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Adding a few words about myself is my New Year's Resolution. I've avoided it too long.
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NEW: Trump grants “full, complete and unconditional” pardons to 77 of his allies who supported plans to subvert the 2020 presidential election. The move marks the president’s latest effort to protect those who backed his attempt to remain in power after losing the election.
In Symbolic Move, Trump Pardons 77 Allies Who Tried to Steal 2020 Election for Him
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
NEW: Trump grants “full, complete and unconditional” pardons to 77 of his allies who supported plans to subvert the 2020 presidential election. The move marks the president’s latest effort to protect those who backed his attempt to remain in power after losing the election.
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Can't emphasize how damaging this is. A single non-scientist—Peter Bogner—holds all power & makes all decisions at GISAID & provides no justifications for any of them, except blatantly false ones.
He has that power because he conned rich & powerful people into giving it to him. Enough.
He has that power because he conned rich & powerful people into giving it to him. Enough.
I want to spell this out in case the implications aren't clear:
This means all public tools/webapps of GISAID data (all the ones you've been used to seeing thru the pandemic, as far as we can tell) are prohibited.
The file allowed this. Cut that - cut off all tools the public & others were using.
This means all public tools/webapps of GISAID data (all the ones you've been used to seeing thru the pandemic, as far as we can tell) are prohibited.
The file allowed this. Cut that - cut off all tools the public & others were using.
On Oct 1, 2025, GISAID informed us that they had ended updates to the flat file of SARS-CoV-2 genomic sequences and associated metadata that we had used to update Nextstrain analyses since Feb 2020. GISAID's stated rationale was that their "resources are limited". 1/5
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Can't emphasize how damaging this is. A single non-scientist—Peter Bogner—holds all power & makes all decisions at GISAID & provides no justifications for any of them, except blatantly false ones.
He has that power because he conned rich & powerful people into giving it to him. Enough.
He has that power because he conned rich & powerful people into giving it to him. Enough.
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A federal judge says the Trump administration "overplayed its hand" by inserting partisan language into workers' out-of-office autoreplies. n.pr/47wPCJg
Judge says Education Dept. partisan out-of-office emails violated First Amendment
A federal judge says the Trump administration "overplayed its hand" by inserting partisan language into workers' out-of-office autoreplies.
n.pr
November 8, 2025 at 6:50 PM
A federal judge says the Trump administration "overplayed its hand" by inserting partisan language into workers' out-of-office autoreplies. n.pr/47wPCJg
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Tracking #SARSCoV2 #Lineages - Globally |11/04/25
Top lineages -#30DayTrends #G30
XFG.3 (9.1%)
XFG.3.4.1 (6.1%)
XFG.2 (4.7%)
XFG.5.1 (4.4%)
NB.1.8.1 (3.5%)
XFG (2.8%)
XFG.4.1 (2.7%)
XFG.6 (2.7%)
XFG.8 (2.4%)
XFG.5.2 (2.4%)
Tracker: public.tableau.com/app/profile/...
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Top lineages -#30DayTrends #G30
XFG.3 (9.1%)
XFG.3.4.1 (6.1%)
XFG.2 (4.7%)
XFG.5.1 (4.4%)
NB.1.8.1 (3.5%)
XFG (2.8%)
XFG.4.1 (2.7%)
XFG.6 (2.7%)
XFG.8 (2.4%)
XFG.5.2 (2.4%)
Tracker: public.tableau.com/app/profile/...
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November 5, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Tracking #SARSCoV2 #Lineages - Globally |11/04/25
Top lineages -#30DayTrends #G30
XFG.3 (9.1%)
XFG.3.4.1 (6.1%)
XFG.2 (4.7%)
XFG.5.1 (4.4%)
NB.1.8.1 (3.5%)
XFG (2.8%)
XFG.4.1 (2.7%)
XFG.6 (2.7%)
XFG.8 (2.4%)
XFG.5.2 (2.4%)
Tracker: public.tableau.com/app/profile/...
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Top lineages -#30DayTrends #G30
XFG.3 (9.1%)
XFG.3.4.1 (6.1%)
XFG.2 (4.7%)
XFG.5.1 (4.4%)
NB.1.8.1 (3.5%)
XFG (2.8%)
XFG.4.1 (2.7%)
XFG.6 (2.7%)
XFG.8 (2.4%)
XFG.5.2 (2.4%)
Tracker: public.tableau.com/app/profile/...
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🚨BREAKING: After my team defeated them in court on Monday, Republicans have filed a motion to drop their latest lawsuit to block Virginia redistricting.
Overall, the GOP and their proxies are now 0-2 in Virginia and 0-5 in California. www.democracydocket.com/cases/virgin...
