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A tweet by Joe Walsh criticizing the role of the Attorney General, arguing the AG should serve the American people, not the president. It includes a quoted clip of Acting AG Todd Blanche speaking at a Justice Department podium about executing the president’s agenda.

A tweet by Joe Walsh criticizing the role of the Attorney General, arguing the AG should serve the American people, not the president. It includes a quoted clip of Acting AG Todd Blanche speaking at a Justice Department podium about executing the president’s agenda.

He said the quiet part out loud. You work for us, not him, Blanche.

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Cover of The Lancet:

@thelancet.com
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Trump officials push for skimpier coverage in ACA marketplaces The Trump administration wants the 2027 ACA marketplace to offer plans with lower premiums — but the tradeoff is high deductibles and risk for those needing care.

With the ACA's enhanced subsidies now expired, Trump officials are very motivated to make ACA coverage appear more affordable. So they are pouring gasoline on "catastrophic" plans and other skimpy options. More with @tarabannow.bsky.social: www.statnews.com/2026/02/11/2...

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‘Every aspect of my work life has changed’ — scientists reflect on a year of Trump From education to pandemic preparedness and public-health cuts, the past year has seen huge stress put on US science.

From education to pandemic preparedness and public health, the past year has seen huge stress put on US science

go.nature.com/4qF9gtK

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#NoKings #NYC

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#NoKings #NYC

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Tell Congress: Stop Trump's Plan to Let AI Deny Medicare Coverage Donald Trump and Dr. Oz want to let Artificial Intelligence (AI) choose which procedures Medicare will cover for individual patients -- with AI companies being paid based on how much money they save b...

Trump is piloting a program to let AI review seniors’ medical information and decide what Medicare covers for them — while giving AI companies a profit-incentive to deny coverage. We must call on every Member of Congress to block this. 👇

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HIV funding rally at the Capitol. #CutsKill #SaveHIVfunding #2025USCHA #USCHA @prep4allnow.bsky.social @housingworksnyc.bsky.social @sfaidsfound.bsky.social @pozmagazine.bsky.social

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RFK Jr., American Psycho He needs to go. Now.

sharing for the title -
www.thenation.com/article/soci...?
#RFKJr

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Rain, flags, umbrellas, signs & #NoKings #NYC

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Medicaid cuts will harm rural Republican communities most Trump’s budget will actively harm the health and incomes of rural communities and Republican voters, well beyond those who themselves are enrolled in Medicaid.

Medicaid cuts don’t just hurt the low-income. As @mshepruralpolitics.bsky.social and I write, cutting Medicaid drives up hospitals’ uncompensated care, putting them at risk of closure & increasing by 20-40 mi the distance to rural hospitals. Hurts privately insured too. thehill.com/opinion/heal...

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Drug-Defying Breast Cancers Spotted Early in Blood Test Study

"Giving patients an extra seven months before their cancers progressed and nearly two years without harm to quality of life could be a big deal," Dr. Sharpless said www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/h... #BreastCancer #ASCO25

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'Liquid biopsies' alert advanced breast cancer patients when new drugs are needed Blood tests can reveal when breast cancer treatments stop working, allowing women to switch to more effective therapies before their tumors grow larger.

“Liquid biopsies” alert people with advanced breast cancer when new treatments stop working, allowing patients to switch to more effective therapies before their tumors grow larger.

#asco25 #asco2025 #bcsm

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A radical transformation of our way of life is underway. Don’t let anyone gaslight you into thinking this administration is normal.

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It’s June — that means No Kings Day is almost here.

Trump is ignoring the courts and the Constitution, so we’re gathering again on June 14 to remind him there are NO KINGS in our country.

