John M
@johnmm21.bsky.social
Economics and politics. I have been focused on healthcare and that goon RFK Jr. lately.
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Oh.
"Someone told the party that Donald Trump had invited them all to a party at Mar a Lago. REDACTED told Villeneuve she wanted to go, but Villeneuve told REDACTED it wasn't that kind of party, it was for prostitutes."
December 24, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Oh.
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Jeffrey Epstein appointed Jes Staley and Lawrence Summers as executors of his will
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Jeffrey Epstein appointed Jes Staley and Lawrence Summers as executors of his will
Newly released DoJ documents point to deep ties between influential men and late sex offender
www.ft.com
December 24, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Jeffrey Epstein appointed Jes Staley and Lawrence Summers as executors of his will
www.ft.com/content/cff3...
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This issue alone is going to cost them seats in places they don’t expect. They don’t understand the grass roots anger and hostility there is about this, and billionaire CEOs of Cantor Fitzgerald like Lutnick aren’t going to fool them with their con men sales pitches.
December 24, 2025 at 11:37 AM
This issue alone is going to cost them seats in places they don’t expect. They don’t understand the grass roots anger and hostility there is about this, and billionaire CEOs of Cantor Fitzgerald like Lutnick aren’t going to fool them with their con men sales pitches.
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The CDC has announced a Salmonella outbreak linked to raw oysters in 22 states. A survey about twenty years ago found Salmonella in 7.4% of sampled oysters in the US, with considerable variation from bay to bay. Oysters are delicious boiled, broiled, fried or baked!
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Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Raw Oysters
Information about an investigation into multistate outbreaks of Salmonella linked to raw oysters.
www.cdc.gov
December 24, 2025 at 5:16 AM
The CDC has announced a Salmonella outbreak linked to raw oysters in 22 states. A survey about twenty years ago found Salmonella in 7.4% of sampled oysters in the US, with considerable variation from bay to bay. Oysters are delicious boiled, broiled, fried or baked!
www.cdc.gov/salmonella/o...
www.cdc.gov/salmonella/o...
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"...the bacteria that cause Lyme disease have been around for thousands of years, well before (some purported) secret laboratory existed. If it ever really existed."
FDA Chief Marty Makary and RFK Jr.'s conspiracy mongering is wrong (no, it wasn't military lab research gone awry). 🛟😷
FDA Chief Marty Makary and RFK Jr.'s conspiracy mongering is wrong (no, it wasn't military lab research gone awry). 🛟😷
Lyme disease did not come from a secret military laboratory
FDA head Makary and RFK Jr claim Lyme disease originated from a military lab on Plum Island. Scientific evidence shows that they're wrong.
www.skepticalraptor.com
December 23, 2025 at 9:15 AM
"...the bacteria that cause Lyme disease have been around for thousands of years, well before (some purported) secret laboratory existed. If it ever really existed."
FDA Chief Marty Makary and RFK Jr.'s conspiracy mongering is wrong (no, it wasn't military lab research gone awry). 🛟😷
FDA Chief Marty Makary and RFK Jr.'s conspiracy mongering is wrong (no, it wasn't military lab research gone awry). 🛟😷
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Children's Health Defense is anything but.
“...they will be rightly blamed for this, bc most of the cases are in the unvaccinated & they have been promoting anti-vaccine misinfo. for yrs.”
In TX's 2025 measles outbreak, CHD encouraged ppl not to get vaccinated & made videos downplaying the danger.
“...they will be rightly blamed for this, bc most of the cases are in the unvaccinated & they have been promoting anti-vaccine misinfo. for yrs.”
In TX's 2025 measles outbreak, CHD encouraged ppl not to get vaccinated & made videos downplaying the danger.
Anti-vaccine group once led by RFK Jr circulates false assertions amid measles outbreak
Children’s Health Defense using familiar playbook to defend health secretary as it downplays dangers of disease and exaggerate risks of vaccines, public health experts say
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Children's Health Defense is anything but.
“...they will be rightly blamed for this, bc most of the cases are in the unvaccinated & they have been promoting anti-vaccine misinfo. for yrs.”
In TX's 2025 measles outbreak, CHD encouraged ppl not to get vaccinated & made videos downplaying the danger.
“...they will be rightly blamed for this, bc most of the cases are in the unvaccinated & they have been promoting anti-vaccine misinfo. for yrs.”
In TX's 2025 measles outbreak, CHD encouraged ppl not to get vaccinated & made videos downplaying the danger.
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This is a reminder of how much it matters that pediatricians, public health specialists, scientists and members of the public who care about vaccines and science based recommendations continue to speak up. Many voices break through.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
RFK Jr. wanted to endorse the Danish vaccine schedule. He was forced to pull back.