Overall, the GOP and their proxies are now 0-2 in Virginia and 0-5 in California. www.democracydocket.com/cases/virgin...
🚨 Jett et al. v. Nardo et al.
Learn more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM
🚨BREAKING: After my team defeated them in court on Monday, Republicans have filed a motion to drop their latest lawsuit to block Virginia redistricting.
Overall, the GOP and their proxies are now 0-2 in Virginia and 0-5 in California. www.democracydocket.com/cases/virgin...
Overall, the GOP and their proxies are now 0-2 in Virginia and 0-5 in California. www.democracydocket.com/cases/virgin...
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Breaking:
Trump now says he will NOT abide by a federal judge's order to disburse SNAP benefits — despite the admin saying just yesterday it would partially fund November benefits.
He says SNAP benefits "will be given only when the Radical Left Democrats open up government."
Trump now says he will NOT abide by a federal judge's order to disburse SNAP benefits — despite the admin saying just yesterday it would partially fund November benefits.
He says SNAP benefits "will be given only when the Radical Left Democrats open up government."
November 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Breaking:
Trump now says he will NOT abide by a federal judge's order to disburse SNAP benefits — despite the admin saying just yesterday it would partially fund November benefits.
He says SNAP benefits "will be given only when the Radical Left Democrats open up government."
Trump now says he will NOT abide by a federal judge's order to disburse SNAP benefits — despite the admin saying just yesterday it would partially fund November benefits.
He says SNAP benefits "will be given only when the Radical Left Democrats open up government."
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Kash Patel is confronting difficult questions about his use of an FBI jet for a personal trip to Pennsylvania, where his country singer girlfriend was performing, and then to Nashville, where she lives.
Soon after the flights were disclosed, the FBI forced out a senior official overseeing aviation.
Soon after the flights were disclosed, the FBI forced out a senior official overseeing aviation.
Facing difficult questions about his use of an FBI jet, Kash Patel pitches weak defense
The FBI director had an opportunity to put the burgeoning controversy to rest. Instead, he pushed a message that didn’t do him any favors.
www.msnbc.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Kash Patel is confronting difficult questions about his use of an FBI jet for a personal trip to Pennsylvania, where his country singer girlfriend was performing, and then to Nashville, where she lives.
Soon after the flights were disclosed, the FBI forced out a senior official overseeing aviation.
Soon after the flights were disclosed, the FBI forced out a senior official overseeing aviation.
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After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats have broken the GOP's supermajority in the Mississippi Senate.
Voters reduced the number of Republican senators in the upper chamber from 36 to 34 — one fewer than necessary to constitute a supermajority.
Voters reduced the number of Republican senators in the upper chamber from 36 to 34 — one fewer than necessary to constitute a supermajority.
Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority, Flipping 3 Legislative Seats
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the Mississippi Senate, flipping 3 legislative seats.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats have broken the GOP's supermajority in the Mississippi Senate.
Voters reduced the number of Republican senators in the upper chamber from 36 to 34 — one fewer than necessary to constitute a supermajority.
Voters reduced the number of Republican senators in the upper chamber from 36 to 34 — one fewer than necessary to constitute a supermajority.
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Democrats managed to increase their majority in the Virginia House of Delegates — surging from 51 seats to at least 64.
November 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Democrats managed to increase their majority in the Virginia House of Delegates — surging from 51 seats to at least 64.
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What's the latest in respiratory virus trends? Our PopHIVE team outlines what data sources like Epic Cosmos, Google searches, and Delphi are telling us ➡️ pophive.substack.com/p/whats-the-...
Explore the data yourself with the PopHIVE respiratory disease dashboard ➡️ www.pophive.org/respiratory-...
Explore the data yourself with the PopHIVE respiratory disease dashboard ➡️ www.pophive.org/respiratory-...
What's the latest in respiratory virus trends? October 31, 2025
Some data sources have been paused recently, but novel data streams can fill in the gaps using near-real-time data
pophive.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:42 PM
What's the latest in respiratory virus trends? Our PopHIVE team outlines what data sources like Epic Cosmos, Google searches, and Delphi are telling us ➡️ pophive.substack.com/p/whats-the-...
Explore the data yourself with the PopHIVE respiratory disease dashboard ➡️ www.pophive.org/respiratory-...
Explore the data yourself with the PopHIVE respiratory disease dashboard ➡️ www.pophive.org/respiratory-...
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It's now November, and flu and RSV are beginning to stir, as they do. For the 5th week in a row, we went to all 50 state websites to take a look at what's going around. caitlinrivers.substack.com/p/flu-and-rs...
