@hollyquick.bsky.social
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And of course: the reality is that in 2022 65% of novel drugs were approved on the basis of a single study. And the FDA already has the flexibility to approve on this basis when the evidence looks potentially positive. Who thinks pharma needs more?
@drsforamerica.bsky.social
@drsforamerica.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 5:21 PM
And of course: the reality is that in 2022 65% of novel drugs were approved on the basis of a single study. And the FDA already has the flexibility to approve on this basis when the evidence looks potentially positive. Who thinks pharma needs more?
@drsforamerica.bsky.social
@drsforamerica.bsky.social
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Some public servants may have been forced to leave the federal government, but they surely have not stopped fighting for the American people.
Today we’re bringing together hundreds of former federal workers, government leaders, and public service experts at our first Civil Service Strong Convening.
We’re dedicated to turning this current governmental crisis into a catalyst for generational change.
We’re dedicated to turning this current governmental crisis into a catalyst for generational change.
December 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Some public servants may have been forced to leave the federal government, but they surely have not stopped fighting for the American people.
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Why Did Trump Pardon the Former Honduran President? Follow the Tech Bros.
“Próspera is an example of the tech-right concept of the network state, a phrase coined by Silicon Valley venture capitalist Balaji Srinivasan.”
by @kieraevebutler.bsky.social
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
“Próspera is an example of the tech-right concept of the network state, a phrase coined by Silicon Valley venture capitalist Balaji Srinivasan.”
by @kieraevebutler.bsky.social
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Why did Trump pardon the former Honduran president? Follow the Tech Bros.
With Roger Stone taking a victory lap for having come up with the idea in the first place.
www.motherjones.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Why Did Trump Pardon the Former Honduran President? Follow the Tech Bros.
“Próspera is an example of the tech-right concept of the network state, a phrase coined by Silicon Valley venture capitalist Balaji Srinivasan.”
by @kieraevebutler.bsky.social
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
“Próspera is an example of the tech-right concept of the network state, a phrase coined by Silicon Valley venture capitalist Balaji Srinivasan.”
by @kieraevebutler.bsky.social
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Note that Roger Stone refers to Prospera, the Network State city in Honduras, as a "freedom city."
Trump wants to build ten of these cities on federal land, and Stone makes it clear that these fascist cities are, indeed, the Network State.
Trump wants to build ten of these cities on federal land, and Stone makes it clear that these fascist cities are, indeed, the Network State.
Why Did Trump Pardon the Former Honduran President? Follow the Tech Bros.
“Próspera is an example of the tech-right concept of the network state, a phrase coined by Silicon Valley venture capitalist Balaji Srinivasan.”
by @kieraevebutler.bsky.social
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
“Próspera is an example of the tech-right concept of the network state, a phrase coined by Silicon Valley venture capitalist Balaji Srinivasan.”
by @kieraevebutler.bsky.social
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Why did Trump pardon the former Honduran president? Follow the Tech Bros.
With Roger Stone taking a victory lap for having come up with the idea in the first place.
www.motherjones.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Note that Roger Stone refers to Prospera, the Network State city in Honduras, as a "freedom city."
Trump wants to build ten of these cities on federal land, and Stone makes it clear that these fascist cities are, indeed, the Network State.
Trump wants to build ten of these cities on federal land, and Stone makes it clear that these fascist cities are, indeed, the Network State.
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WATCH: “Why is he here? Are you prepared to distance yourself from views of that disgracefully violent nature?”
Sen Whitehouse grills TN Republican mega-donor Lee Beaman on anti-LGBTQ views of Pastor Steve Berger (once Gov. Lee’s pastor) as Trump sends him to privatize the TVA.
Sen Whitehouse grills TN Republican mega-donor Lee Beaman on anti-LGBTQ views of Pastor Steve Berger (once Gov. Lee’s pastor) as Trump sends him to privatize the TVA.
December 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
WATCH: “Why is he here? Are you prepared to distance yourself from views of that disgracefully violent nature?”
Sen Whitehouse grills TN Republican mega-donor Lee Beaman on anti-LGBTQ views of Pastor Steve Berger (once Gov. Lee’s pastor) as Trump sends him to privatize the TVA.
Sen Whitehouse grills TN Republican mega-donor Lee Beaman on anti-LGBTQ views of Pastor Steve Berger (once Gov. Lee’s pastor) as Trump sends him to privatize the TVA.
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Much as climate scientists look askance at other people blundering into nuanced issues in climate ('has anyone ever thought about the sun?'), climate scientists should not be naively blundering into discussions about Hepatitis and autism. Sorry!
#ACIP Let's talk about the presenters we've had so far:
Dr. Cynthia Nevison, a climate researcher, and Mr. Mark Blaxill (Harvard MBA, no scientific or medical expertise) are both known for authoring a retracted paper on the "costs of autism." Blaxill holds and Nevison has ties to anti-vax beliefs
Dr. Cynthia Nevison, a climate researcher, and Mr. Mark Blaxill (Harvard MBA, no scientific or medical expertise) are both known for authoring a retracted paper on the "costs of autism." Blaxill holds and Nevison has ties to anti-vax beliefs
Controversial ‘cost of autism’ paper retracted
The journal’s decision comes two years after Spectrum covered backlash from researchers over the study.
www.thetransmitter.org
December 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Much as climate scientists look askance at other people blundering into nuanced issues in climate ('has anyone ever thought about the sun?'), climate scientists should not be naively blundering into discussions about Hepatitis and autism. Sorry!
