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Emergency Med physician (25 yrs) & science journalist | Contributor @Fortune @TIME @SciAm. Author: Runaway Medicine. Championing evidence, truth & democracy. https://www.carolynbarbermd.com/

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Health Care Has Become the Lifeblood of the Labor Market

Take out health care and the U.S. job market is basically frozen.

Health care added 693,000 jobs last year. Without it, the economy would have lost 570,000 jobs.

Hiring across the rest of the labor market? “Glacial”
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/b... #BlueSky #IMSky #MedSky #EconSky #NurseSky

06.03.2026 16:19 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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U.S. Lost 92,000 Jobs in February The U.S. lost 92,000 jobs in February, the Labor Department said Friday, missing expectations.

www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...

06.03.2026 14:21 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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February jobs report:

Economists expected: +50,000 jobs
Actual: –92,000 jobs

That’s a 142,000-job miss.
Unemployment ticked up. US stock futures down.
Hiring slowing across most sectors.

The “strong economy” narrative is colliding with reality. 📉
#BlueSky #MedSky #EconSky #PoliSky 1/2

06.03.2026 14:21 👍 8 🔁 6 💬 4 📌 1
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How Data Centers Became a Casualty of War Three facilities have suffered damage in drone strikes, and analysts say such installations are increasingly at risk.

neutral infrastructure anymore.
It’s a battlefield. 🌐⚔️

www.bloomberg.com/news/article... #BlueSky #Iran #PoliSky #LawSky #TechSky

06.03.2026 14:07 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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War used to target bridges and oil. Now it targets data centers.

Drone strikes just hit multiple facilities in the Middle East—including Amazon’s. Because modern warfare runs on cloud + AI.

Take down the servers → banks freeze, governments systems fail, intelligence goes dark.

The cloud isn’t 1/2

06.03.2026 14:07 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 1
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Justice Department publishes some missing Epstein files related to Trump The Justice Department has published additional Epstein files related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor after an NPR investigation found dozens of pages were withheld.

something to the effect of “get this little b**** the hell out of here."” Trump has repeatedly denied wrongdoing.

Strangely, 37 pages are still missing. DOJ claims they’re “privileged, duplicates, or part of an ongoing investigation.”

#BlueSky #MedSky #PoliSky #LawSky #Epstein

06.03.2026 09:35 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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Justice Department publishes some missing Epstein files related to Trump The Justice Department has published additional Epstein files related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor after an NPR investigation found dozens of pages were withheld.

Allegedly, Trump “forced her head down to his exposed penis which she subsequently bit. In response, Trump punched her in the head and kicked her out." She described how Trump allegedly put her head “down to his penis” and she "bit the s*** out of it." She alleged that Trump struck her and said

06.03.2026 09:35 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
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TODAY: After NPR reported 53 Epstein-related pages missing, the DOJ released 16 docs tied to Trump — including FBI interview summaries about allegations he sexually abused a minor.

“An FBI email summarizing the claims and a Justice Dept slide deck note the woman claimed that when she was ~13 yo 1/3

06.03.2026 09:35 👍 9 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 2

Let that sink in.
#BlueSky #LawSky #MedSky #Iran #PoliSky

06.03.2026 02:34 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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NEW: Trump just said the quiet part out loud.

“Iran is calling asking how to make a deal… I told them they’re a little late. We want to fight now more than they do.”

At the same time the Pentagon says the war could last 8 weeks, not 4. Diplomacy is on the table — but Washington is choosing war.1/

06.03.2026 02:34 👍 11 🔁 6 💬 2 📌 0
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Exclusive: Trump says he must be involved in picking Iran's next leader "Khamenei's son is unacceptable to me. We want someone that will bring harmony and peace to Iran."

NEW: Trump says he must be involved in picking Iran’s next leader — and says Khamenei’s son is “unacceptable to me.”

“Most of the people we had in mind are dead,” Trump added.

www.axios.com/2026/03/05/i... #BlueSky #MedSky #PoliSky

05.03.2026 19:17 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Trump taps US Senator Mullin to replace Noem as DHS chief One of the top officials overseeing President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, will leave her role, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday, ​a ...

