Larry Barat
@larrybarat.bsky.social
Physician, International Public Health Professional, Native New Yorker, Child of immigrants, Member of the LGBTQ+ Community, Not afraid of pronouns, bathrooms, or homeless people, Hate Nazis, Fascists, Insurrectionists and Tiki Torches.
Happy to have contributed to this in-depth assessment of the terrible impacts of the cuts to PEPFAR and PMI.
wapo.st/46GSwcv
wapo.st/46GSwcv
Trump’s USAID pause stranded lifesaving drugs. Children died waiting.
USAID antimalarial and HIV supplies valued at nearly $140 million were delayed in the first half of the year or not delivered at all due to the Trump administration’s foreign aid pause, The Post found...
wapo.st
September 30, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Happy to have contributed to this in-depth assessment of the terrible impacts of the cuts to PEPFAR and PMI.
wapo.st/46GSwcv
wapo.st/46GSwcv
They are that incompetent.
In a chaotic meeting, ACIP voted not to recommend a prescription requirement for Covid-19 vaccines. Some panelists seemed unaware of the point of the meeting, while others went on strange tangents. 🫠
RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Panel Votes Down Its Own Proposal to Require Prescriptions for Covid-19 Shots
In a chaotic meeting, ACIP voted not to recommend a prescription requirement for Covid-19 vaccines. Some panelists seemed unaware of the point of the meeting, while others went on strange tangents.
www.wired.com
September 19, 2025 at 10:21 PM
They are that incompetent.
The sad state of public health in the US. From: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
September 15, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The sad state of public health in the US. From: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Feeling is mutual.
#sayingyhequietpartoutloud
#sayingyhequietpartoutloud
NY Democratic congressman Tom Suozzi says "Zohran Mamdani and every other Democratic Socialist should create their own party because I don't want that in my party."
September 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Feeling is mutual.
#sayingyhequietpartoutloud
#sayingyhequietpartoutloud
Bye!
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, an Iraq War combat veteran and Iowa’s first woman elected to Congress, is expected to announce next month she will not seek reelection.
https://to.pbs.org/3JEXQFB
https://to.pbs.org/3JEXQFB
Sen. Ernst of Iowa is expected to announce next month she won't run for reelection in 2026
As Senate Republicans work to maintain their majority in the chamber, Ernst is joining a wave of her peers making headaches for the party.
www.pbs.org
August 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Bye!
They knock it out of the park. ❤️❤️❤️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMJx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMJx...
Peter Thiel: Everything You Didn't Know About His Sh*tty Past
YouTube video by Hysteria
www.youtube.com
August 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
They knock it out of the park. ❤️❤️❤️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMJx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMJx...
Bye
James Dobson, influential voice of the religious right, dies at 89
James Dobson, influential voice of the religious right, dies at 89
August 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Bye
James Dobson, influential voice of the religious right, dies at 89
James Dobson, influential voice of the religious right, dies at 89
Greetings from civilization.
Good.
No doctor should be forced to turn away families because of political threats.
No doctor should be forced to turn away families because of political threats.
Boston Children's Hospital says it won't be bullied into abandoning trans youth - LGBTQ Nation
The hospital has faced bomb threats, hate campaigns, and threats to funding over the years but has never wavered in supporting gender-affirming care.
www.lgbtqnation.com
August 5, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Greetings from civilization.
Progress
BREAKING: In a First, Majority of Democratic Senators Vote to Stop Arming Israel
@premthakker.bsky.social reports:
zeteo.com/p/breaking-i...
@premthakker.bsky.social reports:
zeteo.com/p/breaking-i...
BREAKING: In a First, Majority of Democratic Senators Vote to Stop Arming Israel
26 Democrats joined Bernie Sanders in his effort to end certain weapons' sales to Israel - but were blocked by 70 pro-war senators, including every Republican present. Here's how the vote went.
zeteo.com
July 31, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Progress
THIS!
People on here, regardless if they're left or liberals love to assign many voters deeper motives than they have. A significant amount of people voted Trump because he's the man from the TV that said he'd make things cheap again.
