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Primary care dr, Pet rabbit lover, Lover of snow, Lover of tacos, Working hand in hand with others for a better world
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MAJOR: The Trump Administration has been caught lying about the D.C. shooting suspect.

The truth: He was vetted by Trump. He had a CIA badge, worked with the CIA in Afghanistan, and granted asylum by Trump in April.

Spread this everywhere. Subscribe to support my work, even on Thanksgiving:
Major Update: The Trump Administration Caught Lying About D.C. Shooting Suspect as CIA Ties Exposed
Good afternoon, everyone.
open.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment.

Here’s what experts say you need to know.
This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.
When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...
www.propublica.org
November 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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A reminder: Trump 1.0 ordered the Afghanistan withdrawal, and Trump 2.0 granted the shooter asylum this past April. Trump 2.0 also dismantled the joint terrorism task force, and gutted our national security apparatus.
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington
November 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃🍂🥧

Have some anti-vax family at your table?

Here is a summary of 14 studies that found no association between vaccines and autism.

h/t @drtomfrieden.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Expose the vulnerable
NEW: A Harvard study found that the children of women who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant may be at an increased risk for autism and other neurodevelopmental diagnoses, raising new concerns about the CDC’s decision to stop recommending the vaccine to pregnant women.
Amid Confusing CDC Guidance About Vaccines, Study Highlights New Risk of COVID-19 During Pregnancy
A Harvard study found that the children of women who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant may be at an increased risk for autism and other diagnoses, raising new concerns about the CDC’s decision to stop recommending the vaccine to pregnant women.
www.propublica.org
November 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.

Gift link:

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Oh the irony: WSJ reports that Congress is considering loosening cars’ safety standards.

Meanwhile, there are PROVEN ways to bring down our country's number of car crash deaths.

As someone who's taken care of too many car crash victims... I vote for what works. 🩺🧪🛟

www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
Motor Vehicle Crash Prevention | NEJM
The rate of fatalities on U.S. roadways is much higher than those in many other high-income nations. The authors review evidence-based strategies for moving toward a future with no traffic deaths.
www.nejm.org
November 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.

Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Hm, seems like before sending a funding bill to this president, Democratic senators could have written some guarantees into the bill that the funding would actually get spent
The Republican govt shutdown is over, but Trump is still leaving our families in the cold.

With over 150,000 households in MA dependent on LIHEAP to pay their home heating bills in the winter, I'm joining @trahan.house.gov & nearly 100 Dems demanding Trump release these funds NOW.
Mass. families delay turning on heat as LIHEAP funds stall
Gov. Maura Healey urged the Trump administration to release delayed LIHEAP funds as Massachusetts families keep thermostats low, fearing winter heating bills.
www.wcvb.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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This new gene editing strategy ignores nonsense mutations that produce a truncated protein instead of "repairing" the gene. This allows more patients to be treated.

There is some hope cystic fibrosis & Duchenne muscular dystrophy. This study was #NIH funded.

🧪🎁🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/h...
New Gene-Editing Strategy Could Help Development of Treatments for Rare Diseases
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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When will RFK Jr be held accountable for all the antivax injury he has caused?

He loves to talk about injury. But the biggest threat is from him: he’s causing antivax injury.
A maddening double standard from Kennedy's CDC.

RFK Jr. believes that NO studies are good enough to show that vaccines do not cause autism.

But he'll cite just about *anything* showing that vaccines might cause injury.

CDC exploits sci. uncertainty when convenient, and ignores it otherwise.
November 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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NEW: ICE had initially planned a limited pilot program to hire bounty hunters and private investigators for immigrant tracking.

The agency has now scrapped that plan and is going all-in, removing the program’s spending cap and offering up to $280M to any given contractor.

From @dell.bsky.social
ICE Offers Up to $280 Million to Immigrant-Tracking ‘Bounty Hunter’ Firms
Immigration and Customs Enforcement lifted a $180 million cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program while guaranteeing multimillion-dollar payouts for private surveillance firms.
www.wired.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Trump lied. His ICE is not going after the "worst of the worst" like he promised.

The vast majority of the people being taken are hardworking, law-abiding members of our communities. They are just trying to provide for their families and contribute to America.
November 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Do you hate the new Vaccines and Autism webpage revisions as much as we do? Yes? Great. Some action items:

1. Submit your concerns through CDC INFO: www.cdc.gov/cdc-info/for...
2. (if not a fed employee) Consider adding "vaccines do NOT cause autism" to your signature line 😈
Email CDC-INFO
Users can use this form to direct questions to the CDC.
www.cdc.gov
November 22, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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📣📣📣 HOPE FLOATS? Bipartisan House team introduces #ACA enhanced tax credit extension bill which...isn't terrible!

acasignups.net/25/11/21/hop...
Hope Floats? Bipartisan House team introduces ACA enhanced tax credit extension bill which...isn't terrible!
Back in September, before the federal government shutdown, I said: At a bare, bare minimum, do not settle for a one- or two-year extension of the eAPTCs. Kicking this particular can down the road for ...
acasignups.net
November 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
November 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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"When you remove scientists from science, you don’t get truth. You get ideology. " Signed D3- Deb, Dan, and @drdemetre.bsky.social
We are former CDC officials. RFK Jr.'s change to vaccine guidance is propaganda.
Under Secretary Kennedy, CDC materials can no longer be assumed to reflect scientific authority.
www.ms.now
November 21, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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thinking about this quote from David Graeber’s Utopia of Rules and thankful for reporting like this
November 17, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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Attention, Maryland #AltCitizens!! Right now we are all begging for people with a strong sense of ethics and a functioning spine to run for literally anything!! Well here you go!! Our very own SSA whistleblower who stood up to DOGE/this regime is running for your State Senate!!!! Go check him out!!❤️
We deserve leaders focused on small business, our farmers, and hard work over self-interest.

That’s why I’m a candidate for MD-29 State Senate!

Our movement is based on innovation, affordability, and growth. Join us!

www.chuck4md.com

#SOMD #innovation #solutions #Flip29 #VoteForChuck #Chuck4MD
November 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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"300 agents stormed the building, rappelled from a helicopter, knocked down doors and hurled flash-bang grenades. Agents ziptied and detained many US citizens for hours..."

Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:

www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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This is a statement I received from a Epstein survivor who is a Jane Doe.

Share it widely.
November 14, 2025 at 10:45 PM