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A State Department employee shared with PBS News an image from inside the department. The image includes a piece of paper taped to a mirror with the words, "Colleagues, if you remain: RESIST FASCISM. Remember the oath you vowed to uphold."

Beautiful words.

Opinion | I’m a Pediatrician. I’m Afraid of Diseases I Thought I’d Never See.

Excellent commentary. Children will die in the US if vaccination rates fall too low. “I’m a Pediatrician. I’m Afraid of Diseases I Thought I’d Never See”. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/o...

The messages is: vaccines save lives! Check your COVID-19 vaccination status is up to date (mine is!), talk to your doctor if you have questions or concerns, remember the flu vaccine protects too from influenza

Europe Endures Relentless Heat Wave

More climate change havoc. And worse to come. While the warming worsens, and the warnings go out, still too many Governments falter or fail to address the problem properly including Down Under and especially now federally in the USA Europe Endures Relentless Heat Wave www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/w...

Mamdani Says Trump Is Attacking Him to Divert Focus From G.O.P. Agenda Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City, has been targeted by the president and other Republicans since his success in the primary.

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City, forcefully denounced President Trump on Wednesday for threatening to arrest him and repeating baseless claims about his immigration to the U.S. as a child.

What we should really be talking about is how the steady warming of the planet--which will continue until carbon emissions cease--is leading to increasingly dangerous, damaging & deadly heat and weather extremes. That's where my messaging is focused right now.
#TheTruthIsBadEnough

Covid in Australia in 2024
was 5-10x more deadly than Influenza
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Europe Endures Relentless Heat Wave

More climate change havoc. And worse to come. While the warming worsens, and the warnings go out, still too many Governments falter or fail to address the problem properly including Down Under and especially now federally in the USA Europe Endures Relentless Heat Wave www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/w...

The messages is: vaccines save lives! Check your COVID-19 vaccination status is up to date (mine is!), talk to your doctor if you have questions or concerns, remember the flu vaccine protects too from influenza

COVID-19 Australia. COVID-19 remained leading cause of acute respiratory infection-related mortality 2023-2025. >6000 confirmed COVID-19-related deaths in 2023, ~5000 in 2024, 5–10 times number of deaths attributed to influenza. Australia’s COVID-19 “excess mortality” estimated ~ 8000 deaths in 2024

🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia

The Fossil Fuel Non‐Proliferation Treaty: what it is, its importance for health, and why Australia should endorse it

✍️ Philomena Colagiuri, Jake TW Williams, Paul J Beggs and Ying Zhang

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Something to think about

At Testy Town Halls, Republicans Take Heat for Trump’s Bold Moves Big crowds are showing up to complain about the unilateral nature of President Trump’s early orders.

"We are getting lots of calls about Musk and lots of calls thanking me for sticking up for Ukraine..."
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Mass resignation marks a new kind of defiance in the second Trump era The Trump team has rarely if ever faced such resistance from within the government, a move that may pave the way for further defiance.

"Attorneys, he said, 'don’t resign because you disagree with the policies, but because you are being asked to do something you believe is ethically, morally or legally improper'...”

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A year after Navalny’s death, his widow urges ongoing fight for a ‘free’ Russia | CNN Yulia Navalnaya, the wife of late Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny, has urged people to continue fighting for a “free, peaceful” Russia a year after he died in prison.

Yulia Navalnaya, the wife of late Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny, has urged people to continue fighting for a “free, peaceful” Russia a year after he died in prison.

Healthy drinks are as important as healthy foods for kids, panel says Sweetened beverages “are not recommended as part of a healthy diet for children and adolescents,” the panel concludes.

Children and teens should drink water, plain pasteurized cow’s milk and limited amounts of 100 percent fruit and vegetable juices, according to healthy beverage guidelines recently released by an expert panel.

On Ukraine, Europe must step into the void | Virgin

Europe can’t rely on the strength of the transatlantic relationship to help contain Russia’s threat – it must lead from the front and be the true force of support that Ukraine needs. Not just for Ukraine’s sake, but for a free and sovereign Europe.

the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president

“When the president does it, that means it’s not illegal” — Richard Nixon, 1977

“He who saves his country does not violate any law” — Donald Trump, 2025

How well are researchers applying ethical principles and practices in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and medical research? A cross‐sectional study Urgent attention is needed to develop and implement routine evaluations of research practices in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and medical research

🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia Supplement

How well are researchers applying ethical principles and practices in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and medical research? A cross‐sectional study

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👏 Aussie News ran a clip of Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde's sermon at the inaugural prayer service.

The Aussie reporter introduced the service as:

The Bishop gave Donald Trump a dressing down!

Who Is Mariann Edgar Budde, the Bishop Who Made a Plea to Trump? The first woman to serve as the spiritual leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, Bishop Budde had a message for President Trump during his first term, too.

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde, whose appeal to President Trump for mercy on behalf of immigrants and the LGBTQ community made headlines on Tuesday, was also critical of Trump during his first term.

Bishop Budde is the first woman to serve as the spiritual leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington.

Aussie News report about the pardons!

More than 1,500 January 6 rioters have been freed and they've thanked the FELON who freed them!

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde

Hero.

Violent US Capitol rioters and far-right militia leaders set free by Trump, with Elon Musk’s support | CNN Politics Leaders of far-right militia groups and other US Capitol rioters who were convicted of violently assaulting police were freed from prison overnight by President Donald Trump’s mass pardons and commuta...

Leaders of far-right militia groups and other US Capitol rioters who were convicted of violently assaulting police were freed from prison by Trump’s mass pardons and commutations, as Elon Musk threatened the new administration might prosecute officials if they slow down more inmate releases.

I must echo for those mourning the possible loss of BookTok 💙📚, your local public library is still there and even better! Most librarians are literally trained to give you book recommendations (we call it readers' advisory and reference interview, and we even take classes on it 📚). #skybrarians

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U.S. pays $590 million to Moderna to speed up development of bird flu vaccine The public health risk remains low, but bird flu variants have proven to be unpredictable, which is why the virus is a top priority for the federal government.

The public health risk remains low, but bird flu variants have proven to be unpredictable, which is why the virus is a top priority for the federal government.

HHS invests nearly $600 million in Moderna’s bird flu vaccine development | CNN The US Department of Health and Human Services will award $590 million to Moderna to continue developing a vaccine to protect against bird flu, the pharmaceutical company announced Friday.

The US Department of Health and Human Services will award $590 million to Moderna to continue developing a vaccine to protect against bird flu, the pharmaceutical company announced.