Doug McVay
@dougmcvay.bsky.social
He/him. Public policy researcher/analyst, journalist.
Editor, DrugPolicyFacts.org and HealthSystemsFacts.org.
Producer/Host, Free Culture Radio
https://kboo.fm/program/free-culture-radio
and Century of Lies
https://drugtruth.net/century-of-lies
Editor, DrugPolicyFacts.org and HealthSystemsFacts.org.
Producer/Host, Free Culture Radio
https://kboo.fm/program/free-culture-radio
and Century of Lies
https://drugtruth.net/century-of-lies
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If the U.S. was at war, Pete Hegseth's order would be a war crime, a military lawyer said. Instead, it might just be murder. wapo.st/49KbUJ1
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
If the U.S. was at war, Pete Hegseth's order would be a war crime, a military lawyer said. Instead, it might just be murder. wapo.st/49KbUJ1
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America has gone full Nazi and it’s time to call out those accountable: Democrats not getting on board purging around a dozen trans athletes from the NCAA
—Tomorrow in The NY Times from some tedious twat
—Tomorrow in The NY Times from some tedious twat
November 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
America has gone full Nazi and it’s time to call out those accountable: Democrats not getting on board purging around a dozen trans athletes from the NCAA
—Tomorrow in The NY Times from some tedious twat
—Tomorrow in The NY Times from some tedious twat
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These were murders.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
As two men clung to a stricken, burning ship targeted by SEAL Team 6, the Joint Special Operations commander followed the defense secretary’s order to leave no survivors.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
As two men clung to a stricken, burning ship targeted by SEAL Team 6, the Joint Special Operations commander followed the defense secretary’s order to leave no survivors.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM
These were murders.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
As two men clung to a stricken, burning ship targeted by SEAL Team 6, the Joint Special Operations commander followed the defense secretary’s order to leave no survivors.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
As two men clung to a stricken, burning ship targeted by SEAL Team 6, the Joint Special Operations commander followed the defense secretary’s order to leave no survivors.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
As two men clung to a stricken, burning ship targeted by SEAL Team 6, the Joint Special Operations commander followed the defense secretary’s order to leave no survivors.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
As two men clung to a stricken, burning ship targeted by SEAL Team 6, the Joint Special Operations commander followed the defense secretary’s order to leave no survivors.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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MATCH STILL IN EFFECT! Ray Mabus + The Education Partner Fund are matching the next $10K. Help us close this match out today!! We’re almost there! Your gift to our 501(c)(3) newsroom is MATCHED dollar-for-dollar.
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November 28, 2025 at 3:37 PM
MATCH STILL IN EFFECT! Ray Mabus + The Education Partner Fund are matching the next $10K. Help us close this match out today!! We’re almost there! Your gift to our 501(c)(3) newsroom is MATCHED dollar-for-dollar.
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A Half-Billion-Dollar Bank Balance Increases Political Pressure on Preschool for All
Meanwhile, two groups of volunteers meant to tackle the program’s long-term sustainability struggle to agree on just about anything.
www.wweek.com/news/schools...
Meanwhile, two groups of volunteers meant to tackle the program’s long-term sustainability struggle to agree on just about anything.
www.wweek.com/news/schools...
A Half-Billion-Dollar Bank Balance Increases Political Pressure on Preschool for All
Preschool for All is sitting on a lot of money. So it might come as a surprise that the people monitoring the program are making their chief concern whether it will remain financially solvent a decade...
www.wweek.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM
A Half-Billion-Dollar Bank Balance Increases Political Pressure on Preschool for All
Meanwhile, two groups of volunteers meant to tackle the program’s long-term sustainability struggle to agree on just about anything.
www.wweek.com/news/schools...
Meanwhile, two groups of volunteers meant to tackle the program’s long-term sustainability struggle to agree on just about anything.
www.wweek.com/news/schools...
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Bipartisan interest surfaces for scrutiny of Kansas bank charter issued to Beneficient | via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social #ksleg
Bipartisan interest surfaces for scrutiny of Kansas bank charter issued to Beneficient • Kansas Reflector
Republicans and Democrats in Kansas express interest in scrutinizing Beneficient's use of unique bank charter in wake of former CEO's indictment.
kansasreflector.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Bipartisan interest surfaces for scrutiny of Kansas bank charter issued to Beneficient | via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social #ksleg
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Opinion from @maxmccoy.com: He wanted to build mom a grocery store. Now he’s indicted, and all we’re left is political satire. #ksleg
He wanted to build mom a grocery store. Now he’s indicted, and all we’re left is political satire. • Kansas Reflector
The grocery store would be a work of art, a place — no, a destination! — that would draw people from all over just to say they shopped there.
kansasreflector.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Opinion from @maxmccoy.com: He wanted to build mom a grocery store. Now he’s indicted, and all we’re left is political satire. #ksleg
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We Refuse: Health Workers Against Involuntary Care is now public.
