Carolyn Barber, MD

Emergency Medicine physician(25 yrs). Medical/science journalist. Contributor @Fortune @TIME @SciAm. Author: Runaway Medicine. Co-Founder of a homeless work program, Wheels of Change. Championing evidence, truth & democracy.

My Website:: https://www.carolynbarbermd.com/
Recent article: https://fortune.com/2024/06/24/us-strategic-drug-stockpile-inadequate-bird-flu-outbreak/?abc123
Recent article: https://fortune.com/well/2023/01/20/eric-topol-on-long-covid/
Wheels of Change website: https://www.wheelsofchangeprogram.com

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2025-08-31 18:05:51 UTC

Federal rules restrict who gets COVID shots. New Mexico stepped in—removing barriers so all ages 6 months & up can get protected. Let’s all get on board 💉Gavin Newsom https://www.koat.com/article/state-steps-in-to-ensure-access-to-covid-19-vaccine/65939601 #press

2025-08-31 16:15:37 UTC

A lead CDC official who resigned said Kennedy’s team asked him to “change studies that have been settled in the past” to fit anti-vax views. That’s not public health leadership—it’s malpractice.
🔗 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/opinion/bernie-sanders-robert-f-kennedy-jr-resign-hhs.html #press

2025-08-31 16:02:33 UTC

America’s health care is already broken & overpriced. Now Kennedy’s anti-vax crusade + Trump’s $1T cuts will make millions sicker, poorer & more vulnerable. This is NOT “Making America Healthy Again.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/opinion/bernie-sanders-robert-f-kennedy-jr-resign-hhs.html @BernieSanders #press

2025-08-31 15:53:23 UTC

Heartburn relief ≠ risk-free. Long-term PPIs(Prilosec, Prevacid, Protonix, Nexium) tied to kidney disease, fractures, infections, nutrient loss… and cancers (gastric, liver, pancreatic, colorectal). And 25–70% of prescriptions may not be truly needed… #press
https://www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/61/9/1569

2025-08-31 01:06:39 UTC

$245M wasted on “Alligator Alcatraz”: abuse, sewage leaks, and destroyed wetlands. Now a judge has ordered Florida’s swamp jail shut. Taxpayers left holding the bill. Utter disgrace.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/27/alligator-alcatraz-immigration-detention-florida-desantis #press

2025-08-31 00:50:50 UTC

NEW: 4-yr Saudi cohort: 29.2% developed long COVID (many w/ comorbidities, severe cases, hosp’d).
Top sxs: fatigue (57%), post-exertional malaise (46%), cough (41%), brain fog (31%). Women (aOR 11.1) & diabetics (aOR 14.3) hit hardest. Only 39% w/ long COVID back to work @1yr vs 82% recovered.
https://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12879-025-11468-3 #press

2025-08-30 17:41:47 UTC

Pilot lands a 50-minute live “conference call” with Lockheed Martin engineers—mid-air—to fix a jammed landing gear. Spoiler alert: the $196M F-35 still went down in flames, pilot ejected safely. https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/27/us/alaska-f-35-crash-accident-report-hnk-ml?cid=ios_app #press

2025-08-30 17:27:49 UTC

🫀💉 New cardiology guidelines urge people with heart disease to get vaccinated against flu, COVID & RSV.
Why? Respiratory infections can strain the heart & raise hospitalization or death risk. Vaccines = protection for BOTH lungs & heart. shorturl.at/H8tRo #press
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2025-08-30 15:34:07 UTC

Resignations. Cuts. Politicized vaccine policy. The CDC—once the gold standard in global health—is falling deeper into crisis.
“Never before has a nation with world-class science been under assault from its own govt… radically unprecedented.” —Harvard’s Allan Brandt
https://wapo.st/4myP0HW #press

2025-08-30 15:18:42 UTC

Six months into Trump's tariffs and the price tags are pure chaos. From $3,300 copper tubs to $249 sinks, businesses and shoppers alike have no idea what anything should cost anymore. https://shorturl.at/QFtyn #press

