Trump and Dr. Oz want AI to decide which Medicare patients get care—and they're giving AI companies a profit-incentive to deny coverage. Everything about this is sick and wrong. Tell Congress to intervene NOW:
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Trump and Dr. Oz want AI to decide which Medicare patients get care—and they're giving AI companies a profit-incentive to deny coverage. Everything about this is sick and wrong. Tell Congress to intervene NOW:
the impacts from climate change will effect, differently of course, every living creature. Human activity is the cause, varied and long standing. It is profoundly stupid for our leaders to try to ignore climate change that is evident in every one of the 50 states.
More than 85 American and international scientists have denounced a Trump administration report that calls the threat of climate change overblown, saying the analysis is riddled with errors, misrepresentations and cherry-picked data to fit the president’s agenda.
The one where a national reporter finds out what I’ve said all along about Dems focusing on Epstein— voters are not focused on the files. Every group I’ve spoken to is concerned about Medicaid cuts and grocery prices and high rent. I hope Democrats will listen. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
This doesn’t mean we shouldn’t find justice for victims, but there will be no justice under the GOP. The only way to get the GOP out of office is to listen to voters. I know this post will piss some off, but I’m in the trenches with voters every week. I talk and I listen.
Last week, when I was in Iowa, do you know what the big controversy was? Windmills. Who’s talking about windmills right now? It’s a huge issue in Iowa along with their poor water quality. Listen to voters.
To put the effects of this distinction in more concrete terms: The order *does not* require the Trump administration to withdraw the remaining national guard troops. It can still use them for things like protecting federal property. But not for domestic law enforcement. bsky.app/profile/anna...
Such stupid remarks.
Maria Bartiromo thinks we're making a big mistake by thinking the wind will blow and the sun will shine in the future.
BREAKING: We have sent a letter to the GAO calling for immediate legal action to stop Trump from withholding $4.9B in foreign aid. The President is required to spend these funds as Congress instructed & his refusal is unlawful. Read HERE: www.democracydefendersfund.org/prs/9.2.25.-pr
We had actual an actual assassination of a Democratic legislator in Minnesota two months ago & it’s completely disappeared from the National Conversation™️. This happens the time over & over again 👇
Moving Space Command away from NORAD is stupid. Colorado already has the existing ecosystem to support both the command and the operations. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
If only they would actually follow them instead of displaying them on government property.
The rule of law matters. The separation of powers matters. The Constitution matters. We are a nation of laws, and no one is above the law ⬇️
Rep. Nadler, you're a mensch. Thank you for your leadership, your selflessness, and your decades of service to New Yorkers. www.nydailynews.com/2025/09/02/j...
September 1-3. Washington DC. Join the Removal Coalition. Show up. Speak out. Let yourselves be seen, heard, & felt where it matters the most! You can't afford to wait, as that will make things only far, far worse. You are M I L L I O N S. USE that power‼️ & spread the word. bsky.app/profile/clif...
A goal this fall should be to change the discourse from “crimes were committed” to “Trump committed crimes and should be prosecuted.”
🚨 The silence is over. Tomorrow at 10:30 AM, survivors of Epstein’s abuse will speak on Capitol Hill. Reps. Ro Khanna & Thomas Massie will stand with them. Listen to the victims. Believe them. RELEASE THE FILES ‼️
Under Dr. Oz, Medicare is launching a pilot program that will use AI to determine whether patients would be covered for certain procedures. Companies running the program will be paid a share of the savings from rejecting claims. Who in their right mind voted for this? No one.
I agree! I just don’t understand how people think he’s masculine. Someone needs to take his makeup away and whatever he has on his head 😊👍that will help a tiny bit 😊
CHARLIE SYKES (@sykescharlie.bsky.social): Trump has tapped into this really visceral hatred of the other and the desire to inflict pain and suffering on them. That is one of the ugliest aspects of his presence in our politics, and we saw that with the "Mass Deportation Now!" signs.
Too many women already have to travel hours just to get maternity care. Congressional Republicans’ Medicaid cuts will force even more hospitals to close their doors. We should be strengthening access to care, not making it harder for moms and babies. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
In NYC, employers now must list the salary ranges for open jobs. But a proposed City Council bill would go even further, allowing *current employees* to request the salary range for their position, to see if they're underpaid relative to their coworkers. www.cityandstateny.com/opinion/2025...
#Ukrainian forces destroying Russian Solntsepyok Heavy Flamethrower System right as it was firing a round. Reportedly, this happened around Vovchansk in Kharkiv region. 📹State Border Guard Service of Ukraine
The "Big Beautiful Bill" is Orwellian—in that it's deceptively named—because it's really a Big Ugly Bill, that disproportionately hurts low and middle-income people and families, in the same way…
It’s almost as if the Big Ugly Bill seems written with the intent to help destroy a country from inside out. 🤔
…exponentially increases ICE and military budgets—all this to INCREASE THE DEBT CEILING BY ABOUT $5 TRILLION. This bill is literally the Deal with the Devil, aimed at hurting low and middle income people and families.
