Heather McEwen
@hmcewen.bsky.social
My professional interests include evidence-based medicine, medical education, medical librarianship, microbiology, and zoology. Hockey fan and zoo lover.
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"Putting Tracy Beth (Hoeg) in charge is like dropping an atom bomb," one (FDA) source said, adding that multiple top-level officials are preparing resignations. "It's an extinction level event. (She) has never supervised a drug review...conducted a clinical trial...doesn't understand laws & reg's."🛟
Appointment of controversial FDA official rocking agency like "an atom bomb," scientists there say
The Trump administration's elevation of Dr. Tracy Beth Høeg to lead a high-profile office within the Food and Drug Administration is raising alarm among multiple senior FDA officials.
www.cbsnews.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:19 AM
"Putting Tracy Beth (Hoeg) in charge is like dropping an atom bomb," one (FDA) source said, adding that multiple top-level officials are preparing resignations. "It's an extinction level event. (She) has never supervised a drug review...conducted a clinical trial...doesn't understand laws & reg's."🛟
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As with everything he says, this is wildly uninformed. Formula keeps getting better and saves lives. And modern research indicates that outcomes are roughly the same. There are reasons to breastfeed but your child isn’t suffering if you don’t
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM
As with everything he says, this is wildly uninformed. Formula keeps getting better and saves lives. And modern research indicates that outcomes are roughly the same. There are reasons to breastfeed but your child isn’t suffering if you don’t
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Release the Trump’s files!
December 7, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Release the Trump’s files!
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File this under Least Surprising News of the Day
The Corruption never ends
The Corruption never ends
December 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
File this under Least Surprising News of the Day
The Corruption never ends
The Corruption never ends
Reposted by Heather McEwen
The Department of Justice (DOJ) will potentially treat opponents of President Donald Trump’s policies as “domestic terrorists,” according to a leaked memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi to all U.S. law enforcement agencies. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Leaked Memo: DOJ To List, Target Anti-Trump Activists as ‘Domestic Terrorists’
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The Department of Justice (DOJ) will potentially treat opponents of President Donald Trump’s policies as “domestic terrorists,” according to a leaked memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi to all U.S. law enforcement agencies. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Reposted by Heather McEwen
Anybody else finding TikTok only seems to be slapping the “ineligible for recommendation” tag on Trump’s staunchest critics? Or are we missing something? 🤷🏼
December 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Anybody else finding TikTok only seems to be slapping the “ineligible for recommendation” tag on Trump’s staunchest critics? Or are we missing something? 🤷🏼
Reposted by Heather McEwen
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air.
The USDA didn’t test the theory after a disastrous Midwestern outbreak.
Here’s how we did.
By @natlash.bsky.social
The USDA didn’t test the theory after a disastrous Midwestern outbreak.
Here’s how we did.
By @natlash.bsky.social
How ProPublica Investigated a Bird Flu Outbreak in America’s Heartland
Early this year, bird flu ripped through 80 farms in Ohio and Indiana. Using genetic markers, wind simulations, satellite imagery, property records and more, we found that the virus could’ve been airb...
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air.
The USDA didn’t test the theory after a disastrous Midwestern outbreak.
Here’s how we did.
By @natlash.bsky.social
The USDA didn’t test the theory after a disastrous Midwestern outbreak.
Here’s how we did.
By @natlash.bsky.social
Reposted by Heather McEwen
Nick Fuentes says women are “very difficult to be around,” shouldn’t be allowed to vote, and should just stay home.
The 27-year-old, Hitler-loving white nationalist also admitted to Piers Morgan that he’s never had sex.
The 27-year-old, Hitler-loving white nationalist also admitted to Piers Morgan that he’s never had sex.
December 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Nick Fuentes says women are “very difficult to be around,” shouldn’t be allowed to vote, and should just stay home.
The 27-year-old, Hitler-loving white nationalist also admitted to Piers Morgan that he’s never had sex.
The 27-year-old, Hitler-loving white nationalist also admitted to Piers Morgan that he’s never had sex.
