Almost every FDA Commissioner since 1990, under Republican or Democratic presidents, ripped Prasad’s latest action to pieces; he’s a huge danger to US public health They published their piece in the New England Journal of Medicine 1/2

TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there. Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.

If you ever wondered what GOP gerrymandering looks like in red states with blue cities, I present:

DC Statehood on demand and without apology. Every dem trifecta that has failed to secure this has led us to this point.

This is, um, quite something Peter Gøtzsche (who writes for the kooky anti-vaccine Brownstone Institute) LOVES RFK Jr—arguably the world’s most dangerous, extreme conspiracy theorist & anti-vaxx activist—& thinks @bmj.com engaged in “character assassination” (btw, he isn’t too pleased with me 🤣)

We are not at war with Venezuela Supposed drug traffickers are not de facto int’l terrorists We were not under attack by people on small boats in int’l waters If we were, these would be war crimes Since we’re not, this is the worst Pirates of the Caribbean sequel This was murder and conspiracy

This is essentially Vinay Prasad, who has an MD, declaring his intent to use the government to torture children to dead via preventable disease by knowingly withholding the cure. To call this despicable is an understatement.

We have said consistently that the Guard should not be here. It is unsafe for both members of the Guard and communities. Our deepest condolences go to the two West Virginia families who will now spend this season mourning the loss of loved ones who died while deployed unnecessarily.

one thing we *can* conclude at this point — those two national guards would not have been shot if trump had not abused his power to deploy them to DC

Donald Trump’s administration has put both the National Guard and everyday Americans at risk by forcing them to occupy our cities. We hope that everyone involved is ok and makes a swift recovery.

Guardsmen weren’t being shot less than a mile from my home when Biden was president.

Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷

This hairdo is definitely giving Trump vibes…

Reading a microbiome paper and discovered this figure in the text. WHO decided to add the eyes to the poop?!?!? #microbiome #science

this is one of my favourite observations about sample size calculations. (afaik first articulated by Miettinen in 1985)

Hearing news that Carl Dieffenbach, the Director of the Division of AIDS at #NIH (NIAID), has been removed from his position because he was "not aligned with HHS/OMB." Russell Vought continues to remove great scientists as part of the Project 2025 mission to politicize and destroy NIH. 🧪 1/

Free DC!

Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952

The Onion is just too close to reality these days….

Let’s talk about sedition and treason, because the most powerful yet inadequate man in the world is having a tantrum about it, and his soulless, spineless sycophants are boosting his message. /1

Turning the military on citizens. Attempting to rig elections. Toying with the idea of declaring martial law. Attacking political opponents and calling for their executions. If this were happening in another country, what would you call it?

How awful. This is outright health disinformation, lying to the American people. Not only is there massive evidence showing no link between vaccines & autism, there’s not even a plausible mechanism based on what we’ve learned about the genetics of autism, some environmental exposures in pregnancy

I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.

The message behind “quiet, piggy” was not subtle. I decide who speaks. I decide what truth is. I decide whose pain persists and whose gets erased. I decide what women are allowed to ask me. I decide which crimes survive and which get swallowed in smoke. open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...

Women in academia aren't as good as men because people like me, a mentor at the most prestigious school in the country, only advance the careers of those I'm sleeping with

Starting my Monday morning with an email to Director Bhattacharya... 1/6

I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here

When NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya said “dissent is productive”, I’m pretty sure he meant “MY dissent is productive. It got me to the top of NIH, wheeeee! But YOUR dissent won’t be tolerated”.

NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected. And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.* Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:

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.

Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.

This is something I need to work on…

Good morning ppl! 0 days since the Shitdown. HHS sent out a guidance email last night that violated the hatch act to inform all furloughed workers, they need to report for duty at théir official duty station Thurs. 13. The fact is, a good portion of furloughed ppl have not seen this email yet!

Go, Mama!!!

I can't remember the precise wording but someone on here said that the Republican threat to expose Bill Clinton too isn't so much a threat as it is a "buy one, get one free" promotion.

Quick point of clarification for pundits, politicians, journalists, & any others commenting on the Epstein Trump files: The victims were NOT "young women". They were CHILDREN. As such, they were not capable of giving legal consent. Sex without consent is rape. Words matter. Get them right.

Pizzagate: If you replace the word “hot dog” with “little boy” and “pizza party” with “child sex orgy,” you will see the lengths these elites go to cover up their crimes. Real elite emails: Send me nude pictures of those 8th graders we abused last weekend post-haste! I am the Ambassador to Turkey.

AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"

Other than DC still inexcusably not being a state, any other interesting news today? #DCStatehood

If you think the people throwing Great Gatsby-esque parties for themselves, while millions were denied their food assistance, are all of a sudden going to grow a conscience and save affordable healthcare, you clearly have not been paying attention.

Replace Schumer.

Hearing from more people after this went out. "We're all pissed. This was a lot of unnecessary stress on people and their families for nothing. And if I win the lottery tonight I absolutely will spend millions to hire people to follow these 8 Dems around for a year and make their lives miserable."

Good morning ppl! It’s day 41 of the GOP shitdown and I’m honestly kinda speechless at this point. Fucking giving up everything on a “promise” to vote on ACA subsidies?!? What the fuck have you even accomplished at this point? The OLD guard needs to get the fuck out!

I think Senate folders are significantly underestimating how fucking angry Democratic voters are at them

My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard. We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions. We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.

A deep commitment to anti-wokeness

ICE is inflicting a lifetime of trauma on families. And it’s being carried out in the name of the United States of America.

Husbands with Grindr profiles?

Yes, some people's legacies are complicated. For example, Watson. After all, though he was racist, don't forget his other traits. For example, he was also sexist. And also anti-semitic. And a data / idea thief. So let's not forget all the different facets.