Senator Markwayne Mullin to replace Noem as DHS chief.

www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

05.03.2026 19:00 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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BREAKING: Trump fires DHS Sec. Kristi Noem! #BlueSky #MedSky #LawSky #PoliSky

05.03.2026 18:55 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1
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BREAKING: Iran’s IRGC says it attacked a U.S. tanker in the Persian Gulf, claiming the ship is burning and warning it will control Gulf passage in wartime.

The claim comes hours after a tanker attack was reported near Kuwait.

www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent... #blueSky #iran #LawSky #PoliSky

05.03.2026 12:24 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

War by instinct is not strategy.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/u... #BlueSky #MedSky #Iran #LawSky #PoliSky

05.03.2026 12:13 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Trump Follows His Gut. His National Security Advisers Try to Keep Up.

Trump says he trusted his gut to strike Iran 🇮🇷

Experts say there was little planning and no clear strategy.

“A president without prepared choices is gambling with a pair of twos.” — Thomas Wright

“Never has so much risk…been undertaken with so little apparent planning.” — David Rothkopf 1/2

05.03.2026 12:13 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0

people’s chamber — and this is how he’s treated?? Please share. #BlueSky #MedSky #LawSky #PoliSky #iran

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A U.S. Marine veteran was dragged out of a Senate hearing today and assaulted by Repub. senator Tim Sheehy.

Brian McGinnis stood up and said: “No one wants to die for Israel.”

Seconds later he was forcibly removed. Reports say his hand was broken.

A Marine speaks his mind in the 1/2

05.03.2026 04:21 👍 14 🔁 6 💬 4 📌 7
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Pam Bondi subpoenaed to testify on Epstein files by House Oversight Committee The Republican-led committee voted to subpoena the attorney general after a motion to do so by Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

04.03.2026 21:23 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

BREAKING: House Oversight panel voted to subpoena AG Pam Bondi in Epstein scandal. Passed 24-19. #BlueSky #LawSky #MedSky #PoliSky #epstein

04.03.2026 21:22 👍 19 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 0

Videos missing. Audio missing. Logs missing. The public deserves answers. Victims deserve justice. HOLD. THE. LINE.” #BlueSky #MedSky #LawSky #epstein

04.03.2026 19:26 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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NEW: The Epstein story isn’t over — not even close..

Rep. Nancy Mace: “We’re moving to subpoena U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi.

The DOJ claims all Jeffrey Epstein files were released. That’s not true.

he American people still don’t have the full truth. Millions of documents remain. 1/2

04.03.2026 19:26 👍 12 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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Thoughts?
#BlueSky #MedSky #Iran #PoliSky #LawSky

04.03.2026 18:24 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

be reposted this week. #BlueSky #MedSky #epstein #LawSky #PoliSky

04.03.2026 18:11 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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There Are 47,635 Epstein Files Offline for Review, DOJ Says Among the unreleased documents are a woman’s unverified allegations against President Trump.

NEW: The DOJ confirms 47,635 Epstein-related files were taken offline for review after missing documents were identified.

Among them are a woman’s unverified allegations against President Trump when she was a minor. Trump says the files “totally exonerate” him.

The documents are expected to 1/2

04.03.2026 18:11 👍 9 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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Elite Doctors Served Jeffrey Epstein While Treating His ‘Girls’

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/u... #BlueSky #MedSky #LawSky #PedsSky #IMSky #PoliSky #epstein #NurseSky

04.03.2026 15:09 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

young women from overseas he was having sex with—ordering pelvic exams, liposuction, & mole removals, paying for $800-an-hour therapy & dental work, then sometimes cutting off care entirely. When one woman begged for $600 to refill her acne medication, his reply was one word: “Ignore.”2/

04.03.2026 15:09 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Elite Docs Treat Epstein's "Girls"

More than a dozen elite doctors allegedly gave Jeffrey Epstein VIP medical access—stitching injuries on his dining room table, sharing women’s private health info with him, & even routing STD cases to avoid reporting.
Epstein also used those docs to control 1/3

04.03.2026 15:09 👍 10 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 0
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"Trump wants us to "move on" and drop our Epstein investigation.

We're not going to." — Rep Robert Garcia
#BlueSky #LawSky #MedSky #PoliSky #epstein

04.03.2026 14:32 👍 8 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0

#LawSky #PoliSky #iran #WarSky

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