New research estimates that as many as 2.2 million more people could die of tuberculosis if U.S. cuts to foreign aid become permanent.
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New research estimates that as many as 2.2 million more people could die of tuberculosis if U.S. cuts to foreign aid become permanent.
âawful people donât deserve to be killed, but they donât deserve to be praised, eitherâ is apparently a thought too complex for the pundit mind
There are violent extremists on the left but they are not in charge of the party. You can find them on social media, not in the halls of power. The violent extremists on the right are in congress, on courts, and sitting in the Oval Office.
Do you remember when I posted about the House Demsâ science fair for canceled research? and I got so many responses saying âwhy?â âwhatâs the point?â Well, tomorrow, UCLA is hosting their own science fair for canceled research, and I bet you, they were inspired by the Dems So, THATS the impact.
Nope. His "work" caused actual harm. He didn't "engage through spirited discourse". He spewed hate & misogyny.
I'm attending No Kings's event, âNO KINGS Martha's Vineyardâ - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
"Itâs likely that the President lacked any affirmative domestic authority to order the strike, and the strike itself appears to have violated several legal prohibitions. Those legal transgressions, however, arenât necessarily the most significant thing about the strike. âŚ
This is what happens when justice serves power instead of people. Banksyâs latest piece shows a judge beating a protester. They rushed to throw up barriers to hide it. We need this here because it looks a lot like our own Supreme Court vs. the people.
Access to health care is a right, not a privilege. Adelita Grijalva stands for expanding coverage and lowering costs for families in #AZ07. #Vote for the leader who will be ready on Day 1 to work for you in Washington. Join your neighbors in voting NOW - find your location at iwillvote.com #AZ07
Again, I say: police should have to carry PERSONAL malpractice insurance just like healthcare professionals do. The police officer should be made to answer for and pay for their bad behavior, NOT TAXPAYERS!
A professor who was actually canceled - fired - and crickets from the hysterical âanti-cancel cultureâ crowd.
Everyone should just start wearing masks like ice, then they can't tell what color you are Sunglasses, mask, hoodie.... gloves now you are all set to grocery shop......
The White House Press Secretary, the official spokesperson for the Trump administration, told reporters in an official briefing that the president wants to invade "every Democrat-run city" with troops. Any media still pretending that this is about "crime" is making a conscious choice to lie to you.
This is the way
www.nokings.org Good Morning Everyone All Over our Country The PEOPLE will rise up On October 18th, millions of us are rising again to show the world America has no KINGS, and the power belongs to the people Please share this !! Let's Go
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"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New Yorkâs Next Mayor?" A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons. Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
Justin Douglas, the progressive Harrisburg pastor who pulled one of the biggest local election upsets of 2023, has announced heâs running for Congress in PA10. Itâs one of the most flippable GOP-held seats in the country. Good time to read this @boltsmag.org profile: boltsmag.org/dauphin-coun...
ok so on 16 June 2023 I had a dream that I was writing an album, and that the album was called "Through This Fire Across from Peter Balkan." I wrote the dream down and went back to sleep In the morning, I said: "What if?" Today, the first song from the album is released! www.mountain-goats.com
As this article notes, one of the potential new ACIP members is affiliated with the Independent Medical Alliance, formerly the Frontline Covid-19 Critical Care Alliance, known for promoting the anti-parasitic ivermectin for Covid. This is the second IMA affiliate apparently headed for ACIP.
At this point abolishing ICE and reforming the Supreme Court have to be non-negotiables for every 2028 Dem.
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Sorry. We just hate him here.
Why do parents get to choose possible disease, disability or death for their children? They're not allowed to beat or starve their children. Why are they allowed to harm them by forgoing medical care? This seems abusive. Kids have the right to grow up, not paralyzed, not dead, if it's preventable.
Why actual disabled people should be consulted when designing accessibility:
What a dangerous, assholic ass Ladapo is!
Word to Chicago protesters: going âfloppyâ is a tactic that annoys police, wastes their resources, and makes them look bad.
Why do Nazis always look so angry? Is it because being a Nazi is actually no fun?
What if all of Chicago (or any other occupied city) just stayed home? Yes, it would be hard on people, but maybe the action would only have to last a few days before trump's stormtroopers looked like utter fools policing completely empty streets?
This is a great piece by @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social with helpful tips for addressing COVID misinformation. As a science communicator, my experience is that the best way to win people over is with empathetic real world conversations and it's work we all need to do if we want to turn things around.
