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“When the C.D.C. was created in 1946, the average life expectancy in the United States was around 66 years. Today, it is more than 78 years. While medical advances have helped, it is public health that has played the biggest role in improving both the length and quality of life in our nation.”
Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health
www.nytimes.com
September 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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amysiskind.com
Gifted this important article about the impact of Trump’s targeting America’s universities and cutting funding. We are at a dangerous time for our future as an innovator.

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/u...
The U.S. Lit a Beacon for Science. Under Trump, Scientists Fear It’s Dimming
www.nytimes.com
June 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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mebegb.bsky.social
Opinion | The Return of the Great American Stomachache (Gift Article)
If Trump removes too many precautions, there’s a real chance that we’ll rediscover how dangerous a less regulated food system can be.
www.nytimes.com
April 22, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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annabower.bsky.social
Kwall Barack Nadeau PLLC: “Make no mistake, the goal of the Trump Administration is not only to punish specific lawyers or firms, but to chill the legal profession itself, until there is no one left willing to stand up in court and say, 'This is wrong.'”
Ryan Barack @law4employees.bsky.social: “We posted a statement about the attack on the rule of law. I urge others to do the same.” The statement reads: In response to President Trump issuing a presidential memorandum on "Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court," Ryan Barack of Kwall Barack Nadeau PLLC issued the following statement: For decades, the lawyers of Kwall Barack Nadeau PLLC have stood with the people, fighting to uphold the rights of employees, safeguard constitutional protections, and ensure that no one is above the law. We have represented individuals and classes of people who have faced discrimination, retaliation, and injustice, not because it was easy, but because it was the right thing to do. The Trump Administration's recent memorandum targeting attorneys who dare to challenge unlawful actions is a direct threat to the rule of law. It is meant to intimidate law firms like ours and to discourage the kind of advocacy we have practiced for years: principled, fearless, and rooted in justice. Make no mistake, the goal of the Trump Administration is not only to punish specific lawyers or firms, but to chill the legal profession itself, until there is no one left willing to stand up in court and say, "This is wrong." Our democracy depends on lawyers willing to speak truth to power. At Kwall Barack Nadeau PLLC we have done that for years and we're not stopping now.
March 22, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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scottlincicome.bsky.social
The Trump admin's shipbuilding revival plan (which includes big fees on Chinese ships & a mini-Jones Act for intl shipping) "appears to be written by people who have absolutely no idea how the maritime supply chain works"

Shocking, I know.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
March 23, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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jerasikehorn.bsky.social
ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION, YET?!

And here we go becoming a third world country in real-time…👇

Get rid of him, already! ✨
March 23, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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law4employees.bsky.social
Statement about Trump Administration’s latest attack on lawyers and the rule of law.

www.employeerights.com/blog/2025/ma...
In response to President Trump issuing a presidential memorandum on "Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court," Ryan Barack of Kwall Barack Nadeau PLLC issued the following statement: "For decades, the lawyers of Kwall Barack Nadeau PLLC have stood with the people, fighting to uphold the rights of employees, safeguard constitutional protections, and ensure that no one is above the law. We have represented individuals and classes of people who have faced discrimination, retaliation, and injustice, not because it was easy, but because it was the right thing to do. The Trump Administration’s recent memorandum targeting attorneys who dare to challenge unlawful actions is a direct threat to the rule of law. It is meant to intimidate law firms like ours and to discourage the kind of advocacy we have practiced for years: principled, fearless, and rooted in justice. Make no mistake, the goal of the Trump Administration is not only to punish specific lawyers or firms, but to chill the legal profession itself, until there is no one left willing to stand up in court and say, 'This is wrong.' Our democracy depends on lawyers willing to speak truth to power. At Kwall Barack Nadeau PLLC we have done that for years and we’re not stopping now."
March 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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youranoncentral.bsky.social
An 80-year-old veteran, Richard Hobcraft Allan III, chained himself to a sign near the White House to protest Trump and Musk’s cuts to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs. #3E #EndAutogenocide #USprotests #veteransmarch #Mar13
March 14, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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muellershewrote.com
“Put on your mandate pants.” HAHA
March 11, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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juddlegum.bsky.social
NOTE: The opponents of DEI are purging anyone who is not a white man from military leadership

