Berna
@bernaboop.bsky.social
Ferret mom and nurse. Thinker, reader, hiker. Here for the politics 💙 and pet photos. Humor is good too. 🇺🇦 #BLM #BeKind #bluecrew #goodtrouble #resist Antifa 🐸 No DMs and no lists please.
Bizarre and rather frightening take on childhood vaccinations by Stephen Miller. We’re living in an episode of the Twilight Zone.
Jonathan Howard@joho.bsky.social · last wk.We are allowed to judge people by their silence in this moment. What does John Ioannidis think about this scene? He’s not said anything negative about MAHA.
This is how it’s done. Concede defeat, congratulate the winner, and pledge to work together to advance the interests of the people. 👏👏👏
Evan Sutton@evansutton.bsky.social · 2w agoI encourage all of us to have the grace and focus shown in this going up within minutes of the race being called.
A key part of the COVID Amnesia Project is denying who was in charge in 2020.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w agoMoreno to Fauci: "Who the fuck did you think you were?"
My favorite Fauci photo: When he hugged nurse Nina Pham in October 2014, to celebrate her recovery from Ebola and prove it was safe to touch survivors.
CIDRAP@cidrap.bsky.social · 3w agoFauci invokes Fifth Amendment during congressional hearing The nation's former top infectious disease expert refused to answer questions from Sen. Rand Paul & others who accused him of misleading the country on COVID https://bit.ly/4fDF7GK 📷: Andrew Propp/NIH/Wikimedia Commons
This is morally monstrous behavior. These are ordinary, innocent people that Trump is condemning to suffering & death out of political vindictiveness. Every decent human being, regardless of political party, should condemn it. Where is the fucking *anger*? From the press? From civic leaders? Pols?
FEMA said yes to Democratic disaster requests. Trump killed them anyway.
President Donald Trump cast aside bipartisan precedent when he rejected eligible disaster requests from four blue states.
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Astonishing. RFK Jr. adds 8 members to a 6 member FDA advisory panel. 6 of them were sellers of peptides, and the 7th a compounding pharmacist. In an 8-6 vote with all 8 votes coming from these new panel members, the panel approved 4 peptides against the objections of FDA scientists.
FDA Panel Supports Lifting Restrictions on Four Peptides (Gift Article)
In an all-day hearing, the agency’s scientists argued against allowing broad access to unproven drugs that the agency had banned three years ago.
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Great news for democracy that's terrible for Trump. Eight wins the corporate media buried this week. Read them all: www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/great-news...
Great News For Democracy That’s Terrible For Trump. Wonderful.
Fifteen people went home. A pollution plan died. A Republican lost his own city. Eight big wins inside.
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Just a reminder: friends of Trump are not permitted to lose elections, and the FBI will be deployed to ensure they do not.
But why? In a brilliant new video, Justin Portela goes much deeper into the history than I'd ever known. I highly recommend watching it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJYf...
The Deadliest Decision You've Never Heard of
YouTube video by Justin Portela
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Investigating a homicide that DOJ is working to cover-up. This is the way. We need all the details. And we need to know the identity of the perps.
Listen, if you don’t know the difference between Democratic socialism and communism, I’m not engaging with you. Crack a book.
Just a reminder that patriotism isn't holding a bible and wrapping yourself in the flag while you violate the Constitution and plunder the country. Happy 4th of July, stay cool and safe!!
Do give the full story a read: you'll find a play-by-play of all the steps NIH applications go through, with the new political reviews included. And a pdf of all 235 disfavored words. PS: If you hit a paywall trying to read the story, making a free account will open up the full story.
Inside the new political screening that’s stalling NIH grants
Mandatory reviews by top health officials and checks for 235 disfavoured terms have left hundreds of vetted grant applications in administrative limbo.
nature.com
🚨Public Comment Open: Federal Funding Rule Change OMB-2026-0034 could change how more than $1.1 trillion in federal funding is awarded & managed, impacting programs like: -Medicaid -Head Start -Title I schools -Transportation services -Food assistance -Community health programs 1/3 🧵
This is why we rely on experts! Sadly this administration has axed many scientific, education, and research branches in our government. This is a prime example of where we’re headed.
Chris Hayes@chrislhayes.bsky.social · 2mo agoStipulating that I can’t definitively verify that Buttons has the expertise he says, I learned a lot from this! Also this is the first time I’ve had that peak twitter experience of “I’ve actually spent my life studying this obscure topic in the news, here’s my take” on BlueSky
Was great to be involved in this work!
Joshua Weitz@joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 2mo agoShort-form video (~8 mins) on threats to science from @evidentmedia.org, an Emmy-winning nonprofit newsroom, featuring takes from @cdelawalla.bsky.social, @drstarbird.bsky.social & me. Ongoing efforts by OMB are another indication of the ongoing existential threats to American leadership in science.
For example
RFK lies about the MMR killing kids
YouTube video by Jonathan Howard
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Alexander Dent@follicular.bsky.social · 2mo agoThose of us who follow politics know the propaganda technique of "projection"--accusing your opponent of what you are guilty of-- used commonly by MAGA Republicans. Listening to this, I realized that's what antivaxxers do all the time: blaming vaccines for severe side-effects caused by the disease
AI has no business denying doctor-recommended procedures. I am leading the Democratic effort to shut down WISeR—Trump's backdoor scheme to privatize Medicare. We need to end AI prior authorization NOW.
NYT -Data Centers in MI could sway Midterms Neither Dems nor Republicans have caught on to voter frustrations
What if we could predict cancer 5+ years ahead and prevent it? A new landmark study shows the way. Exciting! erictopol.substack.com/p/a-new-path...
A New Path to Preventing Cancer
A Landmark Study Showing the Way Forward
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