William Mitchell MD
@williammitchellmd.bsky.social
NYC Gastroenterologist
Proponent of Direct Democracy in the Digital Age
Proponent of Direct Democracy in the Digital Age
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WATCH EVERY MINUTE OF THIS!
Bourdain is ON POINT.
Bourdain is ON POINT.
October 8, 2025 at 8:18 PM
WATCH EVERY MINUTE OF THIS!
Bourdain is ON POINT.
Bourdain is ON POINT.
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Three weeks from right now, we will be taking to the streets across the country on No Kings Day. Over 1,000 events are planned in response to Trump’s $100 million birthday parade in DC. We hope you will join us on June 14: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
May 24, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Three weeks from right now, we will be taking to the streets across the country on No Kings Day. Over 1,000 events are planned in response to Trump’s $100 million birthday parade in DC. We hope you will join us on June 14: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
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Beneath contempt.
May 19, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Beneath contempt.
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Please call your senators and Congress reps, tell them not to cut Medicaid and SNAP. #MedSky
Healthcare at Risk
Physicians Need to Call on Congress to Protect Medicaid
open.substack.com
May 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Please call your senators and Congress reps, tell them not to cut Medicaid and SNAP. #MedSky
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New research shows that abortion bans led to more unwanted or unsafe pregnancies carried to term, resulting in an increase in both live births and infant deaths.
publichealth.jhu.edu...
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The Unequal Impacts of Abortion Bans | Johns Hopkins | Bloomberg School of Public Health
Since Roe v. Wade was overturned, some states have imposed severe restrictions on access to abortion, leaving pregnant people to continue unwanted or unsafe pregnancies to term. The result was an increase in live births—but also infant deaths.
publichealth.jhu.edu
May 6, 2025 at 10:48 PM
New research shows that abortion bans led to more unwanted or unsafe pregnancies carried to term, resulting in an increase in both live births and infant deaths.
publichealth.jhu.edu...
publichealth.jhu.edu...
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I don’t blame anyone from Canada whose appetite for visiting the US might have soured.
But here in Illinois, we're ready to prove that Midwest nice is the closest thing to Canadian hospitality you can get south of Windsor.
Welcome to the Middle of Everything.
But here in Illinois, we're ready to prove that Midwest nice is the closest thing to Canadian hospitality you can get south of Windsor.
Welcome to the Middle of Everything.
May 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I don’t blame anyone from Canada whose appetite for visiting the US might have soured.
But here in Illinois, we're ready to prove that Midwest nice is the closest thing to Canadian hospitality you can get south of Windsor.
Welcome to the Middle of Everything.
But here in Illinois, we're ready to prove that Midwest nice is the closest thing to Canadian hospitality you can get south of Windsor.
Welcome to the Middle of Everything.
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158th consecutive day of mass protests and demonstrations across Georgia. ( 📹 @rusudandjakeli.bsky.social ) #3E #GeorgiaProtests
May 4, 2025 at 11:21 PM
158th consecutive day of mass protests and demonstrations across Georgia. ( 📹 @rusudandjakeli.bsky.social ) #3E #GeorgiaProtests
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"This should not be happening as measles cases rise to more than 900 in the U.S."
www.upi.com/Health_News/...
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'This should not be happening,' doctor says as measles cases rise to more than 900 in U.S. - UPI.com
Measles cases in the United States climbed to 939 in 29 states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday.
www.upi.com
May 3, 2025 at 2:51 AM
"This should not be happening as measles cases rise to more than 900 in the U.S."
www.upi.com/Health_News/...
www.upi.com/Health_News/...
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Should this happen, the event would be countered by a massive turnout of citizens protesting his birth.
May 2, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Should this happen, the event would be countered by a massive turnout of citizens protesting his birth.
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Just to be clear, this is a violation of the fundamental ethical principle in clinical trial design called "equipoise."
Equipoise means that no-one is exposed to excess risk just to test the therapy. That's specifically *why* vaccine trials don't use placebo arms.
Ethical violation as POLICY.
Equipoise means that no-one is exposed to excess risk just to test the therapy. That's specifically *why* vaccine trials don't use placebo arms.
Ethical violation as POLICY.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr will require all new vaccines to undergo placebo testing, WaPo reports
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr intends to shift the way vaccines are tested, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing a spokesperson from the HHS.
www.reuters.com
May 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Just to be clear, this is a violation of the fundamental ethical principle in clinical trial design called "equipoise."
