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California takes public health leadership seriously.
Proud to partner with former CDC Director Dr. Susan Monarez and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Debra Houry to strengthen our work.
Proud to partner with former CDC Director Dr. Susan Monarez and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Debra Houry to strengthen our work.
Newsom taps former CDC leaders critical of Trump-era health policies for new initiative
Newsom taps former CDC leaders critical of Trump-era health policies for new initiative
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday announced a new California-led public health initiative, tapping former U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials who publicly clashed with the Trump administration.
www.latimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:42 PM
California takes public health leadership seriously.
Proud to partner with former CDC Director Dr. Susan Monarez and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Debra Houry to strengthen our work.
Proud to partner with former CDC Director Dr. Susan Monarez and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Debra Houry to strengthen our work.
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I’ll be listening to the podcast 💜
NEW INTERVIEW: Knowa De Baraso, 14yo political podcasting phenom ( @knowadebaraso.bsky.social )
“Caring about politics didn’t come with a certain age, it came with a natural spirit of wanting to help people.”
Need need a dose of optimism? this should help.
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DSTMCHA...
“Caring about politics didn’t come with a certain age, it came with a natural spirit of wanting to help people.”
Need need a dose of optimism? this should help.
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DSTMCHA...
December 15, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I’ll be listening to the podcast 💜
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A serious country populated by serious people is not helpless to solve its problems.
America Is an Unserious Country Filled With Unserious People
Stories about revealed preferences and who we really are.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:31 AM
A serious country populated by serious people is not helpless to solve its problems.
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"'Any resources taken away from this just puts us more behind,' says a former FBI agent who, after years of working national security cases, recently left the bureau to avoid being reassigned to immigration enforcement. 'We don’t have the luxury of time.'"
The FBI Spent a Generation Relearning How to Catch Spies. Then Came Kash Patel.
As China’s spies grow more aggressive, the FBI is distracted and off-balance.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:01 AM
"'Any resources taken away from this just puts us more behind,' says a former FBI agent who, after years of working national security cases, recently left the bureau to avoid being reassigned to immigration enforcement. 'We don’t have the luxury of time.'"
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No judge. No jury. Just the Secretary of War.
December 16, 2025 at 2:59 AM
No judge. No jury. Just the Secretary of War.
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UnitedHealth is the nation’s largest health insurance conglomerate.
ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.
Here’s what we found.
(Published Nov. 2024)
ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.
Here’s what we found.
(Published Nov. 2024)
How UnitedHealth’s Playbook for Limiting Mental Health Coverage Puts Countless Americans’ Treatment at Risk
United used an algorithm system to identify patients who it determined were getting too much therapy and then limited coverage. It was deemed illegal in three states, but similar practices persist due...
www.propublica.org
December 16, 2025 at 4:00 AM
UnitedHealth is the nation’s largest health insurance conglomerate.
ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.
Here’s what we found.
(Published Nov. 2024)
ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.
Here’s what we found.
(Published Nov. 2024)
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BREAKING: The Trump administration has escalated its probe of Sen. Mark Kelly into an official Command Investigation under military law, further targeting a sitting U.S. senator for constitutionally protected speech.
Trump Admin Intensifies Military Probe Against Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, Launches Command Investigation
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:03 AM
BREAKING: The Trump administration has escalated its probe of Sen. Mark Kelly into an official Command Investigation under military law, further targeting a sitting U.S. senator for constitutionally protected speech.
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The endgame here is getting the Supreme Court to declare that the entire civil service system is unconstitutional. Which is to say, this administration does not want us to be a modern, efficient, globally competitive nation-state.
Supreme Court Poised to Vastly Expand Presidential Power, Again
The 90-year-old precedent protecting independent agencies is likely on its way out.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 14, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The endgame here is getting the Supreme Court to declare that the entire civil service system is unconstitutional. Which is to say, this administration does not want us to be a modern, efficient, globally competitive nation-state.
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The Franklin folks need to sue the ass off of the people who stole their property.
December 14, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The Franklin folks need to sue the ass off of the people who stole their property.
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In a highly unusual move, the EPA is revising an assessment of the health dangers posed by formaldehyde, a widespread pollutant that causes far more cancer than any other chemical in the air.
