John P Dougherty (JD)
@jdcshaverford.bsky.social
CS Pf @Haverford College, Rotary, ♿ a11y, dad*5, hubby*2 (sequentially), "Mr. Beth", 🎸 🎶 🎥 & Philly Sports (hey, I took both photos!)
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Article 1 Section 9 would like a word
In a nationwide address that major US TV networks are carrying live, President Trump announces 1,450,000 military members will receive a "warrior dividend" of $1776 before Christmas.
December 18, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Article 1 Section 9 would like a word
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It’s a rhetorical mistake for Trump to throw so many numbers at people. It’s encouraging to see him screw up that way.
December 18, 2025 at 2:16 AM
It’s a rhetorical mistake for Trump to throw so many numbers at people. It’s encouraging to see him screw up that way.
So, I guess something about this award as an example of unethical research will be on the next webinar that I need to attend to serve on my IRB 🤨
As far as I can tell, RFK Jr.'s latest antivax stunt runs counter to the WMA Declaration of Helsinki. Withholding HepB vaccination clearly does not meet any definition of clinical equipoise. Doing it anyway, overseas, is straight up colonialist medicine.
Details in Dr. Jacobs's thread below.
Details in Dr. Jacobs's thread below.
December 17, 2025 at 11:47 PM
So, I guess something about this award as an example of unethical research will be on the next webinar that I need to attend to serve on my IRB 🤨
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And because we need to hear from Carl at moments like this:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTaE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTaE...
December 17, 2025 at 9:18 PM
And because we need to hear from Carl at moments like this:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTaE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTaE...
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Brilliant. From @michaelharriot.bsky.social
An Official Statement On The Upcoming Mass Shooting
America is so numb to gun violence that we've created a preemptive statement to serve all your mass casualty needs.
www.contrabandcamp.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Brilliant. From @michaelharriot.bsky.social
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Trump's sociopathy is destiny. His narcissism; his lack of conscience, remorse, or empathy; his pathological lying & grandiosity; his sense of entitlement, impulsivity, and aggression; his cruelty, predatory behavior, and sadism—these are the forces that drive him
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Trump’s Inferno of Hate Is Intensifying
When a man with the president’s personality feels besieged and abandoned, he becomes more desperate and more dangerous.
www.theatlantic.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Trump's sociopathy is destiny. His narcissism; his lack of conscience, remorse, or empathy; his pathological lying & grandiosity; his sense of entitlement, impulsivity, and aggression; his cruelty, predatory behavior, and sadism—these are the forces that drive him
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Jack Smith's testimony should be open to the public.
Jack Smith is about to navigate a political and legal minefield during his testimony this morning to House Judiciary.
Jack Smith wants to tell Congress about his Trump investigations. That comes with risks.
The House Judiciary Committee will question the former special counsel behind closed doors.
www.politico.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Jack Smith's testimony should be open to the public.
"A GOP member of Congress announces that he will try ethical behavior."
ICYMI: One of the richest members of Congress says he’s chosen to longer trade individual stocks. Comes as momentum to ban lawmakers from trading stocks gains steam.
In @notus.com: www.notus.org/money/jeffer...
In @notus.com: www.notus.org/money/jeffer...
An Ultra-Wealthy Republican Congressman Will No Longer Trade Individual Stocks
The decision by Rep. Jefferson Shreve of Indiana comes as Congress is considering a stock-ban bill for lawmakers.
www.notus.org
December 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
"A GOP member of Congress announces that he will try ethical behavior."
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Friends!!! You know how obsessed I have become with Common Sense.
Tom Paine published that pamphlet 250 years ago this January. I published an essay about it TODAY, in the New York Times. Common Sense remains relevant as ever.
I hope you enjoy it. Gift article ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Tom Paine published that pamphlet 250 years ago this January. I published an essay about it TODAY, in the New York Times. Common Sense remains relevant as ever.
I hope you enjoy it. Gift article ⬇️⬇️⬇️
The Pamphlet That Has Roused Americans to Action for 250 Years
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Friends!!! You know how obsessed I have become with Common Sense.
Tom Paine published that pamphlet 250 years ago this January. I published an essay about it TODAY, in the New York Times. Common Sense remains relevant as ever.
I hope you enjoy it. Gift article ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Tom Paine published that pamphlet 250 years ago this January. I published an essay about it TODAY, in the New York Times. Common Sense remains relevant as ever.
I hope you enjoy it. Gift article ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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The media needs to stop writing headlines like “The CDC changes course on vaccines and autism” and “The CDC defends measles response”.
NONE of this is coming from legitimate scientists at the CDC.
ALL of it is coming from RFK Jr.
Every such headline is causing further harm to public health.
NONE of this is coming from legitimate scientists at the CDC.
ALL of it is coming from RFK Jr.
Every such headline is causing further harm to public health.
December 17, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The media needs to stop writing headlines like “The CDC changes course on vaccines and autism” and “The CDC defends measles response”.
NONE of this is coming from legitimate scientists at the CDC.
ALL of it is coming from RFK Jr.