@hrna.bsky.social and DSDP are circulating a joint statement opposing BC’s plan to expand involuntary drug treatment. This approach is ineffective, increases overdose risk, violates autonomy, and harms marginalized communities.
@hrna.bsky.social and DSDP are circulating a joint statement opposing BC’s plan to expand involuntary drug treatment. This approach is ineffective, increases overdose risk, violates autonomy, and harms marginalized communities.
November 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
We Refuse: Health Workers Against Involuntary Care is now public.
@hrna.bsky.social and DSDP are circulating a joint statement opposing BC’s plan to expand involuntary drug treatment. This approach is ineffective, increases overdose risk, violates autonomy, and harms marginalized communities.
@hrna.bsky.social and DSDP are circulating a joint statement opposing BC’s plan to expand involuntary drug treatment. This approach is ineffective, increases overdose risk, violates autonomy, and harms marginalized communities.
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Public man-made death: The dismantling of USAID “has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.”
That’s 1000+ excess dead children every day. Every day.
hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-s...
That’s 1000+ excess dead children every day. Every day.
hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-s...
USAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, accord...
hsph.harvard.edu
November 27, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Public man-made death: The dismantling of USAID “has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.”
That’s 1000+ excess dead children every day. Every day.
hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-s...
That’s 1000+ excess dead children every day. Every day.
hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-s...
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What’s Behind the Recent Decline in Overdose Deaths in Seattle?
While Seattle’s outgoing mayor and city attorney credit drug arrests and prosecutions, public health evidence suggests other causes.
@andyengelson.bsky.social reports.
publicola.com/2025/11/26/w...
While Seattle’s outgoing mayor and city attorney credit drug arrests and prosecutions, public health evidence suggests other causes.
@andyengelson.bsky.social reports.
publicola.com/2025/11/26/w...
What's Behind the Recent Decline in Overdose Deaths in Seattle? - PubliCola
While Seattle’s outgoing mayor and city attorney credit drug arrests and prosecutions, public health evidence suggests other causes. By Andrew…
publicola.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
What’s Behind the Recent Decline in Overdose Deaths in Seattle?
While Seattle’s outgoing mayor and city attorney credit drug arrests and prosecutions, public health evidence suggests other causes.
@andyengelson.bsky.social reports.
publicola.com/2025/11/26/w...
While Seattle’s outgoing mayor and city attorney credit drug arrests and prosecutions, public health evidence suggests other causes.
@andyengelson.bsky.social reports.
publicola.com/2025/11/26/w...
Court of Claims hears arguments on constitutionality of new marijuana tax #MIPol
michiganadvance.com/2025/11/26/c...
michiganadvance.com/2025/11/26/c...
Court of Claims hears arguments on constitutionality of new marijuana tax • Michigan Advance
The state’s new 24% tax on all cannabis products, which was passed as a part of the fiscal year 2026 budget package, came before the Michigan Court of Claims on Tuesday, with the Michigan Cannabis Ind...
michiganadvance.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Court of Claims hears arguments on constitutionality of new marijuana tax #MIPol
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michiganadvance.com/2025/11/26/c...
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Hey there, you’re using WhatsApp?
Recently, researchers found a significant privacy flaw that enabled them to uncover phone numbers associated with 3.5 billion accounts.
Read more about this and learn how to limit who can see your WhatsApp information in our digital security newsletter:
Recently, researchers found a significant privacy flaw that enabled them to uncover phone numbers associated with 3.5 billion accounts.
Read more about this and learn how to limit who can see your WhatsApp information in our digital security newsletter:
Researchers find flaw exposing billions of WhatsApp numbers
Researchers discovered phone numbers and, in some instances, associated profile photos and names through WhatsApp’s contact discovery tool
freedom.press
November 26, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Hey there, you’re using WhatsApp?
Recently, researchers found a significant privacy flaw that enabled them to uncover phone numbers associated with 3.5 billion accounts.
Read more about this and learn how to limit who can see your WhatsApp information in our digital security newsletter:
Recently, researchers found a significant privacy flaw that enabled them to uncover phone numbers associated with 3.5 billion accounts.
Read more about this and learn how to limit who can see your WhatsApp information in our digital security newsletter:
"And ironically, almost all of the cadets declared that the control subject — the woman who didn’t drink at all — was probably impaired and should be arrested."
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51st.news/wet-lab-dc-p...
D.C. police got me buzzed to help stop drunk drivers
A dispatch from MPD’s wet lab, where police train to spot impaired motorists.
51st.news
November 26, 2025 at 8:09 PM
"And ironically, almost all of the cadets declared that the control subject — the woman who didn’t drink at all — was probably impaired and should be arrested."
51st.news/wet-lab-dc-p...
