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Judy Stone @drjudystone.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
uncooperative, unhoused man with active #tuberculosis in New Hampshire Pt keeps refusing treatment; state can't afford to devote resources for guarding him www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/01/m... #PublicHealth #FundingCuts cc @defendpublichealth.bsky.social archive.ph url if needed
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N.H. public health officials frustrated by uncooperative, unhoused man with active tuberculosis - The Boston Globe
The state issued an isolation order, but it’s not clear what options the government will have if the man keeps refusing treatment and exposing others to the disease.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 26/01/2026
“A coup is happening in the United States.” Jason Stanley, author of How Fascism Works, argues that President Donald Trump is leading an unlawful takeover of the US government. From our colleagues at @revealnews.org:
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I study fascism. I’ve already fled America.
On this week’s “More To The Story,” former Yale philosophy professor Jason Stanley explains his recent move to Canada and calls the Trump administration’s takeover of the US government a “coup.”
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Lynn Stahl @msbtterswrth.altgov.info · 22/01/2026
One year on and hundreds of thousands have died because a ketamine-addled madman wanted to play at government.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 22/01/2026
Good morning ☕️ Breaking news: Donald Trump is still an idiot. If you missed him confusing Iceland with Greenland at the World Economic Forum yesterday, it’s worth a watch for a quick laugh. Or, you know… to cry.
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Trump SHOCKS DAVOS by CONFUSING ICELAND with GREENLAND
During his speech at the WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM IN DAVOS, U.S. President DONALD TRUMP repeatedly confused ICELAND with GREENLAND, referencing the wrong country...
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 21/01/2026
16 years ago today, SCOTUS sided with big corporations over the American people in their infamous Citizens United ruling. That decision paved the way for unchecked & secret money in our politics & helped billionaires & special interests buy more elections. We must reverse it.
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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
I had posted earlier about how I couldn’t let Talmage be outside alone waiting for his school bus because some goons might fuck with him. This is what everyday Minnesotans are dealing with. Lawless armed, masked goons perpetuating a federal government-led ethnic cleansing.
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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Good read about Stephen Eichmann. I mean, Miller. Dammit.
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 22/01/2026
‘Manosphere’ influencers pushing testosterone tests are convincing healthy young men there is something wrong with them, study finds
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‘Manosphere’ influencers pushing testosterone tests are convincing healthy young men there is something wrong with them, study finds
Researcher points to ‘medicalisation of masculinity’ after investigating how men’s health is being monetised online “If you’re not waking up in the morning with a boner, there’s a large possibility that you have low testosterone levels,” an influencer on TikTok with more than 100,000 followers warns his viewers. Despite screening for low testosterone being medically unwarranted in most young men, this group is being aggressively targeted online by influencers and wellness companies promoting hormone tests and treatments as essential to being a “real man”, a study published in the journal Social Science and Medicine has found. Continue reading...
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 21/01/2026
“We’re not just a block of ice." "We only want to be Greenlanders." "We like the Americans ... but to be American? No, no, no.” Some worried Greenlanders who spoke to NBC News have been speaking out against President Trump‘s recent demands for Denmark to hand over Greenland.
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Greenland is 'not just a block of ice,' residents say, as Trump repeats demands
Some worried Greenlanders were gathering emergency supplies, with hunters "taking out their rifles" and readying them to defend against any would-be invaders, residents told NBC News.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 21/01/2026
After slashing foreign aid, Trump officials celebrated with cake. We went to some of the world’s largest refugee camps and saw firsthand the devastation caused by those cuts. Head to Reddit to ask us anything about our reporting on Thurs., Jan. 22 at 4 p.m. ET:
Graphic with text reading: Reddit AMA. What happened after Trump gutted USAID? Thursday, Jan. 22, 4 p.m. ET. u/propublica_ in r/IAmA. On right, a collage of ProPublica reporter Anna Barry-Jester (top left), photographer Peter DiCampo (top right) and reporter Brett Murphy holding up pieces of paper that include the event details.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 21/01/2026
#ICYMI, read Part 1 of our investigative series here:
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Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a…
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CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Quick takes: Death toll from USAID cuts, withdrawal of chikungunya vaccine, funding for updated Ebola vaccine A model that tracks the impact of USAID funding cuts estimates more than 760,000 people have died as a result of those cuts since January 2025.
