What if the Nobel committee just decides to give Biden the peace prize for leaving office without instigating a violent insurrection?

Stephen Miller said last year this was the plan. They said it out loud. Some of us highlighted his remarks at the time and warned how dangerous they were. Most of the media missed them and/or moved on from them. It’s happening:

We are going to loose our #measles elimination status in a few months - so much for making america healthy

We just really want healthcare that doesn’t make us risk losing our house if we have to get surgery.

Hot honey bacon? I think we’ve exceeded our need for prepared hot honey products.

Unpopular opinion: Wisconsin brewery New Glarus makes bland, watery beers that are celebrated for….? I can’t understand why these are so popular. But I get why no other states want to sell them. Give me a Surly furious any day over Spotted Cow lake water.

I need to escape this awful news cycle. Time for a bit of Bluey.

Minnesota now has 18 confirmed cases of Measles.

Yay tariffs.

From Reddit. The administration continues to violate existing laws (Read: Hatch Act) osc.gov/Services/Pag...

When government and public systems are working appropriately, they are nearly invisible. I fear too many of us will soon come to realize the vast scope and value of knowledge, skill, and labor that’s been devalued, squandered, or outright eliminated since 1/20/2025.

The EPA hasn’t seen cuts this deep since the 1970s. The agency is headed to having 1 in 3 staffers gone by the end of 2025 — slashing its ability to protect clean air, water and public health.

I, [Name], do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic…

My Reddit and social media feeds are essentially unreadable. They are so filled with rage-bating and anger-inducing content… … I may have to go back to reading books. Analog-style paper and ink.

Could’ve been an email.

Hey world, US residents here. We’re uncertain and nervous about this week too. Not sure leadership homes has us in mind as they act.

The cost of getting an education is letting down future generations, and we'll all end up much poorer for it.

WHO replaces H1N1 and H3N2 strains for Southern Hemisphere flu vaccines. www.cidrap.umn.edu/influenza-va...

Are we all going to re-litigate the Russian influence effort and Steele dossier?

#APIC needs to develop an Emerging Infectious Disease (EID) playbook for #diphtheria. I fear we are facing the reemergence in the US as vaccine rates fall and public health is gutted in this administration. apic.org/emerging-inf...

The US elected their first truly unAmerican president who is openly defying the constitution and protections it provides citizens and journalists.

The Kimmel monologue was 18 minutes of extraordinary, raw television that will be hated by the people who wanted him off the air for good. Trump and Brendan Carr lost this one as badly as it's possible to lose.

He touched a nerve, I think.

Let this sink in: A president can apparently now order lethal force outside of congressionally declared wars, in international waters, without oversight, and face no personal criminal or civil liability—even if the action was blatantly illegal. trib.al/FwmJyLa

Anyone not feel like they’re under attack these days?

We are witnessing a full blown war on science, public health & truth itself. Let me be clear: Vaccines have prevented more than 1.1 million deaths, 500 million cases of illness & 32 million hospitalizations. That's a lot of moms and dads who don't have to bury their children.

Blue line shows ages 0-19: near-zero hepatitis B cases. The birth dose created an entire generation nearly free of hepatitis B. Adults who missed this protection still get infected. That's 30 years of proof this works. Tomorrow's vote could end it. www.cdc.gov/hepatitis-su...

When society is operating as it should, services and institutions should be, basically, invisible. We are on the edge of seeing many more preventable illnesses rise in number and impact children, families and communities. Buckle up. Ivermectin isn’t going to save you.

For the “pro-life” party, these actions are profoundly cruel. In every way, average people face a more difficult life under this administration. Taxes on anything imported, more expensive healthcare, and more disease soon to spread.

Nemik was right.

Corporate media consolidation silencing talent that drives their viewership is a losing game. Not to mention un-democratic and wholly unamerican; at least, in the America I grew up to know and believe in.

It's very bad when American regulators like Trump's FCC call on American media companies to shut down a TV show they don't like, like Jimmy Kimmel.

Feeling this of late.

FCC is censoring reality and fact based commentary.

On a lighter-note, homemade smoked salmon rocks.

AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH

F#cking hell. ACIP is, officially, no longer the trustworthy source that advised based on scientifically sound evidence.

It’s not just “chronic Lyme.” Grifters are using nonspecific (ie inaccurate) tests to diagnose people w/ Lyme who don’t even live in areas where Lyme exists. Who wouldn’t want an answer with an easy treatment for symptoms like arthritis, low energy, fatigue, forgetfulness, & other common experiences

Today, Gov Walz issued an order to expand and improved access to vaccines. We’ll wait to see how MDH implements this order but I’m cautiously optimistic. mn.gov/governor/ass...

Impeach. Save us from this chaos.

After removing vaccine mandates, “The Atlantic” wins with greatest and most direct headline: www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Impeach this administration before more damage to the economy, health system and national security is inflicted.

Asking the CDC director if she’s a trustworthy person is a very different question than asking if Trump and RFK Jr can trust her to sign off on their agenda and vaccine changes.

Will MN have a plan to protect vaccine admiration as respiratory illness season starts? Will COVID vaccines be available for more than older adults (>65 years)?

RFK Jr hearing is harder to watch with his raspy breathing into the mic between questions. There’s a mute button. Use it.

All clinical, public health, nursing, surgical and other health-related professional organizations and members should boycott the state of Florida for conferences and meetings due to their anti-science and rejection of evidence based practices.

Appeasement, placating and finding common ground does not work when the opposition does not share underlying values and facts.

Six deaths from rabies have been reported over the last 12 months in the U.S., the highest number in years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

RADDATZ: You talk about what can be done. After shootings in Buffalo & Uvalde, Congress passed a bipartisan Safer Communities Act. It provided hundreds of millions for schools to expand mental health services. You didn't vote for it. Why? TOM EMMER: I don't remember the reasons I didn't vote for it