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Amanda Fanniff, PhD @amandafanniff.bsky.social · 1d

One of APA's summaries of the need for these bans: www.apa.org/topics/lgbtq...

www.apa.org

Amanda Fanniff, PhD @amandafanniff.bsky.social · 1d

If conversion therapy bans are ruled illegal, so much harm will be done
Contrast: 9th circuit said "States do not lose the power to regulate the safety of medical txs performed under the authority of a state license merely because those txs are implemented through speech rather than through scalpel"

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Ron Chusid @rchusid.bsky.social · 8d

Study in JAMA Pediatrics estimates that vaccinating pregnant women against COVID-19 prevented 7,000 hospitalizations in infants and 3,000 in pregnant women from January 2024 to May 2025.
#Medsky
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/cov...

COVID vaccines may have averted thousands of hospital stays in infants, pregnant women over 18 months

www.cidrap.umn.edu

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 15d

Let's be clear: no one should be taking medical advice from the man who told Americans to inject bleach.

To moms worried about the Tylenol they took while pregnant: you deserve better than being RFK Jr's scapegoat.

And to the autism community: you are loved exactly as you are.

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Amanda Fanniff, PhD @amandafanniff.bsky.social · 15d

@nationalacademies.org has issued a report that examines the sources, spread, & consequences of science #misinformation & presents evidence-based strategies to help mitigate its harms.

Right now, this seems more important than ever.

Register for free for in-person or virtual symposium attendance:

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine @nationalacademies.org · 19d

A recent National Academies report examines the nature, scope, and impact of science #misinformation and how best to address it.

Join leaders across domains in discussing key insights and recommendations from the report at our September 25 symposium: buff.ly/vB5Ntcj

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 16d

In December 2023, Special Counsel Jack Smith asked SCOTUS to grant cert before judgement to hear Trump’s immunity appeal.

The court rejected that request and didn’t issue its immunity decision until July 2024.

Trump’s federal cases never made it to trial before the November 2024 election.

Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 16d

Certiorari "before judgment" is how #SCOTUS takes up a full appeal *before* the intermediate federal courts have heard it.

It used to be exceedingly rare. For instance, there wasn't a *single* grant of such expedited review b/w August 2004 & February 2019.

This is the *23rd* such grant since then.

Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 16d

#BREAKING: Over dissents from Justices Sotomayor, Kagan & Jackson, #SCOTUS grants a stay in the Slaughter case (allowing President Trump to remove the last Dem member of the FTC), *and* grants certiorari "before judgment" to decide whether to formally overrule its 1935 ruling in Humphrey's Executor.

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Amanda Fanniff, PhD @amandafanniff.bsky.social · 16d

We must continue to follow the science, despite the administration sharing misinformation. Acetaminophen is safe during pregnancy.
#defendscience
#StandUpForScience
#ScienceNotSilence
#EvidenceBasedPractice

ACOG @acog.org · 16d

ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59

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Amanda Fanniff, PhD @amandafanniff.bsky.social · 16d

Kagan: "Our emergency docket should never be used, as it has been this year, to permit what our own precedent bars. Still more, it should not be used, as it has been, to transfer government authority from Congress to the President, and thus to reshape the Nation's separation of powers."

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 16d

In dissent as to the stay, Justice Kagan — joined by Justices Sotomayor and Jackson — lays out the lawlessness of the majority plainly.

"Our emergency docket should never be used, as it has been this year, to permit what our own precedent bars."

