Montage of 19 clips of Trump insulting, berating, demeaning and attacking female reporters over the past few months. Part 1.

A new profile of RFK Jr offers fresh insights into how he works, the bond he shares with Trump, & how he's moved HHS “from evidence-based decision-making to decision-based evidence-making." Story by @chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social, @caseyross.bsky.social, & me: www.statnews.com/2025/11/18/r...

But, really, always include alt-text. It's what good people do.

The second Trump administration’s deep federal spending cuts, including at the NIH, have halted at least 383 clinical trials, affecting more than 74,000 patients, according to a new analysis. www.fiercebiotech.com/research/nih...

While the government was shut down, 379 NIH study section meetings (containing 24,380 grant applications) were postponed. NIH is committed to getting these reviewed, but please be patient and understanding with staff, as this is a complex and heavy lift.

Research on brain disorders may slow as young neuroscientists struggle to find jobs and research grants. n.pr/4pgmAna

Given that Trump's most consistent MO is to accuse others of the wrongs he himself committed ("they tried to steal the election!" "they committed fraud on their loan documents!"), this is the ultimate tell. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...

Most decisions that are problematic happen at the editorial level. Many talented frontline reporters exist, including at the NYT. I can see how criticisms might make them feel defensive, but I wish they directed their energies at the structures within which they work rather than than at readers.

All these connections might seem strange til you realize how few people are involved, how tiny Epstein's world was. It's a tiny, horrible bubble of privilege and power, where people see forcibly taking sex or elections as no big deal. As their birthright. Let the Epstein files burn it all down. 6/

This isn’t even the stuff they’re trying to actually stop from getting out.

NEW: Jeffrey Epstein said in emails that he had been advising the Russian government on how to deal with Donald Trump, one of several cases in which he wielded his connections to try to influence the course of foreign affairs. w @nahaltoosi www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

Democrats at every level of power could simply repeat "he must resign" over and over and over again. It's what the GOP would do if the situation were reversed. Further erode his power by pushing him to lash out more.

As Trump & MAGA decimate scientific research & the federal science agencies, I’m authoring legislation to fund scientific research in California. If the federal government won’t lead on science, California will.

Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. " www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...

This seems like the most straightforward and also basically accurate message.

Unfortunately still true bsky.app/profile/adam...

Senate Democrats are the only group of people in America that could look at the election results from *less than a week ago* and conclude, “Ah, what the people want now is for us to roll over and show our bellies to the reactionary creeps”

Schumer & Jeffries should have the integrity to resign from their positions in leadership. They've failed, badly. Either they cannot control their caucuses or they're lying & secretly pushed this vote through behind the scenes. Either way, their betrayal of the American people is indefensible.

Great @gbbranstetter.bsky.social read on how throwing trans people under the bus is not a winning political strategy and in fact the opposite is true. Democrats have an opportunity here to not be craven cowards succumbing to transphobic messaging.

📉 Public health funding was budgeted by Congress. 🦠 Outbreaks don’t pause for red tape, but budgets sure do per Russ Vought. 👉 When measles outbreaks hit and emergency funds are still “processing,” that’s not efficiency. That’s negligence dressed in bureaucracy.

The elimination of USAID was an unforgivable moral atrocity that should haunt Trump, Elon Musk and Marco Rubio for the rest of their days and beyond

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

A small study helps explain why some people taking Wegovy and similar weight-loss drugs cut back on alcohol, offering insight into potential new addiction therapies

It’s time for us to reconnect with the radical, system-changing spirit that was once at the heart of our field. #publichealth #episky #medsky #activism www.thenation.com/article/acti...

“I think there’s a collective amnesia right now about COVID-19” SARS-CoV-2 infections have been rising in the past month, and limited surveillance is hampering health strategies go.nature.com/3LeRVbd

Just like when the New York Times did not think the No Kings protests were all that significant, this is indicative of how much mainstream institutions have bought into the idea that only Trump and his supporters represent “real America” and have a right to have their voices amplified.

the reason republicans lost yesterday is because theyre a bunch of weird freaks pushing policy that everyone hates

Maybe pundits should spend more time in densely packed, left leaning urban areas where the "real Americans" live

Of all the good news coming in tonight, this is the absolute best 💕 🏳️‍⚧️ 💕

we needed all of this. it’s why i rail on doomers and tell them doing that shit is literal voter suppression. defeatism begets defeatism. momentum fucking matters to keep people engaged.

For the record: I'm not tired of winning.

I think a thing we'll learn tonight is that people fucking hate what is going on and they will straight ticket vote against anyone involved in starving people while pillaging the country and kidnapping their neighbors. I don't think it matters at all who that person is.

Virginia has elected Ghazala Hashmi as the state’s next lieutenant governor, making her the first Muslim woman ever elected to statewide office in the United States. 19thnews.org/2025/11/virg...

Public health leaders convene in Washington, D.C. this week to defend their vision for America's health, and look ahead for how to rebuild after the Trump administration's attacks on the system. n.pr/43O0EY7

As we're remembering that Dick Cheney killed a million Iraqis, remember that the death toll from cutting USAID funding will be still larger than that. www.npr.org/sections/goa...

Multi-Year funding analysis, a 🧵 I have been trying to find a robust way of quantifying and understanding multi-year (forward funding). First, some background: Most NIH grants are for multiple years (2 to 5, typically). However, the are usually funded on an annual basis. 1/18

it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions "Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"

Trump’s university backlash drives US researchers towards Europe on.ft.com/4qKngmk

Some charts for those who don't know the extent of the US public (and private) investment in research (particularly in biomedical research) compared to other countries and institutions. The destruction of the US' scientific institutions has global implications.

One Halloween I dressed up as the GOP's Healthcare plan. I never made it out of the House.

A new study shows that COVID19 during pregnancy was associated with a significant increase in the odds of neurodevelopmental conditions in offspring. This supports literature suggesting that infections during pregnancy can increase the odds of ASD in offspring. It also supports vaccination.

The Long COVID Treatment Trial – Tirzepatide (LoCITT-T) is officially open for enrollment for people with Long COVID in: Alabama, Alaska, California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah longcovid.scripps.edu/locitt-t/?ut... 1/16

This is why Gavin Newsom is a non-starter for me. Sure, he's "a fighter" who's landed a few good punches on Trump, but that's not the same thing as a leader. A real leader doesn't fight back against an authoritarian takeover by using the most vulnerable as his shield.

Trump is underwater on everything. And massively so on a lot things:

I really think that we need to talk more about the fact that Republicans have basically quietly abolished the House of Representatives

Here's a photo of my friend and colleague, Jorge Bautista, getting shot in the face with a flashbang grenade. The ICE Agent is so afraid of Jorge (who was posing no threat) that he has wet himself. Please share this photo. Everyone needs to know what cowards ICE agents are.

This year really is proving to be harder than ever for trans kids. So many feel the world has given up on them. Things like this can make a small difference, showing they aren't completely hated and on their own.

NEW: Scientists may be more comfortable in labs than on TV. They may prefer medical journals to press releases. They may find research more soothing than advocacy. But as RFK Jr has dismantled the CDC, they are now reorienting their lives around fighting back via @citizencohn.bsky.social

Federal immigration agents are coming to the Bay Area. Here’s a guide on how to protect yourself. missionlocal.org/2025/10/immi...