Prasad has only been showing up at the FDA 3 days every 2 weeks. Prasad is commuting from CALIFORNIA. Notably the FDA is *paying for his travel* to and from California. In-person work for thee but not for me. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Prasad has only been showing up at the FDA 3 days every 2 weeks. Prasad is commuting from CALIFORNIA. Notably the FDA is *paying for his travel* to and from California. In-person work for thee but not for me. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
I'll keep saying it: RFK Jr. is a deadly threat to our public health and safety. He is razing CDC, NIH, and other health agencies to the ground—putting politics and deranged conspiracy theories over science. We need bipartisan oversight immediately, and he must be FIRED.
As a federal judge ruled today, Trump is illegally misusing the Guard in the service of "creating a national police force with the President as its chief"
This sounds too real.
Free idea for a dystopian novel for my writer friends: an unhinged, fascist leader of a country dies. His political party, recognizing that they cannot survive without “dear leader,” creates a chat bot of the deceased leader with whom they can consult on policy. In essence, our first AI president.
He even screwed that one up. people.com/rfk-jr-sibli...
Portland, Maine crowd as Democratic US Senate candidate Graham Platner takes the stage today.
DO IT, just to watch MAGA heads explode 🤣
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
Something that has been missing from the Trump administration’s review of the Epstein case: considering the survivors. This week, they speak out, and we should all be listening. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
I love this guy
"[M]aybe the president’s health is totally fine — but given the questions and the importance of understanding the state of president’s mental and physical well-being, it’s all the more critical that the press dig into this." @vermontgmg.bsky.social gives 6 "clear reasons" for the press to dig in.↘️
This Labor Day, never forget: the sitting President said we have "too many non-working holidays." Happy Labor Day, workers.✊
NEW SUBSTACK: TRUMP CHECKED! For years Trump has wielded executive power like a hammer—bludgeoning democratic norms, ripping apart families, and trampling constitutional rights. But now, at last, the judiciary is rising to remind him: you cannot rule by decree when the Constitution stands above you
So the photos we get of the “golf outing” today is a pale and feeble looking one of him getting to a car at the WH and this one of him returning. Nothing from the course.
Wise advice to cities targeted or shall I say invaded by ICE Small towns are also seeing these unlawful kidnappings too Spread the word! All it takes to stop them is a few arrests Show the video to your local DA
We all know Trump’s strategy is to try and overwhelm people so they’ll unplug and he can complete his power grab. Here’s how to fight back. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
This whole thing is great but the highlighted bit made me laugh out loud. 😂 Marlon on Snoop:
Trump declares intention to issue an Executive Order mandating Voter ID for all votes, restricts mail-in voting to exceptions, and insists on paper ballots only.
We keep seeing this exact gaslighting over and over — @RepJohnRose & Sexton also said this to NC5 $1 TRILLION in Medicaid cuts only impacting people who *shouldn’t be on it* + “waste/fraud/abuse” is nonsense Also: if all this fraud exists, why 0 arrests?
CALIFORNIA FRIENDS - IGNORE THE DISINFORMATION. VOTE YES ON 50 Stop Trump from Rigging the 2026 Election
Trump said tonight he is going to issue an executive order purporting to require enforcement of voter ID rules: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u... The president has no such authority to order how elections are conducted.
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.
Who voted for war with Venezuela?
HAPPY LABOR DAY Let's keep and strengthen: ✔️8-hour workday ✔️Unemployment Benefits ✔️Workers Compensation Laws ✔️Employer-Based Health Coverage ✔️Family and Medical Leave Act ✔️Workplace safety AND THANK A UNION
RFK Jr must be fired. He’s too deranged and full of himself to leave voluntarily. So it’s vital to convince Trump that keeping Kennedy around drains his own political power and thus his personal wealth by so visibly endangering the health of everyone in the U.S. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Little kids with brain cancer. That’s who Donald Trump and RFK Jr. are screwing over by cutting health care.
For the 2nd most rural state in the country, Mainers have stayed consistently engaged in #theresistance. It's making a difference in public opinion. #Maine #MEpolitics #RESIST #EveryEffortCounts Here's the list of Maine (and border) towns for Labor Day 2025, Workers Over Billionaires:
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES....THE ORANGE IS IN IT.
