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You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive ― James Baldwin Night 💚📖

Trump says he ended his friendship with Epstein because Epstein “stole” Virginia Giuffre. But she was recruited in 2000—four years before the fallout in 2004. He knew. She was 17-y/o reading massage instruction book at work. Why was a minor giving massages at Mar-a-Lago in the first place?

“Jane Doe has received numerous threats today,” her attorney Lisa Bloom told the assembled journalists. The woman who filed a rape lawsuit against Trump and Epstein in 2016 didn't drop the case because she lied, she did so because she was threatened. She needs protected. We need her story. Justice.

If I was hired to be a White House pool reporter, I would be fired after my first question after having being carried out of the White House and tossed into the street.

Why does the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) exist? Despite what 🧠🪱 &co say, reputable vaccine scientists have always said vaccine injuries are RARE but real We thought folks taking this incredibly small risk to protect themselves and their community should have support Let's dive in 👇🧵

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Trump needs to be removed from power. He should be arrested. And since we’re talking about Mar a Lago being used in commission of crimes, including child exploitation and conspiracy to commit those crimes, the club should be seized.

Federal Trade Commission is apparently in the medical business now 🏛️🩺 They’re asking for evidence + stories about “dangers" of gender-affirming care. We know what they’re fishing for 🙄 But you want evidence? Evidence that this care is ✨lifesaving✨ for trans kids? Let’s flood with comments ⬇️

There's a recorded phone call that includes Bove making statements proving he perjured himself under sworn testimony to Congress. He should have never been confirmed. The call should be made public and he should be impeached immediately. apnews.com/article/emil...

Goodness, we *really* got used to not having a director. Because, uh, we got one today? So no more excuses about how it's inappropriate for a director nominee to perform acting director duties. Let's see what you do, Susan... and what you don't www.npr.org/sections/sho...

If you are an American scientist and ESPECIALLY if you work at UCSF, you should be doing everything you can to hold Vinay Prasad accountable for the damage he did to American public health. No, UCSF, do NOT hire him back.

⚠️ Be advised #PNW possible Tsunami ⚠️ tsunami.gov

Michael Wolff is an American journalist, as well as a columnist & contributor to USA Today, The Hollywood Reporter, the UK edition of GQ & author of 7 books.

@thedailyshow.com out here playing games with Mars & I'm a little offended for our neighboring planet.

🧵If we care about public health, how can we ignore the forced starvation and genocide of the people in Gaza Zainab was 5 months old. She needed dairy-free formula for a milk protein allergy. There was none. She starved to death. She is one of thousands. Look at her face. Say her name. Take action.👇

This will not be a happy ending for Trump.

Yes, we at #NIH are barely holding it together. That said, we are resolute. We chose this career to help others. We didn't go into science for the money. We did it to help humans: to advance human knowledge, to improve human health, and to make a fairer world built on ideas. 1/

"The administration continues to erode confidence in childhood vaccination designed to keep kids safe and healthy. The AAP will continue to ensure that parents and pediatricians have access to accurate information around essential vaccinations that protect children from preventable diseases."

🚨ATTENTION CDC AND ALLIES!🚨 Our genes/jeans are GREEN tomorrow To see our strength and build community, we ask that you wear something 💚green💚 to work on WEDNESDAY (tomorrow) to show solidarity and readiness to defend public health. Spread the word! #courageiscontagious #spreadthecolor #wearthecolor

The NWS_NTWC has issued a Tsunami Advisory for the Washington Coast until further notice. If you are near the coast, MOVE AWAY FROM THE SHORE. or more information, see: tsunami.gov/events/PAAQ/...

If you're visiting Hawaii; I'm sure you've got it figured out by now. But if not, find a high spot. Vertical shelter is the goal. And if you're from Arkansas, vertical means "up".

1/2 On the NIH Freeze-not-Freeze 🧊 Glad to see that OMB has backed down on blocking all NIH funding. Insane to think that all it takes to (almost) deliberately destroy decades of American biomedical leadership is a 4 sentence email. 🤯 Another example of voughting 🤮💩

🧵 1/4 Ever heard of New World Screwworm? 🪰 No? Us either, until about a year ago. That's about when both CDC and USDA started standing up systems to respond to this 🦠🫣 flesh-eating parasite 🦠🫣 (yep, you heard us), which is moving northward toward American soil. 🔗 www.cdc.gov/myiasis/abou...

