Reposted by M. Sara Rosenthal
Abbe Lowell and I represent CDC Director #SusanMonarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. She will not resign. We have issued the following statement:
August 27, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Abbe Lowell and I represent CDC Director #SusanMonarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. She will not resign. We have issued the following statement:
On the first anniversary of "how we got here". My article in STAT news today. www.statnews.com/2025/06/27/p...
Creating a better system to assess presidential physical and psychological health
One year after Biden’s debate performance spurred concerns about his ability to serve as president, a bioethicist has a proposed system to ensure presidential capacity.
www.statnews.com
June 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
On the first anniversary of "how we got here". My article in STAT news today. www.statnews.com/2025/06/27/p...
A critical chronicling of where we are:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The End of Rule of Law in America
The 47th president seems to wish he were king—and he is willing to destroy what is precious about this country to get what he wants.
www.theatlantic.com
May 15, 2025 at 2:11 AM
A critical chronicling of where we are:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Reposted by M. Sara Rosenthal
Reposted by M. Sara Rosenthal
These are the live results for the Canadian election:
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Canada election: Polls now closed across Atlantic region as nation chooses its next Parliament | CBC
www.cbc.ca
April 28, 2025 at 11:39 PM
These are the live results for the Canadian election:
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Share widely:
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www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
A Ticking Clock on American Freedom
It’s later than you think, but it’s not too late.
www.theatlantic.com
April 23, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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Reposted by M. Sara Rosenthal
"It’s bad enough being a failing empire. Let’s not also be a delusional failing empire. Let’s at least have some dignity about our situation."
Here's a start:
Here's a start:
The American Age Is Over
Emergency Triad: The United States commits imperial suicide.
www.thebulwark.com
April 4, 2025 at 12:42 AM
"It’s bad enough being a failing empire. Let’s not also be a delusional failing empire. Let’s at least have some dignity about our situation."
Here's a start:
Here's a start:
Reposted by M. Sara Rosenthal
This country has seen some bad moments in the 61 years, 5 months, 16 days I’ve been on this Earth. But it has never, ever before come close to the supertoxic level of stupidity, mendacity, narcissism, nihilism, and moral apathy that threaten to destroy it today.
February 17, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This country has seen some bad moments in the 61 years, 5 months, 16 days I’ve been on this Earth. But it has never, ever before come close to the supertoxic level of stupidity, mendacity, narcissism, nihilism, and moral apathy that threaten to destroy it today.
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From the UK
I have had several US colleagues contact me to find out how the job market works over here... the exodus from the US is about to begin. This kind of self-harm can take a generation to heal.
Hey, at least #Brexit is no longer the most stupid act of national self-sabotage in the last 10 years!
Hey, at least #Brexit is no longer the most stupid act of national self-sabotage in the last 10 years!
Destroying science, medical research, and universities is already well underway. We have heard from four different scientists in the last few days that they are actively calling colleagues abroad, asking about jobs.
February 17, 2025 at 10:47 PM
From the UK
Reposted by M. Sara Rosenthal
The ordinarily cautious and conservative ABA is blowing the whistle: The break-the-glass moment has arrived.
www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
February 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The ordinarily cautious and conservative ABA is blowing the whistle: The break-the-glass moment has arrived.
www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
Reposted by M. Sara Rosenthal
New from 5 former Treasury Secretaries:
“We take the extraordinary step of writing this piece because we are alarmed about the risks of arbitrary and capricious political control of federal payments, which would be unlawful and corrosive to our democracy.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/o...
“We take the extraordinary step of writing this piece because we are alarmed about the risks of arbitrary and capricious political control of federal payments, which would be unlawful and corrosive to our democracy.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/o...
Opinion | Robert Rubin, Lawrence Summers, Timothy Geithner, Jacob Lew, Janet Yellen: DOGE Is a Threat to U.S. Democracy. (Gift Article)
Former Secretaries Rubin, Summers, Geithner, Lew and Yellen argue that DOGE is a threat to America.
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2025 at 12:42 PM
New from 5 former Treasury Secretaries:
“We take the extraordinary step of writing this piece because we are alarmed about the risks of arbitrary and capricious political control of federal payments, which would be unlawful and corrosive to our democracy.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/o...
“We take the extraordinary step of writing this piece because we are alarmed about the risks of arbitrary and capricious political control of federal payments, which would be unlawful and corrosive to our democracy.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/o...
