@jlewisphd.bsky.social
Scientist 🧪, Musician, Environmentalist (before it was fashionable), Impassioned Citizen
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214 Democrats signed a discharge petition to force an up-or-down vote on extending Affordable Care Act tax credits to make sure tens of millions of Americans don't experience skyrocketing health insurance premiums. They just need FOUR House Republicans to join them.
☎️ Call YOUR rep at 202-224-3121.
☎️ Call YOUR rep at 202-224-3121.
December 16, 2025 at 1:39 AM
214 Democrats signed a discharge petition to force an up-or-down vote on extending Affordable Care Act tax credits to make sure tens of millions of Americans don't experience skyrocketing health insurance premiums. They just need FOUR House Republicans to join them.
☎️ Call YOUR rep at 202-224-3121.
☎️ Call YOUR rep at 202-224-3121.
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Just the other day I noted that at least GW Bush made up WMDs to go to war for oil. I didn’t think he’d literally do it.
One of the dumbest EXECUTIVE ORDERS and also so so so reckless and dangerous.
If fentanyl is a "weapon of mass destruction," then will the people who procure it, store it, & distribute it be treated & prosecuted as terrorists?
If so, good luck, MAGA. Good luck.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
If fentanyl is a "weapon of mass destruction," then will the people who procure it, store it, & distribute it be treated & prosecuted as terrorists?
If so, good luck, MAGA. Good luck.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
DESIGNATING FENTANYL AS A WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and
www.whitehouse.gov
December 16, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Just the other day I noted that at least GW Bush made up WMDs to go to war for oil. I didn’t think he’d literally do it.
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The third time in 2 months that the official DHS account has tweeted a Nazi term which means "ethnic cleansing" of all people of color from America and Europe.
December 16, 2025 at 6:01 AM
The third time in 2 months that the official DHS account has tweeted a Nazi term which means "ethnic cleansing" of all people of color from America and Europe.
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One reason why Republicans won't extend expiring ACA subsidies?
Koch-backed lobby groups have spent over $1.1M pressuring GOP lawmakers to let 20M Americans' health insurance costs go up.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
Koch-backed lobby groups have spent over $1.1M pressuring GOP lawmakers to let 20M Americans' health insurance costs go up.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
December 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
One reason why Republicans won't extend expiring ACA subsidies?
Koch-backed lobby groups have spent over $1.1M pressuring GOP lawmakers to let 20M Americans' health insurance costs go up.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
Koch-backed lobby groups have spent over $1.1M pressuring GOP lawmakers to let 20M Americans' health insurance costs go up.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
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The US military conducted strikes against three alleged drug-trafficking boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing 8 people.
December 16, 2025 at 4:45 AM
The US military conducted strikes against three alleged drug-trafficking boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing 8 people.
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"In the last 100 years, Russia has attacked at least 19 countries - some as many as three or four times.
None of those countries has ever attacked Russia.
So (Russia) doesn't need security guarantees.
The Security guarantees are needed for everybody else."
mastodon.social/@KraftTea/11...
None of those countries has ever attacked Russia.
So (Russia) doesn't need security guarantees.
The Security guarantees are needed for everybody else."
mastodon.social/@KraftTea/11...
December 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
"In the last 100 years, Russia has attacked at least 19 countries - some as many as three or four times.
None of those countries has ever attacked Russia.
So (Russia) doesn't need security guarantees.
The Security guarantees are needed for everybody else."
mastodon.social/@KraftTea/11...
None of those countries has ever attacked Russia.
So (Russia) doesn't need security guarantees.
The Security guarantees are needed for everybody else."
mastodon.social/@KraftTea/11...
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To those thinking Russia is winning in Ukraine:
Imagine if when we invaded Iraq, we were almost four years into it, only occupied 20 percent, and lost a million men.
Not a soul would call that “winning.”
Imagine if when we invaded Iraq, we were almost four years into it, only occupied 20 percent, and lost a million men.
Not a soul would call that “winning.”
December 16, 2025 at 1:16 AM
To those thinking Russia is winning in Ukraine:
Imagine if when we invaded Iraq, we were almost four years into it, only occupied 20 percent, and lost a million men.
Not a soul would call that “winning.”
Imagine if when we invaded Iraq, we were almost four years into it, only occupied 20 percent, and lost a million men.
Not a soul would call that “winning.”
