I called my senators today and told them I want Cory Booker to be the senate minority leader. We can’t hold hearings. We don’t have subpoena power. We can’t pass budgets. But we CAN filibuster, and we CAN change party leadership.

In this classic Heritage Minute, Laura Secord makes a perilous journey to warn of an American attack during the War of 1812.

I’m suing DOGE! www.muellershewrote.com/p/im-suing-d...

We deserved some good news!

Cory Booker sets a record with marathon Senate speech. Mr. Booker took to the Senate floor on Monday evening, saying he would remain there as long as he was “physically able.” More than 24 hours later, the senator, a former football tight end, is still going. #MomSky apnews.com/article/cory...

I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:

Not the brand boost one would hope for.

Reminder: All of the people deported to El Salvador and imprisoned were given that treatment illegally and against judicial order. Trump and MAGA are now disregarding court rulings. Rule of law is not optional. 🚨 Impeach. Him. Now. 🚨

Diagnosing #LongCOVID (LC) remains a challenge. New study in #China shows with #Omicron infection: 🦠7.8% developed LC in 1 year 🦠Risk of LC rose with #reinfection dose-dependently 🦠Persistent LC comes with higher levels of leukocytes, triglycerides, fibrinogen & myoglobin 🔗Full text #IDSky #COVID

Canada should lean in and welcome global talent. There are strong cases to be made for transplanting whole departments.

This will be huge if found effective... It would be a big step towards addressing not only a high prevalence infectious disease that is often asymptomatic but global antibiotic resistance too (for which vaccines are an important means to address). 🛟🧪 Medsky sociology 😷 health policy idsky

As we all suspected: "Two U.S. officials also said that Waltz has created and hosted multiple other sensitive national-security conversations on Signal with cabinet members, including separate threads on how to broker peace between Russia and Ukraine as well as military operations."

This is very smart www.thebulwark.com/p/how-to-thi...

Translation: All leaders are perceived as pretty terrible, on net. Anyone advertising any leader as a unifier or people’s choice is lying. This election will involve people holding their noses and choosing what they see as a flawed candidate.

Dear Democratic Members of Congress, Stop telling me about what he's doing. We can all see it. Start telling me about what you're doing to stop it! Signed, Americans

Trump— a profligate liar and self-interested con man— is believable when he does something marginally less toxic? Let’s dispense with the magical thinking and daily panic-fawning. Canada is facing four or more years of volatility and unilateral aggression. A leopard doesn’t change its spots.

A musing: Trump’s current administration is so incompetent and toxic that even Don Jr, Ivanka, and Eric took a pass on a victory lap.

Canadians, Don’t celebrate this. This is going to be an extremely difficult time for us, economically, socially, diplomatically, and militarily. Defending Canadian sovereignty is worthwhile. But the cheering section that wants to own the Americans is misguided and juvenile.

We are taking the fight for our country to the streets. The American consulate in Toronto weren't happy. They called the cops. They don't think we have a right to march on our own city sidewalks. #elbowsup

Double reposting for emphasis. The senior most defence and cabinet officials in the US government were planning real-time military actions in the Signal messaging app. They also included the Editor-in-Chief of the magazine “The Atlantic” accidentally.

American war planning usually takes place in highly secure facilities. But the Trump administration planned its strikes on the Houthis using a group chat—and accidentally included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg. theatln.tc/IuULQFiY

Given that Boeing’s planes have recently had doors and engines fall off, and toilets overflow, calling an inferno of aerial shrapnel hurtling toward ground “Trump” seems fitting.

#MedSky Is there anyone out there that cares?

Soooo this flight went fine but on tonight’s return flight to DCA we had to abruptly abort our landing after touching down to avoid crashing into another plane on the runway. After another loop around we landed safely but it was quite scary.

“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”

Tucson, Arizona today. Original projected attendance was 3,000 people. 23,000 showed up.

The United States is no longer a nation under the rule of law. I urge Canadians to avoid travel. Illegal detentions and kidnapping by ICE have become all too common for travellers and those with working VISAs. Stay away at this time. boingboing.net/2025/03/20/d...

