Carolyn Barber, MD

Carolyn Barber, MD

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Emergency Med physician (25 yrs) & science journalist | Contributor @Fortune @TIME @SciAm. Author: Runaway Medicine. Championing evidence, truth & democracy. https://www.carolynbarbermd.com/

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BREAKING: New Details of Rape Allegation Against Trump Beatrice Keul says Trump promised her a visa and admission to NYU, then raped her in a Plaza Hotel suite in 1993, tearing her dress and leaving her bleeding and bruised, and told her “the show must go on.”

time.comNew Details of Rape Allegation Against Trump Revealed in House Democrats’ Epstein ReportA report from House Democrats on Trump's ties to Epstein includes new details from a woman who alleged Trump raped her in 1993.

The new House Judiciary Democrats’ report says four other women also accuse him of rape or sexual assault in Epstein’s company. The White House denies it all, but five accusers and a DOJ accused of stalling is not something a president already found liable

“ONE HELL OF A BEAUTIFUL ASS.” That’s the President of the United States at a campaign rally, about Nicki Minaj, sitting right there in the crowd. He told her to “Stand up!” because it was “hard to miss,” as if her body were part of the program. A president who treats a woman’s body as a rally prop

"Gas prices are “temporarily” high, says the president. That’s because Republicans are temporarily in power. Vote." -- @PeteButtigieg #BlueSky #MedSky #LawSky #vote

Former top CDC official Demetre Daskalakis says the agency “can’t be trusted because it’s hijacked.” RFK Jr.’s vaccine panel became an “ideology machine,” he wrote, and the scientists still inside are “being held hostage.” When Ebola and hantavirus hit: “Let’s see if they can solve this with

wapo.stHe resigned from CDC leadership. Now he’s fighting RFK Jr. from the outside.Demetre Daskalakis, CDC’s top immunization official, resigned in 2025 to protest Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., then became one of his loudest critics.

Scientists spent decades believing plastic was one of the SAFEST materials around. Now a new study says microplastics can react with water to form chemicals that damage our proteins, lipids, RNA and DNA, and can even cause mutations. Columbia’s Wei Min, one of the authors,

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Scientists spent decades believing plastic was one of the SAFEST materials around. Now a new study says microplastics can react with water to form chemicals that damage our proteins, lipids, RNA and DNA, and can even cause mutations. Columbia’s Wei Min, one of the authors,

says a plastic credit card gains a thousandfold more surface area once it breaks into microplastics, and researchers worry they build up faster than our bodies can handle. His warning is blunt: this will likely trigger chronic inflammation. Plastic lasts a

Obama: “Sometimes an election comes along and it just feels a little different. A election where people are so ready for something new, sso hungry for something better and so sick and tired of being sick and tired.” 💪 #BlueSky #MedSky #electikn #LawSky

Venezuelan banker’s family, angling for a pardon, offered his former lawyer a $50 million deal. Two top advisers flew abroad to consult for a Russia-aligned government. “That’s not governing, it’s grifting. The corruption needs to stop.” Voters now rank it above inflation and gas prices.

Trump’s DOJ is threatening California election officials with CRIMINAL penalties unless they set aside ballots from voters it merely believes are noncitizens, & it gave them 48 hours to do it. When the state balked, DOJ sued. Sen. Padilla says “Their attempts to take over our elections will fail.”

latimes.com'This is not normal': Feds demand California counties set aside ‘likely’ noncitizen ballotsThe Justice Department sent letters to county elections offices statewide Friday demanding they segregate ballots from voters the Trump administration believes are not U.S. citizens.

Zuckerberg wanted to cash out his Meta stock AND keep absolute control. His own board said no. Directors discussed RESIGNING as he pushed for a Musk-style pay plan and threatened to leave California, even telling them he’d list his Palo Alto home days later. He settled

washingtonpost.comHow Mark Zuckerberg went to war with his own board of directors over pay and powerIn months of negotiations, the tech billionaire asked for a new compensation package and threatened to leave California, according to a filing released by the company.

Democrats just sued over the federal crackdown on voting, asking a judge to stop moves they say were engineered for VOTER SUPPRESSION. “None of this is lawful,” the suit says, accusing Trump of spreading “lies and misinformation about American

nytimes.comDemocratic-Aligned Groups Sue Over Federal Crackdown on Voting (Gift Article)A sweeping lawsuit asked a judge to prevent the federal government from ordering voters disqualified, among other moves it said were engineered for voter suppression.

elections and voter fraud” as “a pretext to seize control over elections, even as courts overwhelmingly reject that effort.” The Constitution leaves elections to the states. So why is our president so dead set on running it himself? #BlueSky #MedSky #LawSky #press #VotingRights #Democracy

“If he loses, I’m f---ed,” Musk said in 2024, then joked about his prison sentence. Now he’s bracing for a Democratic Congress after promising $2 TRILLION in DOGE cuts, claiming $215 billion, and being hit with a GAO audit that found the savings consistently overstated.

washingtonpost.comAs Republicans brace for election losses, Musk prepares for warA host of Democrats have said they are eager to wield the power of their office to investigate the tech titan and his ventures should they win either chamber in the midterms.

Rep. James Walkinshaw wants him to explain under oath “why you then lied about the savings,” and subpoenas are likely. When Kara Swisher said he knows what’s coming, Musk replied: “Message received.” www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2... #BlueSky #MedSky #LawSky #press #Politics #Congress

washingtonpost.comAs Republicans brace for election losses, Musk prepares for warA host of Democrats have said they are eager to wield the power of their office to investigate the tech titan and his ventures should they win either chamber in the midterms.

