An analysis finds that New Mexico's measles outbreak cost $5.4 million last year. NM had 100 cases. AZ outbreak is more than 3x larger; Utah's is more than 7x larger. TX and SC are each 10x larger. Welcoming back measles is going to be very expensive. www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...

Economic Impact of the 2025 New Mexico Measles Outbreak: Highlighting the Cost of Efforts to Prevent Future Outbreaks | Annals of Internal Medicine

Background: In 2025, the United States experienced its highest measles case count since 1992. In New Mexico, 100 confirmed measles cases (99 outbreak-related cases), including 1 death, occurred across...

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This race was not fully determined by Michigan. Steven's campaign war chest came from AIPAC and a corporate PAC. The national Dem establishment also inserted itself by backing her, even when another moderate was in the race. Stevens proved to be a terrible candidate. www.axios.com/2026/07/16/m...

Stevens' 12-to-1 Michigan spending advantage over El-Sayed

The total: $26.9 million for Stevens versus $2.1 million for El-Sayed, from July 1 to the Aug. 4 primary.

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Daniel A Collier, PhD@dcollier74.bsky.social · 2h ago

Well I don't know if Michigan did or did not screw up .... I hope that the candidate for Senate is able to communicate with The middle of the state and the Western areas of the state to pull enough votes to win.

This is just rank Islamophobia and anti-Arab racism, based on the bigoted idea that there is something inherently scary about a president with the last name "El-Sayed." It is incumbent on all of us to call it out.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2h ago

JD Vance: "We don't want the next administration, whoever -- god forbid you're gonna have President El-Sayed in three years ... "

Now watch Elon claim colonization rights based on where his junk landed — much like his parenting style.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3h ago

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman on rockets crashing into the moon: "It's not a big deal right now. The moon has clearly seen better days."

Talarico’s argument is simple: Stop treating marijuana like a crime. Legalize it. Regulate it. Tax it. Stop wasting police resources on low-level marijuana offenses. Clear the records of people whose lives have been derailed by nonviolent marijuana convictions.

A lot of that AIPAC money was used to flood metro Detroit media markets with a highly deceptive ad that made it appear that Obama had endorsed Stevens in the Senate race, taking a quote from 2018 out of context. That apparently had a big effect on many Wayne County voters. Eyes are on El-Sayed now.

🤯🤯🤯 “Steven Quay, a pharma executive known for his books making the case Covid came from a Chinese lab, is on the verge of getting Anthony Fauci’s old job” A Big Pharma executive & lab leaker, what could possibly go wrong? www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

A lab-leak proponent is in line for Fauci’s old job

Steven Quay is in final vetting to run the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

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@pbump.com You are obviously an “extremist” pedant.😜 #MSNOW

No Brasil, causou a pior seca da história, matando algo próximo de meio milhão de brasileiros.

Sanho Tree@sanho.bsky.social · last wk.

🚨TIL the 1877 Super El Niño killed more than 3% of the world’s population. Our modern world should be resilient enough to prevent that — but then came Trump’s perfect storm of dismantling government, abandonment of international institutions, and war related bottlenecks.🚨

EXTRAORDINARY HEAT IN SE ASIA Min 29.7 Tak HOTTEST AUGUST NIGHT EVER IN THAILAND Records smashed in every region of the country Min 28.4 Tagbilaran PHILIPPINES 27.2 Palu INDONESIA Thailand,Philippines and Indonesia have broken thousands of records for 1200+ consecutive days!

See if you can guess where this is headed.😂

Octopus Wrangler ! 🇩🇰@spencilular.bsky.social · 2d ago

No English necessary. We hear ya, mom.

This is the same district that elected Madison Cawthorn.🤡

NBC News@nbcnews.com · 7h ago

BREAKING: Rep. Chuck Edwards says he is withdrawing from his re-election campaign, days after the House Ethics Committee recommended censure over sexual harassment allegations. He has repeatedly denied wrongdoing.

Spoken like Dennis Hastert.

Charles Я. Davis@charliearchy.bsky.social · 6h ago

“There’s all sorts of domestic events going on with 435 members of Congress all the time," House Speaker Mike Johnson said, "it’s not my business to get engaged in it.” www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

When I started working in DC in the late 80s, I had the office computer that had this new thing called the “hard drive.” It held just 10 megabytes and cost nearly $10k. Everyone else used only floppy disks. Somehow we managed not to starve to death.

Alexander Glass@alexanderglass.bsky.social · 10h ago

I have one answer.

