Neil McLaughlin

Neil McLaughlin

@neilmclaughlin.bsky.social

Former journalist, editor. Observer of human comedy, tragedy. Chicago.

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Robert Reich
@rbreich.bsky.social

A recent survey found that 92% of U.S. adults have delayed or avoided medical care due to high costs. Meanwhile, a new study from Yale estimates that Medicare for All would save over 114,000 lives and $1 trillion a year. If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have universal healthcare.

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Sammy Roth
@sammyroth.bsky.social

Insane new research. Scientists gave asthma patients free electric stoves to replace their gas stoves, then checked to see if symptoms improved. Not only did symptoms improve, ditching gas was *better than medicine.* Details in today's newsletter: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/electric-s...

climatecoloredgoggles.comResearchers used electric stoves to treat asthma. It worked.The latest evidence that gas is bad for your health.

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Mark Jacob
@markjacob.bsky.social

After what's happened in the last decade, it takes a lot of self-delusion to declare that the American people are smart.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Slotkin: "He counts on the American people being dumb. And they're not."

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Corpsy
@corpsepilot.bsky.social

"A sickness known as hate; not a virus, not a microbe, not a germ - but a sickness nonetheless, highly contagious, deadly in its effects. Don't look for it in the Twilight Zone - look for it in a mirror. Look for it before the light goes out altogether." Rod Serling

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Mrs. Betty Bowers
@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social

Odd, that stupid Donald Trump is in a snit with Canada over air quality when he has dismantled the EPA, promoted burning coal, and pulled out of climate change accords, guaranteeing air quality issues *worldwide* for not just this summer, but maybe FOREVER. What a colossal Idiot.

bbc.comTrump threatens new Canada tariffs over wildfire smoke in US citiesCanadian leader Mark Carney says both the US and Canada have an equal responsibility to fight climate change, which experts say are worsening wildfire conditions.

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Dom Ervolina
@dominicervolina.com

The air is full of smoke, the food is full of parasites, and the water is full of data center bacteria but at least we stopped all that DEI children's cancer research!

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Mrs. Betty Bowers
@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social

Trump is insulting and threatening journalists, and his FCC is threatening to yank broadcast licenses if war coverage isn't favorable. To take a stand against such outrageous behavior, *no* journalist with any integrity should attend the 2026 White House Correspondents' Dinner on April 25.

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Robert Reich
@rbreich.bsky.social

A big part of the authoritarian playbook is war. War takes over the news. War blots out criticism. War divides a nation’s people, subjecting those against it to being called unpatriotic. War grants leaders all sorts of emergency powers. War consumes everything else. We mustn’t let this war do so.

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Philip Bump
@pbump.com

So the feds ARE NOT considering an mRNA vaccine for the flu, which could save countless lives, but ARE backing research into whether horse dewormer can cure cancer, because the right views vaccines as elite and ivermectin as populist. Cool. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

washingtonpost.comFDA won’t review Moderna application for first mRNA-based flu vaccineThe decision, which shocked company officials, comes as the FDA says it will take a stricter approach to federal vaccine approvals.

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Saganism
@sagan.bsky.social

“Lies are often much more plausible, more appealing to reason, than reality, since the liar has the great advantage of knowing beforehand what the audience wishes or expects to hear.” — Hannah Arendt