June 17, 2025 at 12:55 PM
THIS!
Love ❤️
Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio tried to give a press conference to announce his lawsuit against DOJ. Much to my surprise it turned out to be the greatest press conference of all-time.
June 7, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Love ❤️
What a feckless warmongering loser. Someone please primary him.
June 3, 2025 at 10:08 AM
What a feckless warmongering loser. Someone please primary him.
So so so dumb.
#BREAKING: New HHS document details deep NIH cuts as part of Trump budget request
www.statnews.com/2025/05/30/n...
www.statnews.com/2025/05/30/n...
New HHS document details deep NIH cuts as part of Trump budget request
Budget documents for Congress provide the most detailed look yet at how the Trump Administration hopes to reshape the National Institutes of Health.
www.statnews.com
May 31, 2025 at 12:06 AM
So so so dumb.
Whoopsie!
BREAKING: Federal court says Trump exceeded his authority to impose tariffs under IEEPA. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
May 28, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Whoopsie!
I always forget if it’s the first or third law of thermodynamics. For each action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Perhaps the current administration will learn that lesson. Probably not.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
China to donate $500 million to WHO, stepping into gap left by U.S.
Beijing will replace the United States as the organization’s top state donor, expanding its influence as the U.S. retreats from international cooperation.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 22, 2025 at 8:09 AM
I always forget if it’s the first or third law of thermodynamics. For each action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Perhaps the current administration will learn that lesson. Probably not.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
Time to quit the Democratic Party? (don’t worry, still voting for liberal/progressive candidates)
🟦 Blindspot for the Left:
The Democratic National Committee’s Credentials Committee voted Monday to nullify the February election results that made David Hogg and Pennsylvania state Rep.
ground.news/article/davi...
The Democratic National Committee’s Credentials Committee voted Monday to nullify the February election results that made David Hogg and Pennsylvania state Rep.
ground.news/article/davi...
May 14, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Time to quit the Democratic Party? (don’t worry, still voting for liberal/progressive candidates)
THIS!!!
Legacy media employees sure do devote a tremendous amount of company air time and column space promoting and selling their own books to each other.
May 13, 2025 at 6:14 PM
THIS!!!
So much winning.
May 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
So much winning.
For those who haven’t noticed, he’s not trans.
May 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
For those who haven’t noticed, he’s not trans.
Stating the obvious
“The Democratic Party remains trapped between its donor class, that its leaders don't want to offend and alienate and its voters who want a party that is a real opposition party.”
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social speaks with @davidsirota.com, on whether AOC is Bernie Sander’s heir.
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social speaks with @davidsirota.com, on whether AOC is Bernie Sander’s heir.
May 9, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Stating the obvious
Calling David Hogg.
Gerry Connolly asked 70 year old Rep. Stephen Lynch to take up his Oversight responsibilities until the next election. Lynch’s background is…colorful:
“Lynch was arrested for drunkenly attacking a group of Iranian students protesting U.S. intervention abroad”
“Lynch was arrested for drunkenly attacking a group of Iranian students protesting U.S. intervention abroad”
April 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Calling David Hogg.
Douchey McDoucherson douches as only he can.
Vance's Easter visit to Rome clogged its streets with a 40-vehicle entourage. He also demanded the Coliseum be closed so he and his family could tour it alone. Tourists who properly booked slots in advance got screwed.
He's apparently the first to make that demand. Then he didn't bother to show up.
He's apparently the first to make that demand. Then he didn't bother to show up.
JD Vance and his forty 4x4s visit the Vatican during trip to Rome
The US vice-president, a self-styled ‘baby Catholic’ who was baptised in 2019, and his family met senior officials from the Catholic Church
www.thetimes.com
April 26, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Douchey McDoucherson douches as only he can.
Game. Set. Match.
The final honor guard for Pope Francis included migrants, prisoners, transgender people, the homeless and others selected by the Vicariate of Rome as a symbol of the late pope’s mission of inclusion and outreach.
Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM
Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM
April 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Game. Set. Match.