Notices by Carolyn Barber, MD (cbarbermd@med-mastodon.com)

Checkmate ✅…and the bishops reprimand the king 👑.

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“It is not safe. 'It is not a safe situation right now for the flying public," a Newark air traffic controller told MSNBC Tom Costello. "Don't fly into Newark. Avoid Newark at all costs."

With radio & radar failures, some controllers walked off the job!
https://www.rawstory.com/newark-airport/ #press

Supreme Court Justice Jackson warns of a growing wave of threats and intimidation against judges: “Relentless attacks on judges ultimately risks undermining our Constitution and the rule of law. A rare public stand as pressure mounts from political forces. #SCOTUS

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/us/politics/supreme-court-justice-jackson.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=D254639D-BC1D-476B-A6C6-20B8071BB65F #press

Dave Smith, who endured a 290-day COVID infection in 2020—the longest recorded—has died at 76. He was dubbed a "miracle man" by docs for surviving the virus, which saw him hospitalized 7x & left him with half of his lung capacity. RIP🙏

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy489yn1rwjo #press #COVID

Exactly.

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The Education Department will begin collection May 5 on student loans that are in default, including the garnishing of wages for potentially millions of borrowers.

https://apnews.com/article/student-loan-debt-default-collection-fa6498bf519e0d50f2cd80166faef32a #press

BREAKING: A judge has just ordered that ICE must reinstate the legal status of 133 international students by 5pm on Tuesday. The students, all claim that their student statuses were unlawfully revoked.

https://abc7ny.com/post/ice-reinstate-legal-status-133-international-students-tuesday-according-georgia-us-district-court-order/16222391/ #press

“This whole Trump II admin is a cruel farce,” Thomas Friedman writes. The world is now seeing Trump’s America for exactly what it is becoming: a rogue state led by an impulsive strongman disconnected from the rule of law and other constitutional American principles and values.

Trump is undermining our sacred rule of law, he is tossing away our allies, he is undermining the value of the dollar and he is shredding any hope of national unity. I have never been more afraid for my country’s future —

President Trump is trying not only to repeal rules limiting air and water pollution, but also to undo the EPA's ability to regulate climate pollution — even whether it can define carbon dioxide as a pollutant. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/opinion/clean-energy-trade-war-china.html?smid=url-share

The man tapped by RFK, Jr to run a clinical trial looking to tie vaccines to autism has been charged with practicing medicine without a license, giving autistic children a dangerous drug not approved for use in the U.S. and improperly prescribing puberty blockers

https://www.yahoo.com/news/head-rfk-jr-vaccine-study-201913530.html #press

NEW: Trump’s admin is seeking to end nearly all of the climate research conducted by NOAA, one of the premier climate science agencies.

The plan would “eliminate all funding for climate, weather, & ocean laboratories and cooperative institutes.”https://www.science.org/content/article/trump-seeks-end-climate-research-premier-u-s-climate-agency #press #Climate

Meta Whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams testifies that, "Facebook was targeting 13-17-year-olds. It could identify when they were feeling worthless, or helpless... and share it with advertisers." -h/t Zaamen Quereshi #press #facebook

URGENT: The House just passed a voter suppression measure that threatens voting access for millions of Americans, especially married women whose last names differ from what’s on their birth certificates. ZERO republicans opposed it. This could disenfranchise millions of eligible women, people of color, military & rural voters.

Call this number: 1-855- 973-4252 & give them the names of your senators.

One man, single-handedly, is destroying our economy & wreaking havoc around the world. No economist on the planet worth his/her salt thinks tariffs are a good idea. DOW futures & the S&P 500 plunged another 4% Sunday PM. This needs to stop. #press #trump

A 2nd child dies of measles in TX. Cause? Acute respiratory failure.

“This is a tragedy, an absolutely needless death,” said Dr. Peter Marks, former FDA official. Vaccines prevent measles, not vitamin A or cod liver oil.
https://shorturl.at/gZ4c2

Australia vs US Medicine prices. The chart says it all…

#press #healthcare

“As you watch your retirement savings plummet -- remember that Republicans in Congress could stop all of Trump's insane tariff taxes with a single vote.

And they're choosing not to.”— Tristan Snell #press

Trump imposed a 10% tariff on collection of remote Antarctic territories uninhabited by humans, home only to penguins and seals.

https://www.businessinsider.com/trumps-liberation-day-tariffs-hit-uninhabited-antarctic-islands-penguins-australia-2025-4 #press

DOGE gained access over the weekend to the payroll systems of 276,000 federal employees, affording the govt 'unprecedented power & control' of Americans' private information.

https://fortune.com/2025/04/01/doge-access-payroll-system-privacy-cybersecurity-concerns/ #press

Millions of bees have died this year and researchers aren’t sure why. It's "the worst bee loss in recorded history," one beekeeper says.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bee-deaths-food-supply-stability-honeybees/
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