Vermonter. Retired. Previously Telecommuting Adjunct Research Instructor of Medicine, USC Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, 2019-2024; COVID-19 research & projects, ProPublica, 2020-2022; former chief medical researcher at Consumer Reports, 1989-2018.
Chris Hendel
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NEW: Our visual analysis suggests the U.S. hit two drinking-water facilities overnight in southern Iran with precision-guided munitions. Deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure could constitute a war crime. w/ @ckoettl.bsky.social @johnismay.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/w...
LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT: As a reward for supporting Donald Trump and helping him stage a UFC spectacle at the White House for his birthday, Dana White is tomorrow going to sign an agreement that will use taxpayer dollars to help his business reach new audiences overseas.
It’s about to get hot, New York.
Sometimes, too hot.
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Adam Keiper
Christiaan Triebert
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani
Trump in the last week:
- we’re 2-3 days away from a deal
- we hit them viciously. If they don’t make a deal, we’ll bomb the shit out of them tomorrow.
- we control the Strait
- Iran must open the Strait
- we’re gonna take over Kharg Island and their oil
Embarrassing.
This 👇 💯
What's extra cool about the President saying he's escalating the failed war he illegally started is that it also might not be true, the President constantly delivers empty threats and lies about everything. 🤷♂️
Can't make this stuff up, gang...
Kuwait closes its airspace as Iran retaliates to U.S. airstrikes with attacks on Gulf States. Kuwait’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation said flights were being diverted to other airports.
The Federal Government’s Debt Is Growing Faster Than the Economy. What Does that Mean for You?
per US GAO today
www.gao.gov/blog/federal...
When the Artemis program was first announced, the claim, all over the website, was that the landing mission (which has since been shifted from III to IV) would include "the first woman and the first person of color" to walk on the Moon.
Last year, that language was deleted from the NASA site.
The United States has launched airstrikes on Iranian military sites after blaming Tehran for the crash of an American Apache attack helicopter, prompting new Iranian attacks across the region and raising fears of a broader conflict.
U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign to eliminate diversity efforts and language from government organizations has officially reached the moon, with NASA erasing references to its promise to land th...
In April, the federal government’s debt held by the public reached $31.3 trillion, roughly equal to the size of the U.S. economy. While this has marked an unwelcome new milestone, growing federal debt...
Trump announces the US is planning to invade Iran.
George Pearkes
The Secretary of Defense is…
A - afraid of answering questions
B - incompetent and unqualified
C - a blowhard and an empty suit
D - deeply damaging to this democracy
Choose 4
Kai Ryssdal
REPORTER: If the response is hitting bridges and electrical infrastructure, how is that not a war crime?
HEGSETH: That's precisely the kind of disingenuous question I'm used to from the media -- impugning the motives of the folks on our side
