What a clip.

“The materials turned over by the Epstein estate include phone message logs, which had already been produced in earlier litigation; flight logs and flight manifests from 1990-2019; and ledgers detailing Epstein’s and businesses’ cash transactions, and schedules, from 2010-2019.”

The MAGA monocultural revolution is so thorough that Hegseth made it a priority to honor soldiers who carried out war crimes in 1890.

"Overall, 79% of respondents say the US is in a "political crisis," incl. most Democrats (90%), Independents (84%), & Republicans (60%)." New poll shows Kennedy's approval 📉 to 33% @cidrap.bsky.social www.cidrap.umn.edu/public-healt... Surveyed 1,276 registered voters nationwide from Sept 18-21.

1/ I’m Till Eckert, a ProPublica reporter. For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been going to the same NY immigration courthouse. Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away. Thread 👇

"You’re throwing money at a country that essentially has exhausted its ability to borrow from the IMF," says CFR's Brad Setser of the US lifeline to Argentina, a serial defaulter www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/u... @nytimes.com

An excellent way to make both health care and housing more expensive.

“Parents, especially mothers, have regularly shouldered the blame for having a child with autism. The first psychiatrists to clinically define autism in the 1940s even coined a term to describe the emotional distance that they viewed as the culprit behind a child’s autism: refrigerator mother…

Finally saw “A Single Man” with Colin Firth, Julianne Moore and Nicholas Hoult. It’s really good and still on Prime for another few days. Worth watching for the 60s set decoration, fashion, hair and makeup alone. Directed by Tom Ford who I thought was a fashion designer only so color me impressed.

“Yet the (philanthropic) deals come at a time when deep cuts to global health programs are forcing low- and middle-income countries to make tough decisions about how to fund responses to their most urgent health priorities, including malaria, tuberculosis and malnutrition.”

“Presidents have always used invitations to the White House as a prestigious reward for friends and supporters, but Trump’s rebranding of an iconic area of the People’s House is unprecedented. It’s a fresh example of how the billionaire Republican is replicating the… apnews.com/article/trum...

Military leadership knows it needs women to reach its recruitment goals and yet they are doing everything possible to make military service an unattractive career path for them. Seems like a national security issue.

"Beginning hormone replacement therapy (HRT) within five years of menopause onset appears to lower the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. Yet starting it later in life seems to have the opposite effect, suggesting the timing of HRT influences how it affects the brain."

“After days of mounting backlash, including reports that at least 1 pregnant employee was hospitalized from the stress of the policy change, CDC abruptly announced it was ‘pausing’ implementation of the new rule pending clarification from HHS & a review of its legality.” www.afge.org/article/cdc-...

“A sign on the wall (of The North Carolina Survivors Union) — “We stand for loving drug users just the way they are” — represents the challenge that advocates like Ms. Vincent pose in the face of drug policies favoring abstinence, incarceration and strict rules for receiving methadone.”

I had to watch via YouTube after it aired because my local ABC affiliate is owned by Sinclair. Quite a few of upstate New York’s ABC stations are owned by either Nexstar or Sinclair. Albany, Utica, Watertown, Rochester, Binghamton, etc.

If you've followed the acetaminophen saga, then you've probably heard Trump officials cite a "Harvard study" purportedly proving the autism link In which case, you might want to read this article about the Harvard professor behind it www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/h...

“Medical experts, including the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, say that Tylenol is safe to take during pregnancy in consultation with a doctor.” Everyone wants a simple explanation for complex diseases. Unfortunately, this is not how it works with neurological/brain disorders.

This might be one of the most devastating things I’ve ever read. There should be criminal charges for the death of this man.

“The leaders who focus on removing barriers, upgrading systems, and trusting their people will see gains in productivity no matter where their teams sit.” -Lena McDearmid, Founder & CEO, Wryver

It’s giving ableism and eugenics.

“The report finds that the amount of public money the US will now spend on domestic fossil fuels stands at least $34.8 billion a year.” Cut health care and pump taxpayer funds into big oil because priorities. www.wired.com/story/us-tax...

Exciting when an independent media company that offers reputable journalism finds enough success to expand. Not easy. Oliver Darcy and John Passantino do excellent work. Their podcast Power Lines is one of my favorites. Usually reporting I can’t find elsewhere and always with a fresh perspective.

“Sources with knowledge of the section’s operations say the reduction in staff means it can no longer advise the 94 U.S. attorneys’ offices around the country on how to build cases against crooked government officials — let alone prosecute new cases on its own.”

