Psychologist, psychoanalyst, researcher, activist. Boston.
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#RFKJr wants to take away #COVID #vaccines (and then move on to #childhood #preventable #diseases). You can see it in the works now. Write to your member of #Congress now. This makes it easy to do so. @defendpublichealth.bsky.social actionnetwork.org/letters/writ...
We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health By Former CDC Directors William Foege, William Roper, David Satcher Jeffrey Koplan Richard Besser, Tom Frieden, Anne Schuchat, Rochelle P. Walensky & Mandy K. Cohen www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Concern over "replacement migration" makes the racism at the center of fascist politics clear. 'We need more people. Only the right kind of people.'
The United States is the only place on earth where poor people shun unions, free healthcare, and free education because the rich tell them to.
Ground-breaking, fundamental U.S. climate science by Roger Revelle, Charles David Keeling, Wally Broecker, Susan Solomon and many others helped shape the IPCC's work and helped make it urgent. About 50 U.S. researchers are working on the panel's next round of reports, without federal support.
"The courts have been unpersuaded that we live in a state of permanent national emergency that is global in scope and decades-long in duration, requiring swift executive action on the theory that Congress could never assemble in time to address the issue. … www.nationalreview.com/corner/divid...
According to this report, Trump is screwing the National Guard troops he is deploying to Democratic-run cities. Not a smart move if you want loyalty from the troops.
Trump has another idea to damage the health of Americans. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/01/n...
During Jim Crow, many states mandated that anyone seeking to register to vote or apply to a state university had to have multiple voters/alumni “vouch” for their character. It was an easy if unsubtle way to maintain all-white (or mostly-white) institutions
It’s time to teach Susan Collins a lesson.
The people of Afghanistan desperately need international help. The regime doesn't have the resources or expertise to help the who need help. The barbarity of the regime shouldn't be used as an excuse to not help people in desperate need.
NEW: Nadler will not seek re-election, citing the need for a new generation of leaders. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/n...
The horror has outgrown the word “genocide.” It has become an understatement. (Mosab Abu Toha)
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's claim that CBS News edited her interview to hide a criminal's MS-13 gang affiliation is incorrect. The full transcript shows she made the claim. CBS added an editor's note that Kilmar Abrego Garcia has not been charged with gang-related crimes.
You know all those slasher-horror movies where they go in the haunted house or down the basement? And you scream, "OMG, how TF could they be so dumb!?" Yeah, well – that's America right now, with RFK jr as the head of HHS, including the CDC, NIH, etc. No good endings. Insane AF.
If anyone missed my long-form explainers, I have great news!
A local diner was raided by ICE and 14 people were kidnapped, and most of the locals seem more concerned with where they're going to get their hashbrowns than with anything else. Unfriendly reminder that immigrants, refugees, asylum seekers and migrants don't owe you labor to deserve respect.
An 83-year-old relative sent this to me today and said he’s so inspired by Starbucks workers and their fight for a contract that he sent this to his friends and asked them to share it with everyone they know. 🥹
Ghislaine Maxwell's deposition was not under oath. She was not video taped, which is very unusual for a deposition. And there are many cuts where they stopped the audio tapes so lawyers could confer with her off-the-record. None of that stuff is the way you do a deposition.
Here's the response from Paul Bryant, the Black veteran and lawyer whom the govt arrested in part bc he had a legal weapon in DC, to USG attempt to get him detained. It leans heavily into the lack of Body Cam proving he shoulder checked some Guardsmen. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
As Trump attacks unions and occupies our city, we’re called to remember how we got here. Labor Day would not exist without the workers who fought and died at the Haymarket Massacre and the Pullman Strike in Chicago. It’s not a coincidence he’s targeting Chicago:
Thank you on this labor day!!
i know i shouldn’t be surprised at the speed with which america’s news outlets have pivoted to stenographers and propagators of trumpism but it’s still startling to see stuff like this
Portland, Maine crowd as Democratic US Senate candidate Graham Platner takes the stage today.
Vaccine sceptic RFK Jr has called for the retraction of a Danish study that found no link between aluminium in vaccines and chronic diseases in children — a rare move... “Kennedy has demonstrated that he wants the scientific literature to bend to his will”, says Oransky. Scientific American
Way to rise up San Diego Labor Day ✊
This should be getting far more attention from the media, and it should be investigated as a hate crime. A 14-year-old Black teen was targeted, beaten, and dehumanized with racial slurs by white teens while people stood around cheering. 1/4
“No more great again… No more great again… Big crime in DC at the White House…” Some lyrics from Neil Young’s newest protest song… I just had to share…
#OtD 1 Sep 1937 the USSR began their first deportation of an entire ethnic group moving 175,000 Koreans, including partisan vets, and 8,000 Chinese to unpopulated areas of Uzbekistan and elsewhere. Their homes were mostly given to European immigrants stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/7716...
