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Katherine Kelly Leon
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Survivor of spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) heart attack; advocate for women’s healthcare and #SCADheart research; founder/exec dir SCAD Alliance @scadalliance.bsky.social
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I had a #SCAD heart attack and double bypass in 2003. We know so much more today, but have lots of work to do. Help spread awareness and understanding by sharing this #JACC Advances article, authored by #iSCADregistry.
#CardioSky #MedSky #SCADheart

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: Current Knowledge, Research Gaps, and Innovative Research Initiatives: JACC Advances Expert Panel
Despite marked advancements in the recognition and diagnosis of spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) over the past decade, knowledge of the b…
www.sciencedirect.com
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Some wild details about our boss RFKJ in the 2nd paragraph 👀

Full story worth a read (we mean Michelle Goldberg’s article… not Nuzzi’s book, which sounds awful).

@michellegoldberg.bsky.social
🎁🖇️👇
December 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Gift article about the across-the-board *slowdown* in federal funding for science - on ALL the topics. But especially for up-and-coming scientists.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/... 🎁
The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine (Gift Article)
A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Gift article. About time someone sued the administration on tariffs.
wapo.st/3Y3mt2w
Costco sues Trump administration over tariffs, seeks full refund
Trump justified his sweeping tariffs by calling the U.S. trade deficit a “national emergency.” Costco’s suit alleges his signature economic policy is unlawful.
wapo.st
December 2, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine (Gift Article)
A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Remember in May when Trump gave asylum to 17 family members of the Sinaloa cartel after making a deal with El Chapo’s son? And did you know in 2013, El Chapo bribed Juan Hernandez- who trump just pardoned - in exchange for protection in Honduras? I’m sure it’s all just a coincidence.
December 2, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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"Zelensky Turns to Europe After Talks With U.S., as Trump’s special envoy Witkoff travels to Russia"

Trump's allegiance to Putin is glaringly obvious, while Europe's support for Ukraine remains unwavering, since Putin represents an existential threat to them as well

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/w...
Zelensky Turns to Europe After Talks With U.S. Officials
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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Tom Nichols

As to the Franklin turtle meme that Sec’y Three Sheets Pete posted in a juvenile manner, I object. We read the Franklin books to our children years ago, over & over. The Franklin character is a much, much better being than this evil moron.
Pete Hegseth Needs to Go—Now
A man with such contempt for the military should not run the Pentagon.
www.theatlantic.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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Hegseth tries to throw an Admiral under the bus (or boat): wapo.st/4oyWISF
Hegseth, with White House help, tries to distance himself from boat strike fallout
As Congress vows accountability, the Trump administration emphasized it was a top military commander — not the defense secretary — who directed the engagement.
wapo.st
December 2, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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If Admiral Bradley didn’t realize before that these cowards were setting him up to take the fall, he knows it now. Time to hire a good lawyer.
December 2, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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BREAKING: We won! 3rd Circuit affirms illegality of Habba appointment

We @democracydefendersfund.org are honored to work on this case with the wonderful folks at Lowell & Associates, Gerald Krovatin & many others 👇
December 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.

What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
December 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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I wish all figures of authority cared about moms and babies. But some don’t. Some even want you to hurt. And those are the people who cast doubt on the vaccination miracle that has allowed so many of us to live longer and better.
kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...
Third unvaccinated Kentucky baby dies of whooping cough • Kentucky Lantern
A third unvaccinated infant in Kentucky has died of pertussis as public health officials urge Kentuckians to get vaccinated against the disease.
kentuckylantern.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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Number of states where average gas prices are below $2:

Zero.

Number of states where average gas prices are anywhere NEAR $2:

Zero.
HASSETT: Gas prices dropped below $2 a gallon in a lot of places

CORDES: Gas prices on average are still at $3 a galloon

HASSETT: For a few states they got below $2
November 30, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Thou shalt not pretend that you're at war with drug traffickers while pardoning drug traffickers.
November 30, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Pete Hegseth is finally getting investigated
Pete Hegseth is finally getting investigated
GOP-led committees are looking into a report alleging Hegseth gave an order to "kill everybody" aboard a boat.
www.motherjones.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:15 PM
A 30-year resident of Bowie, MD. A nurse. A grandmother. Primary caregiver to both her parents.
Bring her home.
www.nbcwashington.com/investigatio...
Woman deported from Maryland shown on video being dragged in Ghana
Rabbiatu Kuyateh was detained this summer at her annual ICE check-in, her son said. She moved to the D.C. area 30 years ago as she fled civil war in Sierra Leone.
www.nbcwashington.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Why would the President help free a man who defrauded veterans, farmers, teachers, nurses, small businesses and over 10,000 across America of over $1.6 Billion? Is robbing from the poor to feed the greed of rich criminals the America we want?

Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
November 30, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Alina Habba’s parents emigrated to the US from Iraq citing persecution.
November 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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After years of tests and different specialists, the family of a 7-year-old finally received answers when the genetics team at Children's Minnesota solved a medical mystery.
More than a year after negative genetic test, new findings give family long-sought diagnosis
A Wisconsin mother finally got answers about her son’s rare genetic disorder after a reanalysis of earlier tests, giving her family clarity and a roadmap for his future care.
www.mprnews.org
November 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM
“Providing care for immigrants is one of scripture’s clearest commands. It is one of the great tragedies of our time that millions of Christians are cheering and applauding the administration’s brutal crackdown on immigrants.”
November 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
November 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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The term "has historic roots, including Nazi ideology and, more recently, a violent conspiracy theory that’s inspired terrorist attacks in the US and abroad" www.cnn.com/2025/10/19/u...
November 29, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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November 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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so none of what he’s saying is real btw
November 28, 2025 at 8:29 PM