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Infectious disease epidemiologist. Queer. She/her. Mom. Midwesterner. Views my own.

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 07/10/2026
This is sexual violence as a form of terrorism. It is political violence and it is chilling and horrific, and AOC was absolutely right to be terrified that the goons (now pardoned) laying siege to the capital would rape her if they found her. Small changes won't fix this. FLIP THE TABLE NOW
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Marty Lederman @martylederman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Samuel Alito: We won't overturn Obergefell because it's engendered reliance interests. Jan Crawford: Well, many people had organized their lives around Roe v. Wade. Alito: No, they didn't. Women merely had an "abstract" interest in "ideas about the kind of society that they were going to live in."
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The Alito Court: A rare interview with the influential Supreme Court justice
Justice Samuel Alito discussed his opinion in the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade, the leaked draft and its aftermath, same-sex marriage rights and why he's not retiring yet.
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epimom.bsky.social @epimom.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"The fact that the United States Constitution and foreign affairs appear to be at the mercy of one man ..... The fact that that one man’s mental acuity has collapsed is an immediate calamity." October 1, 2026 heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-1-...
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October 1, 2026
John Hudson of the Washington Post reported this evening that the Trump administration is openly defying Congress, taking $52 million in military assistance lawmakers appropriated for European and Mid...
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Dr Stylite @columnist.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I do think people really need to start believing again that good things can happen - otherwise life is just one painful retreat after another.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 30/09/2026
Black text on a white page that reads as follows: 

Too often, homeless New Yorkers cycle from our hospitals to our streets — making it harder to continue treatment and find long-term stability. 

The City's Bridge to Home program in Manhattan ends the cycle by providing a safe place for New Yorkers to live while they receive medical care, apply to jobs, and find an apartment. The program has been a massive success.