Flu and RSV begin to stir
Week 5 of the disease surveillance data gap
caitlinrivers.substack.com
November 2, 2025 at 8:32 PM
It's now November, and flu and RSV are beginning to stir, as they do. For the 5th week in a row, we went to all 50 state websites to take a look at what's going around. caitlinrivers.substack.com/p/flu-and-rs...
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Let me be very clear. It is not enough that RFK Jr. was forced to admit today that no causal relationship between Tylenol and autism has been shown.
We know that while disinformation spreads like wildfire on social media, corrections most often die on the vine.
We know that while disinformation spreads like wildfire on social media, corrections most often die on the vine.
October 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Let me be very clear. It is not enough that RFK Jr. was forced to admit today that no causal relationship between Tylenol and autism has been shown.
We know that while disinformation spreads like wildfire on social media, corrections most often die on the vine.
We know that while disinformation spreads like wildfire on social media, corrections most often die on the vine.
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CIDRAP: Meta-analysis of COVID, RSV, flu vaccines for fall provides 'sea of data' showing efficacy, safety
bit.ly/3X1EH3U
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@cidrap.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 2:03 PM
CIDRAP: Meta-analysis of COVID, RSV, flu vaccines for fall provides 'sea of data' showing efficacy, safety
bit.ly/3X1EH3U
@cidrap.bsky.social
bit.ly/3X1EH3U
@cidrap.bsky.social
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Tracking #SARSCoV2 #Lineages - Globally |10/26/25
Top lineages -#30DayTrends #G30
XFG.3 (8.4%)
XFG.3.4.1 (6.7%)
XFG.5.1 (4.5%)
NB.1.8.1 (4.4%)
XFG.2 (3.6%)
XFG (3.4%)
XFG.4.1 (2.8%)
XFG.8 (2.6%)
XFG.6 (2.6%)
XFG.3.4 (2.5%)
Tracker: public.tableau.com/app/profile/...
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Top lineages -#30DayTrends #G30
XFG.3 (8.4%)
XFG.3.4.1 (6.7%)
XFG.5.1 (4.5%)
NB.1.8.1 (4.4%)
XFG.2 (3.6%)
XFG (3.4%)
XFG.4.1 (2.8%)
XFG.8 (2.6%)
XFG.6 (2.6%)
XFG.3.4 (2.5%)
Tracker: public.tableau.com/app/profile/...
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October 27, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Tracking #SARSCoV2 #Lineages - Globally |10/26/25
Top lineages -#30DayTrends #G30
XFG.3 (8.4%)
XFG.3.4.1 (6.7%)
XFG.5.1 (4.5%)
NB.1.8.1 (4.4%)
XFG.2 (3.6%)
XFG (3.4%)
XFG.4.1 (2.8%)
XFG.8 (2.6%)
XFG.6 (2.6%)
XFG.3.4 (2.5%)
Tracker: public.tableau.com/app/profile/...
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Top lineages -#30DayTrends #G30
XFG.3 (8.4%)
XFG.3.4.1 (6.7%)
XFG.5.1 (4.5%)
NB.1.8.1 (4.4%)
XFG.2 (3.6%)
XFG (3.4%)
XFG.4.1 (2.8%)
XFG.8 (2.6%)
XFG.6 (2.6%)
XFG.3.4 (2.5%)
Tracker: public.tableau.com/app/profile/...
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If you’re looking to understand why Brett Kavanaugh is Trumpier than ever, look no further than how he’s feeding Donald Trump judicial nominees. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Kavanaugh’s Chambers Are a Big Pipeline for Trump Circuit Judges
Justice Brett Kavanaugh has emerged as a major source of judicial nominees in the second Trump administration, with the president repeatedly looking to the justice’s former clerks to fill influential ...
news.bloomberglaw.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:35 PM
If you’re looking to understand why Brett Kavanaugh is Trumpier than ever, look no further than how he’s feeding Donald Trump judicial nominees. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Waiting for someone to explain why the announcement of a trade relationship that is worse than the one we had a year ago is received as a big success
October 30, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Waiting for someone to explain why the announcement of a trade relationship that is worse than the one we had a year ago is received as a big success
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Shutdown is costing U.S. economy $7 billion per month, budget office says www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Shutdown is costing U.S. economy $7 billion per month, budget office says
The Congressional Budget Office issued projections Wednesday for three different scenarios about the length of the government shutdown as it nears a full month.
www.nbcnews.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Shutdown is costing U.S. economy $7 billion per month, budget office says www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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NEW: Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma.
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
Toxic Wastewater From Oil Fields Keeps Pouring Out of the Ground. Oklahoma Regulators Failed to Stop It.
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground and threatening Oklahoma’s drinking water.
www.propublica.org
October 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NEW: Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma.