Order/dissent: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

I dissented from the majority's prior stay orders, and today do so again. Under existing law, what Congress said goes-as this Court unanimously decided nearly a century ago. In Humphrey's Executor v. United States, 295 U.S. 602 (1935), we rejected a claim of presidential prerogative identical to the one made in this case. (Indeed, the suit emerged from a discharge at the very same agency.) Con-gress, we held, may restrict the President's power to remove members of the FTC, as well as other agencies performing
"quasi-legislative or quasi-judicial" functions, without violating the Constitution. Id., at 629. So the President can-not, as he concededly did here, fire an FTC Commissioner without any reason. To reach a different result requires reversing the rule stated in Humphrey's: It entails overriding

rather than accepting Congress's judgment about agency design. The majority may be raring to take that action, as its grant of certiorari before judgment suggests. But until the deed is done, Humphrey's controls, and prevents the majority from giving the President the unlimited removal power Congress denied him. Because the majority's stay does just that, I respectfully dissent. Our emergency docket should never be used, as it has been this year, to permit what our own precedent bars. Still more, it should not be used, as it also has been, to transfer government authority from Congress to the President, and thus to reshape the Nation's separation of powers.

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 16d

#BREAKING: Over dissents from Justices Sotomayor, Kagan & Jackson, #SCOTUS grants a stay in the Slaughter case (allowing President Trump to remove the last Dem member of the FTC), *and* grants certiorari "before judgment" to decide whether to formally overrule its 1935 ruling in Humphrey's Executor.

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Matt Motta @mattmotta.bsky.social · 16d

The president's recommendations could put children in harm's way.

Even if clinical guidance does not change, pregnant people risk hurting themselves and their children when they run fevers and do not treat them.

This is a completely avoidable & self-inflicted public health crisis in the making.

PolitiFact @politifact.bsky.social · 16d

At a Monday press conference, President Donald Trump issued a warning: “Don’t take Tylenol if you’re pregnant.”

Doctors say it’s safe to use acetaminophen, the main ingredient in Tylenol, to reduce fever and pain during pregnancy. 🧵https://buff.ly/YY9G6hW

5 things to know about autism and Tylenol during pregnancy

During pregnancy, acetaminophen — the main ingredient in Tylenol — is generally considered a safe painkiller and fever reducer. Research hasn’t shown that it causes autism.

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 16d

These findings in the new Washington Post poll jump off the page: Trump is underwater by 19 points on his handling of the economy (40/59) and underwater by 30 points on his handling of tariffs.

By contrast, the same poll found him at +14 net approval on the economy in Oct. 2020.

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 18d

Border Czar Tom Homan was caught by the FBI accepting bribes - on camera - to deliver government contracts in exchange for $50,000 in cash.

Pam Bondi knew.

Kash Patel knew.

Emil Bove knew.

And they made the investigation go away.

A corrupt attempt to conceal brazen graft.

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Sasha Costanza-Chock @schock.cc · 19d

Ok my cis friends, we are going to need a lot of you to step the fuck up and fight hard for us

www.them.us/story/trump-...

FBI to Categorize Trans People As "Nihilistic Violent Extremist" Threat Group, Report Says

The choice is being championed by the Heritage Foundation, which is behind Project 2025.

www.them.us

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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 19d

The ABC10 news station in Sacramento was shot at today, with at least three rounds making it through the front window and into the lobby. No one injured, no clear motive; still, chilling:

ABC10 station struck by gunfire Friday afternoon

Shots were fired from outside the building into the lobby. Nobody was hurt.

www.abc10.com

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 20d

Comedians are far quieter today than I would have hoped.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 19d

A man caged by ICE was found dead in his cell inside a Long Island jail 18 hours after arriving there.

Sources: ICE detainee dies at Nassau County jail; investigation underway

The man was being held under a partnership between Nassau County and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), under which the county provides 50 jail cells for immigration detainees and receive...

longisland.news12.com

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Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 19d

162,000 doctors strong: The American College of Physicians demands RFK Jr. be removed as HHS Secretary, warning he is undermining vaccines, science, and public health.

www.acponline.org/acp-newsroom...
#BlueSky #MedSky #NewsSky #NurseSky #SciSky

American College of Physicians Calls for Removal of Secretary Kennedy at HHS | ACP Online

Statement attributable to:Jason M. Goldman, MD, MACPPresident, American College of Physicians

www.acponline.org

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 19d

Colleges and universities save lives, build futures, and power our economy. Our campaign with @AAUP.org is to strengthen higher education for everyone, regardless of ideology, because #HigherEdBenefitsEveryone. spectrumnews1.com/wi/milwaukee...

