El-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"

"The rise in conspiracy charges has caused some legal experts to worry that the federal government is stretching the bounds of the law to sweep up political activists who oppose the Trump administration's deportation agenda." www.npr.org/2026/08/03/n...

She protested ICE raids. Then agents showed up at her door

The Justice Department is using federal conspiracy charges to sweep up ICE protesters. Some legal experts worry the agency is casting too wide a net to prosecute political activists.

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"Thomas Hwang, director of the Cancer Innovation and Regulation Initiative at Harvard Medical School, said that if all the companies that agreed to most-favored nation deals were exempted [from GLOBE and GUARD], the potential savings would be reduced by 71%." www.statnews.com/2026/08/05/c...

Exemption of rare disease therapies in drug-pricing pilots would wipe out huge savings, analysis finds

Excluding rare disease therapies from a Medicare pilot program to lower drug prices would wipe out much of the savings from retail drugs, according to new research.

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Of course they're not worried. Deficits only matter for healthcare, housing, or kids. For tax cuts, slush funds, and the Iran war Congress never authorized, the wallet is wide open. Fiat means the money's always there. We can afford social programs. Republicans and establishment Democrats just won't

Dean Baker@deanbaker13.bsky.social · 16h ago

Bessent is fine with deficits to fight needless wars, it’s only deficits to pay for healthcare or education that bother him

Holy shit. www.wired.com/story/a-civi...

Me and my colleague toured two #foodbanks in the last 2 days. SNAP cuts have led to thousands of more hungry people and the #government supplies have cratered. Do you know how many #hungry people $1.4 billion dollars could feed

Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com · 18h ago

National Guard deployment to Washington, DC will cost US roughly $1.4bn https://aje.news/mzpuxl

as tim walz said, they're seriously weird

Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 19h ago

Oh my god the dietician who is telling everyone in the White House to only eat steak and sauerkraut doesn't wipe his ass.

RFK Jr. led HHS just doled out $150 million to this firm to represent 24k+ kids which "bills itself as a “boutique” firm “known for elite counsel in high-stakes litigation, environmental, regulatory, and corporate matters.”" w/ "none" of its lawyers listing "immigration law as an area of expertise."

Politico@politico.com · 18h ago

26-employee Texas law firm gets $150M to represent 24,000 children in immigration court

Military veteran and D.C. resident Anna King has filed a $3 million lawsuit against the Idaho National Guard, saying three guard members assaulted her while detaining her in front of her home. n.pr/4wyjw9S

A veteran was detained by the National Guard in her front yard. Now she's suing

Military veteran and D.C. resident Anna King has filed a $3 million lawsuit against the Idaho National Guard, saying three guard members assaulted her while detaining her in front of her home.

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"What I fear is that this will become a typical life cycle management strategy” used by pharmaceutical companies to extend the ability of their medicines to generate profits." www.statnews.com/pharmalot/20...

California Supreme Court sides with Gilead in ‘duty’ to innovate case

The California Supreme Court sided with Gilead Sciences in a closely watched case over whether the company had a "duty" to innovate.

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In this study, we found little evidence that drugs qualifying for orphan protections under the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program differ from their nonqualifying peers in time or ability to recover the costs of their registration trials. www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/...

The Economics Of Orphan Blockbuster Drug Development | Health Affairs Journal

The Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program exempts or delays negotiation for drugs with orphan indications. Whether these protections are necessary to sustain orphan drug development is unclear. We c...

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Hello, my name is [...] I am 9 years old. Can you help me get out of this jail? We are children, not criminals. We are 3 siblings, my mom and my dad. Please, a federal judge see this letter and help us. We have been here for 47 days [...] Leave us in your country, don’t deport us. ⛓️👧👦👧👩👨⛓️ FREEDOM

JJ in DC@jjindc.bsky.social · 2d ago

🧊😲 KIDS IN CAMPS ⛓️👧🏻 What could drawings from children possible be evidence of?

We’re also funding death squads but what’s really offensive is that somewhere out there a poor person might be able to eat

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d ago

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

Findings of this study suggest some challenges in bringing down U.S. drug prices with Trump's GLOBE and GUARD Models: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Novel Drug Launches in Most-Favored-Nation Countries

This cross-sectional study examines the time to market launch for recently approved therapeutics likely eligible for 2 new mandatory service and delivery models in most-favored-nation countries follow...

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The National Gallery of Art has one Saturday a month where they do a lot of family themed activities. Loads of small children enjoying free art and story time. There’s currently a military vehicle and crew outside the entrance.

