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donnayoungdc

@donnayoungdc.bsky.social
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Joyful 'freed' journalist - formerly covered FDA/CDC/NIH/pharma/biotech - 'The pharma diviner'🔬 Now living my life!

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 13h
Considering the White House is barring Politico from boarding Air Force One today, leaving it unable to fulfill its out-of-town travel press pool duties, it seems very likely that CNN is gonna get rejected again this week when its turn comes up (twice) in the TV pool. www.cnn.com/2026/10/05/m...
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White House blocks Politico from Air Force One amid press access lawsuit | CNN Business
The White House is refusing to allow Politico on Air Force One on Monday, which means the news organization cannot fulfill its press corps pool responsibilities.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 13h
shes saying this on the same network that just interviewed a guy who said he spent 18 days in heaven chilling with jesus christ
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 12h
we need a line by line fact check of this crazy bullsh*t
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 14h
After ICE murdered Renee Nicole Good on a Minneapolis street, Karoline Leavitt called her a "deranged, lunatic woman" who committed "domestic terrorism." Good's last words to the ICE agent who killed her were: "I'm not mad at you." The NY Times didn't mention that in its story about Leavitt.
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Karoline Leavitt Takes Shocking Swipe at ICE Shooting Victim
MAGA motormouth Karoline Leavitt joined in the Trump administration’s cacophonous chorus of victim shaming during a Fox News appearance on Monday. The White House press secretary echoed the sentiments...
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 16h
The press will do stories on Republican sex creeps, but it will never, ever point out -- much less make an ongoing narrative out of -- the fact that the GOP has been *ridden* with sex creeps for decades. You have to be blind not to see the pattern.
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Dennis Hastert, Powerful Politician Disgraced by Child Sexual Abuse, Dies (Gift Article)
The longest-serving Republican speaker of the House admitted in 2016 to abusing teenage boys decades earlier. He was 84.
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 15h
The NYT is ok with extremist ideology as an anecdote in a profile—but highly allergic to any deeper examination of the ideology itself. No one gets to write an op-ed explaining any of this. That’s not allowed. But a billionaire can drop it in a quote as a passing comment.
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 15h
It’s not just one billionaire. It’s a full-blown cult of billionaires who believe dictatorship should replace democracy—and that technology (crypto and AI) will make this inevitable. They say it loud. Some guy just wrote a book about it (That guy is me!) www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
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The Nerd Reich
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “This transfixing debut from journalist Durán investigates the antidemocratic ideologies espoused by tech billionaires ...
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 15h
“Democracy has been hailed as, like, the holy grail for the last couple hundred years, but democracies are inefficient,” said the crypto billionaire. “If you get a benevolent dictator, it’s actually extremely efficient." Hmm, where have I heard this before? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/b...
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Inside a Billionaire’s Paradise With Crypto’s Most Powerful Ex-Convict (Gift Article)
Changpeng Zhao, jailed in the United States for a financial crime and pardoned by President Trump, is now living a gilded life in the United Arab Emirates.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 14h
If you're in these states, *TODAY* is deadline to register to vote. Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas. Even if you think you've registered: doesn't hurt to check! And there's a lot happening across them. A thread with stakes on each. ⬇️
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OSINTRadar @osintradar.bsky.social · 14h
Epstein case whistleblower dies by suicide — he is not the first Simon Andries revealed business ties between Howard Lutnick and Jeffrey Epstein. He is not the first person connected to the Epstein case files to have died after the materials were made public. ✅️Follow us for the latest updates
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Epstein Whistleblower Simon Andriesz Reportedly Dies By Suicide
None of the reports have linked Andriesz's death to his whistleblowing.
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Henry L Niman PhD @hlniman.bsky.social · 15h
"When the measles vaccine arrived, and measles cases fell, deaths from other infectious diseases fell along with them" Measles virus infection erases immune memory www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...
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Column | Measles can erase up to 73 percent of your immune system’s memory
“Immune amnesia” is a little-known — and potentially devastating — consequence of measles.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 13h
prosecutors to get around the statute of limitations which otherwise would have block prosecution of pedophilia crimes he committed in the sixties and seventies. The old CBS News never would have put out an outrageous cover-up like this.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 13h
The Bari Weiss-ification of CBS News continues. Dennis Hastert was convicted of the sexual abuse of high school students under his supervision as a high school wrestling coach. Banking rules violations were his transfers of hush money payments which he misdescribed and which allowed
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 13h
This is not to mention Tump's two "Greenland" posts that featured the Matterhorn (in Switzerland). Not just insulting, also illiterate—this is Trump's hallmark.