Canada needs its own nuclear defence program. Source article: archive.ph/2zYoT 🧵/1

A man who is proud of verbally “beating up” on his 8-year old child until she is in tears should never be a member of the judiciary. This shows extremely poor judgment and a sadistic streak.

Meta used at least 16 of my books, and numerous articles, to help train the AI it will use to make billions. Authors, search your name here: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

The Litigation & Response Task Force has launched a new website to track House Democrats’ efforts against Trump’s unlawful executive actions. As a member of the task force, I encourage you to explore the site for updates, resources, & whistleblower tools: litigationandresponse.house.gov

lol Trump isn't going to like this *LOCKHEED OFFERS TO CREATE JOBS IN CANADA: GLOBE *LOCKHEED VOWS CANADA JOBS IF OTTAWA BUYS FULL F-35 ORDER: GLOBE www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

“In an electoral autocracy, you can vote, you can protest, you can criticize the government — but at a price. That price (…) is the fear of retaliation: losing your job, public funding or a contract. Over time, fear takes hold, and people — including powerful media owners — start to self-censor.”

2/ Those at higher odds of #LongCovid: -aged 35-54years -females -White Gypsy/Traveller/mixed/multiple ethnicity -Gay/lesbian or bisexual -live in more deprived areas -parents/guardians -carer -have an existing long term condition onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

"If it continues like this, the United States will not score as a democracy when we release [next year's] data" — Staffan Lindberg, head of the Varieties of Democracy project, run out of Sweden's University of Gothenburg Source: t.co/4hMH5o9iGb

If true, this shows an escalation in Trump and MAGA’s instability.

Trump is defying court orders and abusing wartime powers to deport people with no due process. He's using the law that put Italian, German, and Japanese immigrants in detention camps during World War II. We are not at war. Donald Trump is not a king. He is not above the law.

Every day is an opportunity to exercise your democratic voice. Don’t like fascism? Call your elected representatives and follow up with an email. Make it a daily habit. If we all do this, we become impossible to ignore.

Every day is an opportunity to exercise your democratic voice. Don’t like fascism? Call your elected representatives and follow up with an email. Make it a daily habit. If we all do this, we become impossible to ignore.

If you're a professor, you have a LOT of power. Not to freak you out, but authoritarian regimes' favorite first move is to shut down the intellectuals in one way or another. Which means you're a threat to them. Use your power. Speak out. Go on TV. Give interviews. Be loud!

Johns Hopkins will terminate over 2,000 employees www.forbes.com/sites/omeraw... 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁

"We are entering waters beyond the scale of constitutional crises and nearly every expert in this shallow pool feels ill-equipped to speak about it publicly for a variety of reasons. I’m having trouble imagining circumstances more dangerous."

Tolerance for fascists is how fascism becomes the law of the land.

Bonnie Henry directed BC emergency responders to not answer overdose 911 calls early in the pandemic. To Bonnie Henry, marginalized populations are expendable. Elevating Bonnie Henry to federal health leadership is a vote for social murder. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/briti...

Sadly, this wasn’t even the worst moment in JD’s day. He was dismayed to discover that his strawberry body wash did not, in fact, taste like strawberries. Thoughts and prayers.

Most food guides recommend 5-10 servings of fruits and vegetables per day for adults. The issue is that the lower end provides insufficient micronutrients for optimal health. Here’s a challenge: aim for 10+ servings a day, with ~80% being vegetables and at least 30% being leafy greens.

Long COVID affected 23% of COVID cases with 56% of long COVID cases lasting 2 years. Vaccination before getting COVID or during the 3 months post-infection was also protective against long-COVID.

Bonnie Henry directed BC emergency responders to not answer overdose 911 calls early in the pandemic. To Bonnie Henry, marginalized populations are expendable. Elevating Bonnie Henry to federal health leadership is a vote for social murder. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/briti...

It is increasingly getting difficult for the average person to discern good information from bad. When we focus more on Dr Henry’s tone vs accuracy, we are doing public health a disservice. The sheer volume of bad information coming from Dr Henry, a senior public health leader, is unacceptable.