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Not in the mood for any of this. You can find me under a blanket with some cheese and a cat (or 3).
CA is also losing 2000 or so public health jobs from one single line item (SNAP-Ed) cut by H.R. 1, along with deep tires to community programs and ultimately ripple effects in agriculture, food retail, and other industries. Other states, too, I just can't speak to their numbers.
🗞️ Media release from The George Washington University announces new report which finds FY 2026 budget cuts to CDC would lead to losses for state and local economies.
✅ States losing over 1,000 jobs each could include GA, CA, FL, TX, AZ, IL, NY, & PA.
✅ 42,000 jobs lost nationwide could happen.
✅ States losing over 1,000 jobs each could include GA, CA, FL, TX, AZ, IL, NY, & PA.
✅ 42,000 jobs lost nationwide could happen.
New Research: Proposed CDC Budget Cuts Harm Public Health | Media Relations | The George Washington University
A new report by George Washington University researchers finds that proposed Fiscal Year 2026 budget cuts to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, if enacted, would endanger public health an...
mediarelations.gwu.edu
September 11, 2025 at 6:46 PM
CA is also losing 2000 or so public health jobs from one single line item (SNAP-Ed) cut by H.R. 1, along with deep tires to community programs and ultimately ripple effects in agriculture, food retail, and other industries. Other states, too, I just can't speak to their numbers.
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“‘They’re blowing right through separation of church & state,’ said Heidi Beirich, co-founder of the Global Project Against Hate & Extremism.
‘They have no respect for other faiths. And in fact, that includes a lot of Christians who don’t agree w/ this far-right version of Christianity.’” 9/7/25 …1/
‘They have no respect for other faiths. And in fact, that includes a lot of Christians who don’t agree w/ this far-right version of Christianity.’” 9/7/25 …1/
Texas attorney general wants students to pray in school – unless they’re Muslim
Ken Paxton, who is running for US Senate, is urging schools to say the Lord’s Prayer as a Republican law goes into effect
www.theguardian.com
September 7, 2025 at 5:15 PM
“‘They’re blowing right through separation of church & state,’ said Heidi Beirich, co-founder of the Global Project Against Hate & Extremism.
‘They have no respect for other faiths. And in fact, that includes a lot of Christians who don’t agree w/ this far-right version of Christianity.’” 9/7/25 …1/
‘They have no respect for other faiths. And in fact, that includes a lot of Christians who don’t agree w/ this far-right version of Christianity.’” 9/7/25 …1/
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🚨 UPDATE on the current COVID vaccine access situation in the US.
Please note that this is based on state laws but different things may be happening on the ground, and some pharmacies are defaulting to federal guidelines instead of state laws.
Please note that this is based on state laws but different things may be happening on the ground, and some pharmacies are defaulting to federal guidelines instead of state laws.
September 6, 2025 at 8:07 PM
🚨 UPDATE on the current COVID vaccine access situation in the US.
Please note that this is based on state laws but different things may be happening on the ground, and some pharmacies are defaulting to federal guidelines instead of state laws.
Please note that this is based on state laws but different things may be happening on the ground, and some pharmacies are defaulting to federal guidelines instead of state laws.
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The Rosegarden CLUB? He turned the People's House into a private CLUB?
He literally privatized a public good. He stole our house.
Do you understand? This is no different than if he seized the Grand Canyon & put it behind a velvet rope, for members only.
He's a fucking thief & a vandal to boot.
He literally privatized a public good. He stole our house.
Do you understand? This is no different than if he seized the Grand Canyon & put it behind a velvet rope, for members only.
He's a fucking thief & a vandal to boot.
I really resent my tax dollars being spent on this
September 6, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The Rosegarden CLUB? He turned the People's House into a private CLUB?
He literally privatized a public good. He stole our house.
Do you understand? This is no different than if he seized the Grand Canyon & put it behind a velvet rope, for members only.
He's a fucking thief & a vandal to boot.
He literally privatized a public good. He stole our house.
Do you understand? This is no different than if he seized the Grand Canyon & put it behind a velvet rope, for members only.
He's a fucking thief & a vandal to boot.
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White Christian Taliban shit right here.
Time to stop tiptoeing around it. These people are fanatics pursuing a Holy War. It’s a critical piece of the threat assessment that should inform our strategies. (Psst. They’re not just going to hand back power.)
Time to stop tiptoeing around it. These people are fanatics pursuing a Holy War. It’s a critical piece of the threat assessment that should inform our strategies. (Psst. They’re not just going to hand back power.)
September 6, 2025 at 1:24 PM
White Christian Taliban shit right here.
Time to stop tiptoeing around it. These people are fanatics pursuing a Holy War. It’s a critical piece of the threat assessment that should inform our strategies. (Psst. They’re not just going to hand back power.)