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Usually, when I need an appointment at the VA, I can get one within 2 weeks. Today, I called for an appointment and the next available is in May, 2026. Firing 35K people will do that. The Trump administration hates veterans.
December 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Usually, when I need an appointment at the VA, I can get one within 2 weeks. Today, I called for an appointment and the next available is in May, 2026. Firing 35K people will do that. The Trump administration hates veterans.
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Trump should lose his job over this just like the countless people who lost their jobs over making horrible comments about Charlie Kirk’s death.
December 16, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Trump should lose his job over this just like the countless people who lost their jobs over making horrible comments about Charlie Kirk’s death.
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trump is the very definition of DEPLORABLE. 💯⚠️
December 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM
trump is the very definition of DEPLORABLE. 💯⚠️
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This is what makes me crazy.
Just a reminder that at least 600 Americans were fired for failing to show sufficient respect after Charlie Kirk's murder.
utterly incapable of grace
December 16, 2025 at 3:53 AM
This is what makes me crazy.
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Although Trump’s abhorrent political beliefs are ultimately more damaging to the nation, his reprehensible personality is more shocking to me on a personal level.
I can’t fathom how anyone can support someone who is so obviously a terrible human being.
I can’t fathom how anyone can support someone who is so obviously a terrible human being.
December 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Although Trump’s abhorrent political beliefs are ultimately more damaging to the nation, his reprehensible personality is more shocking to me on a personal level.
I can’t fathom how anyone can support someone who is so obviously a terrible human being.
I can’t fathom how anyone can support someone who is so obviously a terrible human being.
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Isn’t the Brown University mass shooter STILL AT LARGE? Wth?
While the Brown University shooting investigation remains underway, the FBI Director seemingly found time to talk about his love life.
December 16, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Isn’t the Brown University mass shooter STILL AT LARGE? Wth?
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Now that Trump has signed an Executive Order proclaiming fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction, let's think about the billionaire Sackler family, who launched America's whole opioid crisis... and who used the mass profits they secured from it to fund the GOP. Funny how Trump never mentions them.
December 16, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Now that Trump has signed an Executive Order proclaiming fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction, let's think about the billionaire Sackler family, who launched America's whole opioid crisis... and who used the mass profits they secured from it to fund the GOP. Funny how Trump never mentions them.
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Vandals decapitated and smashed the statue of Mary in an Evanston church’s outdoor Nativity scene Friday, and the church responded by replacing it with a sign saying Mary was beaten & dragged away in front of her son and is being held in immigration detention.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/n...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/n...
Nativity smashed, Mary figure ‘beaten’ at Evanston church: ‘God’s on the side of the vulnerable’
Vandals destroyed Lake Street Church of Evanston’s Nativity. It replaced Mary with a sign saying she’s in immigration detention.
www.chicagotribune.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Vandals decapitated and smashed the statue of Mary in an Evanston church’s outdoor Nativity scene Friday, and the church responded by replacing it with a sign saying Mary was beaten & dragged away in front of her son and is being held in immigration detention.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/n...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/n...
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🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration escalated its effort to punish a sitting U.S. senator for protected political speech Monday, formally converting the Pentagon’s review of Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) into an official Command Investigation under military law. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Trump Admin Intensifies Military Probe Against Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, Launches Command Investigation
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:12 AM
🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration escalated its effort to punish a sitting U.S. senator for protected political speech Monday, formally converting the Pentagon’s review of Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) into an official Command Investigation under military law. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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California takes public health leadership seriously.
Proud to partner with former CDC Director Dr. Susan Monarez and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Debra Houry to strengthen our work.
Proud to partner with former CDC Director Dr. Susan Monarez and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Debra Houry to strengthen our work.
Newsom taps former CDC leaders critical of Trump-era health policies for new initiative
Newsom taps former CDC leaders critical of Trump-era health policies for new initiative
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday announced a new California-led public health initiative, tapping former U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials who publicly clashed with the Trump administration.
www.latimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:42 PM
California takes public health leadership seriously.
Proud to partner with former CDC Director Dr. Susan Monarez and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Debra Houry to strengthen our work.
Proud to partner with former CDC Director Dr. Susan Monarez and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Debra Houry to strengthen our work.
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From the department of meritless shakedown lawsuits. Trump has a great track record with lawsuits in the UK: he's lost all of them and had costs assessed against himself. So he's filing this one in his private court in south Florida, where judges have sworn personal fealty to him.
