I just checked: in the US, the lowest # of OB-GYNs per capita is actually in Iowa (3.3 providers per 10,000 women of childbearing age). 57% of counties have no obstetric facility; only 45% of Iowa hospitals have an OB unit. This doesn't just affect... 🧵1/6 www.ama-assn.org/public-healt...

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/03/u...

I just heard South Carolina Senate candidate Annie Andrews on MSNow saying that there are 15 counties in her state where there is not one OB-GYN in practice. I checked, & it's *not* a brand new situation, say, due to recent retirements. That is shocking. Who's the s**hole country now?

OpenAI is in talks to give a 5% ownership stake to US government. That's way less than the 50% Bernie Sanders wants from the major labs. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

“'I was the most senior Catholic in the US government,' Vance recalls, affronted, '& the Vatican seemed unwilling to move its moral guidance....'” “The Scottish writer Stephen Daisley [noted the] 'breezy impertinence' [by which] Vance 'tells the pope... that he is in error on Church doctrine.'"

The DOJ “asked” Liz Oyer to recommend that Mel Gibson’s right to own a firearm be restored-highlighting Gibson’s relationship with Trump Oyer, citing Gibson’s longstanding abuse of women, refused So Todd Blanche fired her Then he began to intimidate and abuse her He CANNOT be Attorney General

On this 4th of July..., what is "real America First?" (Light a candle in remembrance, and leave the fireworks on the shelf. And prepare...) open.substack.com/pub/sarahken...

Wear an N95 mask if near the Mall on the 4th From the Washington Post: Fireworks on Mall likely to cause hazardous air pollution, documents show.. archive.ph/KVkkl

@sarahkendzior.bsky.social's latest. "This week marks both 250 years of US “independence” and 1000 days of Israel’s genocide of Palestinians. The latter milestone is more important." open.substack.com/pub/sarahken...

Meanwhile in Wyoming, Data Center wastewater edition The bacterium is highly resistant to antibiotics btw.

#2, Aussie with tail...

What a little power pack, look at her go!! ⚡️ TT: Sharon Balle Milton

Im sorry but Larry is clearly on the team

Starting a special #FridayNightZillow with a 1,600-acre Catskill estate w/mansion built in 1787 by Morgan Lewis -- who served big roles in the Revolutionary War -- & wife Gertrude Livingston. Lewis later became 3rd governor of New York. Includes "Lake Delaware." $14M. www.zillow.com/homedetails/...

Elon Musk is a South African who came to the US under a fraudulently secured student visa to study at Stanford (he never enrolled). Through further fraud, he secured a green card and then was naturalized as a US citizen. His US citizenship can be revoked. He also holds a Canadian passport.

A rare copy of the Declaration of Independence lost for 250 years has been discovered in London, where it is now the only known example of its kind outside the United States.

The Ruby Princess was on a 20-day round trip journey from San Francisco to Canada and Alaska when 102 passengers and 23 crew members were stricken by norovirus, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.

There just isn’t enough grift for the tRUMP FAMILY. x.com/emolclause/s...

New article! Where is America going? On Trump's July 4 disaster, the stolen sovereignty of the US, the leftist primary wins, and the plan to merge the US and Israeli militaries. Also, Vanilla Ice: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/stop-colla...

Don't want to speak ill of the dead, so getting this Mitch McConnell take out now. He saw Trump with complete clarity, as a danger to America, but protected him anyway. Perhaps more than anyone, he had the power to end Trumpism, but chose party over country. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/jan-6-and-...

President Donald Trump posted a new image of a $100 bill bearing his signature, months after the Treasury Department announced that, for the first time, a sitting president’s signature would be featured on US paper currency. https://cnn.it/4eFsfkc

I'll summarize this: Mamdani asked NYers to keep air conditioning at 78 degrees. A wave criticism hit online. A MSNBC broadcast pointed out the US Department of Energy recommends that 78 degree figure. Immediately after, the US Department of Energy deleted 6,000 web pages related to energy saving.

