Boback Ziaeian

NIH scientists say that mRNA vaccines have saved untold thousands of lives. A heroin addled nepo baby whose brain was partially eaten by a worm says mRNA vaccines are worthless and even dangerous. For busy medical patients, it can be hard to know who to trust.

ICE is having trouble recruiting new agents. Maybe they should try hiring undocumented workers.

Trump Wants U.C.L.A. to Pay $1 Billion to Restore Its Research Funding

Trump Wants U.C.L.A. to Pay $1 Billion to Restore Its Research Funding

The Trump administration has ended about $500 million for the Los Angeles-based university. The president said he wanted nearly double that to restart the flow of funds.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/u... @nytimes.com

Trump represents the greatest threat to free speech in the history of the United States. But I’ve had so much success financially complaining about woke censorship that I’m going to keep fucking that chicken.

SUNY Downstate Hospital Official Sentenced for Stealing $1.4 Million

SUNY Downstate Hospital Official Sentenced for Stealing $1.4 Million www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/n... @nytimes.com

Opinion | Democrats leaving Texas to stop a gerrymandering power grab is grounds for removal. Republicans leaving Washington to avoid releasing the Epstein files is smart politics.

Impact of the MISSION Act on Quality and Outcomes of Major Cardiovascular Procedures in Veterans This retrospective study examines the impact of MISSION Act implementation on travel times and outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention, coronary artery bypass grafting, and aortic valve replace...

Impact of the MISSION Act on Quality and Outcomes of Major Cardiovascular Procedures Among Veterans @jama.com jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

What stage of capitalism is this?

"80 million jobs were added in june, very nice very nice. 300 million jobs added in july, even better. but this month mr president, 2 billion jobs were added," I confidently declare, doing the easiest job in the world so i can own a home in a walkable neighborhood

Trump is a pedophile who has destroyed the economy. But at least I can buy Mexican coke at the Safeway now.

Analysis | The Mamdani recession has begun.

The job market is showing signs of weakness as Trump's tariffs take effect U.S. employers added just 73,000 jobs in July, according to a report from the Labor Department Friday, as the unemployment rate inched up to 4.2%. Job gains for May and June were also revised sharply lower.

U.S. employers added just 73,000 jobs in July, according to a report from the Labor Department Friday, as the unemployment rate inched up to 4.2%. Job gains for May and June were also revised sharply lower.

Ok fine but at least he wasn’t president too during that big red dive tho

Trump freezes $200 million in UCLA science and medical research funding, citing antisemitism The Trump administration has frozen roughly $200 million in National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health and other federal agency-funded research at UCLA, citing allegations the school d...

Trump freezes $200 million in UCLA science and medical research funding, citing antisemitism www.latimes.com/california/s... @latimes.com

County Emergency Official Says He Was Ill and Sleeping as Texas Floods Hit

County Emergency Official Says He Was Ill and Sleeping as Texas Floods Hit

At a hearing in hard-hit Kerr County, an emergency management coordinator for the first time explained his whereabouts when the Guadalupe River burst its banks. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/u... @nytimes.com

People want to be euvolemic.

Breaking News (2030) | The Supreme Court's swing vote Emil Bove broke with the court's left flank, Kavanaugh and Gorsuch, and concurred with Justices Aileen Cannon and Dana White that Mecha President Trump could reallocate all remaining Medicaid funds for more torture drones for Alligator Alcatraz.

Walk Away Vinay

C'est la fin for hunky hematologist Prasad after his old San Francisco social media posts were found to be more left bank than right-wing.

by Maureen Dowd

CBS News investigation of Jeffrey Epstein jail video reveals new discrepancies A CBS News investigation found discrepancies between the government's description of the Jeffrey Epstein jail video and what the video shows.

Late in the day but this is really phenomenal work by CBS. I didn't think the story could surprise me anymore, but I exclaimed out loud several times reading this.

www.cbsnews.com/news/jeffrey...

Trump administration blocks NIH from awarding any research grants and contracts The order applies to the entirety of new and, possibly, ongoing research grant dollars that go to universities and academic medical centers.

Wow. Trump administration blocks NIH from awarding any research grants and contracts, via @statnews.com

Vinay Prasad departs the FDA Vinay Prasad, a top FDA official, is out after less than 3 months on the job.

Vinay Prasad departs the FDA
Marty Makary’s top deputy is out after less than three months www.statnews.com/2025/07/29/v... @statnews.com

Odds of winning NIH grants plummet as new funding policy and spending delays bite Funding multiyear grants up front will sharply cut number of investigators receiving awards

Odds of winning NIH grants plummet as new funding policy and spending delays bite www.science.org/content/arti... @science.org

"Just because Trump gave Maxwell Ghislaine a full pardon after she defended him doesn't mean there was any explicit quit pro quo."

-Maggie Haberman and Glenn Thrush

Heard from #AHRQ that the entire grants staff has been let go! They are unable to issue funds for grants already funded, let alone fund new grants. This is outrageous and will make Americans poorer and sicker. Why? A brief thread about just some recent AHRQ-funded research: #MedSky #HealthPolicy

The US president will spend about an hour at the central bank, as he looks to pressure its chair Jay Powell to cut interest rates more aggressively. https://on.ft.com/4meet9e

Donald Trump has immunity for all of the crimes he committed while president. Barack Obama does not.

by Samuel Alito, Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, John Roberts, and Clarence Thomas

Jeffrey Epstein's appearance at Trump's wedding raises new questions about the Clintons' marriage.

Americans should be confident that whatever deal Ghislaine Maxwell cuts with the Trump Department of Justice will be ethical and transparent.

by Eric Adams

You have competition

X is reportedly censoring content related to the Epstein files in an effort to help Donald Trump quiet the controversy around his refusal to release the files. Now here's another article about the lack of intellectual diversity on BlueSky.