Former surgeon general: The Senate must not approve someone who can't practice medicine as the nation’s top doctor “The surgeon general is not a wellness influencer,” writes former Surgeon General Jerome Adams of Casey Means.

"The surgeon general is not a wellness influencer": Former surgeon general Jerome Adams on why the Senate should not confirm surgeon general-nominee Casey Means, who is not a licensed physician. www.statnews.com/2026/02/27/c...

Jerome Adams & @JeromeAdamsMD X.com As a former U.S. Surgeon General who held an active medical license and practiced medicine while in the role (at Walter Reed and aboard the USS Comfort) it is incomprehensible that the Senate is even considering a nominee for this role who lacks any active license and has never practiced unsupervised. 7:49 PM • 2/25/26 • 369 Views

Trump’s first-term Surgeon General speaks out against Trump’s current nominee for the job, Casey Means

Community meme: I CAN EXCUSE FASCISM. BUTI DRAW THE LINE AT MERCANTILISM.

The Supreme Court:

RFK Jr statement after Bayer, corporate owner of glyphosate, agrees to billion-dollar settlement for glyphosate health claims. "If my life were a Superman comic, Monsanto would be my Lex Luther I’ve seen this company as the enemy of every admirable American value since Rachel Carson visited my home in 1962 at a time when Monsanto had her under fierce assault for her expose on DDT in Silent Spring. My first legal case as an environmental lawyer arose out of Monsanto’s PCBs in the Hudson. I’m so grateful to Michael Baum, Brent Wisner and all the our legal team for finally bringing Monsanto to justice."

RFK Jr' statement: “Donald Trump’s executive order puts America first where it matters most — our defense readiness and our food supply,” Mr. Kennedy said in the statement. “We must safeguard America’s national security first, because all of our priorities depend on it.” Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/us/politics/trump-boost-weedkiller.html

On the left, RFKJr in 2020, denouncing Monsanto--"the enemy of every American value"--and cheering its court loss on glyphosate (Roundup).

On the right, RFKJr in 2025, obediently cheering Donald Trump's executive order boosting the production of glyphosate.

Craven even by current standards.

Getting shown up in the arena of elite impunity by *the British monarchy* is an incredible “America at 250!” achievement

There’s only 1 person in Congress who doesn’t trade stocks, doesn’t take corporate PAC money, and has a public schedule. That’s me. And it should be the standard.

Shame on @gallup.com. Sellout scumbags.

stating the obvious that this deplorable administration is perpetuating the destruction of the US biotech sector...handing china the reins

to say nothing of the ~100-150M $MRNA spent on the PRV it used in pursuit of this application

screw the GOP (esp cassidy) for paving this path of destruction

Files Detail Epstein’s Dealings With Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick

The gruesome cast of Trump II never disappoints. This prick, and his snot-nosed offspring, have enriched themselves by being gutter garbage.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/n...

How TrumpRx drug prices compare to generic alternatives Patients could save more buying non-branded copycat drugs, even if they don't have insurance.

More than half the drugs on the TrumpRx site have a cheaper generic version on the market.

Pristiq, an antidepressant, is available with a TrumpRx coupon for ~$200 for a 30-day supply.

A generic version is on GoodRx for less than $30 and Mark Cuban's CostPlusDrugs for $16.65.

if only a bag of cash could have made a difference...

As mentioned in my post today, here's the US measles situation. What will the rest of 2026 bring?

U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies

The US government has lost more than 10,000 people with PhDs in the STEM or health fields since Trump 2.0 took office — 14% of the federal civil servants with PhDs in those areas, a @ScienceMagazine analysis shows.
What could possibly go wrong? www.science.org/content/arti...

Whatever is in the Epstein Files is so explosive that the leaders of the Department of Justice are openly breaking the law every day to keep us from seeing it. (Just a reminder amongst all the other stuff flying around.)

