Samuel G
@sammygmdphd.bsky.social
Medical Student, cat enthusiast, Vaccination Advocate and hype man for HBV and HPV vaccines
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This is John Roberts' America.
The blatant selling of pardons is perhaps the clearest instance of criminal conduct authorized by SCOTUS. Pardons are a quintessential "official act." So, even when Trump takes a bribe to issue one, he is presumably above the criminal law.
The president’s own chief of staff was reportedly stunned by his pardon of a former Honduran president.
December 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
This is John Roberts' America.
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I maintain that a pardon issued with corrupt intent to aid or abet a crime or criminal conspiracy in which the President is a participant or beneficiary is void ab nihilo
The blatant selling of pardons is perhaps the clearest instance of criminal conduct authorized by SCOTUS. Pardons are a quintessential "official act." So, even when Trump takes a bribe to issue one, he is presumably above the criminal law.
The president’s own chief of staff was reportedly stunned by his pardon of a former Honduran president.
December 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I maintain that a pardon issued with corrupt intent to aid or abet a crime or criminal conspiracy in which the President is a participant or beneficiary is void ab nihilo
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Yeah so this is what Prigozhin did before he fell from Putin's good graces via surface to air missile
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
www.propublica.org
December 25, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Yeah so this is what Prigozhin did before he fell from Putin's good graces via surface to air missile
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Former head of trust and safety at Twitter, Yoel Roth, demonstrating the intellectual dishonesty of “In Covid’s Wake” by showing how they distorted his own words to make them say the opposite of what he was arguing.
A small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty:
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
December 24, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Former head of trust and safety at Twitter, Yoel Roth, demonstrating the intellectual dishonesty of “In Covid’s Wake” by showing how they distorted his own words to make them say the opposite of what he was arguing.
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Please be aware of possible scams! My client, Mel Curth, is not seeking any donations at this time. She is grateful for your support and instead requests folks that want to help to donate to the local organizations of your choice!
December 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Please be aware of possible scams! My client, Mel Curth, is not seeking any donations at this time. She is grateful for your support and instead requests folks that want to help to donate to the local organizations of your choice!
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I wouldn't describe Jay as "man in the middle" unless I were making sort of human centipede analogy.
December 23, 2025 at 5:44 AM
I wouldn't describe Jay as "man in the middle" unless I were making sort of human centipede analogy.
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A testament to elite, institutional cowardice and enabling.
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sciencebasedmedicine.org/laptopclassb...
December 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
A testament to elite, institutional cowardice and enabling.
sciencebasedmedicine.org/laptopclassb...
sciencebasedmedicine.org/laptopclassb...
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Please give a warm Bluesky welcome to one of the nastier “vaccine skeptics.”
Freddie here is either part of, or jealous that he’s not part of the study where they’ll let African babies become chronically infected with Hep B in their Quixotic yet fruitless search for vaccine induced mortality.
Freddie here is either part of, or jealous that he’s not part of the study where they’ll let African babies become chronically infected with Hep B in their Quixotic yet fruitless search for vaccine induced mortality.
It is published in a good journal, and includes a completely unique dataset. Reproduces the result of many other DTP studies showing the same (negative) effect on all-cause mortality. But all of that is of course garbage to you because you don't like the conclusions.
December 22, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Please give a warm Bluesky welcome to one of the nastier “vaccine skeptics.”
Freddie here is either part of, or jealous that he’s not part of the study where they’ll let African babies become chronically infected with Hep B in their Quixotic yet fruitless search for vaccine induced mortality.
Freddie here is either part of, or jealous that he’s not part of the study where they’ll let African babies become chronically infected with Hep B in their Quixotic yet fruitless search for vaccine induced mortality.
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If Bari Weiss's goal was to ensure that people are actually interested in watching 60 Minutes again, she has succeeded beyond her wildest imagination.
This has been made available, so for purposes of commenting on Bari Weiss's decision to spike the story, here's a live-post of that segment.
It begins with a "you may recall" summary of the deportation to el Salvador. Describes the admin's claim that it could deport the men without due process
It begins with a "you may recall" summary of the deportation to el Salvador. Describes the admin's claim that it could deport the men without due process
December 22, 2025 at 11:47 PM
If Bari Weiss's goal was to ensure that people are actually interested in watching 60 Minutes again, she has succeeded beyond her wildest imagination.
