Thoughts and Prayers is also the GOP approach to handling gun violence. How's that working out?
@ffrf.org · last wk.It's pretty telling that his strategy relies on "intercessory prayers" rather than persuading voters.
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Mostly retired MD/MBA Infectious Diseases physician consultant. Part time assistant beekeeper. All posts personal, and do not reflect views of SPIDA, Fairview Health Services, or any pathogens. #IDSky peterbornstein.substack.com
@ffrf.org · last wk.At first I misread this as, "USA running out of measles"--and thought, "No, no, RFK Jr is making sure we have plenty of measles."
God@thegodshow.com · last wk.The USA is running out of missiles. Kinda makes all of Trump’s threats sound like bullshit.
Gee, why would we want to cut back reporting on food borne illness? apnews.com/article/cdc-...
CDC dramatically scales back program that tracks food poisoning infections
Federal health officials have scaled back FoodNet, a program that tracked food poisoning infections in the U.S.
apnews.com
No incompetence to see here. Move along. www.reuters.com/business/hea...
FDA says Taylor Farms cyclospora finding was a false positive
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Sunday that laboratory experts re-checked lettuce sample results from Taylor Farms in an investigation into an outbreak of the cyclospora parasite and c...
reuters.com
The CDC is really is no where to be found because of its deliberate destruction. You CDC cruise ship inspectors were laid off in April 2025. No surprise it has been crickets from HHS and CDC leadership on the situation with the Hanta virus cruise ship situation. www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-cru...
CDC's cruise ship inspectors laid off amid bad year for outbreaks
The steep cuts to the cruise ship inspection team baffled officials in the program, which is not paid for by taxpayer dollars.
cbsnews.com
No, it's not 2020 again, even if it may feel that way a bit. peterbornstein.substack.com/p/here-we-do...
Here We Don't Go Again
No, Hantavirus is not the next pandemic
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MAGA/MAHA don't do math or science.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo agoRFK Jr: "A Democratic senator claimed it's mathematically impossible to have a drug drop by 600%. I said, 'Well, if the drug was $100 and it raises to $600, that would be a 600% rise. If it drops from $600 to $100, that's a 600% savings.'" Trump: "Right"
“It’s sending the message to undocumented immigrants and mixed-status families that being in the shadows is safer." Immigrants Are Scared to File Taxes. It Could Cost the U.S. Billions. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/u...
Immigrants Are Scared to File Taxes. It Could Cost the U.S. Billions.
nytimes.com
I was a pediatric resident during the time the Hib vaccine was introduced. It was amazing. I was so happy to see less kids dying or getting diasbled from the vaccine. To see that the vaccine rate is falling and the illness rate going up is very sad. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
A deadly bacterial disease is returning, doctors warn, as vaccination rates fall
Hib once killed 1,000 children a year, permanently disabling many more. Doctors who've never seen the disease say the comeback is changing the way they practice medicine.
nbcnews.com
Bravo! Arbitrary and capricious is an apt description of all ACIP activities since January 20, 2025.
Apoorva Mandavilli@apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 5mo agoBreaking: In a severe blow to the Trump administration’s health agenda, a U.S. district court in Massachusetts on Monday blocked the government from implementing a series of decisions on vaccines made over the last year by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/h...
The Board of Peace has wasted no time starting its first war.
American Lysenkoism
Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH@gavinyamey.bsky.social · 6mo agoHoly shit—a terrible waste of $$ Bhattacharya is so kooky “If lots of people believe it & it’s moving public health, we as NIH have an obligation, again, to treat it seriously,” Bhattacharya said at a MAHA event Great reporting by @rachanadpradhan.bsky.social kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
What’s next? Sewing emblems onto clothing? Minneapolis Residents Wear Their Passports, Desperate to Ward Off ICE www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/u...
Minneapolis Residents Wear Their Passports, Desperate to Ward Off ICE
nytimes.com
Kristi Noem Calls On Minneapolis Residents To Stop Obstructing Murders
Kristi Noem Calls On Minneapolis Residents To Stop Obstructing Murders
WASHINGTON—Urging locals to “fully cooperate” with federal agents, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem called on Minneapolis residents Monday to stop obstructing murders. “The brave ...
theonion.com
This is in small-town Minnesota. This is not in one of those demonic blue cities that the GOP talk about. This is pretty goddam rural. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
St. Peter police chief intervenes, prevents federal agents from arresting resident
The police chief of St. Peter intervened to prevent federal agents from taking a local resident who was observing ICE enforcement actions into custody. It is believed to the first time local police in...
mprnews.org
You don’t get eight skull fractures from running into a wall. abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
ICE claim that a man shattered his skull running into wall triggers tension at a Minnesota hospital
Nurses in Minneapolis doubted federal immigration officers' claims about a Mexican immigrant's severe injuries
abcnews.go.com
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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"I was only following orders" wasn't an acceptable excuse at the Nuremberg trials & won't work now. #AccountabilityIsComing
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6mo agoKristi Noem: "Everything I've done, I've done at the direction of the president and Stephen"
They are just asking for guillotines.
James Fallows@jfallows.bsky.social · 6mo agoJust in case you'd forgotten: At the White House tonight, a "friends and family" special preview of the corrupt 'Melania' documentary that Bezos's Amazon paid $40 million tribute money to underwrite. www.reuters.com/business/med... The taste and timing of Team Trump never disappoint.
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."
The person killed by ICE in Minneapolis today was an ICU nurse and a public health researcher at the Minneapolis VA.
Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS@dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 6mo agoAlex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.
Ramping up the gaslighting to insane levels
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6mo agoBondi: "It's extremely organized. The signs they have are all matching, they're well written. And look at what's happening today. How did these people go out & get gas masks? These protesters. Would you know how to walk out on the street and buy a gas mask? Think about that. We're not gonna have it"
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz: "Thank God. Thank God we have video. Because according to DHS, these 7 heroic guys took an onslaught of a battalion against him or something. It's nonsense, people. It is nonsense and it's lies."
CW: EXTREME VIOLENCE I've synced up videos from both perspectives about as well as I can Audio from both is included They are both slowed down to ~.5x, zoomed in, and have their colors enhanced The captions are from the pink lady's video on the left
This is #AlexPretti He was killed today in #Minneapolis He was 37 year old US citizen, a son, a brother and nurse who worked for the VA. We should all be horrified about what is happening in the US. We need our elected officials to stop playing politics and start protecting lives.
