Cheryl Gariepy Kisanuki
@cherylgk.bsky.social
Soon to retire pediatric pancreatologist and hepatologist
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we all know that the proof for the administration that an institution is not implementing affirmative action will be the percentage of nonwhite admits. the lower the better. any more than a smattering of black and Hispanic students will be evidence of illegal discrimination (against whites)
President Trump is expected to sign a directive mandating universities provide admissions data to prove they are not implementing affirmative action policies, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt posts on X.
Trump to require universities to hand over admissions data on race
The move comes after Ivy League universities Columbia and Brown struck settlements that require them to release information about applicants’ race.
nbcnews.to
August 8, 2025 at 12:11 AM
we all know that the proof for the administration that an institution is not implementing affirmative action will be the percentage of nonwhite admits. the lower the better. any more than a smattering of black and Hispanic students will be evidence of illegal discrimination (against whites)
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The 287(g) program allowing local police to act as federal #immigration officers in collaboration with ICE has expanded from 135 agreements in 25 states to 628 in 40 states since January. A criminal justice professor explains why this undermines community trust and public safety: buff.ly/M7C8if8
June 15, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The 287(g) program allowing local police to act as federal #immigration officers in collaboration with ICE has expanded from 135 agreements in 25 states to 628 in 40 states since January. A criminal justice professor explains why this undermines community trust and public safety: buff.ly/M7C8if8
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ICE shot a reporter...
"Nick Stern, a British news photographer based in Los Angeles, is set to undergo emergency surgery for a wound sustained during the standoff between police and anti-Ice protesters in Los Angeles on Saturday."
"Nick Stern, a British news photographer based in Los Angeles, is set to undergo emergency surgery for a wound sustained during the standoff between police and anti-Ice protesters in Los Angeles on Saturday."
June 8, 2025 at 5:53 PM
ICE shot a reporter...
"Nick Stern, a British news photographer based in Los Angeles, is set to undergo emergency surgery for a wound sustained during the standoff between police and anti-Ice protesters in Los Angeles on Saturday."
"Nick Stern, a British news photographer based in Los Angeles, is set to undergo emergency surgery for a wound sustained during the standoff between police and anti-Ice protesters in Los Angeles on Saturday."
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Trump’s “science transparency” executive order is packed with positive sounding buzzwords, but it could gut the use of most health studies in policymaking. It revives tactics once used by Big Tobacco to bury studies that showed the dangers of smoking.
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#news #science
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#news #science
How Trump’s ‘gold standard’ politicizes federal science
The first Trump administration also used words like ‘transparency,’ ‘reproducibility’ and ‘uncertainty’ − to try to block regulators from using important health studies when writing pollution rules.
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June 8, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Trump’s “science transparency” executive order is packed with positive sounding buzzwords, but it could gut the use of most health studies in policymaking. It revives tactics once used by Big Tobacco to bury studies that showed the dangers of smoking.
buff.ly/DY1ftlB
#news #science
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#news #science
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ICYMI: Some in Ohio are mocking an error-filled list of so-called “sanctuary” jurisdictions that the Trump administration hurriedly took down on Sunday. But an advocate for immigrants in the state said the mistake-riddled list should be cause for alarm.
Ohio immigration advocate: Homeland Security screwups aren't just silly, they're scary • Ohio Capital Journal
Some in Ohio are mocking an error-filled list of so-called "sanctuary" jurisdictions that the Trump administration hurriedly took down on Sunday. But an advocate for immigrants in the state said the…
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June 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
ICYMI: Some in Ohio are mocking an error-filled list of so-called “sanctuary” jurisdictions that the Trump administration hurriedly took down on Sunday. But an advocate for immigrants in the state said the mistake-riddled list should be cause for alarm.
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MAHA
Ohio food banks are under strain as Trump has slashed federal aid programs. In March, the USDA canceled a pandemic-era program that funded about $500 million annually for food banks. It also froze about $500 million in funding for a core nutrition program reut.rs/45HxMm3
Ohio food banks strain as Trump slashes federal aid programs
The Mid-Ohio Food Collective feeds some 35,000 families a week across the state which Donald Trump won in the last three elections. Now his cuts are hurting.
reut.rs
June 7, 2025 at 5:05 PM
MAHA
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Our medical establishment is flailing, in over their head, and distrusted by everyone.
It’s impossible to keep up with their ineptitude.
Only 3.5 years to go!
sciencebasedmedicine.org/flail/
It’s impossible to keep up with their ineptitude.