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“Imagine what would happen if, next year, we had a 2008-style crisis and Bessent and Hassett were [at Treasury and the Fed]. In such a universe, could the rest of the world trust American economic leadership? Could the American-led economic order survive?”
www.thebulwark.com/p/what-if-it...
www.thebulwark.com/p/what-if-it...
What If It’s Already Too Late?
Institutional rot or ideological infection—either way, a real “Deep State” is already taking shape.
www.thebulwark.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
“Imagine what would happen if, next year, we had a 2008-style crisis and Bessent and Hassett were [at Treasury and the Fed]. In such a universe, could the rest of the world trust American economic leadership? Could the American-led economic order survive?”
www.thebulwark.com/p/what-if-it...
www.thebulwark.com/p/what-if-it...
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J-MART: ".. he’s turned the office into an adult fantasy camp .. brazen corruption, near-daily vulgarity and handing out pardons like lollipops ..
".. the country has never seen such an indulgent head of state."
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
".. the country has never seen such an indulgent head of state."
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
The President Who Never Grew Up
Instead of focusing on governing, Trump spends his days chasing entertainment, attention and renovation projects that reflect a presidency stuck in adolescence.
www.politico.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
J-MART: ".. he’s turned the office into an adult fantasy camp .. brazen corruption, near-daily vulgarity and handing out pardons like lollipops ..
".. the country has never seen such an indulgent head of state."
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
".. the country has never seen such an indulgent head of state."
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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U.S. Department of Defense's Inspector General's report on the Signalgate saga is now online
media.defense.gov/2025/Dec/04/...
media.defense.gov/2025/Dec/04/...
December 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
U.S. Department of Defense's Inspector General's report on the Signalgate saga is now online
media.defense.gov/2025/Dec/04/...
media.defense.gov/2025/Dec/04/...
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Trump has given a full and unconditional pardon to entertainment executive Tim Leiweke—whom his own Justice Department indicted on charges of “orchestrating a conspiracy to rig the bidding process for an arena at a public university” in Austin. trib.al/qU7UmJr
December 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Trump has given a full and unconditional pardon to entertainment executive Tim Leiweke—whom his own Justice Department indicted on charges of “orchestrating a conspiracy to rig the bidding process for an arena at a public university” in Austin. trib.al/qU7UmJr
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9 House Republicans could choose to take away Johnson’s gavel today if they wanted.
December 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
9 House Republicans could choose to take away Johnson’s gavel today if they wanted.
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Hegseth stonewalled IG, refusing 1) to provide his phone for IG to probe other uses of Signal; 2) to sit for interview w/ IG. We only know about Yemeni Signal chat b/ Waltz added Goldberg to it by mistake. The scale and scope of Hegseth's security breaches still remain unknown even after IG report.
Officials reported the Secretary used additional Signal chats for DoD business. IG couldn’t verify content because he refused to provide phone access.
December 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Hegseth stonewalled IG, refusing 1) to provide his phone for IG to probe other uses of Signal; 2) to sit for interview w/ IG. We only know about Yemeni Signal chat b/ Waltz added Goldberg to it by mistake. The scale and scope of Hegseth's security breaches still remain unknown even after IG report.
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Cheaper for Big Oil to buy Congress than to pay taxes. Let alone pay for the harm of their pollution.
American Big Oil Pays More in Taxes Abroad
A new report details how fossil fuel lobbyists have won huge U.S. tax giveaways.
inequality.org
December 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Cheaper for Big Oil to buy Congress than to pay taxes. Let alone pay for the harm of their pollution.
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Unearthed text message reveals JD Vance texted the Hegseth Signal group at 2:26 AM:
"This chat's kind of dead. Anything going on?"
"This chat's kind of dead. Anything going on?"
December 4, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Unearthed text message reveals JD Vance texted the Hegseth Signal group at 2:26 AM:
"This chat's kind of dead. Anything going on?"
"This chat's kind of dead. Anything going on?"
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About 243,000 more children under 5 years have died or will die this year than in 2024, according to the projections. Thanks in a large part due to cuts in USAID.
GIFT Link: www.wsj.com/health/for-f...
GIFT Link: www.wsj.com/health/for-f...
For First Time in Decades, Child Deaths Will Rise This Year
Almost a quarter of a million more children around the world are projected to die in 2025 than in 2024.
www.wsj.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
About 243,000 more children under 5 years have died or will die this year than in 2024, according to the projections. Thanks in a large part due to cuts in USAID.
GIFT Link: www.wsj.com/health/for-f...
GIFT Link: www.wsj.com/health/for-f...