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
Under Former Chemical Industry Insiders, Trump EPA Nearly Doubles Amount of Formaldehyde Considered Safe to Inhale
Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or...
www.propublica.org
December 15, 2025 at 1:00 AM
In a highly unusual move, the EPA is revising an assessment of the health dangers posed by formaldehyde, a widespread pollutant that causes far more cancer than any other chemical in the air.
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
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Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
www.mprnews.org
December 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
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Two people were killed and eight were injured in a shooting at Brown University on Saturday, officials said. No one was in custody, and a shelter-in-place order remained in effect for the campus. Follow live updates. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
December 14, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Two people were killed and eight were injured in a shooting at Brown University on Saturday, officials said. No one was in custody, and a shelter-in-place order remained in effect for the campus. Follow live updates. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
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“We almost had a midair collision up here,” the JetBlue pilot said, according to a recording of his conversation with air traffic control. “They passed directly in our flight path. … They don’t have their transponder turned on, it’s outrageous.” www.cnn.com/2025/12/14/p...
JetBlue plane near Venezuela avoids ‘midair collision’ with US Air Force aircraft | CNN Politics
A JetBlue flight from the small Caribbean nation of Curaçao halted its ascent to avoid colliding with a US Air Force refueling tanker on Friday, and the pilot blamed the military plane for crossing hi...
www.cnn.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:10 AM
“We almost had a midair collision up here,” the JetBlue pilot said, according to a recording of his conversation with air traffic control. “They passed directly in our flight path. … They don’t have their transponder turned on, it’s outrageous.” www.cnn.com/2025/12/14/p...
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Indivisible Middlesex CT. We will be doing this until this regime falls. Every Saturday 10 to 12
@agwilliamtong.bsky.social
@chrismurphyct.bsky.social
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
@50501movement.bsky.social
@michaelindivisible.bsky.social
@agwilliamtong.bsky.social
@chrismurphyct.bsky.social
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
@50501movement.bsky.social
@michaelindivisible.bsky.social
December 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Indivisible Middlesex CT. We will be doing this until this regime falls. Every Saturday 10 to 12
@agwilliamtong.bsky.social
@chrismurphyct.bsky.social
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
@50501movement.bsky.social
@michaelindivisible.bsky.social
@agwilliamtong.bsky.social
@chrismurphyct.bsky.social
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
@50501movement.bsky.social
@michaelindivisible.bsky.social
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ON XAI IN MEMPHIS: “There’s a horrible, sulfurous smell in the air… residents don’t want to open their windows… BOXTOWN is 90% Black… Musk did everything behind closed doors… environmental racism… not many jobs, no direct investment in BOXTOWN…”
December 15, 2025 at 3:21 AM
ON XAI IN MEMPHIS: “There’s a horrible, sulfurous smell in the air… residents don’t want to open their windows… BOXTOWN is 90% Black… Musk did everything behind closed doors… environmental racism… not many jobs, no direct investment in BOXTOWN…”
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"Voter suppression is proof that your vote has power"
December 15, 2025 at 1:43 AM
"Voter suppression is proof that your vote has power"
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Old here who remembers: I had to get my newspaper-publisher boss to sign for my first credit card in 1975.
If you don't believe this can happen, women didn't have the legal right to have their own credit cards without needing a male co-signer until 1974, when the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) was passed, a landmark law that made it illegal to discriminate in lending based on sex or marital status.
The regime is attempting to make it legal for banks and credit card companies to discriminate against women and minorities, making credit access harder. There's just 1 day left to comment. Reject this premise based on the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution. Comment here: tr.ee/I9k7aFPzg3
December 15, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Old here who remembers: I had to get my newspaper-publisher boss to sign for my first credit card in 1975.
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Measles didn’t make a comeback on its own.
This is RFK Jr’s anti-vax movement and his disinformation campaign. And equally as disturbing, some people are perfectly fine with this outcome.
This is RFK Jr’s anti-vax movement and his disinformation campaign. And equally as disturbing, some people are perfectly fine with this outcome.
December 15, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Measles didn’t make a comeback on its own.
This is RFK Jr’s anti-vax movement and his disinformation campaign. And equally as disturbing, some people are perfectly fine with this outcome.
