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Logan Pirkl
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University of Minnesota - COP Alumni | PGY-1 Hennepin Healthcare | Emergency Medicine Clinical Pharmacist | Husband, Father, and Lifelong Learner. #SkyRx #MedRx #FOAMED
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jeisinger.bsky.social
NEW: One of the most significant accomplishments of the Trump Admin: Decimating the US's humanitarian aid.

We went to S. Sudan to see the effects.

Rubio says no one has died from the cuts.

Spoiler: That's not true.

@annamaria.bsky.social & Brett Murphy:

www.propublica.org/article/usai...
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...
www.propublica.org
December 15, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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minakimes.bsky.social
Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
Becoming a U.S. citizen takes years and involves immigrants acquiring a green card, extensive interviews, background checks, classes and a citizenship test. The naturalization ceremony is the final step to the process, where the oath of allegiance and a citizenship certificate are granted. Immigrants approved to be naturalized went to Faneuil Hall Thursday - known as the country's cradle of liberty - for that long-awaited moment to pledge allegiance to the United States. But instead, as they lined up, some were told by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officials that they couldn't proceed due to their countries of origin.
December 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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‘We are here’: In St. Cloud, Somali community pushes back against Trump’s ‘garbage’ comments
More than 100 people gathered in St. Cloud on Wednesday for an event aimed at showing unity and solidarity. Somali residents and other community members said they felt compelled to speak out against w...
www.mprnews.org
December 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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washingtonpost.com
Breaking news: The Pentagon’s top watchdog found that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated security protocols meant to protect U.S. troops by using a personal device to share sensitive operational details on the messaging app Signal.
Watchdog finds Hegseth violated Pentagon protocol in ‘Signalgate’ affair
The Defense Department inspector general finds Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated Pentagon protocol in use of Signal to share highly sensitive U.S. attack plans, according to officials who have s...
wapo.st
December 3, 2025 at 8:55 PM
loganpirkl.bsky.social
Just a giant POS human being
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13d
Trump on Minnesota's Somali community: "They contribute nothing. I don't want them in our country, I'll be honest with you."
December 3, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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jakescottmd.bsky.social
It's very concerning that the ACIP may vote to delay hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccines for children, as reported by
@reuters.com

Here's why. 🧵
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
December 2, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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helenbranswell.bsky.social
The science surrounding giving babies their 1st dose of #hepatitisB vaccine at birth is clear. The practice is safe and saves lives, a report released before this week’s #ACIP meeting shows. The committee has mused about delaying the birth dose. www.statnews.com/2025/12/02/c...
Expert review finds delaying the hepatitis B vaccine birth dose would increase chronic infections in kids
Delaying the timing of vaccinating infants against hepatitis B — which ACIP could vote on later this week — would likely lead to more chronic infections in kids.
www.statnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
I'm shocked /s
Family Affair: Commerce Secretary’s Sons Cash In on A.I. Frenzy
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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idsainfo.bsky.social
Decades of rigorous and scientifically sound research have proven that vaccines do not cause autism. CDC’s decision to change language on its website reversing that finding is reckless & harmful.

Our statement w/ @hivma.bsky.social, APIC, @sheaepi.bsky.social & @sidpharm.bsky.social: bit.ly/3XEc0KH
November 21, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/o...
Opinion | I Am a Drug Historian. Trump Is Wrong About Fentanyl in Almost Every Way.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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melissa-sanchez.bsky.social
You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.

We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.

www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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ericumansky.bsky.social
Yesterday, Stephen Miller questioned details re 170+ Americans detained by immigration agents.

“Abject lies,” he wrote.

Here’s the thing: We tracked, catalogued, and compiled every one of those 170+ cases.

Because...we do our homework.

propub.li/4o2eeiL
StephenMiller calling description of our story "abject lies."
October 22, 2025 at 12:50 AM
loganpirkl.bsky.social
WTH is this? Is this public health in the U.S. now? The president just spewing non-sense on social media?

Thank God #MAHA is prioritizing "Gold standard science".

Also when did the Tylenol in pregnancy hysteria extend to children?
September 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
MONDAY: US throws Argentina a financial life raft

TUESDAY: Argentina doubles soybean sales to China, “further pricing out” American farmers.

@axios.com
www.axios.com/newsletters/...
September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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davidcorn.bsky.social
This ought to be engraved somewhere.
September 23, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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emswami.bsky.social
Time to Ditch Andexanet Alfa?
-ANNEXA-1: No mortality benefit, incr VTE
-Real world data: Rech 2025 (PMID:40700941) no improved outcomes, 9% incr VTE w/ andexanet alfa (NNH = 11)

Mounting evidence that andexanet offers no benefit while increasing complications

youtube.com/shorts/7DGcv...
#EMIMCC
Andexanet Alfa + Thrombembolism #emergencymedicine #criticalcare
YouTube video by EMSwami
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September 17, 2025 at 1:38 PM
loganpirkl.bsky.social
Um...what?
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 13
Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
September 14, 2025 at 11:58 AM
loganpirkl.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
You Really Need to See Epstein’s Birthday Book for Yourself
This time, the conspiracy theorists were right.
www.theatlantic.com
September 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
NY MAG: “Those who resigned in protest over Gaza say its enablers are rewriting history… 15 Biden officials who resigned on the architects of the disastrous policy…”
nymag.com/intelligence...
September 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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fastlerner.bsky.social
a heartbreaking - gutting - overview of the scientists we have lost so far under this administration by my colleagues @bxroberts.org @anniewaldman.bsky.social and @pratheekrebala.bsky.social

projects.propublica.org/federal-heal...
Gutted: How Deeply Trump Has Cut Federal Health Agencies
More than 20,500 workers have left or been pushed out of federal health agencies, a ProPublica analysis found. Staffers say the cuts will leave their agencies less equipped to conduct studies, perform...
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August 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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altspaceforce.altgov.info
Vital thread about the terrorist attack on CDC 👇
skiles.blue John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · Aug 17
A terrorist targeted federal workers last week. There wasn’t much reporting on it. But I’m not finished thinking about it! 🧵

An anti-vaxxer fired more than 500 gunshots into CDC Atlanta, shattering 150 “blast-proof” windows on 6 buildings. Employees were pinned down in terror.
August 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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kyivindependent.com
Sickening. Shameful. And in the end, useless.

Those were the words that came to mind when we watched the Alaska Summit unfold.
Editorial: That meeting was sickening. Putin loved it
Sickening. Shameful. And in the end, useless. Those were the words that came to mind when we watched the Alaska Summit unfold. On our screens, a blood-soaked dictator and war criminal received a roy...
kyivindependent.com
August 16, 2025 at 4:32 AM
loganpirkl.bsky.social
'Early mover' in Feeding Our Future scam sentenced to 28 years www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...
'Early mover' in Feeding Our Future scam sentenced to 28 years
The Minnesota U.S. Attorney’s Office says Abdiaziz Farah played an important role in a conspiracy to fleece taxpayer-funded child nutrition programs out of hundreds of millions of dollars during the p...
www.mprnews.org
August 7, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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jenna-m-norton.bsky.social
Jay Bhattacharya says that Program Officers made up banned words lists at NIH.

This is a real email I got at NIH. (Granted, before Jay started.) But nothing has changed since he joined.

I refused to censor the summary, so it remains unposted. And I have tried since Jay arrived.
Email from an nih.gov email address addressed to Jenna Norton saying they are removing the KICC meeting summary due to “unauthorized language” including “health equity” and “racial/ethnic”
August 6, 2025 at 6:50 PM