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While you weren't looking, Trump rolled back Biden's ethics rules prohibiting executive branch employees from accepting major gifts from lobbyists. So much for "drain the swamp."

submitted 120 days ago • 274 comments

Can statins boost cancer immunotherapy outcomes? Patients taking statins alongside immune checkpoint inhibitors had a 20% lower risk of death and disease progression, according to new research. 🔗: www.emjreviews.com/en-us/amj/de... #MedSky #MedicalResearch

submitted 119 days ago • 0 comments

Who needs an MMR booster? drrubin.substack.com/p/who-needs-...

submitted 120 days ago • 8 comments

URGENT: The House is set to vote tomorrow on whether to advance $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid — eviscerating essential programs that provide lifesaving services for people with disabilities, children, seniors, and more. Tell your representative now: Don't cut Medicaid.

submitted 120 days ago • 351 comments

From food safety to air travel to environmental protections, Trump and Musk have gone on a firing spree at agencies that protect nearly every facet of American life. This has nothing to do with "efficiency" and everything to do with lining their own pockets at our expense.

submitted 120 days ago • 109 comments

We have reached out to the company who was awarded this contract and they have confirmed the ceiling was $8 million—NOT billion. Here is their statement. The federal government is cooking the books.

submitted 125 days ago • 453 comments

Another day (not) at the office.

submitted 125 days ago • 126 comments

Firings at the NSF included permanent employees who had already completed their one-year probationary period, as well as at-will workers.

submitted 126 days ago • 22 comments

I am not making this up: Republicans have introduced legislation… to increase your bank fees.

submitted 126 days ago • 1191 comments

Bird flu vaccine was conditionally approved for use in chickens drrubin.substack.com/p/bird-flu-v...

submitted 126 days ago • 10 comments

More media controlling the narrative—The Washington Post refused to run an ad that said, “Fire Elon Musk.”

submitted 126 days ago • 167 comments

813 US billionaires held a record $6.72 trillion in wealth at the end of 2024. The bottom 50% of Americans held roughly $3.9 trillion in wealth. When 813 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

submitted 127 days ago • 168 comments

The Dep't of Health and Human Services laid off employees Saturday evening across some of its biggest agencies, including the FDA and CDC. Those laid off included people who evaluate the safety of medical devices. @rachelcohrs.bsky.social @bloomberg.com Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

submitted 128 days ago • 307 comments

Measles cases continue to surge globally, putting millions of children at risk. More than 10 million people globally were infected with measles in 2023, a 20% increase from the previous year. bit.ly/48SAtkf

submitted 127 days ago • 23 comments

#Measles is one of the leading causes of death among young children globally. In 2023, an estimated 107 500 people died from measles, mostly children under age 5. bit.ly/48SAtkf

submitted 127 days ago • 17 comments

I want to save billions of your money and make our government more efficient. Rummaging through your personal shit is not that. A party of chaos loses—always.

submitted 127 days ago • 659 comments

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

submitted 127 days ago • 2235 comments

He's preparing to do something really bad.

submitted 129 days ago • 1023 comments

A key federal agency overseeing 15 million acres of public lands in California has halted some critical fire prevention work because of the massive freeze in government funding directed by Donald Trump.

submitted 129 days ago • 268 comments

House Republicans released a draft budget that aims to cut $2 trillion in spending. The programs impacted could include Medicaid, SNAP, and education programs. Why the cuts? To finance another round of tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations. It's reverse Robin Hood.

submitted 129 days ago • 214 comments

Incompetence in Washington puts every American at risk, no matter how you voted. No one should be happy that the DOGE team - the same folks who randomly published classified U.S. security information online today - wants access to your bank account & Social Security numbers.

submitted 129 days ago • 2634 comments

Even worse incompetence: they accidentally fired, then apparently today un-fired, hundreds of the people who manage America's nuclear weapons.

submitted 129 days ago • 1565 comments

This. Also. @aoc.bsky.social @ericswalwell.bsky.social et al , can you do what ever you guys do in the House to let Musk, Trump and everyone know that the UCFE, which funds unemployment benefits , is in the Dept of Labor. If these funds are cut, the cost will fall on the states.

submitted 129 days ago • 805 comments

“We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests.” -FDR, 1941

submitted 129 days ago • 518 comments

Doing the unthinkable: The deep cuts to the #CDC's workforce today are expected to decimate the Epidemic Intelligence Service, a program that has trained public health rapid responders for decades. Envy of the world. Poof! www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...

submitted 130 days ago • 532 comments

The CDC finally published data regarding H5N1 bird flu amongst cattle and bovine veterinary practitioners drrubin.substack.com/p/new-inform...

submitted 131 days ago • 4 comments

#medsky#pedsky#idsky#immunosky 🧪 In the midst of all of the scary headlines recently, I thought I could take a moment to share a bit of good news: for the first time in history, a malaria vaccine with >90% efficacy seems to be within reach! Here’s why that’s a really big deal for EVERYONE 🧵

submitted 131 days ago • 434 comments

Major cuts to programs that millions rely on, all to finance another round of tax cuts that will disproportionately benefit the wealthy and big corporations. Another reminder that we have socialism for the rich, harsh capitalism for the rest.

submitted 132 days ago • 52 comments

Today is International Day of Women & Girls in Science. Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her contributions have left an indelible mark on the world of science & health & continue to inspire generations of scientists & innovators. 🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM

submitted 133 days ago • 58 comments

Connect the dots... -Tech barons express interest in launching financial transaction apps -Trump's company announces it will sell a crypto fund -Trump shutters the CFPB, which recently proposed supervising payment apps the same way as banks Pure corruption.

submitted 133 days ago • 70 comments

As childhood vaccinate rates drop in the U.S. outbreaks of measles are rising. In his new book Booster Shots, Dr. Adam Ratner makes the case that this is a bad sign for public health.

submitted 133 days ago • 102 comments

The pages that are set to be revived include information for patients about HIV testing and HIV prevention medication, guidance on contraceptives and data on adolescent and youth mental health.

submitted 133 days ago • 72 comments

Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone Call it a Day Of Transparency

submitted 133 days ago • 3808 comments

The CFPB is one of the American people’s best defenses against waste, fraud, and abuse. Demolishing it will, of course, lead to more waste, fraud, and abuse.

submitted 133 days ago • 1358 comments

💔 The disparity in #ChildhoodCancer cure rates is staggering: 📈 More than 80% cure rate in high-income countries 📉 Less than 30% in most low- & middle-income countries. Ensuring equal access to care is the key to saving lives 👉 bit.ly/4hPDeWN

submitted 133 days ago • 2 comments

The judge had issued a temporary restraining order against an administration plan to freeze payments for grants and other federal programs, but says the administration has not been fully complying.

submitted 134 days ago • 171 comments

Gutting USAID will have a monumental effect on combating climate change. The agency was a key player in renewable energy and disaster protection around the world—until Elon Musk showed up.

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The US plans to cut billions in reimbursements to medical researchers for items such as hazardous waste disposal.

submitted 136 days ago • 162 comments

www.dshs.texas.gov/news-alerts/...

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Let's say there's "waste" and "fraud" in the government. Well that’s why every department had an inspector general to find and stop it. But guess what? Trump fired most of these independent auditors who should be insulated from politics. None of this is about waste and fraud.

submitted 136 days ago • 231 comments

I didn’t know if it might help to actually see what we are talking about with indirect costs so I did a little lab tour. youtube.com/shorts/ttia4...

submitted 136 days ago • 17 comments

A few things Trump has done that won’t lower costs but will make life harder for no good reason... 🧵

submitted 136 days ago • 72 comments