Mary McKinley
@mmckinley.bsky.social
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on the one hand this does seem like the inevitable outcome of giving hundreds of thousands of dollars to a self-selecting group of the most anti-social and self-regarding entitled assholes in an already entitled and assholic population
on the other hand it’s still pretty shocking
on the other hand it’s still pretty shocking
Racial Slurs and Nazi Symbols: Inside the Complaint That Shut Down The Harvard Salient | News | The Harvard Crimson
Screenshots and message logs obtained by The Crimson appear to show Salient leaders casually using racial slurs, defending extremist rhetoric, and dismissing internal concerns — conversations that lat...
www.thecrimson.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM
on the one hand this does seem like the inevitable outcome of giving hundreds of thousands of dollars to a self-selecting group of the most anti-social and self-regarding entitled assholes in an already entitled and assholic population
on the other hand it’s still pretty shocking
on the other hand it’s still pretty shocking
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NEW: A Texas district in which Black students were allegedly taunted with monkey noises.
An Arizona school where students admitted saying “slavery is good.”
These are some of the incidents Trump’s Education Department has ignored:
An Arizona school where students admitted saying “slavery is good.”
These are some of the incidents Trump’s Education Department has ignored:
Monkey Sounds, “White Power” and the N-Word: Racial Harassment Against Black Students Ignored Under Trump
Since Trump returned to office, the Education Department’s civil rights office has not resolved a single racial harassment investigation. It sends a message that “people impacted by racial discriminat...
www.propublica.org
December 19, 2025 at 12:34 PM
NEW: A Texas district in which Black students were allegedly taunted with monkey noises.
An Arizona school where students admitted saying “slavery is good.”
These are some of the incidents Trump’s Education Department has ignored:
An Arizona school where students admitted saying “slavery is good.”
These are some of the incidents Trump’s Education Department has ignored:
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Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
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Figures reveal stark reality of US funding cuts as 1,394 family planning clinics shut
Figures reveal stark reality of US funding cuts as 1,394 family planning clinics shut
Survey by world’s largest network for sexual and reproductive health shows devastation to services, particularly in Africa and the Middle East, and amplification of anti-rights voices
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Figures reveal stark reality of US funding cuts as 1,394 family planning clinics shut
“Don’t make setting an example a lost art.” — Seth Meyers in a lovely tribute to Rob Reiner. R.I.P. 💔
December 16, 2025 at 4:28 AM
“Don’t make setting an example a lost art.” — Seth Meyers in a lovely tribute to Rob Reiner. R.I.P. 💔
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Thousands march in Budapest demanding Orbán’s resignation over juvenile abuse scandal
Thousands march in Budapest demanding Orbán’s resignation over juvenile abuse scandal
Tens of thousands of Hungarians braved the winter chill on Saturday, marching through the streets ...
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December 14, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Thousands march in Budapest demanding Orbán’s resignation over juvenile abuse scandal
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We are monitoring, thinking, and praying.
December 14, 2025 at 12:18 AM
We are monitoring, thinking, and praying.
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Jfc. Senator John Hoffman reports ICE took the owners of crumbs and coffee in BP this morning and left the building unlocked with money on the counter.
December 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Jfc. Senator John Hoffman reports ICE took the owners of crumbs and coffee in BP this morning and left the building unlocked with money on the counter.
This story is crazy. It has everything— characters, carpetbaggers, criminals. A soap opera in local government!
www.startribune.com/twin-lakes-m...
www.startribune.com/twin-lakes-m...
Fed up with controversy, residents want to get rid of this Minnesota town entirely
Petitioners say things are so bad that they can’t wait until the next election and have filed to dissolve the city government of Twin Lakes.
www.startribune.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:57 PM
This story is crazy. It has everything— characters, carpetbaggers, criminals. A soap opera in local government!
www.startribune.com/twin-lakes-m...
www.startribune.com/twin-lakes-m...
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When the winner of the Nobel peace prize smuggled herself over the water and out of Venezuela to attend the ceremony in Oslo this week, her allies called the Pentagon to ask them not to arbitrarily murder her. www.wsj.com/world/americ...
December 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
When the winner of the Nobel peace prize smuggled herself over the water and out of Venezuela to attend the ceremony in Oslo this week, her allies called the Pentagon to ask them not to arbitrarily murder her. www.wsj.com/world/americ...