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After unprecedented autism-vaccine messaging change, scientists, advocates say CDC no longer trustworthy www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va... via @cidrap.bsky.social @lizszabo.bsky.social and Laine Bergeson
After unprecedented autism-vaccine messaging change, scientists, advocates say CDC no longer trustworthy
www.cidrap.umn.edu
November 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
After unprecedented autism-vaccine messaging change, scientists, advocates say CDC no longer trustworthy www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va... via @cidrap.bsky.social @lizszabo.bsky.social and Laine Bergeson
"Another key difference from Multnomah County: In Lane, any agency or nonprofit can refer someone for deflection, not just law enforcement, as long as there is ample space and a person who has been charged for possession of a controlled substance won’t be turned away."
www.wweek.com/news/2025/11...
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In Eugene, Drug-Crime Deflection Comes With a Place to Stay and Get Clean. Not in Portland.
Rent costs Lane County just $577,304 a year, but the rooms do something a $3.2 million deflection center can’t: house people while they wait for drug treatment.
www.wweek.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
"Another key difference from Multnomah County: In Lane, any agency or nonprofit can refer someone for deflection, not just law enforcement, as long as there is ample space and a person who has been charged for possession of a controlled substance won’t be turned away."
www.wweek.com/news/2025/11...
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Getting a Single Parking Ticket in Lorain Led Hundreds to Lose Their Driver’s Licenses
A Marshall Project - Cleveland investigation has prompted city officials to stop issuing parking citations that, for years, led to license suspensions.
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/11/25/l...
A Marshall Project - Cleveland investigation has prompted city officials to stop issuing parking citations that, for years, led to license suspensions.
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/11/25/l...
How One Parking Ticket Cost Hundreds of Drivers Their Licenses
A Marshall Project - Cleveland investigation has prompted city officials to stop issuing parking citations that, for years, led to license suspensions.
www.themarshallproject.org
November 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Getting a Single Parking Ticket in Lorain Led Hundreds to Lose Their Driver’s Licenses
A Marshall Project - Cleveland investigation has prompted city officials to stop issuing parking citations that, for years, led to license suspensions.
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/11/25/l...
A Marshall Project - Cleveland investigation has prompted city officials to stop issuing parking citations that, for years, led to license suspensions.
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/11/25/l...
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Research shows that volunteering can be helpful for retirees’ health and well-being. For @motherjones.com, I spoke to four retirees about how they’re giving back to their communities to resist current happenings. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Turns out fighting fascism helps you live longer
Retirees are mobilizing to defend democracy—and the benefits literally show up in their DNA.
www.motherjones.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Research shows that volunteering can be helpful for retirees’ health and well-being. For @motherjones.com, I spoke to four retirees about how they’re giving back to their communities to resist current happenings. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
"The teenager told the officers he was a U.S. citizen, but an officer proceeded to break the car’s driver’s side window and detain him.”
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www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
High school senior, a U.S. citizen, detained by ICE in Oregon
The 17-year-old was held more than five hours Friday in an ICE facility, his brother said.
www.oregonlive.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
"The teenager told the officers he was a U.S. citizen, but an officer proceeded to break the car’s driver’s side window and detain him.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
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On this edition of Century of Lies: Overcoming Disruption
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Overcoming Disruption
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Drug Arrests and Gun Seizures Fell as Homeland Security Pursued Immigration
Internal documents reveal the impact on crime fighting as the Trump administration diverts special agents to its mass deportation agenda.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Internal documents reveal the impact on crime fighting as the Trump administration diverts special agents to its mass deportation agenda.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Drug Arrests and Gun Seizures Fell as Homeland Security Pursued Immigration
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Drug Arrests and Gun Seizures Fell as Homeland Security Pursued Immigration
Internal documents reveal the impact on crime fighting as the Trump administration diverts special agents to its mass deportation agenda.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Internal documents reveal the impact on crime fighting as the Trump administration diverts special agents to its mass deportation agenda.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
"Radiocarbon dating shows the oldest of the 16 canoes dates back to 5,200 years ago, making it the third oldest canoe discovered in eastern North America, she said. The two oldest were found in Florida, with the oldest of them dating back 7,000 years, Thomsen said."
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Wisconsin archaeologists identify 16 ancient canoes in a prehistoric lake 'parking lot'
Archaeologists have identified more than a dozen ancient canoes that Indigenous people apparently left behind in a prehistoric parking lot along a Wisconsin lakeshore.
apnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:23 AM
"Radiocarbon dating shows the oldest of the 16 canoes dates back to 5,200 years ago, making it the third oldest canoe discovered in eastern North America, she said. The two oldest were found in Florida, with the oldest of them dating back 7,000 years, Thomsen said."
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can't believe this ancient mesopotamia shoe wearing ass said people need to dress up at the airport
November 26, 2025 at 1:30 AM
can't believe this ancient mesopotamia shoe wearing ass said people need to dress up at the airport
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This absenteeism is concerning, lament schools and workplaces who’ve been past tensing the pandemic since 2021 or 2022 while everyone lives in perpetual sickness.
November 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
This absenteeism is concerning, lament schools and workplaces who’ve been past tensing the pandemic since 2021 or 2022 while everyone lives in perpetual sickness.