2025-08-30 15:01:17 UTC

NEW: Judge blocks Trump’s “fast-track” deportations as unconstitutional. She warns: if the gov’t could deport immigrants just by accusing them of unlawful entry, it could do the same to anyone—gutting due process for all. https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/29/politics/expanded-expedited-removal-migrants-trump #press

2025-08-29 23:07:50 UTC

Gov. Newsom drops truth bombs 💣:
🔹 Murder rate = 4x higher in Louisiana vs. California.
🔹 Mississippi = #1 crime state in America
So… if troops are coming to fight crime, shouldn’t they be heading South? 🤔
https://x.com/calltoactivism/status/1961185420219433371?s=46 #press

2025-08-29 22:23:50 UTC

BREAKING: Appeals court rules many Trump tariffs illegal, but keeps them in place until Oct. Trump vows Supreme Court fight: “ALL TARIFFS ARE STILL IN EFFECT!” 🇺🇸⚖️ Trade war politics aren’t over.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/appeals-court-trump-tariffs-illegal/ #press

2025-08-29 03:26:54 UTC

They called it 'efficiency'—but 20,500+ health workers are gone: 7,000 from NIH, 1,050 from CDC, 450+ FDA vaccine & safety experts, 1,000+ inspectors, 3,000+ scientists & specialists. This public health purge is shredding our safety net, from labs to outbreak surveillance. https://shorturl.at/jfib0 #press
[@propublica](https://threads.net/@propublica/ )

2025-08-29 03:00:49 UTC

Measles surges in Wisconsin: 21 cases, all unvax’d. Back-to-school + no protection = 9 out of 10 exposed will get it. The vaccine is very effective.
Before the vaccine, WI saw 68K measles cases and 19 deaths in a single year. Today, every case is preventable.
https://www.wpr.org/news/measles-spreads-wisconsin-ahead-of-school-year #press

2025-08-28 23:58:41 UTC

Not Trump cleaning up crisis or disorder but Trump creating crisis and disorder so he can build what he has wanted to build: an authoritarian state, a paramilitary that answers only to him.” — Radley Balko via Ezra Klein, NYT https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-radley-balko.html #press

2025-08-28 22:28:27 UTC

ICE 🧊& FIRE🔥: Two firefighters were arrested by Border Patrol while battling WA's Bear Gulch Fire—still just 13% contained. Lawmakers are demanding answers, calling the move “immoral” and “dangerous” as the blaze still burns nearly 9,000 acres.
https://www.opb.org/article/2025/08/28/firefighters-arrested-washington-border-patrol/

2025-08-28 22:28:10 UTC

2025-08-28 22:21:00 UTC

Sophia, 12, was just starting 7th grade when she was shot during mass. Her mom, a pediatric ICU nurse, was on duty when her daughter was brought in. The community is rallying, raising $250K in a day for her long road ahead. 🙏 https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/minneapolis-annunciation-catholic-school-shooting-victim-sophia-forchas/ #press

2025-08-28 21:48:56 UTC

CDC in crisis: Director Susan Monarez fired after refusing to rubber-stamp Kennedy’s vaccine directives. Top scientists resign in protest. Dr. Daskalakis: “CDC is being used to push policies that don’t reflect science and are designed to hurt, not help public health.”
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/public-health/cdc-director-fired-after-she-refused-rubber-stamp-kennedys-vaccine-directives
#press

2025-08-28 16:30:33 UTC

After dust storms tore apart camps & shut the gates, Burners faced 8+ hour traffic delays this weekend. ⚡
More storms loom— but history shows, the desert party rarely slows down, even with 1,000+ injuries each year. https://shorturl.at/SIbd6 #press

2025-08-28 00:20:56 UTC

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She was fired. Wild. https://apple.news/A11vH3n1wRp6Z0mGkOUqQPg

2025-08-27 23:36:02 UTC

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2025-08-27 23:25:37 UTC

New Novavax study: In adults already vaccinated, a single Novavax booster shot triggered strong immune response against Omicron, JN.1 & related variants — with a solid safety profile. One shot, good boost. 💉✨ https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.20.25334074v1.full.pdf #press

