Alex Knapp

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Senior Editor covering science and healthcare at Forbes.

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The governors of a dozen Republican-led states — AL, AK, FL, GA, IA, MS, OK, SC, SD, TX, UT, WY — opted out of a new federal food assistance program, leaving about 9.5 million students without the aid this summer

Republican-led states are blocking summer food benefits for hungry familieswww.usatoday.com Money for food is especially tight for families in a dozen states where Republican lawmakers declined to accept federal food assistance.

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By the way, Benjamin Franklin was 81 at the Constitutional Convention and gave one of the best speeches in history — and likely tipped the scales in approving the Constitution.

Yet again, we see the loudest yelps of “1776 BAYBEE!!!” from Christian Patriots who don’t know the first fucking thing about the history of the country over which they claim to have exclusive ownership. 2 out of 8 ain’t bad, I guess.

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Most Americans don’t think about measles because vaccination had largely eliminated the scourge from the U.S. in 2000. But many Americans who survived measles as children never forgot how sick they were. These are some of their stories.

Isolation, extreme fatigue, lingering misery: What it’s like to survive measleswww.washingtonpost.com Measles is back, after vaccination largely eliminated it from the United States. Survivors describe having one of the most contagious diseases on Earth.

Any Democratic candidate who is not Biden or Harris has to start from scratch. Raise millions. Hire thousands of workers. Open up hundreds of offices. Plan legal actions. With less than 4 months to go before the election. The folks who wrote this plan have never worked on a campaign and it shows.

'Blitz primary' could open up Democratic race if Biden drops outwww.semafor.com Two Democrats are circulating a proposal to donors and bundlers that would see delegates choose a Biden replacement in the lead up to August convention.

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BREAKING NEWS: Voters turned out in numbers not seen in decades to stop the far-right National Rally from taking power in the French National Assembly. Polls predicted a first-place finish for National Rally, which instead came in third in initial results as polling stations closed.

Projections in France's election show voters rejecting the far rightwww.npr.org Voters turned out in numbers not seen in decades to stop the far-right National Rally from taking power in the French National Assembly. Polls predicted a first-place finish for National Rally, which ...

For my money, ELEMENTARY is the best Holmes adaptation and Jonny Lee Miller the second best actor in the role. (Nobody can top Jeremy Brett though.)

ELEMENTARY has dropped on Hulu (was it there before and I hadn’t seen it?) and as I’m busted with COVID, I’m indulging. The pilot’s a masterclass, the show’s an A+ example of procedural writing, balancing the serialization and B plots.

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French election results are a lovely thing to follow along with as I write postcards for GOTV efforts.

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Breaking news: The first projections after polls closed in France’s legislative election put a leftist alliance in the lead, as the populist, anti-immigration far right falls behind and performs far below expectations.

France election live updates: Left-wing bloc leads in results projectionswww.washingtonpost.com The populist, anti-immigration National Rally party had been hoping to install France’s first far-right government since World War II, with 28-year-old Jordan Bardella as prime minister.

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Indiana Fever rookie phenom Caitlin Clark has etched her name in the WNBA history books, becoming the first rookie in league history to record a triple-double in the team's 83-78 victory over the New York Liberty.

Caitlin Clark becomes first rookie in WNBA history to record triple-double | CNNwww.cnn.com Indiana Fever rookie phenom Caitlin Clark has etched her name in the WNBA history books, becoming the first rookie in league history to record a triple-double in the team’s 83-78 victory over the New ...

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Boston Tom Levenson

It's personally fascinating to me that the polls yesterday all showed gains for Biden.

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art is probably the best thing humans ever came up with

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NEW: Biden has narrowed Trump’s lead in swing states despite a widely panned presidential debate performance, the Bloomberg News/Morning Consult poll finds

Biden Narrows Gap With Trump in Swing States Despite Debate Losswww.bloomberg.com The incumbent trails his GOP rival by just 2 points across key states, a Bloomberg News/Morning Consult shows, even as three in 10 Democrats say he should leave the race.

