Mark Mycyk
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Physician Scholar. Journal Editor. Curious about all things literary, musical, and magical.
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Joined April 2009
Kennedy, Rejecting Data, Fuels Distrust of His Own Agencies https://t.co/jggOBIeF46 via @NYTimes The biggest threat to the health of our country and the world is @SecKennedy
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By promoting suspicions about the institutions he oversees, critics say Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is jeopardizing public health. He says he is pursuing transparency.
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Justice Breyer Defends Judge Accused of Defying Supreme Court Order https://t.co/6mPeHNvIKq via @NYTimes The shadow docket is vague in its rulings and contributing to the dismantling of democracy and justice in the US. We deserve transparency and fairness. @USSupremeCourt
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The justice’s comments reflected tensions within the judiciary, as trial judges struggle to interpret the Supreme Court’s often cryptic emergency orders.
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Judge Rules Trump Administration Illegally Canceled Harvard Funding https://t.co/on5MkjFv5z via @NYTimes #justice #truth #democracy #veritas
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Harvard had sued the Trump administration in an effort to restore billions in research funds that the government canceled this spring.
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Judge Apologizes to Conservative Justices in Case Over N.I.H. Cuts https://t.co/cKOrDfqQVb via @NYTimes Perhaps @USSupremeCourt should apologize to this long serving judge and the American public for their rulings on the shadow docket with minimal justification or clear guidance
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The display of contrition came after Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh issued a stern warning directing judges to heed their orders in August.
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We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health https://t.co/83H6CgnX0e via @NYTOpinion #health #truth #justice @SecKennedy
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Agency leaders sound the alarm.
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Historians See Autocratic Playbook in Trump’s Attacks on Science https://t.co/7qGHvKJ76x via @NYTimes #democracy #truth #justice
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Authoritarians have long feared and suppressed science as a rival for social influence. Experts see President Trump as borrowing some of their tactics.
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Bernie Sanders: Kennedy Must Resign https://t.co/OdWJtuep8z via @NYTOpinion @SecKennedy #truth #justice #democracy
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The health secretary is endangering the lives of American people now and into the future.
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New C.D.C. Director Is Fired, White House Says https://t.co/kS5bbRIgIK via @NYTimes This is yet another attack on science by @SecKennedy and the entire administration. We are making America UNhealthy with conspiracies, obvious conflicts of interest, and incompetence.
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Susan Monarez was said to have refused to adopt Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s stance on vaccination policy. A lawyer for Dr. Monarez said the firing was “legally deficient.”
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Judge Dismisses Trump Administration Suit Against Federal Bench in Maryland https://t.co/HYYYwCCyND via @NYTimes #justice #constitution
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The judge used the ruling to take President Trump and some of his top aides to task for having repeatedly attacked other judges who have dared to rule against the White House.
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Penn & Teller’s Greatest Trick: Making Us Think They’re Not Friends https://t.co/KcDvXn0lTl via @NYTimes #magic
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As their magic act hits 50 years, they’re bigger than ever. They say their secret is not to socialize. But misdirection is also their love language.
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Trump Administration Scraps Research Into Health Disparities https://t.co/89kt5F73Wc via @NYTimes #democracy #justice #research
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In its campaign against “woke” science, the N.I.H. has closed down studies and programs focused on the gaps between racial and socioeconomic groups.
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Zelensky Rejects Ceding Territory to Russia After Trump Suggests a Land Swap https://t.co/UhZQKlc7OB via @NYTimes #Ukraine
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The Ukrainian leader’s blunt comments risk angering President Trump, who has made a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia one of his signature foreign policy goals.
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America Will Suffer From Trump’s Assault on Facts https://t.co/ak7mpVeTNy via @NYTOpinion #democracy #justice #truth
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The Trump administration is engaged in an increasingly wide-ranging campaign against data it doesn’t like.
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The Supreme Court Owes the Country Explanations for Its Big Decisions https://t.co/aQ2Oe9x72I via @NYTOpinion #SCOTUS
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When the court fails to make rulings clear, confusion can set in, and the justices’ credibility can suffer.
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Tom Lehrer, Musical Satirist With a Dark Streak, Dies at 97 https://t.co/JiCQ1iNiRZ via @NYTimes
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A mathematician by training, he acquired a devoted following with songs that set sardonic lyrics to music that was often maddeningly cheerful.
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Justice Kagan Urges Supreme Court to Explain Itself in Emergency Decisions https://t.co/PhTcth0l1O via @NYTimes
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In remarks before judges and lawyers in California, the justice said she believed the court had a responsibility to share its reasoning.
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If Trump Keeps Intimidating the Fed, He Will Pay a Price https://t.co/UIgli3TkZk via @NYTOpinion The bully behavior is not presidential and just needs to stop. We need transparency, democracy, balance, and justice. #democracy #Constitution
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When central banks are pressured by politicians into overheating the economy, everyone ends up getting burned.
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E.P.A. Is Said to Draft a Plan to End Its Ability to Fight Climate Change https://t.co/x701awmmWV via @NYTimes THIS IS ETHICALLY WRONG & TOTALLY DISHONEST. THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION IS DESTROYING OUR WORLD WITH EVERY ACTION. SPEAKING UP IS URGENTLY NEEDED. #justice #democracy
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According to two people familiar with the draft, it would eliminate the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse-gas emissions threaten human life by dangerously warming the planet.
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How to Watch Hitchcock: 5 Steps to Unlock the Master of Suspense https://t.co/lMxsrbXclL via @NYTimes
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The director combined camera, sound and perspective techniques to create almost unbearable tension and anxiety for the audience.
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