Tim Moriarty

Snippet from article: If there were another pandemic, she said, the thinned-out federal agencies might not be able to support another effort like Warp Speed. “You’re destroying something with these draconian cuts that took years to build,” she said. “It can’t be rebuilt as fast as it was taken down.”

4/5 Dr. Emily Erbelding - leader in Operation Warp Speed
(That miraculous project to rapidly develop Covid vaccines…. which could have earned Pres Trump a Nobel Peace Prize except he’s such a fuckwit.)

Dr. Eberding - ousted from NIH in April. Her fears about the next pandemic 👇

They Fought Outbreaks Worldwide. Now They’re Fighting for New Lives.

🧵1/5 Article a few weeks old and no less devastating.

It is *tragic*, morally repugnant, and simply *dangerous* that DOGE/this admin have fired the experts working on fighting outbreaks.

We cannot protect ourselves if we remove the infrastructure and staff working tirelessly to keep us safe.

🎁🔗👇

Younger Asian American women had the second-lowest breast cancer rate. Why they're now tied for No. 1. Asian American and Pacific Islander women under 50 are now tied with white women for the highest breast cancer rates. Experts point to westernization, increased screenings and more.

Asian American and Pacific Islander women under 50 are now tied with white women for the highest breast cancer rates. Experts point to westernization, increased screenings and more.

Headline over a chocolate and carrot cake: This Carrot Cake Is Everyone's Favorite

Bolo de cenoura, a carrot cake often found in Portuguese and Brazilian bakeries, is thrilling in its simplicity. It doesn't require any grating. nyti.ms/493y3Si

Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.

One Halloween I dressed up as the GOP's Healthcare plan.

I never made it out of the House.

Appreciate this coverage but it is hard to explain to people not in the Chicago area that THESE ARE NOT PROTESTS.

This is people coming out of their homes, doing anything in their power to try to stop their neighbors from being kidnapped.

It is coming for your city next, please be prepared.

Why Trump Tore Down the East Wing The act of destruction is precisely the point: a kind of performance piece meant to display Trump’s arbitrary power over the Presidency, including its physical seat.

The East Wing’s very plainness came to symbolize the functional modesty of democratic government: a space for staff, not spectacle; for the sustaining rituals of civic life, not the exhibition of personal glory. All of that is now gone, Adam Gopnik writes.

The White House movie theater demolition ends a storied era in presidential history The vintage movie venue was destroyed this week as part of the Trump administration's plan to build a new $300 million ballroom. Former President Bill Clinton called it the office's "best perk."

The vintage movie venue was destroyed this week as part of the Trump administration's plan to build a new $300 million ballroom. Former President Bill Clinton called it the office's "best perk."

We’re putting food on the table in Argentina ($40 billion), yet MAGA Republicans are threatening to withhold SNAP funds already allocated by Congress. MAGA = Make Argentina Great Again.

The Impact of DEI Ban On Clinical Research Ecosystem | Applied Clinical Trials Online Examining the implications of the recent US executive orders concerning diversity, equity, and inclusion pursuits—and the key questions each clinical trial stakeholder must now navigate.

🧪In 2018, racial & ethnic health disparities cost the US economy $451 B. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering & Medicine estimated that investment in modest diversity in research could reduce health disparities, resulting in billions of dollars in savings to the US economy.

Pentagon accepts anonymous $130 million donation to help pay troops during government shutdown The donation will hardly make a dent in the billions of dollars used to pay troops every cycle.

The Pentagon confirmed that it accepted an anonymous $130 million donation to help offset the cost of troops’ salaries and benefits during the shutdown.

Historically the biggest and most integrated employer in the country.

The “oh well he was in the military, of course he’s racist” type arguments are getting on my nerves, condescending bullshit from people who have no idea how big and diverse the military is

The entire East Wing of the White House will be demolished “within days,” according to two Trump administration officials, as part of President Trump's project to build a new ballroom.

