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There's around 20 congressional districts that appear vulnerable, given this model of the 119th Congress I developed. I used LASSO to select a set of significant and minimally colinear features to a logistic model, leveraging 2023 Census estimates from the ACS. rpubs.com/Grimace/forc...

In normal times, the fact that government officials at HHS blatantly lied to the public and got caught would be a scandal of unusual size. Everyone involved in this disinformation scheme against the people of the United States should be held accountable.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia is once again able to walk out of court and return to his family. Federal Judge Xinis’ protections remain in place for Kilmar. This victory is thanks to the power of community organizing and all of you who have stood up for justice. #Fight4Kilmar

Approximately 3,800 children and teens in Maryland are currently in out-of-home, or foster care. During National Foster Care Month, we recognize the critical role foster parents play in supporting children, strengthening family connections, and helping families reunify safely whenever possible.

Those Democrats inciting violence must stop.

The United States now has the most government restrictions on academic freedom of any high-income country. www.chemistryworld.com/news/academi... Raw data from @vdeminstitute.bsky.social —> academic-freedom-index.net/research/Aca...

Melania - Your husband was gleeful about the deaths of Robert Mueller & Rob Reiner, he yells at & demeans female reporters on a weekly basis, he encouraged a mob to endanger the life of his former Vice President. And on and on. . . So, Melania, America is asking you to kindly f*ck all the way off.

Tylenol in pregnancy not linked with autism, Danish study finds reut.rs/480pjLd

Andy Harris is a fascist www.thebanner.com/opinion/colu...

Defend Public Health’s full policy platform can be found below. We’ll be holding candidates’ feet to the fire on whether or not they support this platform and if they plan to fight for the public’s health.

It's almost like this could have been avoided if we listened to experts rather than con men... www.npr.org/2026/04/03/n...

IT'S TIIIIIIMMMMMMEEEEEEEE!! Drastic times call for drastic measures. If you can stay home, AWESOME. If you can't, please consider NOT BUYING anything that day. The POINT is the pressure of OUR POWER. #MAYDay #May1st #GeneralStrike #NOBusinessAsUSUAL www.commondreams.org/news/no-king...

Marylanders flooded public spaces Saturday with homemade signs, inflatable crowns and chants of “No Kings.” buff.ly/Ke9q7sz

Holy shit, Larry David shops at H Mart too! www.sfgate.com/food/article...

COVID vaccines during pregnancy protect newborns for 5 months, study finds : NPR www.npr.org/2026/03/25/n...

If states ban fluoride, kids with cavities and Medicaid costs could spike, study finds www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-...

Governing real-world health data as a public utility. The utility model offers a framework for ethical stewardship, patient empowerment, and distributed innovation. | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

N. Adam Brown: The Doctors Are Not Alright — Something is deeply misaligned when clinicians can't even voice their despair www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/pres...

That's right. Worse than Pointless www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/o...

I sat down with Dr. Jenna Norton, an NIH employee & my guest at the People’s State of the Union. She was put on leave by the Trump Admin after speaking truth to power. Dr. Norton told me Trump’s actions risked creating a super-bug that would endanger us all.

See also: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: International Vaccine Access Center | US Measles Tracker - publichealth.jhu.edu/ivac/resourc...

A lot of people, including me, were wondering how an IRB could ever approve this study. The answer is that no IRB did. The person who “signed off” on approval from the only ethics board that reviewed it had resigned three years earlier. His signature was used without his knowledge.

We were told to scrub "biodiversity" from our websites because of this shit.

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Have no fear! Four more cities are joining our national March 7th rallies! Want to host a local rally? Visit standupforscience/march7 to get started!

News: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has inked a deal to purchase a warehouse just outside Hagerstown for $102.4 million, fueling concerns of its potential conversion into an immigration detention facility. For @thebaltimorebanner.com www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

Are you ready to Help America Vote? Signing up to be a poll worker is a great opportunity to ensure that we have accessible and efficient midterm elections this November. Answer the call at HelpAmericaVote.gov #HelpAmericaVote

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Canadian officials say US health institutions no longer dependable for accurate information | Canada | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Cutting-edge research shows language is not the same as intelligence. The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring it. Read more from @benjaminriley.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

Representatives speaking outside HHS: Herb Conaway, Maxine Dexter, Sen. Ron Wyden, Sen. Chris Van Hollen

U.S. House Rep. Andy Harris, R-Maryland, told voters worried about rising health-care costs that costs are “just going back to what it was like before COVID."

On Nov 5 at 4 PM, join and support members of the healthcare, public health, and scientific communities in a march from the APHA Rally for the Public’s Health to the Capitol to deliver petitions to Congress demanding the resignation or removal of RFK Jr. www.911forhealthandscience.org

15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more. Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.

Every small victory should be felt in a big way. This woman's story should be shared nationally. It was a crime to detain her after being victimized for so long. www.thebanner.com/western-mary...

“… just days after a gunman sprayed over 500 bullets across the CDC campus, the government fired over 150 violence and injury prevention specialists”

Before the hearing begins, a reminder…

We Ran the CDC: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health. | The authors previously led in the CDC, either as directors or acting directors under Republican and Democratic administrations. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

Late last night I mapped crime rates for cities in OH, SC and WV to show how often they exceeded the rate in DC — where those states’ governors are sending National Guard troops to “combat crime.” www.pbump.net/o/more-peopl...

People ask why I'm so bearish on the whole "Ai is changing everything" rhetoric. Part of that is my conviction that much of what's out there is poorly calibrated for real world tasks. Here is a delightful article on one such practice that causes problems in translation. doi.org/10.1093/jami...

Moral Injury and Brain Drain Are Destroying Our Public Health Workforce — How much more do we have to endure? by Katie Suleta, DHSc, MPH, MS www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...

With the @nws.noaa.gov issuing a Flood Watch for much of our state, I’m asking Marylanders to prepare for potential flash flooding, heavy rains, and damaging winds. Please watch for any emergency alerts. Visit mdready.maryland.gov for more information or to sign-up for emergency text alerts.

BREAKING: More than 750,000 people across the country have now joined us in demanding our Members of Congress do their job and impeach + remove Trump from public office for his multiple abuses of power. Help us reach one million and beyond. Add your name today at ImpeachTrumpAgain.org.

Woman sees a video on Instagram extolling the virtues of an herbal supplement, turmeric. She begins taking the supplement and is ultimately hospitalized for a week because it caused liver damage. Dietary and herbal supplements are largely unregulated but RFK Jr. doesn’t care about that.

Return of the Jedi is the perfect July 4th movie. I think we can all appreciate the end of a tyrant being celebrated with fireworks and ewoks