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“Prior surgeons general completed a medical residency and held an active medical license. These qualifications are essential to ensuring the surgeon general has the expertise needed to respond to the nation’s health challenges.” My comments in STAT: statnews.com/2025/05/14/wha…

The state of Georgia is keeping a deceased Black woman’s corpse hooked up to machines against her family’s wishes because she was 9 weeks pregnant and they cannot let them shut off the machines b/c it violates their anti-abortion laws “ITS TORTURE,” says her family

New: The State Department has intervened on behalf of Musk's satellite internet company in five developing nations. In Gambia, U.S. diplomats have lobbied and browbeat at least seven government ministers as part of a “maximum pressure” campaign. propub.li/3F39sQT

I just failed a student for submitting an AI-written research paper, and she sent me an obviously AI-written email apologizing, asking if there is anything she can do to improve her grade. We are through the looking-glass, folks.

The White House is threatening a federal investigation into Business Insider and Politico—all because of an article comparing Donald Trump Jr. to Hunter Biden. My latest newsletter for The Bulwark: thebulwark.com/p/trump-white-…

"The Trump administration has sharply expanded its campaign against experts who track misinformation and other harmful content online, abruptly canceling scores of scientific research grants at universities across the country." nytimes.com/2025/05/15/bus…

DOGE said 40% of phone calls into Social Security centers were fraud, so it built a tool to track it. Turns out the 40% was actually 0.0018% and the tool slowed down processing significantly.

NEW: I talked to Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) + fired federal scientists about RFK's bizarre insistence yesterday that he hasn't fired "any working scientists" -- after he's fired hundreds if not thousands of them. Alsobrooks flat-out said he lied. huffpost.com/entry/rfk-fire…

UPDATE: Corporation for Public Broadcasting board passes bylaws stating no board member can be removed by anyone, including the President, without a 2/3 confirming vote from rest of the board. Move appears to take inspiration from federal judge's remarks yesterday. con't/ 1

“Over the dozen years I spent covering the police as a beat reporter in Los Angeles, I came to realize there are two kinds of officers: showboaters and real cops,” Jill Leovy writes. “America is having a showboater moment”: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

A federal magistrate judge has dismissed trespassing charges against 98 people who were arrested along the Southwest border for entering the newly created National Defense Area in New Mexico. abcnews.link/aVvYUjH

Remember that one time, you pardoned every person that assaulted police on January 6th…

NBC News confirms: The chief of staff to DNI Tulsi Gabbard asked analysts to revise an intelligence assessment on the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua — after it contradicted Trump's claims to justify deportations — to shield Trump and Gabbard from political criticism. MSNBC

A U.S.-born citizen who was wrestled into the dirt, handcuffed and detained in a vehicle as part of an immigration raid had a REAL ID on him that was dismissed as fake, the man's cousin said Friday. nbcnews.com/news/latino/us…

This is some big-time impact from the Chicago Tribune's investigation with ProPublica into schools that use police to ticket and fine students for minor infractions that could be handled in other ways. If signed, a new law will ban the practice. chicagotribune.com/2025/05/28/ill…

COVID-19 cases are rising again as a new variant begins to circulate in some parts of the world. nbc4dc.com/RH3wmFN

Youth pastor abused foster daughters, one ‘within days’ of moving in, FL cops say star-telegram.com/news/nation-wo…

Turns out a lot of people who actually believe in the teachings of Jesus Christ don't think getting thrown into a concentration camp, deported to a country they're not from, or eaten by gators is a fitting punishment for working under the table. thebulwark.com/p/a-religious-…

FEMA Didn’t Answer Thousands of Calls From Flood Survivors, Documents Show nytimes.com/2025/07/11/cli… via @NYTimes

A memo reveals the federal government is planning to deport immigrants to countries where they hold no citizenship, with as little as six hours’ notice and without any guarantees that they’ll be protected from torture or persecution. Story: rollingstone.com/politics/polit…