Eric Strong

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

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How Wes Moore can deal a blow to Trump’s immigration agenda | GUEST COMMENTARY Guest commentary: Gov. Wes Moore has a novel opportunity to undermine Trump’s immigration agenda by targeting an airline participating in ICE’s deportations.

In the Baltimore Sun today we ask Governor Wes Moore to cancel Avelo Airlines' contract with BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport. He can do it today. It doesn't require the assembly. It will help stop ICE & help our patients and neighbors.

Please share widely.

www.baltimoresun.com/2025/10/11/w...

'MIT Did the Right Thing': First School Rejects Trump Extortion Compact | Common Dreams MIT became the first school to reject President Donald Trump's "extortion" agreement for federal funding. Critics of his compact urge other universities to follow suit.

Very happy to see this from my alma mater!

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‘The damage is beyond repair’: The CDC faces another round of deep staff cuts | CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suffered another round of deep staff cuts late Friday, with disease detectives, outbreak forecasters, policy and data offices among those impacted, ac...

“The administration did not like that CDC data did not support their narrative, so they got rid of them. They didn’t like that CDC policy groups would not rubber stamp their unscientific ideas, so they got rid of them”.

The damage to the CDC is “beyond repair”.

I don't trust any online reviews any more. It's either word-of-mouth from a friend, or nothing.

We have breaking news in Inside Medicine.

We had heard rumors of RIFs to CDC.

But this is the first visual confirmation that it has occurred tonight, and at high levels in the agency.

Here is what we know...and then some well-sourced rumors (but rumors, nonetheless, not confirmed) 🧵...

Exactly how soon will RFK make America healthy again?

Exactly how soon will RFK make America healthy again?

WP's post didn't get any traction here on Bluesky, but w 800k followers, their social media team has a responsibility to ensure every post represents truth.

The truth is that Casey Means is not and has never been a "world-class physician and scientist", irrespective of the absurd delusions of HHS.

Specifically peak #MedTwitter felt like 2017-2018, whereas IMHO peak optimism at the attending level in the US for using social media in med ed peaked earlier than this. Maybe ~2016.

Globally, there are countries where I don’t know if social media use in med ed has even peaked yet.

Sometimes we need a moment, but if you tune out completely, they win. Fascism doesn’t need your support, just your silence.

"Make the proof" colloquial phrase that means fabrication of data

Immigrants have been awarded 40% of the Nobel Prizes won by Americans in chemistry, medicine and physics since 2000. nfap.com/research/new...

Phyllis Gardner, Early Skeptic of Theranos, Dies at 75

Phyllis Gardner, Early Skeptic of Theranos, Dies at 75.

Of Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos and convicted of fraud in 2022, Gardner said, “She was a young kid with only rudimentary engineering training and no medical training.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/s...

Six federal circuits—the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th, and 11th—all agree that the First Amendment protects the right to record police performing their duties in public.

Taught my students last week that they have a First Amendment right to record in Pennsylvania. So do folks in Chicago and Portland.

He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.

“I’ll kill you in front of your students.”

This is just one of the death threats that has driven @mark-bray.bsky.social to try and flee the US.

But at the airport last night, after checking in and clearing security, his booking mysteriously disappeared

www.wired.com/story/mark-b...

The primary argument I’ve heard for teaching the “responsible” use of AI is the fact that our students are using it whether or not we endorse it, and attempts to prevent its use in and out of the classroom are bound to fail.

There are already plenty of doctors out there giving terrible advice without consequence (other than making a ton of $). They’re operating wellness clinics, w IV vitamins & O2 to healthy people, and prescribing testosterone to “boost energy”.

Old line in reporting. "If one side says it is raining and the other says it is sunny you don't print what they say you look at the window" never has that been more true and more important.

This is pure delusional brain melt if you take a camera crew almost anywhere here in #Portland.

Unprecedented, truly massive turn outs for #NoKingsDay are crucial. Not only for themselves, but to build momentum for a #GeneralStrike and boycott. Money alone talks.

This figure notwithstanding, the scale isn’t standardized.

Wait until you hear about the edema scale. 😉

Did it not count when the previous health professionals at the CDC stated quite clearly that everyone without an established contraindication should get a COVID vaccine?

Based on the experience of countries that have tried this, there’s overwhelming evidence that it is utterly unnecessary.

These are the lowest cost insurance options for a 62 year old Georgian making $65k.

2025: $228
2026: $1142

She will lose $704/month in credits because of GOP cuts to health care.

This is a crisis. We cannot wait to fix this.

USC sold dead bodies to U.S. military to train IDF medical personnel A review of seven years’ worth of contracts unveiled more than $860,000 to use cadavers in surgical trainings involving the Israeli Defense Forces.

😡😡😡

@keck.usc.edu

www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2025/10/01/u...

Trump insists grocery prices are down. Do Americans buy it? "The midterms might hinge on a 'cleanup on Aisle 4!'"

It is irresponsible to have a headline like this while burying the lede 8 paragraphs down that what Trump is saying is a lie.

(Truth: the cost of groceries has objectively risen since Trump took office.)

www.nj.com/politics/202...

From the medicine community on Reddit Explore this post and more from the medicine community

The comments in response to this Reddit post on hospital staff wearing earbuds at work are pretty wild.

I’m sorry if you think you are underpaid, but listening to a podcast while actively engaged in patient care is not ok.

www.reddit.com/r/medicine/c...

I believe part of it is also because the day-to-day lives of most Americans are not yet impacted in a visible way. Although what's been happening to the US is an existential threat to our nation's future, it remains too easy to ignore.

Trump's Gestapo is breaking the law. Where are the Illinois State Police in all this?