for me impeachment isn't what we should be after. this president and most of his cabinet and staff should be prosecuted for corruption, fraud, war crimes, obstruction, and all the various crimes they have committed. i will only vote for a presidential candidate in 2028 who commits to this.

So should universities like Stanford, UCSF, Hopkins take back people who have presided over an unprecedented destruction of science & public health in the US, particularly Bhattacharya, Prasad & Makary? No. When this is over, there should be no going back to the places they once called home.

The leading cause of health disparities in this country, health inequity, is being struck from medical school curricula- this is a sad day for public health and medicine

So does this argument also apply to tax returns (OK so long as postmarked by April 15), court documents, etc.? Or do we have one standard for ballots, and another for all other government-recognized documents?

In 2020, I argued every state must count mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day. Today, the RNC argued no state can. That is how far the right has descended into voter suppression. And it is why I continue to fight.

Two pilots dead at LaGuardia. A lone controller managing two simultaneous emergencies. The FAA is 3,000 controllers short. We will blame the human. We should fix the system. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

Trump found a new way to raise prices. For no apparently reason we're losing 200,000 commercial truck drivers in one fell swoop, thanks to rule barring immigrants who are asylum seekers, refugees or recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, from obtaining commercial licenses

When the Trump era is over, this will be the business school 101 lesson of what happened, who blew it, and who didn't: www.cnn.com/2026/03/16/b...

just plainly evil.

The United States is contemplating threatening to kill people with HIV in another country as leverage to get that country's minerals. We have become a sick nation, just as depraved and disgusting as its leader.

We need to call this what it is: a crime against humanity

2 headlines from this week

Friday is measles outbreak update day; 1,362 confirmed cases reported in the United States, up from 1,281 a week ago. National public health response remains muted while the most contagious infectious disease continues to spread 😳🤦🏻‍♂️

A purpose of the war on Iran might well be to provoke a terrorist attack inside the United States. This would provide Donald Trump with a pretext to try to cancel or “federalize” the coming Congressional elections. snyder.substack.com/p/the-desire...

“War-a-Lago” By Barry Blitt @newyorker.com

We bombed a girls elementary school.

"Kennedy has continued to spread misinformation and push politicised agendas at the expense of the country's most vulnerable...the destruction that Kennedy has wrought in 1 year might take generations to repair." Bold,factual and somber editorial in @thelancet.com www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

The weaponization of government programs against the people they were intended to help in the serve in the first place is cruel, petty, inappropriate, and deeply damaging.

“When they saw the video of their son’s death, the Prettis said they saw their son’s character showing through. “His last act on this earth, his last thought, was to help this woman,” his father said. “It’s who he was, every day,” his mother said. “He’s the same Alex he always was.””

Florida is proposing the introduction of new eligibility rules for ADAP which subsidizes HIV treatment. Under the new rules up to 16000 people living with HIV in the state could lose access to life saving medication. Without ADAP meds cost 3000$-6000$ US/month. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

“By suggesting that physicians may be committing a federal crime under the FDCA when they prescribe or administer a drug for an unapproved use, the DOJ — in its effort to deter gender-affirming care — calls into question patients’ access to off-label uses of all drugs.” www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.

They’re taking kids from Minnesota and sending them to detention camps. They’re shooting American citizens in the street and locking investigators out of the crime scenes. The world is watching what happens next.

“And so, in order to uphold our professional covenants, we call for an immediate end to the violence and trauma that is being inflicted on our patients and our communities by ICE. We implore all in our medical community to use the power of your voices as well, to protect our patients and your own.”

I wrote this back in July partly in response to process changes by FDA leaders. There has been enormous erosion and destruction of our federal public health institutions since then. The damage being done is devastating and the preventable deaths that will follow are heartbreaking and unnecessary

Today’s announcement that HHS is drastically altering the U.S. childhood vaccine schedule without a transparent process or clear scientific justification represents the latest reckless step in Secretary Kennedy’s assault on the national vaccine infrastructure. Our statement: https://bit.ly/497Tj8V

I am glad to see large media outlets reporting on this. Hopefully it shames the researchers into not continuing with the planned study or at minimum making sure ALL children in the study receive the birth dose of the HepB vaccine. www.science.org/content/arti...

Today I received FOUR death notifications for people in ICE custody. That's 30 deaths since Trump took office. It's appalling & unacceptable.   ICE is required—by law—to ensure detainees are safe & their basic needs are met. It's clear this isn't the case. We NEED answers.

There will come a time when people of good faith are empowered to uphold the law. When that time comes, Illinois will have the testimony and records needed to pursue justice to its fullest extent. The truth of what Trump and his masked agents are doing in Chicago will be told.

IDSA has selected Jeanne Marrazzo, MD, MPH, FIDSA, as its next chief executive officer, effective Jan. 12, 2026. Learn more: bit.ly/4pHt2nF

This will harm kids. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/h...

To all the young people in New York and across our country who count on gender-affirming care: I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.  Your health care is still legal and protected.  I'll always fight for you.

This is an important article by @katherinejwu.com on the destruction of infectious disease research - and the man behind it. As someone in the ID field reliant on US federal funding for our research, know that once the next pandemic happens, we won't be around. www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...

Its not that Makary has come to scientifically reasoned conclusions about these issues (HIV, COVID, vaccines), it’s that his brain is completely reprogrammed to see only conspiracy theories where science itself is the antagonist. He is unable to change his views based on scientific evidence

It won’t change votes much. But the gutting of USAID might be the most consequential policy of the second Trump administration simply in terms of people who died, who went without food or medicine www.propublica.org/article/keny...

I can't imagine an IRB approving this study.

AAP learned this week that seven grants to AAP under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services are being terminated. The sudden withdrawal of these funds will directly impact and potentially harm infants, children, youth, and their families. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Jeanne Marrazzo, the former head of the U.S. NIAID, has sued the federal government, which fired her on 26 September. Her suit claims it did so in retaliation for a whistleblower complaint she filed against the Trump administration. https://scim.ag/48HUI5X

You know the "quack Miranda warning?" The text that must be placed on labels of supplements to indicate that the FDA has not evaluated any of it? Well, it's on its way out, further blurring the lines between drugs & nonsense in the US. h/t @builduprdns.bsky.social www.fda.gov/food/informa...

GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered? GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now THOMPSON: What does that mean?

"When I said in February that they were going to cast a wide net for deportations, I had no idea how bad it would be. This is not just a matter of aggressive deportation. The things that are being done by our government to our fellow human beings are monstrous." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

Minnesotans face off against ICE as they target Somalis.

UPDATE: Another Chicago-area church has put up an immigration-themed Nativity scene. A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”

There was revolution in the air in New Orleans when the Border Patrol invaded their city - as brave citizens blew whistles, chased convoys, and confronted masked agents of a tyrannical government From Minneapolis to Manhattan, an uprising has begun. A special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/immi...

To be very clear: Kennedy's team is messing with a vaccine which has led to a 99 percent drop in the incidence of hepatitis B, which kills, early and painfully, 25 percent of the children who get it.

ICE raided a James Beard award winning restaurant & because the chef/owner was prepared, left emptyhanded:

It’s very important & relevant that doctors continue to make clear that standard of care has not changed & that we continue to recommend vaccines to our patients We need a loud & exciting education campaign to reshare the good news about vaccines & fight back against all the lies & disinformation

The decision by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to downgrade its recommendations to protect infants from hepatitis B is a dangerous move that will harm children. Click here to read AAP's full statement: bit.ly/3Y9ZQJT