BREAKING NEWS: “Convicted Felon Donald Trump has now been ordered to sit for his sworn videotaped deposition by December 11, 2026, or risk having his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC dismissed.” —Katie Phang #BlueSky #MedSkt #LawSky

Trump’s ego has no bounds. Trump says he called Google to rename the Atlantic the “Trump Ocean.” 🌊 Google already relabeled the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario on his order, but by Trump’s own telling Pichai said no: “Oceans are different, sir.” #BlueSky #MedSky #LawSky

“Everything feels out of whack in America right now.” Trump walked past his own armored car toward an open field until the Secret Service redirected him, snarled at CNN’s Kaitlan Collins “You’re a low-IQ person, you’re a dummy, and you work for CNN,” and keeps gushing at rallies

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(nearly half of them children), and the deficit hit about $2 trillion, with the worst cuts delayed until after the midterms. Fox’s Jesse Watters calls the GOP strategy “fear porn.” Even Neil Bush just voted for Democrat James Talarico over Ken Paxton, saying character matters more

“Everything feels out of whack in America right now.” Trump walked past his own armored car toward an open field until the Secret Service redirected him, snarled at CNN’s Kaitlan Collins “You’re a low-IQ person, you’re a dummy, and you work for CNN,” and keeps gushing at rallies

about Sen. Jon Husted’s body. His envoy Steve Witkoff is praising Putin as a “humanitarian” while Russia kills Ukrainian civilians, and Hillary Clinton says Trump “is a willing Putin puppet.” Meanwhile 12 million Americans have lost health coverage, SNAP enrollment is down more than 5 million

👏 👏 👏 JUST IN: A federal judge just BLOCKED Trump’s voter-fraud operation in 9 states. The lawsuit alleges DHS sent armed, often militarized agents to people’s homes to interrogate them about whether they can vote, using databases proven unreliable that could ensnare U.S. citizens. The judge

sfchronicle.comBay Area judge blocks Trump voter fraud operation in California, 8 other statesA federal judge ordered the Department of Homeland Security to stop interrogating people they have identified as potentially fraudulent voters using databases that have been proven unreliable.

BREAKING: Meta must pay $25 billion after a jury found the company liable for deceiving users about privacy and content moderation policies on Facebook. Judge Francis Mathew’s fine, issued Wednesday, is among the largest verdicts in US history. Jurors found Meta violated New

abcnews.comMeta ordered to pay New Mexico $25 billion for deceiving users about privacy on FacebookA judge has ordered Meta to pay New Mexico $25 billion after a jury found the company liable for deceiving users about privacy and content moderation on Facebook

BREAKING: AI helped find a bug that puts up to 70% of the world’s websites at risk. Called PHP2Shell, it lets an attacker control code running in a server’s memory with as few as a few dozen requests to a PHP server. It takes seconds on smaller systems and hours on

wsj.comExclusive | AI Just Found a Bug That Puts up to 70% of the World’s Websites at RiskAI tools helped find one of the most severe online bugs ever. Cyber experts are racing to patch it before hackers use AI to exploit it.

complex ones. PHP’s Dusch said his first reaction was “Oh God, what are we doing now?” Experts are now racing to patch it before hackers use AI to exploit it. www.wsj.com/tech/cyberse... #BlueSky #MedSky #LawSky #press #Cybersecurity #AI #PHP #Hacking #Tech #InfoSec

wsj.comExclusive | AI Just Found a Bug That Puts up to 70% of the World’s Websites at RiskAI tools helped find one of the most severe online bugs ever. Cyber experts are racing to patch it before hackers use AI to exploit it.

ARMED federal agents are knocking on doors in several states with a “Target List,” asking about immigration status and voter registration ahead of the midterms. Protect Democracy’s lawyer says it”s “maximally designed to scare

cbsnews.comFederal agents knock on doors to track down possible noncitizen voters ahead of midtermsArmed and in uniform, agents from the Department of Homeland Security have been knocking on doors to ask residents about their immigration status whether they're registered to vote.

lawful voters from participating.” The signal is “Do not vote.” DHS claimed nearly 16,000 noncitizens on Nevada’s rolls, then couldn’t produce evidence of a single illegally registered voter. Sending agents with GUNS to people’s

Trump just announced a new WEBSITE where Americans can report suspected fraud and corruption in the federal government. The irony is not lost on anyone. #BlueSky #MedSky #LawSky #press #Whistleblower #Fraud #Politics #DOJ

Trump’s staffers, from cabinet secretaries to midlevel aides, are LAWYERING UP before the midterms, bracing for an avalanche of investigations if Democrats win Congress. Alleged pay-to-play pardons, the Kennedy Center renovation, even Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding are all expected on the table.

wsj.comThe Race Is On for Trump Staffers to Hire Lawyers in Case Democrats Win MidtermsCabinet officials and ordinary staffers are preparing for the possibility that Democrats could launch probes if the party takes back Congress.

FEMA’s own chief just told states the Trump admin plans to cut disaster aid in as few as SIX MONTHS. Administrator Cameron Hamilton says states must build bigger reserves and stronger emergency capabilities to handle most disasters alone. But most states don’t have that

politico.comFEMA tells states to handle disasters on their ownThe Trump administration plans to cut disaster aid in as few as six months and shift responsibility to states, FEMA's administrator said in remarks obtained by POLITICO.

kind of money sitting around, and one major disaster can swamp any budget. His hope is a future where “we wouldn’t require as many disasters” declared. Asking for a friend: Are we using that money to pay for the triumphal arch, the ballroom, the reflecting pool?