This is what competitive authoritarianism looks like - we still have elections, but under conditions that are not equal and not fair.

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ABC News' lawyer told a judge the network is tempering its election coverage because of government threats. The Trump Censorship Industrial Complex is real...and expanding.

When members of the IRB that reviewed a study are resigning in protest because they recognize the unethical design of the study and the avoidable harm it will cause, maybe it is a sign to no proceed with said study. Great reporting in the guardian. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau

Recommended dose of hepatitis B vaccine will be withheld from thousands of newborns by Danish researchers

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The Trump administration broke federal law by withholding more than $78 million Congress had approved for healthcare research, according to a Government Accountability Office report. The watchdog found that HHS violated the Impoundment Control Act by withholding

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $8 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of American households is worth just $4.27 trillion. Read that back. When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

Wall Street profits and bonuses are poised to hit a record high. CEO pay is up. Corporate profits are skyrocketing. U.S. billionaire wealth is up 30% in a year. Meanwhile, inflation eats up the paychecks of working people as the social safety net is cut out from underneath them. Trumponomics.

Wall Street Eyes Record Bonuses as Profit Heads Past $90 Billion

A blockbuster year for New York’s trading and investment-banking firms is poised to deliver record earnings for the industry, with profit on pace to exceed $90 billion, and bonuses expected to reach a...

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A Tuskegee Study With Children By denying "control" babies the hepatitis B vaccine, many will be condemned to die of cirrhosis or primary liver cancer. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

CDC Is Moving Forward With a Previously Shelved Controversial Hepatitis B Vaccine Study

“It’s a wholly unethical trial, and it shouldn’t be allowed,” says Dr. Paul Offit of Guinea-Bissau study

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Thanks, Roadkill Robert No one should get sick or die from a preventable disease. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Trump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over two decades The decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors.

Trump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over 2 decades

The decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors.

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Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and the CDC have stopped recommending seven vaccines for children, including vaccines that protect against hepatitis B, RSV, and meningitis. These vaccines have kept millions of children out of the hospital and saved countless lives. I'm suing.

More than 500 U.S. citizens have been detained by ICE, according to ProPublica. 70% of ICE detainees have no criminal conviction. Trump’s promise to go after the “worst of the worst” was always a lie. It was always a pretext to terrorize Black and brown communities. Remember this.

More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica

The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more th

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Not that anyone needs a reminder but this man has the nuclear codes. Far too many people will just shrug this off or find some way to justify it. But Trump is unwell, incoherent, and a danger to us all.

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Trump: "With the war, it's just artificial. It's a little bit high. It's a small price to pay ... let them take out Los Angeles, let them take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay."

The mysterious death of a scientist at a plague institute in Siberia has sparked “next pandemic” panic. I wrote about what we know, what we don’t, why plague is not the Black Death in 2026 and the real outbreaks we ignore while worrying about hypothetical ones. bktitanji.substack.com/p/plague-is-...

Plague is Scary but That Doesn’t Make It the Next Pandemic.

Why a mysterious death in Siberia has captured our attention while far more consequential outbreaks struggle to do the same

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Pete Hegseth gave a speech in front of a backdrop that almost perfectly matches Nazi imagery. Meanwhile, Trump calls opponents “vermin” who he will “root out,” and says the blood of our country is being poisoned. We are far past left vs right. Our choice is democracy or fascism.

AI is being used to... -Facilitate online scams -Process health insurance claims, leading to wrongful denials -Price gouge customers via surveillance pricing -Set higher car insurance premiums using personal data The dangers of AI aren’t in some far-off future. They're already here.

🚨 OCTOBER 5 DEADLINE #BlueWaveIn30Days If you live in one of these states, Monday is the voter registration deadline: • Arizona • Arkansas • Florida • Georgia • Indiana • Kentucky • Louisiana • Mississippi • Montana • Ohio • Tennessee • Texas Check your registration. IWillVote.com

Measles outbreaks could leave thousands vulnerable to infectious diseases for years. Those who survive measles experience immune amnesia and an increased susceptibility to infections. I spoke to the reporter for this article as one of the many experts interviewed. www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/meas...

Measles outbreaks could leave thousands vulnerable to infectious diseases for years

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Disability advocates warn these changes could push more people into institutions by making the support they need at home harder to get. This affects children, adults, and elderly parents. Nobody should have to give up their freedom to get the care they need.

How Trump’s homelessness crackdown became a sweeping retreat from disability rights

After issuing a memo making it easier to institutionalize homeless people, the Justice Department began abandoning cases protecting disabled people’s right to live in the community.

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𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐬 𝐀𝐛𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝟗 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫-𝐎𝐥𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐒𝐨𝐛𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭 🚨 What the fk are we doing? How can we sit by and let this happen? It's up to US to push back on this, because silence is complicity! We have a month before the election, so volunteer & recruit friends! #ICELawlessness

Thanks, Roadkill Robert The MMR [measles, mumps, and rubella] vaccine, administered over two doses, boosts a person’s immune system and  provides 97% lifetime protection. www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/meas...

Measles milestones: US closes in on 4,000 cases as Pennsylvania nears 1,000

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My family’s #3rdPlace. Leave everything else behind and just play. For the joy of it. #BlueSkyArtShow #ECK #futbolislife

🧵 1/ The Ebola outbreak in the DRC, with >8,000 confirmed cases and nearly 4,000 deaths, remains uncontrolled. There are treatment units but not enough health care workers to staff them. Those who are there face risk of infection, exhaustion, and trauma, some while not even being paid.

Congo Is Running Short of Health Workers as Ebola Remains Out of Control, WHO Says

One treatment center requires about 300 health professionals, said WHO representative

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This is insane. 🤦🏻‍♀️ #vaccines #MedSky

San Diego State lists 32 players on availability report amid reported mumps outbreak

The San Diego State Aztecs’ first availability report of the Pac-12 season is a long one, with few specifics but clearly showing that a reported outbreak of mu

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My god, SCOTUS acted within hours to clear the way for this execution and Tennessee completely botched it and tortured her. She's still alive. This barbaric practice needs to end. www.tennessean.com/story/news/c...

Fiji is experiencing an alarming HIV outbreak at a time when we have more tools than ever to diagnose, treat and prevent HIV. It is a warning that progress against HIV is not self-sustaining and to end the epidemic we cannot become complacent bktitanji.substack.com/p/hiv-is-not...

HIV Is Not Done With Us

Fiji’s rapidly growing epidemic is a warning about what happens when complacency, vulnerability and retreating resources give the virus an opening

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5 deaths from measles. This is appalling 😳😳😳.

Reuters@reuters.com · 2w ago

Pennsylvania reports fifth measles-associated death as outbreak grows reut.rs/4z7PydB

As we close #WomenInMedicineMonth 2026, AMWA celebrates the women who came before us, those leading today, and the generations to come. 💙 Honoring our legacy. Celebrating progress. Building the future. Read the recap: bit.ly/3VaTWu1 #WomenInMedicine #AMWA

Women in Medicine Month 2026 Highlights - American Medical Women's Association

As we close out Women in Medicine Month this year, we wanted to highlight this month’s activities: September Premiere of 1001 CUTS on PBS AMWA was proud to partner in […]

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Well, who knew?! Looks like it’s #InternationalPodcastingDay! 🎙️ This episode remains one of my all time favorites - Annika’s story is incredibly powerful. @empulsepodcast.bsky.social #EMsky #EMedSky #MedSky #Humantrafficking #Podcast

REBEAT: Sold for a Chrysler 300

Podcast Episode · EM Pulse Podcast™ · August 4, 2023 · 34m

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