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i’ll just say that this isn’t the behavior of people who think their allies are on the verge of establishing a thousand year reich, much less holding control of the national legislature next year
December 22, 2025 at 11:02 PM
i’ll just say that this isn’t the behavior of people who think their allies are on the verge of establishing a thousand year reich, much less holding control of the national legislature next year
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You Wouldn’t Download 60 Minutes
December 22, 2025 at 11:51 PM
You Wouldn’t Download 60 Minutes
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Incredibly critical support to William Jefferson Clinton in his quest to regain honor by taking a flying leap onto his own sword
December 22, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Incredibly critical support to William Jefferson Clinton in his quest to regain honor by taking a flying leap onto his own sword
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The Hunter Biden laptop story has not been "verified" TO THIS DAY. Republicans came into possession of some of Hunter Biden's data, that much is true. But that cockamamie story about how they came from an abandoned laptop left at a Republican operative's computer repair shop? Be real.
Yet not a word about "dogshit" when Lesley Stahl lied to Trump's face about the Hunter Biden laptop to help Biden in the 2020 election. If you didn't call that out back then, we don't give a shit what you have to say about Weiss now.
Am I clear?
Am I clear?
CBS News insider says the network knew the Hunter Biden Laptop was verified
How Hunter Biden Laptop Got The CBS News Treatment In the 60 Minutes interview with then President Trump, correspondent Lesley Stahl said of the Hunter Biden laptop, “It can’t be verified.” As I w…
www.todayville.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The Hunter Biden laptop story has not been "verified" TO THIS DAY. Republicans came into possession of some of Hunter Biden's data, that much is true. But that cockamamie story about how they came from an abandoned laptop left at a Republican operative's computer repair shop? Be real.
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“The key to strategic competition with the CCP is to adopt the Democratic Party’s core principles. As a country based on creed and law, not blood and soil, America cannot ever be beaten.”
I’m with Palmer Luckey on this.
I’m with Palmer Luckey on this.
So I know it’s sometimes difficult to understand why knowledgeable people in the defense world think Anduril is full of shit. But I now have a great way to explain how you should view their pitches. This was a recent… idea(*) of Palmer Luckey’s. Basically leverage American soft power and immigration
December 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
“The key to strategic competition with the CCP is to adopt the Democratic Party’s core principles. As a country based on creed and law, not blood and soil, America cannot ever be beaten.”
I’m with Palmer Luckey on this.
I’m with Palmer Luckey on this.
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How fucked must things be if the guy who was writing after Roe about how pro-choice Jews aren’t really Jews, at least for purposes of determining whether they enjoy the legal right to practice their religion, is bailing?
December 22, 2025 at 3:54 AM
How fucked must things be if the guy who was writing after Roe about how pro-choice Jews aren’t really Jews, at least for purposes of determining whether they enjoy the legal right to practice their religion, is bailing?
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Honestly surprised there aren’t more people in the press asking RFK “how is this not just Tuskegee on steroids?”
You’re trialing nontreatment, on poor black people, single blind (investigators will know, patients will not), when an *effective treatment already exists*. That *worse* than Tuskegee.
You’re trialing nontreatment, on poor black people, single blind (investigators will know, patients will not), when an *effective treatment already exists*. That *worse* than Tuskegee.
“NIH is in crisis, grants are being terminated, labs are closing….but they found $1.6 million for an unsolicited proposal to study whether we should delay a vaccine we’ve been safely giving for 40 years, in a country where infants are at high risk of infection”
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
CDC awards $1.6 million for hepatitis B vaccine study, likely to controversial Danish researchers
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Honestly surprised there aren’t more people in the press asking RFK “how is this not just Tuskegee on steroids?”
You’re trialing nontreatment, on poor black people, single blind (investigators will know, patients will not), when an *effective treatment already exists*. That *worse* than Tuskegee.
You’re trialing nontreatment, on poor black people, single blind (investigators will know, patients will not), when an *effective treatment already exists*. That *worse* than Tuskegee.
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This study is Tuskegee on steroids. White researchers from wealthy countries denying a treatment of known efficacy to see what happens to black children.
The only failure of the comparison is how much *worse* this is than Tuskegee - which started before an effective treatment was available.