The #NobelPeacePrize medal. It measures 6.6 cm in diameter, weighs 196 grams and is struck in gold. On its face, a portrait of Alfred Nobel and on its reverse, three naked men holding around each other’s shoulders as a sign of brotherhood. A design unchanged for 120 years. Did you know that some Nobel Peace Prize medals have been passed on after the award was given? A well‑known case is Dmitry Muratov’s medal, which was auctioned for over USD 100 million to support refugees from the war in Ukraine. And the medal displayed at the Nobel Peace Center is actually on loan and originally belonged to Christian Lous Lange, Norway’s first Peace Prize laureate. But one truth remains. As the Norwegian Nobel Committee states: “Once a Nobel Prize is announced, it cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred to others. The decision is final and stands for all time.” A medal can change owners, but the title of a Nobel Peace Prize laureate cannot.

The Nobel Prize museum in Oslo subtweeting the fuck out of Trump today.

Oh God, this is good news. I had been trying to bring myself to blog about this trial, but every time I was too enraged to get something together.

This was a hideously stupid and unethical idea, and no one promoting it should have anything to do with medicine or public health.

👇👇

SHOCK CELL PHONE VIDEO: Renee Good's final words to her murderer: “That’s fine dude, I’m not mad at you.”

ICE agent Jonathan Ross after shooting and killing her seconds later: “Fuckin’ bitch.”

Via Alpha News

Today once again proved that everyday citizens protesting their government are braver than the titans who own the largest media corporations, run the biggest law firms and lead the most powerful technology companies.

The nearly 80-year-old law that could hamper RFK Jr.’s drive to remake vaccine schedule

The nearly 80-year-old law that could hamper RFK Jr.’s drive to remake the childhood vaccine schedule. I wrote this for CIDRAP News as an explainer for the general public and public health folks, who may not be familiar with the legal issues involved.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...

Screenshot of an Associated Press article headline. Text reads: "New details of Jeffrey Epstein's death and the frantic aftermath revealed in records obtained by AP BY MICHAEL R. SISAK AND MICHAEL BALSAMO Published 12:30 AM EST, June 2, 2023"

Excerpt from an Associated Press article. Text reads: "Nearly four years later, the AP has obtained more than 4,000 pages of documents related to Epstein's death from the federal Bureau of Prisons under the Freedom of Information Act. They include a detailed psychological reconstruction of the events leading to Epstein's suicide, as well as his health history, internal agency reports, emails, memos and other records."

Excerpt from an Associated Press article. Text reads: "The documents also provide a fresh window into Epstein's behavior during his 36 days in jail, including his previously unreported attempt to connect by mail with another high-profile pedophile: Larry Nassar, the U.S. gymnastics team doctor convicted of sexually abusing scores of athletes. Epstein's letter to Nassar was found returned to sender in the jail's mail room weeks after Epstein's death. "It appeared he mailed it out and it was returned back to him," the investigator who found the letter told a prison official by email. "I am not sure if I should open it or should we hand it over to anyone?" The letter itself was not included among the documents turned over to the AP."

Found the Associated Press article where the existence of this letter was first disclosed two years ago, in response to a FOIA request

It's definitely real

apnews.com/article/jeff...

“.. A backlash from Canadian consumers .. has virtually stopped the sale of American whiskey in what was once among the industry’s biggest export markets.”

@nytimes.com 🇨🇦
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/d...

"[Elon probably] knew it would be horrifying to others. But he decided that it was a better approach to shut it down, fire everybody, shut them out, and then go rebuild."

A test of whether the U.S. can recover its moral health after all this is whether we hold Elon Musk, genocidaire, accountable.

disgusting

One way that the reaction to Rob Reiner's murder mirrors Charlie Kirk's is that the best way to eulogize each of them is to quote their words, and in both cases, doing so pisses off conservatives.

Just a reminder that at least 600 Americans were fired for failing to show sufficient respect after Charlie Kirk's murder.

"We need to stop trusting experts" has to rank at the top of the Top 10 stupidest statements in all of human history.

I will never forget and never forgive these actions. And there are so many, with so many people carrying these orders out while others laugh and clap and post excited selfies about it all.

Justice has to be served.

Yes, and what if your access to affordable healthcare was considered a right guaranteed to everyone by the government and not a bauble of certain types of employment or friggin club store membership? What then?

“Americans expect to dial back holiday spending significantly this year.”

(Per @gallup.com / Arbor Data)
(via Liz Ann Sonders)