2025-08-27 23:13:20 UTC

"The common denominator of this is the guns. At some level the sanctity and misapplication of the 2nd amendment can't supersede every conversation about the lives of our kids and our family members. The common denominator is a gun.
I encourage @realDonaldTrump to bring gun manufactures, munition makers, politicians, policy makers and figure out what more we can be doing. We have got to figure out a better way."—Harold Ford, FOX News
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2025-08-27 23:02:34 UTC

BREAKING: Three CDC leaders resign, warning of ‘weaponized public health.’ As misinformation drowns out science, lives hang in the balance. Shame on you RFK. https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5474217-three-cdc-leaders-resign-over-weaponizing-of-public-health/ #press

2025-08-27 22:49:28 UTC

✈️ Southwest’s new policy for plus-size travelers is sparking backlash: starting Jan 27, 2026, you’ll need to buy an extra seat in advance — or risk being rebooked if none are available. Thoughts?? https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Travel/southwest-airlines-extra-space-policy/story?id=124981944 #press

2025-08-27 22:35:49 UTC

💔 Minnesota school shooting: Kids were literally praying during their first week of school… in a church.
Don’t just offer thoughts & prayers. Act. Children deserve classrooms — and sanctuaries — free from the fear of violence--Mayor Jacob Frey, MN.
👉 Protecting kids should never be up for debate.
Mayor Frey Link: https://youtu.be/zW52y4xa0hM?si=UYufPSd4ZK45nF4n
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2025-08-27 22:18:43 UTC

BREAKING: Weeks into her tenure, CDC Director Dr. Susan Monarez is ousted — leaving the agency leaderless. Morale already cratered after mass layoffs & the deadly Atlanta campus shooting.
Ex-CDC leader: “Chaotic leadership under Sec. Kennedy… stable leadership matters.” https://shorturl.at/oZLw7ff #press

2025-08-27 13:18:21 UTC

“It’s psychological warfare.” ICE has slapped immigrants with $6.1B in fines—and now it’s coming to collect. Lawsuits, debt collectors, even tax bills loom unless they self-deport. https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/ice-immigrant-fine-collection-db1a3610?st=Hskjq9&reflink=article_copyURL_share #press

2025-08-27 00:30:31 UTC

Whistleblower bombshell: The U.S. DOGE Service allegedly copied all Americans’ Social Security data to the cloud — exposing 300M+ people to identity theft risks. “A cybersecurity & management failure,” experts warn. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/26/social-security-data-cloud-whistleblower/ #press

2025-08-26 17:36:48 UTC

BREAKING: 💍✨ Pop royalty meets gridiron glory — Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce are officially engaged! From Eras Tour to end zones, the love story just hit the endgame. https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/2025/08/26/taylor-swift-travis-kelce-engaged/

2025-08-26 16:20:09 UTC

Trump tries to oust Lisa Cook, the Fed’s first Black woman governor.
Cook: “I will not resign. He has no authority.”
Buckle up.
#press
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2025-08-26 13:50:30 UTC

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he’s suing, he’s threatening them. He’s used his powers over mergers to gain advantage. Look what he’s doing to the justice system — the FBI is raiding the home of one of his chief critics. We see him intimidating judges that he doesn’t like.
Look what he’s doing to the economy — taking a huge stake in private companies. That’s called socialism. Demanding 15% of all the sales that Nvidia and AMD have to China with their chips. That’s a slow-moving federal takeover of our

2025-08-26 13:50:30 UTC

“Bill Maher said this is a slow-moving coup. Look what he’s done. He’s occupied the national capital with armed troops. On the military front, he’s fired 11 top advisors and generals at the Pentagon and his Defense Secretary, and replaced them. He fired the top Judge Advocate Generals — the top lawyers — saying the quiet part out loud: we don’t want them to be a roadblock to anything.
Look what he’s doing to the press —