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What a strange coincidence
December 8, 2025 at 4:14 AM
What a strange coincidence
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In Minneapolis, Minnesota, ICE goons were observed pulling over individuals, abducting them, and stealing their cars and personal belongings on 12/6/25
December 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
In Minneapolis, Minnesota, ICE goons were observed pulling over individuals, abducting them, and stealing their cars and personal belongings on 12/6/25
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Watch out for the 2026 Kennedy Peace Prize
REPORTER: Could you imagine receiving a Kennedy Center honor next year?
TRUMP: Yeah, I think I'm going to nominate myself for next year
TRUMP: Yeah, I think I'm going to nominate myself for next year
December 7, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Watch out for the 2026 Kennedy Peace Prize
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I want to stress here that Tracy Beth Høeg, new head of CDER—seen here being promoted by Children’s Health Defense, the anti-vax group Robert Kennedy Jr. founded—has zero expertise in vaccines.
She is a sports medicine doctor.
She is a sports medicine doctor.
December 7, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I want to stress here that Tracy Beth Høeg, new head of CDER—seen here being promoted by Children’s Health Defense, the anti-vax group Robert Kennedy Jr. founded—has zero expertise in vaccines.
She is a sports medicine doctor.
She is a sports medicine doctor.
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I was thinking it was a strange outfit. Now I get it 🤨
December 7, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I was thinking it was a strange outfit. Now I get it 🤨
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For the First Time This Century, Child Mortality Is Likely to Rise
time.com/7338791/chil...
time.com/7338791/chil...
For the First Time This Century, Child Mortality Is Likely to Rise
The latest report from the Gates Foundation predicts an alarming trend for the health of children around the world.
time.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:48 PM
For the First Time This Century, Child Mortality Is Likely to Rise
time.com/7338791/chil...
time.com/7338791/chil...
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Trump asks RFK Jr. to ‘fast track’ vaccine schedule review, after Panel's decision not to protect babies from Hepatitis B related liver disease and cancer. politi.co/4a1YB6U via @politico.com
Trump asks RFK Jr. to ‘fast track’ vaccine schedule review
The president weighed in after the health secretary’s vaccine advisers recommended a major change to the shots routinely given to children.
politi.co
December 6, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Trump asks RFK Jr. to ‘fast track’ vaccine schedule review, after Panel's decision not to protect babies from Hepatitis B related liver disease and cancer. politi.co/4a1YB6U via @politico.com
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The number of convicted criminals in immigration detention is about 1.8x what it was when Trump took office.
The number of people with no criminal record whatsoever — who are detained solely for immigration reasons — has shot up **25.5x**
open.substack.com/pub/austinko... (via @austinkocher.com)
The number of people with no criminal record whatsoever — who are detained solely for immigration reasons — has shot up **25.5x**
open.substack.com/pub/austinko... (via @austinkocher.com)
December 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The number of convicted criminals in immigration detention is about 1.8x what it was when Trump took office.
The number of people with no criminal record whatsoever — who are detained solely for immigration reasons — has shot up **25.5x**
open.substack.com/pub/austinko... (via @austinkocher.com)
The number of people with no criminal record whatsoever — who are detained solely for immigration reasons — has shot up **25.5x**
open.substack.com/pub/austinko... (via @austinkocher.com)
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“Traumatized, humiliated, degraded.”
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Exclusive: Woman detained by feds in Keys says she was following agents’ orders
“This is not the America that I grew up in, and this is not the America that we represent.”
www.miamiherald.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
“Traumatized, humiliated, degraded.”
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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A landmark study on the safety of glyphosate, the active ingredient in the controversial herbicide Roundup, has been formally retracted by its publisher, raising new concerns about the chemical’s potential dangers.
The Trump administration, meanwhile, aims to shield its manufacturer from lawsuits.
The Trump administration, meanwhile, aims to shield its manufacturer from lawsuits.
Science journal retracts widely cited study that claimed Roundup is safe
The Trump administration, meanwhile, aims to shield its manufacturer from lawsuits.
www.motherjones.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A landmark study on the safety of glyphosate, the active ingredient in the controversial herbicide Roundup, has been formally retracted by its publisher, raising new concerns about the chemical’s potential dangers.
The Trump administration, meanwhile, aims to shield its manufacturer from lawsuits.
The Trump administration, meanwhile, aims to shield its manufacturer from lawsuits.