Legal and political concerns prompted the health department to cancel a planned announcement on Friday, officials said.
www.politico.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:00 AM
This is a reminder of how much it matters that pediatricians, public health specialists, scientists and members of the public who care about vaccines and science based recommendations continue to speak up. Many voices break through.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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Congress has left for the year without reaching a health care deal, leaving ACA subsidies that have helped lower insurance prices for roughly 22 million Americans to expire on Dec. 31 without taking action to address the surge in costs that is expected to follow.
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Congress Left Without a Health Care Deal. What Comes Next?
Congress is ending 2025 without addressing the coming expiration of ACA subsidies or the price surge expected to follow.
time.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Congress has left for the year without reaching a health care deal, leaving ACA subsidies that have helped lower insurance prices for roughly 22 million Americans to expire on Dec. 31 without taking action to address the surge in costs that is expected to follow.
time.com/7342062/heal...
time.com/7342062/heal...
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Get vaxxed (it's not too late), mask up, and run some HEPAs, folks. This looks ugly.
December 22, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Get vaxxed (it's not too late), mask up, and run some HEPAs, folks. This looks ugly.
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When you're on the right and you've lost Glenn....
December 22, 2025 at 3:43 AM
When you're on the right and you've lost Glenn....
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🐶🆘 THEY’RE GOING TO KILL OATS
He’s an adorable 1 y/o pup living in a 2 small pop up crate in a hallway
He’s social, playful & they gave him a death sentence
Why? Because he jumps around too much when excited? He’s a puppy for god’s sake!
Watch video & fall in love ♥️
🙏Repost to find a #foster
He’s an adorable 1 y/o pup living in a 2 small pop up crate in a hallway
He’s social, playful & they gave him a death sentence
Why? Because he jumps around too much when excited? He’s a puppy for god’s sake!
Watch video & fall in love ♥️
🙏Repost to find a #foster
December 21, 2025 at 3:25 AM
🐶🆘 THEY’RE GOING TO KILL OATS
He’s an adorable 1 y/o pup living in a 2 small pop up crate in a hallway
He’s social, playful & they gave him a death sentence
Why? Because he jumps around too much when excited? He’s a puppy for god’s sake!
Watch video & fall in love ♥️
🙏Repost to find a #foster
He’s an adorable 1 y/o pup living in a 2 small pop up crate in a hallway
He’s social, playful & they gave him a death sentence
Why? Because he jumps around too much when excited? He’s a puppy for god’s sake!
Watch video & fall in love ♥️
🙏Repost to find a #foster
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Rick Steves is an American treasure. Just all-around, one of the absolute best of us.
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Rick Steves is an American treasure. Just all-around, one of the absolute best of us.
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TY @bluestormcomin1.bsky.social! 💙
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December 21, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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"The Epstein files implicate billionaires and political donors that they're trying to protect. Epstein also had close ties to our intelligence agencies and Israel's intelligence agencies." Thomas Massie on why they're withholding and redacting most of the Epstein files.
December 21, 2025 at 3:14 AM
"The Epstein files implicate billionaires and political donors that they're trying to protect. Epstein also had close ties to our intelligence agencies and Israel's intelligence agencies." Thomas Massie on why they're withholding and redacting most of the Epstein files.
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This is a lie.
Tillis supported RFK Jr because Tillis didn’t have the courage to buck Trump. He capitulated to Republican party pressure because he’s a coward and a follower and he selfishly put himself above the country.
It’s that simple.
Tillis supported RFK Jr because Tillis didn’t have the courage to buck Trump. He capitulated to Republican party pressure because he’s a coward and a follower and he selfishly put himself above the country.
It’s that simple.
“The main reason I supported Kennedy was because Bill Cassidy thought that we should see how it plays out”.
-United States Senator Thom Tillis
-United States Senator Thom Tillis
Thom Tillis Reveals Infuriating Reason RFK Jr. Was Confirmed
A senator who cast a key vote apparently decided to just wait and see what happens.
www.yahoo.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:42 AM
This is a lie.
Tillis supported RFK Jr because Tillis didn’t have the courage to buck Trump. He capitulated to Republican party pressure because he’s a coward and a follower and he selfishly put himself above the country.
It’s that simple.
Tillis supported RFK Jr because Tillis didn’t have the courage to buck Trump. He capitulated to Republican party pressure because he’s a coward and a follower and he selfishly put himself above the country.
It’s that simple.
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Wednesday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/peter-brooke...
December 16, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Wednesday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/peter-brooke...
