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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 30/06/2025

The White House has ordered the US Dept. of Justice to prioritize denaturalization: voiding the citizenship of US citizens. Who will it denaturalize? "Any" case that it "determines to be sufficiently important". Point 10 leaves the criteria opaque and arbitrary. substack.com/redirect/169...

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Kristina Rudd, MD MPH @kristinarudd.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Sepsis is a massive health burden worldwide - time to focus on stopping it earlier.

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

I think Paul Farmer’s key contribution was to consistently highlight that poverty is the most important comorbidity And that preferential option for the poor is how we tackle this deadly comorbidity

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Green-card-holding army vet with a Purple Heart forced to leave US after 50 years due to long-ago drug violation, related to his PTSD. Stories like this do not make me feel safer. Do you? www.npr.org/2025/06/24/g...

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Purple Heart Army veteran self-deports after nearly 50 years in the U.S.

Sae Joon Park left for South Korea on Monday. His removal order was the result of drug possession and bail jumping charges from over 15 years ago — offenses that, he said, stemmed from untreated PTSD.

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 18/06/2025

The news really sucks today. Instead of boosting a harmful Supreme Court decision, here’s something better: a practical guide on how to support the LGBTQ+ youth in your life. Because they deserve our attention, our protection, and our love. 💖🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 www.thetrevorproject.org/resources/ar...

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Friends & Family Support Systems for LGBTQ+ Youth

Discover ways to support LGBTQ+ young people through FAQs and educational resources for friends and family members.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

What are some good orgs for trans youth that could use some donations on this awful day? Reply below.

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Marion Campbell @marionkcampbell.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

At #CCR25, we saw some trials use a #CompositeOutcome (an endpoint that combines more than one outcome into a single measure) & also saw some of the problems these can throw up. I have discussed these before but thought it would be useful to revisit 1/9 #MethodologyMonday #120

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Scott Krugman @drscottk.medsky.social · 28/05/2025

There are thousands of residents who are supposed to start in less than a month in hospitals across the US who cannot enter the country. There is going to be a major staffing crisis across the country but especially in rural and urban hospitals than rely on international medical graduates. #MedSky

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ACOG @acog.org · 27/05/2025

ACOG is deeply disappointed by HHS’s move to drop COVID-19 vaccine recommendations in pregnancy. The science is clear: COVID-19 remains dangerous in pregnancy and vaccination protects both patients and newborns. The vaccine is safe and protects families. Read our full statement: buff.ly/OGue7sO

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Pittsburgh Scanner @pgh-scanner.com · 27/05/2025

Shadyside. Caller said that her neighbor knocked down a no parking sign with the apparent intention of being able to park in front of her own house. Caller doesn't like this.

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Dr. Richard Pan @drpanmd.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

“Pregnant women who have #COVID-19 & show symptoms are more likely than nonpregnant women with COVID-19 & symptoms to need care in an ICU, to need a ventilator…, or to die from the illness…. more likely to have a cesarean birth, preeclampsia or eclampsia, & blood clots.” www.acog.org/womens-healt...

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COVID-19, Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Breastfeeding: Answers From Ob-Gyns

Pregnant and postpartum women have a higher risk of more severe illness from COVID-19 than nonpregnant women. Read the latest information from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

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Empowering Main St. Before Wall St. @rchady.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

The Trump administration on Tuesday accused NC's election board of violating federal law by failing to ensure some voter registration records contained ID numbers. @abreezeclayton.bsky.social @ncdemocrats.bsky.social spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/triangle-... spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/triangle-...

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Justice Department accuses N.C. of failing to keep accurate election records

The litigation follows similar efforts by the Republican Party and a state GOP candidate to address the registration records for the 2024 election.

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Julia Raifman, ScD @juliaraifman.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Pregnant people are not included in many vaccine trials to protect safety During Covid this came into question. Pregnant people were at increased risk, & many died due to delays in vaccinating Excluding pregnant people from vaccine eligibility due to exclusion from RCTs would further the harms

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HHS to stop recommending routine Covid shots for children, pregnant people, RFK Jr. ally says

A change in recommending Covid vaccines for children and pregnant women would circumvent an expert panel but please many MAHA fans.

