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Epidemiologist-Child Heath, Neurological Development. “Outlier”. Covid & Long Covid investigator. Show me the evidence.
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She Lobbied for a Carcinogen. Now She’s at the E.P.A., Approving New Chemicals t.co/r36Mdml9rx via @NYTimes

"the official Covid death toll in the United States stands at 1.22 million....the alarmists were closer to the truth than anyone else....[but] our memories are so warped by denial, suppression and sublimation that Covid revisionism no longer even qualifies as news" www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/o...

We need to remind people about this truth. The Covid Alarmists Were Closer to the Truth Than Anyone Else www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/o...

They’re going after the judges

How long before bezos starts spiking articles like this one www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...

Democracy has died in bright daylight

I shared this note with the owner of the Washington Post this morning.

new, really well-produced narrative podcast on how we got here on ukraine/russia: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

and on day 36 in shambolistan... www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/s...

“After years of yelling that the “Russia hoax” was a witch hunt, Trump is now openly colluding with Putin…The U.S. government is aligning itself with autocrats and oligarchs and attempting to rebuild our country in their image.” www.thebulwark.com/p/whether-fo...

New review conducted by @JnJ’s Kenvue. They created Kenvue to shield their assets from #acetaminophen litigants. Quantitative weight-of-evidence review of preclinical studies examining the potential developmental & reproduction toxicity of acetaminophen pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39982149/

“Operation Whirlwind” What’s Happening Now? In 2025, Operation Whirlwind was launched under Interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin to investigate alleged threats against employees of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

The talent drain will be immense.

Sweeping layoffs. Funding freezes. Executive orders. The Trump administration has provoked outcry among federal researchers and their university partners for undermining decades of research into rare disorders and their potential cures. nbcnews.to/3QmKePd

Breaking News: The Trump administration plans to cut 84% of staff at the office that funds the U.S.'s disaster recovery, raising questions about how the country will rebuild from hurricanes, wildfires and other calamities made worse by climate change.

In Opinion In his first term, President Trump “broke the laws, and this time around he’s destroying the norms, and when we get done, there will be nothing left,” Thomas L. Friedman says in the latest episode of “The Opinions.”

An Economic Blackout is happening on Friday, February 28th - SPREAD THE WORD! #DemVoice1 #LiveBlue #ResistanceUnited #Voices4Victory #OneVoice

February 28 economic blackout

Economic Blackout February 28 12 noon to midnight. Shut shit down! 👇

Join us for the Economic Blackout on February 28!

Economic Blackout - Economic Justice Friday February 28th youtu.be/g7_FEr5pKzI?... via @YouTube

Breaking news: 57 percent of Americans say President Donald Trump has exceeded his authority since taking office for his second term, according to a new Washington Post-Ipsos poll.

Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025! Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide! #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

Not all that familiar with the New Testament, so perhaps some of the good Christians who serve in the Trump administration could explain how this gibes with their deeply held beliefs. Remarkable reporting via a 5-person NYT team. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/w...

JUST IN: 900+ former federal prosecutors sign open letter warning that Justice's Public Integrity Section could be eliminated and saluting DOJ lawyers for response to "ethical challenges." Among those signing on: former special counsel Jack Smith. Doc: www.thejusticeconnection.org/wp-content/u...

The biggest line item on the site of Musk’s cost-cutting team appears to include an error. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...

Oh, look what normal countries do when a former president leads a far right coup attempt.

The Washington Post pulled an ad that was set to run in some editions on Tuesday calling for Elon Musk to be fired from his role in government, a group that ordered the ad said. It would have covered the front and back pages of editions delivered to the White House, the Pentagon and Congress.

President's Day rallies

The idea that it's okay for presidents to lie is fairly new. The current president is so far afield from what was shocking at the time from Eisenhower, Nixon, Johnson...yet today it's a collective shrug. Excellent with @hcrichardson.bsky.social and @jenrubin.bsky.social #PresidentsDay #MustListen

OSHA has repeatedly fined Elon Musk’s companies for serious safety violations. Granting him and his associates access to the agency’s files is an obvious conflict of interest, and would likely discourage workers from filing future complaints.

heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/februa “The U.S. gov has been taken over by a clique of extremists who have embarked on a process of regime change in the world’s oldest democracy…The only hope lies in the sheer enormity of the threat: it might awake us out of our slumber before it is too late.”

There you have it. The Economic Policy Uncertainty Index (www.policyuncertainty.com) just hit an all-time high, surpassing its previous high from May 2020 - the teeth of the #COVID pandemic. Consequences: worse investment climate, higher risk premia, (likely) higher interest rates...

Congrats to everyone who insisted they were better off four years ago -- you made it right back to the safety and security of "early COVID pandemic"

SSRIs are one of the most useful treatments for Long Covid, as well. RFK Jr has no commitment to our wellbeing.

‘Wrecking ball’: RFK Jr. moves to fire thousands of health agency employees | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Using paracetamol, or acetaminophen, during pregnancy may raise a child's risk of developing ADHD. The findings add weight to the contested link between the painkiller and fetal brain development.

CDC source: “We just had word that all our fellows and post doc staff are laid off effective immediately. The famous Epidemic Intelligence Service, aka the Disease Detectives, is no more. That’s 1260 staff. They are calling this ‘Phase 1’.”

Wednesday update: explaining why I’m a definite, resounding NO on RFK Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard.

I'm voting no on RFK Jr. Here's why. -AK