This is RFK Jr’s anti-vax movement and his disinformation campaign. And equally as disturbing, some people are perfectly fine with this outcome.
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No one should be targeted for their race, religion, nor politics. NO ONE!
This gun violence is truly insane. When will enough be enough?
This gun violence is truly insane. When will enough be enough?
December 15, 2025 at 3:59 AM
No one should be targeted for their race, religion, nor politics. NO ONE!
This gun violence is truly insane. When will enough be enough?
This gun violence is truly insane. When will enough be enough?
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“The end goal was never to conduct a thorough, unbiased investigation,” said one DOJ lawyer. “The end goal was to file a damn complaint — or have something to threaten the university.”
With @chronicle.com
With @chronicle.com
Trump’s DOJ Pressured Lawyers to “Find” Evidence that UCLA Had Illegally Tolerated Antisemitism
An investigation by ProPublica and The Chronicle of Higher Education reveals how the U.S. government ignored due process to gin up its attack on the University of California.
www.propublica.org
December 15, 2025 at 4:00 AM
“The end goal was never to conduct a thorough, unbiased investigation,” said one DOJ lawyer. “The end goal was to file a damn complaint — or have something to threaten the university.”
With @chronicle.com
With @chronicle.com
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I am often asked what laws I would recommend blue states adopt. While there is no one-size-fits-all approach, there are seven changes every state could adopt right now, for virtually no cost or administrative burden. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/seve...
Seven Voting Laws Every Blue State Should Enact Right Now
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 14, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I am often asked what laws I would recommend blue states adopt. While there is no one-size-fits-all approach, there are seven changes every state could adopt right now, for virtually no cost or administrative burden. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/seve...
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"There’s a freedom people are craving because they’re feeling so constrained, surveilled and, frankly, threatened in so many other spheres."
Zines have made a resurgence as communities seek to share information on everything from ICE raids to local elections.
Zines have made a resurgence as communities seek to share information on everything from ICE raids to local elections.
Gen-Zine: DIY publications find new life as form of resistance against Trump
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:53 PM
"There’s a freedom people are craving because they’re feeling so constrained, surveilled and, frankly, threatened in so many other spheres."
Zines have made a resurgence as communities seek to share information on everything from ICE raids to local elections.
Zines have made a resurgence as communities seek to share information on everything from ICE raids to local elections.
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In Utah, solar power accounts for two-thirds of the new projects waiting to connect to the state’s power grid.
State Republicans’ hard turn against the energy source mirrors Trump’s hostile approach to the industry.
By @anjeanette-damon.bsky.social
State Republicans’ hard turn against the energy source mirrors Trump’s hostile approach to the industry.
By @anjeanette-damon.bsky.social
Utah Leaders Are Hindering Efforts to Develop Solar Despite a Goal to Double the State’s Energy Supply
Solar power accounts for two-thirds of the new projects waiting to connect to the state’s power grid. Utah Republicans’ hard turn against solar mirrors President Donald Trump’s hostile approach to the...
www.propublica.org
December 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
In Utah, solar power accounts for two-thirds of the new projects waiting to connect to the state’s power grid.
State Republicans’ hard turn against the energy source mirrors Trump’s hostile approach to the industry.
By @anjeanette-damon.bsky.social
State Republicans’ hard turn against the energy source mirrors Trump’s hostile approach to the industry.
By @anjeanette-damon.bsky.social
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A quick sidenote about this; one reason I stay on X is specifically because of exchanges like this, where @davidjbier.bsky.social and I got a prominent government official to make a claim so outrageous that it’s now ricocheting around the internet and actively undermining official PR campaigns.
Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.
December 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
A quick sidenote about this; one reason I stay on X is specifically because of exchanges like this, where @davidjbier.bsky.social and I got a prominent government official to make a claim so outrageous that it’s now ricocheting around the internet and actively undermining official PR campaigns.
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Trump is attempting to seize three public golf courses in Washington, including one adjacent to the Mall. We simply cannot let this happen.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump moves on D.C. golf courses with notice that jeopardizes lease
The administration puts National Links Trust on the clock in a bid to take control of the city’s three public golf courses.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Trump is attempting to seize three public golf courses in Washington, including one adjacent to the Mall. We simply cannot let this happen.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...