The press should use long lenses and take photos of his every move. He isn't special and doesn't deserve special treatment.
Media should hound him at least half as much as they hounded Biden. But they won’t.
Lookin’ good President Biden!
Not looking too good for him.
No , he doesn’t look well.
CHICAGO…
The book banning cancer is spreading. Good article includes the complete list at the end.
Well this is sobering : “produce prices could rise 50% to 100% by early next year as inventories clear and new contracts kick in” < fortune.com/2025/08/28/t... >
Thank you, Rep. Evans, for calling out this insanity and supporting impeachment! The remedy to the madness is already in the Constitution: Impeach. Convict. Remove.
Trump wasn't seen yesterday by the White House press pool. He wasn't seen today. He has no public events scheduled this weekend. Trump hasn't been seen in public since Weds, and it's unclear if he'll be seen in public until Tues. That's pretty damn weird.
A Democratic candidate for prosecutor in Virginia wants lawmakers to ban ICE agents from operating while masked or while concealing their identities; she says she’d then prosecute those who don’t comply.
Let us know if you see anyone trying to weaponize SB 412, or law enforcement, against librarians or teachers in your community.
SB 412 won’t change the fact that library books are not “harmful.” But it will allow bad actors to unleash fresh terror on librarians and educators by filing frivolous claims.
The most prominent and fervent book banners in FL and Texas don’t have any kids enrolled in the districts where they are challenging books. They are determining what your children read.
Turns out when you treat teachers well, invest in students, and focus on improving schools, you get real results. Illinois now ranks third in the nation for our education system for a reason.
Ashli Babbitt died doing what she loved—being a domestic terrorist.
If Ashli Babbitt's parents really wanted to avenge her death they would, instead of pitifully whitewashing her legacy, be suing Fox News for filling their child's gullible head with dangerous nonsense that directly led to her death.
📣 #VIRGINIA Dems need to keep control of the legislature and regain the Governor's office. Massive protest turnout won't mean ANYTHING unless people also VOTE FOR DEMOCRATS UP & DOWN THE BALLOT. Donate today: #Blue25 secure.actblue.com/donate/vablu...
📣 I've also created a SECOND VA fundraising page focusing on the REDDEST districts in the state. Most of these Dems won't win, but funding them means they can run competitive races & force VA Republicans to defend "safe" turf. Donate today! secure.actblue.com/donate/vaval...
Page One in #NY21. www.nny360.com/news/it-s-be...
Me, waiting for all the Epstein files MAGA promised on day 1.
TRUMP: "I killed over a million people with my inability to understand disease." RFK Jr: "Hold my horse dewormer."
Open planning to deny democratic elections. Some of it unlawful political warfare. Some of it like mail in ballots sheer stupidity.
In 2008, Thiel made the unqualified O'Neill the managing director of Clarium Capital, handling billions of dollars. Why? O'Neill had zero finance experience or training - at least per what's on his LinkedIn, which omits 1990-2001. He must have had some earlier link to Thiel. What was it? 2/
New acting director of CDC Jim O'Neill expressed being pro paid organ donation. "There are plenty of healthy spare kidneys walking around, unused."
LYING LEAVITT OF THE LARGE CROSS Leavitt says Monarez was fired because she wasn't aligned with "Trump's Mission. If she wasn’t, it’s unclear why that wouldn’t have been determined in April when he nominated her, or any time after. www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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.
I pray this administration will disappear.
here's today's post: "fascism, but with morons" — can’t any of these clowns do their jobs without fucking up? thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff —
Here's Sen. Bill Cassidy -- chair of Senate HELP Committee + a doctor -- giving a Senate speech in support of confirming RFK. He said yeah, RFK is a threat to public health, but he said we'd have "an unprecedentedly close collaborative working relationship." www.cassidy.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...
Note: Cassidy also claimed that he received assurances that vaccine safety would not be dismantled. His senate committee still holds responsibility for oversight. He shouldn't have a moment's peace -- journalists and voters should be demanding answers. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
For no particular reason, here's the breakdown of the Senate's vote to confirm RFK Jr. to lead HHS. Every Republican but one -- Mitch McConnell -- voted to put a guy notorious for pushing dangerous lies and disinformation about vaccine safety into this job. www.senate.gov/legislative/...
