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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 6h
The MAGA/MAHA Administration really loves to censor science www.medpagetoday.com/washington-w...
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Trump Administration Suppressed USPSTF Recommendations
Group's recommendations on cervical cancer screening, cardiovascular prevention were blocked
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 6h
In fact, here’s the truth about the HPV vaccine RFK Jr’s lies about the vaccine make me absolutely fucking furious www.bmj.com/content/393/...
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HPV jab: cervical cancer deaths fall to zero in vaccinated young women, research shows
BMJ 2026; 393 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2026-100047 (Published 19 June 2026)
Cite this as: BMJ 2026;393:e100047

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Among the “red lines” noted in the statement was technology transfer, which it said must be voluntary and on mutually agreed terms" So basically if there is another pandemic, wealthy countries want to be able to not share tech and resources even if it means people in poor countries die as a result.
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A global pandemic killed an estimated 20 million people and still countries cannot agree to come together for the collective good. The US and EU objected en bloc to the UN declaration on future pandemics. www.cidrap.umn.edu/public-healt...
cidrap.umn.edu
US, EU object to UN declaration on future pandemics
The objections prevented UN member states from endorsing a political declaration that aims for better international coordination.
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Smartphone ownership at age 12 years was associated with greater eating disorder symptoms, suggesting that the timing of smartphone ownership may be associated with eating disorder risk." Study: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com
Smartphone Ownership and Eating Disorder Symptoms in Early Adolescence
This cohort study examines cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between smartphone ownership and eating disorder symptoms among adolescents aged 12 and 14 years in the US.
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Hmmmm…. What evil, regressive, nonsensical, and cruel thing can I do today? How about this?” 👇 Trump Officials Revise Biden-Era Sex Discrimination Rules www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u...
nytimes.com
Trump Officials Revise How Title IX Sex Discrimination Rules Are Enforced
The change follows a court ruling barring Title IX from protecting L.G.B.T.Q. people and has angered advocates for sexual assault survivors.
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Science Magazine @science.org · 27/09/2026
As the planet warms and forests burn, can we replant them with new trees that will thrive in the decades ahead? Learn more: scim.ag/3TPgT5p
Bar chart showing forest area burned in high-severity burns from 1984 to 2021. Each bar has a black dot with error bars, representing the estimated planting need and middle 50% of estimates. Since 2000, the average annual area burned in high-severity fires has increased fivefold, relative to 1984 to 1999.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 26/09/2026
Gov. Gavin Newsom has blocked Democratic efforts to enshrine one of the most important protections for blue-state abortion providers—a ban on extraditions.
motherjones.com
Newsom vetoes bill that would ban extraditions for abortion and gender-affirming care
California’s pro-repro rights governor rejects a key protection that 18 blue states have enshrined into law.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Texas police has arrested a city council candidate in Austin who participated in a protest against ICE: www.kvue.com/article/news...
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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Trump Officials May Undo Nursing Home Mandates for Reporting Respiratory Diseases - proposed rule would remove notification requirements. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/b... via @nytimes.com
nytimes.com
Trump Officials May Undo Nursing Home Mandates for Reporting Covid
The agency led by Dr. Mehmet Oz is proposing an end to weekly tracking of respiratory infections at the facilities where thousands of elderly residents died in the pandemic.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 25/09/2026
The DOJ dropped 23,000 criminal cases — including hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime and drugs — while prosecuting 32,000 new immigration cases in the first six months of Trump’s second term. (Published March)
propublica.org
Trump’s Justice Department Dropped 23,000 Criminal Investigations in Shift to Immigration
Under Attorney General Pam Bondi, the DOJ abandoned a record number of cases — including hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime and drugs — in just the first six months of Presi...
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Tens of thousands of voter registrations have gone unprocessed in Texas. Affecting large areas deeply. If you’re in Texas, check your registration is up to date and accurate ASAP. www.texastribune.org/2026/09/22/t...
texastribune.org
DPS voter registration applications weren’t sent to counties
Counties will start receiving a surge of applications less than two weeks before the Oct. 5 registration deadline, adding work at one of the busiest points in the election calendar.