Seems to me, the âPresidentâ just declared war on his own citizens.
if i had the opportunity to ask a question of anyone in the administration, given this "war in chicago" messaging, i would ask them how many americans the president intends to kill in his war
The last two months in which American economy lost jobs were June 2025 and December 2020 -- both while Donald Trump was president. Never happened under Biden.
Republicans always cause recessions! But trump does it faster & more bigly!
CHICAGO!!! Weâre out protesting at the Broadview Detention Center (1930 Beach St) where ICE is detaining and deporting our neighbors. Weâve scared them off once today. Come by and help us do it again.
This campaign has produced the best ads/content of any Democratic campaign Iâve covered since Obama â08 and itâs not really close.
This is obscene! No one, & especially not Elon, is worth paying 1 trillion for *anything*!
GIFT article: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...
đ¨ âď¸ đ¨ âď¸ FLOOD THE ZONE!! We are 2 GOP votes short of the House votes needed for the discharge petition to release the full Epstein file. Two votes. SoâŚyou know what to do. With calls and emails! Then share this. To find the GOP member of Congress nearest you, go here: house.gov
@warren.senate.gov: Mr. Kennedy, you said, "If vaccines are working for somebody, I'm not going to take them away." No exceptions, no ifs, ands or buts... Then last week, you announced the COVID-19 vaccine is no longer approved for healthy people under the age of 65
Postering for Progress kicks off September 6 - 7, a two-day race to see who can spread our message the farthest. Hereâs how it works:
đ¨BREAKING: Cleta Mitchell thinks President Donald Trump may declare a national emergency to allow him to take control of national elections. Her comments will add to growing concern that Trump is plotting a way to use his power over the military and federal law enforcement to rig next yearâs vote.
Just listened to an interview with The New York Times' Sheryl Gay Stolberg. Someone who attended prep school with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recalled watching him place metal cutlery under the dining hall table and holding a lighter to them. This was so the boy clearing the table would burn his hands.
As a gov shutdown looms, the GOP is in the House engaging in more politics of the absurd and helping to cover up the Epstein files for a WH that is threatening Members if they sign on to a discharge petition. To my colleagues across the aisleâdo what is right. The petition is there at the desk.
Ohhhhmygod!!! Look how many people are supporting down-ballot Democratic nominees in Missouri. This is just within the last few weeks. We are taking the fight to them. Scroll through the list for a little balm for your soul. â¤ď¸
CHICAGOANS: We're almost a month into petitioning season and we need to connect with voters all across the Ninth District. The most important thing you can do right now to help my campaign is volunteer to collect petition signatures at farmers markets...
If you can make it, I hope you will.
For more than a decade, Andrew Cuomo pretended he had nothing to do with deteriorating subways and endless delays â even as he siphoned off funding from the MTA he controlled.
It's not normal for an American president to send troops to American cities in times of peace. Chicago, document what you see and be loud for America.
It doesnât matter if you feed your kids organic foods, MAHA moms. It doesnât matter if you lift every day, bro. It doesnât matter how many supplements you consume. When polio, diphtheria, measles, mumps, and whooping cough come a calling, all that matters is if you are vaccinated or not.
Epstein survivors say theyâre compiling their own client list. âWe know who abused us. We saw who came and went. This list will be survivor-ledâfor survivorsâ
Gift link: #Medsky www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
We have some parents in our practice who choose to separate every vaccine. It means SO MANY MORE shots & doctor visits. And the kids hate it. I remember one older kid catching up on missed/delayed vaxs told his mom "Can't we just do more & get it over with?"
Vinay Prasad, a former adult oncologist, has moved to disrupt the childhood vaccine schedule by asserting - against all evidence - that administering multiple vaccines at the same time âcould blunt their efficacy.â The added burden/delay of separating shots would sharply reduce US vaccination rates.
I know, I know, but: The president of the US saying, literally, "we're going in" in reference to sending the military to an American city for no reason beyond terrorizing the local population should be the most immediately impeachable shit imaginable
again weâre seeing how the glide path toward authoritarian overreach here is disrupted by regular people than by big institutions or the powerful people who run them
Not today, Satanâźď¸ Got this garbage in the mail a few days ago. Republicans trying to trick California voters into voting NO on Prop 50. Suddenly they care about âdemocracyâ? Please. Vote YES on Prop 50. Donât let the cheaters write the rules.
Remembering when the NYT went on a weeks-long bender covering a decades-old real estate deal the Clintons were involved in, in which they *lost money*.
This is literally the largest act of union busting in American history. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...
Trump on the cover of French magazine Le Point. Translation: âMan from Moscowâ Le Point is a major French weekly news magazine. It is considered a center-right / conservative-leaning publication.