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Whoa.

Masoud Pezeshkian, the reformist candidate who advocated moderate policies at home and improved relations with the West, won the presidential runoff in Iran against a hard-line rival, according to results released by the interior ministry on Saturday. nyti.ms/3xMgPZc

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I would be more willing to hear this criticism if there was not a typo in literally the worst spot.

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If you check the crosstabs he's winning with all the demographics who reliably vote and Trump's strength is with disengaged voters--the kind you need a strong GOTV effort to turn out. Which Trump doesn't have.

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Breaking News: President Biden insisted he was staying in the race in a forceful speech at a campaign event in Wisconsin, calling Donald Trump a liar and a threat to democracy. “I’m not letting one 90-minute debate wipe out three-and-a-half years of work.”

Election Live Updates: In Wisconsin, a Defiant Biden Says ‘I’m Staying in the Race’www.nytimes.com The brief speech kicked off a weekend that could be make-or-break for President Biden’s campaign, including a high-stakes ABC News interview that will air in prime time on Friday.

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GLP-1 drugs and reduction of cancer Among ~1.6 million people w/ T2 diabetes, for GLP-1 drugs vs insulin Rx, there was less risk for 11 of the 13 cancers associated with obesity jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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Lauren Persoff

Ah yes, two things no other politicians do...

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He did a rally the next day and multiple radio interviews over the following days

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I wish one of them knew the law well enough to know that only Harris can legally use Biden's campaign apparatus and donor dollars --- anyone else has to start from scratch with 4 months to go...

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just watched 74 people speaking at least a dozen different languages become american citizens in a ceremony at monticello, where the speakers were themselves children of immigrants. inspiring stuff and a vivid illustration of what reactionaries want to snuff out

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"Everyone with too much sense uses breath to say 'voting is irrational' a lot every two years." www.liberalcurrents.com/if-you-see-v...

If You See Voting, Say Nothingwww.liberalcurrents.com It’s an article of faith among some anarchists and authoritarians that voting is an irrational action. There’s a proof, somewhere, in a book—was it Democracy and Decision by Geoffrey Brennan and Loren...

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Jonathan Bernstein

Not overkill! "They must apply to everyone, or they mean nothing! Do you understand?"

Doing my annual rewatch of 1776 and god do I love William Daniels' performance in this film.

In this week's edition of InnovationRx, Katie Jennings and I take a look at: 😷 The latest in avian flu, from a new human infection to vaccine status. 🔬 A startup enlisting the microbiome in the fight against cancer. 💊 The FDA's approval of Alzheimer's drug donanemab. And more....

InnovationRx: A Fourth Dairy Worker Has Contracted Avian Fluwww.forbes.com Plus: Biotech Startup Kanvas Biosciences Has Raised $12.5 Million To Find Bacteria That Help Fight Cancer

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Not to mention the crosstabs still tend to have him winning with the most engaged voters (people who voted in 2020, voters 65+) meanwhile Trump's strength is low engagement voters and he has virtually no GOTV apparatus.

Imagine the impact on a campaign if Democrats spent as much time attacking the Republican nominee for president as they did their own.

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Colorado reports the 4th human infection with the #birdflu virus circulating in cows. Farmworker. Symptoms like cases 1 & 2 — conjunctivitis. Has recovered. At this point it's clearly an #H5 infection; @CDC will be testing to see if there is enough virus to confirm the N type. This is not surprising

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Billions of years ago, small galaxies may have had cores packed with dark matter. What would these galaxies look like today? aasnova.org/2024/07/03/i... 🔭🧪

It's Just a Phase: Dark Matter–Dominated Galaxies in the Early Universe - AAS Novaaasnova.org Billions of years ago, small galaxies may have had cores packed with dark matter. What would these galaxies look like today?