Halli Thorst
@hallithorst.bsky.social
Ex radio guy and journo. In Iceland.
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Who Is: Vinay Prasad
A thread about how the FDA’s head of biologics became its biggest internal threat. Vinay Prasad, director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, is known not for effective leadership, but for quietly dismantling the scientific systems he was chosen to protect.
A thread about how the FDA’s head of biologics became its biggest internal threat. Vinay Prasad, director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, is known not for effective leadership, but for quietly dismantling the scientific systems he was chosen to protect.
December 16, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Who Is: Vinay Prasad
A thread about how the FDA’s head of biologics became its biggest internal threat. Vinay Prasad, director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, is known not for effective leadership, but for quietly dismantling the scientific systems he was chosen to protect.
A thread about how the FDA’s head of biologics became its biggest internal threat. Vinay Prasad, director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, is known not for effective leadership, but for quietly dismantling the scientific systems he was chosen to protect.
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December 8, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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This will be remembered as the most pathetic moment in American history. What a needy fool.
December 7, 2025 at 1:09 AM
This will be remembered as the most pathetic moment in American history. What a needy fool.
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A startup backed by Donald Trump Jr.'s venture capital firm just got a $620M loan from the DoD, months after the Pentagon gave a major drone contract to ANOTHER Trump Jr.-backed company.
This is what kleptocracy looks like. https://popular.info/p/update-trump-jr-backed-startup-receives
This is what kleptocracy looks like. https://popular.info/p/update-trump-jr-backed-startup-receives
UPDATE: Trump Jr.-backed startup receives $620 million Pentagon loan
In October, Popular Information reported that the Pentagon awarded a contract to Unusual Machines, an obscure drone comp
popular.info
December 5, 2025 at 12:22 AM
A startup backed by Donald Trump Jr.'s venture capital firm just got a $620M loan from the DoD, months after the Pentagon gave a major drone contract to ANOTHER Trump Jr.-backed company.
This is what kleptocracy looks like. https://popular.info/p/update-trump-jr-backed-startup-receives
This is what kleptocracy looks like. https://popular.info/p/update-trump-jr-backed-startup-receives
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⚠️BIG NEWS⚠️
At the press conference for the DC pipe bomber arrest, Kash ‘Googly Eyes’ Patel 😳 says “when you attack our nation’s capitol, you attack the very being of our way of life”.
What happened to “we love you, you’re very special”?
At the press conference for the DC pipe bomber arrest, Kash ‘Googly Eyes’ Patel 😳 says “when you attack our nation’s capitol, you attack the very being of our way of life”.
What happened to “we love you, you’re very special”?
December 4, 2025 at 8:12 PM
⚠️BIG NEWS⚠️
At the press conference for the DC pipe bomber arrest, Kash ‘Googly Eyes’ Patel 😳 says “when you attack our nation’s capitol, you attack the very being of our way of life”.
What happened to “we love you, you’re very special”?
At the press conference for the DC pipe bomber arrest, Kash ‘Googly Eyes’ Patel 😳 says “when you attack our nation’s capitol, you attack the very being of our way of life”.
What happened to “we love you, you’re very special”?
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Outstanding reporting today from the New Media at the Pentagon.
December 4, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Outstanding reporting today from the New Media at the Pentagon.
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GEORGE WILL: “.. The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself.”
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December 2, 2025 at 11:13 PM
GEORGE WILL: “.. The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself.”
@postopinions.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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CARTOON OF THE DAY 🇺🇸
November 25, 2025 at 8:53 PM
CARTOON OF THE DAY 🇺🇸
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Ukraine could have surrendered in 2014. But we didn’t.
Ukraine could have surrendered in 2022. But we didn’t.
And we could surrender now. But we will not.
We. Are. Ukrainians. We will not surrender.
Ukraine could have surrendered in 2022. But we didn’t.
And we could surrender now. But we will not.
We. Are. Ukrainians. We will not surrender.
November 22, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Ukraine could have surrendered in 2014. But we didn’t.
Ukraine could have surrendered in 2022. But we didn’t.
And we could surrender now. But we will not.
We. Are. Ukrainians. We will not surrender.
Ukraine could have surrendered in 2022. But we didn’t.
And we could surrender now. But we will not.
We. Are. Ukrainians. We will not surrender.
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The 28-point wishlist from the kremlin is sucking oxygen out of every newsroom.
Meanwhile, we have 11 years of evidence that russia doesn’t want peace in Ukraine, it wants #Ukraine in pieces
Hot off the press nypost.com/2025/11/22/o...
Meanwhile, we have 11 years of evidence that russia doesn’t want peace in Ukraine, it wants #Ukraine in pieces
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The Ukraine ‘peace plan’ distracts from the real issue: why Russia’s desperate to keep fighting
Say what you will about President Trump’s methods, but his wish to end Russia’s war is genuine. The problem is Moscow doesn’t want peace in Ukraine, it wants Ukraine in pieces. A panicking Vladimir…
nypost.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:59 AM
The 28-point wishlist from the kremlin is sucking oxygen out of every newsroom.
