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Democracy enthusiast. Stoic, scientist, published author. Sometimes amusing.
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Sen. Dave McCormick on AI: "This is the biggest thing that will happen in our lifetime. It's like the Industrial Revolution on steroids."
Idea for Sunday news shows: Instead of interviewing politicians about stuff they know nothing about, interview 1) experts who do and 2) the people affected by policies.
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NEW: "George Santos with a Gun" — here's the first in a series of reports based on my 9-month investigation into Rep. Cory Mills. sollenbergerrc.substack.com/p/george-san...
‘George Santos With a Gun’: The Untold Story of Cory Mills, A Mercenary In Congress
The Florida Republican has tried to leverage his legislative role to the benefit of his arms business. With that business now in foreclosure proceedings, Mills has little to show for it.
sollenbergerrc.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:21 PM
NEW: "George Santos with a Gun" — here's the first in a series of reports based on my 9-month investigation into Rep. Cory Mills. sollenbergerrc.substack.com/p/george-san...
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RFK Jr's handpicked antivax goons don't agree on a Hepatitis vaccine that newborns have been given for decades, so for the second time after an unruly meeting they've cancelled a vote.
"The proceedings featured a barrage of misleading claims and cherry-picked data."
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
"The proceedings featured a barrage of misleading claims and cherry-picked data."
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
CDC advisory panel delays vote on hepatitis B vaccines after unruly meeting
The panel decided to table the vote on the hepatitis B vaccine schedule for infants until Friday.
www.nbcnews.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:28 PM
RFK Jr's handpicked antivax goons don't agree on a Hepatitis vaccine that newborns have been given for decades, so for the second time after an unruly meeting they've cancelled a vote.
"The proceedings featured a barrage of misleading claims and cherry-picked data."
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
"The proceedings featured a barrage of misleading claims and cherry-picked data."
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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I had the pleasure of chatting with HOW DO WE MANAGE podcast about the nature of our shared reality — and to talk about my book with @phdcomics.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=vubq... #neuroscience #brainhealth #science #neuroskyence
How Your Brain Creates (and Tricks) Your Reality | How Do We Manage?
YouTube video by How Do We Manage? Podcast
www.youtube.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I had the pleasure of chatting with HOW DO WE MANAGE podcast about the nature of our shared reality — and to talk about my book with @phdcomics.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=vubq... #neuroscience #brainhealth #science #neuroskyence
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Glad to see this story right up top on the NYT page today -- NIH is paying out multiple years of funding to existing grants in an explicit effort to AVOID funding new grants.
Clear as day that destroying science is an explicit goal of the federal government.
#academicsky #psychscisky 🧠🟦
Clear as day that destroying science is an explicit goal of the federal government.
#academicsky #psychscisky 🧠🟦
New York Times article on science funding with some depressing but familiar curves with interactive graphics.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine (Gift Article)
A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Glad to see this story right up top on the NYT page today -- NIH is paying out multiple years of funding to existing grants in an explicit effort to AVOID funding new grants.
Clear as day that destroying science is an explicit goal of the federal government.
#academicsky #psychscisky 🧠🟦
Clear as day that destroying science is an explicit goal of the federal government.
#academicsky #psychscisky 🧠🟦
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🚨 CNBC on latest jobs numbers: "A big miss on ADP payrolls. The private payroll company saying private payrolls shed 32,000 workers in Nov. That's the 4th negative number in past 6 months. The estimate was for +40,000, so the street was off ... this may be coming from being hammered by the tariffs"
December 3, 2025 at 1:25 PM
🚨 CNBC on latest jobs numbers: "A big miss on ADP payrolls. The private payroll company saying private payrolls shed 32,000 workers in Nov. That's the 4th negative number in past 6 months. The estimate was for +40,000, so the street was off ... this may be coming from being hammered by the tariffs"
These are not competent, serious people. They are the equivalent of professional wrestling for the political class. They are not working for us. They are working to enrich themselves. To build a brand. To troll.
Kash Patel: "If Eric Swalwell wants to come online and talk about what jacket size I wear, I'm hearing to send him a women's medium so him and Fang Fang can go out again."
