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Of the 12 federal government agencies included in Gallup’s survey, the Postal Service (58%) and NASA (53%) receive the highest percentages of “excellent/good” ratings. The Food and Drug Administration (25%) and CDC (26%) receive the lowest.
Full story: on.gallup.com/4z2ZrJY
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Oof.
ADA Admits Mistakes and Issues a Partial Apology - ConscienHealth conscienhealth.org/2026/10/2…
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A watershed for FDA regulation. Every patient on the vaccine arm got a different product, with neoantigens chosen from sequencing of each person's own tumor. So FDA had no single active sequence to review. The IND pre-specified how the product would change for each patient.
#ESMO26 embargo lifted following breach.
Detailed data confirm Moderna $MRNA and Merck $MRK cancer vaccine met key endpoints in melanoma trial
Personalized mRNA therapy reduced disease recurrence by 42% compared to standard treatment
statnews.com/2026/10/22/esmo…
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Look at these numbers for lobbying in the last quarter, via Politico influence. Brian Ballard’s firm is at $35 million for the quarter, almost doubling anyone else in Washington.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced a massive meat recall on more than 1.5 million pounds of hot dogs, deli meat, bacon, bratwurst, and more. wfla.com/news/national/massi…
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@FDATobacco welcomes Jessica Zeller as director of CTP’s Office of Compliance and Enforcement, effective Nov 1. Ms. Zeller has over 20 years of experience leading nationwide compliance and enforcement, and legal and regulatory affairs programs. Learn more: fda.gov/tobacco-products/ctp…
ALT CTP names director for Office of Compliance and Enforcement
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How much snow could your city see this winter? ❄️ Here are our snowfall predictions for a few cities across the United States.
Check out AccuWeather's full winter forecast: bit.ly/3WzhKIo
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Dang. We got Ober Gatlinburg over here sharing snowbird graphics from Facebook. Lmaooo we are so cooked.
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DEFICIT: For the fiscal year through September, the deficit widened to $1.99 trillion, Treasury Department figures showed on Friday. That marks about a 12% increase on the $1.78 trillion gap recorded for last year @theterminal
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DDHQ FORECAST UPDATE (10/15): House
Democrats now have a 77% chance of winning the House, with a forecasted seat total of 235.
Recent ratings changes:
MD-1: Safe R -> Likely R
MI-7: Lean D -> Likely D
VA-5: Likely R -> Lean R
WA-5: Likely R -> Safe R
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SCOOP: While Bo Hines was leading the White House’s push to pass the Genius Act, Tether—the company with the most at stake in the bill—was steering millions of dollars to a company he co-owned.
Right after the bill passed, Tether hired him as its U.S. chief.
[Gift link] wsj.com/politics/policy/cryp…
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The US FDA Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) has announced new members of its Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee (TPSAC) and is accepting nominations for future members.
skipscorner.substack.com/p/t…
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OOPS
GOP ad buyer mixes up Portlands, spends money meant to help Maine Sen. Susan Collins in Oregon
The PAC boosting Collins is "absolutely furious" at the "ridiculous error" made by the buyer, which takes blame and has refunded the money.
w/ @MrArenge: nbcnews.com/politics/2026-el…
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BREAKING: Christa Pike has been discharged from the hospital and returned to the women’s prison where she spent 30 years, her attorney says. apnews.com/article/christa-p…
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Congress members on AF1 with us to Clarksville, Tennessee for a campaign rally before midterms: Sen. Bill Hagerty, and Reps. Chuck Fleischmann, Andy Ogles, Diana Harshberger, David Kustoff. Among staff with us are Susie Wiles, Steven Cheung, Ross Worthington, Natalie Harp, Margo Martin, Reid Dagul, Trevor Kerr, Molly Medeiros.
Several Republicans are on the ballot in Tennessee, where the president last visited the two weeks ago, including two US senators: Hagerty is up for reelection, and Marsha Blackburn's seeking the governor's office.
Trump's trip to Tuscaloosa today for the Alabama v Georgia game was canceled because of bad weather from Hurricane Isaias.
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As expected, the NJOY / Helix v. FDA lawsuit will be put on hold following FDA’s September 28 announcement that it intends to revisit and potentially replace the 2021 PMTA rule.
A federal judge agreed to halt Altria Group Inc.’s challenge against the US Food and Drug Administration’s policy for evaluating premarket tobacco applications, as the agency seeks to revise the current framework. news.bloomberglaw.com/health…
