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In the best case scenario, Trump struck a deal to reopen a Strait that was open before the pointless war he started, with the IRGC demonstrating its control over the Strait and potentially extracting fees plus sanctions relief. Thousands of innocents - including hundreds of children - dead in Lebanon and Iran for no reason. U.S. troops killed and wounded. U.S. embassies and bases in the Middle East badly damaged. U.S. standing in the world obliterated. U.S. munitions badly depleted. Hundreds of billions spent. Prices up everywhere. More global economic fallout to come. Putin strengthened and enriched. Just a catastrophic situation even in the best of circumstances. A profoundly shameful episode in American history no matter what happens next.

As this Administration seeks major cuts to NIH, remember this: cancer diagnoses are projected to rise by nearly 77% by 2050. Weakening the research enterprise now is just reckless.

Wrecking America in a holistic way so it will take generations to recover

SBIR just went to zero. A $1B/yr program that turns breakthrough NIH science into real products sits at zero. As of today, that’s ~$500M missing. Rookies merely slow innovation. Pros obliterate the path from lab → company ⛔️ This is what follows next: ⇣ next-gen cancer tools never exist ⇣ diagnostics & therapies never reach patients ⇣ great founders walk away ⇣ startups & innovation vanish, tanking the American economy with it No serious country can claim to lead in biotech while freezing the very mechanism that turns lab science into products. = = = = = Source: NIH RePORTER via @Jori_health Plot Method: NIH SBIR award-counts/fiscal-year through the same point in Q2; FY26 stands at zero vs historical median of ~122. = = = = =

‘We can’t invest in America because we’re fighting wars’ is literally the opposite of what he ran on. Biggest scam in modern political history, hands down.

Murray: Is it true that people making under $184k pay a 12.4% Social Security tax rate? Dahl: Yes Murray: And the rate for someone making $1 million? Dahl: 2.2% Murray: So, a 12.4% tax for people making less than $184k, but 2.2% for a millionaire or .0002% for billionaires.

mRNA is one of the most powerful biomedical platforms of our time. And the U.S. is at risk of basically handing it to China because of current leadership decisions.

Warren Buffett after spending his last years as CEO doubling Berkshire Hathaway’s cash pile to ~$400B and tying 25% of the conglomerate’s market cap to energy (Chevron, Occidental, BH Energy) on the eve of a recession and global shortage in oil and natural gas

I've so far avoided dramatics because I would be accused of bias. To be clear: this is the worst energy crisis of our lifetimes, well beyond what any sober mind could have envisioned, with no end in sight. The level of complacency to me is astounding.

Hey do you guys remember that time when Trump lifted oil sanctions on Iranian oil at sea because of high oil prices from when he attacked Iran? Stable genius move

I don’t think people realize how much healthcare costs are driving big companies to fire and not hire. It costs them $30k per family, per year for premiums and care. Most of that goes to the massive, vertically integrated insurance companies that send weekly bills that no one reviews in details. And it doesn’t include the company overhead to deal with it all. It’s usually the 2nd largest expense after payroll. Which is insane It’s far easier to blame AI than it is to blame Healthcare costs. Want to increase jobs, wages and improve affordability for every American ? Break up the biggest insurance companies. Make divest non insurance companies. They don’t need thousands of subsidiaries. That’s how they game and abuse the system and increase costs for all of us. Call your senator and tell them to support the BreakUp Big Medicine Bill by @HawleyMO and @SenWarren.

@DefiantLs Insane lies

US bio-science is collapsing. Catch up is a lie. @statnews lit the match on this story. ▫️ 40% canceling research ▫️ 25% cutting staff Can it recover? We did the math: ▪️ NIH needs ~5x normal pace That surge does not exist. Source: NIH RePORTER via @Jori_health

All eyes on Trump’s War, as it should be, but that’s not his only self-inflicted disaster - he cratered US biomedical R&D

WELP—As result of all NIH grants requiring RFK Jr and White House approval… we now have 90% less funding for medical research. We are sacrificing our children’s future — all for what???

Important read

NEW: The U.S. national debt has increased by over $4 trillion since Trump began his second term. Let that sink in. This is the same administration that fired hundreds of thousands of federal employees — including tens of thousands of veterans — claiming it was about “cutting costs” and “government efficiency.” They gutted agencies. They dismantled programs. They pushed experienced public servants out the door. Many of those workers were veterans who continued serving their country in civilian roles. And for what? The debt still exploded by $2.3 trillion. So veterans lost their jobs. Public services were weakened. Communities were destabilized. And the deficit still skyrocketed. This was never about fiscal responsibility. It was about ideology, chaos, and rewarding billionaires while blaming the people who actually keep the government running. The damage is real. The consequences will last for years. And the question that will eventually have to be answered is simple: Who will be held accountable for it? 🇺🇸

The pipeline that drives discovery - new knowledge and treatments for diseases that affect us all - is collapsing in the United States. New NIH funding opportunities are down 91% this fiscal year.

We’ve never, ever had this before. A President completely untethered to truth. I mean completely untethered to truth. That’s such a bad thing. But you know what’s even worse? Way, way too many people don’t care. And way too much of the media no longer cares.

I'm increasingly convinced America's two-party system is broken beyond repair. Most R’s & D’s I talk to say: They're unhappy with their own party's direction, and about the country's path ...yet admit they'd never vote for the ‘other side.’ Can we really fix this without a third party/ independent? 🤷🏽‍♂️