Sagewood
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There is a quiet wisdom in knowing that not everything we lose was meant to be kept, and not everything that stays is meant to be loved; sometimes life is simply teaching us the difference between holding on and belonging
Policy debates are fundamentally competitions between different priorities and values
Senate leaves town until after the midterms as final bills founder
Democrats block several pieces of legislation pushed by Republicans looking for victories ahead of Election Day.
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I recommend people read this to get a sense of the president's grave cognitive impairment. Trump is either unwilling or unable (or maybe both) to answer the questions he's actually asked, so he just rants and raves while the interviewers do their best to provide structure to his random brain firings
Read TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview Transcript
The U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections.
time.com
This loser wants you to believe he’s a warrior. He’s not. He’s a war criminal. He belongs in prison.
Thou Shalt Put Hegseth In Prison For His War Crimes
Dear Humans,
thegodshow.com
🚨 BREAKING: The family of Renee Good and her partner, Rebecca Good, have filed two federal lawsuits over Good’s January killing by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis. 1/
Technology’s greatest impact on medicine is not making machines more human, but giving doctors vision beyond human limitations
Research
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🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Ron Wyden says the DOJ and FBI withheld a secret interview with a banker tied to Jeffrey Epstein from the files released to the public. And he says there may be more.
EXCLUSIVE: Senator Accuses DOJ and FBI of Withholding Secret Epstein Banker Interview, Demands Release of All FBI 302s
Senator Ron Wyden is accusing the Justice Department and the FBI of withholding a key record from the Epstein files, demanding in a letter obtained exclusively
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I never ever thought I would see such a dangerous unhinged psychopath running the US military. We’ve had some bad ones, but never like this.
Doctors will not be replaced by machines, but doctors who cannot use intelligent tools may be replaced by a new era of medicine
Research
med.stanford.edu
The moment Jack Smith realized Eric Schmitt was talking about the wrong game.
Jack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers”
TILLIS: can the classified documents case be brought again in the future? JACK: we dismissed it without prejudice YESSSSS
A car crashed through a fence into a Dallas building and caught fire. Bystanders pulled the driver out, and firefighters quickly contained the blaze
Video shows driver's rescue after car crashes into business, catches fire in Dallas
In the video, a car engine revs and tires squeal before it crashes through a raised fence and slams into the building.
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The administration is moving to cancel about $810 million in spending Congress already approved, triggering a new fight over Congress's constitutional control of federal money
White House cancels health, education funds approved by Congress
The Trump administration announced plans Friday night to cancel $810 million in funding for health, education and other programs just days before the end of the current fiscal year, triggering another...
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As soon as you step into the redwood forest, the sounds of the city gradually fade into the distance; some kinds of quiet don’t need to be deliberately sought out, you just need to step into nature, and your heart will naturally slow down
I feel optimistic about the midterm elections, just over five weeks away. But my stomach aches when I think of what’s at stake. Call me nauseously optimistic. How do you feel? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-nauseous-optimism
Who’s ready for No Kings? We’re getting an early start on making signs! ✊💚
CMS says all states plus D.C. and Puerto Rico applied to participate in a new drug-pricing model, with 40 states and Puerto Rico already signed on. The model seeks international reference pricing for selected Medicaid drugs
CMS Announces Participants in Landmark Medicaid Drug Payment Model to Bring Down Drug Costs for Most Vulnerable Americans
CMS Announces Participants in Landmark Medicaid Drug Payment Model to Bring Down Drug Costs for Most Vulnerable Americans
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CMS and 37 states are launching a new quality initiative focused more on actual health outcomes—such as chronic-disease control, prevention and behavioral health—rather than paperwork and process measures
CMS Refocuses Medicaid Quality on Health Outcomes, Launches Innovative Partnership With 37 States
CMS Refocuses Medicaid Quality on Health Outcomes, Launches Innovative Partnership With 37 States
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FDA just approved two more treatments: Atebrioz became the third treatment for FOP, while Gazyva was approved for idiopathic nephrotic syndrome in patients age 2 and older
Notable Approvals
News about human drug-related approvals
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e Supreme Court temporarily allowed expanded use of the SAVE system for voter-citizenship checks, while states are not required to use it
Some Americans are leaving Obamacare for alternative coverage. Short-term plans, health-sharing programs and going uninsured are becoming options for some people, though they can provide fewer protections
Americans navigate 'wild West' of health insurance options after dropping Obamacare plans
When Stacy Cox, a self-employed photographer in Kanab, Utah, dropped her Obamacare health insurance plan this year, routine preventive care became a financial dilemma. Now she finds herself weighing $...
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The U.S. labor market is still holding up. Weekly jobless claims remained near a 57-year low at about 197,000.
US weekly jobless claims near 57-year lows; price reductions boost new home sales
New claims for US unemployment benefits hovered near 57-year lows last week, suggesting the labor market regained momentum after struggling through much of summer and was so far weathering headwinds ...
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Trump and Xi met at the White House today, putting U.S.-China relations into a direct negotiating moment. The leaders are seeking to stabilize ties while addressing trade and other major issues
Trump-Xi meeting outside UN spotlight tests world body's clout
While world leaders gather at the United Nations for their annual diplomatic ritual, the two biggest power brokers in global politics will sit down in a different venue on Thursday: the White House.
reuters.com
Accelerated approval just hit the brakes. The FDA withdrew the indication after the confirmatory trial failed to deliver the expected benefit
FDA Withdraws Adagrasib/Cetuximab Approval in KRAS G12C-Mutated CRC | CancerNetwork
The FDA withdrew accelerated approval for adagrasib/cetuximab in KRAS G12C-mutated colorectal cancer after the KRYSTAL-10 trial failed to improve survival.
cancernetwork.com
vandals plot to desecrate all historical landmarks in nations capital
Laura Barrón-López@lbarronlopez.bsky.social · last wk.EXCLUSIVE @ms.now: Trump administration officials have discussed attaching the president’s name to Ford’s Theatre, the playhouse where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1865 Officials are circulating a list of government sites that could carry the president’s name www.ms.now/news/trump-f...
The lab animal is no longer the only default model. NIH is putting major money into organoids, AI and human-based testing systems
NIH makes major investments to advance human-based research infrastructure and technologies
Projects spanning the nation will accelerate scientific discovery, reduce reliance on animals.
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