You won't see this on the news. In fact, you may not see this anywhere. Residents of Washington D.C. march up 14th Street on Saturday August 30, 2025 chanting "Troops Go Home".
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 jobsâeven multiple jobsâaren't safe from homelessness in this country.
Hey @colorado.gov we need this here in Colorado.
Unions built this city and keep it running. Theyâve 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.
When will Red States learn? Everything trump touches dies. Stop kowtowing to an incompetent rapist!
9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nationâs 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...
If you enjoy⌠Weekends Safe working conditions Retirement benefits Paid vacations Breaks at work Sick leave Paid holidays ⌠then youâre part of the labor movement. Happy Labor Day.
ABC News is still calling RFK Jr. a âvaccine skeptic.â The dude was one of the most prominent anti-vaccine activists for decades. Thereâs video of him in 2023 saying that thereâs no vaccine which is safe and effective. You can call him an anti-vaccine activist!
Okay. I just came back to this and you arenât calling these efforts resegregation yet, you absolutely should be
Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare. Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Streetâs greed. Getting big money out of politics. Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages. If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!
wow
When it happens I hope it is public and humiliating
This should be EVERYWHERE! No more anonymous ICE!
Why Isn't Donald Trump's Declining Health Being Covered by Corporate Media? Where are the op-eds & news programs calling for Trump's resignation due to his declining health, impaired abilities, & march towards fascism? Oh, yeah, "both sides" corporate journalism. open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
When does our military finally stabs up to that dictator and his unlawful orders? Until they do, as long as they become his useful tools, weâre a dictatorship.
It is great to see the local news interviewing pediatricians and emphasizing the importance of vaccines. âJanco said the most common illnesses doctors see once the school year starts up are COVID-19, pertussis â also known as whooping cough â influenza, strep throat and respiratory syncytial virus.â
Iâm serious. This REALLY infuriates me. @nbcnews.com @cbsnews.com @cnn.com Do your job. You failed to lift this up in 2024. If farmers are hurting, explain why and who is to blame. And remind Americans that we paid BILLIONS for Trumpâs first tariff blunder. Itâs so irresponsible to ignore this.
New Mexico is overriding the federal government on the topic of COVID19 vaccines to ensure their residents can access them. States hold a tremendous amount of public health power. They should use it.
Trump is breaking all govt agencies & we're losing the services our taxes paid for
Trump is breaking government agencies so he can be dictator
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson just drew a line in the sand...refusing to let Trumpâs troops or ICE turn his city into a staging ground. Thatâs not politics...thatâs spine. Fire...fight...and the kind of defiance America needs right now.đĽ
The extent to which ICE is ignoring all civil rights and due process is astounding â and indicative of a culture where theyâve been told they can do literally no wrong. Agency and admin leaders must face sanctions and legal consequences.
The maddening thing is that we know EXACTLY how to prevent this. Yes, kids should get vaccinated, test, stay home when sick, mask as much as possible. But even without any of that: Better ventilation and filtration in schools can MASSIVELY reduce viral spread, for all sorts of respiratory diseases.
RFK Jr.'s #2 is stepping in as acting CDC director. You need to call your Congress people now and demand hearings until RFK is forced out. They're politically weak for another 48-72 hours, then they'll do unbelievable damage in the next month. Show me that you called and I will give you a reward đ
Dr. Deb Houry (resigned from CDC yesterday) is giving live media interviews now outside the CDC. From what I can hear, she's speaking forcefully in favor of public health and against the nonsense the CDC is facing. Understand: She is a very cautious person. This means a lot! #USAnotRFK
We need a shadow CDC now! Recruit everybody who's still at CDC and who recently left and fund it by a coalition of blue states. Universities and state labs can donate space and equipment for work that needs to be done in person. Make it a model for other "shadow" departments.
Why aren't articles of impeachment being brought against RFKJR every day? I know that's the House's job & it won't pass, but good god! GOP tried to overturn the ACA every damn day to keep it in the news. Dems need that energy
Tick tock. Tick tock. RFK Jr.'s time is running out. Today, Senators Cassidy and Sanders both challenge RFK Jr's reign of (t)error at HHS. Call your Senators and Representatives. U.S. Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224-3121
There is a massive walk out at the CDC by staff unfolding right now. It is NECESSARY. I stand in solidarity with my CDC colleagues. standing up for science and public health. It is a moral imperative.
They're openly calling to lock up every trans person by force. We need every ally to speak out forcefully against this because trans folks cannot do this on our own.