Equipoise means that no-one is exposed to excess risk just to test the therapy. That's specifically *why* vaccine trials don't use placebo arms.
Ethical violation as POLICY.
Equipoise means that no-one is exposed to excess risk just to test the therapy. That's specifically *why* vaccine trials don't use placebo arms.
Ethical violation as POLICY.
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Harvard Law professor Michael Klarman gave an inspiring lecture about the need for lawyers to protect democracy. I was honored that he noted the attacks and threats aimed at me. His words serve to steel my spine and make me more committed than ever to fighting for democracy.
Thank you professor.🙏
Thank you professor.🙏
May 1, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Harvard Law professor Michael Klarman gave an inspiring lecture about the need for lawyers to protect democracy. I was honored that he noted the attacks and threats aimed at me. His words serve to steel my spine and make me more committed than ever to fighting for democracy.
Thank you professor.🙏
Thank you professor.🙏
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#MayDay
Here’s our large banner at the San Jose May Day protest.
@50501sanjose.bsky.social
@teslatakedown.com
Here’s our large banner at the San Jose May Day protest.
@50501sanjose.bsky.social
@teslatakedown.com
May 1, 2025 at 11:02 PM
#MayDay
Here’s our large banner at the San Jose May Day protest.
@50501sanjose.bsky.social
@teslatakedown.com
Here’s our large banner at the San Jose May Day protest.
@50501sanjose.bsky.social
@teslatakedown.com
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My family found a home here after fleeing the pogroms in Ukraine.
This country accepted us as refugees when we had nothing except the shirts on our backs.
We've seen what can happen when we don't speak up about the dangers — it's time to raise the alarm now.
This country accepted us as refugees when we had nothing except the shirts on our backs.
We've seen what can happen when we don't speak up about the dangers — it's time to raise the alarm now.
April 29, 2025 at 9:07 PM
My family found a home here after fleeing the pogroms in Ukraine.
This country accepted us as refugees when we had nothing except the shirts on our backs.
We've seen what can happen when we don't speak up about the dangers — it's time to raise the alarm now.
This country accepted us as refugees when we had nothing except the shirts on our backs.
We've seen what can happen when we don't speak up about the dangers — it's time to raise the alarm now.
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I am delighted that Mohsen Mahdawi has been released from detention.
Expressing a political opinion about the war in Gaza is not a crime.
In the United States of America, you should not be put in a jail cell for exercising your First Amendment rights.
Expressing a political opinion about the war in Gaza is not a crime.
In the United States of America, you should not be put in a jail cell for exercising your First Amendment rights.
April 30, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I am delighted that Mohsen Mahdawi has been released from detention.
Expressing a political opinion about the war in Gaza is not a crime.
In the United States of America, you should not be put in a jail cell for exercising your First Amendment rights.
Expressing a political opinion about the war in Gaza is not a crime.
In the United States of America, you should not be put in a jail cell for exercising your First Amendment rights.
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More than 80 Harvard faculty members have signed on to a pledge to donate 10% of their paycheck to support staff and students, as long as the University resists Trump's unlawful demands. I am so proud of my colleagues. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Senior Faculty Pledging to Donate a Portion of Salary in Defense of University Community
Senior Faculty Pledging to Donate a Portion of Salary in Defense of University Community We are heartened by the University’s rejection of the Trump administration’s unlawful demands. We also recogn...
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April 30, 2025 at 6:42 PM
More than 80 Harvard faculty members have signed on to a pledge to donate 10% of their paycheck to support staff and students, as long as the University resists Trump's unlawful demands. I am so proud of my colleagues. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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RFK Jr. ordered the NIH’s Integrated Research Facility in Frederick to stop all research on serious infectious diseases yesterday at 5:00 PM.
They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
RFK Jr.'s HHS Orders Lab Studying Deadly Infectious Diseases to Stop Research
NIAID's Integrated Research Facility is one of the few federal facilities charged with studying Ebola. Tuesday afternoon, all of its work was put on indefinite pause by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s departm...
www.wired.com
April 30, 2025 at 10:45 PM
RFK Jr. ordered the NIH’s Integrated Research Facility in Frederick to stop all research on serious infectious diseases yesterday at 5:00 PM.
