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Research Scientist, PhD, MPH, PT #boomersooner 🇬🇭🇺🇸 Christ follower. Moving over from twitter
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This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.
October 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.
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This is a very big deal. Trump is systematically dismantling the protections against foreign (e.g. Russian) interference in our elections.
April 5, 2025 at 11:57 PM
This is a very big deal. Trump is systematically dismantling the protections against foreign (e.g. Russian) interference in our elections.
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We need to talk about this. The regime's un-uniformed secret police are snatching people off the streets of U.S. cities, detaining, disappearing and deporting them based on the color of their skin, their tattoos (sometimes mistakenly); even sending some to foreign gulags. www.cnn.com/2025/04/01/p...
Trump administration concedes Maryland father from El Salvador was mistakenly deported and sent to mega prison | CNN Politics
The Trump administration conceded in a court filing Monday that it mistakenly deported a Maryland father to El Salvador “because of an administrative error” and argued it could not return him because ...
www.cnn.com
April 1, 2025 at 4:24 PM
We need to talk about this. The regime's un-uniformed secret police are snatching people off the streets of U.S. cities, detaining, disappearing and deporting them based on the color of their skin, their tattoos (sometimes mistakenly); even sending some to foreign gulags. www.cnn.com/2025/04/01/p...
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When you fail the open book test… www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The Trump Backers Who Have Buyer’s Remorse
With every new policy and offhand remark, Trump belies the imaginary versions of himself that inspired many of his supporters.
www.theatlantic.com
February 21, 2025 at 5:48 PM
When you fail the open book test… www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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Statement from the Musk-appointed head of SSA celebrating the deletion of research grants studying the financial security of the older adults and the disabled. Just one way that the richest man in the world is dictating societal priorities.
www.ssa.gov/news/press/r...
www.ssa.gov/news/press/r...
February 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Statement from the Musk-appointed head of SSA celebrating the deletion of research grants studying the financial security of the older adults and the disabled. Just one way that the richest man in the world is dictating societal priorities.
www.ssa.gov/news/press/r...
www.ssa.gov/news/press/r...
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If you read one thing today… www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Great Resegregation
The Trump administration’s attacks on DEI are aimed at reversing the civil-rights movement.
www.theatlantic.com
February 22, 2025 at 5:18 PM
If you read one thing today… www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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I just want to say thank you to everyone who has reached out with kindness and encouragement, both personally and in these social media streets. So very proud of The Reidout @joy.msnbc.com team, who are truly family, and all of our supporters & friends. See you tomorrow night at 7, one more time ‼️
February 24, 2025 at 5:16 AM
I just want to say thank you to everyone who has reached out with kindness and encouragement, both personally and in these social media streets. So very proud of The Reidout @joy.msnbc.com team, who are truly family, and all of our supporters & friends. See you tomorrow night at 7, one more time ‼️
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So blessed to know you, friend!
Like she did for others, @joyannreid.bsky.social elevated me. She was the first cable host to have me on as a subject matter expert. She’d reach out personally when news broke that’s in my wheelhouse, always thinking of ways to include me. She helped me find my voice, my lane.
February 25, 2025 at 4:37 AM
So blessed to know you, friend!
February 25, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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I am ashamed to be an American. 🥺👇
February 12, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I am ashamed to be an American. 🥺👇
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So after promising to focus on safety, they’ve gotten right down to work… on gender terminology?
February 11, 2025 at 12:14 AM
So after promising to focus on safety, they’ve gotten right down to work… on gender terminology?
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We cannot ignore how shockingly abnormal it is for a private citizen — who himself has contracts with the federal government — to dispatch a private army of executives, data experts and recent high schoolers to dictate policies to federal agencies. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/elon...
Elon Musk Hollows Government So Trump Can Refill It
From Marc | In more than 30 lawsuits filed against the new administration, the government has not won one on the merits.
www.democracydocket.com
February 12, 2025 at 4:15 AM
We cannot ignore how shockingly abnormal it is for a private citizen — who himself has contracts with the federal government — to dispatch a private army of executives, data experts and recent high schoolers to dictate policies to federal agencies. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/elon...