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We asked activists from authoritarian regimes what they wish they’d known sooner. Here’s what they said www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
We asked activists from authoritarian regimes what they wish they’d known sooner. Here’s what they said
Activists from Hungary, El Salvador and Turkey offer advice to the US about what they’ve learned about authoritarians
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
We asked activists from authoritarian regimes what they wish they’d known sooner. Here’s what they said www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Amid NIH funding delays, reversals and uncertainty, a scientist at Harvard who studies breast cancer has lost one-third of her lab employees and wonders if she can continue her research experiments. n.pr/4a4N3zD
After NIH grant cuts, breast cancer research at Harvard slowed, and lab workers left
Amid NIH funding delays, reversals and uncertainty, a scientist at Harvard who studies breast cancer has lost one-third of her lab employees and wonders if she can continue her research experiments.
n.pr
December 9, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Amid NIH funding delays, reversals and uncertainty, a scientist at Harvard who studies breast cancer has lost one-third of her lab employees and wonders if she can continue her research experiments. n.pr/4a4N3zD
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Pediatricians reject CDC advisers’ guidance, plan to continue vaccinating all newborns against hepatitis B
Hospitals and health departments across the country say they're not planning to change their vaccination policy.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
Hospitals and health departments across the country say they're not planning to change their vaccination policy.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
December 9, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Pediatricians reject CDC advisers’ guidance, plan to continue vaccinating all newborns against hepatitis B
Hospitals and health departments across the country say they're not planning to change their vaccination policy.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
Hospitals and health departments across the country say they're not planning to change their vaccination policy.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
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A new research letter in @jamahealthforum.com suggests that "that strict abortion bans, particularly Senate bill 8 in Texas, were followed by a measurable escalation in EMTALA violations involving obstetric emergencies."
Obstetric-Related Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act Violations and No Health Exception Bans
This difference-in-differences analysis examines changes in obstetric-related Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act violation filings following state and federal restrictions on abortion.
jamanetwork.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:31 PM
A new research letter in @jamahealthforum.com suggests that "that strict abortion bans, particularly Senate bill 8 in Texas, were followed by a measurable escalation in EMTALA violations involving obstetric emergencies."
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There was revolution in the air in New Orleans when the Border Patrol invaded their city - as brave citizens blew whistles, chased convoys, and confronted masked agents of a tyrannical government
From Minneapolis to Manhattan, an uprising has begun. A special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/immi...
From Minneapolis to Manhattan, an uprising has begun. A special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/immi...
In New Orleans and across U.S., anger over ICE raids sparks a 2nd American Revolution | Will Bunch
Everyday folks are rising up to resist immigration raids with whistles, car chases, and noisy protests. Revolution is in the air.
www.inquirer.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
There was revolution in the air in New Orleans when the Border Patrol invaded their city - as brave citizens blew whistles, chased convoys, and confronted masked agents of a tyrannical government
From Minneapolis to Manhattan, an uprising has begun. A special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/immi...
From Minneapolis to Manhattan, an uprising has begun. A special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/immi...
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Looking at the damage Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s overturning of reasoned decision making in vaccines will cause before he's done.
slate.com/technology/2... via @slate.com
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How Many Kids Will Have to Die for RFK Jr. to Be Stopped?
“Everybody in public health who's watching what's going on is horrified.”
slate.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Looking at the damage Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s overturning of reasoned decision making in vaccines will cause before he's done.
slate.com/technology/2... via @slate.com
slate.com/technology/2... via @slate.com
Do his supporters still like this? We don’t hear *any* speaking up.
“Mr. Trump has used this kind of rhetoric throughout his rise in politics, including in his first term as president,”
“Mr. Trump has used this kind of rhetoric throughout his rise in politics, including in his first term as president,”
“Even for Mr. Trump — who has a long history of insulting Black people, particularly those from African countries — his outburst was shocking in its unapologetic bigotry.”
Trump Calls Somalis ‘Garbage’ He Doesn’t Want in the Country
Trump Calls Somalis ‘Garbage’ He Doesn’t Want in the Country
Trump Calls Somalis ‘Garbage’ He Doesn’t Want in the Country
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Do his supporters still like this? We don’t hear *any* speaking up.
“Mr. Trump has used this kind of rhetoric throughout his rise in politics, including in his first term as president,”
“Mr. Trump has used this kind of rhetoric throughout his rise in politics, including in his first term as president,”
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Officials prepare immigration operation in Minnesota that would focus on Somali immigrants, source tells AP, as Trump says he doesn't want Somalis in U.S.
Federal authorities plan operation in Minnesota focusing on Somali immigrants, AP source says
Federal authorities are preparing an immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota, focusing on Somali immigrants living unlawfully in the U.S.
bit.ly
December 2, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Officials prepare immigration operation in Minnesota that would focus on Somali immigrants, source tells AP, as Trump says he doesn't want Somalis in U.S.
