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Sarah Karlin-Smith

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Research Director at Public Citizen's Access to Medicines program. Former journalist covering intersection of pharma, health policy & politics. On Signal at SarahKarlinSmith.34 Views are mine.

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@atrupar.comOct 11, 2026, 2:31 PMReposted by @sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.social

Mamdani: "What you could see in the videos is bystanders outside unsure as to what they were even seeing. Because in that imagery, it feels as if you’re almost looking at a mass shooter as opposed to seeing someone who’s purportedly representing a federal agency."

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@atrupar.comOct 11, 2026, 2:36 PMReposted by @sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.social

Mamdani: "We are talking a federal agency that is ripping families apart, that's willing to endanger the lives of a 5 year old child as well as any New Yorker in the surrounding area, % then after the fact, seeks to blame the person and the city at large as opposed to reflect upon their own actions"

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@matthewcort.landOct 10, 2026, 2:26 AMReposted by @sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.social

I welcome Donald Trump to the fight for Medicare For All.

@sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 8:07 PM

I don't think I realized they were breaking law if they bought the cans in NJ versus NY.

@sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 8:04 PM

When I was a kid growing up in NJ, my parents saved our cans and brought them to NY for refunds when we visited family. At some point we stopped because as we grew older we had more activities and less time to visit and I think also reduced soda drinking.

@dmehro.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 4:51 AMReposted by @sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.social

NEW: Footage from Thursdays shooting shows an ICE agent in a construction vest brandishing a rifle. His name is Brenden Cuni. Federal judges have found multiple arrests involving Cuni unlawful. He has been accused of repeatedly Tasing a handcuffed man and tackling a pregnant woman in Minneapolis.

wired.comICE Agent at NYC Shooting Has History of Alleged Violence and Illegal ArrestsBrenden Cuni, an ICE supervisor, has been accused of excessive force and tackling a pregnant woman to the ground. Several of his arrests were later found to be unlawful in federal court.
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@brandonfriedman.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 12:54 AMReposted by @sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.social

This is Nazi rhetoric, full stop. It's not only a call to instigate a race war in the United States, but it's reminiscent of historic European justifications used to incite pogroms against Jews. People who say things like this are incredibly dangerous, as there is nothing they won't eventually do.

LLaura Bassett@lebassett.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 12:32 AM

Trump is desperately trying to incite a riot before the election so he can declare an emergency

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
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The once Great State of Minnesota is being taken over by Somali Immigrants. There is Violence, Murder, and Mayhem all over the State. The people of Minnesota must fight back. You have been robbed, and abandoned by your State Government. Your Governor is an incompetent thief who doesn't want to get involved. He just wants to get out of town with as much as he can steal, and then, lead a quiet life. The Somalians should not be allowed to get away with what they are doing. They view you as weak and stupid people. Fight back Minnesota, fight back! If you need, the Federal Government will come to your rescue.
Governor Tim Walz, and Mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frey, must immediately ask for Federal help - and leave the rest to us!
President DONALD J. TRUMP
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Oct 08, 2026, 4:30 PM
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@motherjones.comOct 9, 2026, 1:03 AMReposted by @sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.social

BREAKING: A federal immigration agent shot a man in the Bronx on Thursday afternoon, the latest of nearly two dozen such shootings in the past two years. A statement by New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani indicated that the man had a five-year-old child in his car.

@sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 1:04 AM

If it’s chicken parm the only sauce I expect is tomato.

@brianpjcronin.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 11:39 PMReposted by @sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.social

"Several law enforcement agents were still at the scene, including one who was wearing a reflective vest of the kind worn by construction workers and wielding an assault-style weapon with one hand..."

@gillianbrockell.comOct 8, 2026, 2:04 PMReposted by @sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.social

Also, I want to highlight this part of the case for all the pilots and avgeeks out there. I’ve heard ICE is doing this with manifests from a number of sources, but this is, as far as I know, the first confirmation. Really shows the complicity of the pilot-in-command. This was an Omni flight.

In the latest court filing, ICE officials did not deny any of his claims, and appeared to confirm at least one of them, saying the charter flight's manifest—a printed receipt given to pilots listing all passengers and crew on a flight—
"served as the travel document."
@rgoodlaw.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 11:26 AMReposted by @sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.social

Stephen "Miller did not want the facilities that were comfortable. He did not want facilities that were humane. We were told point-blank that that was not what the administration wanted."

www.npr.org/2026/10/08/n...

@sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 3:19 PM

Industry routinely argues as though every dollar of revenue is equally essential to discovering new medicines. It isn’t.

@sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 2:52 PM

No, Americans don't have better "access" to drugs because of the higher prices here ...

www.statnews.com/2026/10/08/u...

@sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 2:31 AM

Drivers using unprotected bike lanes as drop off, pick up zones is a constant hazard for me.

@gillianbrockell.comOct 8, 2026, 1:46 AMReposted by @sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.social

BREAKING: A Trump-appointed judge has ruled DHS violated the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment when it removed Ahmed Soliman to Equatorial Guinea and must facilitate his return to the US. prospect.org/2026/10/07/f...

prospect.orgFederal Judge Rules DHS Must Bring Back Gay Arizona Man Imprisoned in Africa - The American ProspectA Trump-apppointed judge ordered Ahmed Soliman must be returned to the United States.
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@sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 8:02 PM

Gotta love PhRMA...they got 99.999 of what they wanted, whittled this down to nothing and are still suing saying it will harm innovation and patients.

news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...

@sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 2:53 PM

pharma companies in this report: Pfizer, Biogen and Charles River Laboratories.

@rickclaypool.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 11:13 AMReposted by @sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.social

Since Trump took office, @publiccitizen.bsky.social has tracked the admin's retreat from enforcement against corporate lawbreaking.

Today, our new report documents the admin's cancellation of investigations, lawsuits, & penalties against more than *200* corporations.
www.citizen.org/article/trum...

citizen.orgTrump’s Cascade of Canceled Corporate Enforcement Against Over 200 Corporations - Public Citizen
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@publichealthguy1.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 7:32 PMReposted by @sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.social

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