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A 21-year-old Norwegian was stopped at Newark airport. ICE asked to see his phone and found a picture of JD Vance (a rare Vance). Then things got nasty. “I was pushed up against a wall and was strip-searched with a lot of force. They were incredibly harsh and used physical force the whole time"

Here we go again. Time for live-fact checking, this time for #RFKJr. Tune in Tuesday and remember: #RFKlies #truthmatters. Spead the word @defendpublichealth.bsky.social #episky #medsky #science energycommerce.house.gov/events/healt...

Compare @alineitzelmd.bsky.social who was clear sighted about the threat with the frauds i quoted in this article. sciencebasedmedicine.org/go-ahead/

Russ Vought keeps threatening "pocket rescissions” — an illegal scheme to withhold funds approved by Congress. Republicans in Congress might as well tear up Article 1 and go home if they don't fight back, but they can’t claim surprise. Here's Vought telling me he's willing to break the law:

Jay, please stop gaslighting early career researchers.

Important update about local impacts of funding cuts. Depressing but compelling... Thanks to @joshuasweitz.bsky.social and his team for putting this together. scienceimpacts.org

The findings at the recent trial and today's Columbia chaos is pushing me to the edge. I just sent the following email...

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They’re not even bothering with the fake ICE costumes anymore. This should feel unacceptable to every single person in America.

I don’t care what city or town you live in. If these guys jumped out of an unmarked van and grabbed you on the street, would you just assume they’re ICE or FBI? Would you willingly comply with their orders and get inside the van? THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS. THIS IS NOT AMERICA.

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Last year, Ben Mazer wrote this piece about the revenge of the Covid contrarians all now ensconced as leaders of public health, science & healthcare. but they’re a whole lot of fellow travelers among the liberal establishment who should take some of the blame. 1/ www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

Ian Bremmer at Tulane: Speak out because we can't fix a problem until we call it out... and when we stand up, when law firms stand up, when universities stand up, courage is contagious Don't Obey in Advance Speak Out Make Good Trouble Show up at #NoKings Day 6/14 NoKings.org

BREAKING: A federal judge in Massachusetts (the Reagan-appointed William Young) has declared the Trump administration's cuts to NIH grants — ostensibly over Trump's EOs on gender ideology and DEI — are "illegal" and "void." He's ordering many grants restored.

Hi everyone I was denied entry, detained, and deported from the USA over the last 48 hours because of my reporting on the Columbia student protests I arrived back in Melbourne hours ago and had my phone handed back to me upon landing

@kenklippenstein.bsky.social I learned from the best

This is literally "DEI is why we don't have vaccines any more."

ICE raiding a crowded supermarket in Rosemead, California with no identification, indistinguishable from cartel hitmen, pulling high caliber rifles on unarmed US citizens trying to ask questions about wtf is going on. #3E #StopICE

law enforcement officials say they made a proactive check at Rep. Hortman's home after a lawmaker who lived nearby was shot and found a "police vehicle in the driveway with emergency lights and what appeared to be a police officer at the door coming out of the house." He was actually the gunman.

I am concerned there will be an uptick in disinformation about #RSV prior to the ACIP meeting later this month. Apparently, there will be a 'Vaccines for Children' (aka VFC) vote at that meeting.

Spread the word.

Tonight’s #FridayLimericks go, as they must, to ICE’s abuses. For too many, the system in place Under Trump is abuse and disgrace. Cutting rights to the quick, Knowing all of it’s sick, ICE is racism’s mask-covered face.

forum-bots.effectivealtruism.org/posts/o8zS7c... With the current NIH cuts, a potential malaria vaccine will be hung out to dry if the NIH moves forward with the ongoing budget cuts. If you are inspired to help a smaller company potentially make this reality, please consider reading.

HPV related cancer is preventable. youtu.be/2S0F-aGsLVI?...

A few key points: - Senator Padilla is the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and Border Safety - He identified himself as a Senator - Right before this happened Noem literally said she was there to liberate Los Angeles from its elected leadership

www.instagram.com/p/DKu2nJRSEn... RFK Jr lied about the ACIPs conflicts of interest.

Since the US vaccine infrastructure is about to be overtaken by those loyal to top antivaxxer RFK Jr, you may be wondering which forums still carry reliable information.

#episky The novel approach to estimating the impact of public health interventions described in my newly published study in the Journal of Public Health Policy, suggests that the deeply flawed laissez faire approach to COVID would have nearly doubled COVID deaths. 🧪 open.substack.com/pub/drbobmor...

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This is your health on MAGA.

My newest paper uses reductions in influenza mortality at the state level during the pandemic as an indicator of the effectiveness of NPI's. The resulting model predicts 66% of variability in COVID mortality and suggests that NPI's save 850,000 lives. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

ICE dressed up like utility workers who offer "free estimates" if invited inside. Neighbor recorded the ICE goons and intervened, just before a young boy let them into his home. Tucson Electric Power was not told ICE agents would be impersonating their utility workers as part of the ICE raid.

Jon Stewart is a legend & the way this show is trying to explain to a mainstream audience the gravity what is happening in the US is amazing. It was both thrilling & terrifying to be part of it. Thank you @TheDailyShow 👏 www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG7C...

While Bari Weiss and (soon) Andrew Huberman are blowing smoke up Jay Bhattacharya's ass, @walkerbragman.bsky.social talked to actual people working under him. Completely different reality for those forced to endure the NIH right now. www.importantcontext.news/p/out-of-his...

NEW: Important Context spoke with a dozen people working at NIH about Director Jay Bhattacharya. The descriptions were universally unflattering, painting the health economist as ineffectual, dishonest, ideological, arrogant, and uncommitted to science. www.importantcontext.news/p/out-of-his...

"'It’s a total shit show,' one agency staffer told Important Context, explaining that Bhattacharya seemed unaware of how NIH operated when he arrived. They said he had been promising reforms that were already part of the agency’s work."