We all know Clarke's "sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" Well we have corollary:

Here is a rough guess: maybe he had heart failure symptoms but echo was normal so they did a cardiac MRI. Unless they’re lying the MRI didn’t show a cause either. Not gonna speculate beyond that right now

A lawsuit previously alleged that David Gentile—just pardoned by Trump— was an associate of Russian organized crime figure and oligarch Michael Cherney. A business news outlet found that Cherney’s daughters benefited from some of Gentile’s earliest dealings.

Five Points on the Gradually-Emerging Picture of the Post Shutdown U.S. Economy talkingpointsmemo.com/fivepoints/f...

Today is the day #HappyThanksgiving #WKRP #LesNessman

It’s always a good idea to read what Josh writes. www.downtownjoshbrown.com/p/the-cure-f...

1. He’s a lawyer 2. What is he so afraid of. There’s a right thing to say here and he’s terrified to do it.

Seems like a good day to revisit why I chose this screen name a little over seven years ago. A 🧵 It was about a week after Jamal Khashoggi was murdered, and the first time (that I know of) that Trump was asked about it.

1/ Open enrollment for Obamacare (ACA) kicked off this weekend, during which more than 20 million families will shop for health insurance coverage. There's some sticker shock though: prices are up ~30% this year if tax credits aren’t extended. Here’s what else is happening in #publichealth 👇

1/ Happy Halloween! 🎃 If you’re a parent, you probably have a few #candy questions rattling around in your head, and as a mom to two energetic girls, I’ve wondered the same things. So I asked our YLE dietitian, Megan Maisano, for answers — and her insights were too good not to share.👇

1/ Should you be concerned about lead in your protein powder? Consumer Reports found elevated levels in several popular brands, causing influencers to spread the results of the report. So we asked Megan, an RN and our nutrition contributor for YLE, to break it down. Here’s what you need to know 👇

NEW: Holy shit. Trump is tearing down part of the White House. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

The world joined us and said, “No Kings.”

I’m pretty happy with mine!

This may be pay-walled, but it's a wonderful article about why reporters aren't asking Dear Leader tough questions: because few of them are actually reporters. He has systematically excluded real reporters & promoted folks from pro-Trump opinion channels. www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...

Senate is back in session today. 1/ So a quick 🧵on where things are at on the shutdown. You get a lot of propaganda and spin thrown at you, so I want to give you the real, behind-the-scenes tea.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has credited the military’s strong recruiting numbers this year to a rise in patriotism and a “Trump bump.” But the Army’s recruiting surge wouldn’t have been possible without a program that started three years ago at Fort Jackson. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/u...

1/ Last week’s HELP Committee hearing pulled back the curtain on chaos inside the CDC. Former Director Susan Monarez revealed bombshell details about RFK Jr.’s push to change the childhood vaccine schedule without evidence. 👇

Look at the drastic cuts President Trump asked Congress to throw at the CDC. He wanted zeroing out of all funding for chronic diseases, birth defects/developmental disorders, and injury prevention, and occupational health and a 65% reduction for environmental health at CDC...

VA11 polls opened at 6 am today...and are open until 7 pm. Make sure you vote for @jameswalkinshaw.bsky.social - at your usual voting location! bluevirginia.us/2025/09/vide...

Gupta: Here’s why this matters: 1. Because the FDA indications have changed, if I prescribe it to you, I’m opening myself up to a lawsuit. He directly signals that… 2. A pharmacist is no longer able to prescribe and administer a COVID-19 booster that doesn’t meet indications.

It won’t fit in screen shots but linking here the full letter of resignation posted by one of the departing CDC officials, Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, who ran the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases and led efforts to fight COVID, monkeypox, and bird flu x.com/dr_demetre/s...

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FYI: the fundraising ALL goes to the redistricting effort - not to a Newsom POTUS run. I checked.

We systematically debunk RFKs claims on mRNA vaccine technology. His announcement cancelling vital funds was littered with inaccuracies. We believe the truth will prevail, and that’s why we are correcting the record. @nbcnews.com

Ausweiss stop at 14th and W in NW DC:

Gedeon Richter, Hungary’s biggest drugmaker, aims to clinch more deals to expand in the US without being weighed down by import tariffs imposed by Trump

Wow. Had not realized that Columbia’s settlement with Trump admin included a commitment to decrease international student enrollment. In what way does this help “combat antisemitism,” which is supposedly the administration’s objective? www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...

Just so’s we’re all clear, almost 3/4 of everything we buy from Europe is now 15% more expensive.

It takes a careful mix of flattery, firmness, and personal flourishes to appease Donald Trump, Ashley Parker and Isaac Stanley-Becker write. Foreign leaders and their allies have engaged in "gossipy group shares” about what has worked:

The tragedies of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have turned Japan into a longtime proponent of nuclear disarmament. But that national identity is starting to shift, Ross Andersen told Isabel Fattal in The Atlantic Daily.

Where previous Superman films have struggled to make the case for his exceptionality, the latest rendition of the hero finds a deft solution: It makes him just another guy in a cape. David Sims writes: https://theatln.tc/3U7Ymb3q

If it took 8 days to build a massive concentration camp in Florida then it means they could build and house the homeless at any point but choose not to

Let’s be absolutely clear. This decision, based on fringe conspiracy theories, will kill children. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Add that to the trillion DOGE cost us

Republic Restoratives, our excellent queer-owned distillery in D.C., has created this "know your rights lockscreen" to help remind you of your legal rights as you protest.

With Mikie Sherrill's victory in NJ last night, I'm re-upping this column I wrote last November: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Between this and HR 1, this is a big, ugly map of a clear as day grab for authoritarian power by Trump. It’s not even subtle.

Turkey detains five mayors in latest crackdown on opposition https://www.ft.com/content/95874694-e83a-4ac0-bbd4-12258e0726a2

Federal trade court blocks Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs on imports under emergency powers law www.huffpost.com/entry/ap-tru...

The Qatar 747 is a massive scam that will actually DOUBLE the cost to taxpayers. Like, Subscribe and share: youtu.be/hcqUvvy01UM?...

The real problem with the Supreme Court’s expected Fed carve out is not that it lacks a principle but that the real principle isn’t articulated. The reason it will carve out the Fed is functional but it won’t say that. And its jurisprudence doesn’t leave room to ventilate the functional arg.(1/8)

The cruelty is part of the plan. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

Ohio Crosby Stills Nash & Young music.youtube.com/watch?v=l1Pr...

A high-ranking member of the Trump administration is turning federal-government data into a political weapon against perceived ideological enemies—a move that deliberately mirrors Elon Musk's so-called "Twitter Files," Charlie Warzel writes.

Melinda French Gates, my guest on the podcast this week, offers a solution to the one of the biggest barriers for women in the workplace. Full episode: link.chtbl.com/ProfGPod?sid...

If you're in the DC area, make your way out to the Capitol steps! History in the making!

Hegsethgate is bad. But the administration-wide national security crisis spinning out of control around it is much much worse. My latest. www.thedailybeast.com/hegseths-pen...

The Japanese know that Trump's tariffs are just a shakedown scheme and not going on with it. Well, worth the listen. When I lived in developing countries, when gov't officials were giving you a lot of nonsense, they were soliciting a bribe. That's all the Trump admin is doing.