Every such headline is causing further harm to public health.
NONE of this is coming from legitimate scientists at the CDC.
ALL of it is coming from RFK Jr.
Every such headline is causing further harm to public health.
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NEW: Here's the searing tale of one woman's struggle to feed her family after the Trump Administration imposed a man-made food crisis.
Beautifully written by Brett Murphy & @annamaria.bsky.social
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Beautifully written by Brett Murphy & @annamaria.bsky.social
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
The Summer of Starvation: Amid Trump’s Foreign Aid Cuts, a Mother Struggles to Keep Her Sons Alive
After the Trump administration cut off food from the third-largest refugee camp in the world, thousands of families faced impossible choices as their children starved.
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 12:43 PM
NEW: Here's the searing tale of one woman's struggle to feed her family after the Trump Administration imposed a man-made food crisis.
Beautifully written by Brett Murphy & @annamaria.bsky.social
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Beautifully written by Brett Murphy & @annamaria.bsky.social
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
The line for the federal government is not a joke -- That's how it really looks.
Change in employment since Trump took office, by sector. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
December 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The line for the federal government is not a joke -- That's how it really looks.
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When the Trump administration took away her family’s food this summer, Rose Natabo had to choose which of her three sons to care for — who ate and who didn’t.
This is her story... and the story of too many others.
New, @propublica.org
This is her story... and the story of too many others.
New, @propublica.org
The Summer of Starvation: Amid Trump’s Foreign Aid Cuts, a Mother Struggles to Keep Her Sons Alive
After the Trump administration cut off food from the third-largest refugee camp in the world, thousands of families faced impossible choices as their children starved.
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 1:58 PM
When the Trump administration took away her family’s food this summer, Rose Natabo had to choose which of her three sons to care for — who ate and who didn’t.
This is her story... and the story of too many others.
New, @propublica.org
This is her story... and the story of too many others.
New, @propublica.org
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NEW: A Utah plastic surgeon was on trial for falsifying COVID-19 vaccine cards. Then Pam Bondi stepped in.
Bondi’s dismissal of the case signals the increasing clout of “medical freedom” activists and vaccine skeptics under the leadership of RFK Jr.
With @sltrib.com
Bondi’s dismissal of the case signals the increasing clout of “medical freedom” activists and vaccine skeptics under the leadership of RFK Jr.
With @sltrib.com
Pam Bondi Dismissed Charges Against a Surgeon Who Falsified Vaccine Cards. It Emboldened Others With Similar Cases.
A Utah surgeon’s victory in a vaccine fraud case has encouraged other “medical freedom” advocates to consider seeking leniency for similar charges. “This undermines every layer of the system that prot...
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
NEW: A Utah plastic surgeon was on trial for falsifying COVID-19 vaccine cards. Then Pam Bondi stepped in.
Bondi’s dismissal of the case signals the increasing clout of “medical freedom” activists and vaccine skeptics under the leadership of RFK Jr.
With @sltrib.com
Bondi’s dismissal of the case signals the increasing clout of “medical freedom” activists and vaccine skeptics under the leadership of RFK Jr.
With @sltrib.com
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A Philly school principal told The Inquirer they’re experiencing what they call “the season when we get charter kids.”
We dig into a practice that several administrators claim drives troubled students from charters to district institutions.
We dig into a practice that several administrators claim drives troubled students from charters to district institutions.
It’s an open secret that some charter schools push out kids with behavioral problems, Philly principals say
www.inquirer.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:51 PM
A Philly school principal told The Inquirer they’re experiencing what they call “the season when we get charter kids.”
We dig into a practice that several administrators claim drives troubled students from charters to district institutions.
We dig into a practice that several administrators claim drives troubled students from charters to district institutions.
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CBS News staffers might want to check into how things are going at their boss’s anti-woke “university” in Austin.
Via @ngluckman.bsky.social
www.chronicle.com/article/at-t...
Via @ngluckman.bsky.social
www.chronicle.com/article/at-t...
December 17, 2025 at 12:53 PM
CBS News staffers might want to check into how things are going at their boss’s anti-woke “university” in Austin.
Via @ngluckman.bsky.social
www.chronicle.com/article/at-t...
Via @ngluckman.bsky.social
www.chronicle.com/article/at-t...
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NEW: Without USAID funding to help buy food for refugees, the World Food Program rushed to prioritize families based on need, determining that only half the population would get food.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: Without USAID funding to help buy food for refugees, the World Food Program rushed to prioritize families based on need, determining that only half the population would get food.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
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NEW: Humanitarian officials staged a last-minute plea to Trump officials at their fancy hotel to re-start food aid $ for a huge refugee camp in Kenya.
The Trumpers blew it off and babies starved.
@annamaria.bsky.social & Brett Murphy
www.propublica.org/article/keny...
The Trumpers blew it off and babies starved.
@annamaria.bsky.social & Brett Murphy
www.propublica.org/article/keny...
December 17, 2025 at 12:36 PM
NEW: Humanitarian officials staged a last-minute plea to Trump officials at their fancy hotel to re-start food aid $ for a huge refugee camp in Kenya.