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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By the Numbers: Harmful Republican Megabill Will Take Health Coverage Away From Millions of People and Raise Families’ Costs
The Republican reconciliation law, enacted on July 4, will take health coverage away from millions of people and dramatically raise health care costs for millions more.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
Counterintelligence experts told us it’s no secret Russia has long been trying to penetrate the Trump family inner circle, so a Putin-linked oligarch bankrolling Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding raised all sorts of red flags. 🎧 Listen to the full episode: propub.li/47fu7eJ
“The expert take was … if you are the president’s son, you don’t get into a place where you are indebted to a Russian oligarch who is funded by the Russian state.” - Brett Murphy, ProPublica reporter
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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Let’s be clear: this isn’t happening. The only importance is that it shows the president doesn’t know what he’s talking about. If they try to take MMR off market, companies will sue and likely win (it would be a very stupid move during the Trump/Kennedy measles outbreaks). Via @atrupar.com 1/3
Tweet by Aaron Rupar.
Screenshot says: “Trump: "We're also going to be demanding the drug companies, with respect to a certain situation -- the autism -- that they make their doses in 20% shots. So you have shot 1, shot 2, shot 3, shot 4, shot 5 ... I think you're gonna see a massive reduction in autism"”.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
NEW: As Trump loses ground and lashes out, some remain willing to capitulate when it comes to anti-trans hate. More alarming settlements from medical providers in states that have laws aimed at stopping anti-trans discrimination. On Friday, it was NYU Langone and UPMC. Law Dork:
lawdork.com
As Trump loses ground and lashes out, some remain willing to capitulate when it comes to anti-trans hate
More alarming settlements from medical providers in states that have laws aimed at stopping anti-trans discrimination. On Friday, it was NYU Langone and UPMC.
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NPR @npr.org · 18/09/2026
The Trump administration has been pursuing a quiet immigration crackdown strategy: limiting access to health care and public services. The American Academy of Pediatrics is sounding the alarm about the impact on children. n.pr/4j86NXt
n.pr
Pediatricians raise the alarm on the effect of Trump's immigration crackdown on kids
The Trump administration has been pursuing a quiet immigration crackdown strategy: limiting access to health care and public services. The American Academy of Pediatrics is sounding the alarm about the impact on children.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The destruction of the East Wing is a cautionary tale: Today Trump said "For me to go & fix it & subsidize it, I think the Trump admin should have recognition. If we don’t do that, it’s going to close & get ripped down." Doesn’t get more clear than that. joycevance.substack.com/p/another-lo...
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Another Loss for Trump: The Kennedy Center
And more
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17/09/2026
When companies like Aetna or UnitedHealthcare want to rein in costs, they turn to EviCore, whose business model depends on turning down payments for care recommended by doctors for their patients. (Published Oct. 2024 with @capitolforum.bsky.social)
propublica.org
Inside the Company Helping America’s Biggest Health Insurers Deny Coverage for Treatments
When companies like Aetna or UnitedHealthcare want to rein in costs, they turn to EviCore, whose business model depends on turning down payments for care recommended by doctors for their patients.
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This news fills me with sadness. An 18 year old who died from complications of measles is the 4th confirmed death in the outbreak spreading in PA. This is yet another preventable death. www.cidrap.umn.edu
cidrap.umn.edu
Homepage | CIDRAP
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Jon Ossoff @ossoff.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
These folks are not just corrupt — they're clowns.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 16/09/2026
At the same time as the agency is rolling back its power plant standards, it’s launching a new study that would test the country’s water supply for abortion medication, contraception, and hormones used in gender-affirming care, along with over 1,000 other medications and chemicals.
motherjones.com
The EPA would rather monitor abortion pills in water than pollution
The agency is easing climate rules for power plants while testing water for mifepristone.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Agents of the Department of Homeland Security have been ordered to unlawfully access state voting records to carry out the department’s escalating elections-related probes, an anonymous federal whistleblower recently disclosed to Sen. Alex Padilla. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
Homeland Security officers are illegally accessing state voter data, new whistleblower alleges
The searches likely resulted in "thousands of violations of state laws," Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) said.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Responding to new whistleblower claims, Democrats warned against what they called the latest Trump administration move to “rig the election” by illegally accessing voter data. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
Democratic senators blast Trump scheme to ‘rig the election’ by illegally accessing voter data, following whistleblower claims
“It’s unreliable data, combined with data they couldn’t get through failed litigation, being used to manufacture allegations and misidentify individuals as an ‘unlawful voter’ and that false label has...