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Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday signed legislation that formally establishes a process for state-level vaccine guidelines and expands pharmacy access to COVID-19 and other shots for young children across Illinois.
Gov. JB Pritzker signs law on Illinois vaccine guidelines amid ongoing tumult with Trump administration
The new law, part of the Illinois governor’s ongoing battle with the Trump administration, expands pharmacy access to COVID-19 and other shots for young children across Illinois, among other …
trib.al
December 3, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday signed legislation that formally establishes a process for state-level vaccine guidelines and expands pharmacy access to COVID-19 and other shots for young children across Illinois.
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SILVER SNEAKERS UNTIED: Blue Cross Blue Shield dropped senior "Silver Sneakers" gym memberships at Twin Cities YMCAs and Life Time Fitness locations with just days to go before the end of open enrollment, when many seniors had already chosen the insurer www.twincities.com/2025/12/01/s...
Seniors to picket Blue Cross Blue Shield in Eagan after losing gym benefit
Blue Cross Blue Shield blames price hikes from a third-party fitness benefits administrator, Tivity
www.twincities.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:28 AM
SILVER SNEAKERS UNTIED: Blue Cross Blue Shield dropped senior "Silver Sneakers" gym memberships at Twin Cities YMCAs and Life Time Fitness locations with just days to go before the end of open enrollment, when many seniors had already chosen the insurer www.twincities.com/2025/12/01/s...
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ChatGPT-5 offers dangerous advice to mentally ill people, psychologists warn
ChatGPT-5 offers dangerous advice to mentally ill people, psychologists warn
Research finds OpenAI’s free chatbot fails to identify risky behaviour or challenge delusional beliefs
ChatGPT-5 is offering dangerous and unhelpful advice to people experiencing mental health crises, some of the UK’s leading psychologists have warned.
Research conducted by King’s College London (KCL) and the Association of Clinical Psychologists UK (ACP) in partnership with the Guardian suggested that the AI chatbotfailed to identify risky behaviour when communicating with mentally ill people. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:11 PM
ChatGPT-5 offers dangerous advice to mentally ill people, psychologists warn
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Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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November 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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The doctor who falsely tied the MMR vaccine to autism takes his victory lap www.ms.now/news/the-ret... via @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social @msnownews.bsky.social
The doctor who falsely tied vaccines to autism is enjoying a comeback
Andrew Wakefield, who was once cast out for his retracted study tying autism to the MMR vaccine, is making a comeback in the second term of President Donald Trump as an ally of Health and Human Servic...
www.ms.now
November 25, 2025 at 2:45 AM
The doctor who falsely tied the MMR vaccine to autism takes his victory lap www.ms.now/news/the-ret... via @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social @msnownews.bsky.social
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Yes the whole Nuzzi, Lizza, RFK Jr thing may be a grotesquely amusing indictment of access journalism, but it's important to also keep an eye on the damage -- some of it irreparable -- being done by RFK and the Trump white house 👇
A year ago, flyers promoting vaccines were prevalent across the Navajo Nation.
But as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has put his stamp on federal immunization policy, the Indian Health Service’s messaging on immunizations has taken a stark turn.
By @maryhudetz.bsky.social
But as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has put his stamp on federal immunization policy, the Indian Health Service’s messaging on immunizations has taken a stark turn.
By @maryhudetz.bsky.social
The Indian Health Service Is Flagging Vaccine-Related Speech. Doctors Say They’re Being Censored.
Officials have deemed terms like “immunizations” and “vaccines” risky “buzzwords” that require approval to be used in social media posts, pamphlets and presentations.
www.propublica.org
November 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Yes the whole Nuzzi, Lizza, RFK Jr thing may be a grotesquely amusing indictment of access journalism, but it's important to also keep an eye on the damage -- some of it irreparable -- being done by RFK and the Trump white house 👇
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A depraved and decadent Trump WH dinner for MBS was a stunning low for an American ruling class that's stopped pretending to carry a moral compass
It was really a celebration of death - of democracy, of an overheating planet, and ultimately themselves. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ceos...
It was really a celebration of death - of democracy, of an overheating planet, and ultimately themselves. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ceos...
The night America’s doomed ruling class gorged on lamb, blood, and oil
For America’s deeply corrupt billionaires, time heals all wounds — even from a murderous Saudi prince’s bone saw.
www.inquirer.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A depraved and decadent Trump WH dinner for MBS was a stunning low for an American ruling class that's stopped pretending to carry a moral compass
It was really a celebration of death - of democracy, of an overheating planet, and ultimately themselves. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ceos...
It was really a celebration of death - of democracy, of an overheating planet, and ultimately themselves. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ceos...