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sstrumello

@sstrumello.bsky.social
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I’m a former Twitter user, person living w autoimmune Type 1 diabetes (T1D), and am pro-democracy and I am anti-monopoly.

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 2h
Novo’s weight-loss deal highlights its weakness and the seller’s strengths ft.trib.al/bsHGTAg | opinion
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Novo’s weight-loss deal highlights its weakness and the seller’s strengths
Hengrui deserves attention because it has not had much of late
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 2h
RFK Jr. has been transforming a government that long championed vaccines into one that questions their safety. This is what could happen over the next 25 years if shots are unavailable even to the people who want them. (Published March)
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The Horrors That Could Lie Ahead if Vaccines Vanish
Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available.
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donnayoungdc @donnayoungdc.bsky.social · 4h
... says the guy who was CEO of a company that committed the largest health care fraud in U.S history [at the time] & then walked away with millions & millions of dollars in compensation. Rick Scott is a criminal who belongs in jail. But moron Republicans in Florida put him in the Senate instead.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 4h
Key points of BMW's strategy update reut.rs/4iSnQwR
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Key points of BMW's strategy update
BMW is holding a two-day capital markets event to brief investors about the premium carmaker's strategy, the first for new CEO Milan Nedeljkovic, who took over in May.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 4h
BMW plans to use AI to help eliminate a fifth of management roles, with around 8,000 positions set to go by next year. bloom.bg/4rH5MIq 📷: Sean Gallup / Getty Images
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Marion Nestle @marionnestle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
RFK Jr letter to David Kessler’s citizen’s petition leaked Remember former FDA commissioner David Kessler’s petition to the FDA to revoke GRAS status for refined carbohydrates as a way to immediately regulate ultra-processed foods? I wrote about this here on August 14, 2025. David Kessler, a…
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RFK Jr letter to David Kessler’s citizen’s petition leaked
Remember former FDA commissioner David Kessler’s petition to the FDA to revoke GRAS status for refined carbohydrates as a way to immediately regulate ultra-processed foods? I wrote about this here on August 14, 2025. David Kessler, a physician, lawyer, and former FDA Commissioner, has done a great service for the Make America Healthy Again movement.  He has written a letter to RFK Jr…
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sstrumello @sstrumello.bsky.social · 4h
White House has not acted on RFK Jr.'s push for proof ultra-processed foods are safe [maybe because RFK Jr. has not come up with an actual definition for the term??] @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
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White House has not acted on RFK Jr.’s push for proof ultra-processed foods are safe
A draft letter obtained by The Post shows Kennedy’s favorable response to a petition that food experts said could lead to significant changes for the industry.
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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 7h
In audio obtained by The New York Times, Paxton says the convention "dropped our numbers."
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Ken Paxton Privately Admits Trump's Midterm Convention Negatively Affected Support
Ken Paxton Privately Admits Trump's Midterm Convention Negatively Affected Support
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Reuters @reuters.com · 6h
Cigna to invest $3 billion in multi-year initiative to improve workflow reut.rs/4xRg9L2
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Cigna to invest $3 billion in multi-year initiative to improve workflow
Cigna said on Wednesday it will invest $3 billion as part ​of a multi-year program to ‌focus on modernizing processes and streamlining workflows, among others, with AI-enabled insights ​and tools to drive growth.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 6h
After claiming “I will not cut Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid,” Republican Mike Lawler was the deciding vote for Trump’s Big Ugly Bill that will end Medicaid coverage for 34,000 of his constituents. Help us get out the vote for Cait Conley in this crucial New York district!
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Indivisible for Cait Conley for NY-17 Phone Bank Series · Indivisible
Join Indivisible as we engage voters across the country to get out the vote and take back Congress in 2026. We’ll make calls into New York's 17th Congressional District to get people to the polls on o...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 5h
#ICYMI, read @zachdespart.bsky.social's latest story here:
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Ken Paxton’s Financial Disclosures Appear to Violate Federal Ethics Law, Experts Say
The Republican U.S. Senate nominee from Texas appears to have omitted rental income and multiple mortgages from his recent financial disclosures, making it difficult for voters to get the full…
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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 4h
Experts weigh in on the president’s “unbelievably sexist and idiotic remark.”
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Trump Was Asked What He Really Thinks About Women In Leadership — And He Just Said The Quiet Part Out Loud
Experts weigh in on the president’s “unbelievably sexist and idiotic remark.”