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
RFK Jr. has decided to change the way measles deaths are counted at the CDC. As @drdebhoury.bsky.social says in this article by @melodyschreiber.com: “The change doesn’t make any sense”. It only makes sense if you’re RFK Jr. and you desperately need to manipulate data to hide your malfeasance.
theguardian.com
Trump administration changes how it counts measles deaths amid Pennsylvania outbreak
CDC announces changes to how it reports measles deaths as Pennsylvania continues to confirm more cases
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Important: the USPS rule that SCOTUS blocked tonight was Trump’s big plan to control and restrict mail voting. But a separate policy remains in place: USPS is no longer postmarking mail as soon it gets it, which is hugely important for deadlines. So people must mail back with plenty of time.
boltsmag.org
In an Intense Election Year, New Post Office Rules Could Trip Up Voter Registration - Bolts
A change in how mail is postmarked could lead some voters to miss key deadlines, including voter registration. Advocates worry the people most affected will be those already facing voting barriers.
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NPR @npr.org · 15/09/2026
The Trump administration is eliminating limits on climate-warming pollution from the nation's fossil fuel power plants. Environmental groups say this will impact the climate and public health. n.pr/4Aw2pYX
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Trump's EPA repeals pollution limits on fossil fuel power plants
The Trump administration is eliminating limits on climate-warming pollution from the nation's fossil fuel power plants. Environmental groups say this will impact the climate and public health.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 15/09/2026
The Electronic Registration Information Center is the single organization best equipped to help states ensure "election integrity." And suddenly MAGA Republicans wanted nothing to do with it.
motherjones.com
States already have a good way to ensure election integrity—and MAGA hates it
The rejection of ERIC by GOP officials has, ironically, undermined their own voting systems.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 14/09/2026
Reporter Molly Hensley-Clancy has spent more than a year investigating how major sports organizations have failed to keep Richardson from interacting with kids. Read her full investigation (with @washingtonpost.com):
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This Coach Is Banned From Working With Kids. Why Is He Still Coaching?
Even though an oversight group found that Texas girls’ volleyball coach Ryan Richardson engaged in sexual misconduct with a minor, sports organizations have failed to stop him from coaching.
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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Measles
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
“The United States will no longer limit the planet-warming pollution that power plants pump into the air while burning coal and gas” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/c...
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E.P.A. Will Erase Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants (Gift Article)
Generation of electricity is the second largest source of carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases in the United States.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 14/09/2026
A Pennsylvania woman's death is the state's third this year involving the measles virus. Jefferson County Coroner Greg Furlong says on Facebook the 40-year-old woman died Saturday from complications associated with measles.
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Pennsylvania officials report state's 3rd death involving measles
A Pennsylvania woman's death is the state's third this year involving the measles virus. Jefferson County Coroner Greg Furlong says on Facebook the 40-year-old woman died Saturday from complications associated with measles.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Sarah Stevens co-sponsored the infamous 2013 North Carolina law that courts said was designed with “surgical precision” to exclude Black voters. She backed GOP gerrymanders. Chaired the House elections committee when NCGOP advanced its latest voting restrictions. Now? Running for Supreme Court.
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They’ve Long Clashed on Voting Rights. Now They’re Facing Off for a Supreme Court Seat. - Bolts
North Carolina Justice Anita Earls, a former voting rights lawyer, and Sarah Stevens, a longtime legislator, have been on opposite sides of election issues for over a decade.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
There should be zero deaths from ectopic pregnancies in the U.S. Yet the number has doubled since abortion bans were implemented in some states, and that’s exactly where the most marked increase has been observed.
propublica.org
Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is a critical collaboration that helps protect us all from infectious disease. They are also the body that in November will declare that the U.S. has lost its measles elimination status. Trump has now decided it’s “corrupt” and he wants to defund it.
healthpolicy-watch.news
US Proposal To Eliminate PAHO Funding Raises Alarm Over Health Security In Americas - Health Policy Watch
The oldest multilateral health organization in the world, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), is fighting many of the same health threats it did at
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 13/09/2026
The Trump administration is poised to loosen controls on methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from low-producing “stripper wells.” Critics say the deregulation will significantly increase climate pollution while doing little to boost energy output.
propublica.org
EPA to Loosen Methane Rules, Boosting Pollution From Oil and Gas Wells
The Environmental Protection Agency is finalizing a rule that’ll drastically weaken restrictions on “stripper wells,” which tend to be old, poorly maintained and prone to leaking methane, the highly p...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 13/09/2026
For likely the first time in modern history, the Supreme Court decided more cases in fast-tracked, secretive proceedings than in open court. These “shadow docket” decisions have let the Trump admin. bypass lower courts on deportations, ICE stops and more — often with little to no explanation.