“No tax on tips” is a scam. This provision in the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” expires in 2028, and only allows a $25k exemption (and excludes “gig” workers and independent contractors), while the rest of the tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires extend in perpetuity. Why is this?
Virtually no coverage, in the mainstream media, highlighting Trump’s SIXTH meeting with his boss, Putin, since the beginning of this year. This meeting comes on a day Congress is set to pass the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill.”
As provisions of this bill mostly take effect right before midterms, remember that this Big Ugly Bill is entirely a creation of so-called “conservatives” and Registered Republicans.
In politics, it’s almost always about selecting the lesser of two evils. However, keep in mind that NOT ONE Democrat politician voted for this so-called “Big Beautiful Bill.”
Bold of you to assume we will have fair elections again—when Trump and Elon have indicated no.
I received this email from the SSA as well. It is a complete lie. Social Security income is still taxed — the Big, Ugly Bill did NOTHING to change that. Welcome to 1984, folks.
The United States also has a bigger per capita jail and prison population than the prison populations of China, Russia, and Saudi Arabia put together.
Every single Republican member of Congress has turned their back on the values they campaigned on: voting to block the release of the Epstein files.
FYI, after AEDPA’s passage, one estimate shows that the success rate for habeas relief is as little as 0.29 percent—which yea, less than one percent is effectively habeas suspension.
Nah, this was no “coding error.” The United States government has been out to destroy habeas corpus, without a constitutional amendment, because it stands in the way of its tyrannical power.
The Trump Tariffs are making the price of everything go up quickly. Produce at Costco up at least 20 percent in the past month. Things on Amazon that used to cost ~$80, now ~$100. Gas is up. Cost of everything rising. And this is just the beginning, as T essentially started a trade war.
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It took $130,000 of grad plus loans for me to become an epidemiologist. Loans that I’m within shooting distance of paying back 6 years after graduation. Ive never regretted my education especially as one of the only Black students in the program at Tulane. Im hurt there wont be more girls like me
Trump repeatedly asserts "no one is above the law" in his lawless, weaponized attacks on our fellow Americans and his demolition of our democratic institutions. Our job is to spotlight his lies, confront the danger and identify concrete solutions that can hasten this regime's demise. bit.ly/4mVlzzu
Why do you appreciate unions? I’ll start: Weekends off Paid vacations Work breaks Sick leave Paid holidays No child labor Safer working conditions Health care and retirement benefits
www.facebook.com/share/v/1Cbw... We can not ignore the threat the criminal President represents to All Americans
New York City health officials said on Friday that they had identified two city-owned sites, including Harlem Hospital, as the sources of an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease that had killed seven people and sickened over 100 more in recent weeks.
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there is no question in my mind that rfk jr is the most dangerous person in this administration and that his eugenicist ideology threatens the lives of millions of people www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday that he would not issue visas to Palestinian officials to prevent them from attending the annual UN General Assembly in New York next month.
News that DOE won’t mention.
Trump is 10 days older than I am. If he can cause as much mayhem as he does every day, the least I can do is make a bit of good trouble every day. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-i-cant-retire
Wake. Up.
No King in the USA!
Neil Young singing the truth
"What we need are laws that change the behavior of technology companies" regarding biometric privacy, EFF’s Adam Schwartz told @NPR.org. "Otherwise these companies will continue to profit on what should be our private information." www.npr.org/2025/08/28/...
The GOP loves to brand itself the ‘law and order’ party. BS. They’ve sat with their thumbs in their asses while Trump shredded the Constitution. Not a leader among them worthy of being called a "man," and yes...that includes MTG.
When Trump claims he can ‘do anything’ as president, he wants us to take him at his word. And unfortunately, many do. But the reality tells another story: he is largely a paper tiger whose power is checked by four distinct forces out of his control.
Every Republican senator voted to confirm RFK Jr. as health secretary except for Mitch McConnell, who is retiring and thus was under no re-election pressure. The entire Republican Party has embraced anti-vax policies. It is pro-polio, pro-measles, pro-Covid. It's a death cult.
His plan: - ban cell phones in Ohio schools (they’re already banned) - bring back Science of Reading (it’s in place now) - physical fitness (Tressel is already doing it) - merit pay (tried, failed) - destroy teachers unions (tried and failed) And so on. It’s truly hot air.
Thousands of Mike Johnson's own constituents are at risk of losing Medicaid coverage following the passage of a budget bill he pushed for. And it’s all so he could help bankroll more tax cuts for corporations and the super-rich. Don’t let him forget.
CDC director Susan Monarez declined to fire agency leaders or to accept all recommendations from a vaccine advisory panel made over by Mr. Kennedy, according to people with knowledge of the events. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/h...