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette @post-gazette.com · 12h
With more than 1,000 measles cases, Pennsylvania now has the largest U.S. outbreak in 3 decades
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With more than 1,000 measles cases, Pennsylvania now has the largest U.S. outbreak in 3 decades
For weeks, Pennsylvania has led the nation in the number of measles cases this year, with hundreds of people sickened in more than half the counties in...
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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 14h
PENNSYLVANIA HEALTH DEPT REPORTS 1000 MEASLES CASES AS OF OCT 5 - WEBSITE
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Jesse Felder @jessefelder.com · 13h
’For many Americans, this feels like the wrong kind of boom — marred by a rising cost of living and driven mainly by the wealthiest consumers and by heavy investment in AI, which the electorate has come to hate and fear more intensely than any previous tech breakthrough.‘ www.ft.com/content/8f45...
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Why a booming economy is not helping Trump
Anxiety about AI and affordability has turned his populist party into a popular target
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 15h
Karl Rove hasn't made a weekday Fox appearance since September 14. Trump condemned that interview, and Rove's WSJ piece condemning Bo French came out two days later. Fox benched him -- but why? www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/why...
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Why has Fox News benched Karl Rove?
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 13h
This is a really good piece by @natashakorecki.bsky.social at NBC News: "Many Latinos were better versed in the details of Salgado Araujo’s shooting death than in the names and backgrounds of those running for some of the highest-profile offices in their state..." www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
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How the shooting death of a Houston father is igniting Latino politics in Texas
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot and killed on his way to work by ICE agents, who said he used his vehicle as a weapon. An outraged community is demanding justice — and change.
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Dr. Amy Acton @amyactonoh.bsky.social · 13h
Public safety isn’t partisan. As governor, I’ll make sure our first responders have the resources, support, and respect they deserve to keep our communities safe. www.cincinnati.com/story/opinio...
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Why this longtime Ohio sheriff is endorsing Amy Acton for governor | Opinion
Opinion: I've spent 40 years in public safety. I'm backing Amy Acton for governor.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 15h
It is my honor and privilege to announce that President @barackobama.bsky.social is joining us on the trail in Detroit on Saturday, October 24. Get. Ready.
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Elizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 14h
never the wrong time for this classic
Screenshot of a tweet by @RobbtKraft reading “scientist: "does everyone here know what Watson and Crick discovered?" 
me from back of room: "Rosalind Franklin's notes"”
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Science Magazine @science.org · 14h
Exclusive: A new analysis refutes James Watson’s claim that he was the first to recognize the significance of the famed photograph 51. scim.ag/4rTKck8
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How did Rosalind Franklin miss the helix in her iconic DNA image? She didn’t
New analysis refutes James Watson’s claim he was first to recognize significance of famed photograph 51
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 13h
A hallmark of democratic backsliding is government leaders stealing from taxpayers and using public funds to try to get themselves electoral advantages. Backsliding countries keep the form of elections, but corrupt leaders render them no longer free and fair by putting a state thumb on the scale.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14h
NEW: The Supreme Court on Monday reversed two pro-voter decisions in cases related to Washington’s legislative redistricting, sending them back to a lower court for new proceedings in light of the Court’s decision earlier this year in Louisiana v. Callais. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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With Voting Rights Act gutted, Supreme Court vacates discrimination finding against Washington map
The Supreme Court sent two redistricting cases out of Washington back to a lower court for new proceedings in light of its Louisiana v. Callais decision, which gutted Section 2 of the Voting Rights Ac...
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 15h
insane that he keeps doubling down on this -- and on the conditional in particular, which polls terribly www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-09-27...
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 15h
Ohio, today is the last day to register to vote for November’s election. Register online or drop off your voter registration form at your county board of elections office TODAY by 9PM. For more information, head to iwillvote.com/OH.
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I Will Vote
Be a voter. Find everything you need to vote in your state’s next election.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 15h
The amount of money the administration is promising in order to buy votes is significantly less than the amount of money it is taking away in programs and services. And it's OUR money!
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Josh Turek @joshturek4iowa.bsky.social · 15h
Black Hawk County, we’ve got less than 30 days. Let’s get out the vote! Iowans are ready for change and it’s going to take all of us knocking doors, making phone calls, and reaching out to our friends and family to make it happen.
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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 17h
Econ 101
Person one: Taught my kids how socialism works. Let them trick or treat while I stayed home. Then took all their candy. Socialism 101.

Person two : The socialism part is where the community came together and fed your kids for free. The capitalism part is where you made them do all the work and stole from them.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 17h
I spelled out "superpower suicide" in this essay from May 2026. Empires have risen and failed before, but to my knowledge no state has ever chosen to kill its own power, and succeeded with such rapidity. snyder.substack.com/p/on-superpo...