December 3, 2025 at 7:51 AM
These are not competent, serious people. They are the equivalent of professional wrestling for the political class. They are not working for us. They are working to enrich themselves. To build a brand. To troll.
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My undying admiration will go to any reporter who brings up all the evidence of former Honduras President Hernandez's crimes running drugs, and reminds that he was convicted by a jury, and ask Trump how he can claim to be tackling the drug problem while letting such a large trafficker go free.
December 2, 2025 at 9:45 PM
My undying admiration will go to any reporter who brings up all the evidence of former Honduras President Hernandez's crimes running drugs, and reminds that he was convicted by a jury, and ask Trump how he can claim to be tackling the drug problem while letting such a large trafficker go free.
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Trump gets RUDE AWAKENING as GOP TANKS…in North Carolina!!!
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
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December 2, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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It's not about Americans not caring about narcoterrorists. It's about Americans caring about the rule of law, due process, our reputation in the world, and not starting wars.
Also, fentanyl doesn't come from Venezuela, and most of us know this is about a greedy admin that wants to steal their oil.
Also, fentanyl doesn't come from Venezuela, and most of us know this is about a greedy admin that wants to steal their oil.
Van Orden: "You gotta understand that average Americans do not care about these narcoterrorists at all. They care about the fact that their brothers & sisters and mothers and husbands have died of fentanyl overdoses. That's what we really truly care about. We care about our fellow American citizens"
December 2, 2025 at 12:09 AM
It's not about Americans not caring about narcoterrorists. It's about Americans caring about the rule of law, due process, our reputation in the world, and not starting wars.
Also, fentanyl doesn't come from Venezuela, and most of us know this is about a greedy admin that wants to steal their oil.
Also, fentanyl doesn't come from Venezuela, and most of us know this is about a greedy admin that wants to steal their oil.
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Cooper: We have 675,000 people who have health insurance.
Right now, though, Washington’s trying to take it all away. And it’s one of the reasons that Tillis stood up on the floor of the Senate and said, “How can I vote for this?”
Right now, though, Washington’s trying to take it all away. And it’s one of the reasons that Tillis stood up on the floor of the Senate and said, “How can I vote for this?”
December 2, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Cooper: We have 675,000 people who have health insurance.
Right now, though, Washington’s trying to take it all away. And it’s one of the reasons that Tillis stood up on the floor of the Senate and said, “How can I vote for this?”
Right now, though, Washington’s trying to take it all away. And it’s one of the reasons that Tillis stood up on the floor of the Senate and said, “How can I vote for this?”
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Phang: It just underscores how much this Trump administration has destroyed any concept of public safety — that federal cases cannot be prosecuted in the state of New Jersey because Alina Haba refuses to actually step away from this bullshit.
December 2, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Phang: It just underscores how much this Trump administration has destroyed any concept of public safety — that federal cases cannot be prosecuted in the state of New Jersey because Alina Haba refuses to actually step away from this bullshit.
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Pay attention at #NIH to peer review of grant applications.
I don't think it's too much to say the keystone of US biomedical science is NIH's Center for Scientific Review.
CSR organizes peer review—relying on 25k US scientists. Review helps isolate grantmaking from political interference.
But! /1
I don't think it's too much to say the keystone of US biomedical science is NIH's Center for Scientific Review.
CSR organizes peer review—relying on 25k US scientists. Review helps isolate grantmaking from political interference.
But! /1
DOGE holdover who pushed for deep cuts at HHS is headed to the Navy
Rachel Riley, a former McKinsey partner, helped execute sweeping layoffs at the health department this spring. Behind the scenes, her methods sparked turmoil.
www.politico.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Pay attention at #NIH to peer review of grant applications.
I don't think it's too much to say the keystone of US biomedical science is NIH's Center for Scientific Review.
CSR organizes peer review—relying on 25k US scientists. Review helps isolate grantmaking from political interference.
But! /1
I don't think it's too much to say the keystone of US biomedical science is NIH's Center for Scientific Review.
CSR organizes peer review—relying on 25k US scientists. Review helps isolate grantmaking from political interference.
But! /1
Idea for Sunday news shows: Instead of interviewing politicians about stuff they know nothing about, interview 1) experts who do and 2) the people affected by policies.