Only 3.5 years to go!
sciencebasedmedicine.org/flail/
Our Medical Establishment is Flailing
It's impossible to keep track of it all.
sciencebasedmedicine.org
June 6, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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Internal documents and former company executives reveal how Cigna doctors reject patients’ claims without opening their files.
“We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
(Published 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)
“We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
(Published 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)
How Cigna Saves Millions by Having Its Doctors Reject Claims Without Reading Them
Internal documents and former company executives reveal how Cigna doctors reject patients’ claims without opening their files. “We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
www.propublica.org
June 5, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Internal documents and former company executives reveal how Cigna doctors reject patients’ claims without opening their files.
“We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
(Published 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)
“We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
(Published 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)
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Remember all the way back in 2008 when they tried to track down the researcher who isolated the gene responsible for the glowing jellyfish nobel prize and he was a bus driver, now.
www.npr.org/2008/10/09/9...
www.npr.org/2008/10/09/9...
June 4, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Remember all the way back in 2008 when they tried to track down the researcher who isolated the gene responsible for the glowing jellyfish nobel prize and he was a bus driver, now.
www.npr.org/2008/10/09/9...
www.npr.org/2008/10/09/9...
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This is the *real* rationing and “death panels.” ‘Merica.
He needed air. The price was $539.
When OptumRx dropped coverage of his $66 inhaler, Cole couldn’t afford the new price.
5 days later, he died from a severe asthma attack—with no inhaler.
He paid with his life.
www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news... #MedSky #SciSky #PedsSky #PulmSky
When OptumRx dropped coverage of his $66 inhaler, Cole couldn’t afford the new price.
5 days later, he died from a severe asthma attack—with no inhaler.
He paid with his life.
www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news... #MedSky #SciSky #PedsSky #PulmSky
22-year-old dies after being unable to afford asthma inhaler
In our new series “The Cost of Denial,” NBC News’ Anne Thompson reports on the young man who went to refill his asthma inhaler only to find it unaffordable because it was no longer covered by his insu...
www.nbcnews.com
June 4, 2025 at 11:05 AM
This is the *real* rationing and “death panels.” ‘Merica.
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“There are only two kinds of society in which armed agents of the government routinely conceal their identities:
(1) Lawless failed states…
(2) Authoritarian states…
Stable democracies do not allow agents of the state to operate under cover of concealment.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-secret...
(1) Lawless failed states…
(2) Authoritarian states…
Stable democracies do not allow agents of the state to operate under cover of concealment.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-secret...
The Secret Police Are Here
Trump is losing on policy and the law. But he’s winning on power.
www.thebulwark.com
June 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
“There are only two kinds of society in which armed agents of the government routinely conceal their identities:
(1) Lawless failed states…
(2) Authoritarian states…
Stable democracies do not allow agents of the state to operate under cover of concealment.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-secret...
(1) Lawless failed states…
(2) Authoritarian states…
Stable democracies do not allow agents of the state to operate under cover of concealment.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-secret...
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They promised to root out waste and abuse and found none, and in the process wasted money and abused innocent people.
They promised to deport 20 million people but are not getting anywhere near that, so they are desperately arresting anyone they can get their hands on whilst wearing face masks.
They promised to deport 20 million people but are not getting anywhere near that, so they are desperately arresting anyone they can get their hands on whilst wearing face masks.
June 2, 2025 at 3:25 AM
They promised to root out waste and abuse and found none, and in the process wasted money and abused innocent people.
They promised to deport 20 million people but are not getting anywhere near that, so they are desperately arresting anyone they can get their hands on whilst wearing face masks.
They promised to deport 20 million people but are not getting anywhere near that, so they are desperately arresting anyone they can get their hands on whilst wearing face masks.
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Here's the NIH's proposed budget - from $48 billion to $27 billion. NIAID, current ~$7 billion cut to ~$4.2 billion.
The proposed 15% cap on indirect costs remains.
Again, these budgets are passed, and our leadership in science, technology, and innovation is gone.
www.hhs.gov/sites/defaul...
The proposed 15% cap on indirect costs remains.
Again, these budgets are passed, and our leadership in science, technology, and innovation is gone.
www.hhs.gov/sites/defaul...
May 30, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Here's the NIH's proposed budget - from $48 billion to $27 billion. NIAID, current ~$7 billion cut to ~$4.2 billion.
The proposed 15% cap on indirect costs remains.
Again, these budgets are passed, and our leadership in science, technology, and innovation is gone.
www.hhs.gov/sites/defaul...
The proposed 15% cap on indirect costs remains.
Again, these budgets are passed, and our leadership in science, technology, and innovation is gone.
www.hhs.gov/sites/defaul...