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Quick takes: Death toll from USAID cuts, withdrawal of chikungunya vaccine, funding for updated Ebola vaccine
A model that tracks the impact of USAID funding cuts estimates more than 760,000 people have died as a result of those cuts since January 2025.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional! ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
The Gravamen of the Disclosure

4. The gravamen of the disclosure is as follows: 
a. By memorandum dated May 12, 2025 (“the May 12 Memo”), Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons authorizes ICE agents to forcibly enter into certain people’s homes without a judicial warrant, consent, or an emergency.

b. Specifically, in the May 12 Memo, the Acting ICE Director authorized ICE Agents to rely on Form I-205 (which is not a judicial warrant) to enter the residence of an alien subject to a final order of deportation, without consent, including by “a necessary and reasonable amount of force.”2c. While addressed to “All ICE Personnel,” in practice the May 12 Memo has not been formally distributed to all personnel. Instead, the May 12 Memo has been provided to select DHS officials who are then directed to verbally brief the new policy for action. Those supervisors then show the Memo to some employees, like our clients, and direct them to read the Memo and return it to the supervisor.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 21/01/2026
Contrary to what some HHS and CDC political appointee think 🙄 losing measles elimination status is actually a problem www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/utah... After a quick look at 2024 and 2025 numbers, here's the REAL impact of Year One of MAHA (Spoiler: they'd get a D on their report card)
A spoof poster for the Year One of MAHA report. Overlaid over a photo of the Cheeto in Chief, Brain Worm, and a talk show host is text that says "Vaccine-preventable diseases that have surged since January 2025. In 2025: 787% increase in measles cases, included 3 pediatric deaths. 134% increase in pediatric flu-associated deaths. Year One of MAHA."
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 21/01/2026
Border Patrol official Greg Bovino sure does draw a crowd. Minnesotans are showing up in numbers, yelling and whistling, to make sure the community knows where Bovino and his federal agents are. Even if they're just getting a snack—or taking a piss. Video: @madisonswart.bsky.social
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 21/01/2026
Reporter Nathan Halverson traveled to Venezuela in 2016 to report on what happens when a once-wealthy country runs out of food. Today, as the United States grapples with a presidency marked by executive overreach, what lessons can Venezuela teach Americans? Read more here: bit.ly/49zRnGA
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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Soooo I just got an email about how RFK Jr’s crackpot antivax organization Children’s Health Defense is suing the American Academy of Pediatrics under RICO cc @kenwhite.bsky.social Those mobster pediatricians, you know.
BREAKING: We sued the AAP
today. Here's why.
Dear No,
Earlier today, Children's Health Defense filed a major lawsuit against the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act.
Here's what you need to know:
• AAP has been profiting from the vaccine cabal since the passage of the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986
• AAP has forcefully and intentionally spread the lie that vaccines have been fully tested and proven safe — through its journal
Pediatrics and its Red Book policy statements
• AAP has concealed material facts about the lack of testing and inadequacies in vaccine safety monitoring and financial incentives tied to vaccine schedule compliance‹ 16
BREAKING: We sue... ^ V
decades of fraudulent health risk denials
We're suing the AAP to shut down a decades-long scheme to defraud pediatricians and American families about the safety of the childhood vaccination schedule.
Our co-plaintiffs include:
• The families of three children who were killed by childhood vaccines
• A child whose valid medical exemption was rejected by administrators who followed AAP
guidance
• Two physicians who lost their licenses to practice because they offered medical advice that contradicted AAP guidance
For decades, the AAP has spread disinformation — including the unfounded claim that vaccines are
"safe and effective."
Those fraudulent claims resulted in the injuries and deaths of countless children. They also ruined the livelihoods of honest pediatricians.
This is what challenging disinformation at the source looks like. This is what exposing the perverse incentives behind medical judgment looks like
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
We need a full and complete investigation into Renee Good’s death. The DOJ is refusing to do so. It’s yet another disgraceful cover-up.
Screenshot of an X.com post by FactPost (@factpostnews) quoting an “MN Doctor” saying they learned Renee Good still had a pulse eight minutes after being shot by an ICE agent, and that a physician’s offer to administer aid at the scene was denied, adding it angers medical staff trying to fulfill their duty to care for Minnesotans. Below the text is a photo of a man speaking at a podium in front of a group of people wearing white coats.
