Just yesterday, I learned that my aunt taught him in med school. I have not yet recovered.
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Just yesterday, I learned that my aunt taught him in med school. I have not yet recovered.
Hmmm President Trump? Or a new president? ;)
Countries on track to eliminate cervical cancer: -Australia by 2028 -Sweden by 2027 -Rwanda by 2030 -UK by 2040 -Indonesia by 2030 -Bhutan 2030 -El Salvador by 2030 -Canada by 2040 How? HPV vaccine. Same one RFK Jr is trying to ban. You will note USA is not on this list.
Vaccines are one of the greatest achievements in medicine: they help save millions of lives every year, prevent suffering, and protect our communities. Few tools in history have done more for human health.
Remember the Kate Middleton video? Are we going to be looking at shadows on his desk?
Hold me back
The W Hotel offers this view. So, one can see the WH. There are apparently a few hotels that have this view, surprisingly.
Someone please kill me right now.
Nine former CDC directors, from Bill Foege onward, speak out about the incalculable harm that RFK, Jr. is doing to public health in the US and around the world. Gift link.
Don’t you mean “Trump” announces? ;)
Nine former directors of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are speaking out, saying Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is endangering the health of Americans. abcnews.go.com/Health/forme...
Why is Newsom’s team better at pretending to be Trump than Trump’s own team?
Guessing that every room is the shitting room these days.
Also, source of the video?
Must have orange-stained furniture.
Too many commas for Trump, no?
What’s suspicious is that he ISN’T at Mar-a-Lago for the weekend.
Proper noun
Anyone with knowledge of the WH know which room that is? Anyone with knowledge of DC know which building the video might be filmed from?
Source of the video?
RFK & friends have caused so much damage. I just read this in an article about rabies:
The pre-vaccine era was HELL for kids. We have already failed them on gun safety, we cannot fail them on the issue of vaccines. #VACCINES cause Adults!
Oh my. This is where we are at, thanks to people like RFK: “A 2023 study published in the journal Vaccine found…that nearly 40% believed canine vaccines were unsafe and 37% believed that vaccines could lead their dogs to develop cognitive issues, such as autism.”
Jill Stein and Cornel West both disgust me — such goddamn, self-serving hypocrites.
Love her dress!!!!
BREAKING: Chilling words about Trump and the 2026 elections by Illinois Governor Pritzker: "He would like to stop the elections in 2026 or frankly take control of those elections. He'll just claim there's some problem with an election and then he's got troops on the ground that can take control."
never let anyone tell you it’s too late to follow your dreams
This seems very timely.
Illinois is currently exploring the possibility of purchasing Covid-19 vaccines in bulk straight from manufacturers to make sure everyone will still have access.
Paging @jaketapper.bsky.social
Ugh *of all Unlike Trump, typos drive me nuts.
I just learned that my aunt taught Vinay Prasad in med school and 🤯 🤯 🤯
No videos. No posting from loud-mouthed Don Jr. And most suspicious at all: he used a comma appropriately in his latest Truth Social post.
New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!
This is the way
“Pro family values” party.
Shawn has probably never left his hometown and therefore believes there are palm trees in VA.
There is a Kansas City, Kansas & a Kansas City, Missouri. This is the former.
Network of hospitals and cancer centers halt enrollment in clinical trials for children with brain cancer after the federal government said it will no longer provide funding . www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...
CNN: “At least 47 killed in Gaza City on Saturday, 6 children… footage showed a row of dead children shrouded in floral blankets… Video from after the attack showed numerous children wandering dazed, covered in blood and dust…” www.cnn.com/2025/08/30/m...
I think he’s playing the long game. I don’t want to lose him, but that man does have his sights on the presidency. One day…
We just need PCA to step it up again…
This coming from the man who literally glitches & toasts himself in a tanning bed.
What I really want to know is: Was he able to purchase a pierogi?
Sooo…The Bad Place is convinced that Trump passed away.
Mass shooters since 2018 who were transgender — 4. Mass shooters since 2018 who were not transgender — 4,193. Hope that helps.
"Dangerous, Irrational, Illogical: RFK Jr. Has Put So Many Lives at Risk" The decision by Trump's extremist health secretary to restrict COVID vaccines & oust the CDC chief could be a death sentence for vulnerable Americans, writes John Harwood for Zeteo.
A friend from childhood adapted both this book & Kindred into award-winning graphic novels. They are great! I still have to read the originals…
We should be able to agree that funding research for pediatric cancer should be prioritized and expanded. Not canceled. Clinical trials that can be the last hope for kids with cancer stopping recruitment due to funding loss is heartbreaking 💔 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...
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Shingles vaccination also appears to lower a person's risk of heart attack and stroke. www.upi.com/Health_News/...
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It should never be easier to access a gun than a vaccine.
She went to a pharmacy to get her Covid vaccination, with a prescription from her doctor. But she said the pharmacist turned her away, citing new guidelines from ACIP. “He said, ‘I agree the science says they’re good for you, but I have to follow our policy." www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
There is no possible legitimate reason to do this. It’s what despots do. It’s petty. It’s dangerous. It’s unAmerican. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
Little kids are having to use their bodies to shield friends from gunfire while armed soldiers are busy picking up trash.
Don’t look away
“Those states are Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia and West Virginia, along with the District of Columbia.”
Outside the CDC, people are chanting “USA, not RFK.” They are fed up with having one unqualified person dictate the nation’s health. #USANotRFK
CDC scientists receive a heroes welcome after walking out today.
70 years ago today, Emmett Till was lynched by white supremacists. Here in Illinois, we promise to never hide from our history — no matter how painful the chapter. We honor his memory and his brave mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, by continuing the fight for civil rights and justice.
