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This is genuinely horrifying. Fact-free far-right agitprop given accolades by credible media across the political spectrum.
Congratulations to Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee, whose book In Covid's Wake has been recognized as:
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
December 24, 2025 at 5:00 AM
This is genuinely horrifying. Fact-free far-right agitprop given accolades by credible media across the political spectrum.
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A new analysis of international scientific collaborations suggests that US dominance in the global research ecosystem is waning.
www.chemistryworld.com/news/us-infl...
www.chemistryworld.com/news/us-infl...
US influence on international research partnerships in decline
Analysis of co-authorship data identifies trends in scientific collaboration
www.chemistryworld.com
December 24, 2025 at 11:57 AM
A new analysis of international scientific collaborations suggests that US dominance in the global research ecosystem is waning.
www.chemistryworld.com/news/us-infl...
www.chemistryworld.com/news/us-infl...
(Not) Home for Christmas www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/23/n...
(Not) Home for Christmas - emptywheel
I didn’t expect to hear my dad swear about RFK Jr.’s gross mismanagement of HHS. Instead he said something worse.
www.emptywheel.net
December 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
(Not) Home for Christmas www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/23/n...
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“Arkansas, Wisconsin, and Manitoba, Canada, have all confirmed first-time chronic wasting disease (CWD) detections in new counties or areas.” www.cidrap.umn.edu/chronic-wast...
CWD spreads to new counties or areas in 2 US states, 1 Canadian province
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 23, 2025 at 10:28 PM
“Arkansas, Wisconsin, and Manitoba, Canada, have all confirmed first-time chronic wasting disease (CWD) detections in new counties or areas.” www.cidrap.umn.edu/chronic-wast...
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Around 70% of the U.S. economy depends on consumer spending. As wealth concentrates in the richest 10%, the rest of America can’t afford to buy enough to keep the economy running.
This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.
This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.
Our Economy Is in Danger. Here’s Why
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Around 70% of the U.S. economy depends on consumer spending. As wealth concentrates in the richest 10%, the rest of America can’t afford to buy enough to keep the economy running.
This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.
This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.
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20 State AGs have sued Russell Vought for trying to starve the CFPB of funding.
Since 2011, the CFPB has returned over $20B to consumers.
Without the Bureau, financial predators and scammers will have an easier time picking your pocket.
Since 2011, the CFPB has returned over $20B to consumers.
Without the Bureau, financial predators and scammers will have an easier time picking your pocket.
December 23, 2025 at 5:45 PM
20 State AGs have sued Russell Vought for trying to starve the CFPB of funding.
Since 2011, the CFPB has returned over $20B to consumers.
Without the Bureau, financial predators and scammers will have an easier time picking your pocket.
Since 2011, the CFPB has returned over $20B to consumers.
Without the Bureau, financial predators and scammers will have an easier time picking your pocket.
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“The United States likely surpassed 2,000 measles cases this week” www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/sout...
South Carolina now has 156 measles cases, as states see highest activity in 30 years
Utah also reported six new cases.
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 23, 2025 at 10:31 PM
“The United States likely surpassed 2,000 measles cases this week” www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/sout...
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Georgia has seen 12 flu-related deaths this season, while South Carolina has recorded six deaths. www.wrdw.com/2025/12/23/c...
CSRA grapples with flu as scary strain raises concerns
Flu seems to be sweeping the CSRA, with local residents calling in sick left and right as they report severe symptoms, even though they’ve gotten a flu shot.
www.wrdw.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Georgia has seen 12 flu-related deaths this season, while South Carolina has recorded six deaths. www.wrdw.com/2025/12/23/c...