Today, we’re expanding Bridge to Home to Brooklyn and Queens, so more New Yorkers get the help they need.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Look at the losses. www.reuters.com/business/fin...
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EXCLUSIVE: Anthropic's IPO prospectus shows sweeping AI vision, surging costs
Anthropic is making a massive bet that AI will ​transform the global economy more profoundly than industrialization, electricity and the internet, according to its IPO prospectus seen by Reuters. The ...
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Leah @leah.myatproto.social · 28/09/2026
We get to take a nice nap once the Curse of Supreme Court is broken. We can have a little treat once the Department of Homeland Security is dismantled. Buy yourself a mini quiche the day we rebuild the CDC. Keep swimming, swim faster, or the nation will sink like a dead shark. (cracks knuckles)
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epimom.bsky.social @epimom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
September 23, 2026 heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-...
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September 23, 2026
Yesterday, William Turton, Avi Asher-Schapiro, Molly Redden, and Kirsten Berg of ProPublica published a blockbuster story reporting that the anti-corruption group of the Federal Bureau of Investigatio...
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epimom.bsky.social @epimom.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
They almost started a war with China, based in n ai. September 18, 2026 heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-...
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September 18, 2026
According to the American Automobile Association, diesel hit its highest recorded average price today at just above $6.44 per gallon.
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Marc Veldhoen @marcveld.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
It’s a “puzzling” move, said Debra Houry, a former CDC chief medical officer. “The change doesn’t make any sense,” she added. This system is “not meant to confirm an individual case”; instead, it’s “usually focused on high-quality, long-term mortality trend analysis”, she said.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
That's $4.1 million per DAY he's been making since the election. And remember, he isn't even allowed to have another job while he's president. This is pure corruption. Trump is the most successful white-collar criminal to ever live.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 09/09/2026
Nearly 200 women died from ectopic pregnancies between 2020 and 2025 — almost double the rate of the previous six years. A ProPublica analysis found the spike has been steepest in states with strict abortion bans. Deaths that could be preventable, say experts.
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Death after ectopic pregnancy skyrocket after landmark Supreme Court ruling: analysis
The number of women who died after an ectopic pregnancy has spiked in recent years, a ProPublica analysis found. The mounting deaths in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data have drawn little scrutiny or response.Such deaths typically occur in the first trimester, after a pregnancy fails t...
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epimom.bsky.social @epimom.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
August 31, 2026 heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-31-...
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August 31, 2026
Alex Horton and Tara Copp of the Washington Post reported on Sunday, August 30, that military leaders are warning Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that a plan to continue large-scale operations in Iran ...
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Normal Guy @guy-normal.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I recently interviewed a traveller from an antique land. Their experience in arid environments with sizable, defunct monumental sculpture (sans torso) stuck with me. While they didn't get the position, here's three key takeaways they taught me about the fleeting nature of earthly power 👇
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epimom.bsky.social @epimom.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
August 27, 2026 heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-27-...
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August 27, 2026
This morning, a headline in the Guardian read: “RFK Jr lied in Senate confirmation hearings, newly revealed documents indicate.” The story by Michelle R.
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Despite the bloviating and sabotage attempts, Moderna’s updated COVID vaccine has been approved by the FDA. Despite the fact that it theoretically requires one preexisting condition, the list of conditions is enormously broad also if you want to JUST LIE. Personally I’ve never had a pharmacist ask
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Moderna Receives U.S. FDA Approval for Updated 2026-2027 COVID-19 Vaccines
The updated formula for Spikevax is now approved for individuals 6 months through 64 years of age with at least one underlying condition placing them at high risk for severe outcomes from COVID-19, and all adults 65 years of age and older. mNEXSPIKE, Moderna's latest COVID-19 vaccine, is approved for individuals 12 through 64 years of age with at least one underlying condition that puts them at high risk for severe outcomes from COVID-19, and all adults 65 years of age and older.
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epimom.bsky.social @epimom.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
August 24, 2026 heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-24-...
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August 24, 2026
On Friday night, Prime Minister Mark Carney instructed Canadian negotiators to walk away from talks with officials from the Trump administration over new tariffs of 50% Trump had imposed on $28 billio...
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Filipe Campante @filipecampante.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
If you think this is not a problem, bc mail voting may not favor Democrats, or bc it's too late to affect voting, or any other argument related to the actual voting, you're missing the point. The point isn't to affect the results of the election, it's to create the conditions for contesting them.
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epimom.bsky.social @epimom.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Yes, I would like to keep voting!!! August 18, 2026 heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-18-...
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August 18, 2026
On August 18, 1920, the Tennessee legislature ratified the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S.
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epimom.bsky.social @epimom.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
August 9, 2026 heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-9-2...
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August 9, 2026
On August 9, 1974, Richard M.
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epimom.bsky.social @epimom.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
August 4, 2026 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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August 4, 2026
On Friday night, a court filing from Capital One denied there was any political motivation behind the closure of more than 380 bank accounts in the names of Donald Trump and the Trump Organization.
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epimom.bsky.social @epimom.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
July 31, 2026 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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July 31, 2026
Courtney Kube, Monica Alba, Peter Nicholas, Gordon Lubold, Katherine Doyle, and Andrea Mitchell of NBC News reported Wednesday that President Donald J.
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Marie Phillips @mariephillips.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
This is just to say I have eaten the lotus flowers that were somewhere can't remember where and which you were probably saving for some reason forgive me I can't remember who you are or who I am The lotus flowers were good though
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epimom.bsky.social @epimom.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
July 23, 2026 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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July 23, 2026
I have been thinking lately about taxes and war and citizens and what the government should do for its people.
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epimom.bsky.social @epimom.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
July 16, 2026 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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July 16, 2026
An exchange yesterday between Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA) and Jay Clayton, Trump’s nominee to oversee the U.S.
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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Ebola and other diseases gaining a foothold abroad, widespread skepticism of medical science at home with measles and other preventable diseases making a comeback, and now an epidemic of explosive diarrhea. Going great.
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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 12/07/2026
It's the fact that we still don't know exactly which product(s) are causing this that is getting me. Tell me what specifically to avoid, but I can't avoid it all!
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epimom.bsky.social @epimom.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
My fav ongoing epidemiology mystery (ask any of my students) - what is going on with AFM and EV-D68?? www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
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Acute Flaccid Myelitis Surveillance
This report describes acute flaccid myelitis cases reported during 2020–2025.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Between this and the national guard in Memphis it’s kind of disturbing me (yes I know I’m a member of the media) the degree to which these killings aren’t really breaking thru rn
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epimom.bsky.social @epimom.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
July 1, 2026 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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July 1, 2026
Today President Donald J.
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Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Court watchers seemed very sure birthright citizenship was going to be 7-2 or even 8-1. It should have been 9-0. Instead it's 5-4. Folks really need to update their priors. This "court" has no bottom as long as 6 depraved far right operatives are the majority.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
5-4 instead of 9-0. Just a completely illegitimate institution at this point.
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epimom.bsky.social @epimom.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
June 27, 2026 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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June 27, 2026
Observers are noting that the reflecting pool fiasco, in which Trump created the idea there was an emergency, ignored experts, bypassed normal procedures to give a wildly inflated contract to a crony,...
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
One of the biggest misconceptions about Ebola is that it is primarily a hemorrhagic disease. It isn't. In the current Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in the DRC, fever, vomiting, and diarrhea dominate at presentation, while bleeding occurs in only ~10% of patients. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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Clinical Characteristics of Patients Infected with Bundibugyo Virus, DRC 2026 | NEJM
Bundibugyo virus, a filovirus, is currently spreading in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This report presents early data on symptoms and illness severity as well as diagnostic challenges.
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epimom.bsky.social @epimom.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
June 23, 2026 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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June 23, 2026
Trump continues frantically to insist that the problems with the Reflecting Pool are the acts of vandals.
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epimom.bsky.social @epimom.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
June 20, 2026 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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June 20, 2026
The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has become a metaphor for the Trump presidency.
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Donald K. Sherman @donaldonethics.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
1. Deploying federal troops to polling places is illegal under US law. 2. Even the perception of enforcement activity near polling places can discourage eligible voters from participating. That's what the Trump admin wants. Elections must be protected.
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Election Officials Are Getting Ready for ICE to Show Up at the Polls
The Trump administration keeps threatening to send federal agents to oversee elections. State and local officials are preparing, and even gaming out what happens if they're arrested.
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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
This has been bubbling up for a while. If enacted, it will formalize the illegal termination of grants and undermine the federal government's role as a trusted partner in accelerating R&D. How do teams plan, hire, and build over the long-term if OMB builds in punishment as a precondition?
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 28/05/2026
BREAKING: New proposed OMB regulation, applying to all federal grants, requiring grant reviews by senior political appointees and re-emphasizes that "peer review remains advisory and does not replace agency discretion". #standupforscience public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10817.pdf
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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 23/05/2026
Passengers from DRC, Uganda, and South Sudan may now be directed to Atlanta airport, in addition to Dulles, for screening.
Media Statement
For Immediate Release 