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
VICTORY: a unanimous 11th Circuit just REFUSED to stay sanctions on Trump & Co. over his $1.8B slush fund He sued his own govt & his own DOJ agreed to the payout. The court wasn't buying it! @democracydefendersaction.org & partners are proud to rep the 35 frm fed judges who blew the whistle 👇 -TN
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.bsky.social · 21h
Republicans blocked the measure, which would have terminated Trump administration changes to the ACA marketplace. www.washingtonsun.com/congress/sena…
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Senate Democrats Force an Uncomfortable Vote on Health Care Costs
Republicans blocked the measure, which would have terminated Trump administration changes to the ACA marketplace.
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sstrumello @sstrumello.bsky.social · 22h
We now have 3 biosimilar copies of insulin aspart (more are pending) and depending on how you count them (molecules, NDC # etc.), we have like 9 copies of glargine. And yet many patients have yet to see a benefit from increased competition. There are many reasons. blog.sstrumello.com/2026/09/why-...
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Politico @politico.com · 29/09/2026
Federal watchdog says Trump’s $810M funding cancellation is unconstitutional
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Federal watchdog says Trump’s $810M funding cancellation is unconstitutional
A top Government Accountability Office lawyer told Congress the president doesn’t have the power to execute his latest “pocket rescission.”
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Bloomberg Government @bgov.com · 29/09/2026
Top Democratic Senate appropriators are raising questions over the use of Department of Homeland Security funding to produce political ads about President Donald Trump.
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Lawmakers Push for Answers on DHS-Funded Trump Political Ads
Top Democratic Senate appropriators are raising questions over the use of Department of Homeland Security funding to produce political ads about President Donald Trump.
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Protect Our Care @protectourcare.org · 29/09/2026
Senator Schumer's message to Senate Republicans: Stop Trump's health care sabotage and vote to protect your constituents' coverage — or own every lost health care policy, every closed hospital, every skyrocketing premium that follows.
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Lincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · 29/09/2026
Sen. Schiff calls out Republican hypocrisy and their protection of Trump.
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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A Trump ally’s attempt to catch former special counsel Jack Smith in a lie blew up in his face.
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MAGA Senator Humiliated Himself With Botched Gotcha Moment
A Trump ally’s attempt to catch out former special counsel Jack Smith blew up in his face.
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Americans for Tax Fairness @4taxfairness.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
MAGA Inc sits on a $400 MILLION war chest. That's more than the budget of some entire states. While you skip coffee, billionaires are buying Congress. Tax the rich.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“I’m pissed off about gas & food prices.” “Are you regretting your vote for Trump?” “Yeah. A lot of people are.” “America’s not Great Again?” “No. They’ve run it into the ground.” (H/T @cwebbonline.com )
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sstrumello @sstrumello.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
No one will miss her disastrous lead. But will the company pick someone who can talk in a way MAGA accepts without the foolishly bad business decisions which have caused CBS news/60 Minutes ratings to plummet?
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 29/09/2026
CNN, MS NOW and Politico have asked a federal court to block President Trump’s media ban beyond the current 14-day order while legal proceedings play out.
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CNN, MS NOW and Politico ask judge to extend block on Trump’s media ban
The current 14-day order is due to expire Oct. 8, and the media outlets say the White House is preventing CNN from fulfilling its television pool duties.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
With little more than a month to go until Election Day, my job is to worry. I am paid to look around corners and see what might go wrong, not simply to assume that everything will go right. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/just...
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Justice Jackson found a bright side. I am not sure I see one.
When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the Trump administration can resume using its voter suppression database to help Republicans remove voters from the rolls, I called it what it is: a te...
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026
Trump: Sleepy Joe Biden, have you heard of him? *a few moments later* Trump: 😴😴😴
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Daaaang www.pressherald.com/2026/09/27/i...
Portland Press Herald Editorial Board headline:

It’s Maine’s turn to be concerned about Susan Collins | Editorial
The senator’s complacent response to open allegations of bribery sends voters a very clear and disrespectful message.
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Cory Laran @corylaran.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Think hard on this when you vote on Tuesday 3 November.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Pope can’t resist his pizza.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Senile Satan is completely passed out again in the Oval Office. I don’t care. The part that bothers me is that he keeps waking up.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When they get back in power, Democrats need to go all-in on higher education. We need a campaign of reinvestment in public universities across the country that makes the Morrill Land-Grant Act look like nothing by comparison *and* a GI Bill of Rights-style program of tuition grants.
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 28/09/2026
"It turns out that Americans believe in religious freedom, diversity, and democracy, not racist theocracy."