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Bondi's Memos...😠
Especially the last one 😠😠
The DOJ is trumps personal law firm now
#ArrestTrumpNow
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/just...
Especially the last one 😠😠
The DOJ is trumps personal law firm now
#ArrestTrumpNow
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/just...
Justice Dept. Releases Slate of Memos from Attorney General Bondi
Bondi signed 14 memos on topics ranging from internal personnel matters to potential investigations into current and former civil servants.
www.lawfaremedia.org
February 7, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Bondi's Memos...😠
Especially the last one 😠😠
The DOJ is trumps personal law firm now
#ArrestTrumpNow
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/just...
Especially the last one 😠😠
The DOJ is trumps personal law firm now
#ArrestTrumpNow
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/just...
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3 hours to leave her house. This is how they treat a 4-star Admiral and Commandant of the Coast Guard.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Trump administration evicts former Coast Guard leader from her house with 3 hours notice
Trump fired Linda Fagan, the first female Coast Guard commandant, on his second day in office. A Trump official told her she had three hours to leave her house on Tuesday.
www.nbcnews.com
February 6, 2025 at 1:23 AM
3 hours to leave her house. This is how they treat a 4-star Admiral and Commandant of the Coast Guard.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
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The world’s richest man is boasting about destroying the United States Agency for International Development, which saves the lives of the world’s poorest children, saying he shoved it “into the wood chipper.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
Opinion | The World’s Richest Men Take On the World’s Poorest Children (Gift Article)
I’ve seen U.S.A.I.D. operate around the world, and it’s not woke — it’s lifesaving.
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2025 at 2:49 AM
The world’s richest man is boasting about destroying the United States Agency for International Development, which saves the lives of the world’s poorest children, saying he shoved it “into the wood chipper.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
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Donald Trump is trying to purge the federal government of career civil servants and replace them with his political cronies. This a very bad development and I fear it will get worse.
Paige and I discuss.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdBI...
Paige and I discuss.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdBI...
Trump Enacts Key Component of Project 2025
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
www.youtube.com
January 26, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Donald Trump is trying to purge the federal government of career civil servants and replace them with his political cronies. This a very bad development and I fear it will get worse.
Paige and I discuss.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdBI...
Paige and I discuss.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdBI...
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The USAF removed Tuskegee Airmen & Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII from basic training curriculum. For 30 years I promised these women I would not let them ever be forgotten again. We worked for decades to have them remembered. The Airmen too. Knowledge is power. 🗃️ www.msn.com/en-us/societ...
January 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The USAF removed Tuskegee Airmen & Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII from basic training curriculum. For 30 years I promised these women I would not let them ever be forgotten again. We worked for decades to have them remembered. The Airmen too. Knowledge is power. 🗃️ www.msn.com/en-us/societ...
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Speaking of healthcare. Let's make @bsky.app the platform that fights misinformation. Some great follows are @drsusanoliver.bsky.social @jsm2334.bsky.social @therealtruther.bsky.social
Let's get them more followers and engagement than other platforms and let health science accounts find a home
Let's get them more followers and engagement than other platforms and let health science accounts find a home
January 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Speaking of healthcare. Let's make @bsky.app the platform that fights misinformation. Some great follows are @drsusanoliver.bsky.social @jsm2334.bsky.social @therealtruther.bsky.social
Let's get them more followers and engagement than other platforms and let health science accounts find a home
Let's get them more followers and engagement than other platforms and let health science accounts find a home
Scientists have focused on the issue of diversity in clinical studies both because lacking a diverse population can lead to skepticism from patients who could be helped by medicines and because some drugs do work differently in people of different backgrounds. www.statnews.com/2025/01/23/f...
FDA purges material on clinical trial diversity from its site, showing stakes of Trump DEI ban
Following the Trump administration's DEI ban, the FDA's move to scrub webpages has ensnared many pages focused on ensuring diversity in drug trials.
www.statnews.com
January 25, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Scientists have focused on the issue of diversity in clinical studies both because lacking a diverse population can lead to skepticism from patients who could be helped by medicines and because some drugs do work differently in people of different backgrounds. www.statnews.com/2025/01/23/f...