How many of these people were given the right personal protective equipment to do their job given the known and unknowns then? There were real failures and time should be spent addressing things we actually need to and can improve.

Christina Jewett@by-cjewett.bsky.social · 6d ago

All this talk about the early, terrifying days of Covid .. and I couldn't help but look back at a project I worked on at the time. We memorialized the lives of people who ran into the burning building. Time well spent and worth a moment of yours: www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Sounds like Cassidy really learned his lesson on deal making with RFK "Cassidy said that his approval of Kaufman comes with conditions and that any departure from these agreements by the Health and Human Services Department could hold up further health nominees. www.statnews.com/2026/07/30/s...

Key Senate panel backs Trump’s picks for CDC, pandemic preparedness

In win for RFK Jr., Senate committee sends nominations of Erica Schwartz for CDC director and Sean Kaufman for ASPR to full Senate.

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This story is horrifying. I was waiting for the moment when private equity was mentioned and then there it was. This is the sad result of a society that values rich people and their money, more than human life. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

A for-profit hospital slashed costs. Then a patient froze to death on its roof.

A little-known company grew on promises to save distressed hospitals. Instead, it sunk them into financial chaos.

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A thought from my old journalist self... is the amount of media coverage of this Fauci hearing just playing into Republican's hands. Does it warrant the attention its getting given everything else going on and the lack of credibility of most of the Rs claims?

Thanks to @jcfjustice.bsky.social, @irishcyclingcmpn.bsky.social and many others, the legendary @tomflood.bsky.social is bringing his Rovelo genius to Dublin during the EU Cycling Week. It will be the most significant active travel activism event of the year. www.eventbrite.ie/e/reframing-...

Reframing Road Safety | A public lecture by Tom Flood

Reframing the mainstream narrative around road safety, road violence and active transportation. Once you see it, you can't unsee it.

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I love this so much. Most people advocating for active transportation and safer streets aren't saying *no one* should drive. We're saying that driving should not be the *default* for everyone. We're saying that people deserve *choices*. Yet we are viewed as extremists for this suggestion.

As of this week, hundreds of thousands of Haitians lost their legal status. Most have lost work permits as well. That's left many people unable to support themselves. Here is a verified link to a fundraiser supporting Haitians in Springfield. Please drop links to other fundraisers in the replies.

Stand with Haitian Families in Crisis

Build the Emergency Fund that protects families when everything feels uncertain. The end of TPS. Increasing ICE actions. Families losing work authorization overnight. For Haitian parents and children ...

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Upwards of 200,00 people may have lost their jobs today; or will in the upcoming days. There is a palpable sense of fear among the Haitian community right now. They need your support.

Heba Gowayed هبة جويد@hebagowayed.bsky.social · last wk.

My Haitian friend was just fired from his job. "They said I don't have a legal status now." This is likely happening to hundreds of thousands of people across this country today. Sick.

Gift Article www.wsj.com/health/healt...

Exclusive | Trump Administration to End Medicare Drug Plan Subsidy

Program that held down premiums won’t be renewed for 2027, resulting in higher costs for some seniors.

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News in global health: Sen. Susan Collins announces that GAVI, the vaccine alliance, will get hundreds of millions of dollars in funding after all. Trump officials last year said they would halt funding.

New GAO report examines how driver blind spots endanger pedestrians and cyclists—and asks why USDOT has done nothing about it. www.gao.gov/products/gao...

Or we could just get rid of all the guns?!?!?!?! www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...

Schools are adding pepper-spraying drones to help combat active shooters

The plastic, nonlethal aircraft, which can smash windows and ram attackers, will be at the ready in a handful of schools in Florida, Georgia and Colorado.

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After months of protests, Citizens Bank stops lending credit to ICE contractors www.phillyvoice.com/citizens-ban...

After months of protests, Citizens Bank stops extending credit to ICE contractors

The financial group is distancing itself from CoreCivic and GEO Group, which operates Moshannon Valley Processing Center.

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The MAHA base is balking and Trump knows he needs them in the midterms. This is a notable shift. A few weeks ago, Politico reported Trump was pushing Kennedy to back burner the vax stuff and focus on food. I’m curious to see the polling.

Liz Essley Whyte@lizessleywhyte.bsky.social · last wk.

NEW At a lunch at his northern Virginia golf course in May, president Trump told his health secretary RFK Jr. that he had the yips. Our look inside Trump's push to get Kennedy to do more on vaccines: www.wsj.com/politics/pol...