Asked about the reports, Tusk said: "Let's not be afraid, we are preparing for various situations, but we cannot ignore them... We are aware of the threats, also thanks to information from our allies". www.bbc.com/news/article...

futurism.com/artificial-i... No words. 😂🙌🏻 Repost #Blues #TrumpRabies #Laughing

Hk Report is out. Cases are now clearly uptrending and all the indicators tell the same story: www.chp.gov.hk/files/pdf/co... Outbreaks are in long term care facilities. It should be driven by 420N lineages on NB.1.8.1 backbone. XFG weirdly high in Wastewaters. cc @snpoehlm.bsky.social

Don’t forget to boycott this weekend. In my mind, they’ve stolen this holiday—for now—because when I see patriotic gear these days, I only think of the stupidity and cruelty of men who wouldn’t know “dooty” if they stepped in it.

“Responsible use” of LLMs isn’t a thing! On the next Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 live stream, @savasavasava.myatproto.social joins @alexhanna.bsky.social and me to discuss the problems with AI “harm reduction” frameworks in edtech. Monday, July 6, noon Pacific twitch.tv/dair_institute

In the latest bonus issue of “One First,” my takeaway from the Supreme Court’s October 2025 Term. TL;DR: “By opting for the outcome that made the Court look more transparently political, #SCOTUS inflicted a series of (unnecessary) credibility wounds on itself.” www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-236-...

BREAKING on MS NOW: Dozens of intel officials have started receiving notice of their terminations under Trump's unqualified acting DNI, Bill Pulte. The individuals are officials "who they believe are deep state" and whom leadership claims have not provided complete pictures of available intel.

⚠️ The US believed Israel was plotting to assassinate FM Araghchi or Speaker Ghalibaf during negotiations. (The leaking and confirmation of this story by unnamed current and former American officials is notable in itself.) Gift link:

DOGE fed grant descriptions into ChatGPT and rubber-stamped the outputs. A court said that's the government's own conduct — not the chatbot's. Jordan Ascher explains why the decision is a landmark for AI accountability.

A least one ICE detention facility in Arizona is “closed for measles”. It is not clear how many people are infected or have been exposed, and it seems that there may be outbreaks in two facilities.

"The entire thing is wrinkled and puckering" seems so appropriate for Trump's event... But, "Full Disclosure," haven't I heard that phrase before? Back around September 18, 2018? Was it in The Guardian? Nah, must be remembering incorrectly...

The Onion launches parody of Alex Jones’ Infowars, with revenue going to Sandy Hook victims' famil

On one hand, it seems astounding that RFK Jr.’s anti-vax organization didn’t vet her before including her in a lawsuit against AAP, in which she claimed that vaccines killed her twins. On the other, it shows the endless capacity of anti-vaxxers to take the word of a random person over facts.

Let's see..., 2 months gets us to about September 2 or 3. Then, another extension gets us to about November 4. When are the midterms? 😉

And there it is: With just hours remaining until deadline to release more Epstein Files under lawsuit filed by @KatiePhang — Justice Dept asks judge for two-month delay, claiming it risks revealing victims’ identities.. … (which the Trump Admin has already done)

The Onion’s Infowars reboot skewers Alex Jones, but more importantly it features Tim Robinson as Tim from Ohio. www.wired.com/story/the-on...

A video report on the state of Trump's Great American State Fair. "The entire thing is wrinkled and puckering..." And no, that isn't what Stormy Daniels said! Not exactly, anyway. x.com/i/status/207...

“This is how Trump hijacked 🇺🇸’s birthday.” @rephuffman explains Trump turned a nonpartisan 250th celebration into a way to steal hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars + take bribes from corporations & foreign governments. Endless corruption. Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DaTu82G...

apnews.com/article/immi... arrests 10,000 in 5 days, a sharp late-June surge in Trump's deportation push

apnews.com/article/immi... This is a huge number of arrests. Has anyone heard of people harmed? Repost #PoliticalNews #BSC1 #Betsy1776 #ICE

An epidemiological mystery is unfolding in Michigan, with an unusually large outbreak of cyclosporiasis, a parasitic infection spread via the fecal-oral route. In other words, it is generally transmitted via fecal contamination of water or food. Public health officials don’t yet know the source.

"Business as usual" in the corrupt Trump administration: Plan to ease rules on mailing guns could help company Trump Jr. has stake in www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Investment accounts owned by President Trump engaged in more than 300 previously undisclosed stock purchases on April 8, 2025, one day before his surprise announcement that he would pause a number of his “Liberation Day” tariffs, his financial disclosure report says.

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