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                Fact sheet: U.S. military anti-drug strikes have killed at least 43 civilians in the Caribbean. Examines the operations' legal basis, justifications, and effectiveness.
            
        
    
    
            - What is the current "boat strike" death toll? (43)
- How much of cocaine supplies (est) actually transit Venezuela? (10-13%)
- How much US-bound fentanyl comes from South America? (none)
We all need credibly sourced information right now. And here is a new @wola-org.bsky.social fact sheet:
               
            
            
                24.10.2025 23:11 β π 392    π 177    π¬ 14    π 5                      
            
         
            
        
            
        
            
            
            
            
            
    
    
    
    
            "...global vaccine efforts have saved >150 million lives since 1974, cavities have declined dramatically since community water fluoridation began in 1945, and milk pasteurization has saved millions from foodborne illness"
We need #evidencebased policies, not conspiracies & junk science
#publichealth
               
            
            
                25.10.2025 00:58 β π 3    π 1    π¬ 0    π 0                      
            
         
            
        
            
        
            
            
            
            
            
    
    
    
    
            One of APA's summaries of the need for these bans: www.apa.org/topics/lgbtq...
               
            
            
                07.10.2025 16:38 β π 1    π 1    π¬ 0    π 0                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
            
    
    
    
    
            If conversion therapy bans are ruled illegal, so much harm will be done
Contrast: 9th circuit said "States do not lose the power to regulate the safety of medical txs performed under the authority of a state license merely because those txs are implemented through speech rather than through scalpel"
               
            
            
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                COVID vaccines may have averted thousands of hospital stays in infants, pregnant women over 18 months
                
            
        
    
    
            Study in JAMA PediatricsΒ estimates that vaccinating pregnant women against COVID-19 prevented 7,000 hospitalizations in infants and 3,000 in pregnant women from January 2024 to May 2025.Β 
#Medsky 
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/cov...
               
            
            
                30.09.2025 23:56 β π 438    π 164    π¬ 6    π 4                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
                                                 
                                                
    
    
    
    
            Let's be clear: no one should be taking medical advice from the man who told Americans to inject bleach. 
To moms worried about the Tylenol they took while pregnant: you deserve better than being RFK Jr's scapegoat.
And to the autism community: you are loved exactly as you are.
               
            
            
                23.09.2025 19:20 β π 15986    π 4401    π¬ 547    π 179                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
            
    
    
    
    
            @nationalacademies.org has issued a report that examines the sources, spread, & consequences of science #misinformation & presents evidence-based strategies to help mitigate its harms.
Right now, this seems more important than ever.
Register for free for in-person or virtual symposium attendance:
               
            
            
                23.09.2025 20:35 β π 2    π 1    π¬ 0    π 0                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
            
    
    
    
    
            In December 2023, Special Counsel Jack Smith asked SCOTUS to grant cert before judgement to hear Trumpβs immunity appeal. 
The court rejected that request and didnβt issue its immunity decision until July 2024. 
Trumpβs federal cases never made it to trial before the November 2024 election.
               
            
            
                23.09.2025 03:21 β π 2786    π 974    π¬ 74    π 46                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
            
    
    
    
    
            We must continue to follow the science, despite the administration sharing misinformation. Acetaminophen is safe during pregnancy.
#defendscience
#StandUpForScience
#ScienceNotSilence
#EvidenceBasedPractice
               
            
            
                22.09.2025 23:29 β π 2    π 1    π¬ 0    π 0                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
            
    
    
    
    
            Kagan: "Our emergency docket should never be used, as it has been this year, to permit what our own precedent bars. Still more, it should not be used, as it has been, to transfer government authority from Congress to the President, and thus to reshape the Nation's separation of powers."
               
            
            
                22.09.2025 23:27 β π 6    π 2    π¬ 0    π 0                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
            
    
    
    
    
            #BREAKING: Over dissents from Justices Sotomayor, Kagan & Jackson, #SCOTUS grants a stay in the Slaughter case (allowing President Trump to remove the last Dem member of the FTC), *and* grants certiorari "before judgment" to decide whether to formally overrule its 1935 ruling in Humphrey's Executor.
               
            
            
                22.09.2025 19:15 β π 2771    π 1146    π¬ 292    π 388                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
            
    
    
    
    
            The president's recommendations could put children in harm's way. 
Even if clinical guidance does not change, pregnant people risk hurting themselves and their children when they run fevers and do not treat them. 
This is a completely avoidable & self-inflicted public health crisis in the making.
               
            
            
                22.09.2025 23:10 β π 38    π 13    π¬ 1    π 3                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
                                                 
                                                         
                                                
    
    
    
    
            These findings in the new Washington Post poll jump off the page: Trump is underwater by 19 points on his handling of the economy (40/59) and underwater by 30 points on his handling of tariffs.
By contrast, the same poll found him at +14 net approval on the economy in Oct. 2020.
               
