Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern

As I spent more and more of my life under the care of doctors, nurses, and researchers striving to improve the lives of others, I watched as Bobby cut nearly a half billion dollars for research into mRNA vaccines, technology that could be used against certain cancers; slashed billions in funding from the National Institutes of Health, the world's largest sponsor of medical research; and threatened to oust the panel of medical experts charged with recommending preventive cancer screenings. Hundreds of N.I.H. grants and clinical trials were cancelled, affecting thousands of patients. I worried about funding for leukemia and bone-marrow research at Memorial Sloan Kettering. I worried about the trials that were my only shot at remission. Early in my illness, when I

Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia.

www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

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‘Two Strangers’ Review: Meeting Cute, Toting Baggage

I saw this show in a small theater in London before it went to the West End. Now it’s on Broadway. It’s a terrific show and Sam Tutty is absolutely charming.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/t...

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Charges dropped against Utah doctor accused of throwing away $28,000 in COVID vaccine doses The federal government has dismissed charges against a Utah plastic surgeon accused of throwing away COVID-19 vaccines worth thousands of dollars during the pandemic.

This is fu*king outrageous!

The federal government on Saturday dismissed charges against a Utah plastic surgeon accused of throwing away COVID-19 vaccines, giving children saline shots instead of the vaccine and selling faked vaccination cards.

apnews.com/article/utah...

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What say you MAGA evangelicals?

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I still feel that when, on the rare occasion, I open Twitter. No matter the time of day.

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Sad but true.

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Pete Buttigieg would be a good DNC spokesperson.

He would do a GREAT job of going around the country, being on TV all the time, and putting out Dem messaging on EVERY issue.

He would be an excellent counter-Leavitt. And we NEED one. He should be holding regular press conferences and putting

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Ed Martin V @EdMartinDOJ X.com It is always difficult to comment on an ongoing investigation, but @chad_mizelle knows of what he speaks. Chad Mizelle @@chad_mizelle • 16h Free advice: Don't listen to folks who have no clue how DOJ works. By confirming where the evidence of Schiff's illegal conduct originated, DOJ isn't investigating their own...

“It’s always difficult to comment on an ongoing investigation,” he said, as he commented on an ongoing investigation.

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If democracy dies in darkness, we have seen that the legacy media is willing to turn off the lights. I founded Democracy Docket in 2020 to shine a spotlight on the most important fights for democracy— those taking place in court.

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It was TRANSLATED by the US from Russian into English, not authored by the US.

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You should definitely get Lindsey Halligan to indict them.

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King: According to Secretary Rubio, this plan is not the administration’s position — it is essentially the Russians’ wish list that is now being presented to the Europeans and to the Ukrainians.

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Congress Rebuked Trump On His Epstein Cover Up. Now It Must Rebuke Him On His Surrendering Of Ukraine To Putin “The President’s appeasement plan to Russia is forcing our hand" - Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.)

Congress Rebuked Trump On His Epstein Cover Up. Now It Must Rebuke Him On His Surrendering Of Ukraine To Putin
open.substack.com/pub/simonwdc...

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Russia drafted a 28 point surrender plan, handed it to the Trump team, and the regime delivered it to Kyiv unedited, demanding Zelensky sign it by Thanksgiving or lose all US support. Trump and Vance then promoted the plan exactly as Russia wrote it, verbatim, on TV, online, and in person.

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Tyson Foods announces that they’ll be closing a major beef-processing plant in Lexington, Nebraska with 3,200 employees.

Lexington has a population of 11,205.

Nebraska overwhelmingly voted for the orange felon over VP Kamala Harris.

I hope they’re enjoying their vote.

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