Good to know lifestyle changes can likely cut the risk of dementia. “Risk factors like physical inactivity, poor diet, obesity, alcohol use, and conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, depression, and social or intellectual isolation are believed to contribute to cognitive decline.”

Truly what are we doing right now. Just wild that AI was released to the public with no safeguards whatsoever and no one is doing anything about it because all they care about is money.

Summer has been nice and all but I’m excited for the end of allergy season. There’s a frost anticipated for tomorrow so this could be it. But I will miss all the beautiful flowers.

“In an undercover operation last year, the FBI recorded Tom Homan, now the White House border czar, accepting $50,000 in cash after indicating he could help the agents — who were posing as business executives — win government contracts in a second Trump administration.”

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Government officials do not get to decide that your rights have become inconvenient or problematic. They are your rights. They are not privileges provided by the government and revocable at will.

The announcement of health insurance companies that they’ll continue covering routine vaccinations is a huge vote of no confidence in ACIP's recommendations. It reflects a desire by insurers to avoid the cost of illnesses by having their customers vaccinated. Gift link:

I hate this so much. The governor must address this immediately. Police are not above the law and 1) they must be charged like anyone else and 2) if they are found guilty of drunken driving, they should be fired. Stakes are too high for the public and it’s dangerous. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/u...

This is awful. America has mental illness crisis in addition to our other problems. So much can be done to prevent suicide. 988 is always there but access to affordable health care and ongoing treatment is everything. People can’t get better if they don’t get sustained, high-quality treatment.

"Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech." -Benjamin Franklin

While I support not releasing mug shots of accused before conviction & refraining from releasing mugs of those convicted of nonviolent crimes, violent/sex criminals need their full identities disclosed for public safety. Lot has changed since I was a crime reporter & mugs were published for everyone

“Schistosomiasis is considered 1 of the most important parasitic infections worldwide, 2nd only to malaria. Yet it is still what is called a neglected tropical disease, meaning that it attracts nowhere near the funding or the attention that killers like malaria do.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/h...

“The survey of 1,700 companies, conducted by Mercer, indicated that employers are anticipating the sharpest increases in medical costs in about 15 years. Higher drug costs, rising hospital prices and greater demand for care are all contributing factors, experts said.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/h...

Well deserved. Everyone who won for this show. “Adolescence” on Netflix is timely and impactful. Highly recommend.

i don’t think a lot of people know that when the regular cancer treatments can’t get the job done, that’s where clinical trials can step in. they’re those new treatments you hear about from your doctor. but there’s way fewer of them available now. that means more death sentences

Red Scare vibe. Character assassination via moral panic. Assumption of guilt before any investigation.

Sickening. This is sociopathic behavior. The homeless are human beings. The world would be a much better place if instead of demonizing and stigmatizing people who are different from us and struggling, we try to understand, exercise empathy and take action based on what experts recommend.

The thing that’s so unsettling about these high-profile or mass shootings is that there often isn’t a motive that is satisfying to the public. People who commit heinous premeditated murder usually aren’t thinking logically and, thus, their thoughts and actions won’t make sense to us.

“To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.” -Voltaire. The knee-jerk reaction to sanitize Kirk’s legacy causes further harm. I didn’t realize the nature of much of his discourse until after his murder. His speech was hateful. It was also protected under the Constitution.

Breaking News: The EPA moved to stop requiring polluters to report their emissions of greenhouse gases. The proposal would end a key tool the government uses to track carbon dioxide, methane and other gases that are driving climate change.

"several international organizations... had offered to buy or accept a donation of the contraceptives. The government would have incurred no costs or might have even been able to recoup taxpayer funds under those scenarios." (Gift link)

don’t forget to experience joy. it’s what we’re fighting for.

“Trump has promised to impose hefty import taxes on pharmaceuticals, a category of products he’s largely spared in his trade war. For decades, in fact, imported medicine has mostly been allowed to enter the United States duty free.” apnews.com/article/trum...

An analysis published by The Budget Lab at Yale finds Trump’s tariff hikes will likely increase the number of Americans living in poverty by 875,000 in 2026. https://cnn.it/3VbfUK8

It's approps season, when we usually say less $ for SSA + more Social Security beneficiaries = customer service woes. And that's true! But this year, the Trump Admin cut SSA staff far beyond what SSA’s frozen budget required--& Rs in Congress went along. 🧵 www.cbpp.org/research/soc...

Extraordinary.