This is not about merit; it’s about normalizing racism and misogyny
No More Female 4-Stars: Franchetti Firing Leaves Top Ranks Filled by Men
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the Navy's first female chief, last week without any clear explanation -- part of a purge of top uniformed leadership that included the Joint...
www.military.com
March 1, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.social
w/ story link: Breaking: FDA's March meeting to select flu shot strains for 2025-2026 season has been canceled per email sent to committee members. Drug cos need about 6 months leeway to make shots in time for fall vax campaigns. w/ story link:
insights.citeline.com/pink-sheet/v...
#healthpolicy
Breaking: US FDA Cancels Upcoming Adcomm Discussing 2025-2026 Flu Vaccine
The Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee meeting next month was scheduled to select strains for the 2025-2026 flu vaccine. The cancelation could mean delays in vaccine availabil...
insights.citeline.com
February 26, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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mehdirhasan.bsky.social
“More than a quarter of the contracts listed by DOGE were actually already paid, the Journal found, saving no money. For instance, DOGE listed $168,000 in savings for terminating a contract with HHS for an Anthony Fauci museum exhibit. It had already been fully paid.”

Beyond parody.
February 23, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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telliotter.bsky.social
New from me! Workers at the Treasury received an email confirming Tom Krause will officially be taking on the duties of the Fiscal Assistant Secretary. But he will still be keeping his job as CEO of Cloud Software Group. @wired.com

www.wired.com/story/musk-k...
Elon Musk’s Man in the Treasury Is Still Holding Down His Day Job as Software CEO
An email sent to workers at the US Treasury Department’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service said DOGE's Tom Krause is “currently” the CEO of the Cloud Software Group. Critics believe this could be a massive...
www.wired.com
February 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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hcrichardson.bsky.social
Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.
February 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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chrislhayes.bsky.social
uhhh kinda feels like maybe they should publish those birds flu studies?

www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
CDC scientific report resumes publication after unprecedented pause
But three studies about bird flu remain on hold even as the outbreak spreads.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 12, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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strandjunker.com
DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY SCIENCE:
1. Chickenpox
2. Diphtheria
3. Measles
4. Pertussis
5. Pneumococcal Infection
6. Polio
7. Tetanus
8. Typhoid
9. Yellow Fever
10. Smallpox

DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY RFK JR. OR PRAYER:
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February 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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kyledcheney.bsky.social
BREAKING: A federal judge has determined that the Trump administration is violating his order lifting the blanket spending freeze on federal grant programs.

He is orderin gthe administration to immediately unfreeze funds, including for NIH and the IRA. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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thebulwark.com
"JD Vance is setting the stage for the inevitable: Trump’s flouting of federal court orders, which, given Congress’s obsequious fecklessness, is the last bulwark against Trump’s assaults on the rule of law and constitutional order."

NEW from @kimwehle.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/jd-vance-c...
JD Vance Wants a Constitutional Crisis
But what he *needs* is to bone up on the separation of powers.
www.thebulwark.com
February 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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katiephang.bsky.social
Trump megadonor, Steve Wynn, petitions SCOTUS to take up his appeal in order to overturn NY Times v. Sullivan, the landmark US Supreme Court case that established the legal standard for defamation lawsuits against the press.

news.yahoo.com/news/trump-m...
Trump Megadonor Asks SCOTUS to Eliminate Key Media Protection
A Donald Trump megadonor is asking the conservative-dominated Supreme Court to gut the media’s ability to assertively cover politicians. Billionaire casino mogul Steve Wynn, who has donated millions t...
news.yahoo.com
February 8, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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👀
February 4, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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February 2, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Why did more than half of Senate Dems vote to approve Doug Burgham?
January 31, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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January 26, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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chrislhayes.bsky.social
It all feels like a family with a genuinely abusive family member choosing to just carry on with the holiday traditions, hoping to create normalcy through sheer will and denial.
January 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Elon is either a really smart guy who should have a voice in our government despite not being elected or even a citizen OR he’s a dumbass who doesn’t realize that was a 🤬N*zi salute. Not both. Pick one.
January 21, 2025 at 1:55 AM