The Trumpers blew it off and babies starved.
@annamaria.bsky.social & Brett Murphy
www.propublica.org/article/keny...
The Trumpers blew it off and babies starved.
@annamaria.bsky.social & Brett Murphy
www.propublica.org/article/keny...
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Another excellent @jamellebouie.net column: We do not have a president, we have a junta (my word), unelected extremists empowered by the Supreme Court and the so-called unitary executive. Gift link.
The Man Who Rules the Country Presides Over Nothing www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/o...
The Man Who Rules the Country Presides Over Nothing www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/o...
Opinion | The Man Who Rules the Country Presides Over Nothing
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Another excellent @jamellebouie.net column: We do not have a president, we have a junta (my word), unelected extremists empowered by the Supreme Court and the so-called unitary executive. Gift link.
The Man Who Rules the Country Presides Over Nothing www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/o...
The Man Who Rules the Country Presides Over Nothing www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/o...
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Please read this piece by the National Review’s Jim Geraghty, if you never read anything else.
www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-...
www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-...
Trump’s Appalling Reiner Reaction Is a Sign of Something Deeply Wrong | National Review
Yes, we must talk about what President Trump posted on Truth Social about the brutal murders of the Reiners.
www.nationalreview.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Please read this piece by the National Review’s Jim Geraghty, if you never read anything else.
www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-...
www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-...
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“Hundreds of snow geese found dead at a Northampton County quarry are suspected to have died of bird flu, the Pennsylvania Game Commission said in a Tuesday news release.
The commission is facilitating removal, testing and disposal of the dead birds, the release states.”
Hundreds of snow geese dead at Northampton County quarry suspected victims of bird flu, game commission says
Hundreds of snow geese found dead at a Northampton County quarry are suspected to have died of bird flu, the Pennsylvania Game Commission said Tuesday.
www.mcall.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:30 PM
“Hundreds of snow geese found dead at a Northampton County quarry are suspected to have died of bird flu, the Pennsylvania Game Commission said in a Tuesday news release.
The commission is facilitating removal, testing and disposal of the dead birds, the release states.”
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Hegseth repeatedly misled the public about this strike.
The boat was headed for Suriname, not the U.S.
It wasn't carrying fentanyl.
The survivors didn't "radio for backup."
This strike was illegal, and Hegseth is trying to cover up what happened by refusing to release video.
The boat was headed for Suriname, not the U.S.
It wasn't carrying fentanyl.
The survivors didn't "radio for backup."
This strike was illegal, and Hegseth is trying to cover up what happened by refusing to release video.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday that the Pentagon will not publicly release unedited video of a strike that killed two survivors of an initial attack on a boat allegedly carrying cocaine in the Caribbean. https://to.pbs.org/4pZJb8p
Hegseth says he won't publicly release video of boat strike that killed survivors in the Caribbean
Hegseth said that members of the House and Senate Armed Services Committee would have an opportunity this week to review the video, but did not say whether all members of Congress would be allowed to ...
to.pbs.org
December 16, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Hegseth repeatedly misled the public about this strike.
The boat was headed for Suriname, not the U.S.
It wasn't carrying fentanyl.
The survivors didn't "radio for backup."
This strike was illegal, and Hegseth is trying to cover up what happened by refusing to release video.
The boat was headed for Suriname, not the U.S.
It wasn't carrying fentanyl.
The survivors didn't "radio for backup."
This strike was illegal, and Hegseth is trying to cover up what happened by refusing to release video.
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Oof.
@governor.ca.gov's press office has a website dedicated to Trump and all his criminals.
www.gov.ca.gov/2025/12/16/t...
@governor.ca.gov's press office has a website dedicated to Trump and all his criminals.
www.gov.ca.gov/2025/12/16/t...
December 16, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Oof.
@governor.ca.gov's press office has a website dedicated to Trump and all his criminals.
www.gov.ca.gov/2025/12/16/t...
@governor.ca.gov's press office has a website dedicated to Trump and all his criminals.
www.gov.ca.gov/2025/12/16/t...
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Introducing ProPublica Narrated: Our best long-form investigations, read out loud.
Our first story is an epic reading of a 5-part investigation, produced with Theater of War: Why are the people of Albany, Georgia, so sick in a town dominated by its sole hospital?
Our first story is an epic reading of a 5-part investigation, produced with Theater of War: Why are the people of Albany, Georgia, so sick in a town dominated by its sole hospital?
ProPublica Narrated
Podcast · ProPublica · ProPublica’s best long-form investigations, narrated. ProPublica is an independent, nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism with moral force. We dig deep into…
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December 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Introducing ProPublica Narrated: Our best long-form investigations, read out loud.
Our first story is an epic reading of a 5-part investigation, produced with Theater of War: Why are the people of Albany, Georgia, so sick in a town dominated by its sole hospital?
Our first story is an epic reading of a 5-part investigation, produced with Theater of War: Why are the people of Albany, Georgia, so sick in a town dominated by its sole hospital?