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Still reading over the Senate version of the #MaGAMurderBill, but it already looks like I’ll have to revise these graphs to include even MORE people’s healthcare being at risk… acasignups.net/25/05/23/sta...

What’s for breakfast? #Caturday

RFK Jr. spouted dangerous vaccine falsehoods on national TV. As a parent and infectious diseases doctor, I couldn't stay silent. Here's what the data actually shows. 🧵

New research reveals how the timing of your daily coffee could impact your heart health, longevity and risk of early death superage.com/is-coffee-a-...

Wildfire smoke www.npr.org/2025/06/06/n...

Covid refresher open.substack.com/pub/thegaunt...

“Experts who reviewed the code for ProPublica found numerous and troubling flaws in the system, providing a disturbing glimpse into how the Trump administration is allowing artificial intelligence to guide critical cuts in services” www.propublica.org/article/insi...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wtjm... Why doesn't the American public know about a recent breakthrough study?

I’ve been wondering this year whether Congress, when establishing the laws governing 401(k) retirement accounts, ever envisioned a President,who was a reality show host for 14 years, repeatedly causing large market swings by saying shit to get headlines?

There's a lobbying group for almost everything in the US: "How the little-known ‘dark roof’ lobby may make US cities hotter." ... And how the word "choice" is such a powerful weapon against change in the US. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

There seems to be a pattern in the use of unjustified allegations of massive fraud to undo public policies that Republicans don’t like. Examples: use of election fraud allegations to restrict voting, use of Medicaid fraud allegations to restrict Medicaid and the ACA.

This is an AMAZING resource. Can't encourage you enough to look up your state's supreme court. You'll discover that *every* state supreme court is designed with more checks than the federal judiciary

New Covid vaccine approved by FDA www.axios.com/2025/05/31/f...

The biggest warning signs of drowning are not what you think.

So now the federal government is hiring again, but loyalty vetting is part of the process. This seems to confirm that all of the Doge efforts to reduce the federal workforce and then the RIFs too was to create vacancies to be filled - ie a spoils system. federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/20...

Oops the Emperor has no clothes www.axios.com/2025/05/28/t...

This really *is* Liberation Day: The U.S. Court of International Trade this afternoon struck down Trump’s mass tariffs as unlawful. It’s a fantastic win for the rule of law, human freedom, and prosperity, and a deserved rebuke for arbitrary one-man rule over our livelihoods. /1

The federal government ends up providing compensation of about two thirds of the cost of treating the uninsured in hospital emergency departments, according to this study. www.kff.org/uninsured/is...

Bring back the IGs www.hsgac.senate.gov/wp-content/u...