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A new report shows how little has changed for Black victims of police killings five years after George Floyd's murder www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Report: Police killings rose in the five years after George Floyd's murder
An analysis shows how little has changed for Black victims of police violence in America.
www.motherjones.com
May 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
A new report shows how little has changed for Black victims of police killings five years after George Floyd's murder www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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RFKJr's statement that "NIH spends 70% of the world's research dollars but we are the sickest country in the world" is not evidence that those dollars are being misspent.
It is, however, an indictment of the corporate healthcare model in the U.S.
It is, however, an indictment of the corporate healthcare model in the U.S.
May 20, 2025 at 3:17 PM
RFKJr's statement that "NIH spends 70% of the world's research dollars but we are the sickest country in the world" is not evidence that those dollars are being misspent.
It is, however, an indictment of the corporate healthcare model in the U.S.
It is, however, an indictment of the corporate healthcare model in the U.S.
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This should be the end of Noem’s career in public life. It almost certainly won’t be, however, which is itself damning.
HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
May 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
This should be the end of Noem’s career in public life. It almost certainly won’t be, however, which is itself damning.
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Rep. LaMonica McIver being charged by Trump’s DOJ for “assaulting” a cop is particularly scary because it was all on camera with many witnesses and the administration feels comfortable enough to straight up lie with impunity and target a sitting congresswoman
May 20, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Rep. LaMonica McIver being charged by Trump’s DOJ for “assaulting” a cop is particularly scary because it was all on camera with many witnesses and the administration feels comfortable enough to straight up lie with impunity and target a sitting congresswoman
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This is such an important shift. For many years the catholic church withheld support for HPV vaccination which prevents cervical cancer.
119,000 women die from this cancer in Africa every year.
This full throated support of the HPV vaxx by the church will help uptake.
nation.africa/kenya/health...
119,000 women die from this cancer in Africa every year.
This full throated support of the HPV vaxx by the church will help uptake.
nation.africa/kenya/health...
We can't remain indifferent to suffering: Catholic Church now champions HPV vaccination
From opposition to advocacy: After dismissing vaccine over promiscuity fears, church now tells faithful early intervention saves lives
nation.africa
May 16, 2025 at 9:14 PM
This is such an important shift. For many years the catholic church withheld support for HPV vaccination which prevents cervical cancer.
119,000 women die from this cancer in Africa every year.
This full throated support of the HPV vaxx by the church will help uptake.
nation.africa/kenya/health...
119,000 women die from this cancer in Africa every year.
This full throated support of the HPV vaxx by the church will help uptake.
nation.africa/kenya/health...
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A top scientist quit RFK's NIH after it demanded his science be reviewed, not by top peers, but by "political appointees," and forbade him from telling a reporter the truth that ultra-processed foods are less addictive than drugs...because that is not an RFK belief. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/w...
Leading Nutrition Scientist Departs N.I.H., Citing Censorship
www.nytimes.com
May 16, 2025 at 8:53 PM
A top scientist quit RFK's NIH after it demanded his science be reviewed, not by top peers, but by "political appointees," and forbade him from telling a reporter the truth that ultra-processed foods are less addictive than drugs...because that is not an RFK belief. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/w...
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A modest proposal: We gauge how well "the economy" is doing not by the stock market, but by the number of infants and toddlers experiencing homelessness.
May 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
A modest proposal: We gauge how well "the economy" is doing not by the stock market, but by the number of infants and toddlers experiencing homelessness.
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High school students from Northeast Ohio testified at the Statehouse Wednesday, urging the lawmakers to fully fund education and support diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
Northeast Ohio students travel to Statehouse to fight for school funding, DEI initiatives • Ohio Capital Journal
High school students from Northeast Ohio testified at the Statehouse Wednesday, urging the lawmakers to fully fund education and support diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
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May 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
High school students from Northeast Ohio testified at the Statehouse Wednesday, urging the lawmakers to fully fund education and support diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
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1. Over the past four months I've talked with many foundation directors about science philanthropy during Trump 2.0.
Two things come to the fore every time.
i) The most important they can do is maintain the pipeline of talent
ii) With the federal govt pulling out, ROI is higher now than ever.
Two things come to the fore every time.
i) The most important they can do is maintain the pipeline of talent
ii) With the federal govt pulling out, ROI is higher now than ever.
May 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
1. Over the past four months I've talked with many foundation directors about science philanthropy during Trump 2.0.
Two things come to the fore every time.
i) The most important they can do is maintain the pipeline of talent
ii) With the federal govt pulling out, ROI is higher now than ever.
Two things come to the fore every time.
i) The most important they can do is maintain the pipeline of talent
ii) With the federal govt pulling out, ROI is higher now than ever.
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