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James B. Ray

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Palliative care pharmacist teaching goal-concordant pharmacotherapy in serious illness | fortunate husband | appreciative Band Dad pharmacy.uiowa.edu/people/james-ray

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Blog for Iowa @blogforiowa.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 02/10/2026
A new rule from OMB would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives. It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader efforts to restrict voting access. This rule would disproportionately affect disabled and elderly voters. Fight back: buff.ly/vLsBDoC
Editorial graphic of Russell Vought at a microphone with red devil horns and a tail, headline reads "Cancer wasn't enough, Vought moves to make it harder for Americans to vote." Small "Stand Up for Science" logo at bottom.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Trump “feels badly” for the Cornell alleged gang rapists
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We are spending over $630bn annually on weapons of war! But politicians claim there is no money for: - health - education - social protection - humanitarian aid - refugee programs - climate mitigation - pandemic preparedness Lack of resources is NOT the issue Misallocation of resources is
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The road to hell is paved with insecure beta male bureaucrats who are scared of what they are too incurious to understand & too dumb to change. Alas. They are adept at administrative abuse. Let's end a bloodless coup by an IRL Dilbert character. Vote! rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/russell-vo...
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Russell Vought Doesn’t Care Who Dies, Including You
If the OMB Director doesn’t destroy science to fund fascism, it won’t be for lack of trying
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Some details: Kremlev, the Russian who sponsored Don Jr's wedding, is a former member of the Night Wolves biker gang, went to China with Putin and is personally sanctioned by Ukraine for his role in abducting children www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
WHAT THE FUCK
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Keith Law @keithlaw.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
once again, this should be front-page news all over the world, the President of the USA just fabricated an entire story about himself
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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
New records released today tell us Rudy Giuliani knew the air at Ground Zero was dangerous but lied to New Yorkers. People died because of this. Yet no right wing media outlet will ask him about it abcnews.com/US/nyc-mayor...
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NYC Mayor Mamdani releases thousands of long-sought city documents on 9/11 air quality
First responders who rushed to the World Trade Center on and immediately after the 9/11 attacks were likely exposed to dangerous toxins, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said.
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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Erica Schwartz, the new CDC director, ordered agency officials to challenge two measles deaths reported by PA, shunning the agency’s normal procedure of accepting state data and amplifying comments made by her boss, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/h...
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C.D.C. Director Challenges Pennsylvania’s Report of Two Measles Deaths (Gift Article)
Questioning a state’s investigation is highly unusual for the public health agency, but reflects tensions between the Trump administration and many states over health issues.
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J.D. Scholten @jdscholten.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
“Records indicate that Lahn has never claimed any property in Iowa as his primary residence. When he refinanced the Iowa property in 2021, he and Annie waived the Iowa Homestead Tax Credit, a sign that they do not consider the Iowa property to be their primary home.”
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The Upshot @upshot.nytimes.com · 28/08/2026
“This is so ridiculous, it makes you sick,” said Don Neubacher, a former supervisor at Yosemite. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/u...
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Trump Administration Looks to Give a Swath of Yosemite Park to Developer (Gift Article)
The proposed land swap would allow easy access to the crown jewel of the national park system. Democrats and former Park Service officials are incensed.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Ken Paxton has now accepted over $77,000 from men who sexually assaulted women and children and appear in the Epstein Files.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/08/2026
"I was not shocked that he helped somebody. My shock is that he was murdered. And no one has given us the complete truth or anyone has been held accountable. And it's been 7 months! ... there was more effort in vilifying him than pursuing justice" -- Alex Pretti's parents
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Jeremy Rodell @jeremyr1.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Chilling. And pretty much unarguable.
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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 04/08/2026
Holy shit. www.wired.com/story/a-civi...
This past May, a twin-engine Beechcraft King Air medevac plane took off from Roswell, New Mexico, and headed west to the town of Ruidoso to pick up a patient. It shouldn’t have been a challenging flight for the two pilots and two nurses aboard. The temperature was 69 degrees; the sky was clear. The 60-mile journey normally takes a half hour, at most.

But once airborne, the plane ran into trouble. At the White Sands Missile Range that night, US military personnel were conducting a GPS jamming exercise that left the King Air pilots—and anyone else within hundreds of miles—unable to use modern navigation systems. Forced to revert to older technology, ones that they rarely if ever use, the medevac pilots got disoriented and crashed into the side of a mountain. There were no survivors.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Ken Paxton failed to disclose he secretly purchased real estate worth millions of dollars in Hawaii, Florida, and Utah. Experts say this is a direct violation of Texas state ethics rules.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 02/08/2026
I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I can't stress enough what a crisis this is. Trump's own intelligence agencies concluded that Iran attacked Minnesota's critical infrastructure and Trump is saying that it's Minnesota's own fault and denying it was Iran. The federal government won't defend blue states in a literal war.
