Ben H
@bnhamlin.bsky.social
Humanist, Scientist (sort of), Dog Lover (totally!), Severe UWP Addiction (crack would be much cheaper) and firm believer that (Good) Beer makes the world a better place to exist.
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🧵RFKJ and one of his ACIP picks, Robert Malone, appear to be getting ready to restrict the Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) immunizations (nirsevimab and clesrovimab) saying there is a vast cover up of vaccine safety data.
As a pediatrician and CDC worker I have two questions for RFKJ about that:
As a pediatrician and CDC worker I have two questions for RFKJ about that:
September 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
🧵RFKJ and one of his ACIP picks, Robert Malone, appear to be getting ready to restrict the Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) immunizations (nirsevimab and clesrovimab) saying there is a vast cover up of vaccine safety data.
As a pediatrician and CDC worker I have two questions for RFKJ about that:
As a pediatrician and CDC worker I have two questions for RFKJ about that:
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August 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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JUST IN: But the court, in its emergency docket order, also left in place by a 5-4 order a lower court ruling that threw out NIH memos that enforced the administration's policies.
Supreme Court allows NIH to stop making nearly $800M in research grants for now
But the court, in its emergency docket order, also left in place by a 5-4 order a lower court ruling that threw out NIH memos that enforced the administration's policies.
n.pr
August 21, 2025 at 10:08 PM
JUST IN: But the court, in its emergency docket order, also left in place by a 5-4 order a lower court ruling that threw out NIH memos that enforced the administration's policies.
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Significant portions of Article I of the U.S. Constitution were removed from the version published on Congress’ official Constitution website. Large parts of Section 8(which outlines the powers of Congress) were deleted, and Sections 9 and 10,
August 6, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Significant portions of Article I of the U.S. Constitution were removed from the version published on Congress’ official Constitution website. Large parts of Section 8(which outlines the powers of Congress) were deleted, and Sections 9 and 10,
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This is what’s going on while the Orange Clown is trying to distract us!
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The Supreme Court prepares to end voting rights as we know them
And justices don’t want you to notice.
www.motherjones.com
August 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
This is what’s going on while the Orange Clown is trying to distract us!
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
TSA Touchless ID. The latest gov’t surveillance program to speed you through airport security.
July 28, 2025 at 9:49 PM
TSA Touchless ID. The latest gov’t surveillance program to speed you through airport security.
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I've said it before and I'll say it again. ICE agents who commit crimes are not immune. And local prosecutors should act accordingly.
July 11, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I've said it before and I'll say it again. ICE agents who commit crimes are not immune. And local prosecutors should act accordingly.
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if we remove the profit incentive from prisons, we will see less crime. If we remove the profit incentives from healthcare, we will see more good health outcomes. And same with housing and homelessness etc etc etc. Some things should be walled off from the markets & operated for the common good.
July 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
if we remove the profit incentive from prisons, we will see less crime. If we remove the profit incentives from healthcare, we will see more good health outcomes. And same with housing and homelessness etc etc etc. Some things should be walled off from the markets & operated for the common good.
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Something that doesn’t seem to be commanding the attention of the American MSM is that both Germany and Italy are having their gold bullion reserves repatriated from storage in Manhattan.
July 9, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Something that doesn’t seem to be commanding the attention of the American MSM is that both Germany and Italy are having their gold bullion reserves repatriated from storage in Manhattan.
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In addition to kicking millions of Americans off their health insurance, cutting taxes for the wealthy, and adding trillions to the deficit, other parts of Trump’s Budget are also harmful and unpopular.
We need to make sure more people learn about them.
We need to make sure more people learn about them.
Three Things in Trump’s Budget That Aren’t Getting Enough Attention
They might affect the bill’s fate… if more people learn about them and speak up.
substack.com
June 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
In addition to kicking millions of Americans off their health insurance, cutting taxes for the wealthy, and adding trillions to the deficit, other parts of Trump’s Budget are also harmful and unpopular.
We need to make sure more people learn about them.
We need to make sure more people learn about them.
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They are not the sharpest knives in the drawer.
June 26, 2025 at 1:30 AM
They are not the sharpest knives in the drawer.
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The White House says it’s now limiting how much classified intelligence it shares with Congress, following criticism from lawmakers over the Iran bombing.
June 25, 2025 at 10:44 PM
The White House says it’s now limiting how much classified intelligence it shares with Congress, following criticism from lawmakers over the Iran bombing.
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Mysteriously, tax settlements have dropped by hundreds of millions of dollars under Dunleavy. Several months ago a former Dunleavy Deputy Commissioner wrote that he was told “point blank” he was “expected to violate statute to enrich oil companies on public money they weren't legally entitled to.”
Of note — The amount of money deposited in the state’s main rainy-day fund from so-called tax and royalty settlements dropped from $281 million in 2020 to just $3.1 million in 2024, according to documents from the Department of Revenue. #akleg
More: alaskapublic.org/news/politic...
More: alaskapublic.org/news/politic...
Gov. Dunleavy vetoes bill strengthening oversight of oil tax collection
Backers of the bill say it’s an effort to get to the bottom of why certain types of oil tax revenue have fallen precipitously in recent years.
alaskapublic.org
June 17, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Mysteriously, tax settlements have dropped by hundreds of millions of dollars under Dunleavy. Several months ago a former Dunleavy Deputy Commissioner wrote that he was told “point blank” he was “expected to violate statute to enrich oil companies on public money they weren't legally entitled to.”
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Just want to take a moment to shout out the international reporters helping us get the real story out. When an 80-year-old veteran with a walker is hauled off with his hands zip-tied behind his back, and the media spins it as a “threatening breach” of a police barricade
June 15, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Just want to take a moment to shout out the international reporters helping us get the real story out. When an 80-year-old veteran with a walker is hauled off with his hands zip-tied behind his back, and the media spins it as a “threatening breach” of a police barricade
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What happened to Sen. Padilla is a disgrace.
Elected officials are supposed to speak for the people.
When the government starts throwing Senators to the ground for doing that, we’ve left democracy behind.
You don’t have to wonder what a fascist regime looks like. This is it.
Elected officials are supposed to speak for the people.
When the government starts throwing Senators to the ground for doing that, we’ve left democracy behind.
You don’t have to wonder what a fascist regime looks like. This is it.
June 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
What happened to Sen. Padilla is a disgrace.
Elected officials are supposed to speak for the people.
When the government starts throwing Senators to the ground for doing that, we’ve left democracy behind.
You don’t have to wonder what a fascist regime looks like. This is it.
Elected officials are supposed to speak for the people.
When the government starts throwing Senators to the ground for doing that, we’ve left democracy behind.
You don’t have to wonder what a fascist regime looks like. This is it.
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Investigations are now underway into officers and ICE agents who fired crowd-control munitions at dangerously close range. In case after case, the situation only escalated when force was used against peaceful protesters.
June 12, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Investigations are now underway into officers and ICE agents who fired crowd-control munitions at dangerously close range. In case after case, the situation only escalated when force was used against peaceful protesters.
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Today Marco Rubio would like to congratulate Russia on its 70,000th forcibly kidnapped child from ukraine!!! Our people have so much in common.
June 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Today Marco Rubio would like to congratulate Russia on its 70,000th forcibly kidnapped child from ukraine!!! Our people have so much in common.