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But here’s the rub. The people whose job it is to execute the courts’ orders work for the USMS, which is part of DOJ, which reports to FFOTUS. @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social and I discuss this here:
www.thebulwark.com/p/how-to-sto...
www.thebulwark.com/p/how-to-sto...
February 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
But here’s the rub. The people whose job it is to execute the courts’ orders work for the USMS, which is part of DOJ, which reports to FFOTUS. @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social and I discuss this here:
www.thebulwark.com/p/how-to-sto...
www.thebulwark.com/p/how-to-sto...
AAMC's statement about cuts to NIH funding:
www.aamc.org/news/press-r...
www.aamc.org/news/press-r...
AAMC Statement on Drastic Cuts to NIH-Funded Research
Drastic cuts to NIH-funded research will diminish the nation’s research capacity, slow scientific progress, and deprive patients, families, and communities.
www.aamc.org
February 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
AAMC's statement about cuts to NIH funding:
www.aamc.org/news/press-r...
www.aamc.org/news/press-r...
The death knell of academic medicine. Hard to say how many researchers' careers will be affected:
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately
The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The death knell of academic medicine. Hard to say how many researchers' careers will be affected:
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
From Science:
www.science.org/content/blog...
www.science.org/content/blog...
Revised and Extended: What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF
www.science.org
February 8, 2025 at 6:19 AM
From Science:
www.science.org/content/blog...
www.science.org/content/blog...
Lancet Editorial:
www.thelancet.com/action/showP...
www.thelancet.com/action/showP...
www.thelancet.com
February 7, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Lancet Editorial:
www.thelancet.com/action/showP...
www.thelancet.com/action/showP...
Major research ethics violation:
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
Dozens of Clinical Trials Have Been Frozen in Response to Trump’s USAID Order
The stop-work order on U.S.A.I.D.-funded research has left thousands of people with experimental drugs and devices in their bodies, with no access to monitoring or care.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Major research ethics violation:
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
Reposted by M. Sara Rosenthal
Take the time to read this important analysis. We are in exactly the situation that laws, Constitutin and basic common sense should prevent. And yet.
www.techdirt.com/2025/02/05/t...
www.techdirt.com/2025/02/05/t...
The 24-Hour Reality Check: Musk’s Impossible Power Grab And America’s Crisis
There are twenty-four hours in a day. This isn’t a matter of political opinion or technological disruption—it’s as immutable as the fact that two plus two equals four. No amount of geni…
www.techdirt.com
February 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Take the time to read this important analysis. We are in exactly the situation that laws, Constitutin and basic common sense should prevent. And yet.
www.techdirt.com/2025/02/05/t...
www.techdirt.com/2025/02/05/t...
Reposted by M. Sara Rosenthal
"I was racist before it was cool"
"I would not mind if Gaza and Israel were wiped off the face of the Earth"
“You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity"
“Normalize Indian hate"
-- Top Musk/DOGE aide; posts discovered by WSJ's @klong.bsky.social
Gift link www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...
"I would not mind if Gaza and Israel were wiped off the face of the Earth"
“You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity"
“Normalize Indian hate"
-- Top Musk/DOGE aide; posts discovered by WSJ's @klong.bsky.social
Gift link www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...
Exclusive | DOGE Staffer Resigns Over Racist Posts
A staffer for Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency whose access to U.S. Treasury payment systems was approved by a federal judge on Thursday has links to a deleted social-media account that...
www.wsj.com
February 6, 2025 at 9:04 PM
"I was racist before it was cool"
"I would not mind if Gaza and Israel were wiped off the face of the Earth"
“You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity"
“Normalize Indian hate"
-- Top Musk/DOGE aide; posts discovered by WSJ's @klong.bsky.social
Gift link www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...
"I would not mind if Gaza and Israel were wiped off the face of the Earth"
“You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity"
“Normalize Indian hate"
-- Top Musk/DOGE aide; posts discovered by WSJ's @klong.bsky.social
Gift link www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...
BREAKING: Trump administration agrees to restrict DOGE access to Treasury Department payment systems
Trump administration agrees to restrict DOGE access to Treasury Department payment systems
The agreement came in response to a lawsuit accusing Treasury of committing an "unlawful action" by giving private info to Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency.
www.nbcnews.com
February 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Everyday is worse:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
If DOGE Goes Nuclear
The risk of messing with the wrong computer system
www.theatlantic.com
February 6, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Everyday is worse:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
