"This is the first time that I know in American history that a president has staged a fake riot," Merkley stated, citing local news media accounts showing federal agents provoking confrontations, including throwing tear gas & flashbangs at peaceful, protesters. #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

A master class from MIT in responding to authoritarian overreach: Your “premise … is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone. … America’s leadership in science & innovation depends on independent thinking & open competition for excellence.

Predictably, but with no peace outcome to speak of, the committee had nothing it could site as a reason for Trump to win one.

Thoughtful response to assertions that vaccines don't save lives (or prevent suffering). www.statnews.com/2025/10/10/m...

With special carve-outs (naturally) for pro-Trump industries which lobby hard enough for it. TACO Presidency. Pharma and biotech take notice.

So many papers are clearly written to sex up impact and claim translatability, at the expense of accuracy - that's a gift to pseudoscience. We need to be training the next generation of scientists to be honest and media literate.

Not this year, Donald…

Every American who believes in the rule of law should see this for what it is: An attack on our democracy from a man who wants to rule, not serve. We will not be intimidated or silenced. We stand with democracy and against tyranny. Let’s make it clear there are still NO KINGS in the USA. #NoKings

Letitia James is being criminally charged for the ‘crime’ of holding Trump accountable. This indictment is the clearest sign yet that Trump’s project isn’t just corruption — it’s monarchy. He’s using the power of the federal government to punish his public servants and protect himself.

US weekly jobless claims increased again, JPMorgan estimates reut.rs/48jHn3W

Lower Merion Township’s effort to use zoning to limit where guns are sold violates state law, Commonwealth Court ruled Thursday.

New York Attorney General Letitia James calls fraud case "baseless," and decries "weaponization of our justice system."

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system. I am not fearful — I am fearless. We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

AG JAMES: “.. This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system. He is forcing federal law enforcement agencies to do his bidding, all because I did my job as the New York State Attorney General.” @newyorkstateag.bsky.social

The Democratic lawmaker alleged Patel “clearly chose to protect and defend Donald Trump,” rather than Jeffrey Epstein’s victims.

The difference between Democrats surrendering in March and fighting back now is us. We’re building a unified opposition party that stands up to Trump’s regime and its enablers. Let’s encourage Democrats to keep fighting to protect healthcare for millions of Americans: indivisible.org/campaign/sto...

The National Food Museum’s collection of short food videos The National Food Museum, is a project of Michael Jacobson, former founder and director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest (I'm on its Advisory Council).  It is currently still virtual, but provides all kinds of resources,…

Updated COVID shot led to less severe illness, fewer hospitalizations last year, US study finds reut.rs/3KEOvOE

Grand jury refuses to indict Chicago protesters carrying legally registered guns who were arrested by ICE as "armed rioters." "Less evidence than a ham sandwich," judge says. blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/08/f...

Look, there are ageist parties who say Mills is too geriatric to run. How old is Sen. Chuck Grassley? (he's 92). The Senate is full of fossils. We need a candidate with potential to unseat Susan Collins, and Janet Mills can likely do it. Unseat Collins first—worry about age later.

Bacteria Store Sunlight to Clean Polluted Soil at Night The ground beneath our feet is doing something strange. Somewhere in the opaque depths of saturated soil, where sunlight never reaches, bacteria are powering chemical reactions with energy they stored hours earlier, when the sun was still up.…

I mean read this, the Trump administration in an official document is saying that Americans won't ever pick crops and America won't have enough food to eat because of ICE raids! prospect.org/politics/tru...

So this is funny. The administration just issued a rule slashing foreign agricultural worker wages. And to justify it, in a public filing, Trump's Labor Department alleges that Trump's immigration enforcement has devastated the Ag workforce and caused a "risk of supply shock-induced food shortages."

The treatment of type 1 diabetes is entering a transformative era. A recent Review explores three paradigm-shifting developments poised to transform type 1 diabetes treatment: tinyurl.com/2834ymk7

American politicians have long railed against high health-care bills, and point to big pharma as the main culprit. The reality is more complex, as these charts show

President Trump’s and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s family members are positioned to benefit from efforts to overhaul drug sales.

READ MORE: https://bit.ly/48RTJQT

US President Donald Trump has for years made it clear that he wants to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Who makes the decision that will be unveiled on Oct. 10? Here's what to know.

The nation’s top four wind power states all lean Republican, including Iowa, where President Trump’s assault on wind energy is reverberating.

I wonder if current NYC Mayor Eric Adams is lined-up for a job as ambassador to Albania?

The subhed here is a master class in corporate journalism rewarding malfeasance via semantics Bondi didn't valiantly fend something off, she refused to answer legitimate questions before Congress because the answers would be horrifying and politically inconvenient And that's a profile in cowardice

Maine’s Democratic Governor Janet Mills will soon challenge Republican Senator Susan Collins for her U.S. Senate seat in Congress @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/10/07/m...

The Kansas senator touts mobile cancer screening vans while dooming his rural consitutents’ hospitals. | Opinion

When you hear about Big Tech companies lobbying the federal government to stifle AI regulation in the states, this is one reason why.

"It will be good to have my Irish citizenship, especially since Trump keeps threatening to take away mine.”

Update from the war zone in Portland.

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

While Trump escalates his attacks on our freedoms with occupations of our cities and secret police forces terrorizing our communities, normal everyday people across the nation are showing up every single day with courage and defiance. Join your local peaceful protest: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

Even now-deceased conservative Supreme Court Justice Scalia believed that voter registration and management was a states’ right and not a federal right.

Looking for one thing you can do right now to help protect the right to vote? It will only take a few minutes, and you can share it with all of your friends. joycevance.substack.com/p/a-thing-yo...

Notice how they’re now calling everyone else an “insurrectionist.” Pure projection.

This is the Epstein files shutdown.

Brutal.

I forget-- who controls the White House, Senate, and House?

Remember what happened in 2019 robertreich.substack.com/p/how-the-sh...

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Breaking News: President Trump signaled that he may try to deny federal workers back pay after the shutdown, in contradiction to U.S. law.

It is worth acknowledging that during the government shutdown of 2019 (which began over a border wall with Mexico), that ended because Air Traffic Controllers eventually caused air travel in the U.S. to grind to a halt. That's likely to happen this time too. robertreich.substack.com/p/how-the-sh...

Peter Marks, the former top vaccine regulator at the FDA, has joined Eli Lilly — a move likely to rile up critics of the revolving door between FDA and industry www.statnews.com/2025/10/07/p...

Major Kaiser hospitals, including in Oakland, San Francisco, Walnut Creek and San Jose, could see walkouts during the five-day strike by tens of thousands of nurses and health professionals.