Chris Hendel
@chrishendel.bsky.social
Vermonter. Retired. Previously Telecommuting Adjunct Research Instructor of Medicine, USC Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, 2019-2024; COVID-19 research & projects, ProPublica, 2020-2022; former chief medical researcher at Consumer Reports, 1989-2018.
Capitulation put millions at risk
by @gooznews.bsky.social
Soaring premiums for #ACA plans are only the start of GOP plans to ransack health care
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by @gooznews.bsky.social
Soaring premiums for #ACA plans are only the start of GOP plans to ransack health care
gooznews.substack.com/p/capitulati...
Capitulation put millions at risk
Soaring premiums for ACA plans are only the start of GOP plans to ransack health care
gooznews.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Capitulation put millions at risk
by @gooznews.bsky.social
Soaring premiums for #ACA plans are only the start of GOP plans to ransack health care
gooznews.substack.com/p/capitulati...
by @gooznews.bsky.social
Soaring premiums for #ACA plans are only the start of GOP plans to ransack health care
gooznews.substack.com/p/capitulati...
“No Separation Between Church and State”
Inside a Texas Church’s Training Academy for Christians Running for Office
by Marissa Greene, Fort Worth Report and Report for America, and Cecilia Lenzen, @fortworthreport.bsky.social
via @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/fort...
Inside a Texas Church’s Training Academy for Christians Running for Office
by Marissa Greene, Fort Worth Report and Report for America, and Cecilia Lenzen, @fortworthreport.bsky.social
via @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/fort...
“No Separation Between Church and State”: Inside a Texas Church’s Training Academy for Christians Running for Office
A Fort Worth church’s candidate training program is the “next stage” of a religion-driven political movement, which has more latitude now that the IRS has allowed religious leaders to endorse candidat...
www.propublica.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
“No Separation Between Church and State”
Inside a Texas Church’s Training Academy for Christians Running for Office
by Marissa Greene, Fort Worth Report and Report for America, and Cecilia Lenzen, @fortworthreport.bsky.social
via @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/fort...
Inside a Texas Church’s Training Academy for Christians Running for Office
by Marissa Greene, Fort Worth Report and Report for America, and Cecilia Lenzen, @fortworthreport.bsky.social
via @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/fort...
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"On the eve of Veterans Day, we should also remember the fact that over 1 million veterans actually participate in SNAP." - Crystal Fitzsimmons, Food Research and Action Center
November 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
"On the eve of Veterans Day, we should also remember the fact that over 1 million veterans actually participate in SNAP." - Crystal Fitzsimmons, Food Research and Action Center
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Donald Trump appeared to be wearing a red tie.
Images of Donald Trump appearing to close his eyes at an Oval Office announcement this week rocketed around social media this weekend, with the president’s opponents seizing on the footage to raise questions about Trump’s on-the-job performance.
Images of Trump appearing to close his eyes during Oval Office event spread across social media | CNN Politics
Images of Donald Trump appearing to close his eyes at an Oval Office announcement this week rocketed around social media this weekend, with the president’s opponents seizing on the footage to raise qu...
www.cnn.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Donald Trump appeared to be wearing a red tie.
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Think about it…
November 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Think about it…
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A reminder - last March, republicans promised to restore $1.1B in funding to DC in exchange for funding the government, and Mike Johnson never took it up in the House.
a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag
ALT: a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
A reminder - last March, republicans promised to restore $1.1B in funding to DC in exchange for funding the government, and Mike Johnson never took it up in the House.
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Tonight was a very bad night.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Tonight was a very bad night.
"...said weather service meteorologist Kevin Doom..." 🙂
“This band is going to drop some very heavy snow and some hairy scenarios for the Monday morning commute,” said weather service meteorologist Kevin Doom in Romeoville, Illinois.
apnews.com/article/wint...
“This band is going to drop some very heavy snow and some hairy scenarios for the Monday morning commute,” said weather service meteorologist Kevin Doom in Romeoville, Illinois.
apnews.com/article/wint...
Meteorologists warn of 'intense' snow in Great Lakes states and record lows in South
Large stretches of the U.S. await one of the season’s first blasts of wintry weather as temperatures dropped in the Northern Plains and snowstorms developed across the Great Lakes.
apnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:55 AM
"...said weather service meteorologist Kevin Doom..." 🙂
“This band is going to drop some very heavy snow and some hairy scenarios for the Monday morning commute,” said weather service meteorologist Kevin Doom in Romeoville, Illinois.
apnews.com/article/wint...
