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Jonathan Portes(@jdportes) 's Twitter Profile Photo

As we all said at the time:

'It might take producers 5 minutes to find 60 economists who feared Brexit & 5 hours to find 1 who espoused it. But by the time we went on air we simply had one of each; we presented this as balance. It wasn't.'

bbc.co.uk/news/entertain…

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Peter Daszak(@PeterDaszak) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Great piece from Sarah Owermohle Dr. Fauci: “When you have a society that’s leaning towards a disrespect to science, a distortion of truth..just out-&-out lying, that’s really not only a threat to..the scientific enterprise..it’s a threat to our democracy.” statnews.com/2022/08/24/wha…

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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD(@PeterHotez) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Pretty important thread from Eric Topol my take: despite the rebound, unpleasant minor side effects (metallic aftertaste+ swallowing pills 💊 the size of small submarines), and having to go off certain meds, taking Paxlovid is still worth it for those at risk for severe infection

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Stuart Neil(@stuartjdneil) 's Twitter Profile Photo

McCarthyism is alive and well as it re-emerges in the form of politicised anti-science by right wing populists in the GOP and elsewhere, with scientists and medics as the 'reds under the bed'.

Any scientist allying themselves with this should be thoroughly ashamed.

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Dr. Angela Rasmussen(@angie_rasmussen) 's Twitter Profile Photo

For anyone who still had any doubts about Lancet COVID-19 Commission Chair Jeffrey Sachs’ full descent into whichever level of hell the unredeemable cranks populate, he’s now done a podcast on SARS-CoV-2 origins with the world’s foremost anti-vaxxer.

For anyone who still had any doubts about Lancet COVID-19 Commission Chair Jeffrey Sachs’ full descent into whichever level of hell the unredeemable cranks populate, he’s now done a podcast on SARS-CoV-2 origins with the world’s foremost anti-vaxxer.
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Dr. Angela Rasmussen(@angie_rasmussen) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Where did the pandemic begin?

Was it from nature or a lab?

Since the start, this fundamental question has gone unanswered.

Until now.

Out in Science Magazine: SARS-CoV-2 emerged into humans via the live animal trade at the Huanan Seafood Market.
science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

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Dr. Angela Rasmussen(@angie_rasmussen) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Just out from me and Michael Worobey in today's The Globe and Mail: our perspective on our recent results showing that the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic likely emerged via zoonotic spillover at the Huanan market, not a lab leak. 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

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James Risen(@JamesRisen1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The pundits opposed to canceling student loan debt are all probably rich enough that they never had student debt, and none of their kids had student debt, either.

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Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project(@ACLEDINFO) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Just 4% of demonstrations involving the Proud Boys were related to abortion in 2021. By June 2022, this figure rose to 26%.
acleddata.com/2022/06/23/abo…

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Mark Joseph Stern(@mjs_DC) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This decision conflicts with a ruling by a federal judge in Texas. The circuit courts will split, too. The Supreme Court is going to have to settle this issue—whether federal law protects emergency abortion. There’s going to be an abortion case on the docket 3 months after Dobbs.

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JM Rieger(@RiegerReport) 's Twitter Profile Photo

REPORTER: Is this unfair to people who paid their student loans or chose not to take out loans?

BIDEN: Is it fair to people who, in fact, do not own multi-billion-dollar businesses if they see one of these guys getting all the tax breaks? Is that fair? What do you think?

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Sheera Frenkel(@sheeraf) 's Twitter Profile Photo

An influence campaign tried to use memes and false news reports to paint a rosy picture of America. As Renee DiResta points out, it’s more like the influence campaigns run by China, than those run by Russia/Iran.

nytimes.com/2022/08/24/tec…

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Charlie Savage(@charlie_savage) 's Twitter Profile Photo

BREAKING: DOJ has released the full memo to then Attorney General Bill Barr analyzing why Trump should not be charged with obstruction-of-justice based on the Mueller report. DOJ had fought but lost a Citizens for Ethics FOIA lawsuit seeking this disclosure. int.nyt.com/data/documentt…

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Dan Diamond(@ddiamond) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In emails obtained by the House panel, Oz urged Jared Kushner to help rush hydroxychloroquine so patients could immediately receive the drug.

“We have a potential pandemic solution at our finger tips,” Oz wrote in March 2020. The drug was later discredited as a covid treatment.

In emails obtained by the House panel, Oz urged Jared Kushner to help rush hydroxychloroquine so patients could immediately receive the drug. “We have a potential pandemic solution at our finger tips,” Oz wrote in March 2020. The drug was later discredited as a covid treatment.
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Sherrilyn Ifill(@SIfill_) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Anyone pearl-clutching today about the “outrage” of Biden’s modest loan repayment plan must be compelled to explain their silence when Trump foolishly started a trade war w/China & when it failed, announced a $16 BILLION BAILOUT to farmers. Actual cash. cnbc.com/2019/05/23/tru…

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ryan cooper(@ryanlcooper) 's Twitter Profile Photo

this IDR change -- particularly the non-discretionary income thing -- is huge. potentially a bigger deal than the forgiveness twitter.com/justinsink/sta…

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Peter Hamby(@PeterHamby) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The income-based repayment cap feels like a bigger deal than the $10K. Allows people live their lives and earn, while also repaying the debt.

The income-based repayment cap feels like a bigger deal than the $10K. Allows people live their lives and earn, while also repaying the debt.
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