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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Vaccines Did Not Cause Rachel’s Autism
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
CDC’s 9/11 world trade center health program was one of the first things this regime purged. just something to remember when republicans get really into the performative nationalism this week
abcnews.com
New York Republicans scold Trump for CDC cuts that affect 9/11 responders
Critics say the Trump administrations cuts to CDC staff will negatively affect a health fund for 9/11 first responders.
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NPR @npr.org · 10/09/2026
A Trump census proposal would stop asking about race and exclude millions of U.S. residents from a count that the 14th Amendment says must include the "whole number of persons in each state." n.pr/4inpBSl
n.pr
Trump officials propose sweeping changes to the census that would reshape voting maps
A Trump census proposal would stop asking about race and exclude millions of U.S. residents from a count that the 14th Amendment says must include the "whole number of persons in each state."
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Since becoming president again, Trump has promised: -$5000 stimulus checks via "DOGE dividend" -$2000 stimulus checks via "tariff dividend" -$1000+ checks via "savings" from expiring ACA subsidies -$5000 "dividend" if Rs win midterms No checks have been issued www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-magi...
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Groundwork Collaborative @groundwork.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
In New York, tax opponents have repeatedly claimed – without evidence – that any new taxes on the wealthiest New Yorkers would cause tax flight. Fact: NY added ~2,000 millionaire tax filers in a single year, shortly AFTER the state raised its top tax rate on high earners.
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Since people are noticing what Trump is trying to do with the Census, here’s what I wrote a couple of weeks ago when he first proposed it www.thenation.com/article/poli...
thenation.com
The Trump Plan to Cook the Census Books
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 10/09/2026
Jadunadan also added this: “To Mount Sinai, and to all of the spineless cowards who have bent the knee to the clowns in charge, the boots you lick today will stomp on you tomorrow! I did not make that up. I saw that embroidered somewhere.”
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 10/09/2026
The Mount Sinai hospital system in New York announced that it had reached a settlement with the DOJ, agreeing to stop providing gender-affirming care to trans patients under 18. This leaves families like Angelica Jadunandan's, who moved to New York with her two daughters, to fend for themselves.
motherjones.com
Blue-state hospitals fold on trans youth care as families ask why they moved
In New York and other progressive states, providers are leaving transgender kids to fend for themselves.
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Measles is a serious viral infection that kills unvaccinated children. This can happen anywhere if measles vaccination coverage drops low enough. And we know this is not hypothetical because measles killed hundreds of thousands of children globally every year before vaccines became available.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 10/09/2026
Data "shows that even while the economy is growing, workers are getting a smaller and smaller share of the economic pie."
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It's a bad time to be an American worker
Workers' share of US wealth has (once again) fallen to its lowest level ever recorded.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 10/09/2026
Earth cooked to its hottest month on record in August, blowing far past a key climate threshold, due to the dangerous double whammy of human-caused climate change and a supersized El Nino, according to the European climate service Copernicus.
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Global heat stuck on high. Scientists say August was Earth's hottest month they've measured.
The European climate service Copernicus said the Earth just sweltered through its hottest month on record in August.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Bill Graves, the Republican governor of Kansas from 1995 to 2003, writes an oped today endorsing the Democratic nominee for Senate in the state (Adam Hamilton, who's challenging Senator Marshall). www.kansascity.com/opinion/arti...
kansascity.com
Bill Graves: Elect Adam Hamilton to put Kansans first in the US Senate | Opinion
The former governor says Roger Marshall has turned his back on the people he’s supposed to represent. | Opinion
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The Ranking House Judiciary member already has (time zone is ET +6).
Rep. Jamie Raskin

@RepRaskin
Who Hatched this plan? Every other sitting U.S. Attorney General followed the Hatch Act and stayed away from political campaign rallies. But the handful of Americans tuning into tonight’s GOP midterm convention will be treated to the spectacle of Todd Blanche turning his office and the Department of Justice into partisan campaign props by becoming the first U.S. Attorney General in history to address a political party convention.
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