Time to stop tiptoeing around it. These people are fanatics pursuing a Holy War. It’s a critical piece of the threat assessment that should inform our strategies. (Psst. They’re not just going to hand back power.)
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Remember when one of the wealthiest humans on Earth and proud South African colonizer helped get Trump elected; then was appointed to a made-up White House position; then stole all of our personal and banking information; then quit and returned to the private sector?
That really happened.
That really happened.
September 5, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Remember when one of the wealthiest humans on Earth and proud South African colonizer helped get Trump elected; then was appointed to a made-up White House position; then stole all of our personal and banking information; then quit and returned to the private sector?
That really happened.
That really happened.
I'm so proud of these SNAP-Ed partners for their dedication and hard work to create healthy environments for children across California. Fantastic job! 🍎⛹🏻♀️🎖️
Congrats to the 2025 LEAP Awardees!🏅🎉 123 schools, 85 out-of-school time programs, and 106 early childhood programs earned recognition for championing best practices in healthy eating & active living in partnership with CalFresh Healthy Living, CA’s SNAP-Ed program. Learn more: bit.ly/3JReDoQ
September 3, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I'm so proud of these SNAP-Ed partners for their dedication and hard work to create healthy environments for children across California. Fantastic job! 🍎⛹🏻♀️🎖️
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“Get it all on record now. Get the films. Get the witnesses. Because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
September 1, 2025 at 7:23 PM
“Get it all on record now. Get the films. Get the witnesses. Because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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ICYMI
ICE Poster Boy
Dean Cain only made it one week
And unlike hard-working Brown People, he will get short-term disability until Republicans eliminate that
ICE must be stopped and investigated
Call Your Representatives 202 224-3121
ICE Poster Boy
Dean Cain only made it one week
And unlike hard-working Brown People, he will get short-term disability until Republicans eliminate that
ICE must be stopped and investigated
Call Your Representatives 202 224-3121
August 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
ICYMI
ICE Poster Boy
Dean Cain only made it one week
And unlike hard-working Brown People, he will get short-term disability until Republicans eliminate that
ICE must be stopped and investigated
Call Your Representatives 202 224-3121
ICE Poster Boy
Dean Cain only made it one week
And unlike hard-working Brown People, he will get short-term disability until Republicans eliminate that
ICE must be stopped and investigated
Call Your Representatives 202 224-3121
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Placer County, this is our moment. Prop. 50 is how California fights back.
While MAGA Republicans in Texas redraw maps to rig the 2026 election, Prop. 50 gives California the power to respond. It’s temporary. It’s targeted. And it’s how we protect democracy when others try to dismantle it.
While MAGA Republicans in Texas redraw maps to rig the 2026 election, Prop. 50 gives California the power to respond. It’s temporary. It’s targeted. And it’s how we protect democracy when others try to dismantle it.
August 24, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Placer County, this is our moment. Prop. 50 is how California fights back.
While MAGA Republicans in Texas redraw maps to rig the 2026 election, Prop. 50 gives California the power to respond. It’s temporary. It’s targeted. And it’s how we protect democracy when others try to dismantle it.
While MAGA Republicans in Texas redraw maps to rig the 2026 election, Prop. 50 gives California the power to respond. It’s temporary. It’s targeted. And it’s how we protect democracy when others try to dismantle it.
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Tell me the president doesn’t understand the economy without telling me the president doesn’t understand the economy.
Your occasional reminder -- as arrivals on student visas decrease 28% -- that tuition from foreign students counts as an export, which means that every rejected student visa is going to contribute to the US trade deficit.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Student Arrivals to US Continue to Plummet, With Asia Hit Especially Hard
Visitors to the US arriving on student visas plunged in July, falling year-on-year for a fourth straight month.
www.bloomberg.com
August 25, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Tell me the president doesn’t understand the economy without telling me the president doesn’t understand the economy.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump administration says grants for Hispanic-serving colleges are unconstitutional and it won't defend them in court.
August 22, 2025 at 9:35 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump administration says grants for Hispanic-serving colleges are unconstitutional and it won't defend them in court.
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SNAP helps families get back on their feet and keeps dollars flowing to grocery stores, corner markets, and farmers' markets. Cutting it hurts everyone. #SNAPmatters
August 22, 2025 at 6:05 PM
SNAP helps families get back on their feet and keeps dollars flowing to grocery stores, corner markets, and farmers' markets. Cutting it hurts everyone. #SNAPmatters
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"We sign this declaration in our own personal capacities, on our personal time, and without the use of government equipment, as protected by our First Amendment rights..."
www.savehhs.org
www.savehhs.org
August 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM
"We sign this declaration in our own personal capacities, on our personal time, and without the use of government equipment, as protected by our First Amendment rights..."
www.savehhs.org
www.savehhs.org
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BREAKING: Indiana Gov. Mike Braun said Loving v. Virginia—legalizing interracial marriage—should have been left to individual states. That’s not misunderstanding, it’s blatant racism. Now he’s “walking it back.” We see your game, Gov. Watch this space, don’t let anyone forget.