2025-08-26 13:50:30 UTC

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economy.
He’s attacking universities, law firms,
the rule of law, the free press — and now he’s sending troops into our capital. I do think this is a four-alarm fire for our democracy." — Paul Begala on CNN this AM:
History will not forgive us if we stay silent while it burns.
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2025-08-26 13:01:05 UTC

Trump: “Maybe Americans like a dictator.”
Translation: Maybe Americans like me as a dictator.
When someone tells you who they are, believe them.
https://time.com/7312196/trump-americans-maybe-we-like-a-dictator/ #press

2025-08-26 03:07:40 UTC

Canada has approved Moderna’s newly updated COVID-19 vaccine. https://globalnews.ca/news/11349082/new-covid-19-vaccine-made-in-canada/ #press

2025-08-25 23:35:46 UTC

CDC puts a vaccine skeptic in charge of its COVID shot committee. What could go wrong? 😑
https://shorturl.at/9WsHo
#press

2025-08-25 23:27:14 UTC

Layoffs surge in 2025 🚨
806K+ jobs cut — already worse than all of 2024 (+75% YoY)
July alone: 62K cuts (+140% YoY)
Sectors hit hard:
🛒 Retail +249%
🏛️ Govt 292K
💻 Tech +36%
🫶 Nonprofits +413%
⚠️ “DOGE Impact” leads reasons for layoffs (289K+ cuts, including Fed jobs + contractors).
http://www.challengergray.com/blog/summer-lull-ends-july-job-cuts-spike-tech-ai-tariffs-blame #press

2025-08-25 20:10:44 UTC

BREAKING: From “monumental achievement” ➝ total BAN?
RFK Jr.’s allies say Trump wants to kill the COVID vaccine within months. Even the rumor could tank fall shots & drive up hospitalizations. https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-rfk-covid-vaccine-hhs-2118816 #press

2025-08-25 19:46:02 UTC

“You can’t run a business when prices change every Tuesday. It’s whack-a-mole.”
Tariffs aren’t just policy—they’re crushing small businesses, gutting margins, and turning survival into the only strategy. "Our dream is being crushed right now,” said Jonathan, CEO of WS Game Co. https://wapo.st/4fUt0on #press
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2025-08-25 19:18:53 UTC

EPSTEIN SUVIVORS TO HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE ON CAPITOL HILL ON SEPTEMBER 3RD AT 10:30 AM #press
R/t Fernando Oliver
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2025-08-25 17:50:54 UTC

Killin' it! 😂
#press
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2025-08-25 17:10:15 UTC

⭐️Harvard research at risk...
The Trump admin’s $2B funding freeze threatens basic science—the kind that companies won’t fund but that powers breakthroughs from MRI to cancer cures. Cutting this lifeline endangers America’s future innovations. https://wapo.st/41kFGip #press

2025-08-25 17:00:39 UTC

⚠️FEMA employees sound the alarm: Trump’s leadership has gutted disaster response—no qualified administrator, cut mitigation & training, and stalled aid with budget roadblocks. Nearly 180 employees say the country is on track for another Katrina. https://wapo.st/4mu7HfL #press

2025-08-25 16:43:52 UTC

Mayor Johnson: “Not democratic. Unconstitutional… Our troops did not sign up to occupy American cities.”
Trump: “Chicago’s a mess… incompetent mayor.”
📉Reality check: homicides ↓30%, robberies ↓35%, shootings ↓40%
Gov. Pritzker: “This is a trial run for a police state.” https://shorturl.at/CpeDR #press

2025-08-25 14:12:15 UTC

National Guard in D.C. now carrying weapons, with power to detain. Trump floats sending troops to Baltimore & Chicago. IL
Gov. Pritzker says Trump’s goal is to ‘incite fear in our communities and destabilize existing public safety efforts — all to create a justification to further abuse his power.’” https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/08/24/national-guard-dc-weapons-armed/ #press

2025-08-25 14:01:20 UTC

Kilmar Abrego García:
❌ Wrongly deported in March.
⚖️ Court ordered him back in June.
⭐️Tearful family reunion Friday.
❌ Monday: ICE detains him again.
Trump admin dangles Costa Rica as carrot, Uganda as stick—to coerce a guilty plea. Weaponizing deportation is unconstitutional.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/kilmar-abrego-garcia-ice-check-in-rcna226866 #press

