Two terrific #FDA related pieces by @lizzylawrence.bsky.social & @matthewherper.bsky.social. Matt's is a look at lessons to be drawn from Vinay Prasad's chaotic tenure; Lizzy's delves into the FDA's turning away from adcomms.
www.statnews.com/2026/03/08/v...
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www.statnews.com/2026/03/09/f...
A few weeks ago, I saw a group of people in a Facebook comments section trying to figure out if a picture of Ilhan Omar was real. (It was not.) I couldn't stop thinking about it, so I wrote about what I'm calling "strategic memes against public participation." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
First Noem, next RFK Jr
🚨 Let's be super clear: Means = science-free wellness grifter.
Surgeon general nominee can’t get people to stop asking her about vaccines www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
@angierasmussen.bsky.social: "Means’ responses on vaccines as an attempt to obscure her previous anti-vaccine positions."
Perhaps an early (bad) sign of what is to come:
Vinay Prasad, who helped lead a campaign against lifesaving mRNA vaccines at FDA, is being welcomed back to the University of California San Francisco, where he was prior to joining the Trump administration.
3 people had the power to remove Prasad.
Trump, RFK, or Makary.
Not “pharma.”
Best of luck to you! 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻
Today I officially filed to run for Congress in CA-06. I’m running to lower costs, protect health care, and stand up for the families of our district. #DrPanforCongress #CA06
Prasad is out once again...
Your health insurance claim was denied? Fight back by writing an appeal, and these free AI tools will help.
Learn what to do from @nealkshah.bsky.social: youtube.com/live/vZNcPAU...
"We never expected to worry that diseases we thought were gone might come roaring into their lives — yet here we are." Grandparents speak up - they know what the diseases are like and why vaccines are important.
www.sun-sentinel.com/2026/02/10/g...
A tweet from RWMaloneMD from earlier today: Robert W Malone, MD @RWMaloneMD · 4h So, for a generic assessment of the growth of my X account - Grok put a 0.1% chance that it hasn't been algorithmically manipulated with. When I ask almost the same question about my account personally, Grok puts the chance of X algorithmically suppressing my account at a 80-90% probability. But then estimates that it is probably much higher than that. So, it is clear that X and Musk are messing with my account followers bigtime and that this has (according to Grok's independent assessment) been going on since 2025, but has only increased recently. After my Rogan hit two weeks ago, for instance, Grok noted that my numbers immediately took a nose dive. Grok mentions that this is statistically impossible. I would like Musk to personally respond to this. Just to say it, as they monetize this account (trust me, it doesn't pay much) AND are messing with the algorithm, that is tortious business interference. That is illegal and should not be tolerated. As many of us are experiencing this, I would like to know if the Federal government is willing to step in and do something about this. What is happening is illegal - as X pays out money and also suppresses account views. @elonmusk @CivilRights @TheJusticeDept @FBIDirectorKash @laralogan @joeroganhq @thedarkhorsepod
I hate that we have to pay attention to this guy but he's Co-Chair of the ACIP.
Here he is complaining that X is manipulating his follower count and...
1. No shit.
2. Why does one even care about followers unless they are a grifter?
Powerful piece on the new CDC director—the Great Barrington Declaration/MAGA/MAHA/Brownstone bro who campaigned for RFK Jr when RFK Jr ran for president
This nails it:
"As much as he may claim to be working to restore trust in the agency, his actions seem far more likely to achieve the opposite"
Hope everyone will read this brilliant piece from @katherineeban.bsky.social on Casey Means.
Surgeon generals usually represent the very best of the medical community. Means isn’t even a part of it, by her own choosing.
Link: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
To those who didn’t bend a knee and stood up from Day 1 to the lies and nonsense from RobertKennedyJr and the charlatans that surround him, the general public agrees with you in a big way.
The *vast* majority has had enough of the insanity and chaos
A new day is coming
As a primary care provider in Congress, I will build trust in public health that RFK Jr & Mehmet Oz are destroying.
#DrPanForCongress
At least the War on Protein has ended
DOGE never left
That's right. Worse than Pointless
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/o...
“Dolly Parton Children’s Hospital did not share how much Parton donated as part of the naming announcement. But Matt Schaefer, its president and CEO, said her support would ensure ‘every child who walks through our doors receives the treatment they deserve.’”
GOD BLESS DOLLY PARTON
NEW: I and colleagues reviewed 15,000 documents to illuminate how Jeffrey Epstein used VIP doctors to control and manipulate young women* — and how the doctors helped him, treating his needs as more important than the patients'. Gift link.
*see next post in thread
@covie_93 Good thing Congress isn't alive to see this.
Yup. All true.
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He needs an emergency to get rid of elections.
But who is there to impeach him....
This is an impeachable act.
Del Bigtree was the first CEO of MAHA Action, which became MAHA. Bigtree wants your kids to get sick from measles and chicken pox. MAHA is sickness and death.
Yes!