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U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
December 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
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I wrote about the conservative quest to restore the "true" Constitution, the Antebellum Constitution, shorn of the egalitarian nonsense in the Reconstruction Amendments, a document that replaces equality with a society of dominators and the dominated. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
December 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I wrote about the conservative quest to restore the "true" Constitution, the Antebellum Constitution, shorn of the egalitarian nonsense in the Reconstruction Amendments, a document that replaces equality with a society of dominators and the dominated. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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The right, along the Roberts Court, is trying to nullify the Reconstruction amendments guaranteeing equality under the law, in order to restore the Antebellum Constitution, which envisions “liberty” as an eternal aristocracy of race and class (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
December 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The right, along the Roberts Court, is trying to nullify the Reconstruction amendments guaranteeing equality under the law, in order to restore the Antebellum Constitution, which envisions “liberty” as an eternal aristocracy of race and class (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Masks will be essential: this year's flu is not one considered for this year's vaccine, and is deemed more severe than recent flu viruses. Hospitalization curve is much steeper than recent flu's.
#InfluenzaH3N2
#SubcladeK
#InfluenzaH3N2
#SubcladeK
Flu season in the US is heating up, driven by new subclade K variant | CNN
The latest data on respiratory illness in the United States shows that shoppers and merry-makers are spreading more than just holiday cheer: They’re also passing around germs. In many cases, it’s a ne...
www.cnn.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Masks will be essential: this year's flu is not one considered for this year's vaccine, and is deemed more severe than recent flu viruses. Hospitalization curve is much steeper than recent flu's.
#InfluenzaH3N2
#SubcladeK
#InfluenzaH3N2
#SubcladeK
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“FoodNet is ‘the best measure we have for whether the system is working or failing us..So the fact that they cut that first is just really dark.” www.statnews.com/2025/12/22/a...
American food safety could be headed for a breakdown
More Americans will be exposed to foodborne illness as a result of this year's funding cuts, food safety experts predict
www.statnews.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:32 AM
“FoodNet is ‘the best measure we have for whether the system is working or failing us..So the fact that they cut that first is just really dark.” www.statnews.com/2025/12/22/a...
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The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has been an outspoken critic of RFKJ's vaccine disinformation and non evidence-based vaccine recommendations.
Now they are losing millions in federal funding for mental health services, rural healthcare access, and more.
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
Now they are losing millions in federal funding for mental health services, rural healthcare access, and more.
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
US Health Department cancels millions of dollars in grants to American Academy of Pediatrics
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has canceled millions of dollars in grants awarded to the American Academy of Pediatrics, it said on Wednesday, including ones the group said were aime...
www.reuters.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has been an outspoken critic of RFKJ's vaccine disinformation and non evidence-based vaccine recommendations.
Now they are losing millions in federal funding for mental health services, rural healthcare access, and more.
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
Now they are losing millions in federal funding for mental health services, rural healthcare access, and more.
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
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The destruction of the enterprise of US academic science has been one of the most confounding aspects of a hugely confounding year. My @statnews.com colleagues are writing about the consequences for individuals & the country.
You want to read this series.
www.statnews.com/american-sci...
You want to read this series.
www.statnews.com/american-sci...
American Science, Shattered
An eight-decade partnership between universities and the federal government made U.S. science preeminent. It took Trump less than a year to shred that
www.statnews.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The destruction of the enterprise of US academic science has been one of the most confounding aspects of a hugely confounding year. My @statnews.com colleagues are writing about the consequences for individuals & the country.
You want to read this series.
www.statnews.com/american-sci...
You want to read this series.
www.statnews.com/american-sci...
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1. Like everyone else in the biodefense community, I've been watching H5N1 like a hawk since long before SARS-CoV-2 emerged. H5N1 could easily undergo reassortment with another influenza strain to create a reassortant virus with a significant CFR and efficient human transmission.
December 13, 2025 at 12:34 PM
1. Like everyone else in the biodefense community, I've been watching H5N1 like a hawk since long before SARS-CoV-2 emerged. H5N1 could easily undergo reassortment with another influenza strain to create a reassortant virus with a significant CFR and efficient human transmission.
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An entire room full of powerful old white people smiling and laughing as the president dehumanizes black immigrants and the first black president.
Just fucking pathetic.