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Kristina Rudd, MD MPH @kristinarudd.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

This is atrocious. Unscientific, evil, and will kill people. Anyone want to plan a new vaccine tourism company? I’d be your first client.

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Nearly final CBO score of the GOP reconciliation plan is out. Their bill would cut program spending by $1.5 trillion but spend $312 billion more on defense, ICE, etc., for a total of $1.2 trillion in spending cuts. Plus $3.6 trillion in tax cuts. For a total of $2.4 trillion in higher deficits.

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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

"Project 2025 calls to end telemedicine prescriptions of abortion pills as an “interim step” to revoking mifepristone’s approval altogether. "More than 100 scientific studies have found the medications cited in the paper are safe and effective for ending a pregnancy." Via @susanrinkunas.com

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RFK Jr orders mifepristone review as anti-abortion groups push for ban

Health secretary cites ‘new data’ that emerged from flawed study conservatives are using to pressure US government

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Rep. Rob Menendez @menendez.house.gov · 10/05/2025

No matter what this Administration tells the American people, the law is very clear: Members of Congress have a legal right to enter any DHS detention facility to conduct oversight without prior notice - something I’ve done twice this year without issue.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

NEW — I’ve obtained audio of new acting FEMA head David Richardson threatening staff in an all hands meeting this morning. As first reported by Reuters, he told those who resisted change in the agency, “Don’t get in my way…I will run right over you.” Listen to the clip here:

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/05/2025

WELKER: Would you rule out military force to take Canada? TRUMP: I think we're not gonna ever get to that point. Something could happen with Greenland. I'll be honest. With need that for national and international security.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Indoctrination.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

‘Fetterman went on to make statements that shocked people. In opposing a cease-fire, he said, “Let’s get back to killing.” A person who heard the conversation told me, “He said, ‘Kill them all.’”’

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John Fetterman’s Struggle

The senator insists he is in good health. But staffers past and present say they no longer recognize the man they once knew.

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones

US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.

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Kristina Rudd, MD MPH @kristinarudd.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Yes, more of this please. The churches need to be leading the protests.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 28/04/2025

Ah it would appear there is footage of police expelling everyone — including credentialed press — from the Rotunda and closing the doors while they arrested Rev. Barber and two others (I appear briefly in the end): vimeo.com/1079534787

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Clergy and People of Moral Conscience Arrested for Praying Inside the United States Capitol

April 28th, 2025 - As clergy and people of moral conscience respectfully pray in the rotunda of the United States Capitol, they are arrested while…

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 28/04/2025

Again, they're trying to take away our vaccines. From the head of the FDA, a gross misrepresentation of the annual process of updating a proven vaccine to target new disease strains. His plan would make it impossible to get seasonal flu and Covid shots, and of course he knows this.

To be clear, this is a new product that Novavax is trying to introduce to the market with a study of a different product from 2021. New products require new clinical studies.

Under this administration, we are prioritizing the Gold Standard of Science--not what saves pharma companies "tens of millions of dollars."

Headline: "FDA Asks Vaccine Maker to Complete New Clinical Trial for Delayed Covid-19 shot"

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Brittany Charlton @britshmit.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

⛔ NIH ended ALL of my grants mid-project, given LGBTQ health focus 🏳️‍🌈 ⚖️ So what am I doing? Suing RFK, Jr. As one team member shared in this story👇: "The threats to our work don’t just make me fear for my career — they make me fear for my safety.“ #SaveDemocracy #SupportScience #PublicHealth

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Harvard Medical researcher sues NIH for cutting grant to study LGBTQ mental health

"This is not just an attack on the LGBTQ community — it is a blow to the integrity of science and the health of every American," a Harvard Medical School associate professor studying the mental…

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

WATCH: “We are American citizens. We were denied having our passports renewed at the 🇺🇸 embassy in Dakar (Senegal). This is absolutely asinine.” 🤔

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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 25/04/2025

“Black Press USA has learned that Trump officials are sending back exhibit items to their rightful owners and dismantling them—starting with the 1960 Woolworth’s lunch counter sit-in exhibit.” blackpressusa.com/the-smithson...