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I posted this here about a year ago. Seems like a good time to re-up it. cc: @macfarlanenews.bsky.social
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1/ In 2022, one year after Trump incited the seditious attack on the US Capitol, I posted a long thread of images on Twitter, because revisionist attempts to create a false narrative about that day were already well underway.
Today, in 2025, I’m re-creating/re-posting that same thread here.👇
Today, in 2025, I’m re-creating/re-posting that same thread here.👇
December 4, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I posted this here about a year ago. Seems like a good time to re-up it. cc: @macfarlanenews.bsky.social
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Locked-up children left ‘extremely cold’ at Baltimore facility, public defenders say
Locked-up children left ‘extremely cold’ at Baltimore facility, public defenders say
The detention center in downtown Baltimore houses children who have been charged as adults and are awaiting their criminal trials.
buff.ly
December 4, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Locked-up children left ‘extremely cold’ at Baltimore facility, public defenders say
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Not like it would be justified if they were drug smugglers, but I think it hasn't gotten enough focus that a boat with 11 people onboard heading from Venezuela to Trinidad was almost certainly migrants. These were probably, at least for some of them, people fleeing Maduro. That's who they murdered.
December 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Not like it would be justified if they were drug smugglers, but I think it hasn't gotten enough focus that a boat with 11 people onboard heading from Venezuela to Trinidad was almost certainly migrants. These were probably, at least for some of them, people fleeing Maduro. That's who they murdered.
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Behold the greatest economy in the history of the world
December 4, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Behold the greatest economy in the history of the world
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Did you know?
190 countries have infant immunization schedules that include the Hep B vaccine
115 countries recommend a universal birth-dose of the Hep B vaccine, one of the key actions WHO recommends to reduce Hep B prevalence
Read more in the WHO Hep B Report ➡️
iris.who.int/server/api/c...
190 countries have infant immunization schedules that include the Hep B vaccine
115 countries recommend a universal birth-dose of the Hep B vaccine, one of the key actions WHO recommends to reduce Hep B prevalence
Read more in the WHO Hep B Report ➡️
iris.who.int/server/api/c...
November 23, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Did you know?
190 countries have infant immunization schedules that include the Hep B vaccine
115 countries recommend a universal birth-dose of the Hep B vaccine, one of the key actions WHO recommends to reduce Hep B prevalence
Read more in the WHO Hep B Report ➡️
iris.who.int/server/api/c...
190 countries have infant immunization schedules that include the Hep B vaccine
115 countries recommend a universal birth-dose of the Hep B vaccine, one of the key actions WHO recommends to reduce Hep B prevalence
Read more in the WHO Hep B Report ➡️
iris.who.int/server/api/c...
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Red Herring Alert! Trump's DOJ is re-asking the court to release Epstein grand jury materials. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/is-pam-bon...
Is Pam Bondi Trying to Use the Courts to Justify Withholding Epstein Files?
Trump's Justice Department is re-asking the courts to release Epstein and Maxwell grand jury testimony pursuant to the new Transparency Act, but is it smoke and mirrors? Yes. The answer is yes.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Red Herring Alert! Trump's DOJ is re-asking the court to release Epstein grand jury materials. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/is-pam-bon...
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Phillis Wheatley, a slave named after a ship that held her captive, transformed into Poet of Resistance and leader of American Democracy. #WomenInHistory #LoveOfFreedom @hcrichardson.bsky.social youtu.be/D4lHN6p5zng?...
#Equality #RiseUp #NoGivingUp
#Equality #RiseUp #NoGivingUp
Phillis Wheatley | Episode 2, The Declaration in Action
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
youtu.be
December 4, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Phillis Wheatley, a slave named after a ship that held her captive, transformed into Poet of Resistance and leader of American Democracy. #WomenInHistory #LoveOfFreedom @hcrichardson.bsky.social youtu.be/D4lHN6p5zng?...
#Equality #RiseUp #NoGivingUp
#Equality #RiseUp #NoGivingUp
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I cannot imagine the level of moral bankruptcy to describe the actions of people whose boat has just been hit by a missile from nowhere (this was the FIRST such strike) and who were most likely making a desperate attempt not to drown in the ocean as trying to "stay in the fight."
Q: What did you see in the second strike?
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
December 4, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I cannot imagine the level of moral bankruptcy to describe the actions of people whose boat has just been hit by a missile from nowhere (this was the FIRST such strike) and who were most likely making a desperate attempt not to drown in the ocean as trying to "stay in the fight."
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Citizens nationwide and in NW Ohio are asking important questions on data centers. They're worried that facilities demand massive amounts of energy, eat up farmland, cede local ownership and control, and drive up utility costs even more. Ask questions first!
December 4, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Citizens nationwide and in NW Ohio are asking important questions on data centers. They're worried that facilities demand massive amounts of energy, eat up farmland, cede local ownership and control, and drive up utility costs even more. Ask questions first!
Citizens nationwide and in NW Ohio are asking important questions on data centers. They're worried that facilities demand massive amounts of energy, eat up farmland, cede local ownership and control, and drive up utility costs even more. Ask questions first!
December 4, 2025 at 8:41 PM