Just fucking pathetic.
Trump, continued: "What the Somalian people have done to Minnesota is not even believable. It’s not even believable. And a lot of it starts with the governor. A lot of it starts with Barack HUSSEIN Obama, because that’s when people started coming in... They want to kiss our country good night."
December 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
An entire room full of powerful old white people smiling and laughing as the president dehumanizes black immigrants and the first black president.
Just fucking pathetic.
Just fucking pathetic.
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All corporate CEOs should understand: If you agree to attend an event at the White House, you are very likely to be filmed nodding appreciatively at a delusional racist rant. If you're ok with that, go. If not, you probably should stay away.
December 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
All corporate CEOs should understand: If you agree to attend an event at the White House, you are very likely to be filmed nodding appreciatively at a delusional racist rant. If you're ok with that, go. If not, you probably should stay away.
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“For 4 years, Ukraine has been fighting for the whole of Europe. NATO was created to fight one war … to save free Europe from Russian aggression. Ukraine is the only country that is fighting this war, and we are still discussing should we include them or not.”
- Garry Kasparov
- Garry Kasparov
November 29, 2025 at 3:19 AM
“For 4 years, Ukraine has been fighting for the whole of Europe. NATO was created to fight one war … to save free Europe from Russian aggression. Ukraine is the only country that is fighting this war, and we are still discussing should we include them or not.”
- Garry Kasparov
- Garry Kasparov
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“It is a sad day when FDA creates confusion and mistrust without supplying evidence, spreading propaganda that makes lifesaving vaccines harder to access and that creates additional confusion and mistrust for the public.” triblive.com/news/world/a...
A dozen former FDA leaders lambaste claims by the agency's current vaccine chief
WASHINGTON — A dozen prior leaders of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration — appointed by Republicans and Democrats alike — issued a scathing denunciation of new FDA assertions cast...
triblive.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:26 PM
“It is a sad day when FDA creates confusion and mistrust without supplying evidence, spreading propaganda that makes lifesaving vaccines harder to access and that creates additional confusion and mistrust for the public.” triblive.com/news/world/a...
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“We now seem to have entered a dangerous new phase in Secretary Kennedy's campaign to shut down scientific expertise, silence the best available evidence, and replace it with his own personal agenda,”
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CDC’s vaccine advisers meet to question long-used vaccines — NPR
Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control Prevention will scrutinize the childhood vaccine schedule and may start to upend it.
apple.news
December 4, 2025 at 12:33 PM
“We now seem to have entered a dangerous new phase in Secretary Kennedy's campaign to shut down scientific expertise, silence the best available evidence, and replace it with his own personal agenda,”
apple.news/AXvBQjJN9S3-...
apple.news/AXvBQjJN9S3-...
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Top FDA drug regulator raises alarms about expediting approvals
Richard Pazdur, who assumed his new role this month, has warned that new Trump administration initiatives could be illegal and pose a risk to public health.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Richard Pazdur, who assumed his new role this month, has warned that new Trump administration initiatives could be illegal and pose a risk to public health.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Top FDA drug regulator raises alarms about expediting approvals
Richard Pazdur, who assumed his new role this month, has warned that new Trump administration initiatives could be illegal and pose a risk to public health.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Top FDA drug regulator raises alarms about expediting approvals
Richard Pazdur, who assumed his new role this month, has warned that new Trump administration initiatives could be illegal and pose a risk to public health.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Richard Pazdur, who assumed his new role this month, has warned that new Trump administration initiatives could be illegal and pose a risk to public health.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Corn’s clean-energy promise is clashing with its climate footprint minnesotareformer.com/2025/12/03/c...
Corn’s clean-energy promise is clashing with its climate footprint • Minnesota Reformer
Since 2000, U.S. corn production has surged almost 50%, further adding to the crop’s climate impact.
minnesotareformer.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Corn’s clean-energy promise is clashing with its climate footprint minnesotareformer.com/2025/12/03/c...