Weird how you dose a few million ppl and no adverse effects were found but that one guy a friend knows had “reaction” makes this vaccine so fucking dangerous kids can’t have it!

Bibles in classrooms. Indoctrination of elementary school students that "slavery is better than death".

We are hearing a lot of rumblings about pocket rescissions — Russ Vought’s MAGA troops illegally stripping funding from your government — about to be deployed Aug 15. Hold onto your shorts, everyone. This is the big fight.

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We have done the fucking research into the environmental causes of cancer malarkey! Fucking asshole! Why don’t you leave like Prasad

Russell Vought is killing cancer research as part of his long-term plan to overturn the Constitution and steal Congress's power of the purse.

Reportedly, Steve Bannon has 16 hours of recorded interviews with Jeffrey Epstein that have never been released, according to Michael Wolff.

I spent a few hours watching PragerU videos to try and understand what they're doing. In one video Candance Owens explains slavery: "America wasn't the only bad, slavery existed everywhere and it was the white man that freed slaves." That's a warped POV. Yes, slavery existed throughout world, but...

It's good to know. Everyone in North Dakota can just calm down!

A Tsunami Advisory remains in effect. Strong and unusual currents are expected, primarily along the outer coast of WA. Move out of the water & away from the shore. DO NOT attempt to go to the shore to observe the tsunami. Here is a look at the forecast arrival time of waves-courtesy NWS Seattle

If you can't disarm a 95 year old woman in a nursing home who has a steak knife without harming her... you shouldn't be on the property.

I hate to be the bearer of bad news for the Israeli Government, but the last people who are going to get food in Gaza are going to be the hostages. Whatever the people in the streets look like, the hostages are going to look 10x worse. This has got to end. The hostages are dead.

According to Mark Epstein (Jeffrey's brother), it was Jeffrey who ended his friendship with Trump and not the other way around. He told Insider in 2017, "Jeffrey said he stopped hanging out with Trump when realized Trump was a crook."

Well, a police department finally found a cop they’re not going to back up and defend.

Good morning ppl! It’s 2016 at the FDA all fucking over agin. I’ll talk about it this afternoon.

Not expected to be a major tsunami, generally 1-3 feet. But very dangerous nonetheless.

Good morning! today, we’re gonna try to look on the bright side. No breakfast yet, but at least we got our coffee! 👇☕☕☕ (yes, we need that much coffee to do this job…. Pretty sure there’s a CDC page on safe caffeine levels… 😵‍💫)

Judge: Why should the grand jury transcripts regarding Maxwell be released? DOJ: Because most of it already has been. So, yeah, it's a smoke screen for Trump to say, "Relax, man, I released stuff." He's trying to make old news into new deflection.

Warren says out loud what everyone in Congress is saying privately: The budget process is not going to go anywhere this year.

Once again, a rocket crashes and a company calls it a "success". If you just wanted to know if the engines were going to light up, you can test those on the ground... It's also okay to fail, but that's only a success if that's what you're shooting for.

This is extremely interesting. The plot thickens! Which senior White House officials got in the way of Russell Vought's NIH impoundment plans?

Need a break from today’s public health chaos? Check out Collection of Curiosities at the CDC Museum It’s a fun diversion into the inspiring, successful, chaotic, and - yes - at times dysfunctional world of public health, past and present.

Ah, OMB Comms Director Rachel Cauley comes out to defend Russ Vought holding up NIH funds! A few things about this: 1. It's bad that OMB is paying this close attention to NIH. 1/ xcancel.com/rachelsemmel...

Instead of playing this stupid game of optics and controlling packaged food and not opening gates... we should just put a bunch of livestock on some LSTs, drive them to the beach, drop the ramps, drive them out and leave. People will figure out what to do with them. 2,000 cows per LST, 2.2M pounds.

If I’m wrong, fry him. But, I don’t think a fmr potus would risk raping minors, if not for moral reasons, for reason of self preservation. That wouldn’t stay hidden. Clinton likely had sex with Chauntae Davies in 2002, who would have been 22 at the time, a legal adult. Prostitution? Yes. Pedo? No.

Fuuuuuuuuk I lost my thread

That sucks, they’ll eat them.