They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
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Tesla's board members think Musk spending more time at Tesla will be good for the company. Apparently they missed the part where the problem for Tesla is Musk. Ah well, nevertheless, #teslatakedown looks forward to disabusing them of this notion 😅 www.wsj.com/business/aut...
Exclusive | Tesla Board Opened Search for a CEO to Succeed Elon Musk
With profits and the stock price sinking, board members told Musk he needed to spend more time at the company.
www.wsj.com
May 1, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Tesla's board members think Musk spending more time at Tesla will be good for the company. Apparently they missed the part where the problem for Tesla is Musk. Ah well, nevertheless, #teslatakedown looks forward to disabusing them of this notion 😅 www.wsj.com/business/aut...
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that hitler was a fucking coward in the end is one of those details that his contemporary worshippers like to ignore
Happy Hitler Shoots Himself In The Head day to all who celebrate. The 80th anniversary. May his ignominious end, with his body doused in petrol and burned by his last remaining loyalists, be a model for all tyrants.
April 30, 2025 at 8:38 PM
that hitler was a fucking coward in the end is one of those details that his contemporary worshippers like to ignore
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Don’t forget tomorrow is the nationwide May Day protest. 50501 has been doing an incredible job organizing, and a lot of our coalition members will be joining events across the country.
April 30, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Don’t forget tomorrow is the nationwide May Day protest. 50501 has been doing an incredible job organizing, and a lot of our coalition members will be joining events across the country.
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Mohsen Mahdawi is free.
As the federal judge who ordered his release said, “This is not the first time that the nation has seen chilling action by the government intended to shut down debate.”
May it be the last.
As the federal judge who ordered his release said, “This is not the first time that the nation has seen chilling action by the government intended to shut down debate.”
May it be the last.
Freed Columbia Student to Trump: ‘I’m Not Afraid of You’
A judge ordered the immediate release of Mohsen Mahdawi, who was arrested during a citizenship interview, as his case proceeds.
nymag.com
April 30, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Mohsen Mahdawi is free.
As the federal judge who ordered his release said, “This is not the first time that the nation has seen chilling action by the government intended to shut down debate.”
May it be the last.
As the federal judge who ordered his release said, “This is not the first time that the nation has seen chilling action by the government intended to shut down debate.”
May it be the last.
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There will be a lot of discourse about this, but any gigantic build up of imports to plug into inventories in advance of tariffs was going to get a negative GDP print. All the real recessionary issues are second quarter of this year.
Advance estimate of US Real GDP 2025 Q1: -0.3% SAAR.
Private Domestic Final Purchases, or "Core GDP" (just consumption and business investment) rose by 3.0% SAAR.
Durables PCE & net exports collapsed. Services PCE & business investment healthy. Big build up of inventories.
Private Domestic Final Purchases, or "Core GDP" (just consumption and business investment) rose by 3.0% SAAR.
Durables PCE & net exports collapsed. Services PCE & business investment healthy. Big build up of inventories.
April 30, 2025 at 12:44 PM
There will be a lot of discourse about this, but any gigantic build up of imports to plug into inventories in advance of tariffs was going to get a negative GDP print. All the real recessionary issues are second quarter of this year.
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Jeeeeez this is really really bad
April 30, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Jeeeeez this is really really bad
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The Port of Los Angeles--the country's largest container port--is currently projecting a 20% decline in import containers over the next three weeks relative to last year.
This is what the beginning of a supply chain crisis looks like--hopefully we can stop it there.
This is what the beginning of a supply chain crisis looks like--hopefully we can stop it there.
April 30, 2025 at 11:48 AM
The Port of Los Angeles--the country's largest container port--is currently projecting a 20% decline in import containers over the next three weeks relative to last year.
This is what the beginning of a supply chain crisis looks like--hopefully we can stop it there.
This is what the beginning of a supply chain crisis looks like--hopefully we can stop it there.
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yeah i am pretty much on the side of primary everyone
Stephen Lynch, aiming to be top Dem on the Oversight Cmte, blew up at a constituent who asked him to oppose the GOP.
"I get to decide that. I get to decide that. I get to decide that. I'm elected. I get to decide that. You wanna decide that? You need to run for Congress, okay? I get to decide that"
"I get to decide that. I get to decide that. I get to decide that. I'm elected. I get to decide that. You wanna decide that? You need to run for Congress, okay? I get to decide that"
April 30, 2025 at 11:52 AM
yeah i am pretty much on the side of primary everyone