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A Defining Moment of Religious Pluralism
🚨 36 Days to the Midterms 🚨
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 24/09/2026
Filmmaker Alex Gibney has shared the first trailer for 'Musk,' a two-part, four-hour deep dive into Elon Musk that Rolling Stone called “a nonfiction horror movie” following its film festival debut earlier this month. Watch ↓
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Elon Musk Is in the Business of Selling Dreams in Trailer for New Doc
Filmmaker Alex Gibney has shared the first trailer for 'Musk,' a two-part, four-hour deep dive into Elon Musk.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
PLEASE SHARE
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Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street
YouTube video by Musk
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Rick Marshall @rickmarshall.com · 28/09/2026
Trailer embedded below.
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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 27/09/2026
Donald Trump’s advisers have been working for months to move his focus away from baseless theories of election fraud—but a group of outsiders is making that difficult, @yvonnewingett.bsky.social and @michaelscherer.bsky.social report. theatln.tc/7fahTHBU
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sstrumello @sstrumello.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
However, commoditized molecules are expected by payers to be inexpensive, and that represents a deep and potentially unresolvable conflict.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 26/09/2026
Bypassing media gatekeepers can give new voices a chance to be heard, but “Trump TV” shows how the equation changes when the powerful do it to control their message and avoid scrutiny. (via Bloomberg Opinion)
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‘Trump TV’ Upends the Media Gatekeepers Debate
Donald Trump didn’t like the news he was seeing, so he decided to create his own. In that endeavor, he joins plenty of others who have capitalized on an evolving media environment to bypass traditional gatekeepers and distribute unfiltered content.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 26/09/2026
Donald Trump Jr. thanked a Russian businessman for “an extraordinarily generous” wedding gift—but current and former intelligence officials see an effort by the Kremlin to influence people in the president’s orbit, @shaneharris.bsky.social reports. theatln.tc/jOBKRCFF
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 26/09/2026
Donald Trump’s extravagant spending could threaten the global economy and destroy trust in the dollar—and Republicans are enabling this, @davidfrum.bsky.social argues.
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Blame Trump for Rising Borrowing Costs
Lenders don’t trust the United States anymore.
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Netanyahu is a disaster www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/w...
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Netanyahu Said to Have Been Warned by Emirati Leader About Hamas Attack Before Oct. 7
The warning from the leader of the United Arab Emirates, which lacked specific details about the nature of an attack, never reached the chiefs of Israel’s security establishment, Israeli officials sai...
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Anthony Man @browardpolitics.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Not everyone buys Florida state Rep. Hillary Cassel's explanation for switching from Democratic to Republican. That’s OK, Cassel said. If she loses, “I am very much at peace with that.”
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USA TODAY @usatoday.com · 26/09/2026
Why 2027 Medicare surcharges may be harder to predict
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Why 2027 Medicare surcharges may be harder to predict
Medicare surcharges depend on income from 2 years ago and thresholds on inflation. Why 2027 forecasts are tricky but you can still plan around them.
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JoeMyGod @joemygod.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Rep. Max Miller Subpoenas GOP Sen. Bernie Moreno - Joe.My.God.
Politico reports: Rep. Max Miller issued a subpoena to his former father-in-law and fellow Ohio Republican, Sen. Bernie Moreno, in the latest escalation of a long-running family legal drama. Pamela Ma...
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sstrumello @sstrumello.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Of note: like half the states refused to submit voter data, they were sued and the courts ruled that running elections is a state’s rights matter and the federal government was not entitled to state voter roles from states which refused.
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 25/09/2026
The USPS issued a new stamp late last month honoring 19th-century writer Sarah Orne Jewett—putting a woman whose work centered on female independence and unconventional lives, into mailboxes and collection books across the country.
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Amid Reproductive Rights Rollbacks, a New USPS Stamp Honors Sarah Orne Jewett, Who Imagined Lives for Women Beyond Marriage
The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) issued a new stamp late last month honoring 19th-century writer Sarah Orne Jewett—putting a woman whose work centered on female independence and unconventional lives, in...
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Please don't overreact to the SCOTUS SAVE database decision today Page 6 of the decision makes clear that we are in the 90 day statutory window when mass changes cannot be made to voter lists! Yeah it's a shit decision for the reasons the 3 dissenters say but we can deal with it. More to come...
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Supreme Court Allows Expansive Voter Screening Tool Ahead of Midterms (Gift Article)
Critics of the Trump administration system to monitor the citizenship status of voters had raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges.
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Nathaniel Rakich @baseballot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The Supreme Court's ruling on the SAVE database shouldn't affect the 2026 election. Under federal law, you can't systematically remove voters from the rolls within 90 days of an election.
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