2025-08-24 22:36:58 UTC

Slow-bleeding tariffs, stealthy sneakflation: tiny hikes today, big bite tomorrow. 🇺🇸💸
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/24/economy/us-tariffs-passthrough-consumers?cid=ios_app #press

2025-08-24 21:41:38 UTC

At a peaceful protest outside SF Immigration Court:
– Protester beaten repeatedly with a baton & punched to the ground
– Journalist grabbed by the throat despite press ID
– Peaceful crowd met with violence
– A U.S. citizen tackled & arrested on misdemeanor charges… #press
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2025-08-24 14:51:22 UTC

“This is the government bigfooting its way in."
Trump announces a 10% U.S. stake in Intel — and promises more deals like it to come.” https://shorturl.at/rrvoJ #press

2025-08-24 14:35:28 UTC

GLP-1s(Ozempic, Wegovy) linked to lower cancer risk in ppl with obesity📉
Overall: –17%
Endometrial: –25%
Ovarian: –47%
Meningioma: –31%
⚠️Kidney: +38% (not sig.)
With >100M Amers living with obesity, the impact could be huge — but larger studies needed https://shorturl.at/VXc8i #press #cancer

2025-08-24 14:19:29 UTC

Released Friday, threatened Saturday: The US wants to deport Kilmar Ábrego García to Uganda — a country he has never lived in or visited. His lawyers say the gov is using the threat of deportation to coerce a guilty plea on smuggling charges. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cewyppww09jo #press

2025-08-24 13:59:27 UTC

U.S. government seizes 10% stake in Intel — Trump moves to expand control over corporate America. $8.9B investment gives Washington $11B in stock, plus warrants for more. Analysts say it marks a new era of direct gov control in the private sector.”
. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/22/intel-goverment-equity-stake.html

2025-08-24 04:51:24 UTC

“I’ve spent 17 years in my own prison for what she, Jeffrey and all the co-conspirators did to me. I was raped sometimes three times a day. And I was not the only girl on that island. There was a constant stream of girls being raped over and over and over again…
I was 10 years old when this happened—that’s how long this sex trafficking ring has been going on.” #press
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2025-08-23 16:28:27 UTC

Trump is unleashing 1,700 Guard troops across 19 states to ‘fight crime & immigration.’ Using soldiers for policing is a page straight from authoritarian playbooks. Today it’s immigrants—tomorrow, anyone who disagrees.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-national-guard-military-states-cities-b2812837.html #press

2025-08-23 14:23:18 UTC

Trump isn’t just regulating corporate America — he’s buying it up.
🇺🇸 15% stake in MP Materials
🇺🇸 10% stake in Intel ($8.9B)
🇺🇸 Pressure on Nvidia & AMD for a cut of China revenue
This isn’t free markets. It’s a hostile takeover from the top. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/business/trump-intel-us-steel-nvidia.html #press

2025-08-23 14:11:46 UTC

Trump Mobile can’t stop recycling. First a fake gold iPhone, now a fake Galaxy S25 Ultra — Spigen logo and all.
“The wait is almost over!” they say… after missing August and Sept., shrinking the screen & dropping the “Made in USA” claim. The only thing original may be the grift. https://shorturl.at/YrGk1 #press

2025-08-23 13:58:01 UTC

NEW: Judge blocks Trump from cutting funding to dozens of sanctuary cities, including LA & Chicago.
“In flagrant disregard of the law, Trump sought to punish dissent, coerce local authorities, & commandeer them into carrying out his agenda.” Today, the courts reminded him: democracy fights back. https://shorturl.at/a40NX #press

2025-08-23 13:46:59 UTC

BREAKING: Texas Senate approves GOP congressional map, sending it to Gov. Abbott’s desk.
Majority rule is not democracy when minority rights are outvoted, outgunned, and ignored. That’s not representation — it’s manipulation. https://www.texastribune.org/2025/08/22/texas-congressional-redistricting-map-senate-governor-desk/ #press

