CBarberMD

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Emergency Med physician (25 yrs) & science journalist | Contributor @fortune @time @SciAm. Author: Runaway Medicine. Championing evidence, truth & democracy.
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JUST IN: A Trump-appointed federal judge just referred DOJ attorneys to a disciplinary committee after condemning misconduct so severe she said it had “shaken her faith in the DOJ entirely.”

The judge accused DOJ of misleading courts, withholding information, and showing a “blatant disregard” for ethics. http://bit.ly/4dSauh7 #press

Trump-picked judge refers DOJ attorneys for discipline after scathing rebuke

A federal judge appointed by President Donald Trump referred Justice Department attorneys to a disciplinary committee Friday after condemning them for misconduct so severe she said it had shaken her faith in the DOJ entirely.U.S. District Judge Mary McElroy of Rhode Island issued the referral under ...

Raw Story

BREAKING: The Trump administration just put it in writing to federal courts: the controversial $1.8 BILLION “anti-weaponization” fund is dead.

DOJ says the administration has officially abandoned the program after bipartisan backlash and court challenges. https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/05/politics/anti-weaponization-fund-trump-blanche

Trump administration puts in writing to courts that the $1.8B ‘anti-weaponization’ fund is dead

The Justice Department told two federal judges on Friday that cases challenging President Donald Trump’s “anti-weaponization fund” are moot because the administration has abandoned the program.

CNN

The remaining “60 Minutes” correspondents say they’ve decided to STAY.

Why? “We don’t want to see 60 Minutes die.”

But they also stood firmly with fired colleagues, saying they were pushed out for defending the show’s “independence and integrity.” They’re staying to “fight” for “independent, fearless journalism.”

Think about how bad things must be for this to happen at 60 Minutes.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/06/05/60-minutes-correspondents-who-kept-their-jobs-pledge-stay-fight/ #press

‘60 Minutes’ correspondents defend fired colleagues, say they will stay

Lesley Stahl, L. Jon Wertheim and Bill Whitaker also criticized their bosses, however, saying their colleagues were treated “shabbily.”

The Washington Post

UNREAL. You could be declared DEAD by your own government… while still alive.

Trump officials reportedly planned to mark 2.7 MILLION LIVING PEOPLE AS DEAD in Social Security records.

A whistleblower says the list included immigrants, U.S. citizens, legal residents, teenagers, seniors — even voters.

Declared “dead” = no paycheck, bank account, benefits, insurance… and no vote.

TERRIFYING. 😳

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/05/doge-planned-falsely-mark-27-million-people-dead-whistleblower-says/ #press

Trump officials planned to mark 2.7 million living people as dead, whistleblower claims

A former Social Security executive said the plan, which was not carried out, would have used a death database to pressure immigrants to leave the country.

The Washington Post

NEW: Astronauts on the ISS were told to take shelter in a SpaceX Dragon after NEW air leaks hit a Russian module that’s been leaking since 2019.

Nothing says “all good up here” like astronauts sitting in the escape pod while engineers patch the walls. 🚀

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/nasa-astronauts-shelter-evacuation-alert-space-station-air-leak-rcna348655

NASA orders astronauts on evacuation alert as space station air leak worsens

NASA ordered five astronauts aboard the International Space Station to shelter in a SpaceX spacecraft and prepare for potential ​evacuation as a Russian crew attempted to fix a worsening air leak.

NBC News

JUST IN: Trump-backed SAVE Act just FAILED in the Senate.

The bill would have required Americans to prove citizenship with documents like a passport or birth certificate just to register to vote — despite research showing millions don’t have easy access to them and noncitizen voting is exceedingly rare.

It also would have forced every state to submit voter rolls to a DHA system that has wrongly flagged U.S. citizens.

Trump called it a top priority. The Senate just rejected it.👏

Hiring 50+ lobbyists is usually a sign an industry sees trouble coming.

Ohio’s data center industry just did exactly that. After taxpayers learned data center tax breaks reportedly cost $1.6 BILLION in 2025, companies and trade groups ramped up lobbying, launched Facebook ads, and built a PR apparatus to push back.

The AI infrastructure war just turned political.

https://signalohio.org/as-political-pressure-mounts-ohio-data-centers-buy-10000-dollars-in-ads-and-lobby-up/ #press

As political pressure mounts, Ohio’s data centers buy $10,000 in ads and lobby up 

The data center industry has hired 54 lobbyists in Columbus, and an industry trade group spent $10,000 last month in pro-data center ads on Facebook.

Signal Ohio
Trump passed out again during his Oval Office announcement.

🏔️ MOUNT EVEREST MIRACLE: Sherpa guide Hillary Dawa Sherpa, missing for nearly 6 days at 25,000 feet, was found alive—crawling out of the Khumbu Icefall toward Base Camp. Frostbitten. Barely speaking. Somehow survived one of the deadliest places on Earth. Absolute miracle.

https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/everest/sherpa-missing-mount-everest/ #press

How Did a Guide Disappear on Mount Everest? A Survivor Takes Us Inside the Latest Climbing Tragedy.

A veteran Sherpa guide has disappeared on the world’s highest peak amid the rush to beat the season’s official deadline.

Outside

“Disgusting and reprehensible.”

The Sierra Club blasts Trump’s $700M taxpayer giveaway to coal—upgrading 13 plants, backing new coal projects, restarting old ones, and boosting exports.

More pollution, higher power bills, and sicker Americans—why is Trump using taxpayer dollars to prop up coal billionaires while putting the rest of us at risk.

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5910696-trump-coal-power-dpa/ #press