August 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
BREAKING: Indiana Gov. Mike Braun said Loving v. Virginia—legalizing interracial marriage—should have been left to individual states. That’s not misunderstanding, it’s blatant racism. Now he’s “walking it back.” We see your game, Gov. Watch this space, don’t let anyone forget.
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Tens of millions of people have found the reservoirs of hope dangerously low in recent weeks, and they can't seem to shake the profound sense of dread hovering always in the periphery of their daily life.
Yes, this is our collective Great Depression.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/how-to-men...
Yes, this is our collective Great Depression.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/how-to-men...
How to Mentally Survive America's New Great Depression
This morning was a rude awakening.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
August 16, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Tens of millions of people have found the reservoirs of hope dangerously low in recent weeks, and they can't seem to shake the profound sense of dread hovering always in the periphery of their daily life.
Yes, this is our collective Great Depression.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/how-to-men...
Yes, this is our collective Great Depression.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/how-to-men...
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Los Angeles school district police, staff and volunteers will form protective perimeters around at least 100 schools to help ensure safe passage of children — an announcement that came on a day that immigration agents drew their guns on a student with disabilities. www.latimes.com/california/s...
Agents detain student at gunpoint near school; safe zones to be expanded around LAUSD campuses
Amid immigration enforcement, city and school officials will set up "safe zones" monitored by LAPD and community volunteers to protect undocumented families when school resumes at LAUSD.
www.latimes.com
August 13, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Los Angeles school district police, staff and volunteers will form protective perimeters around at least 100 schools to help ensure safe passage of children — an announcement that came on a day that immigration agents drew their guns on a student with disabilities. www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Telling disabled people to formally complain every time they're faced with inaccessibility or ableism, is a pretty privileged and ignorant suggestion.
We would constantly be complaining, and the processes are so inaccessible themselves, we don't have the energy or capacity.
We would constantly be complaining, and the processes are so inaccessible themselves, we don't have the energy or capacity.
August 13, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Telling disabled people to formally complain every time they're faced with inaccessibility or ableism, is a pretty privileged and ignorant suggestion.
We would constantly be complaining, and the processes are so inaccessible themselves, we don't have the energy or capacity.
We would constantly be complaining, and the processes are so inaccessible themselves, we don't have the energy or capacity.
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Tonight, please spare a thought to all our scientists and public health workers who have dedicated their careers to saving millions of lives.
Despite their amazing work they are constantly threatened due to politicization and the unfettered spread of misinformation.
It should not be like this 💔
Despite their amazing work they are constantly threatened due to politicization and the unfettered spread of misinformation.
It should not be like this 💔
August 9, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Tonight, please spare a thought to all our scientists and public health workers who have dedicated their careers to saving millions of lives.
Despite their amazing work they are constantly threatened due to politicization and the unfettered spread of misinformation.
It should not be like this 💔
Despite their amazing work they are constantly threatened due to politicization and the unfettered spread of misinformation.
It should not be like this 💔
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The Supreme Court just said disabled people don’t have the right to get help voting. How many won’t be able to vote.
July 28, 2025 at 10:51 PM
The Supreme Court just said disabled people don’t have the right to get help voting. How many won’t be able to vote.
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It’s impossible to make sense of mothers who’ve witnessed him being found liable for sexual assault, watched him gleefully take away women’s autonomy, and work tirelessly to prevent the release of the Epstein files—and who’ve chosen to double down.
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I Don't Understand Women Who Support Donald Trump
Yesterday, a MAGA Republican mocked me online for demanding the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, laughing at me through condescending yellow emojis for being “desperate,” and assuring me that I a...
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July 29, 2025 at 1:29 AM
It’s impossible to make sense of mothers who’ve witnessed him being found liable for sexual assault, watched him gleefully take away women’s autonomy, and work tirelessly to prevent the release of the Epstein files—and who’ve chosen to double down.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/i-dont-und...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/i-dont-und...
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It’s deliberate
From fringe to federal: The rise of eugenicist thinking in US policy
Trump’s inner circle is mainstreaming ideas that threaten the disabled, the elderly and the poor.
www.aljazeera.com
July 29, 2025 at 1:32 AM
It’s deliberate
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Plain language is communication that your audience can understand the first time they hear or read it. This varies by audience, of course. What is common vocabulary for accountants won't necessarily be common for chemists, clergy, or engineers. Know your audience.
July 29, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Plain language is communication that your audience can understand the first time they hear or read it. This varies by audience, of course. What is common vocabulary for accountants won't necessarily be common for chemists, clergy, or engineers. Know your audience.