In 2024, I deployed the California Highway Patrol to operate regional partnerships in Bakersfield, San Bernardino, and Oakland. As a result, crime is down — with 9,000+ arrests, nearly 5,800 stolen vehicle recoveries, and 400+ illegal gun seizures. We're going to hold the line on these strategies.
things you don't ever expect to see in print "It is unusual for federal border agents to make arrests during the fighting of an active fire, especially in a remote area." www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Public health is under assault. The purge of CDC leadership, people with decades of experience guiding the nation’s response to health threats, dismantles the very programs and direction that keep Americans safe from infectious diseases, chronic illness, injuries, and violence.
Unfortunately if all the boxes get check marks, then we will be living (or already are) in an authoritarian country. Will Trump allow mid-term elections unless he can assure results favor him?
New, from me: America is no longer a functioning democracy. It is a competitive authoritarian system, hurtling rapidly toward authoritarianism. This was a hard piece to write but we can't move forward if we don’t acknowledge where we are. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
Breaking News: Read three top CDC officials' resignation emails. The end of an era. insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
I do not understand why government officials resign when asked to do something bad. The resignations will no longer be treated by the public like a scandal. It’ll be out of the news within 24 hours. People should stay and force the White House to fire them. Do not make it easy.
Resignations can make a difference! In 2005, Dr. Susan Wood resigned from the FDA to protest political delays in approving Plan B, saying she could no longer serve when scientific evidence has been overruled. In 2006, Plan B was approved for OTC use for ages 18+, and in 2013 with no restrictions.
Never before in our history has one man exercised such unbridled discretion affecting the lives of so many of us, while simultaneously preventing others — Congress, the courts, the American people — from having a say or even knowing what he’s going to do next. This is what dictatorship looks like.
Will wonders never cease?
Just hire anyone to make decisions in the CDC; won’t hurt anyone. Really
Just a heads up. I was able to schedule my COVID vaccine appointment. Online it will ask “do you have a condition that puts you at high risk for severe outcomes from COVID-19 virus.” Click yes and it will allow you to schedule an appointment. No questions asked. No proof required. Pass it on.
Loss of an independent Federal Reserve to the desires of whomever is President will not be a good thing with Trump or with subsequent Presidents, assuming we won’t be a oligarchy.
Another step toward total crazy 1984-like government
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What a miserable person.
French and Canadian researchers have shown that faulty mitochondria directly drive memory loss in dementia. Using a new tool to boost mitochondrial activity in mice, they restored memory performance, proving cause and effect for the first time. buff.ly/2REM0fd #ShareGoodNewsToo
A child meets her dad. She has never seen him because he was in Russian captivity for such a long time. A wife hugs her husband after waiting 1,193 days for that. A dog rejoices at the return of his owner. Joyful and deeply touching moments of yesterday’s prisoner exchange. 📹: Radio Liberty
Cat sitting in front of the fire, keeping warm Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. 614, f.3r @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
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We cannot allow Trump to attempt to take over elections. The President has no say to interfere with state and local operations of elections. Allowing him to do anything will be the end of American democracy.
Americans have believed in the rule of law so faithfully that we cannot contemplate what happens when it disappears. Younger nations or those with histories of dictatorship and autocracy know better — which is why they are quicker to take action to preserve their democracies.
"Great design in government isn’t about fonts and colors. It’s about whether a small business owner can get help without waiting months; whether a senior can see their doctor without wondering who will be peering through her files ... ." —@erie.bsky.social
"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any." . ~Alice Walker
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Enshitification of Oval Office & entire people’s house. My new favorite word for Trump administration.
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Yes. Collapsing all fed law enforcement into one undifferentiated, untrained, masked force. "Agents said they worried the changes would transform the FBI from an investigative agency focused on national security into something more akin to a federal police force..." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/u...
Hegseth expecting DC residents to try to harm National Guard members?
@duckworth.senate.gov is sounding the alarm. But @schumer.senate.gov and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social are not up to the moment - Wall Street is unfazed by authoritarianism and they are both too closely attuned to those interests.
Another enshitification (thank you Cory Doctorow) of a Federal agency. Joining EPA, NPS, NIH, etc. etc.
What Trump is doing in DC is not a distraction. The white-supremacist coup is using Congress's August recess to take over the nation's capital. Members of Congress and their staff will find themselves constantly surveilled and at risk of being disappeared by Trump's masked secret police.
Be sure to study the graph of electric generating capacity additions in the United States. Shifting from coal to solar . Reality
Medicare and Medicaid were created to erase have-nots of medical care because of age or income. Now MAGA ie. Donald Trump and Project 2025 are bringing back such barriers to getting care.
Millions of Americans could lose access to care because of proposed Medicaid cuts. That means more people facing medical debt or skipping care altogether. Join us on Aug 26 at 7:30 PM with Dr. Doug Robinson to hear the impact on our communities and how we can all help protect access to healthcare.
MAGA doesn't want to research how to help people who are in categories they dislike.
The Christian nationalists will need someone else to teach them to beat their children…
I’m a (nearly) 90-year-old gay Japanese guy. Do I count? Because his face is very sandwichable.
