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How nice for them. Next question: which act of Congress authorized this expenditure of federal funds? Quaint it may be, but our constitution forbids drawing funds from the treasury except pursuant to acts of congress.

SLF PAC, a Republican group, has a new ad attacking Sherrod Brown. The problem, as reported by Cleveland's ABC5, is it's factually dubious. Jim Swift reacts to the latest sign of Ohio Republican's desperation:

Remember when John Kerry got swiftboated for his ACTUAL Silver Star, Bronze Star, and three Purple Hearts?

Going to toss a tiny pebble into the ocean here by saying this is completely insane and unacceptable and it's absolutely surreal that we tolerate it today and every day.

One way to understand Trump's trade views: In his private business, Trump got used to not paying for things—stiffing the granite-countertop contractor, or chandelier salesman—but still got the products anyway. So maybe he thinks America should just be getting the world's goods for free, too.

we all have mental rolodexes of patients we never forget as an ER doc, I've taken care of quite a few patients where we found new -- almost always advanced -- pancreatic cancer this is great news and a nice reminder of why we all chip in and hire the best scientists to find new & better tools

A statement from AAP President Dr. Andrew Racine on today’s executive order on U.S. childhood vaccines: www.aap.org/en/news-room...

The AAFP will always champion evidence-based medicine. When children receive all recommended immunizations on time, our whole community benefits and children grow up healthy and strong: https://bit.ly/3RIyBqt

1/ Over the weekend, RFK Jr. was interviewed on CNN, and as I'm sure many of you have seen, he made a number of inaccurate statements. The conversation covered Covid-19, RSV, measles, vaccines, and autism. Let's fact-check some of the biggest claims.

1/ There’s an interesting disconnect in how we judge health risks online. Peptides are a great example of this. Why are some people skeptical of vaccines, but very trusting of peptides that often have less human evidence? Let’s unpack what might be going on here.

A new era of government censorship has begun. It started with the silencing of scientific speech, when the admin blocked release of research on bird flu. But MAGA has also cracked down on other wrongthink—on race, geography (!), and of course Trump himself www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Broke my own “wait for the official cause of death” rule. Dissection definitely a sudden cause of cardiac arrest.

Xitter's community notes are working overtime calling out people trying to claim Mamdani's attempts to conserve power is socialist. This one might be my favorite.

If it’s Tuesday, it’s the Mendenhall Glacier y’all!

The start of a memorable journey. Temps won’t break 70 where we’re going.

Shift drink: Reflecting Pool 1oz rum 1oz mezcal .75oz lime .75oz honey barspoon matcha muddled mint

I specifically requested no more metaphors

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how is this literally happening in real life

One of the ironies of Utah being the epicenter of this is that Utah is not a big resource-extraction state. No oil, bottom 5 for agriculture, paltry amounts of mining. Oregon produces 100x more timber. At the same time, Utah's ecology is extremely fragile and nature tourism huge to their economy.

Remember when USPS had a contract to buy a fleet of EVs and Trump made them cancel it and go back to gas?

What problem is Trump's new global 10% tariff meant to solve? If it's about leverage, ask: How much leverage do you get from a tariff that disappears in 150 days? If it's onshoring: Who builds new factories based on tariff that disappear before the factory is built? It's a tax. That's all it is.

IYKYK

A joke, obv bsky.app/profile/andy...

“Americans who understand the strategic value of NATO to the United States — and there are many — should speak up now. They should remind their leaders that America’s strength has always been amplified, not constrained, by strong allies.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...

I started banging this gong about 8+ years ago. Glad to see it’s still getting attention, but disappointing it’s still necessary.

Why is the independence of the Fed so important? Former Fed chairs Ben Bernanke & Janet Yellen answer in a short @brookings.edu video. youtu.be/xeIAlIEzlI8?...

American citizens are not required to have “their papers” on them.

Steve Cropper, the soulful guitarist and songwriter who helped anchor the celebrated Memphis backing band Booker T. and the M.G.’s at Stax Records and co-wrote the classics “Green Onions,” “(Sittin’ on) the Dock of the Bay” and “In the Midnight Hour,” has died. He was 84. https://to.pbs.org/48fgEoM

RFK wrong AGAIN www.scientificamerican.com/article/mass... 🧪 #medsky

“Dr. Abraham spent decades as a physician and a veterinarian before winning a congressional seat representing Louisiana in 2014.” Doctor Critical of Vaccines Quietly Appointed as C.D.C.’s Second in Command www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...

The first 4 comments on this AP post.

The White House has been boasting about the revenue that its tariffs are raising. And now their argument to the Supremes is that the President has imposed regulatory tariffs, not revenue-generating tariffs, and so case isn't about the power to tax. (Nonsense, obv.) Here's a leading economics text.

Not surprisingly, the Rep didn’t answer the question put to him. Hospital EDs are not profit centers. Staffing is bare-boned, supplies cut-rate. The true money is in reimbursable procedures (surgery, endoscopy, colonoscopy, chemo). His plan is ludicrous.

/3 Here, by the way, is what the Supreme Court ACTUALLY said about Trump’s theory in Texas v. Johnson 36 years ago:

Love this.

I can say there are millions of people who have been given vaccines and who take a variety of medications, including acetaminophen, who do not have autism.

Emergency medicine has been the light in the house of medicine that is always on for anyone, anytime for anything. @dennisrenmd.bsky.social @kaymd.bsky.social @acepnation.bsky.social

may also cause less common but bad things like long term impaired hearing, vision, dizziness, taste problems, and facial paralysis, and other miserable problems like meningitis and encephalitis

August 7: Trump demands Intel fire its' CEO, Lip-Bu Tan August 11: Trump meets with Lip-Bu Tan August 22: Trump announces purchase of 10% of Intel, and that "I negotiated this Deal with Lip-Bu Tan, the Highly Respected Chief Executive Officer of the Company." ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Lincoln Heritage Museum responds to Trump. More of this, please. 🗃️

This is laughable. 1. ‘…so long as you behave…’??? 2. Biden’s war? 3. the notion Putin will stop his aggression due to our ‘strong’ President’s involvement. He’ll do what he wants when he wants. We got nothing from the Alaska meeting. Attacks continue. Listen to Lavrov’s statements.