Trump Admits Americans Didn’t Vote for His Military Crackdowns Yet he and his party keep pretending they have a mandate.

"Mayors and governors are saying no to these invasions. But Trump insists that residents are saying yes. Once again, Trump is faking consent." www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-admi...

Just a reminder that — in the middle of a shutdown — House Republicans are on a paid vacation solely to avoid releasing the Epstein files and lowering your health care costs.

Lots of US companies have done lots of dreadful things to Americans. But the symbolism of paying to destroy the White House is hard to top.

This photo, taken on April 1, 1941, shows First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt sitting in front of a fireplace, accompanied by her staffers Malvina Thompson and Edith Helm at the White House in Washington, D.C.

The East Wing was where Eleanor Roosevelt welcomed all visitors to the White House.

That must have kept this administration up nights until they could knock it down. To build a ballroom we can't afford, during a shutdown, for a president who just posted himself dropping shit on the country.

Holy Warrior Pete Hegseth is bringing his fundamentalist interpretation of Christianity into the Pentagon.

"After the killing of Charlie Kirk, Hegseth asked a group of troops to recite the Lord’s Prayer with him. Later, Hegseth posted a video setting that recitation to imagery of missiles streaking across the sky and troops advancing on unseen enemies." www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

trump is demolishing our national symbols and selling the country for scrap to his corrupt donors

Ecuador Rejects Prosecution of Survivor of U.S. Strike on Vessel

Ecuador Rejects Prosecution of Survivor of U.S. Strike on Vessel

The country has freed the man, one of two survivors of a U.S. military strike on a submersible vessel last week, defying President Trump’s claim that he would be held and prosecuted.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...

"Steve Bannon bragged about helping secure an early prison release for confessed mafia hitman Vito Guzzo because he is 'the single biggest Trump fan you’ve ever seen.'" www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-gran...

Basically all US policy is at this point about indulging Trump’s irrational obsessions, petty grudges, and corrupt grifts, and then taking secondary and tertiary measures to mask the consequences of those policies.

Opinion | There’s a Reason Trump Fears No Kings Who’s the patriot now?

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

“If we can take any sign from the public’s escalating response to this madness, it is that Trump just may, in the end, remind Americans of the vital power of acting together in solidarity with each other,” our columnist Jamelle Bouie writes.

Appeals panel appears skeptical of DOJ's defense of guard deployment in Los Angeles The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments after a federal judge ruled that the Trump administration illegally deployed troops to Los Angeles.

A three-judge panel appeared skeptical of the Trump administration’s arguments that the president has judicially unreviewable power when it comes to the deployment of the National Guard on the streets of Los Angeles.

Senator Merkley Warns of Authoritarianism Under Trump in Nearly 23-Hour Speech The Oregon Democrat achieved a goal of topping the previous longest speech by a senator from his state.

Senator Jeff Merkley, Democrat of Oregon, concluded a marathon speech on the Senate floor Wednesday evening after 22 hours and 37 minutes, saying he was “ringing the alarm bells” on the arrival of authoritarianism under President Trump.

Trump’s Mar-a-White House The president is desecrating a symbol of liberal democracy and replacing it with a tacky, bloated eyesore.

Trump benefits from the fact that neutrally describing his actions make *you* sound nuts, but the president is literally unilaterally demolishing part of the White House to build a tacky ballroom www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-mar-...

Kristi Noem defends $170M purchase of Gulfstream jets for DHS leaders Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defended a contract to spend more than $170 million on new jets for the U.S. Coast Guard, including one that will be used for the secretary’s travel. The Dep…

Noem’s twin luxury jets cost taxpayers $170mil. What else could we have bought for that kind of cash?

💰The entire FY22 salary and benefits budget request for the Coast Guard (1)

💰Guaranteed loans for small businesses that are inaccessible during the shutdown. (2)

Tom Homan reportedly accepted $50,000 stuffed into a takeout bag from undercover F.B.I. agents. We must continue to ask where the money went, Ruth Marcus writes. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/zn2Q1B