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
His name is Liam Ramos, and he is 5. He was abducted from Minneapolis and trafficked to a detention camp in Texas.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 21/01/2026
This picture broke me, but the description of this kidnapping by a witness who says ICE referred to this precious child as “it” as they took him away fills me with an unspeakable, murderous rage.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 21/01/2026
Neighborhood watch is taking on a new form in Minneapolis and other cities under occupation by federal immigration agents: ICE Watch. These folks, who're tailing federal agents as they make arrests, are passionate, determined, and just about everywhere—and ICE is getting frustrated.
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Meet the Minneapolis neighbors standing up to ICE by the thousands
Local resistance is "growing exponentially," says Defend the 612's Andrew Fahlstrom.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 21/01/2026
Phenomenal timeline viz from our dear friends at @firedbutfighting.bsky.social 💚💚 Highlights the chaos we've endured at CDC over the past year. www.cdcdataproject.org/chaos-at-cdc
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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Citation: lailluminator.com/2026/01/07/l...
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Louisiana confirms CDC report of child flu death as cases keep rising • Louisiana Illuminator
Louisiana has reported five deaths related to the flu for the 2025-26 season, with the previous four cases involving adults.
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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
“Losing measles elimination status is not really a concern,” says man who let Louisiana children die of the flu in the year of our Lord 2025. -- Ralph Abraham, CDC's Principal Deputy Director (appointed by RFK Jr)
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Measles elimination status ‘not really’ a concern, CDC official says | CNN
Ongoing measles outbreaks in multiple parts of the country are threatening the United States’ status as a nation that has eliminated the virus’ spread, but a CDC leader said Tuesday that the potential...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 21/01/2026
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com President Trump “is now basically running our country the way he ran his companies — as a one-man show free to make terrible deals. That management style led to six bankruptcy filings by his companies,” our columnist Thomas Friedman writes.
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Opinion | Trump’s Politics Are Not America First. They’re Me First.
Donald Trump is the most un-American president in our history. And in his second term, there is no one to constrain his un-American impulses.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 21/01/2026
A winter storm is expected to sweep across a large swath of the central and eastern U.S. at the end of this week, bringing heavy snow and ice.
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Widespread Winter Storm Is Forecast to Bring Heavy Snow to Central and Eastern US
People across a large section of the central and eastern United States are facing predictions for heavy snow and ice starting Friday.
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Your Local Epidemiologist @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
1/ Measles cases are climbing fast and right now, we're seeing the worst January for #measles infections in over 30 years. Hundreds of cases have already been reported across the U.S. in a month that historically sees slower spread during outbreaks due to school breaks and colder temperatures.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
The response he deserves.
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Danish Politician Tells Trump To 'F—k Off' In Fiery Speech Amid Trump's Threats Over Greenland
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 04/06/2025
Lakshmi, you are a hero for drawing your line in the sand and refusing to cross it. We all aspire to be as brave as you when we reach our lines. We know wherever you land you will continue your work to protect others. Thank you for being loud when so many are silent www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-off...
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CDC official overseeing COVID-19 vaccine recommendations resigns
The resignation follows an order by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to change the agency's guidance.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 11/04/2025
www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...
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RFK Jr. cuts CDC labs investigating outbreaks of STDs and hepatitis
CDC officials are warning of delays and disruptions due to cuts to laboratory staff.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 11/04/2025
Norovirus is no joke.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 11/04/2025
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
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State tells employees to report on one another for ‘anti-Christian bias’
“It’s very ‘Handmaid’s Tale’-esque,” one official said.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 12/04/2025
🧵There’s a lot of people out there saying that measles is being brought to the US by immigrants, specifically undocumented immigrants crossing the southern border. Let’s talk about measles and migration. ✈️ TL:DR: Measles in the US comes from outbreaks started by unvaccinated traveling Americans.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 12/04/2025
Articles: www.yahoo.com/news/rfk-jr-... www.thedailybeast.com/staffers-wal...