“This band is going to drop some very heavy snow and some hairy scenarios for the Monday morning commute,” said weather service meteorologist Kevin Doom in Romeoville, Illinois.
apnews.com/article/wint...
Nice piece.
"In the rolling meadows and snow-dusted peaks of Stowe, #Vermont, 86-year-old Johannes von Trapp child still helps run the lodge his mother, Maria von Trapp, founded 75 years ago after the family fled Nazi-occupied Salzburg."
www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
"In the rolling meadows and snow-dusted peaks of Stowe, #Vermont, 86-year-old Johannes von Trapp child still helps run the lodge his mother, Maria von Trapp, founded 75 years ago after the family fled Nazi-occupied Salzburg."
www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
The last von Trapp child is 86 - and is still running their US lodge
The last living von Trapp child still helps run the family resort in the mountains of New England – a little piece of Austria inspired by The Sound of Music.
www.bbc.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Nice piece.
"In the rolling meadows and snow-dusted peaks of Stowe, #Vermont, 86-year-old Johannes von Trapp child still helps run the lodge his mother, Maria von Trapp, founded 75 years ago after the family fled Nazi-occupied Salzburg."
www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
"In the rolling meadows and snow-dusted peaks of Stowe, #Vermont, 86-year-old Johannes von Trapp child still helps run the lodge his mother, Maria von Trapp, founded 75 years ago after the family fled Nazi-occupied Salzburg."
www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
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BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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KeEpiNG mEmORIals iS AbOUt PrEsErVinG hIsTorY
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
KeEpiNG mEmORIals iS AbOUt PrEsErVinG hIsTorY
"Trump and his MAGA world saunter forward in confidence. They live in a daydream; a fantastical bubble where Trump can say that his polls are great, the economy is the best ever, the tariffs are working miracles, energy prices are low, and his ICE agents are following the law."
Verdict Number One: America Has Big-Time Buyer’s Remorse About Trump newrepublic.com/article/2027... via @newrepublic.com
Verdict Number One: America Has Big-Time Buyer’s Remorse About Trump
Elections are the one opportunity we have to see what the people think. And what they think is clear: Trump sucks.
newrepublic.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:03 AM
"Trump and his MAGA world saunter forward in confidence. They live in a daydream; a fantastical bubble where Trump can say that his polls are great, the economy is the best ever, the tariffs are working miracles, energy prices are low, and his ICE agents are following the law."
Such bullshit, CDC. Just stop it. 😡
"...during the Democrat-led government shutdown." ?
"The Trump Administration is working to reopen the government for the American people. Mission-critical activities of CDC will continue during the Democrat-led government shutdown."
www.cdc.gov/botulism/out...
"...during the Democrat-led government shutdown." ?
"The Trump Administration is working to reopen the government for the American people. Mission-critical activities of CDC will continue during the Democrat-led government shutdown."
www.cdc.gov/botulism/out...
November 9, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Such bullshit, CDC. Just stop it. 😡
"...during the Democrat-led government shutdown." ?
"The Trump Administration is working to reopen the government for the American people. Mission-critical activities of CDC will continue during the Democrat-led government shutdown."
www.cdc.gov/botulism/out...
"...during the Democrat-led government shutdown." ?
"The Trump Administration is working to reopen the government for the American people. Mission-critical activities of CDC will continue during the Democrat-led government shutdown."
www.cdc.gov/botulism/out...
Do not use certain lots of ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula. FDA’s Investigation is ongoing.
Outbreak Investigation of Infant Botulism
www.fda.gov/food/outbrea...
Lot: 206VABP/251261P2 (“Use by 01 Dec 2026”)
Lot: 206VABP/251131P2 (“Use by 01 Dec 2026”)
Outbreak Investigation of Infant Botulism
www.fda.gov/food/outbrea...
Lot: 206VABP/251261P2 (“Use by 01 Dec 2026”)
Lot: 206VABP/251131P2 (“Use by 01 Dec 2026”)
November 8, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Do not use certain lots of ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula. FDA’s Investigation is ongoing.
Outbreak Investigation of Infant Botulism
www.fda.gov/food/outbrea...
