Larissa Mead-Wescott
@lmeadwescott.bsky.social
Mom, neuropsychologist, business owner, defender of democracy.
Canadian by choice / American by birth
Canadian by choice / American by birth
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“What’s transpired over the last three or four days just takes it to a whole new level of cruelty and inhumanity and, frankly, a whole new level of stupidity in doing this is the most non-strategic way.” Tens of thousands of people will die as a result of this action.
www.salon.com/2025/02/28/a...
www.salon.com/2025/02/28/a...
"A whole new level of cruelty": Health experts decry "devastating" cuts to HIV treatment programs
The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation said the latest cuts will deprive 350,000 people of HIV treatment.
www.salon.com
March 9, 2025 at 5:04 AM
“What’s transpired over the last three or four days just takes it to a whole new level of cruelty and inhumanity and, frankly, a whole new level of stupidity in doing this is the most non-strategic way.” Tens of thousands of people will die as a result of this action.
www.salon.com/2025/02/28/a...
www.salon.com/2025/02/28/a...
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For some reason this article has been removed from various US media sites such as Yahoo and MSN. Maybe it touched a nerve.
bylinetimes.com/2025/02/21/d...
bylinetimes.com/2025/02/21/d...
Donald Trump Was Recruited by the KGB Under Codename 'Krasnov' Claims Former Soviet Spy Chief
A former senior KGB chief claims Trump was recruited by them in 1987 due to his role as a prominent US businessman
bylinetimes.com
February 22, 2025 at 3:45 AM
For some reason this article has been removed from various US media sites such as Yahoo and MSN. Maybe it touched a nerve.
bylinetimes.com/2025/02/21/d...
bylinetimes.com/2025/02/21/d...
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My piece from yesterday: surviving in a world in which America recognizes no friends, and doesn't care about credibility.
open.substack.com/pub/stewartp...
open.substack.com/pub/stewartp...
Five Principles for Surviving Our Predictably Uncertain Future
How can Canada (or anyone else) survive in a world without trust?
open.substack.com
February 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
My piece from yesterday: surviving in a world in which America recognizes no friends, and doesn't care about credibility.
open.substack.com/pub/stewartp...
open.substack.com/pub/stewartp...
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The world's richest man is taking food and medicine from the world's poorest children
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
Opinion | The World’s Richest Men Take On the World’s Poorest Children
I’ve seen U.S.A.I.D. operate around the world, and it’s not woke — it’s lifesaving.
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2025 at 9:50 AM
The world's richest man is taking food and medicine from the world's poorest children
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
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Donald Trump has imperial ambitions. Why won't anyone take him seriously?
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Donald Trump has imperial ambitions. Why doesn’t anyone believe him?
Trump’s thirst for land is either a negotiating tactic or the dawn of a new imperial age, writes Richard Hall.
www.independent.co.uk
February 5, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Donald Trump has imperial ambitions. Why won't anyone take him seriously?
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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President Donald Trump’s administration launched one of its most brazen challenges to Congress’s authority. Many lawmakers offered little pushback.
Congress is quiet as Trump and Musk take the ax to federal agencies
President Donald Trump’s administration this week launched one of its most brazen challenges yet to Congress’s authority. Lawmakers offered little pushback.
wapo.st
February 5, 2025 at 2:17 PM
President Donald Trump’s administration launched one of its most brazen challenges to Congress’s authority. Many lawmakers offered little pushback.
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The Guardian’s reporting here: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
February 5, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The Guardian’s reporting here: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism.
February 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Yes, yes it is. And it’s time fornus to start calling it what it is. joycevance.substack.com/p/is-it-real...
Is It Really a Coup?
Is it really a coup if it doesn’t feel like one?
joycevance.substack.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Yes, yes it is. And it’s time fornus to start calling it what it is. joycevance.substack.com/p/is-it-real...
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We are hearing from CDC sources that the communication pause has been indefinitely extended.
Communication is KEY to public health. In addition to not being able to share information with the public, there is no communication with state and local officials, who are vital public health partners.
Communication is KEY to public health. In addition to not being able to share information with the public, there is no communication with state and local officials, who are vital public health partners.
February 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
We are hearing from CDC sources that the communication pause has been indefinitely extended.
Communication is KEY to public health. In addition to not being able to share information with the public, there is no communication with state and local officials, who are vital public health partners.
Communication is KEY to public health. In addition to not being able to share information with the public, there is no communication with state and local officials, who are vital public health partners.
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"...a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism — ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power."
FDR 1938
FDR 1938
February 1, 2025 at 3:00 AM
"...a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism — ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power."
FDR 1938
FDR 1938
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Free speech news
BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.
Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.
Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Any unpublished manuscript mentioning certain topics, including gender and "LGBT," must be pulled or revised.
open.substack.com
February 2, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Free speech news
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USAID is a criminal organization,” Mr. Musk wrote on Sunday in a social media post that many aid workers saw as confirmation the agency would soon be absorbed into the State Department and that some viewed as a potential threat to their personal safety. “Time for it to die.”
THIS HAS TO STOP.
THIS HAS TO STOP.
February 2, 2025 at 9:23 PM
USAID is a criminal organization,” Mr. Musk wrote on Sunday in a social media post that many aid workers saw as confirmation the agency would soon be absorbed into the State Department and that some viewed as a potential threat to their personal safety. “Time for it to die.”
THIS HAS TO STOP.
THIS HAS TO STOP.
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This language describes a coup. You have to be a government employee, subject to the rules & procedures that bind gov employees, to do this kind of work. This is a blatant abuse of the public trust by the Trump administration, a true 5-alarm fire. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
February 2, 2025 at 7:34 PM
This language describes a coup. You have to be a government employee, subject to the rules & procedures that bind gov employees, to do this kind of work. This is a blatant abuse of the public trust by the Trump administration, a true 5-alarm fire. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...