Check out our map of No Kings Day events and everything else you need to know: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

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Exercise ‘better than drugs’ to stop cancer returning after treatment, trial finds First clear evidence that structured exercise regime reduces risk of dying by a third, can stop tumours coming back or a new cancer developing

Of course, exercise is no guarantee for preventing cancer or its recurrence. But wow, it's hard to ignore these results, @andrewgregory.com www.theguardian.com/society/2025... @nejm.org www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... #ASCO25

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An encouraging analysis re: oncologists' treatment recommendations and motivation. I hope these findings pan out in community and non-Medicare settings! #ASCO25

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A new AI tool enables speedy use of ASCO guidelines, eliminating typical errors - The Cancer Letter The American Society of Clinical Oncology and Google Cloud have developed a tool called the ASCO Guidelines Assistant to help oncologists parse through and interpret clinical practice guidelines. To access this subscriber-only content please log in or subscribe.If your institution has a site license, log in with IP-login or register for a sponsored account.**Not all […]

“AI isn’t going to replace oncologists, but oncologists who use AI are going to replace those who don’t,” said ‪@jrgralow.bsky.social‬
https://cancerletter.com/clinical/20250523_4/

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Trump administration cut $2.7 billion in NIH research funding through March, Senate committee minority report says | CNN A Senate committee report by minority staff, and obtained by CNN, slams the Trump administration for terminating some funding for research, firing thousands of federal workers and removing certain sci...

It's a "War on Science," says Bernie Sanders. He's right. www.cnn.com/2025/05/13/h...

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Trump Has a Stay-At-Home Plan for Women 5.12.25

"Operation Housewife"--Trump's admin has cut key offices at Head Start, which provides child care programs for low-income families, and is considering doing away with federal tax credits for day care. @jessicavalenti.bsky.social jessica.substack.com/p/trump-has-...?

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RFK Jr. goes swimming with grandchildren in contaminated D.C. creek The National Park Service has a longstanding warning against swimming or wading in Rock Creek due to "high levels of bacteria and other infectious pathogens."

smart. www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

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Trump revives drug-pricing plan—but it’s mostly smoke and mirrors President Donald Trump is trying to revive a familiar campaign trick: cutting prescription drug prices. On Sunday, he announced plans to reintroduce a “most favored nation” policy aimed at ...

"The problem is not that the price of prescription drugs is too low in Europe and Canada. The problem is that the extraordinarily greedy pharmaceutical industry made over $100 billion in profits last year by ripping off the American people.” @sanders.senate.gov www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

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NIH funding battle threatens rural cancer care, lifesaving drug trials, and economic stability | Milwaukee Independent

Rural #cancer care at risk, among other fallout of Trump and RFKJr's #NIH cuts, www.milwaukeeindependent.com/newswire/nih...

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Many of the Medicaid proposals from House Republicans are technical and wonky, and will be difficult for the public to absorb.
 
What won’t be difficult to absorb: CBO’s estimate that the changes will increase the number of people without health insurance by at least 8.6 million.

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Trump Plan Would Tie Some Drug Prices to What Peer Nations Pay

Trump wants to lower prescription drug prices. Sounds great! but only if it happens: "Any such plan will most likely be subject to challenges in court, and it is not clear whether it will pass legal muster," www.nytimes.com/2025/05/11/u...

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US FDA approves first at-home test for cervical cancer screening The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first at-home test for cervical cancer screening, its maker Teal Health said on Friday, offering an alternative to Pap smears that need to be undertaken at a doctor's office.

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Food and Drug Administration has approved the first at-home test for cervical cancer screening, its maker Teal Health said on Friday, offering an alternative to Pap smears that need to be undertaken at a doctor's office.

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Efforts Grow to Thwart mRNA Therapies as RFK Jr. Pushes Vaccine Wariness Therapies involving mRNA, a key to Covid vaccines, hold great potential in treating several diseases, but some lawmakers want to ban them and the government is cutting funding.

mRNA-based vaccines are lifesaving scientific achievements.

Efforts by the Trump administration to cancel or pause grants that fund the development of mRNA vaccines jeopardize our health and safety.

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Join us on June 14 for nationwide protests to deny Trump’s fascist birthday wish and send him one message: NO KINGS! Trump wants the world to see a glorious and powerful ruler, but what we’ll show them is a weak and unpopular president: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

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And with new leadership at #FDA, in-pipeline cancer meds are less likely to be approved.

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Will the Trump admin/ #HHS assure medical coverage, including through #Medicaid-- and access to effective-but-costly treatments--for all those new, treatable cancers occuring in young adults? Unlikely.

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