He and the rest of this administration have some sort of psychosis.
He and several others should be removed.
It's possible ... hear me out, here …. It may well be that these people lie their asses off whenever they exhale
To the FEMA employees who are being targeted after they raised concerns about our country’s disaster response readiness, I’m grateful for your service and willingness to take personal risk for our national security. 1/4
Pick a state, any state: acasignups.net/ira-subsidy-...
RFK and the wacky zealots who surround him are endangering the nation’s health and future well being. MRNA vaccines are safe and effective - full stop. Kennedy must resign if the nation is to be safe.
⚡️ Russia reportedly flying drones over US arms routes in Germany.
Dr. William Foege, 89, who helped end smallpox in the 1970s, recently wrote: RFK Jr.’s “words can be as lethal as the smallpox virus.” And his actions are more lethal still. He’s waging war on America. That’s an impeachable offense. He must be removed from office. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/h...
Everyday, a new hell.
#NIH is hanging by a thread. The #CDC has been decimated. #RFK Jr. and Russell #Vought are psychopaths--I don't say this frivolously--they are cold, calculating, inflicting violence on millions through public policy. It is where we are right now. These men are not normal. 1/
This regime is a Pathocracy chock full of psychopaths: RFK Jr, Vought, Bondi, Noem, Miller, Homan, with a malignant narcissist at the helm (combo of sadistic, narcissistic, paranoid, psychopathic) — and the immense power of the US government is in their hands, to abuse and use against us
This is absolutely catastrophic for U.S. higher education, and for U.S. global leadership. Just the latest in a series of senseless acts of self-sabotage by a malevolent administration bent on making the United States weak and poor.
EPSTEIN Epstein Epstein Epstein Government buying stake in private companies: socialism Epstein Epstein Epstein President having stakes in those companies: corruption Epstein Epstein Epstein Worrying about Cracker Barrel logo instead of governing Epstein Epstein Epstein EPSTEIN
🚨 How much more will ~488,000 #ILLINOIS residents have to pay if Republicans let the improved ACA subsidies expire? acasignups.net/ira-subsidy-...
Prices are up and better yet, the jobs are going away. Trump’s shitshow economy is becoming a double-flusher. https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/more-u-s-companies-plan-to-slow-hiring-in-second-half-of-2025-183c4c5f
DON'T. INTERVIEW. A. CHILD. AFTER. A. TRAGIC. EVENT. MSNBC.
CHAOS ERUPTS AT CDC CDC Director Susan Monarez has been ousted after RFK Jr. demanded she change her policy on the COVID vaccine. Top officials from the Vaccine Unit, Zoonotic Division, and the Chief Medical Officer are resigning, per reports. Horrifying news for public health.
This was a wonderful resource for all women.
Striking: New Quinnipiac poll finds 56% of voters nationally oppose Trump's sending of National Guard into DC. Only 41% support it. Independents oppose it by 61-34. Trump's overall approval on crime is cratering at 42-54. That sound you hear is a lot of dimwitted pundit narratives imploding.
Is anyone shocked by this? www.politico.eu/article/cove...
🚨 How much more will ~235,000 #NEWYORK residents have to pay if Republicans let the improved ACA subsidies expire? (IMPORTANT: This doesn't even address the 1.7 MILLION New Yorkers enrolled in the Essential Plan) acasignups.net/ira-subsidy-...
NEW QUINNIPIAC POLL: Trump approval rating: 37% Trump's handling of: Crime: - 12 Russia/Ukraine: -12 Foreign Policy: -16 Economy: -18 Trade: -18 Israel/Hamas/Gaza: -19 Sending weapons to Israel: -28 National Guard to DC: -15 Epstein files: -48 Smithsonian: -27 poll.qu.edu/poll-release...
Yes. Please drive out the crime. Start with dear father.
Breaking News: The head of the CDC, Susan Monarez, has abruptly left her job after a tumultuous first month that included dramatic shifts in vaccine policy and layoffs. nyti.ms/45CwkRD
Maybe they should be rethinking the purpose of their enlistment.
This white person did not vote for the fascist. No one in my immediate family did, nor my friends. Only my hair cutter did, and I ditched her.
Jeremiah🏳️🌈 
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