I've given them my $$. @theguardian.com
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Democrats will continue to vote for Republican judges (like this guy, who refused to say who won the 2020 election) until Democrats are punished for voting for Republican judges
Alexander Van Hook is confirmed 53-40 to be a District Judge of Western Louisiana. According to @senatepress.bsky.social, the Dems yeas are Dick Durbin (IL), Maggie Hassan (NH), Tim Kaine (VA), Amy Klobuchar (MN), Jeanne Shaheen (NH), and Peter Welch (VT). Angus King (I-ME) was also a yea.
January 8, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Democrats will continue to vote for Republican judges (like this guy, who refused to say who won the 2020 election) until Democrats are punished for voting for Republican judges
This cheered me up this morning.
January 8, 2026 at 5:53 PM
This cheered me up this morning.
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Black people five years ago: you know, they can kill anyone they want to out there
Everybody today: hot damn, did you know they can kill anyone they want to out there?
Everybody today: hot damn, did you know they can kill anyone they want to out there?
January 8, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Black people five years ago: you know, they can kill anyone they want to out there
Everybody today: hot damn, did you know they can kill anyone they want to out there?
Everybody today: hot damn, did you know they can kill anyone they want to out there?
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Abolish ICE. Really.
Trump: "I have just viewed the clip of the event which took place in Minneapolis. It is a horrible thing to watch. The woman screaming was, obviously, a professional agitator, and the woman driving the car was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting ... "
January 7, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Abolish ICE. Really.
When @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social calls for abolishing ICE, you know we've reached the complete catastrophe.
Abolish ICE. Really.
Trump: "I have just viewed the clip of the event which took place in Minneapolis. It is a horrible thing to watch. The woman screaming was, obviously, a professional agitator, and the woman driving the car was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting ... "
January 7, 2026 at 8:53 PM
When @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social calls for abolishing ICE, you know we've reached the complete catastrophe.
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Jared Kushner has somehow found a place at Coalition of the Willing press conference with Scholz, Zelensky, Macron, Starmer and Witkoff.
Kushner has no official position in the US government.
Kushner has no official position in the US government.
January 6, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Jared Kushner has somehow found a place at Coalition of the Willing press conference with Scholz, Zelensky, Macron, Starmer and Witkoff.
Kushner has no official position in the US government.
Kushner has no official position in the US government.
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One of the most lopsided results you'll ever see in a poll, from our weekend Washington Post poll www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
January 5, 2026 at 3:39 PM
One of the most lopsided results you'll ever see in a poll, from our weekend Washington Post poll www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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The United States has now given Russia, China, and anyone else who wants to give it a try an even clearer road map for invading countries that displease them.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Maybe Russia and China Should Sit This One Out
Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping are just shocked—shocked!—by the American attack on Venezuela.
www.theatlantic.com
January 3, 2026 at 8:29 PM
The United States has now given Russia, China, and anyone else who wants to give it a try an even clearer road map for invading countries that displease them.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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Imagine watching Sinatra, son of Dolly & Antonini born in Genoa & Sicily, respectively, and Martin, son of Gaetano & Angela, born in Montesilvano, Italy & Ohio respectively, (Angela to parents born in Monasterolo, Italy), and crusading against the value of children of immigrants to the U.S.
December 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Imagine watching Sinatra, son of Dolly & Antonini born in Genoa & Sicily, respectively, and Martin, son of Gaetano & Angela, born in Montesilvano, Italy & Ohio respectively, (Angela to parents born in Monasterolo, Italy), and crusading against the value of children of immigrants to the U.S.
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NEW: Billions of prescriptions for generic drugs are filled in the U.S. annually.
The FDA reports testing only a few dozen of them every year, and it has largely dismissed warnings about contaminants, irregularities and other issues.
Here’s what we found when we did our own testing:
The FDA reports testing only a few dozen of them every year, and it has largely dismissed warnings about contaminants, irregularities and other issues.
Here’s what we found when we did our own testing:
The FDA Often Doesn’t Test Generic Drugs for Quality Concerns, So ProPublica Did
Billions of prescriptions for generic drugs are filled in the U.S. annually. The FDA tests only a few dozen of them every year, its own records show, and it has largely dismissed warnings about contaminants, irregularities and other issues.
www.propublica.org
December 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
NEW: Billions of prescriptions for generic drugs are filled in the U.S. annually.
The FDA reports testing only a few dozen of them every year, and it has largely dismissed warnings about contaminants, irregularities and other issues.
Here’s what we found when we did our own testing:
The FDA reports testing only a few dozen of them every year, and it has largely dismissed warnings about contaminants, irregularities and other issues.
Here’s what we found when we did our own testing: