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It's better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.” – James Thurber All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why.

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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Even Trump’s henchmen at DOJ are learning that you can’t indict a “grand conspiracy” without evidence. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/u...
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How Trump’s Revenge Campaign Descended Into Turmoil (Gift Article)
The president’s allies have sought to prove a “grand conspiracy” through a sprawling Justice Department inquiry. It has buckled under staffing shake-ups, internal disputes and trouble finding evidence...
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springbock.bsky.social @springbock.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is has to be the bottom. Paxton is suing small private pediatricians for recommending vaccines. He is blatantly appealing to his MAGA base.
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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Sunday Scary’s
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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 17/09/2026
Just In — Rep. Beatty's legal team just alerted Judge Cooper about the existence of this photo "that appears to read 'Kennedy Center DEMOLISHED.'" Doc buff.ly/aOLFtoG
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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Measles
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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
www.bakerinstitute.org/research/ref...
Autism
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 03/06/2026
I spent more time on this piece than almost anything else I've written in the last year. Building a better, more decentralized internet is an inherent necessity if you want a functioning democracy. I hope people find it a useful encapsulation of where we're at. www.liberalism.org/p/enshittifi...
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Enshittification, Despotification, and the Open Internet
It’s not about whether technology is inherently good or bad, liberating or oppressive. Architecture shapes incentives; incentives shape outcomes.
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springbock.bsky.social @springbock.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
City planning scenarios suggest a formal Level 1 water emergency, requiring mandatory cuts across all users, could be declared as early as May. Some city planning models now account for no meaningful rainfall for the remainder of the year—not as a worst case, but as a planning baseline.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
NEW: We just sued Trump admin for the kidnapping to CECOT of Adrián Rengel He was abducted & tortured for 4 months in defiance of a court order We @democracydefendersfund.org w/ @lulacorg.bsky.social & MSG firm will hold Trump, Miller, Noem et. al accountable www.cbsnews.com/news/cecot-p...
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Read the jury verdict in the Twitter class action vs Elon Musk. 1/12
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Whistleblower puts Tulsi on notice that he will go to Congress himself if her office doesn’t respond by Friday.
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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
www.practicalbioethics.org/whats-new/em...
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Empowering Medical Trainees to Confront the Misinformation Epidemic - Center for Practical Bioethics
Empowering medical trainees to confront the misinformation epidemic. CPB Francis Co-Chair Kayhan Parsi and one of his medical students, Lily Rajaee, examine the misinformation problem and propose a fr...
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Houston Chronicle @houstonchronicle.com · 14/12/2025
He was one of the most identifiable faces in Houston for more than half a century for his work on KTRK, punctuated by his inviting signature phrase, “Good evening, friends.” bit.ly/44pOepL
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springbock.bsky.social @springbock.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
MIAMI — Democrats can now add a major city in Donald Trump’s home state — and one set to host his future presidential library — to its list of off-cycle election wins.
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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Today is a dark day for American science and biomedicine. My comments in @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
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Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders. What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted. If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Linked to this yesterday, but I am re-upping today because this is the best piece of practical research I have seen lately. It deals with what's gone wrong in political coverage.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
From 1939-1945 German officers also listened to speeches from civilians about how the laws of war didn’t apply to them. And then they participated in the Holocaust, starved millions of prisoners of war, destroyed villages and cities, and were defeated.
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Eric Champnella @echamp.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Next time some Trump supporter says "BUT THE NAME-CALLING BY THE LEFT IS DANGEROUS!" show them this: #Hypocrisy
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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 29/09/2025
Trump’s words in 2013: presidents are always to blame. His words now: blame Democrats. Lies. #ThisIsTrumpsShutdown
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Read this
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Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Fed's Lisa Cook seems to have picked up a new superstar conservative lawyer since her case got to the Supreme Court:
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springbock.bsky.social @springbock.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
My escape today on the water from disbalief and anxiety as the country I love has fully slid into the absolute control of a facist White House. Aptly named Deceptions Pass - Washington State.
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springbock.bsky.social @springbock.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
"He was an unrepentant racist, transphobe, homophobe, and misogynist who often wrapped his bigotry in Bible verses because there was no other way to pretend that it was morally correct ..."