            
            
                22.09.2025 19:01 β π 2080    π 559    π¬ 74    π 81                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
            
    
    
    
    
            Border Czar Tom Homan was caught by the FBI accepting bribes - on camera - to deliver government contracts in exchange for $50,000 in cash.
Pam Bondi knew.
Kash Patel knew.
Emil Bove knew.
And they made the investigation go away.
A corrupt attempt to conceal brazen graft.
               
            
            
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                ABC10 station struck by gunfire Friday afternoon
                Shots were fired from outside the building into the lobby. Nobody was hurt.
            
        
    
    
            The ABC10 news station in Sacramento was shot at today, with at least three rounds making it through the front window and into the lobby. No one injured, no clear motive; still, chilling:
               
            
            
                19.09.2025 23:58 β π 188    π 86    π¬ 5    π 3                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
            
    
    
    
    
            Comedians are far quieter today than I would have hoped.
               
            
            
                18.09.2025 20:27 β π 6108    π 747    π¬ 210    π 63                      
            
         
            
        
            
        
            
            
            
            
            
    
    
            
                        
                American College of Physicians Calls for Removal of Secretary Kennedy at HHS | ACP Online
                Statement attributable to:Jason M. Goldman, MD, MACPPresident, American College of Physicians
            
        
    
    
            162,000 doctors strong: The American College of Physicians demands RFK Jr. be removed as HHS Secretary, warning he is undermining vaccines, science, and public health.
www.acponline.org/acp-newsroom...
#BlueSky #MedSky #NewsSky #NurseSky #SciSky
               
            
            
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                Advocates push lawmakers on Capitol Hill to protect higher education
                The American Federation of Teachers and American Association of University Professors launched a campaign and lobbied on Capitol Hill Thursday.
            
        
    
    
            Colleges and universities save lives, build futures, and power our economy. Our campaign with @AAUP.org is to strengthen higher education for everyone, regardless of ideology, because #HigherEdBenefitsEveryone. spectrumnews1.com/wi/milwaukee...
               
            
            
                20.09.2025 01:19 β π 58    π 27    π¬ 0    π 2                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
            
    
    
    
    
            I donβt understand why this is not getting more attention. The Trump administration is killing people with no legal basis.
               
            
            
                20.09.2025 01:59 β π 8    π 4    π¬ 0    π 0                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
            
    
    
    
    
            Breaking: A CDC advisory panel filled with RFK Jr.'s handpicked vaccine skeptics just unanimously recommended limiting the COVID shot to people 65 and older or those with underlying health conditions, based on a decision individually or with their doctor.
               
            
            
                19.09.2025 20:15 β π 1058    π 407    π¬ 140    π 55                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
            
    
    
    
    
            From the letter's demands:
1-Defend healthcare, science, safety, & public health
2-Stop the lawless impoundment of congressionally appropriated funds
3-Protect the federal workforce needed to carry out our agency missions from unlawful purges, retaliation, & reorganizations
4-Protect civil liberties
               
            
            
                19.09.2025 00:49 β π 1    π 0    π¬ 0    π 0                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
            
    
    
    
    
            Luckily, Sinclair has a helpful database of all their stations, so you can see if they're operating in your area and respond accordingly.
sbgi.net/tv-stations/
               
            
            
                18.09.2025 23:43 β π 19731    π 9950    π¬ 510    π 450                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
                                                 
                                                
    
    
    
    
            Trumpβs allies now control X, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, & TikTok.
They own Fox News, CBS, WaPo, WSJ & NY Post.
They own Sinclair Broadcasting which has 200 tv stations and local news in 100 markets.
βFreedom of speechβ is now what Trump and his billionaire pals say it is.
               
            
            
                18.09.2025 11:31 β π 3723    π 2119    π¬ 137    π 229                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
            
    
    
    
    
            @wkamaubell.bsky.social warns that folks who fall between celebrities being targeted & immigrants being illegally detained are encouraged to tell ourselves "it will be fine"
When anyone is silenced, we can all be silenced
When anyone doesn't get due process, we can all be detained w/o due process
               
            
            
                19.09.2025 00:28 β π 1    π 2    π¬ 0    π 0                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
            
    
    
    
    
            As Dr. Monarez made clear from her testimony, these votes were essentially pre-determined by RFK Jr and his careful selection of like-minded supporters to staff ACIP. He asked her to guarantee in advance she would approve the votes, no matter the science.
               
            
            
                18.09.2025 21:32 β π 20    π 12    π¬ 0    π 0                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
                            
            
            
            
    
    
    
    
            @timmiller.bsky.social: βThis is the federal government pressuring media companies to silence critics of the president. I mean, this is a straight out of the authoritarian playbook. It is an attempt to silence speech directly from the government.β
               
            
            
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