REPUBLICAN @repthomasmassie & DEMOCRAT @rokhanna.bsky.social are holding a bipartisan news conference on Wednesday with 10 victims of Epstein demanding the House vote on the files Speaker Johnson has been avoiding. www.foxnews.com/politics/kha...
The Washington Post covered the story on the left, but ignored the story on the right. Luckily, Democracy Docket has you covered. Support independent pro-democracy media. Subscribe today. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
Kressly: I expect in the next couple of weeks, this is going to get worse. You’re going to hear from the same administrative people who have gutted the expertise needed to promote child health — pushing false narratives like, “we need to look at the link between vaccines and autism.” That is a lie.
It’s still early, but pretty good turnout so far for Bernie Sanders and Graham Platner’s (running against Susan Collins) rally here in Maine today.
More truth tellers fired by the regime.
It seems that the UK has been taken over by Stephen Miller.
The United States is now Putin's deportation partner. Russian political refugees who sought safety in the U.S. are being returned on charter flights. Upon return, they face hours-long interrogations by security services. 🧵Here's what is known about the latest flight:
🔥 Philly D.A. Krasner says they have decades-low homicide rates AND incarceration rates––because they’ve invested in youth. “Whoever told you that locking people up made you safe, it didn't. Investing in people & their basic needs is what makes you safe." “It’s time to stand up––or get trampled."🔥
Hey Congress – make Alex Acosta's testimony public and televised. There's absolutely no ethical reason for it to be private and transcribed. Nefarious AF. We need to hear your questions. We want to see him squirm. We need to see him squirm. Yet another sign of a cover-up.
🚨We🚨Must🚨Not🚨Allow🚨Brutalization🚨Of🚨Protesters🚨To🚨Be🚨Normalized!!!
MAGA Host’s Wife To Die Thanks to RFK Jr., But He Blames Biden
Unions built this city and keep it running. They’ve fought against power and greed to make the impossible possible. Now, they need an ally in City Hall. On Labor Day, the presidents of the Hotel Trades Council, 32BJ and SEIU 1199 make the case at @cityandstateny.bsky.social.
I wish people would stop blaming COVID mitigation policies for the acceleration of right wing extremism, and instead acknowledge the fact that we endured a mass casualty and mass disabling event that was mismanaged by narcissistic authoritarians who shifted the blame to marginalized communities
If we don’t stand up for these victims, who will ?
That was my point.
Thinking about how the great Barbara Ehrenreich nailed one of the primary problems with modern journalism a full decade ago. “The real face of journalism today: not million dollar-a-year anchorpersons, but low-wage workers and downwardly spiraling professionals…“ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Fifty-one of the 85 Federalist papers were written by a guy born in Nevis.
🚨 US medical community warn RFK Jr. is a danger > 9 former CDC Directors, with 100 years of leadership, publish warning in NYT "Time to rally to protect the health of every American" > American Academy of Pediatrics "Deeply troubled & alarmed" > National Nurses Union "It is time for him to go" 🚨
Revoking an entire nationality’s visas is collective punishment and never acceptable — especially in this moment when millions of Palestinians lack equal rights, basic healthcare, and so much more at home, forcing them out of the US is unfathomably cruel. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/w...
Amazon hates its workers.
A Labor Day reminder: today there isn't a single city, metro area, or state in the U.S. where a full-time minimum-wage worker can afford a modest 2-bedroom apartment. Millions of people with jobs—even multiple jobs—aren't safe from homelessness in this country.
In Batshit Rant Trump Seems to Beg John Roberts to Rule before Full Brunt of His Tariffs Hits www.emptywheel.net/2025/09/01/i...
"Eighty-six percent of those who voted among the 500-member International Association of Genocide Scholars backed the resolution declaring: 'Israel's policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide in Article II of the United Nations Convention for the... Crime of Genocide.'"
Israel Is Committing Genocide in Gaza, International Association of Genocide Scholars Says www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
How can you tell if he is delusional or a very good liar?
MO Gov Mike Kehoe is calling a special session to gerrymander the 5th District which encompasses Kansas City. He is specifically violating Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which bans any voting practice that denies or weakens the power of a racial minority to elect its preferred candidates.