This is a wildly prescient story about Chicago's proto-RFK Jr., in charge of public health during the Spanish Flu. He thought beer killed malaria and that bathing could kill you. He had a feud with an actual TB doctor, who insisted bathing is good. He bullied the TB doctor until he killed himself.

So this is even worse than I assumed it would be. The list of associated famines is horrifying. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1877%E2...

Sanho Tree@sanho.bsky.social · last wk.

🚨TIL the 1877 Super El Niño killed more than 3% of the world’s population. Our modern world should be resilient enough to prevent that — but then came Trump’s perfect storm of dismantling government, abandonment of international institutions, and war related bottlenecks.🚨

Facts suck, if you're delusional and in a cult.

Brown University has a widget that tracks the cost of the Iran war to American consumers (as contrasted to whatever the Pentagon is spending). Per-household cost now exceeds $600. iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu

This level of spending actually makes me deeply angry. Let's never do this again in a primary ok

#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 10h ago

Unfathomable

LOL. Abdul El-Sayed WON the Democratic Primary in Michigan despite being outspent 10-1! Amazing gaslighting here.

Politico@politico.com · 9h ago

Progressives didn’t get the big election night they wanted

Abdul El-Sayed has won, NBC News says. And there are other wins for the left in Michigan: —William Lawrence wins his U.S. House primary. —A DSA-backed candidate is leading a Democratic incumbent for state House. —Abbas Alawieh, co-founder of Uncommitted, leads for state Senate.

UN rights chief says Iran executed at least 56 people since March reut.rs/4wIcXSn

UN rights chief says Iran executed at least 56 people since March

At least 56 people have ​been executed in ‌Iran on national security-related charges since ​March 19, including ​27 in cases linked ⁠to protests ​at the start ​of the year, the U.N. human rights chief ​said on ​Wednesday.

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🎶 Hit the moon in the eye, with rocket that can't fly. That's a moron 🎶

The Independent@the-independent.com · 9h ago

BREAKING | An out-of-control SpaceX rocket has collided with the Moon READ MORE: trib.al/mGkWuJh

much like his children, just because he abandoned them doesn't mean they are not his responsibility

Sky News@news.sky.com · 12h ago

SpaceX latest: Abandoned rocket about to slam into moon at high speed

They are coming to drive your electricity prices through the roof, destroy your environment, take your water, deafen your ears, pervert your politics, enrich billionaires, take your jobs, and make you pay for the privilege. What’s not to love? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 13h ago

Trump: "I think any community that turns down AI is making a big mistake ... data centers, if you look at the state, everything is good around them"

🚨🚨🚨“Virginia Department of Health investigating dengue virus in Northern Virginia, first-ever documented case of virus being acquired locally.”🚨🚨🚨

VDH investigating dengue virus in Northern Virginia, first-ever documented case of virus being acquired locally

The Virginia Department of Health announced they are investigating a confirmed case of dengue virus that occurred in a resident in Northern Virginia.

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“‘Summer is nearly over and the American people haven’t seen a single episode of this reality TV show—so what did the corporate sponsors who helped fund this road trip actually pay for?‘ Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., told Forbes in an email.” Good scoop here from @srkelleher.bsky.social !

Forbes@forbes.com · 24h ago

Summer’s almost over and Sean Duffy’s controversial road trip reality series has yet to launch, leaving corporate sponsors out millions of dollars and critics asking what the money was really for.

“He said he had just left an early morning showing of the new Spider-Man movie at about 4:30 a.m. He began riding his electric unicycle home to Arlington when he heard a woman crying out for help from the bushes in nearby Georgetown Waterfront Park.” Not all heros sling webs.🫡

NBC4 Washington@nbcwashington.com · 12h ago

A man leaving an early morning showing of the new Spider-Man movie at the AMC Georgetown sprang into action to help a woman yelling for help from the bushes in the nearby waterfront park.

Republicans are truly spineless Cornyn and Tillis have nothing to lose. They’re both leaving Congress. Yet despite hundreds of reasons to vote against confirming Todd Blanche for Attorney General, they focused on only one-the “anti weaponization” fund And they are swallowing the lie that it’s dead

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Whitehouse: "Today I think is a sad and embarrassing day for this committee as it looks like on a party-line vote we are going to advance out of this committee probably the most discreditable person ever to seek the office of attorney general. Let's start with the Epstein files ... "

I have little to add to the chat, but I will say this: Those of us who spend a lot of time talking about politics overestimate how much other people care about, or are even familiar with, the labels we use to describe, denigrate, or celebrate candidates. Sometimes we’re high on our own supply.