Trump Files $10 Billion Suit Against BBC Over Documentary
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:09 AM
From the department of meritless shakedown lawsuits. Trump has a great track record with lawsuits in the UK: he's lost all of them and had costs assessed against himself. So he's filing this one in his private court in south Florida, where judges have sworn personal fealty to him.
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Here is an account of one of Stephen Miller's earliest immigrant ancestors arriving in the United States in 1903. It's taken from an unpublished book by Miller's grandmother, which we have posted online here for the first time. It's amazing stuff.
assets.newrepublic.com/pdf/1998-Pre...
assets.newrepublic.com/pdf/1998-Pre...
December 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Here is an account of one of Stephen Miller's earliest immigrant ancestors arriving in the United States in 1903. It's taken from an unpublished book by Miller's grandmother, which we have posted online here for the first time. It's amazing stuff.
assets.newrepublic.com/pdf/1998-Pre...
assets.newrepublic.com/pdf/1998-Pre...
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Yes, what an odd thing to say.
December 14, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Yes, what an odd thing to say.
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Jones: Everything you hear from Tuberville is framed as a sports analogy. When you view everything that way, you’re always stuck in an us-versus-them, winners-versus-losers mentality. That’s how he operates.
But the fact that communities across Alabama are suffering is not a game.
But the fact that communities across Alabama are suffering is not a game.
December 15, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Jones: Everything you hear from Tuberville is framed as a sports analogy. When you view everything that way, you’re always stuck in an us-versus-them, winners-versus-losers mentality. That’s how he operates.
But the fact that communities across Alabama are suffering is not a game.
But the fact that communities across Alabama are suffering is not a game.
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(Law & Crime) - Pulitzer Prize Board members filed court documents in Okeechobee County, Florida, on Thursday, containing a litany of broad discovery demands in an attempt to beat back President Donald Trump's defamation lawsuit over Russia probe reporting awards.”
lawandcrime.com/high-profile...
lawandcrime.com/high-profile...
December 15, 2025 at 11:56 PM
(Law & Crime) - Pulitzer Prize Board members filed court documents in Okeechobee County, Florida, on Thursday, containing a litany of broad discovery demands in an attempt to beat back President Donald Trump's defamation lawsuit over Russia probe reporting awards.”
lawandcrime.com/high-profile...
lawandcrime.com/high-profile...
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Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's son was pulled over by ICE and forced to prove he is an American.
Two options:
1) ICE deliberately targeted him.
2) ICE is stopping all non-White people without any probable cause and forcing them to prove they are citizens.
Hard to say which option is scarier.
Two options:
1) ICE deliberately targeted him.
2) ICE is stopping all non-White people without any probable cause and forcing them to prove they are citizens.
Hard to say which option is scarier.
December 15, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's son was pulled over by ICE and forced to prove he is an American.
Two options:
1) ICE deliberately targeted him.
2) ICE is stopping all non-White people without any probable cause and forcing them to prove they are citizens.
Hard to say which option is scarier.
Two options:
1) ICE deliberately targeted him.
2) ICE is stopping all non-White people without any probable cause and forcing them to prove they are citizens.
Hard to say which option is scarier.
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🧴 A sustainable sunscreen is one of the many potential uses for this pigment innovation created by Scripps Oceanography scientists! Learn how a @ucsandiego.bsky.social-led team developed a technique that makes this nature-based pigment cheaper & easier to produce. ⬇️
✍️ @theoceanwriter.bsky.social
✍️ @theoceanwriter.bsky.social
This octopus pigment could lead to a more sustainable sunscreen
A new metabolic engineering technique makes xanthommatin cheaper and easy to produce
cen.acs.org
December 15, 2025 at 11:40 PM
🧴 A sustainable sunscreen is one of the many potential uses for this pigment innovation created by Scripps Oceanography scientists! Learn how a @ucsandiego.bsky.social-led team developed a technique that makes this nature-based pigment cheaper & easier to produce. ⬇️
✍️ @theoceanwriter.bsky.social
✍️ @theoceanwriter.bsky.social
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Mike Johnson dodged and says he won’t give running commentary when I ask about Trump doubling down on his Rob Reiner comments
December 15, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Mike Johnson dodged and says he won’t give running commentary when I ask about Trump doubling down on his Rob Reiner comments