A Rogue Jedi

I've seen antivaxer Aaron Siri has just shared an old Stony Brook study to claim the Hep B vaccine causes Austism, which I know to be false. Can any provide a good argument about the flaws in the study to show parents that I am seeing elsewhere believe at face value?

Melinda Wharton Vaccines and Vaccine Policy, former ACIP Exe... After 39 years at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, I retired yesterday. I am heartbroken by what has happened at the agency since January, and I am afraid that the changes in the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices will have devastating consequences for public health. There still are thousands of smart and dedicated people at CDC, doing the same excellent work they have always done, but between the violent August 8 attack on the agency and the removal of the CDC Director and resignations of three senior leaders, it is a difficult place to be now. Thinking of my former colleagues and the agency that I still love, even though current leadership seem intent on destroying it.

💔 CDC continues to lose our best and brightest as science, health, and the American people remain under attack.

Our heartfelt thanks to Melinda Wharton.

Babies are dying of whooping cough and measles like they haven’t in decades. It’s time to #FireRFKjr and save ourselves.

#SacktheQuack

No singular person has been a greater threat to public health than Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

a man wearing a helmet screams with his mouth open Alt: A GIF from the climax of Rogue One, in which a Rebel fighter, wearing an elongated white half clamshell shaped helmet is pounding on the window of an airlock and screaming in terror, HELP US!!!! as, behind him, Darth Vader is mowing down everyone with his lightsaber.

This scene from Rogue One perfectly sums up the experience of living in America, right now.

Happy Star Wars Day everyone! This quote could not be more relevant to the US under Trump. #Maythe4thbewithyou

Shocking...

So much for MAHA

The image is a screenshot of a tweet from Neil Stone (@DrNeilStone ). The tweet reads: "RFK Jr has cut Alzheimers research. ALZHEIMERS. One of the most devastating, urgent and increasing health problems we face today. He’s not interested. He’s a nasty piece of work."

Gen Z and Millennials: In ten years when we’re still without a cure and you’re caring for your parents, remember what he did.

We need to take the flag of the Heard and Mcdonald Islands and make it our rallying symbol against Trump's tariffs

Haley Britzky @halbritz AFRICOM commander Gen. Langley tells senators that China is "trying to replicate" USAID programs in Africa as the US scales back USAID. "They're trying to use that as an extension of the Belt and Road Initiative to gain favor by the African countries," Langley said.

Wow who could’ve guessed that this would happen

It’s almost as if USAID was a pillar of American soft power and influence in the world

It’s almost as if it was entirely predictable that America’s adversaries would work to fill the void left by USAID’s destruction

I hear the residents of the Heard and McDonald Islands are refusing to pay Trump's tariffs

Gold-standard maternal mortality database in limbo as CDC staff placed on leave As part of the sweeping layoffs that rocked HHS, the entire staff that oversaw an annual survey to better understand infant and maternal health was placed on administrative leave.

BREAKING: In the massive HHS RIFs today, one program that is now in limbo is PRAMS — the gold standard dataset for infant and maternal health in the US

🧪 #medsky

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It's part of their brand

This is how the Rebels really acquired the Death Star plans

It's probably better to get used to NATO without the U.S. in it, or atleast not playing a key role anymore...

Trump to Greenland: you can choose your future, but you must choose America

NEW: The US General Services Administration plans to sell hundreds of government buildings, including FBI headquarters.

Use our interactive tools to see where they are—and which Congressional districts they're in.

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Halting military aid to a country that is fighting for its survival against an invading dictator while simultaneously announcing tariffs on neighboring allied nations. It pains me to say this, but the United States has become a rogue nation on the international stage. We're bad guys now.

This is a bigger issue than people realize. Not just jobs lost. But their families losing benefits. Landlords losing tenants. Cities and towns losing revenue. This is how recessions start

Ready Fire Aim is no way to govern.

The contempt that Donald Trump and JD Vance have for Volodymr Zelensky is disgusting. Ukraine is fighting for its survival, and they expect Zelensky to grovel at their feet. Meanwhile, Putin, the real dictator here, is laughing his ass off in the Kremlin. Putin has little reason to seek peace now.

The contempt that Donald Trump and JD Vance have for Volodymr Zelensky is disgusting. Ukraine is fighting for its survival, and they expect Zelensky to grovel at their feet. Meanwhile, Putin, the real dictator here, is laughing his ass off in the Kremlin. Putin has little reason to seek peace now.

Some thoughts on Jeff Bezos's idea of “personal liberties and free markets.” https://robertreich.substack.com/p/its-the-oligarchy-stupid

YouTube video by Global News "You're my hero!": WWII veteran shares emotional embrace with Ukraine's Zelenskyy

This is the guy that Trump is accusing of being a dictator rather than the guy who is trying to imitate Hitler or Stalin.
youtu.be/KBofHkLqXZE?...

YouTube video by Global News "You're my hero!": WWII veteran shares emotional embrace with Ukraine's Zelenskyy

This is the guy that Trump is accusing of being a dictator rather than the guy who is trying to imitate Hitler or Stalin.
youtu.be/KBofHkLqXZE?...

YouTube video by Global News "You're my hero!": WWII veteran shares emotional embrace with Ukraine's Zelenskyy

This is the guy that Trump is accusing of being a dictator rather than the guy who is trying to imitate Hitler or Stalin.
youtu.be/KBofHkLqXZE?...

We're watching ourselves become "the bad guys" in real time

So let's get this straight: The U.S. and Elon are now extorting Ukraine and threatening to turn off their Starlink Internet access unless they give their critical rare earth minerals to the United States? Staggering levels of corruption.