Meanwhile, we have 11 years of evidence that russia doesn’t want peace in Ukraine, it wants #Ukraine in pieces
Hot off the press nypost.com/2025/11/22/o...
Meanwhile, we have 11 years of evidence that russia doesn’t want peace in Ukraine, it wants #Ukraine in pieces
Hot off the press nypost.com/2025/11/22/o...
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In Major Breakthrough, U.N. Security Council Adopts U.S. Peace Plan for Gaza.
Russia and China abstained. The vote provides a legal mandate for how to move past the cease-fire to rebuild the war-ravaged enclave after two years of war.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/w...
Russia and China abstained. The vote provides a legal mandate for how to move past the cease-fire to rebuild the war-ravaged enclave after two years of war.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/w...
In Major Breakthrough, U.N. Security Council Adopts U.S. Peace Plan for Gaza
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:15 AM
In Major Breakthrough, U.N. Security Council Adopts U.S. Peace Plan for Gaza.
Russia and China abstained. The vote provides a legal mandate for how to move past the cease-fire to rebuild the war-ravaged enclave after two years of war.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/w...
Russia and China abstained. The vote provides a legal mandate for how to move past the cease-fire to rebuild the war-ravaged enclave after two years of war.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/w...
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BOMBSHELL: Rep. Raskin says DOJ killed SDNY’s active investigation of Epstein’s sex trafficking ring IN 2025! Instead of pursuing 20+ traffickers, Trump ordered a political hit job disguised as an investigation to block the release of the Epstein files. PSA to SDNY: Don’t do it.
November 17, 2025 at 9:47 PM
BOMBSHELL: Rep. Raskin says DOJ killed SDNY’s active investigation of Epstein’s sex trafficking ring IN 2025! Instead of pursuing 20+ traffickers, Trump ordered a political hit job disguised as an investigation to block the release of the Epstein files. PSA to SDNY: Don’t do it.
It's a back to sanity mass movement.
In Virgina D held 51 seats in the House compared to R’s 49, a slim margin. D now hold 64 seats compared to R's 36 — the best position the party has held in decades.
commonwealthtimes.org/2025/11/05/e...
In Virgina D held 51 seats in the House compared to R’s 49, a slim margin. D now hold 64 seats compared to R's 36 — the best position the party has held in decades.
commonwealthtimes.org/2025/11/05/e...
ELECTION 2025: Democrats dramatically expand control over General Assembly
Democrats flipped 13 House of Delegates seats through the statewide election on Nov. 4. The party came out of the night with an impending trifecta — only several seats shy of a supermajority.Before El...
commonwealthtimes.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:51 PM
It's a back to sanity mass movement.
In Virgina D held 51 seats in the House compared to R’s 49, a slim margin. D now hold 64 seats compared to R's 36 — the best position the party has held in decades.
commonwealthtimes.org/2025/11/05/e...
In Virgina D held 51 seats in the House compared to R’s 49, a slim margin. D now hold 64 seats compared to R's 36 — the best position the party has held in decades.
commonwealthtimes.org/2025/11/05/e...
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The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
November 3, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
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He. is. out. of. control.
October 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
He. is. out. of. control.
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They distract from truth with lies.
It's all they have, and it sells.
It's not so much those on stage that are the problem, it's the audience.
It's all they have, and it sells.
It's not so much those on stage that are the problem, it's the audience.
October 30, 2025 at 10:40 PM
They distract from truth with lies.
It's all they have, and it sells.
It's not so much those on stage that are the problem, it's the audience.
It's all they have, and it sells.
It's not so much those on stage that are the problem, it's the audience.
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Land doesn’t vote. People do. substack.com/@olivermarku...
Oliver Markus Malloy (@olivermarkusmalloy)
Most Americans are Democrats, but Republicans have been rigging the system for years to make their minority look like a majority.
substack.com
August 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Land doesn’t vote. People do. substack.com/@olivermarku...
He. is. out. of. control.
October 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
He. is. out. of. control.
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Someone else said something very similar to this the other day, but.
It really burns me that our (millennials') generation was legally terrorized for like, downloading Radiohead discographies
But we're supposed to be ok with billionaires stealing human intellectual output in its entirety bc AI
It really burns me that our (millennials') generation was legally terrorized for like, downloading Radiohead discographies
But we're supposed to be ok with billionaires stealing human intellectual output in its entirety bc AI
May 31, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Someone else said something very similar to this the other day, but.
It really burns me that our (millennials') generation was legally terrorized for like, downloading Radiohead discographies
But we're supposed to be ok with billionaires stealing human intellectual output in its entirety bc AI
It really burns me that our (millennials') generation was legally terrorized for like, downloading Radiohead discographies
But we're supposed to be ok with billionaires stealing human intellectual output in its entirety bc AI
These are the only people authorized to cover the US military now
October 15, 2025 at 9:11 PM
These are the only people authorized to cover the US military now
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