Advocates push lawmakers on Capitol Hill to protect higher education

The American Federation of Teachers and American Association of University Professors launched a campaign and lobbied on Capitol Hill Thursday.

spectrumnews1.com

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Amanda Fanniff, PhD @amandafanniff.bsky.social · 19d

I don’t understand why this is not getting more attention. The Trump administration is killing people with no legal basis.

Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 19d

This appears to be the 3rd lethal US strike in the Caribbean.

Once again, the specific "terrorist" entity targeted is not identified.

No legal justification is offered for this premeditated killing.

President Trump is asserting a license to kill outside of the law. 1/n

On my Orders, the Secretary of War ordered a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization conducting narcotrafficking in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking illicit narcotics, and was transiting along a known narcotrafficking passage enroute to poison Americans. The strike killed 3 male narcoterrorists aboard the vessel, which was in international waters. No U.S. Forces were harmed in this strike. STOP SELLING FENTANYL, NARCOTICS, AND ILLEGAL DRUGS IN AMERICA, AND COMMITTING VIOLENCE AND TERRORISM AGAINST AMERICANS!!!

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 19d

Breaking: A CDC advisory panel filled with RFK Jr.'s handpicked vaccine skeptics just unanimously recommended limiting the COVID shot to people 65 and older or those with underlying health conditions, based on a decision individually or with their doctor.

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Amanda Fanniff, PhD @amandafanniff.bsky.social · 20d

From the letter's demands:
1-Defend healthcare, science, safety, & public health
2-Stop the lawless impoundment of congressionally appropriated funds
3-Protect the federal workforce needed to carry out our agency missions from unlawful purges, retaliation, & reorganizations
4-Protect civil liberties

Rachael Sirianni, PhD @docsirianni.bsky.social · 20d

Sitting, frustrated, tired of it all, want to take action? Sign the letter below. This letter is huge. Make it go far!

Rosa Lafer-Sousa @rosalafersousa.bsky.social · 20d

🇺🇸 Fed workers across the government are issuing a challenge to Congress: "We call on you to pass nothing less than a fighting CR: a funding bill that not only keeps the lights on, but that also includes statutory protections to rein in executive lawlessness."

✍️ Sign the letter. Spread the word 🔥

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20d

Luckily, Sinclair has a helpful database of all their stations, so you can see if they're operating in your area and respond accordingly.

sbgi.net/tv-stations/

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 20d

Trump’s allies now control X, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, & TikTok.

They own Fox News, CBS, WaPo, WSJ & NY Post.

They own Sinclair Broadcasting which has 200 tv stations and local news in 100 markets.

“Freedom of speech” is now what Trump and his billionaire pals say it is.

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Amanda Fanniff, PhD @amandafanniff.bsky.social · 20d

@wkamaubell.bsky.social warns that folks who fall between celebrities being targeted & immigrants being illegally detained are encouraged to tell ourselves "it will be fine"

When anyone is silenced, we can all be silenced
When anyone doesn't get due process, we can all be detained w/o due process

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 20d

“It’s weird to think of Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert as the canaries in the coal mine,” the comedian @wkamaubell.bsky.social tells @jemelehill.bsky.social. “But if they’re telling us, ‘We’re not afraid of rich white men,’ what can the rest of us do?”⁠
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Watch more: bit.ly/46a5DUE #TAF25

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Andrew Pavia @andrewpaviamd.bsky.social · 20d

As Dr. Monarez made clear from her testimony, these votes were essentially pre-determined by RFK Jr and his careful selection of like-minded supporters to staff ACIP. He asked her to guarantee in advance she would approve the votes, no matter the science.

Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 20d

Another ACIP meeting, another opportunity to stamp out vaccination and sicken and kill American kids
open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...

Cross the MMRV and HBV Vaccines Off the Schedule

Anti-vax ACIP kicks off another two day assault on disease and death prevention

open.substack.com

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