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The Smithsonian PURGE: Trump Team Removes Artifacts of Black Resistance

Critics warn: it’s not just history being erased—it’s identity.

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Shobita Parthasarathy @shobitap.org · 21/04/2025

My PhD student's NSF grant was terminated today. Her dissertation investigates why air pollution monitoring, metrics, and regulations don't properly capture the harms experienced by marginalized communities--esp in the most polluted Detroit neighborhoods. She and I are happy to talk with press etc.

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NSF Award Search: Award # 2240343 - Constructing Credible Knowledge and Expertise in Air Pollution Regulation and Monitoring: The Problem of Quantification Lock

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Just *today*: -Arrested a sitting judge -Announced a policy that media must respond to subpoenas re leaked info because it “undermines president Trump’s policies” -Deported a toddler American citizen

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 26/04/2025

Just to be clear, we reached the arresting-judges-and-deporting-US-citizens-without-due-process stage of the slide into authoritarianism today. And the citizens in question included a toddler and a child with cancer who needs treatment in the US.

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ICE Deports 3 U.S. Citizen Children Held Incommunicado Prior to the Deportation | American Civil Liberties Union

Families disappeared and isolated without legal access; one child with cancer deported without medication and pregnant mother deported as well

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ACLU @aclu.org · 26/04/2025

The FBI arrested Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan for allegedly instructing an immigrant man who appeared in court to walk into a public area when ICE agents showed up to her courtroom looking to apprehend him.

A photo of four protesters in front of a courthouse, all holding ACLU rally signs reading either “dissent is patriotic” or “stop the abuse of power” with a photo of the Statue of Liberty in a Rosie the Riveter pose.

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Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

In the wake of what Judge Dugan did (100% legal), now is a good time for everyone to know what she knows: An immigration or administrative warrant is *not* a judicial warrant. You are not obliged to obey it. Indeed, you can let the person out the back door. docs.google.com/presentation...

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

NEW: A federal judge raised alarm Friday that the Trump administration appeared to have deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen to Honduras with "no meaningful process" — even as her father was fighting to keep her in the country. Details w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

We have now arrived at the "arresting judges" level of fascism.

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Save the Children, using Lancet figures: Life expectancy 40, was 75.

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WIRED @wired.com · 24/04/2025

Travelling to the US soon? CBP has broad authority to search your devices. Whether you're an American citizen or a visitor, here's a guide on how to protect yourself from phone searches at the US border.

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How to Protect Yourself From Phone Searches at the US Border

Customs and Border Protection has broad authority to search travelers’ devices when they cross into the United States. Here’s what you can do to protect your digital life while at the US border.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

One of the most shocking things I have read for a while: t.co/lg46ijHLDF

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Deanna @deestemteach.blacksky.app · 23/04/2025

This is so nuts.

Image listing programs being suspended at the University of Toledo.

“In compliance with SB1, UToledo is suspending admissions beginning with the 2025-26 academic year to the following undergraduate programs:

• Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Africana Studies
• Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Asian Studies
• Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Data Analytics
• Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Disability Studies
• Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Middle East Studies
• Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Philosophy
• Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Religious Studies
• Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Spanish
• Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Women’s and Gender Studies
All these programs remain available as minors for students interested in these areas of study.

Additionally, following the provost’s review of the recommendations of the Program Reallocation and Investment Committee, UToledo will suspend admissions to following degree programs

• Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) in Organizational Leadership and Management
• Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Health Information Administration
• Master of Arts (M.A.) in Philosophy
• Master of Arts (M.A.) in Sociology
• Master of Education (M.Ed.) in Educational Research and Measurement
• Master of Education (M.Ed.) in Educational Technology
• Master of Education (M.Ed.) in Educational Psychology
• Master of Music (M.M.) in Music Performance
• Master of Science (M.S.) in Geology
• Ph.D. in Curriculum & Instruction: Early Childhood
• Ph.D. in Curriculum & Instruction: Educational Technology
• Ph.D. in Foundations of Education: Research and Measurement
In evaluating these additional degree programs, several of these suspensions were initiated as part of updating and streamlining curriculum offerings. UToledo will continue to offer master’s and doctoral degrees in education, but under a different organizational structure.”

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