The only failure of the comparison is how much *worse* this is than Tuskegee - which started before an effective treatment was available.
Public health scientists are raising concerns following news of a $1.6 million award from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for a trial of hepatitis B vaccines in newborn babies in the West African nation of Guinea-Bissau.
CDC funds controversial hepatitis B vaccine trial in African newborns
Scientists question the value of the proposed study, which will investigate a vaccine long known to be efficacious and safe
www.science.org
December 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
This study is Tuskegee on steroids. White researchers from wealthy countries denying a treatment of known efficacy to see what happens to black children.
The only failure of the comparison is how much *worse* this is than Tuskegee - which started before an effective treatment was available.
The only failure of the comparison is how much *worse* this is than Tuskegee - which started before an effective treatment was available.
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“They’re going to bring back suffering and death,” said Dr. Sean O’Leary, chair of the infectious disease committee for the American Academy of Pediatrics. “I don’t say that with any hyperbole, that’s exactly what’s going to happen.”
R.F.K. Jr. Likely to Swap U.S. Childhood Vaccine Schedule for Denmark’s
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:59 AM
“They’re going to bring back suffering and death,” said Dr. Sean O’Leary, chair of the infectious disease committee for the American Academy of Pediatrics. “I don’t say that with any hyperbole, that’s exactly what’s going to happen.”
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Ben Shapiro is used to being around conservatives who make tasteless jokes about Jews, & assuming that’s as deep as the antisemitism goes. These deep cut tropes coming into wider circulation on the right now are the sorts of things people say who have had conversations about murdering lots of Jews.
When I say that it's grim that Jewish people on the right are about to find themselves unwelcome, I am referring to rising antisemitism, which is dangerous and bad
Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens aren't just against Israel. They are actively promoting antisemitic tropes. This is a problem!
Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens aren't just against Israel. They are actively promoting antisemitic tropes. This is a problem!
December 21, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Ben Shapiro is used to being around conservatives who make tasteless jokes about Jews, & assuming that’s as deep as the antisemitism goes. These deep cut tropes coming into wider circulation on the right now are the sorts of things people say who have had conversations about murdering lots of Jews.
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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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I agree that I’m not sure self-experimentation is the right way to roll this out. You can’t tell anything from an uncontrolled experiment of n=1. At the same time, it’s a cool idea. Would love to see an actual trial.
www.sciencenews.org/article/vacc...
www.sciencenews.org/article/vacc...
He made beer that’s also a vaccine. Now controversy is brewing
An NIH scientist’s maverick approach reveals legal, ethical, moral, scientific and social challenges to developing potentially life-saving vaccines.
www.sciencenews.org
December 21, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I agree that I’m not sure self-experimentation is the right way to roll this out. You can’t tell anything from an uncontrolled experiment of n=1. At the same time, it’s a cool idea. Would love to see an actual trial.
www.sciencenews.org/article/vacc...
www.sciencenews.org/article/vacc...
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The richest man in the world bragging about starving people to death sounds like a plot from an over-the-top dystopian movie but that's what happened
December 17, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The richest man in the world bragging about starving people to death sounds like a plot from an over-the-top dystopian movie but that's what happened
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Not recommending vaccines on a national level will harm children.
Deferring all decision making to doctors while also systematicslly undermining everything that doctors recommend harms children.
This is a deadly policy change.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Deferring all decision making to doctors while also systematicslly undermining everything that doctors recommend harms children.
This is a deadly policy change.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Not recommending vaccines on a national level will harm children.
Deferring all decision making to doctors while also systematicslly undermining everything that doctors recommend harms children.
This is a deadly policy change.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Deferring all decision making to doctors while also systematicslly undermining everything that doctors recommend harms children.
This is a deadly policy change.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines.
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
December 20, 2025 at 12:50 AM
It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines.
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
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ok so maybe I was wrong when I said Putin would never invade. and maybe I was wrong when I said Putin will win in a week and we should not help. But now we’re here, and I'm going to tell you what putin is thinking, and I’m going to do it in the most patronizing way possible
December 18, 2025 at 12:34 PM
ok so maybe I was wrong when I said Putin would never invade. and maybe I was wrong when I said Putin will win in a week and we should not help. But now we’re here, and I'm going to tell you what putin is thinking, and I’m going to do it in the most patronizing way possible