Sen. Dave McCormick on AI: "This is the biggest thing that will happen in our lifetime. It's like the Industrial Revolution on steroids."
December 1, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Idea for Sunday news shows: Instead of interviewing politicians about stuff they know nothing about, interview 1) experts who do and 2) the people affected by policies.
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Mark Kelly on the Trump/Hegseth boat strikes: "If orders are illegal, not only do they not have to follow them, they are legally required not to follow them."
November 30, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Mark Kelly on the Trump/Hegseth boat strikes: "If orders are illegal, not only do they not have to follow them, they are legally required not to follow them."
Imagine your life ending at the command of a Fox News weekend anchor.
November 29, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Imagine your life ending at the command of a Fox News weekend anchor.
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BREAKING: Republican Congressman Troy Nehls (R-TX) announces he will NOT seek re-election
November 29, 2025 at 5:49 PM
BREAKING: Republican Congressman Troy Nehls (R-TX) announces he will NOT seek re-election
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it is going to be a big weekend for Republicans being too busy to read Trump's posts
November 29, 2025 at 12:43 AM
it is going to be a big weekend for Republicans being too busy to read Trump's posts
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"Black Friday, officially Christmastime now. America is in a sour mood. Grocery prices are up, and so are energy prices. Donald Trump lies incessantly about both. The American people are onto him. They’re pessimistic about the future."
There’s No Doubt About It: The Great MAGA Crack-Up Has Begun
Every single prominent member of the Trump administration has had a very, very bad week.
Every single prominent member of the Trump administration has had a very, very bad week.
There’s No Doubt About It: The Great MAGA Crack-Up Has Begun
Every single prominent member of the Trump administration has had a very, very bad week.
newrepublic.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:26 PM
"Black Friday, officially Christmastime now. America is in a sour mood. Grocery prices are up, and so are energy prices. Donald Trump lies incessantly about both. The American people are onto him. They’re pessimistic about the future."
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This article is terrifying because it's both believable and possible, and something everyone needs to be thinking about.
"This is what a coup looks like."
"This is what a coup looks like."
November 28, 2025 at 9:46 PM
This article is terrifying because it's both believable and possible, and something everyone needs to be thinking about.
"This is what a coup looks like."
"This is what a coup looks like."
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"Indiana lawmakers have reported other apparent attempts at intimidation, including at least one bomb threat, as well as subtler forms of harassment. Not all of them have been made public."
November 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
"Indiana lawmakers have reported other apparent attempts at intimidation, including at least one bomb threat, as well as subtler forms of harassment. Not all of them have been made public."
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"My poll numbers have never been better."
November 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
"My poll numbers have never been better."
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Trump would relish violence against any Republican who won't go along with Trump's plans.
“He isn’t worried about Trump’s political wrath; he doesn’t plan to run for reelection.
His fear of speaking out is much more personal: ‘I’d rather my house not get firebombed’”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
His fear of speaking out is much more personal: ‘I’d rather my house not get firebombed’”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The Fear Taking Hold Among Indiana Republicans
“I’d rather my house not get firebombed.”
www.theatlantic.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Trump would relish violence against any Republican who won't go along with Trump's plans.
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I’m not worried - Republicans said the death ray is a hoax.
November 27, 2025 at 5:07 AM
I’m not worried - Republicans said the death ray is a hoax.
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CASSIDY: I know it's titillating, but I think we need to move beyond the titillation
TAPPER: This isn't about titillation. This is about the fact that you are the chairman of the health committee and you voted to confirm somebody that by all accounts is actually making America less healthy
TAPPER: This isn't about titillation. This is about the fact that you are the chairman of the health committee and you voted to confirm somebody that by all accounts is actually making America less healthy
November 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
CASSIDY: I know it's titillating, but I think we need to move beyond the titillation
TAPPER: This isn't about titillation. This is about the fact that you are the chairman of the health committee and you voted to confirm somebody that by all accounts is actually making America less healthy
TAPPER: This isn't about titillation. This is about the fact that you are the chairman of the health committee and you voted to confirm somebody that by all accounts is actually making America less healthy