Throughout the last five years, if you ever want to check the truth of a situation- follow the money. The insurance companies haven’t glossed over either COVID or Climate change.
9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American." It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Troops in the streets and he thinks he’s going to get a Nobel, peace begins at home
Greta Thunberg is saying the truth we all know "Why are our government failing to step up and uphold international law?" "We are attempting to sail again with desperately needed humanitarian aid, But we are also delivering a message of hope and solidarity" Watch 👇
The very possibility of privacy is being destroyed with little fanfare. Imagine how happy dictators must be.
Oops! Well, this is awkward 😊 YouGov survey shows shift in attitudes to Brexit debate & suggests Nigel Farage’s continued hostility towards the EU is not even landing with his own partys supporters 55% of Reform UK voters want a permanent youth mobility scheme for young people in the UK and Europe
The White House posts that the US has now taken in $8 Trillion in tariff revenue so far. Preposterous insane lies on an hourly basis.
Another genocide expert, whose family suffered the Holocaust, says the case against Israel is among the strongest ever and that countries aiding Israel are complicit. www.populismstudies.org/professor-sc...
DESCRIPTION: self-described alpha male, wearing body armor, assault rifle, and wraparound sunglasses because he’s “afraid of nothing.”
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6GvjPcr/ How in the HELL does any government lawfully deport 600 unaccompanied minors? Who does that? Who the fuck are we? What are we? What have we become?
What does it say about the UK that they've seen the devastation that Donald Trump has wfecked on the US and they may elect his British counterpart to similarly destroy the UK. Thankfully, it may be easier for Scotland to go it's own way than it is for Blue states in the US.
An upcoming news conference with victims of Jeffrey Epstein could be “explosive,” one of the congressmen pushing for full release of the files on Epstein predicts. Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna said the victims’ accounts will force lawmakers to vote on a bill requiring DOJ to release its files.
Can the media STOP referring to Jeffrey Epstein as a “financier”? The money he made came from SEX TRAFFICKING MINORS, RAPING CHILDREN, and BLACKMAIL. He was NOT a financier. I’ve seen at least five stories from three outlets refer to him this way in the past week. This is the latest from the Times:
They did. But we have to hope that they want to blame anyone for today's horrors. I think, rather, they'll all take credit and escalate. Blaming Trump would be a good sign for our future.
#bebest 😆
Unafraid to speak truth to power, President of the American Academy of Pediatrics Dr. Susan Kressly joins @vinguptamd.bsky.social on Meidas Health for a powerful discussion on truth, conviction, and her deep commitment to ensuring optimal childhood health for the nation amid chaos at the CDC.
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“in six months sec. kennedy has undermined 60 years of vaccine preventable diseases in this country.” dr. tom frieden frmr dir of CDC let that sink in-the damage this regime has inflicted on us.
senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, former chief economist to Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) & director of budget and spending policy for Marco Rubio’s 2016 presidential campaign👇🏽
"An active assault on virtue, wherever it exists" www.liberalcurrents.com/let-it-burn-...
This war crime has been brought to you by the Boston Consulting Group in conjunction with the Trump Organization
wow
Oh, Andy Borowitz. What a gem you are.
Canadians continue to target Red States with special zeal.
Why is the Draft Dodger-in-Chief trying to drag us into a war with Venezuela? The claim is that drug cartels are so out of control they’ve been designated an international terrorist organization, so we need to send warships. But we’re denying Venezuelan’s asylum claims who fled for their lives. 🤔
Weekly U.S. COVID update: - New cases: 133,057 est. - Admissions: 9,314 (+15%) - In hospital: 6,268 (+12%) - In ICU: 762 (+20%) - New deaths: 295 - Average: 249 (+11%)
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ICE procurement activity since August 22, totaling ~$19M. Companies highlighted in yellow are new to the "Who's Profiting from ICE?" map, available here: bit.ly/3TgUZEq Source: USAspending.gov
Margaret Atwood is 🔥 #abpoli #Alberta
Just saw a clip on ABC news that showed a small Guatemalan child being led to a plane for deportation with her ankles shackled. This country has lost its soul.
This is the second judge in a week that has brought up the fact that the government can't be trusted with clear instructions - likely because the government ignored Judge Boasberg's order to turn the planes around last March saying "verbal orders from judges don't count."
British "Conservatives" commit to doing their best to destroy the future. Conservatives used to claim to want to preserve the best, now they want to destroy it.
Kaoru Yamada
He obviously knows where he’s going.
Sunny Courtyard Nikoletta Kiraly
