Some Broad Thinking

This election, I'm all about pay for performance. Too many snakes and flippers and hidden-agenda candidates. I also want every candidate to sign under oath a commitment to their campaign promises, and if they do the opposite, they are immediately removed.

Perspective

How very Russian of you, DJT

In case Patrick doesn’t respond: Women and girls don’t matter. They’re objects to be used and disposed. Playthings. Not human. And Trump is POTUS, so shhhh…

HHS wants a new Medicare code that pays doctors extra only when they attribute a patient’s symptoms to a vaccine. Vaccine critics say doctors are paid to push vaccines. We aren’t. Under this code, we’d be paid to blame them. My new piece in @cidrap.bsky.social: www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...

We can, too. Teamwork, kids. Global teamwork. Just let yourself imagine how fucking good it will feel to shut these monsters down, one by one. With the House and Senate, and us acting like the employers we are, we’ll make our demands known and hold elected officials accountable.

What’s absolutely fascinating—& entirely predictable—is that the MAHA kooks (RFK Jr, Bhattacharya, etc.) used to say that it’s important to do proper RCTs & it’s important to get rid of financial conflicts of interest in medicine, but now that they run the health system they think the opposite 🧐

We need an antidote for Silicon Valley Syndrome (SVS)

If you have not followed the latest news about the proposed RFK Jr-funded trial that Danish researchers wanted to conduct in Guinea-Bissau, this new piece by @sorenhough.bsky.social & Josh Abbott is astounding—& breaks additional news (Disclosure: they quote me) www.bioxconomy.com/modalities/b...

grabbing the baton and adding 11. Destroying women’s health research

Have you seen the number of car washes in California, Larry? Cars are loved, it’s the traffic. That’s what they hate. Tho in many places there isn’t much traffic, and still so much car love.

👀👀👀👀👀 On AI: “This is the disempowerment of humanity.” youtube.com/shorts/eb5Vg...

There was a fucking hole in our planet’s *atmosphere* Like a legit, no joke, “this will unravel our entire ecosystem” hole in the world, and then we fixed it by working together across national and political lines As a species we decided, “we will survive” Let’s do that some more

May all the scribes at Saturday Night Live create the infomercial of a lifetime. So it is.

He’s plagiarizing RFK Jr’s speech, and they’re both wrong. People who are experiencing illness have many other dreams besides getting better. I talk to them about their dreams—it’s unsurprising to me that they have dreams that go beyond their self, unlike this twit.

We can’t fund female health research (The Rose Garden announcement is a vote ploy.) but a genetically engineered war dog start up is flush with cash. Can we get the toy soldiers out of our government?

Excellent news!

This is why the birth dose of hep B vaccine matters—& why WHO recommends all babies receive it, universally In this US study, over half of hep B exposures were “horizontal” (non-maternal) In a country like Guinea-Bissau, where the hep B prevalence is almost 20%, universal birth dose is critical

See what happens when public service is replaced by grifters?

A government washing its hands of disaster preparedness & response is…..quite something, wow 😳

Vivek Ramaswamy, or as Trump will one day call him, Ramasleazy, is despicable. Both for this ad, an unconscionable choice he made and for which he should be shunned, and for his biotech pump&dump scheme. IMO, he’s a criminal. Just another one trying to steal our money. But he’s uniquely gross.

It’s BS manipulation for votes. Trump hates women.

Excellent thread and grateful for Dr. Yamey’s honesty. We must speak out. Remaining politically neutral endangers lives.

It’s vapor. Trump will do nothing to benefit women’s health. He hates women. He told his own wife that her signature on the so-called order isn’t worth anything. Because he’s a misogynist. The $500M will disappear like the money in his legal defense fund. Our money, BTW.

Big deal. US taxpayers fund his companies.

Terrifying. RFK Jr.? The guy who drove his wife to end her life? The guy who wants to eliminate birth control? The guy who wants to  “conservative research” funded? The guy without any medical background? Calling this more stealing of taxpayer dollars.

Your tax dollars at work

Truth.

Ukraine's survival requires an anti-Putin, anti-invasion Congress

US citizens no longer trust corporations. It used to be just politicians. But now we don’t trust you either. And that will be your downfall. We see right through you, with the help of earnings calls and critical thinking.

Last night, this morsel of largeness, silently leapt from a chair & sailed four feet through the air & up to my shoulder, where he landed without claws, and stared deep into my eyes and professed that he will never, ever leave my side. (I made the last part up.) Meet Flying Aries. Happy Caturday.

They work for us. This is our country, and by “our” I mean all who are citizens. Not just straight white men. We’re being used to create extraordinary wealth and power for a few. That’s not how this was to work. It’s a crime spree. Let’s kneecap it.

It’s time.

my entire life america has treated muslim americans as second class citizens under the law, and that directly led to authoritarian government for all of us. that schumer can’t see (or doesn’t care) that’s what’s happening with ilhan omar endangers ALL OF US. this is an emergency. he must go.

What’s the word when you’ve crossed a hundred rubicons and then this happens:

If all the assh*les could please leave the planet, thanks

I love that Paul loved making this and that he share it with us!

Water, soap, hands washed

Let this sink in:

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Over the last 44 years, lung cancer rates have increased 79% among women and decreased 43% in men. Not a great time to cut women’s health research, but that’s what Republicans did. www.independent.co.uk/life-style/h...

Elon Musk is evil. He has no conscience. Remember, he’s the guy who single-handedly destroyed USAID—literal mass murder. No more tax dollars, no more free access to our data. Shut his companies down and investigate him.

Hi @aoc.bsky.social @abdulelsayed.bsky.social Would you please explain why passing the ERA is not being discussed? Are you open to advancing this issue? Women have a right to constitutionally-protected equal rights, without BS loop holes. Without foundational rights, we’re screwed TY🙌🏻 #ERANow