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It has been six days since President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at facilitating regulatory review of psychedelics that have shown potential as psychotherapeutic catalysts. As promised then, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today issued “national priority vouchers” for two psychedelics: psilocybin as a treatment for depression and methylone (a.k.a. MDMC) as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The FDA had previously designated both drugs as “breakthrough” therapies, meaning they “may demonstrate substantial improvement over existing therapies on one or more clinically significant endpoints.” Although that designation is supposed to streamline the review process, the vouchers…
Bayer bought Monsanto in 2018 for $63 billion —a few months before Monsanto lost its first liability case for causing non-Hodgkins lymphoma. I was not a close observer of the case, but the win seemed to hinge on documents obtained during discovery that revealed Monsanto knew a great deal about the injuries its product caused but deliberately hid those findings. Once there was a win—and the jury awarded the plaintiff with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma hundreds of millions, later reduced—the bandwagon effect began, with other lawyers seeking plaintiffs to sue Monsanto. Eventually over 100,000 plaintiffs were suing Monsanto/Bayer for cancers related to…
The conflict in the Middle East is plunging an already fragile Iranian economy into freefall. Source link
The US has failed to bomb Iran into submission. Now, from the strait of Hormuz to nuclear concessions, Tehran senses its position strengthening Source link
The abolition of the slave trade, or, The inhumanity of dealers in human flesh exemplified in the cruel treatment of a young negro girl of 15 for her virjen [sic] modesty. Illustration by Isaac Cruikshank, 1792. British Museum catalogue. When one person hurts another, common sense dictates that the person should apologize and, preferably, make amends for the harm they may have caused. Apologize, make amends, and ensure it won’t happen again. These seem like basic rules of coexistence. Coexistence among people, but also among sectors of a society and among entire nations. History shows us that coexistence is not…
A ceasefire to the Iran War entered its 17th day on Friday, one day after President Donald Trump announced a three-week extension to the declared ceasefire in Lebanon, where Israel has waged war in recent weeks. After Trump’s announcement, Israeli and Lebanese media both reported continued violence and blamed the other side for violating the ceasefire. In a post on X Friday morning, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said that “for the first time in decades, three aircraft carriers are now operating in the Middle East at the same time.” Those carriers are the USS Abraham Lincoln, USS Gerald R. Ford,…
The president’s latest nonsense is notable because of the degree to which it’s a sign of things to come. Source link
In the eyes of the bar and California court, Eastman’s thoughtcrime, punishable with professional destruction, was lawyering for MAGA. Source link
Getting 'a Read' on Kevin Warsh's Monetary Policy Views Source link
Photograph by Michael Leonardi This week the European Union once again proved it is not a union of values but a cartel of arms dealers, Zionist interests, and craven subordination to Washington and Tel Aviv. On April 21, 2026, EU foreign ministers gathered in Luxembourg and flatly rejected calls from Spain, Ireland, and Slovenia to suspend — even partially — the EU-Israel Association Agreement. The agreement, which grants Israel privileged access to European markets and deep institutional cooperation, remains untouched. Germany and Italy led the charge to block any meaningful action, ensuring that business as usual with a state committing…