curated news excerpts & citations
… trying to ‘unbury the lede’
James Eagle:
HIV treatment saves nearly two million
This is probably one of the most significant medical advances in recent times. The development of antiretroviral therapy has changed the lives of HIV patients to such an extent that many of them can now live normal lives and live into old age.
In the past, having HIV was almost considered a death sentence when the pandemic first spread. …
Having said that, people are still dying from HIV and AIDS because they lack access to antiretroviral therapy. …
Paul Offit:
RFK Jr.’s “Control Group”
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To RFK Jr., the Amish had proved his point—no vaccines equaled no autism. …
In 2010, about ten years before RFK Jr. had visited Lancaster County, a study of about 1,900 Amish children in Ohio and Indiana found a rate of autism of at least 1 in 271 children, contradicting RFK Jr.’s claim. Although RFK Jr. was wrong about the incidence of autism among the Amish, he was right about two things:
First, RFK Jr. was right that public health officials “would soon be coming for them.” But not for the reason he had imagined. In 2026, five years after RFK Jr. had visited Lancaster County, a large measles epidemic engulfed Amish and Mennonite communities in Pennsylvania’s Lancaster, Jefferson, and Mifflin counties. Health officials recorded at least 1,300 cases, 250 hospitalizations, and 6 deaths. The epidemic launched an “all-hands-on-deck” strategy to vaccinate as many children in these communities as possible, fulfilling RFK Jr.’s prophecy that “they are coming for you.”
RFK Jr. was also right that the Amish had become “the control group that the CDC didn’t want you to know about.” Four years after that visit to Lancaster County, RFK Jr. was sworn in as Secretary of Health and Human Services. And, as he had predicted, the Amish had become “the control group that the CDC didn’t want you to know about.” Or at least the control group that RFK Jr. didn’t want us to know about. With RFK Jr. in charge, the CDC failed to accurately record the number of Amish and Mennonite people on its website who had died from measles. RFK Jr. didn’t want us to know how effective his 20-year campaign against vaccines had been.
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Heather Cox Richardson:
Letters from an American – October 26, 2026Trump’s increasingly erratic and corrupt behavior condemns Republican leaders who continue to support him.
At 8:00 last night, he posted on social media his longest entry ever: an emotional 1,323-word screed attacking late-night host Bill Maher. While the screed was directed at the comedian, it seemed really to be a cry of fury at his loss of control over his base and over the country.
Giant turnout for rallies by former president Barack Obama in Ohio and Michigan on Saturday illustrated the changing mood of the country. …
Perhaps even more galling to Trump were the images that circulated on social media of Obama’s packed venues, comparing them to the dwindling crowds at Trump’s.
(Heather Cox Richardson more…)Ken Klippenstein:
“Nobody knows what the president might do if the mid-terms don’t go his way”Paul Waldman:
Vivek Ramaswamy discovers that voters have their limits
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Mitch Jackson:
The New Epstein Report
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Jason Koebler @ 404 Media:
ChatGPT Says 404 Media Is Tech Support for Huge CorporationsOver the last few weeks our inboxes have gotten ridiculous as ChatGPT has begun recommending that people who have tech support issues with various products and tech services turn their problems into massive journalistic investigations. Pretty wild! To reiterate: We love getting story tips but we cannot help restore your Verizon service.
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Dave Philipps @ NY Times:
The service members at Navy and Marine Corps hearings are finding ways to keep trans troops in uniform.
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Joyce Vance:
The Day Every Judge Ruled
The January 6Memory Project
ICE Detention Expansion Tracker
A field guide to claims
Last Days in Two Nations
Climate.us
formerly Climate.gov
Climate Solutions Explorer
Have I Been Flocked?
Brockovich AI Data Center Reporting
resources tracking the “Andes” hantavirus outbreak
Apocalypse Early Warning System
Al Jazeera Death toll and injuries live tracker
Mourning Those Who Have Died in ICE Custody
Mike Ludwig @ truthout: ICE Says 51 People Died in Custody Under Trump. Experts Say That’s an Undercount.
ICE Accountability Project
Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, Ximena Bustillo, Jasmine Garsd @ NPR: Deaths of migrants in ICE custody hit record high under Trump
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- July 14: Juan Jairo Coronilla Duran
- July 13: Joan Sebastian Guerrero
- July 7: Lorenzo Salgado Araujo
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- March 25: Jose Guadalupe Ramos-Solano
- March 16: Royer Perez-Jimenez
- March 14: Naseer Paktiawil
- February 25: Nurul Amin Shah Alam
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- January 14: Heber Sanchaz Dominguez
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Suffering Under President Obama
NACDL Criminal Case Tracker
Texas Tribune: A Walk for Peace: photos of Fort Worth monks’ journey to Washington
Walk for Peace – Dhammacetiya – The Ancient Sacred Buddhist Scripture Stupas
Margaret Chase Smith: Declaration of Conscience
NPR: January 6, 2021: A visual archive
Accountability Initiative ICE List
GriftMatrix
Trump Action Tracker
Timeline: Tracking the Trump Justice Department’s Anti-Voting Shift
Tracking the Lawsuits Against Trump’s Agenda
Trump Pardons Database
Project 2025 Tracker
DOGE Tracker
ProPublica: Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew
Wired: 6 Tools for Tracking the Trump Administration’s Attacks on Civil Liberties
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