Robert Smith, Ph.D

Coming soon: food insecurity for 70 million more Americans—including the working poor! Because in the U.S., a full-time job gets you stress, debt, and now a front-row seat to hunger. But hey, the stock market’s fine, so who cares, right?

Great news! Medicaid and SNAP cuts mean millions get to experience the thrill of untreated illness and empty cupboards. Who needs healthcare or food when you’ve got bootstraps and a GoFundMe? God bless America, where survival is a luxury.

Ah yes, the American dream—
Congress just announced yet another round of “freedom-enhancing” cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. Because nothing says “fiscal responsibility” like letting working families choose between groceries and insulin.

Land of the free, home of the chronically uninsured.

‘Don't f--k around with Medicaid’: Trump moves to steamroll megabill opposition The president flexed his political muscle on Capitol Hill. But not all House Republicans are ready to submit.

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Republicans weigh cuts to Medicaid that could dramatically affect millions President Donald Trump's fellow Republicans in the U.S. Congress are weighing steep cuts to the Medicaid health program as part of a wide-ranging budget package that also would cut taxes and raise spending on defense and border security.

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House Republicans unveil Medicaid cuts that Democrats warn will leave millions without care House Republicans have unveiled the cost-saving centerpiece of President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.”

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Surprised and offended?? I’m neither surprised or offended - I’m pissed that consideration wasn’t offered to a child receiving treatment for cancer.

I am certain deportation proceedings could have been delayed until continuation of care was established.

I’ll retract all of this was done.

3 children who are US citizens — including one with cancer — deported with their mothers, lawyers and advocacy groups say

A closer look at who relies on Medicaid According to health policy experts, there may not be a way to fund the tax cuts proposed by House Republicans without cutting Medicaid.

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YouTube video by VICE News Covid Lab Leak Theory Examined | Shane Smith Has Questions

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Sweeping health agency cuts at FDA, CDC, CMS and more divisions begin Editor's Note: This is a developing story. | The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is reorganizing and cutting 10,000 members, with delayed announcements finally hitting employee inboxes A...

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Mass layoffs are underway at the nation's public health agencies Employees across the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have begun receiving notices of dismissal in a major overhaul expected to ultimately lay off up to 10,000 people.

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'Read this e-mail immediately': CDC tells about 180 fired employees to come back to work They were dismissed as part of President Donald Trump’s and billionaire Elon Musk’s cost-cutting purge

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There Are People in Government Still Trying to Make Science Happen Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.

Everyone is doing their best in the worst of circumstances:

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How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days He used the constitution to shatter the constitution.

Strong recommendation for a read:

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Breaking! Measles outbreak in West Texas… pardon me.. RFK, Jr. has entered the chat…

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Thousands fired as Trump, Musk take ax to US government offices Anxious U.S. federal workers are expected to see another round of pink slips on Friday as President Donald Trump and top adviser Elon Musk pursue a wholesale downsizing of the government.

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Trump administration to fire thousands at health agencies The Trump administration is set to eliminate thousands of federal health care jobs Friday, targeting employees across agencies who were hired in the past one to two years.

These are the best among us—the brilliant minds who have devoted their lives to public service— being discarded like chaff.

Thank you for your unwavering dedication.

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The pointless destruction of the world's leading scientific and medical research system No one benefits from this

The pointless destruction of the scientific and medical research system open.substack.com/pub/stevensa...

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Thousands of probationary federal health agency workers fired by letter this weekend. Here's what it said. The move comes amid a government-wide effort to cut probationary workers by the Department of Government Efficiency task force led by billionaire Elon Musk.

🧪Arghhh! I think I can safely say that the Trump Administration doesn't give a rat's a$$ about our health!
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🍂 Further layoffs at Federal Agencies (CMS, FDA, CDC)
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Covid-19: CIA says lab leak most likely source of outbreak But the US intelligence agency cautions it has "low confidence" in this new determination.

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First virus of the year, achieved. I’m a terrible patient and already over it (blaming my son for this one). The worst—zero stars, do not recommend. Also, I’m running a full metagenomic sequencing panel because I’m going to identify the little bastard and obliterate it.

How America’s Fire Wall Against Disease Starts to Fail Changing the membership of an obscure advisory committee could have an outsize effect on Americans’ protection against disease.  

The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is currently stacked with academic experts well versed in the science of vaccines. A new secretary of Health and Human Services could rapidly change that, Katherine J. Wu writes.

Hi Amber, D&D caught my attention! Pleasure to meet you!

This playlist is incredible.

Today would have marked 52 years of Roe as the law of the land. But Donald Trump packed the Supreme Court with anti-abortion extremists to get it overturned.

This week, he cut off access to reproductiverights.gov.

We must keep fighting for women’s rights.

Seems like every Friday there’s been some alarming new bird flu news to report so nice of the President to stop ruining the weekend for public health and virus people

The point isn’t about innocence; it’s about fairness, proportionality in sentencing, and blatant corruption in the criminal justice system.

Calling a truce.