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springbock.bsky.social @springbock.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Nigel Farage Why is this right-wing member of BRITISH Parliament testifying in a hearing about European law . . . when he is no longer "European" because he (specifically!) CHAMPIONED BREXIT?!
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 03/09/2025
A federal appeals court panel rejects the Trump administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to expel Venezuelan immigrants.
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Appeals court rules Trump cannot use Alien Enemies Act to deport members of Venezuelan gang
A federal appeals court has ruled President Donald Trump cannot use an 18th century wartime law to speed the deportations of people his administration accuses of membership in a Venezuelan gang.
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Kevin McShea @kevinmcshea.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
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Dale Ryder @kryton3298.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
BBC World
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
"Trump’s biggest reveal is what he shows about those around him; he is a mirror, and not a flattering one, for other people’s souls." @sbg1.bsky.social reviews the "longest, cringiest Trump Cabinet meeting yet." www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
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The Sycophancy Must Be Televised
Notes from the longest, cringiest Trump Cabinet meeting yet.
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Mark Zaid, Esq @markzaidesq.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Abbe Lowell and I represent CDC Director #SusanMonarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. She will not resign. We have issued the following statement:
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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
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springbock.bsky.social @springbock.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
"For months, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has been personally reviewing contracts the agency signs that exceed $100,000, resulting in a backlog. Some $1 billion in spending for the current year may still be sitting on Lutnick’s desk" ...
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Paul Voosen @voosen.me · 25/08/2025
My latest: The Trump administration is not waiting for the next fiscal year -- or Congress -- to cut climate science at NOAA. A new document details the money it won't spend *this* year on climate research.
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Trump administration pushes ahead with NOAA climate and weather cuts
Despite congressional resistance, agency aims to cut research spending now
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
The precise moment when and where in recent weeks America crossed that invisible line from democracy into authoritarianism can and will be debated by future historians, but it’s clear that the line itself has been crossed. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/america-ti...
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America Tips Into Fascism
Today is different than before.
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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
My comments with the Houston Press www.houstonpress.com/news/cuts-to...
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Hotez Says RFK’s Slashed Funding on mRNA Vaccines Could Have Deadly Results
Global immunization expert Dr. Peter Hotez says the federal government’s recent decision to slash $500 million in research funding for mRNA vaccines is dangerous, and potentially deadly, for Americans...
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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 21/08/2025
Biomedical research isn't a YouTube video, you cannot hit pause for an indefinite period of time and then hit play whenever the regime wants. Samples are destroyed, labs dismantled, scientists leave...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
“I’m not writing this as a Democrat or Republican, I’m writing this as a man watching families like mine wear themselves thin.” 🇺🇸
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Collier: I refused to sign and so I was told that I was gonna have to stay here on the floor. They have locked the doors. The sergeants have been instructed not to allow me to leave until I have a permission slip.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Thank you.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
The key word here being “idiot.”
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WIRED @wired.com · 13/08/2025
Ford says it’s spending billions on a radical reinvention of EV manufacturing, aimed squarely at taking on Chinese competition and Tesla.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/08/2025
Talarico owns Will Cain so hard that he has to tap out of their interview based on "time"
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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
My comments with @hiltzikm.bsky.social @latimes.com www.latimes.com/business/sto...
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Commentary: RFK Jr.'s cancellation of mRNA vaccine research is even worse than it first seemed
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. used discredited and misrepresented studies to justify canceling research into life-giving vaccines.
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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
My comments with @houstonchronicle.com UTMB vaccine project among $500 million in mRNA cuts announced by RFK Jr. www.houstonchronicle.com/health/artic...
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UTMB vaccine project among $500 million in mRNA cuts announced by RFK Jr.
Neither UTMB nor Moderna has confirmed the nature of the project included in the announcement, or how much funding is being lost.
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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 04/08/2025
The Republican governor of Texas has directed state police to arrest his Democratic opponents
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 18/07/2025
EU hits Moscow with fresh sanctions aimed at Russia’s energy industry on.ft.com/4lyBzam
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EU hits Moscow with fresh sanctions aimed at Russia’s energy industry
Measures include ban on using Nord Stream gas pipelines and a reduction in G7 price cap on Russian oil
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
the equivalent of Soviet broadcasters playing Swan Lake
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