Brian Pierce MD
@mainedpcdoc.medsky.social
he/him, independent family physician in Midcoast Maine, lucky husband, empty nest dad, Direct Primary Care (DPC) small business owner, learning POCUS, USCG and USAF veteran, former Republican, like Mastodon but this place is busier
Former J6 federal prosecutors are begging senators -- mostly GOPers, but a handful of Dems are in there, too -- to stop confirming election deniers to lifetime federal courts seats. “Please stop poisoning our courts." www.huffpost.com/entry/live-u...
Former J6 Prosecutors Beg Senators To Stop Confirming Election Deniers To Court Seats
huffpost.com
He is seeking to make the case that President Donald Trump and the Republican Party are costing Mainers money at gas pumps, grocery stores, farms and small businesses. www.bangordailynews.com/2026/08/05/p...
How Troy Jackson differs from Susan Collins on foreign policy
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Troy Jackson is speaking out more forcefully on foreign policy and its economic effects on Maine.
bangordailynews.com
Looks like the MAGA crowd is anti-veterans now. Why do they hate our troops so much that they oppress them for simply exercising their Second Amendment rights near the president
Exclusive | Armed man at Trump National Golf Club is decorated veteran with multiple tours
Jeanine John Taele faces federal firearms charges after allegedly scouting security ahead of President Trump’s Southern California visit.
nypost.com
When your party leader is a president with historically low approval ratings, who has raised prices through tariffs and wars, uses disaster relief and science grants to punish states that didn’t vote for him, and has agents shooting people in the streets, this is what you do.
Not that this research will matter.
Trump linked MMR vaccines to autism. Ties between the two were just debunked again
The results come at a fraught time for U.S. public health, and in particular for childhood vaccinations, including the MMR. Federal data reveals that MMR vaccination rates have been steadily dropping ...
independent.co.uk
Your state and local health departments are a critical source for outbreak and other health-related information, especially now that federal data are being compromised. Look up your health departments by state and county for more info.
🧊✈️⛓️ Shackled passengers will become mass casualties in any emergency requiring evacuation.
Amy@amyord.bsky.social · 3h agoI am a commercial airline pilot, I have been for 24 years... the idea that any pilot would allow this behavior and fly these airplanes is absolutely disgusting to me. They are a stain on my profession.
ICE agent Christian Castro has been jailed in Texas for more than two months as Minnesota awaits Gov. Greg Abbott's approval to return him to face felony charges.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott holds the keys to Minnesota’s prosecution of ICE agent in shooting
Christian Castro has been jailed in Texas for more than two months as Minnesota awaits the governor’s approval to return him to face felony charges.
bit.ly
Homeland Security told immigrants that leaving the US would wipe out fines it claims they owe. Now it wants private investigators to find them in their home countries and collect. www.wired.com/story/dhs-is...
DHS Is Hiring Bounty Hunters to Find and Photograph Deported People’s Homes Abroad
Homeland Security told immigrants that leaving the US would wipe out fines it claims they owe. Now it wants private investigators to find them in their home countries and collect.
wired.com
Chinese researchers have shown that AI models have the capacity to act like aggressive and adaptive computer viruses. www.wired.com/story/ai-age...
AI Worms and Viruses Are Coming
Chinese researchers have shown that AI models have the capacity to act like aggressive and adaptive computer viruses.
wired.com
The entire interview was like that. Fetterman is not well.
Wolf Blitzer: Why is Israel, another country, your red line right now, this is what your critics are saying, rather than a domestic issue that impacts Americans' everyday lives? John Fetterman, visibly confused throughout the entire interview: Yeah, absolutely.
CNN producer: El-Sayed is projected to win. Quick, get the biggest fucking loser you can find on air
"Communities are degraded and may find it hard to attract new residents if nearby medical facilities don’t offer an array of basic medical services." www.bangordailynews.com/2026/08/05/o...
Editorial: Hospital financial struggles are real. So are rural Mainers’ needs for healthcare.
“If the Lincoln Hospital unit closes, it would be the 12th closure of a maternity unit at a Maine hospital in the past decade.”
bangordailynews.com
I fully support the Republicans making their affordability message "cry me a river."
Dr. Oz meets with conservatives in Maine about Medicaid fraud, but not state officials
Dr. Oz meets with conservatives in Maine about Medicaid fraud, but not state officials
The Trump administration is cracking down on fraud across the US.
pressherald.com
Just a note that @jbendery.bsky.social is 100% worth following. Always finds stories like these that matter, and yet are a bit under the radar.
Jen Bendery@jbendery.bsky.social · 5h agoFormer J6 federal prosecutors are begging senators -- mostly GOPers, but a handful of Dems are in there, too -- to stop confirming election deniers to lifetime federal courts seats. “Please stop poisoning our courts." www.huffpost.com/entry/live-u...
The experience of being chased by a murderous kamikaze drone, a flying machine that behaves as if it were alive, is not one that humans are equipped to understand: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The Dystopian Future Dawns in Kherson
Putin’s human safari in Ukraine is the beginning of a grim new normal.
theatlantic.com
NEW: Trump is speaking today at a casino owned by a company battling lawsuits alleging its properties failed to stop the trafficking of a 9-year-old girl and other victims. The suits allege negligence and inadequate security. Our latest:
Trump to Speak at Casino Owned by Company Facing Lawsuit Alleging Failure to Prevent Trafficking of 9-Year-Old Girl
The ownership group is battling multiple lawsuits involving sex trafficking victims
meidasnews.com
We're organizing to get money out of politics — and we are WINNING.
Joe Kent says that he and other anti-Donald Trump MAGA figures have formed a new movement. They want Tucker Carlson to run for the presidency in 2028. www.wired.com/story/maga-i...
MAGA Is In Turmoil Over Tucker Carlson's Possible 2028 Presidential Bid
Joe Kent says that he and other anti-Donald Trump MAGA figures have formed a new movement. They want Tucker Carlson to run for the presidency in 2028.
wired.com
So far, Republican groups have had a nearly 3-to-1 advantage in spending on the race. (via Maine Public) www.bangordailynews.com/2026/08/05/p...
New super PAC boosts Troy Jackson's Senate bid
A new PAC backed by liberal groups is airing $1.3 million in ads to help Troy Jackson's bid to unseat U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine.
bangordailynews.com
This is @jasonkoebler.bsky.social showing you how the Flock cameras were accessed and used to track this man over state lines. Read now: www.404media.co/cops-used-fl...
NEW: Police in Wisconsin used Flock to determine that a man “travels to Michigan frequently,” where marijuana is legal, then back to Wisconsin, where it is illegal. They then used his travel across state lines as tracked by Flock as part of the probable cause justification to search his car.
Cops Used Flock to Track a Man Across State Lines to Create Pretext to Search His Car for Weed
"The vehicle travels to Michigan frequently which is a known source state for marijuana as it is legal there," a probable cause justification reads.
404media.co
Or, as @radiofreetom.bsky.social put it: "the president has encased himself in the hard amber of irrationality that inevitably surrounds authoritarian leaders. He has become detached from reality—and that detachment is extremely dangerous." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Trump’s Irrationality Is Dangerous
The president’s recent rant is a sign of serious dysfunction in the Oval Office.
theatlantic.com
Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News@froomkin.bsky.social · 22h agoWith his ridiculous claim about nonexistent vandalism at the Reflecting Pool, Trump is either trying to gaslight us or, more likely, he’s gaslighted himself: he’s told himself so many lies that he has lost all sense of what is actually happening. presswatchers.org/2026/08/the-...