2025-08-23 00:25:35 UTC

Intelligence agency chief fired — not for failure, but for honesty. After reporting Iran strikes only bought a few months, Lt. Gen. Kruse joins the growing list of brass axed by Hegseth (six Air Force generals and counting). Truth has become a fireable offense. https://shorturl.at/Zz8cJ #press

2025-08-22 19:53:49 UTC

Powell: "GDP growth has slowed notably in the first half of this year, to a pace of 1.2%, roughly half the 2.5% pace in 2024. The declining growth has largely reflected a slowdown in consumer spending ... higher tariffs have begun to push up prices in some categories of goods."-R/t AtRupar #press
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2025-08-22 18:20:47 UTC

💥💥BREAKING: Trump: “Mayor Bowser better get her act straight or she won’t be mayor very long because we’re taking over with the federal government running like it’s supposed to be run.”
This is an open threat to strip D.C. residents of their elected leadership—a direct attack on democracy.
#press
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2025-08-22 14:54:17 UTC

Breaking: Surprise, Trump unable to broker a peace deal. Nobel Peace award 🥇 now in question…
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/russia/putin-zelenskyy-summit-not-planned-trump-russia-lavrov-peace-ukraine-rcna226248

2025-08-22 14:05:32 UTC

NEW: Plague case confirmed in California: camper infected near Lake Tahoe, officials say. Patient is recovering; disease is rare but treatable with antibiotics. Health officials urge avoiding contact with wild rodents and fleas in the area.
https://time.com/7311474/california-resident-tests-positive-for-plague/ #press

2025-08-22 05:49:12 UTC

FBI agents warn: lowering standards isn’t reform, it’s a takeover.
With just 8 weeks of training (down from 18) & no degree required, the Bureau risks shifting from guarding national security—to doing Trump’s bidding as a federal police force.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/us/politics/fbi-agent-recruitment-requirements-trump.html #press

2025-08-22 05:40:12 UTC

Judge shuts down “Alligator Alcatraz.”
A sweeping ruling gives Florida 60 days to dismantle the Everglades migrant mega-facility.
Turns out, you can’t bulldoze wetlands and human rights overnight. 🌴⚖️
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y3lwze2njo #press

2025-08-21 23:44:08 UTC

BREAKING: SCOTUS (5–4) lets NIH pause nearly $800M in research grants not aligned with Trump admin policies—despite a judge concluding the cuts lacked ‘reasoned decision-making.’ #SCOTUS https://www.npr.org/2025/08/21/g-s1-84441/supreme-court-nih-grants #press

2025-08-21 23:32:43 UTC

💥GROK: Massive privacy fail
370K+ private Grok chatbot chats— spanning passwords, medical advice & illicit scheming—are now live on Google, thanks to a ‘share’ button that didn’t warn users. AI privacy disaster in progress. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdrkmk00jy0o #press

2025-08-21 14:20:27 UTC

First-ever at-home flu vaccine
No needles. No waiting rooms. Just a quick nasal spray.
FDA has approved FluMist Home—the only self-administered flu vaccine, now deliverable to your door in 34 states. Would you try it? https://www.1011now.com/2025/08/21/heres-how-new-at-home-flu-vaccine-works/ #press

2025-08-21 14:15:14 UTC

Elon Musk’s “America Party” lasted about a month. Now he’s hitting the brakes — afraid to upset MAGA + VP JD Vance.
After dropping nearly $300M on Trump & GOP, Musk looks less like a party founder… and more like MAGA’s billionaire ATM. https://shorturl.at/AnQRu #press

2025-08-21 14:06:31 UTC

500–600 CDC employees just laid off.
This comes weeks after a gunman fired hundreds of bullets at CDC HQ, killing a police officer.
Trump has said nothing. Meanwhile, RFK Jr. is accused by 750+ health workers of spreading lies & dismantling public health. https://wapo.st/4mrA2DN #press