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U.S. Sees Iran as Likely Behind Cyberattack on Minnesota Water Systems (Gift Article)
Investigators cautioned that the assessment was preliminary. There were no indications that any water supply had been rendered unsafe to drink.
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404 Media @404media.co · 28/07/2026
Police arrested a teacher for clapping during a city council meeting last week. They went to the meeting of Emporia, Kansas City Commission to speak out against a proposed hyperscale data center that would sit on 1,000 acres of rural land. @mjgault.bsky.social reports www.404media.co/person-oppos...
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
For those of you that ever wondered what scares the shit out of him: #FabFord
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/07/2026
Ossoff: "Here's what's going to happen tonight: the world's most famous sore loser will deliver a prime-time presidential sour grapes address to pursue his 6-year-old grievances about the 2020 election, while his war in the Middle East spirals out of control & the cost of living continues to rise.."
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 16/07/2026
I wrote about what the current regime is telling us about ICE and ICE killings: that this is not a broken system but a system it permits and prefers.
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ICE’s Violence Is No Accident. It’s Part of the Job.
After ICE agents killed a man in Maine, the Department of Homeland Security suspended traffic stops, then reversed course. But the official policy is just optics, anyway: Agents know what they’ve been...
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
(🚨) PROOF EXCLUSIVE: I have published 1,500+ pages of national bestsellers on the coup plot Donald Trump is about to move to Stage 2. One-sentence or one-post summaries do it no justice—but this lengthy report will fully prepare you for what’s coming Thursday. Please share widely.
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Donald Trump Has Launched His New Coup Plot
Thursday—July 16—marks the launch of Stage 2 of the January 6 coup plot. Its aim is the end of our democracy, and it’s been in the works for 5 years. The march toward a possible civil war begins now.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/07/2026
This is total insanity. Words fail to explain how anyone let alone a plurality of voters thought giving an obviously demented person control of the most powerful government in the world was a good idea. We will be lucky to come out the other side of this alive.
1000 Missiles are Locked and Loaded and aimed at the Islamic Republic of Iran, with thousands of more to immediately follow, should the Iranian Government act on its threat, pronounced in many corners of the Globe, to assassinate, or attempt to assassinate, the sitting President of the United States of America, in this case, ME! Orders have already been given, and the U.S. Military is ready, willing, and able, for a one year period of time, subject to extension, to completely decimate and destroy all areas of Iran - PRAISE BE TO ALLAH! President DONALD J. TRUMP
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Found it for him: Texas Senate candidate Ken Paxton "appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in 6 elections in the past 2 years...according to records obtained by ProPublica & The Texas Tribune." electionlawblog.org?p=157141
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Did Texas Attorney General (and U.S. Senate Candidate) Ken Paxton Commit Voter Fraud? #ELB
Texas Tribune/ProPublica: Two weeks before this year’s primary elections, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the creation of a tip line for the public to report people or groups suspected of ...
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Protect Democracy @protectdemocracy.org · 29/06/2026
BREAKING: SCOTUS just handed Trump the power to fire FTC Commissioners without cause. This dramatically expands executive power, overturns nearly a century of precedent, undermines Congress’s check on presidential power, & opens the door to corruption. Our client, Rebecca Slaughter on the impact:
"The consequences of this ruling will be felt by every American in both tangible and imperceptible ways.

The FTC’s work includes stopping big tech preying on your kids and preventing pharma companies from making lifesaving medication unaffordable.""Today’s ruling makes it possible for presidents to fire watchdogs who won’t put politics over principle, and replace them with lapdogs. It’s a recipe for corruption; working families will pay the price."
Rebecca Kelly Slaughter
Federal Trade Commissioner
Plaintiff, Slaughter v. Trump
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PoPville @popville.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
USA! USA! USA!
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Your daily reminder this should be the biggest scandal in American politics right now but nobody seems to care. Ken Paxton freed a man who raped a boy for 3 years. He also doesnt have to register as a sex offender. www.texastribune.org/2026/05/19/k...
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Inside Ken Paxton’s plea deal for a child sex abuse case
Critics are pointing to two other serious felony cases that the attorney general’s prosecutors took to trial that ended in mistrials and, eventually, plea deals.
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Marie 🇨🇦 @pawbaby2.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
The US is hosting the World Cup and just turned away Africa’s top referee at the airport 3 days before kickoff because of where he was born. Omar Artan had a valid visa. He had a historic assignment. They didn’t care. Disgraceful. #USDemocracy #Pinks newrepublic.com/post/211508/...
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Top African Referee Barred From Entering the U.S. For World Cup
Omar Artan was set to become the first Somalian to officiate a World Cup match. He was denied entry to the United States on Monday at Miami International Airport.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 07/06/2026
More than half of the publicly identified donors to Trump’s golden ballroom have won new or expanded federal contracts worth more than $50 billion. Corruption at its finest.