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rfk will not rest until your kid is dead wapo.st/4s2l2zn
U.S. plans to stop recommending most childhood vaccines, defer to doctors
The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
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December 20, 2025 at 12:25 AM
rfk will not rest until your kid is dead wapo.st/4s2l2zn
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‘Borrowed time’: crop pests and food losses supercharged by climate crisis
‘Borrowed time’: crop pests and food losses supercharged by climate crisis
Heating means pests breeding and spreading faster, warn scientists, with simplified current food system already vulnerable
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How climate breakdown is putting the world’s food in peril – in maps and charts
The destruction of food supplies by crop pests is being supercharged by the climate crisis, with losses expected to surge, an analysis has concluded.
Researchers said the world was lucky to have so far avoided a major shock and was living on borrowed time, with action needed to diversify crops and boost natural predators of pests. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 10:07 AM
‘Borrowed time’: crop pests and food losses supercharged by climate crisis
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Quite the chart. www.ft.com/content/30a4...
December 20, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Quite the chart. www.ft.com/content/30a4...
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Federal officials canceled seven health grants for the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). The cuts come amid ongoing disagreements over vaccines. The AAP says the move could harm children nationwide.
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HHS Cuts Funding for American Academy of Pediatrics' Programs
FRIDAY, Dec. 19, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. government has ended several health grants to one of the nation’s largest pediatricians’ groups, a move the or
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December 20, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Federal officials canceled seven health grants for the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). The cuts come amid ongoing disagreements over vaccines. The AAP says the move could harm children nationwide.
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More Americans are listing health care as a top priority with Affordable Care Act subsidies set to expire by the end of the year. Almost 4 in 10 U.S. adults named health care or health issues as one of the top five issues they want the government to address.
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thehill.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:31 AM
More Americans are listing health care as a top priority with Affordable Care Act subsidies set to expire by the end of the year. Almost 4 in 10 U.S. adults named health care or health issues as one of the top five issues they want the government to address.
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🆘MEDICAL EMERGENCY 🐶HAZEL
Her human says, “She’s cuddly, lifts you up when you are sad & is the cutest dog ever”
Now, sweet Hazel is the one that need’s lifting up. Has medical needs the shelter won’t treat (see below)
If fostered, rescue org covers vet costs
🙏Please repost to find a #foster
Her human says, “She’s cuddly, lifts you up when you are sad & is the cutest dog ever”
Now, sweet Hazel is the one that need’s lifting up. Has medical needs the shelter won’t treat (see below)
If fostered, rescue org covers vet costs
🙏Please repost to find a #foster
🐾8-y/o Hazel listed for medical - has a shoulder mass & needs a vet. Came in just days ago. Very sweet, social & cooperative. Available to foster or adopt by 12/20: nycacc.app#/browse/241249
December 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
🆘MEDICAL EMERGENCY 🐶HAZEL
Her human says, “She’s cuddly, lifts you up when you are sad & is the cutest dog ever”
Now, sweet Hazel is the one that need’s lifting up. Has medical needs the shelter won’t treat (see below)
If fostered, rescue org covers vet costs
🙏Please repost to find a #foster
Her human says, “She’s cuddly, lifts you up when you are sad & is the cutest dog ever”
Now, sweet Hazel is the one that need’s lifting up. Has medical needs the shelter won’t treat (see below)
If fostered, rescue org covers vet costs
🙏Please repost to find a #foster
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I’ve spent the past two days as pediatric ward attending and frankly we need both more and even better vaccines not fewer
December 20, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I’ve spent the past two days as pediatric ward attending and frankly we need both more and even better vaccines not fewer
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This vile man. 🤬
HHS appoints anti-vaccine activists to IACC.
Reminder: HHS also cut disability services and rescinded an AAP grant for early identification of autism.
It's no friend to autistics and their families.
subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025... via @politico.com @laurengardner.bsky.social
Reminder: HHS also cut disability services and rescinded an AAP grant for early identification of autism.
It's no friend to autistics and their families.
subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025... via @politico.com @laurengardner.bsky.social
POLITICO Pro: Kennedy appoints members to autism panel who tout possible vaccines link
The three new panelists were named to Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee before the deadline for nominations
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December 20, 2025 at 5:09 AM
This vile man. 🤬
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I cannot comment on Trump’s Rob Reiner post because I didn’t read it. And when reporters read it aloud to me, I couldn’t hear it because I was plugging my ears.
by Mike Johnson
by Mike Johnson
December 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I cannot comment on Trump’s Rob Reiner post because I didn’t read it. And when reporters read it aloud to me, I couldn’t hear it because I was plugging my ears.
by Mike Johnson
by Mike Johnson