2025-08-21 13:55:39 UTC

“A walking coffin.”
In Texas, women are forced to carry doomed pregnancies — waiting days, even weeks, for their babies to die inside them.
Abram died in the womb. His mother endured 4 days of labor to deliver his body. She had no choice.
This isn’t care. It’s cruelty & it’s dangerous. https://shorturl.at/zdMSF #press

2025-08-21 00:17:22 UTC

BREAKING: The Texas House just handed Trump the partisan map he demanded — engineered to flip 5 U.S. House seats. This isn’t representation. It’s manipulation. Election theft, in broad daylight.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/us/politics/texas-republicans-redistricting-maps.html?smid=url-share
#press

2025-08-20 13:38:21 UTC

“For an American audience,” Finnish President Stubb said “the best way to explain it is that if you take the relative land mass of what Russia wants right now from Ukraine, it would be a little bit like you giving up Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, even Virginia, and then bumping into Maryland.”
shorturl.at/cgATk #press

2025-08-19 13:35:06 UTC

Trump is trying to ban mail-in ballots by executive order — a naked power grab he has no constitutional authority to make. He can’t shred the Constitution, but he’ll try anyway. Corruption in broad daylight.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/us/politics/trump-mail-ballots-voting-machines-election.html?smid=url-share #press

2025-08-19 13:25:22 UTC

Historic but hollow: 7 EU leaders scrambled to Washington to keep Trump from handing Ukraine to Putin. They won vague words, no cease-fire, no plan. Unity on display, but peace still hostage to Trump’s whims. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/world/europe/ukraine-trump-meeting-europe-leaders-war.html?smid=url-share #press

2025-08-19 13:06:02 UTC

FLASHPOINT in California: Armed Border Patrol swarms Newsom’s L.A. event as he unveils new plan to block Trump’s 2026 agenda. Newsom blasts it as authoritarian intimidation — demanding answers from DHS. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-08-17/border-patrol-at-news-conference-newsom-demands-information-from-trump #press

2025-08-19 01:24:00 UTC

Covid’s impact on our arteries now has 3 dimensions:
1️⃣ Endothelial inflammation (clot risk)
2️⃣ Atherosclerotic plaque progression (instability → heart attack/stroke)
3️⃣ Accelerated vascular aging
They’re not separate — but intertwined. Excellent review from @EricTopol https://erictopol.substack.com/p/covid-and-our-arteries?open=false #press

2025-08-18 23:41:31 UTC

NEW: DOJ will hand over Epstein investigation files to Congress starting Friday, Rep. James Comer says. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/08/18/epstein-maxwell-documents-house-committee-subpoena-justice-bondi/ #press

2025-08-18 23:34:37 UTC

Trump’s net worth nearly doubled in office — $2.3B → $5.1B (Forbes). Better hope the roof’s reinforced. #press
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2025-08-18 22:36:28 UTC

Trump calls out Glenn as the reporter who mocked Zelensky’s outfit before. Glenn apologizes.
Zelensky’s clapback? “Yes, but you’re wearing the same suit.” So good!😊 #press
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2025-08-18 22:15:49 UTC

826 Guard troops in D.C., plus another 700+ rolling in from other states. Nothing like calling in half the neighborhood to ‘keep the peace. #press
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2025-08-18 20:22:16 UTC

NEW: Jannik Sinner was forced to retire from the Cincinnati final vs Alcaraz with illness, just 6 days before defending his US Open crown.
Tears, apologies, and a hug at the net — heartbreak for the world No.1. 🙏 https://shorturl.at/yRzAj #press

2025-08-18 20:14:59 UTC

President Trump told Zelenskyy: “During the war you can’t have elections? So if we’re at war in 3½ years, no more elections. That's good.”
He wasn’t joking—he was recognizing a possibility. That’s not leadership—it’s a threat to democratic norms, and it demands our attention. #press
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2025-08-18 19:50:03 UTC

Oval Office moment: Trump shows Zelensky a Russia-Ukraine map.
Zelensky: “I’m thinking how to take it back.” 😀
Trump: “We’ll figure that out.”
https://apple.news/Ax9wUSIEcSwGxsbehncEstw
#press