Lot: 206VABP/251261P2 (“Use by 01 Dec 2026”)
Lot: 206VABP/251131P2 (“Use by 01 Dec 2026”)
Outbreak Investigation of Infant Botulism
www.fda.gov/food/outbrea...
Lot: 206VABP/251261P2 (“Use by 01 Dec 2026”)
Lot: 206VABP/251131P2 (“Use by 01 Dec 2026”)
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Another day that our neighbors in AZ CD-7 are going without representation in Washington.
Seat Adelita Grijalva!
What are you so afraid of, Speaker Johnson?
Seat Adelita Grijalva!
What are you so afraid of, Speaker Johnson?
November 8, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Another day that our neighbors in AZ CD-7 are going without representation in Washington.
Seat Adelita Grijalva!
What are you so afraid of, Speaker Johnson?
Seat Adelita Grijalva!
What are you so afraid of, Speaker Johnson?
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Great explainer
November 8, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Great explainer
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🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump violated the Constitution and federal law by ordering hundreds of National Guard soldiers to Portland, Oregon, earlier this year, a federal judge ruled Friday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Trump-Appointed Judge Rules His Portland Military Takeover Was Unconstitutional
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:30 AM
🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump violated the Constitution and federal law by ordering hundreds of National Guard soldiers to Portland, Oregon, earlier this year, a federal judge ruled Friday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Judge Immergut rules against the administration in the Portland Nat’l Guard case, granting a permanent injunction even after giving Trump’s decision “great deference.”
November 8, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Judge Immergut rules against the administration in the Portland Nat’l Guard case, granting a permanent injunction even after giving Trump’s decision “great deference.”
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Watch how government propaganda techniques portray Chicago as a city at war with the feds
Watch how government propaganda techniques portray Chicago as a city at war with the feds
The government’s social media storytelling doesn’t always match what’s happening across the city and suburbs. The diverging sources of information are creating “parallel universes," professor Nick Cul...
www.wbez.org
November 6, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Watch how government propaganda techniques portray Chicago as a city at war with the feds
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I have long argued that the single best thing you could do to improve the functioning of the US government is double the salaries of everyone working on Capitol Hill. Serving Congress shouldn’t involve poverty wages in DC. You could attract a much wider set of perspectives netting a better result.
people hate hearing this but it's 100% true, creating a huge pay gap between political leaders, their staffs, and other elites is a recipe for corruption. of course the flip side of that is taxes on the rich should be jacked way the hell up
The Mayor of New York only makes $260k. I bet there are police that make more than that in NY with overtime.
We need to pay elected leaders more money and stop pretending it's some sort of calling. They're managing hundreds of billions of dollars in investments and millions of people's lives.
We need to pay elected leaders more money and stop pretending it's some sort of calling. They're managing hundreds of billions of dollars in investments and millions of people's lives.
November 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I have long argued that the single best thing you could do to improve the functioning of the US government is double the salaries of everyone working on Capitol Hill. Serving Congress shouldn’t involve poverty wages in DC. You could attract a much wider set of perspectives netting a better result.
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Fox goes with real-world math over WH gaslight.
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Fox goes with real-world math over WH gaslight.
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This thread is horrifying, and is only happening with the complicity of Congress and the Supreme Court
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 4:17 PM
This thread is horrifying, and is only happening with the complicity of Congress and the Supreme Court
Monday webinar, courtesy of USC's Center for Health Journalism @chjreportinghealth.bsky.social
How Medical Debt Is Pummeling Americans
November 10, 10-11 am PST/ 1-2 pm EST
centerforhealthjournalism.org/our-work/web...
How Medical Debt Is Pummeling Americans
November 10, 10-11 am PST/ 1-2 pm EST
centerforhealthjournalism.org/our-work/web...
How Medical Debt Is Pummeling Americans
centerforhealthjournalism.org
November 7, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Monday webinar, courtesy of USC's Center for Health Journalism @chjreportinghealth.bsky.social
How Medical Debt Is Pummeling Americans
November 10, 10-11 am PST/ 1-2 pm EST
centerforhealthjournalism.org/our-work/web...
How Medical Debt Is Pummeling Americans
November 10, 10-11 am PST/ 1-2 pm EST
centerforhealthjournalism.org/our-work/web...
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Something to look forward to…
Steve Bannon: If we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included.
November 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Something to look forward to…