Simone
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Tell you what, enormous credit to Chris Van Hollen. I do not think that John Fetterman would go find me if I were kidnapped and taken to El Salvador.
April 18, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Tell you what, enormous credit to Chris Van Hollen. I do not think that John Fetterman would go find me if I were kidnapped and taken to El Salvador.
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meanwhile, prominent pundits continue to deny that there the administration adheres to a segregationist ideology
Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.
Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards
Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 17, 2025 at 11:57 AM
meanwhile, prominent pundits continue to deny that there the administration adheres to a segregationist ideology
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they want us poor, sick and desperate
We're told the FDA is now making plans to end most of its routine food safety inspections
That oversight work would be effectively outsourced to state and local authorities, under this plan
www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-foo...
That oversight work would be effectively outsourced to state and local authorities, under this plan
www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-foo...
FDA making plans to end its routine food safety inspections, sources say
Food safety inspections would be left to state and local authorities under the plan being developed by the FDA.
www.cbsnews.com
April 17, 2025 at 9:42 PM
they want us poor, sick and desperate
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Another day, another campus thought crime arrest. This is Badar Khan Suri of Georgetown. Not a movement leader. Just married to a Palestinian that DHS is trying to torment. They also object to his social media. And now he's in a Louisiana detention center. thehoya.com/news/develop...
DEVELOPING: GU Researcher Detained By Immigration Agents
Federal immigration agents detained a Georgetown University postdoctoral fellow March 17, seeking to deport him and accusing him of opposing U.S. foreign policy. The researcher, Badar Khan Suri of the...
thehoya.com
March 20, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Another day, another campus thought crime arrest. This is Badar Khan Suri of Georgetown. Not a movement leader. Just married to a Palestinian that DHS is trying to torment. They also object to his social media. And now he's in a Louisiana detention center. thehoya.com/news/develop...
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With Democrats like these, who needs enemies?
March 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
With Democrats like these, who needs enemies?
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Government workers when DOGE shows up.
February 4, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Government workers when DOGE shows up.
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Want some good news? Sure you do!
Check out my update on next generation Covid vax @plos.org
* Another intranasal Covid vax has gone into clinical trial in Europe
* Oral Covid vax trial got a green light to start recruiting thousands across the US ..1/2
absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/01/31/a...
Check out my update on next generation Covid vax @plos.org
* Another intranasal Covid vax has gone into clinical trial in Europe
* Oral Covid vax trial got a green light to start recruiting thousands across the US ..1/2
absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/01/31/a...
Another Intranasal Covid Vaccine Trial & More Good News (Update 25) - Absolutely Maybe
This month, another intranasal vaccine has gone into clinical trial in Europe. It’s the 32nd mucosal vaccine to start clinical testing &ndash…
absolutelymaybe.plos.org
February 1, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Want some good news? Sure you do!
Check out my update on next generation Covid vax @plos.org
* Another intranasal Covid vax has gone into clinical trial in Europe
* Oral Covid vax trial got a green light to start recruiting thousands across the US ..1/2
absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/01/31/a...
Check out my update on next generation Covid vax @plos.org
* Another intranasal Covid vax has gone into clinical trial in Europe
* Oral Covid vax trial got a green light to start recruiting thousands across the US ..1/2
absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/01/31/a...
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BREAKING NEWS: Research and basic information on subjects ranging from tuberculosis surveillance to adolescent health disappeared from federal health agency websites.
Trump administration purges websites across federal health agencies
Research and basic information on subjects ranging from tuberculosis surveillance to adolescent health disappeared from federal health agency websites.
www.npr.org
January 31, 2025 at 9:58 PM
BREAKING NEWS: Research and basic information on subjects ranging from tuberculosis surveillance to adolescent health disappeared from federal health agency websites.
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Men go to Andrew Tate not to alleviate loneliness but to intensify it.
www.dissentmagazine.org/article/mr-l...
www.dissentmagazine.org/article/mr-l...