2025-08-18 18:51:08 UTC

NEW: Trump and Zelensky strike a warmer tone in the Oval Office. Trump pledges “a lot of help” on Ukraine security—though he rejects making a ceasefire a precondition for peace, echoing Putin’s stance. https://wapo.st/3HrEWBp
#press
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2025-08-18 18:07:33 UTC

Flight delayed? No problem. Summer Horns turned turbulence into tunes with a surprise jazz set at 30,000 feet. 🎷✈️ When life gives you lemons… play horns! 🎶
Video Link: https://youtu.be/d4C02mwqHow #press
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2025-08-18 17:53:47 UTC

Trump: Ukraine should surrender Crimea & NATO hopes, trade land for “peace.”
Zelenskyy: “We will not give up our land — Russia started this war, and we will end it on our terms.”
https://apple.news/A1CoJqpuhR96XP4vwES2xmA #press

2025-08-18 14:32:27 UTC

Trump is already bracing for defeat in 2026.
He tried rigging new Congressional seats. Now he’s ranting about mail-in ballots and voting machines — scrambling for new ways to cheat.
The panic is showing.
#press
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2025-08-18 14:11:49 UTC

mRNA saved millions in COVID. It’s not just vaccines — it’s a rapid-response shield against future pandemics & biothreats.
Walking away now = leaving America defenseless.
🚨 You don’t scrap your missile defense system.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/opinion/mrna-vaccines.html #press

2025-08-18 06:53:54 UTC

Firefighters choke on toxic wildfire smoke with no masks, no warnings. Now many are getting cancer in their 20s & 30s.
🔥 Heroes aren’t supposed to be disposable. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/us/wildfire-firefighters-masks-smoke.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare #press
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2025-08-18 06:15:32 UTC

A lot of the press corps reported Trump aides — including Karoline Leavitt — looked ashen and frightened after his meeting with Putin. 👀 What happened behind those closed doors?
https://www.thedailybeast.com/msnbc-host-says-karoline-leavitt-looked-ashen-in-alaska-following-putin-meeting/ #press

2025-08-17 22:53:11 UTC

Clinton: “I pushed Ukraine to give up nukes.” They feared only nukes could deter an expansionist Russia. Yeltsin kept his word—but Putin broke it, first seizing Crimea, then waging a full-scale war.
Now, he says the US & Europe must stand firm with Ukraine until peace is on their terms. #press #ukraine
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2025-08-17 17:34:40 UTC

Trump floated Putin’s demand: Ukraine must surrender Donbas.
Ukraine: “We are not going to put 1 million Ukrainians into occupation.” Europe stands with Kyiv. Democracy cannot be carved up at the bargaining table. https://shorturl.at/V7bLQ #press

2025-08-17 16:21:53 UTC

Trump’s “crime crackdown” skips red states.
New Orleans: 2nd highest homicide rate in 2024
Trump’s list: DC, Chicago, NYC — all blue.
It’s not law & order. It’s law & politics. https://apple.news/AODambmJpS6yAdRLyIVZVBQ #press
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2025-08-17 15:11:08 UTC

ICE’s new pitch: Got debt? Hate immigrants? Join up. $50K bonuses, $60K loan forgiveness, no age caps. 100K apps in 2 weeks. A turbo-charged deportation blitz—patriotism as cover, fear as fuel. https://shorturl.at/YxF24 #press
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2025-08-16 18:10:56 UTC

BREAKING: Armed presence incoming: National Guard troops in D.C. are now told to prepare to carry weapons — just days after officials said they wouldn’t. The shift follows Trump’s vow to “take back” the capital from “violent criminals." https://shorturl.at/lR6Ig #press

2025-08-16 17:56:00 UTC

LIVE: Trump backs Putin’s ‘land for peace’ plan — breaking with Kyiv & Europe, who warn it rewards aggression. Sanctions threat shelved. Ukraine & Europe: no cease-fire, no trust, no deal.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08/16/world/trump-putin-meeting-alaska #press