Gideon St.Helen, PhD
@chappahx.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Medicine, studying tobacco/nicotine pharmacology, tobacco-cannabis interaction. Guitar hobbyist. Exercise enthusiast (kickboxing and road biking)
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NEBRASKA CROWD: “TAX THE RICH! TAX THE RICH!”
@USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?”
NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY*
(not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)
@USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?”
NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY*
(not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)
March 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
NEBRASKA CROWD: “TAX THE RICH! TAX THE RICH!”
@USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?”
NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY*
(not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)
@USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?”
NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY*
(not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)
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In a scathing ruling, a federal judge has blocked Trump transgender military ban, calling it "soaked in animus and dripping with pretext." Judge Reyes says the ban demeans transgender people and lacks any legitimate basis.
March 18, 2025 at 11:22 PM
In a scathing ruling, a federal judge has blocked Trump transgender military ban, calling it "soaked in animus and dripping with pretext." Judge Reyes says the ban demeans transgender people and lacks any legitimate basis.
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congratulations to john roberts who is as responsible for the current state of affairs as any single person in the country
NEW STATEMENT FROM CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS:
"For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision. The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose."
"For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision. The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose."
March 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
congratulations to john roberts who is as responsible for the current state of affairs as any single person in the country
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Every single trade provision Trump is now whining about with Mexico and Canada is a trade provision HE HIMSELF negotiated in the USMCA in 2018
March 8, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Every single trade provision Trump is now whining about with Mexico and Canada is a trade provision HE HIMSELF negotiated in the USMCA in 2018
Trump's policies will harm a generation of young people:
• Probationary employees of the federal government are overwhelmingly younger professionals. Mass firing of these individuals has upended their careers.
• Probationary employees of the federal government are overwhelmingly younger professionals. Mass firing of these individuals has upended their careers.
March 6, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Trump's policies will harm a generation of young people:
• Probationary employees of the federal government are overwhelmingly younger professionals. Mass firing of these individuals has upended their careers.
• Probationary employees of the federal government are overwhelmingly younger professionals. Mass firing of these individuals has upended their careers.
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Dude says we have to take care of our law enforcement
FUCK YOU!!! YOU ASSHOLE YOU PARDONED OUR ATTACKERS
FUCK YOU!!! YOU ASSHOLE YOU PARDONED OUR ATTACKERS
March 5, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Dude says we have to take care of our law enforcement
FUCK YOU!!! YOU ASSHOLE YOU PARDONED OUR ATTACKERS
FUCK YOU!!! YOU ASSHOLE YOU PARDONED OUR ATTACKERS
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Howard University men’s swimming and diving team just won the Northeast Conference Championship for the second time in 3 years. They’re the only HBCU with a swimming program. This week on SPOLITICS, I do a deep dive into why that is youtu.be/m_BOqIvRS5w?...
Howard University Makes History With SECOND Swimming Championship | Spolitics
YouTube video by Jemele Hill
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March 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Howard University men’s swimming and diving team just won the Northeast Conference Championship for the second time in 3 years. They’re the only HBCU with a swimming program. This week on SPOLITICS, I do a deep dive into why that is youtu.be/m_BOqIvRS5w?...
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The last time America increased tariffs like this, it was 1930 — and it triggered the Great Depression.
March 4, 2025 at 4:18 AM
The last time America increased tariffs like this, it was 1930 — and it triggered the Great Depression.
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“No Other Land” won the Oscar for best documentary. The movie, directed by two Israelis and two Palestinians, chronicles the Israeli military’s efforts to demolish Palestinian homes in an area of the southern West Bank known as Masafer Yatta.
‘No Other Land,’ whose politics deterred distributors, wins best documentary.
www.nytimes.com
March 3, 2025 at 2:46 AM
“No Other Land” won the Oscar for best documentary. The movie, directed by two Israelis and two Palestinians, chronicles the Israeli military’s efforts to demolish Palestinian homes in an area of the southern West Bank known as Masafer Yatta.
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Elon Musk’s team posted an online “wall of receipts,” celebrating how much it had saved by canceling federal contracts.
Now it has deleted all of the five biggest “savings” on that original list, after The New York Times and other media outlets pointed out they were riddled with errors.
Now it has deleted all of the five biggest “savings” on that original list, after The New York Times and other media outlets pointed out they were riddled with errors.
DOGE Quietly Deletes the 5 Biggest Spending Cuts It Celebrated Last Week
The cuts, highlighted on an earlier version of the “wall of receipts” posted by Elon Musk’s team, contained mistakes that vastly inflated the amount of money saved.
www.nytimes.com
February 26, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Elon Musk’s team posted an online “wall of receipts,” celebrating how much it had saved by canceling federal contracts.
Now it has deleted all of the five biggest “savings” on that original list, after The New York Times and other media outlets pointed out they were riddled with errors.
Now it has deleted all of the five biggest “savings” on that original list, after The New York Times and other media outlets pointed out they were riddled with errors.
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February 14, 2025
February 14, 2025
On this day, I always like to tell the story of Theodore Roosevelt’s terrible 1884 Valentine’s Day and how it led to the Progressive Era, but things are happening too fast these days to leave a gap in...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
February 15, 2025 at 2:54 AM
February 14, 2025
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Doing the unthinkable: The deep cuts to the #CDC's workforce today are expected to decimate the Epidemic Intelligence Service, a program that has trained public health rapid responders for decades.
Envy of the world. Poof!
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...
Envy of the world. Poof!
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...
CDC cuts expected to devastate Epidemic Intelligence Service, a ‘crown jewel’ of public health
Members of the CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service were warned Friday that many of them were about to be fired
www.statnews.com
February 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Doing the unthinkable: The deep cuts to the #CDC's workforce today are expected to decimate the Epidemic Intelligence Service, a program that has trained public health rapid responders for decades.
Envy of the world. Poof!
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...
Envy of the world. Poof!
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...
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News Analysis: In sharp contrast to his first term, President Trump began imposing tariffs before he began even cursory diplomatic negotiations, hitting allies and adversaries alike and wiping out years of trade agreements.
Trump’s Whirlwind Now Blows Through Europe
The new Trump foreign policy team has brought a dizzying message to European allies on A.I., Ukraine and more. It has already left many angered and chagrined.
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2025 at 8:37 AM
News Analysis: In sharp contrast to his first term, President Trump began imposing tariffs before he began even cursory diplomatic negotiations, hitting allies and adversaries alike and wiping out years of trade agreements.