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On Superpower Suicide
And the recovery of justice
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 15h
Andrew Egger on the moral depravity of Trump: "They buried Pierre Damas Bel on Saturday. That night, Donald Trump came to town to take a victory lap on the policies that killed him."
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A Death. A Funeral. And the Trump Rally Down the Block.
On the day Springfield held a funeral for Pierre Damas Bel, the president held a rally 25 miles away. We went to both.
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 17h
The clearest and most succinct expression I've read of how, beyond the clear fascist rhetoric, the Prairieland prosecutions have terrifyingly expanded federal legal power, beyond the point many feds even wanted to go.
For other activists on the left — and on the right — the Prairieland case has set a dangerous precedent. Cadeddu, the federal defense attorney, told me that the most worrying of all the “terrorist acts” was vandalism. There is no dollar amount set on what sort of damage might qualify as an act of terror. Even throwing a snowball at an ICE vehicle during a protest and scratching the paint or damaging a taillight might qualify. “In theory, if you happen to be on a Signal chat with some people planning a protest, and one of the people at that protest — you don’t even have to know them — throws that snowball, you could be implicated in material support for terrorism, simply for helping to organize,” she says. “That’s the meaning of the case.”
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donnayoungdc @donnayoungdc.bsky.social · 16h
Fierce? Nimble? How about Serial Liar!!! Reminder: @nytimes.com ISN'T on democracy's side.
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 18h
guys Rubio says it's ok. just popping out for some essentials, brb
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donnayoungdc @donnayoungdc.bsky.social · 16h
Shut the fuck up, Rahm Emanuel. Nobody cares what you think. Go away! And take @duckworth.senate.gov with you! Media need to stop giving loser Rahm & his loser ideas a platform. Accountability matters!
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 18h
At risk? The man just says everything’s wonderful no matter what. His credibility went out the window a very long time ago.
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Carole King @carolekingofficial.bsky.social · 17h
The best way to be sure your vote counts is to vote early and in person. www.vote.org
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Amelia Malpas @malpas.bsky.social · 19h
This enrages me so deeply I don't know what to say. Being able to control your body is *the* most basic freedom, one which is necessary for the exercise of all other freedoms possible in a liberal democratic society
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 18h
NEW: Remember when John Oliver opened a church to expose how easy it was to get tax exemptions? This year, ProPublica reporters set out to establish private schools to test if, truly, anyone could open one. We founded two. Here’s how.
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How ProPublica Reporters Became Private School Owners in 24 Hours
The reporting experiment demonstrates how easy it can be to open private schools that might then access public money. No credentials or background checks required.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 19h
I really think this is one of the best pods we've recorded, thanks to @aselrod.bsky.social. It started with Fox polling and ended up on liberalism's roots in the Christian idea of equality before God and how Trumpism's corruption/depravity are creating an opening for Ds to make deeper moral appeals.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 19h
New Fox poll shows Trump coalition collapsing in Texas. GOP is sinking money into Iowa and Kansas. The horrors of Late-Stage Trumpism are creating space for a new anti-corruption, anti-cruelty politics to emerge. On the pod, @aselrod.bsky.social is brilliant on this: newrepublic.com/article/2161...
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Fox Drops Brutal Poll on Trump as Leaks Reveal MAGA Panic: “Wake Up!”
As the Trump-GOP position worsens, political theorist explains why Trump-MAGA’s corrupt and depraved misrule has created space for a new, values-based liberal-Democratic politics to emerge.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h
"I would say Donald Trump is probably at this point in his term the least popular Republican president since Herbert Hoover" -- Enten details how Trump is down 20 points of approval in Kansas relative to his first term
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donnayoungdc @donnayoungdc.bsky.social · 19h
... because our media are FAILING Americans, FAILING the world - especially broadcast media. And they're chickenshits who are afraid to lose access - which is more important to media than democracy.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19h
I’m sure Republicans will find a way to blame the Russian pneumonic plague issue on Fauci.
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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 20h
Congratulations to our first Nobel Prize laureate of 2026 🎉 Early this morning Karl Deisseroth found out he was awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He seems very happy with the news!
Karl Deisseroth on the phone looking happy
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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 21h
Learn more about the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Press release: bit.ly/4rgMBol Popular information: bit.ly/4xBghhH Advanced information: bit.ly/4j2v4OM
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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 21h
Optogenetics has fundamentally altered our understanding of the brain. Every day brings new discoveries, helping to solve one of humanity’s great mysteries: how our incredible brain works.
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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 21h
Using optogenetics, researchers have been able to reveal neural circuits governing specific memories, feelings, and behaviours relevant for neurological and psychiatric disorders. In clinical medicine, researchers are using the method in attempts to restore sight in people with visual impairment.
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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 21h
The 2026 Nobel Prize laureates in physiology or medicine have laid the foundation of a new era in neuroscience.
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