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
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President Trump remains blocked from calling up the Oregon National Guard and deploying them to Portland, after 9th Circuit Court of Appeals agreed late Tuesday it would rehear a case over the president’s authority.
Federal appeals court will rehear case over National Guard deployment to Portland
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals agreed it would rehear arguments about the president’s authority to send members of the Oregon National Guard to Portland.
n.pr
October 29, 2025 at 12:28 PM
President Trump remains blocked from calling up the Oregon National Guard and deploying them to Portland, after 9th Circuit Court of Appeals agreed late Tuesday it would rehear a case over the president’s authority.
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The destruction of #ACIP and its critical role in advising on the use of vaccines in the United States continues. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Threat to US vaccines as CDC staff supporting key advisory panel laid off
Critics say scientists ‘held hostage’ by RFK Jr as changes mean vaccine development and guidance in peril
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The destruction of #ACIP and its critical role in advising on the use of vaccines in the United States continues. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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✅ Trump pardoned a crypto CEO who gave his company a $2B deal
✅ He gave military contracts to a drone company connected to his son
✅ He instructed his DOJ to cut him a $230M check
If only Trump worked this hard last week to lower our grocery prices
popular.info/p/3-scandals...
✅ He gave military contracts to a drone company connected to his son
✅ He instructed his DOJ to cut him a $230M check
If only Trump worked this hard last week to lower our grocery prices
popular.info/p/3-scandals...
3 Scandals in 4 Days That Would Define Any Other Presidency
During the second Trump administration, corruption scandals that would typically define a presidency receive a day or two of coverage.
popular.info
October 27, 2025 at 12:01 PM
✅ Trump pardoned a crypto CEO who gave his company a $2B deal
✅ He gave military contracts to a drone company connected to his son
✅ He instructed his DOJ to cut him a $230M check
If only Trump worked this hard last week to lower our grocery prices
popular.info/p/3-scandals...
✅ He gave military contracts to a drone company connected to his son
✅ He instructed his DOJ to cut him a $230M check
If only Trump worked this hard last week to lower our grocery prices
popular.info/p/3-scandals...
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1. Reagan’s speech is real
2. It’s public domain
3. Americans pay the cost of the added 10% tariffs, not Canadians
4. Trump keeps lying because he thinks you’re all too stupid to fact check
5. The average family will pay an extra $4900 this year because his tariffs
2. It’s public domain
3. Americans pay the cost of the added 10% tariffs, not Canadians
4. Trump keeps lying because he thinks you’re all too stupid to fact check
5. The average family will pay an extra $4900 this year because his tariffs
October 25, 2025 at 9:21 PM
1. Reagan’s speech is real
2. It’s public domain
3. Americans pay the cost of the added 10% tariffs, not Canadians
4. Trump keeps lying because he thinks you’re all too stupid to fact check
5. The average family will pay an extra $4900 this year because his tariffs
2. It’s public domain
3. Americans pay the cost of the added 10% tariffs, not Canadians
4. Trump keeps lying because he thinks you’re all too stupid to fact check
5. The average family will pay an extra $4900 this year because his tariffs
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The White House's new McDonald's™ Epstein™ Ballroom™ appears to have been designed on free software.
October 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The White House's new McDonald's™ Epstein™ Ballroom™ appears to have been designed on free software.
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NEWS: Ranking Member Raskin calls on Chairman Jordan to accept former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s offer to testify publicly before Congress regarding his investigations into Donald Trump’s criminal wrongdoing.
Ranking Member Raskin Urges Chairman Jordan to Accept Former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s Offer to Testify Publicly Before Congress
Washington, D.C. (October 23, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to Chairman Jim Jordan calling on him to accept former Special Counsel Jack...
democrats-judiciary.house.gov
October 23, 2025 at 9:33 PM
NEWS: Ranking Member Raskin calls on Chairman Jordan to accept former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s offer to testify publicly before Congress regarding his investigations into Donald Trump’s criminal wrongdoing.
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Does the Speaker of the House know what's going on in the country?
It's not clear that he does, as Mike Johnson's communication strategy seems to rely heavily on being unaware.
When faced with questions he should be able to answer, he has a reliable response: "I don't know."
It's not clear that he does, as Mike Johnson's communication strategy seems to rely heavily on being unaware.
When faced with questions he should be able to answer, he has a reliable response: "I don't know."
October 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Does the Speaker of the House know what's going on in the country?
It's not clear that he does, as Mike Johnson's communication strategy seems to rely heavily on being unaware.
When faced with questions he should be able to answer, he has a reliable response: "I don't know."
It's not clear that he does, as Mike Johnson's communication strategy seems to rely heavily on being unaware.
When faced with questions he should be able to answer, he has a reliable response: "I don't know."