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Joined February 2013
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Administration officials complain the media presents these extreme cuts as likely or even already occurring. Sure, they’re unlikely. But the goal of the president’s “budget” is literally to generate media attention! The president has no constitutional authority over funding.
NEWS: Massive budget cuts for US science proposed again by Trump administration "It's an extinction-level event for science". The US government is proposing massive cuts to almost every branch of science, from NASA to the National Institutes of Health. NSF would completely eliminate the social, economic and behavioral sciences directorate. This would decimate the world's leading scientific system. nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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Look, I'm not an oncologist but I am frustrated by the way this dog cancer story is being interpreted from a bunch of different angles and I think basically all of this can be cleared up if people understood like...six things. You should know these 6 things about cancer:
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Reminder: More than a dozen of Epstein's underage victims from Palm Beach got into trouble with the law after they were raped by him. Some fell into drug abuse, and a few even served time in prison. That doesn't mean they were not sexually molested or raped as teenagers. Many abused children fall into this category of having troubled lives after being sexually assaulted.
REMINDER: The woman at the center of these FBI interviews claims she met Epstein at a place he never lived. Her allegation against President Trump dates back to a year he and Epstein didn't even know each other yet. And she's been arrested multiple times for theft and fraud-- most recently in 2023 for stealing money from a terminally ill man.
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The richest Americans saw their net worth soar 120% from 2017-25 and the number of US billionaires jumped 50% to more than 900. Overall, the top 1% now control $55.8 trillion in assets — more than the GDP of the US and China combined. @ktbenner nytimes.com/2026/03/02/us/bi…
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New - @BernieSanders to unveil new mega tax on America’s ~1,000 billionaires, would raise $4.4 trillion Potential marker for other candidates who do run in 2028, @RoKhanna is introducing House version $ would be directed to: - $3K stimulus checks per person earning under $150K/yr - Expand Medicare to cover dental/vision/hearing for all seniors - Ensure every public school teacher gets paid at least $60K/yr - $850B for affordable home construction (“abolish homelessness”) - Universal childcare - Reverse Trump Medicaid cuts
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edited this deep investigation into max landis's sexual-abuse allegations and am horrified by this news
Max Landis, Whose Career Imploded During #MeToo, Returns with ‘G.I. Joe’ Movie at Paramount (Exclusive) hollywoodreporter.com/news/g…
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Last week I went to Arizona to take in the media circus surrounding Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance. It left me feeling pretty gross about the true crime ecosystem.
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NEW: RFK Jr. Kennedy’s comments about the keto diet illustrate the contradiction between the extremely high bar the health secretary sets for evidence of vaccine efficacy and the low bar for nutritional advice. ⁦@FenitNwashingtonpost.com/health/20…
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Two years ago this day, about 3 am, my daughter Miranda left this earth to go to whatever destiny awaits the good and the brave. I wrote this about her a few weeks afterward, no paywall. theatlantic.com/magazine/arc…
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“Moderna’s CEO announced the company will no longer invest in new Phase 3 vaccine trials for infectious diseases: ‘You cannot make a return on investment if you don’t have access to the U.S. market.’ Vaccines for Epstein-Barr virus, herpes, and shingles have been shelved.”
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Scoop: Top FDA official Vinay Prasad overruled the agency’s reviewers when he refused to accept Moderna’s application for a new influenza vaccine, STAT has learned. statnews.com/2026/02/11/mode…
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The incredible @Jasper_Craven doesn’t miss
Am I addicted to sports gambling? Are you? I spent a crazed week in Sin City testing my luck and investigating the shoddy state of gambling treatment in America. My dispatch is the new @Harpers cover story: harpers.org/archive/2026/02/…
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EXCLUSIVE: We uncovered a secret corporate scheme to raise grocery prices. We found that Instacart is using AI algorithms to charge customers different prices for the same items. The scary part? It's not just online. It's in physical grocery stores too. Our months-long investigation with @ConsumerReports and @Groundwork found it could cost families $1200/year.
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“Without data to support their decision and defying warnings from doctors, medical associations and public health groups, a federal advisory panel stocked with loyalists to HHS Secretary RFK Jr. has voted to stop recommending a life-saving vaccine to infants at birth.”
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This piece broke me, as a fellow stage 4 patient and a fellow journalist. What an unselfish and generous gift to share her story in the face of unimaginable dread and discomfort—and at a time when her uncle, RFK Jr., threatens to undermine the research trying to save our lives.
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Tatiana Schlossberg, the daughter of Caroline Kennedy, is incredibly brave to publish this piece @newyorker.com. She writes beautifully and thinks clearly. God grant her and her family strength and peace. newyorker.com/culture/the-we…
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NEW ANALYSIS: Over half of reported assaults against journalists this year happened in Los Angeles. Powered by data from the @FreedomofPress, my latest for @LAPublicPress dives into the challenges freelance journalists face reporting on ICE resistance. lapublicpress.org/2025/11/in…
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I haven’t been public about this here. I have stage IV cancer. Over the past 2 years, it’s spread from my ear to my liver, bones, and now brain. This is how the admin is undermining not only my chance at survival, but the country’s health and safety. nytimes.com/2025/11/11/opini…
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LAPD on horses charge at and beat guests standing in line to the Short Stop in Echo Park. @ShotOn35mm
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I’m Till Eckert, a ProPublica reporter. For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been going to the same NY immigration courthouse. Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away. Thread👇
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