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Christopher Leighton

@ccleighton

Radiation Oncologist & Palliative Medicine (ret), Undergrad medical educator (about ret), occasional disability rights & public health advocate. I don't let sleeping dogs lie.

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I hope the first thing this task force does is inform Pete Hegseth about what happens in the war colleges he's never attended - or apparently, even visited - because all this stuff isn't it.
He has no idea what he's talking about here, but that's no surprise.

13.03.2026 02:15 πŸ‘ 1091 πŸ” 228 πŸ’¬ 47 πŸ“Œ 6
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US Democrats call for investigation into Trump's Russian oil sanctions waiver "The Trump administration cannot simultaneously claim to be prioritizing U.S. military operations while offering sanctions relief to (Russian President Vladimir) Putin," the letter reads.

⚑️ US Democrats call for investigation into Trump's Russian oil sanctions waiver.

"The Trump administration cannot simultaneously claim to be prioritizing U.S. military operations while offering sanctions relief to Putin," the letter reads.

13.03.2026 12:54 πŸ‘ 380 πŸ” 108 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 5
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Energy Secretary Chris Wright: "Fortunately, the US produces more oil than we can consume -- we're a net oil exporter. So overall for the US economy, this isn't bad news."

12.03.2026 14:22 πŸ‘ 591 πŸ” 95 πŸ’¬ 359 πŸ“Œ 187

In 2024 Canada sent 2.4 million barrels of oil per day to the USA or about 10% of the USA’s total oil consumption.

12.03.2026 14:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We call it Canadian

12.03.2026 12:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Praising trump for avoiding a Cold War….with a real one? Moronic.

12.03.2026 12:42 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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the president has no idea what he has set in motion. none.

www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

09.03.2026 00:23 πŸ‘ 25618 πŸ” 7617 πŸ’¬ 2501 πŸ“Œ 679
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Ruben Ray Martinez: Footage shows US citizen shot by ICE agent in Texas traffic stop The Department of Homeland Security did not disclose Martinez was shot by one of its agents until almost a year later.

Newly released footage shows an ICE agent killing Rubin Ray Martinez, 23, in his car in Texas.

"He was shot at point-blank range through his side window by an ICE agent who was in no danger."
www.bbc.com/news/article...

07.03.2026 14:18 πŸ‘ 6462 πŸ” 4051 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 277

Has Trump kept a single election promise?

28.02.2026 15:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Help with the new Windsor Regional Trauma & Teaching Hospital (& Cancer Centre) originally approved in 2017 though planning began long before. Windsor-Essex is Canada’s capital for Code Blacks (no available ambulances). Why? Emergency rooms are overrun-Ambulances cannot unload patients.

27.02.2026 13:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I watched a bit of the SOTU last night....as I did I approached it as a medical professional. -- I googled the age of his parents at the time of their passing.

25.02.2026 18:54 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We are so back. And by β€œback” we mean measles.

@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...

24.02.2026 17:35 πŸ‘ 967 πŸ” 259 πŸ’¬ 48 πŸ“Œ 16
24.02.2026 15:40 πŸ‘ 4884 πŸ” 2134 πŸ’¬ 227 πŸ“Œ 96
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Trump Says He Will Raise Global Tariff to 15 Percent

β€œDo I hear 20%? Anyone? Going once…..Β β€œ

We Trump Says He Will Raise Global Tariff to 15 Percent www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/b...

21.02.2026 19:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Flagrant Constitutional Violation’: Fulton County blasts affidavit that backed FBI’s 2020 election raid β€œThe Fourth Amendment demands β€˜probable cause’—not β€˜possible cause.'"

NEW: Fulton County officials argued in a new legal filing that the FBI’s search warrant affidavit used to raid the county’s main election hub last month was granted despite lack of probable cause that a crime had been committed.

17.02.2026 19:33 πŸ‘ 536 πŸ” 228 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 9
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James Talarico: β€œThis is the party that ran against cancel culture, and now they are trying to control what we watch, what we say, and what we read.

This is the most dangerous kind of cancel culture β€” the kind that comes from the top."

17.02.2026 17:24 πŸ‘ 1577 πŸ” 586 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 48

Either X is broken or I’ve been throttled off. I’m not a fan though a number of news feeds and journalists continue to post on that site.

17.02.2026 20:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œ.. β€˜many system vendors will go bankrupt or exit product lines due to a lack of memory. Mobile phone production will be reduced by 200-250 million units, and PC and TV production will be significantly reduced.’ Yikes.”

@pcgamer.com #DRAM
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/mem...

17.02.2026 18:37 πŸ‘ 3034 πŸ” 1044 πŸ’¬ 166 πŸ“Œ 804

Further consolidating future scientific research and funding into the hands of several billionaires. Canada and Europe must step up and continue their important work.

16.02.2026 14:00 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Canada Gives U.S. Arms Makers the Cold Shoulder on Military Spending

Canada gives USA arms manufacturers the cold shoulder.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/w...

16.02.2026 13:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Canada must begin/expand a pandemic planning program and recruit US researchers doing this work (HHS has eliminated this research program). @mark-carney.bsky.social

16.02.2026 13:46 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/09/m...

16.02.2026 10:42 πŸ‘ 2022 πŸ” 574 πŸ’¬ 35 πŸ“Œ 29
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Emergency department crowding can't be adequately addressed without addressing outflow issues. We need more inpatient capacity. It's a system problem that requires system solutions.
thesgem.com/2026/02/sgem... @casinoshiftmd.bsky.social #MedSky

16.02.2026 13:35 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump insider Tom Barrack kept in regular contact with Jeffrey Epstein for years, files show Tom Barrack, a top U.S. diplomat and longtime friend of President Trump, networked and socialized with Epstein for years, CBS News found.

Trump's longtime confidant Thomas Barrack, now serving as U.S. ambassador to Turkey and special envoy to Syria, was in regular, close contact with Jeffrey EpsteinΒ for years after Epstein's 2008 conviction for soliciting a minor, a CBS News analysis of over 100 texts and email exchanges shows.

16.02.2026 13:35 πŸ‘ 1507 πŸ” 762 πŸ’¬ 108 πŸ“Œ 50
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Rep. Robert Garcia: "Why was Mar-a-Lago a location where women continued to be trafficked from. We have questions for President Trump. And the broader issue here is why wasn't this investigated when these accusations were heard by the FBI years ago?"

15.02.2026 16:13 πŸ‘ 4402 πŸ” 1397 πŸ’¬ 154 πŸ“Œ 60

Bannon aligned himself with a convicted pedophile because he felt the Catholic Church was too progressive. Make sense of that. He valued pedophiles over gay persons.

14.02.2026 14:06 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Epstein survivors raise their hands to signal they've been ignored by Trump's DOJ as AG Pam Bondi refuses to look at them

(Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty)

11.02.2026 17:45 πŸ‘ 8754 πŸ” 3167 πŸ’¬ 424 πŸ“Œ 310

Bravo @repmoskowitz.bsky.social

11.02.2026 20:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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LOL -- Moskowitz wraps up his 5 minutes by asking Bondi what oppo she has on him, and he then gets out a whiteboard and marker to grade her

Bondi replies by saying, "there's nothing funny about mocking the Bible and holding up a Trump Bible. I find it offensive"

11.02.2026 19:26 πŸ‘ 3096 πŸ” 664 πŸ’¬ 261 πŸ“Œ 108

Lol…the queen of 🐊😒

11.02.2026 20:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0