David Escobar, DO, MPH🫘🫛

Donald Trump is posting threats about the most powerful weapons on Earth to salve his ego and improve his political fortunes, Tom Nichols argues. https://theatln.tc/kOJ3wFCz

The plot against vaccines Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his allies have hit on a way to undermine immunization.

Kennedy will “do everything possible to destroy the vaccine infrastructure.”

Democrats succeed in vote to subpoena Epstein files A motion to release the document appears to have taken Republicans by surprise after a day of Democrats trying to cause mischief on the Epstein saga across various committees.

Democrats succeed in a vote to subpoena Epstein files.

Breaking: The House Oversight Committee has officially issued a subpoena to Ghislane Maxwell for a deposition scheduled to take place in federal prison on August 11.

So after Trump was told his name is in the Epstein files, his administration—full of people who promised they’d release the files—decided not to release the files.

Now I get it.

Exclusive | Justice Department Told Trump in May That His Name Is Among Many in the Epstein Files Attorney General Pam Bondi told the president that the department also decided to not release more Jeffrey Epstein documents because of the presence of child pornography and the need to protect victim...

@wsj.com : “Justice Dept Told Trump in May that His Name is Among Many in the Epstein Files:”

www.wsj.com/politics/jus...

The plot against vaccines Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his allies have hit on a way to undermine immunization.

How exactly will RFK Jr. and his allies wreck the US's vaccine infrastructure? From sabotaging the federal vaccine court to attacking the supply system, this is the plot to make Kennedy's anti-vaccine crusade our national nightmare.

"If he gets what he asks for, I hope he lives to regret it.”

@caseyparks.bsky.social Sadly, Children’s Hospital LA is doing the same this week

Irish tourist jailed by Ice for months after overstaying US visit by three days: ‘Nobody is safe’ Exclusive: For roughly 100 days, Thomas says he faced harsh detention conditions, despite agreeing to deportation

NEW: An Irish tourist visiting the US was jailed by ICE for 3 months after overstaying 3 days due to medical issue. Thomas agreed to be deported, but instead went to federal prison where he recounted horrific conditions + no medical care.

“Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"

ICE grabbed this U.S. citizen army veteran & held him for 3 days for no reason whatsoever other than he’s Latino. We must put an end to this racist police state.

ICE OUT OF CALIFORNIA

I thought this was a joke at first…he actually took the trophy for himself?

We are paying dearly for the absence of civics education.

@miamiherald.com: “250 people detained in the Florida Everglades have no criminal convictions or pending charges.” Orig Post: @tomaskenn.bsky.social

Philosophy Professor Reportedly Assaulted & Abducted During ICE Raid on Farm - Daily Nous Jonathan Caravello, a lecturer in philosophy at California State University Channel Islands, was reportedly "piled on by multiple agents all at once" as "he tried to help a man in a wheelchair" who wa...

"Jonathan Caravello...was reportedly “piled on by multiple agents all at once” as “he tried to help a man in a wheelchair” who was having difficulty moving after...[ICE] agents threw canisters of tear gas"

our colleague is still missing as of the last info I got

dailynous.com/2025/07/12/p...

Metadata Shows the FBI’s ‘Raw’ Jeffrey Epstein Prison Video Was Likely Modified There is no evidence the footage was deceptively manipulated, but ambiguities around how the video was processed may further fuel conspiracy theories about Epstein's death.

BREAKING: "Metadata embedded in the [Epstein] video and analyzed by WIRED and independent video forensics experts shows that rather than being a direct export from the prison’s surveillance system, the footage was modified." www.wired.com/story/metada...

From @joycewhitevance.bsky.social “The American Academy of Pediatrics has sued HHS Secy Kennedy for dismantling what they call a long-established vaccine infrastructure. “

@sjsweeney.bsky.social

Fewer clinics, unhealthier people, less warning: The ‘big, beautiful bill’ will make the US less prepared for pandemics The so-called "big, beautiful bill" will lead to millions of fewer people having health coverage in the United States. It will make the country less prepared to detect and respond to a future pandemic...

“As I have argued with colleagues in The Lancet, access to primary health care is the cornerstone for preventing disease outbreaks and responding to health crises.”

thebulletin.org/2025/07/fewe...

U.S. measles cases reach 33-year record high as outbreaks spread Johns Hopkins University data reflects the public health reversal in defeating the vaccine-preventable disease since measles was officially eliminated from the U.S. in 2000.

The United States has recorded its highest annual measles cases in 33 years. The milestone marks a public health reversal in defeating a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable disease as the anti-vaccine movement gains strength.

This.

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.

This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.

It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

This fight isn't over.

Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” is headed to the House, and we have the power to stop it.

DOJ announces plans to prioritize cases to revoke citizenship Denaturalization is a tactic heavily used during the McCarthy era and one that was expanded during the Obama administration and grew further during President Trump's first term. It's a tool usually us...

"The Justice Department is aggressively prioritizing efforts to strip some Americans of their U.S. citizenship...At least one person has already been denaturalized...June 13, a judge ordered the revocation of the citizenship of Elliott Duke, who uses they/them pronouns."

www.npr.org/2025/06/30/n...

Postpartum Medicaid use in birthing parents and access to financed care | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

Immigration raids leave crops unharvested, California farms at risk

@reuters.com : “Immigration raids leave crops unharvested, California farms at risk”

www.reuters.com/business/imm...

Republicans Keep Making Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' Worse Donald Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ will now cut $930 billion from Medicaid, the government health insurance program for low-income Americans.

BREAKING: the current version of Donald Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ being advanced by Senate Republicans will now cut $930 BILLION from Medicaid. All to fund tax breaks for billionaires

Heartless and cruel doesn’t even begin to describe this level of greed.

“Independence day is canceled because of fear of secret police raids” is really a level of on the nose political symbolism you just can’t make up.

Cambodia confirms 2 new H5N1 bird flu cases. 8 of these cases occurred in June alone. 6 people have died. We remain at pandemic alert phase 3.

@richardhirschson.bsky.social

I love Orgain shakes