Saturday, May 23, 2026
Contact: CDC Media Relations

Enhanced Ebola Airport Screening Expands to Atlanta

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) expanded enhanced public health entry screening for Ebola to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport effective May 22, 2026, at 11:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time. This is in addition to screening currently happening at Washington-Dulles International Airport that started at 11:59 PM on May 20, 2026.
 
Hartsfield-Jackson previously conducted enhanced public health entry screening and has established operational procedures in place. Enhanced public health entry screening is one component of CDC’s layered public health approach, which also includes overseas exit screening, airline illness reporting, and post-arrival public health monitoring.
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Tom Bridge @tombridge.com · 22/05/2026
DC friends, they've started up checkpoints again. There's a checkpoint at Rhode Island Ave NE and South Dakota Ave NE. And fuck ICE.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/05/2026
Agents rappelled from a Black Hawk helicopter in a massive show of force. Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. But after the cameras were gone, federal prosecutors did not charge anyone. (Published Nov. 2025)
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“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
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Tyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 22/05/2026
what was even the fucking point of all that science fiction lmao this is something that heretofore you'd only see in fiction as satire, like borderline parody of a dystopia scifi authors worked on warnings for a hundred years, and they just tweeted it out
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 22/05/2026
Hell of a run, my friend! Thank you, Stephen, for the past 11 seasons of bringing laughter into our homes, speaking truth to power with a smile, and being loud for America.
Governor Pritzker appears on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Colbert is both a mensch and an actual genius. One of one. He and @maddow.bsky.social are the two best broadcasters of our time; truly in their own category. I'm angry and sad the president and the feckless suits cancelled the show but also know it's not the end.
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CBS News Chicago @cbschicago.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
All remaining charges against the "Broadview Six" defendants have been dismissed by U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros Thursday afternoon.
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All charges dismissed against "Broadview Six," defense says grand jury transcript revealed "gross misconduct"
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Kaitlin Is Just Getting Started @gothamgirlblue.com · 21/05/2026
Even though the Senate did not reach the level to remove Trump from office, a majority of Senators did accept that Trump was guilty on the terms of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment during his second impeachment trial. Based on the cases cited in Trump v Anderson, this is enough to disqualify him.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Here's the thing. I have a feeling that men who get caught using AI will not face the same social/professional consequences as women/ minority writers who get caught doing the same. See: The plagiarism scandals from the past, and the men who still have journalism/commentary jobs despite it.
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