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What RFK Jr. Told Grieving Texas Families About the Measles Vaccine
The nation’s top public-health official has been promoting suspicions of the shot even as he offers comfort.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 06/04/2025
WHAT’S UP ATLANTA! Police estimated over 20,000 Georgians hit the streets in #atlanta today. And shout to Tucker, Rome, Macon, Valdosta and the MANY other protests in Georgia today. #handsoff2025 #resist
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 08/04/2025
Countless grants and projects aimed at understanding and treating Long COVID have also been cancelled. This hurts Long COVID sufferers and others with disabilities. One win: NIH's RECOVER grants were reinstated: www.nature.com/articles/d41.... Countless others, however, remain shuttered.
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Long COVID activists fought Trump team’s research cuts and won ― for now
Success gives hope to scientists and advocates who managed to get millions of dollars in grants restored.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 09/04/2025
🚨ATTENTION CDC AND ALLIES!🚨 On every Wednesday: To see our strength and build community, we ask that you wear something 💚green💚 to work tomorrow (WEDNESDAY) to show solidarity and readiness to defend public health. Please spread the word! #courageiscontagious #wearthecolor #spreadthecolor
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 01/04/2025
As usual, they’re not interested in waste, fraud, or abuse. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/h...
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Federal Health Workers Make Up Less Than 1% of Agency Spending (Gift Article)
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggests that laying off thousands of federal workers would tame a massive budget. But nearly all of the agency’s money goes to hospitals, doctors and nursing ho...
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KFF Health News @kffhealthnews.org · 26/03/2025
Researchers who study job loss say these mass layoffs not only are disrupting the lives of tens of thousands of federal workers but also will reverberate out to their spouses, children, and communities. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
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‘I Am Going Through Hell’: Job Loss, Mental Health, and the Fate of Federal Workers - KFF Health News
Since the Trump administration began firing federal workers, they say they feel overwhelmed, have obtained or considered seeking psychiatric care and medication, and are anxious about paying their bil...
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 02/04/2025
👏👏
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Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas (D-Salinas): "there are currently more kids with measles in Texas than there are transgender athletes in the NCAA. That's the epidemic we should all be worried about."
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 04/04/2025
We think the correct term for this admin is "hot mess express." abcnews.go.com/Politics/rfk...
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RFK Jr. announces HHS reinstating some programs, employees cut by mistake
On the heels of terminating 10,000 jobs from the HHS, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told ABC News some programs would soon be reinstated because they were mistakenly cut.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 04/04/2025
More reckless cuts from HHS— CDC’s STD & hepatitis labs shut down, outbreak detection lost, critical testing delayed. And an extra level of cruelty: "Animals that were to be used in planned experiments will have to be destroyed. What a waste." Thanks, Bobby! www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...
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RFK Jr. cuts CDC labs investigating outbreaks of STDs and hepatitis
CDC officials are warning of delays and disruptions due to cuts to laboratory staff.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 05/04/2025
👇 👇👇
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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Good news! And watch out, what‘s going to happen is Trump and Musk are going to use more underhanded means to ignore the court order. Will it be bans on paperwork like the Federal Register? Fired grants funding staff? Verbal orders to screw up sign offs?
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 20/03/2025
As the Iron Curtain fall on American Science, we can learn much from the heroes of the past.
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 20/03/2025
Research to be funded even as health secretary RFK Jr suggested letting disease run freely for birds to develop immunity As a bird flu outbreak continues to run rampant through US poultry farms, pushing eggs to record-high prices, federal officials announced funding for avian influenza research…
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US agriculture department announces $100m in funding for bird flu vaccine research
Research to be funded even as health secretary RFK Jr suggested letting disease run freely for birds to develop immunity As a bird flu outbreak continues to run rampant through US poultry farms, pushing eggs to record-high prices, federal officials announced funding for avian influenza research projects, including money for new vaccine projects and potential treatments. The US agriculture secretary, Brooke Rollins, said on Thursday that her department would invest $100m in these research efforts, as part of a $1bn initiative to fight bird flu and stop rising egg prices, the Iowa Capital Dispatch reported. Continue reading...
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Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar.com · 05/03/2025
BREAKING NEWS: The Supreme Court ruled the Trump administration must comply with a district court order and pay for work already done. We are taking on this administration in the courts to hold them accountable. abcnews.go.com/Politics/sup...
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Supreme Court rules Trump administration must unfreeze foreign aid payments
A divided Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration must pay out nearly $2 billion in foreign assistance funds to nonprofit aid groups.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 05/03/2025
Good news for global health, but let’s see what the district court does when it comes to guidance on releasing funds.
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