Massive walkout underway at CDC. RFK jr. must resign so that we can be safe.
Ok, hear me out… I agreed with you when I had only tried the larger cookies… However, some of the smaller ones are tasty, and the cheesecake varieties were surprisingly good. 😬
We are in very dark times. It’ll take an entire political/social movement, an overwhelming rebuke at the polls, and a new vision of governance to unstick this country from whatever this collapse is.
Vaccines are safe and effective. RFK Jr. isn’t.
This country’s top scientists & doctors are quitting in droves, signing public letters of no confidence, & were attacked by a conspiracy theorist. It is so dangerous for national security to have our federal health agencies who are tasked with protecting Americans in this state. RFK Jr must resign.
This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
This administration of extremists, quacks, and grifters continues to endanger the lives and health of millions
RFK Jr is lying when he says everyone wants the COVID vaccine can still get it because of “shared clinical decision making.” He is threatening doctors legally if they prescribe the COVID vaccine off label.
Let’s recap: ~3 weeks ago, a gunman, who believed the COVID vaccines were killing people, shot up CDC. Since then… - Kennedy criticized the agency’s COVID response. - NIH director Bhattacharya attacked mRNA platform. - FDA restricted COVID vaccine access - Top scientists are ousted at CDC
Daniil Medvedev after a loss at the US Open. Another grown man throwing a tantrum like he's a 3yo toddler. Ffs, mate. Do the world a favour—get off the court and stay off.
You are living through the unthinkable: the president of the United States using the military to seize domestic power. The greatest crisis of executive power in American history, at the hands of the worst, most corrupt, and most unfit president in American history.
The antiwar president wants to change the Department of Defense’s name to the Department of War. 🤷🏽♂️
This is especially troubling given that final approval was expected by many for COVID19 vaccines last week, and it did not come. I’m devastating that the Republican Party would rather watch people die than remove Kennedy from office.
I realize there's a lot going on but I think people should know the best sports interview ever given was just given last night by a Marlins relief pitcher who slapped himself in the face pretty hard 3 times as soon as he emerged from the bullpen, got the save, and then dropped this epic minute on us
Less reading can affect health, well-being and literacy. Reading has been linked to stronger language skills, reasoning and empathy. "I think it's important for people to understand that reading for pleasure is actually a health promoting activity." abcnews.go.com/Health/ameri...
This is what dictators sound like
COVID-19 continues to cause hospitalizations and deaths in children and remains a leading cause of serious respiratory illness. theconversation.com/pediatrician...
Artem Morozov hoped that the war in Ukraine would end on his 16th birthday, when President Trump welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska. Instead, Russia killed Artem and his entire family.
The State of Illinois at this time has received no requests or outreach from the federal government asking if we need assistance, and we have made no requests for federal intervention.
SEAN PENN TO MAHER: “I wish I would’ve seen Trump’s mission in having dinner with you as less successful— maybe I would’ve done some editing.” 😬 Bill Maher seeks Sean Penn’s approval for his dinner with Trump (and subsequent sane-washing speech about him)… but doesn’t get it.
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Here’s what was NOT released today: - the proffer agreement between Maxwell and the DoJ - the agreement transferring Maxwell to club fed - communications showing who waived Maxwell’s sex offender status allowing her transfer and possible work assignments outside prison - the Epstein files
Starvation Is Everywhere': Virtual Tours of Gaza Clinics Expose the Scale of the Horror - via Haaretz www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Aug 22nd Update: WW having technical issues, but I can fill in the gap reasonably with ED data. South and West are ~60% higher than other regions, all regions increasing. 🔸️430,000 new infections/day 🔸️1 in 77 currently infected 🔸️1 in 190 infectious out of household
Is it just me or was something up with his right eye? It looked like it was half-open from the clips I saw.
That was one of the most batshit press conferences of Trump's public life. He brandished a photo of Putin and promised to deploy the US military to occupy Chicago, New York, and San Francisco. A sane country would be moving toward impeachment and removal right now.
For those who don’t fall under the CDC’s new recommendations, coverage would depend on their insurance — with some deciding to fully cover the shot, others requiring a copay and some not covering it at all. Without insurance, a Covid shot can cost up to $140. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Absolutely disgraceful and despicable. If you are a partner at Paul Weiss or Kirkland & Ellis you should be ashamed of yourself -- that is, if you had any shame left.
In this report on immunization coverage in US adolescents and teenagers, only 63%of adolescents ages 13-17 are up-to-date on HPV vaccination. That is a missed opportunity to protect 23% of adolescents from several cancers. www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
I am a descendant of slave and slaveholder. My ancestors fought to establish this nation. My extended family today includes people born in 5 nations other than the United States. I live in a majority-minority neighborhood in a majority-minority city in a majority-minority state. I am an American.
Washing waste from the brain is an essential function of sleep—and it could help ward off dementia
NEW: Hundreds of current and former HHS workers have sent a letter to Robert Kennedy Jr. responding to the CDC shooting. The letter asks that he stop spreading misinformation that endangers their lives. It also asks NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya to stop undermining mRNA vaccine technology.
For the first time in 30 years, the American Academy of Pediatrics is substantially diverging from U.S. government vaccine recommendations. The group’s new COVID recommendations come amid a tumultuous year for public health, as vaccine skeptics have come into power. www.latimes.com/science/stor...
If you want to put back statues and memorials and names of Confederate traitors while tearing down museum exhibitions on slavery because they don't show the greatness of the nation... the nation whose history you're celebrating is whiteness. The kind of nationalist you are is a white nationalist.
The most important part of this article, to me, is the end. It challenges a false binary between “long COVID” and “everyone else.” Maybe it's a spectrum... 🧵 (1/5) www.bmj.com/content/390/...