Washington Post Article: Ballroom donors won $50B in contracts after giving to Trump project, watchdog group finds
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
His emotional and deranged social media posts alone “show a president who’s mentally and morally incapable of effective leadership. In a sane world, every manic posting spree would generate wall-to-wall coverage demanding his resignation or forced removal from office.”
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Ames Grawert @amescg.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Over the past year the Trump Administration has frozen, canceled, or slow-walked billions in funding for the sciences. We outline the dire consequences of those decisions — for the rule of law and the American economy. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
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The Cost of the Trump Administration’s Attacks on Research Funding
Arbitrary funding cuts and assaults on agency independence have destabilized American scientific research, potentially setting technology, health care, and the economy back decades.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
The separation from reality in the Republican Party today - vaccines are poison; Iran can be conquered; January 6th was staged by Democrats - should really really worry people. These folks just aren’t fit to govern anymore.
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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Days before Memorial Day, Trump waved off the 13 Americans lost in his war of choice with Iran—"somebody else would have lost 100,000 people"—reducing 13 grieving families to a talking point.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/05/2026
The Trump administration will not rest until every elite institution has purged itself of black people. ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
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Trump DOJ: Yale’s Medical School Has Way Too Many Black Students
The administration’s view is that the mere presence of students of color at Yale Medical School proves discrimination against white people.
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Bill Clinton used to have to walk across the street to use a private telephone to make fundraising calls so as not to violate the Hatch Act by using public resources for partisan purposes. Trump makes campaign commercials from behind the Resolute desk.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
This security guard died protecting children at the Islamic Center of San Diego. If you can help support his family, it would go a long way. www.launchgood.com/v4/campaign/...
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Support family of Amin Abdullah, Islamic Center of San Diego Martyr | LaunchGood | LaunchGood
Amin was the security guard at the Islamic Center of San Diego. Police say his actions kept Monday's attack from being far worse. Remember his legacy with us!
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
In light of the tragic shooting at the Islamic Center in San Diego, here's a quote from the nation's Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. GOP Rep. Randy Fine wants the destruction of mainstream Muslims. Andy Ogles & Tuberville have also doubled down on hateful comments. Why are we surprised?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/05/2026
"So you agree RFK Jr should resign?. You're a pharmacist, Buddy. You know better than this." -- damn -- Auchincloss is not playing around with Rep. Carter
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
When white supremacists described the first black politicians winning elections in the South during Reconstruction, they too called it a "reign of terror" that innocent white people had to suffer under. Black leaders! Elected to federal office! Can you imagine the indignity?!
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Eric Feigl-Ding @drericding.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
LET THIS SINK IN—the U.S. now has no confirmed CDC director, no FDA commissioner, no Surgeon General, an NIH director with no medical license, and the last Acting CDC Director was a George Bush speechwriter. In fact—the only doctor/scientist we have in the White House is… Dr Oz.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
MAGA rubes... Now, we're all asked to pay $13 billion for this stupid shit. newrepublic.com/post/210248/...
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Trump Sued Over Reflecting Pool Renovation as Cost Skyrockets
Like many of Trump’s other renovation projects, the cost of repairing the Lincoln Memorial pool is far higher than what he initially claimed.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 07/05/2026
Republicans are demanding $1 billion for Trump’s ballroom after he claimed it would cost taxpayers nothing.
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
We knew Vit K was effective in preventing bleeding more than 60 years ago In 1961, the American Academy of Pediatrics began recommending all newborns receive a vitamin K injection as part of routine newborn care In 2026, if we allow kids to bleed and die, this is beyond shameful
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Joaquin Castro @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Dr. Rubeliz Bolivar Barrios was completing her residency in South Texas when ICE locked her away. Her colleagues call her Ruby. They say that as an emergency and trauma doctor, she serves every patient with empathy and dedication. Being bilingual, she makes people feel seen and heard.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
NO 👇 LIES DETECTED
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 26/04/2026
There was a mass shooting this morning at Indiana University that has left nine injured. The Indiana Daily Student has been facing pressure by Republicans and school administrators to shut down the print edition all year. Why isn't Donald Trump or legacy media corps reporting about this huh?
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LIVE UPDATES: At least 5 wounded by bullets, fragments during Kirkwood shooting, no suspects in custody
A press conference is scheduled for 1 p.m. at City Hall.
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
This is a FRAUDULENT paper, AI-generated. My name was used as an author and I had nothing to do with it, never saw it until today e-pubmed.co.uk/journals/dig... The "Editors" Angelo Rossi Mori, David Mensah, and Zarnie Khadjesari and this "Journal" should be reported.
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Hope John Roberts, who assured us that absolute immunity would prevent presidents from going after their predecessors, sees this
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