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Must-read story from @jeneeninterlandi.bsky.social on Trump & RFK Jr's catastrophic assault on the FDA.
I'm quoted briefly, echoing a warning @reshmagar.bsky.social, @drjoshs.bsky.social & other watchdogs reiterated for years: FDA's unnecessary, excessive secrecy fueled conspiracy theories.

An update on the BMA’s position on the Israel-Gaza conflict The BMA is aware of a number of social media posts and queries about motions passed at ARM relating to the crisis in Gaza. Some information being shared is incorrect. We are releasing this statement t...

@bma.org.uk demonstrates some moral clarity, support for academic freedom and freedom of speech more broadly. All people should feel emboldened to raise the question of direct and indirect support for war, occupation, genocide in their organizations. www.bma.org.uk/what-we-do/w...

today's Very Special Episode of "a society that would like to safeguard it's most basic functions must discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities"

Israeli forces have been scaling up military operations in northern #Gaza, especially in #GazaCity and Jabaliya. On 27 June, an airstrike hit the home of an MSF surgeon and data analyst in Gaza City.

The couple were wounded along with their 3 children.

Fund Medicaid, Not War! Check out the NVMA on IG (@nationalnonviolentmedicaidarmy)and Fb (/nonviolentmedicaidarmy), and find their guide to action on Fb.

Live Updates: Iran Fires Missiles at U.S. Base in Qatar, Iranian Officials Say

"Iran coordinated the attacks on the American air base in Qatar with Qatari officials and gave advanced notice that attacks were coming to minimize casualties, according to three Iranian officials familiar with the plans." - www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...

It’s okay to write “poor” in scientific manuscripts. “Low income” is not the same as poor. Poor is not an insult, it’s part of reality. Most people in the world are poor. It is not shameful to be poor. It is not scientific to avoid the word. Precious jargon will not end poverty.

They Asked an A.I. Chatbot Questions. The Answers Sent Them Spiraling.

This is the third story I've read in a month about how AI chatbots are leading people into psychological crises.

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After 25 years in US, Arizona father detained by ICE while on way to job repairing homes An Arizona father who has lived in the US for 25 years appears to have been racially profiled by ICE and sent to the Florence Detention Center while on his way to work. His daughter, Denise Gutierrez,...

From @coppercourier.com: Joel Gutierrez has lived in the U.S. for 25 years. His two youngest children were born here. But that didn't stop ICE from detaining him last week.

JB cannot say how many clinical trials have been ruined.

FYI: You cannot just stop and start experiments.

Los Angeles Unified School District
Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho didn't hold back when expressing his anger and "contempt" after agents with Homeland Security attempted to gain access to two elementary schools earlier this week.

"Harriet Tubman, along with Black soldiers, took part in a daring Union raid of Combahee Ferry near Beaufort, South Carolina.

She became the first American woman to lead a major military operation when she and at least 150 Black soldiers helped to rescue more than 700 Black Americans..."

The Freedom Flotilla is on its way to Gaza again. You can follow it here. freedomflotilla.org/ffc-tracker/...

Greta Thunberg and Rima Hassan (French MEP) are on board

Remember that the last Freedom Flotilla ended with Israel massacring 10 of its passengers and injuring over 50

Absolutely 🔥 coverage of Put People First! PA and the Nonviolent Medicaid Army in @thenation.com again. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Call It a Genocide, Bernie Sanders refuses to say what we all know to be true about Gaza. That's unacceptable.

Bernie Sanders refuses to say that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. In other words, he refuses to tell the truth. This is unacceptable, and it has to end. Me for @discourseblog.com: www.discourseblog.com/p/call-it-a-...

More Than a Dozen U.S. Officials Sold Stocks Before Trump’s Tariffs Sent the Market Plunging Records show well-timed trades by executive branch employees and congressional aides. Even if they had no insider information, ethics experts say such trading undermines faith in government and the ma...

More Than a Dozen U.S. Officials Sold Stocks Before Trump’s Tariffs Sent the Market Plunging www.propublica.org/article/us-o...

Judge Murphy: "It was impossible for these people to have a meaningful opportunity to object to their transfer to South Sudan. ... The govt's actions in this case are unquestionably violative of this court's order." Was it criminally contemptuous? Can be left for another day

EU outrage grows after Israel fires ‘warning shots’ at diplomatic delegation France, Germany and Belgium have condemned the incident and demanded an explanation.

"Germany’s Foreign Ministry strongly condemned Israel’s “unprovoked shelling” in a statement, and said it was a matter of luck that “nothing worse had happened"...Italy’s Foreign Minister...said on social media he had summoned the Israeli ambassador to Rome"

www.politico.eu/article/isra...

Netanyahu: Gaza Aid Scheme Offers Israel Symbolic Cover to Finish the Genocide In order to conquer and seize Gaza, “We need to do it in a way” where the world “won’t stop us," Netanyahu says.

🚨Netanyahu: Gaza Aid Scheme Offers Israel Symbolic Cover to Finish the Genocide
www.dropsitenews.com/p/netanyahu-...

Northwestern has not received any NIH funds since March. No written communication about why or what can be done. Thank you Ben Singer for raising awareness at #ATS2025

Things are happening that cannot be undone. That's why they're so frightened.

The team from the Special Symposium on Trauma Informed Care at #SGIM25. Working on this with these folks pushed me to apply my research to my clinical work sooner than I would have otherwise. Awesome group. @societygim.bsky.social

Here is the grad speech that NYU is now withholding the student's diploma for:

"As I search my heart today in addressing you all…the only thing that is appropriate to say in this time and to a group this large is a recognition of the atrocities currently happening in Palestine."

Our work on Medicaid in @theprogressivemag.bsky.social was picked up by MSN. NVMA is changing the moral narrative around poverty. www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...

Only the United Poor Can Save Medicaid As bipartisan attacks on Medicaid remain a threat, we need to keep fighting for our right to health care.

progressive.org/op-eds/only-...

President Donald Trump has abruptly dismissed Dr. Carla Hayden, the first woman and first African American to serve as Librarian of Congress, via an email from the White House's Presidential Personnel Office.

thanks for reading!

Only the United Poor Can Save Medicaid As bipartisan attacks on Medicaid remain a threat, we need to keep fighting for our right to health care.

As bipartisan attacks on Medicaid remain a threat, we need to keep fighting for our right to health care.
progressive.org/op-eds/only-...

Find the NVMA on IG here, we’re also on Facebook and TikTok, not Bluesky yet. www.instagram.com/nationalnonv...

Only the United Poor Can Save Medicaid As bipartisan attacks on Medicaid remain a threat, we need to keep fighting for our right to health care.

I wrote about our organizing around the Medicaid cuts in @theprogressivemag.bsky.social .
There is continuity between the Great Medicaid Purge under Biden and it’s threatened expansion under Trump. progressive.org/op-eds/only-...