Mr. Lonely - Dissent Magazine
Some have suggested that young men are drawn to Andrew Tate because they suffer from a dearth of social contact. Yet men go to Tate not to alleviate loneliness but to intensify it.
www.dissentmagazine.org
January 17, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Men go to Andrew Tate not to alleviate loneliness but to intensify it.
www.dissentmagazine.org/article/mr-l...
www.dissentmagazine.org/article/mr-l...
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their view is that high status jobs ought to belong to white men, who exist at the top of a natural hierarchy
This entire project is *very expliclty* about fully purging black people and women from huge swaths of public life, employment and education.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Far-right pundit rails against women in law enforcement: ‘It’s an absurdity!’
‘If we’re being honest, female cops are absurd. It’s an absurdity. I’m sorry. It’s just ridiculous. It’s cartoonish,’ Matt Walsh ranted on his podcast this week
www.independent.co.uk
January 24, 2025 at 7:27 PM
their view is that high status jobs ought to belong to white men, who exist at the top of a natural hierarchy
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Right out of the gate they are detaining U.S. citizens and saying their “papers”are fake. It was always a lie.
January 23, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Right out of the gate they are detaining U.S. citizens and saying their “papers”are fake. It was always a lie.
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The Trump admin has cancelled the panels that approve NIH grants, & is also banning scientists from communicating with the public, attending conferences, and hiring.
NIH is the largest funder of biomedical research in the world. This will severely halt the development of many lifesaving treatments.
NIH is the largest funder of biomedical research in the world. This will severely halt the development of many lifesaving treatments.
January 23, 2025 at 2:07 AM
The Trump admin has cancelled the panels that approve NIH grants, & is also banning scientists from communicating with the public, attending conferences, and hiring.
NIH is the largest funder of biomedical research in the world. This will severely halt the development of many lifesaving treatments.
NIH is the largest funder of biomedical research in the world. This will severely halt the development of many lifesaving treatments.
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Trump Claims He Can Overrule Constitution With Executive Order Because Of Little-Known ‘No One Will Stop Me’ Loophole
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January 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Trump Claims He Can Overrule Constitution With Executive Order Because Of Little-Known ‘No One Will Stop Me’ Loophole
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All of Trump's picks to lead health agencies have either spread anti-vaccine disinformation, opposed lifesaving public health measures during the pandemic, or promoted false health claims and unproven products.
A Trump administration endangers the health of every person.
A Trump administration endangers the health of every person.
Trump's picks to lead US health agencies:
HHS - Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
NIH - Jay Bhattacharya
CMS - Mehmet Oz
CDC - Joseph Ladapo (TBC)
FDA - Marty Makary (TBC)
Surgeon General - Casey Means/Vinay Prasad (TBC)
HHS - Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
NIH - Jay Bhattacharya
CMS - Mehmet Oz
CDC - Joseph Ladapo (TBC)
FDA - Marty Makary (TBC)
Surgeon General - Casey Means/Vinay Prasad (TBC)
November 19, 2024 at 10:01 PM
All of Trump's picks to lead health agencies have either spread anti-vaccine disinformation, opposed lifesaving public health measures during the pandemic, or promoted false health claims and unproven products.
A Trump administration endangers the health of every person.
A Trump administration endangers the health of every person.
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Bumper news month for next generation Covid vax!
- Huge govt support for 2 vaxes (Japan, US)
- Encouraging early results for immunocompromised people
- Another nasal Covid vax in clinical trial (US)
- Large study on preventing infection started (China)
& more absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2023/09/30/a...
- Huge govt support for 2 vaxes (Japan, US)
- Encouraging early results for immunocompromised people
- Another nasal Covid vax in clinical trial (US)
- Large study on preventing infection started (China)
& more absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2023/09/30/a...
October 1, 2023 at 12:59 AM
Bumper news month for next generation Covid vax!
- Huge govt support for 2 vaxes (Japan, US)
- Encouraging early results for immunocompromised people
- Another nasal Covid vax in clinical trial (US)
- Large study on preventing infection started (China)
& more absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2023/09/30/a...
- Huge govt support for 2 vaxes (Japan, US)
- Encouraging early results for immunocompromised people
- Another nasal Covid vax in clinical trial (US)
- Large study on preventing infection started (China)
& more absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2023/09/30/a...