Thread. Please join me in asking Congress to restore one of the only federal sources of money that enables #ME/CFS research. #SolveMEAdvocacyWeek2025 #MEForward

Abortion doctors in Texas oppose SB31/HB44
Abortion patients in Texas oppose the bill
Abortion funds in Texas oppose the bill
Abortion rights orgs in Texas oppose the bill
Abortion lawyers in Texas oppose the bill
So why are TX Dems advancing the bill?

But SB31/ HB44 resurrects that dead ban.
It paves the way to criminalize abortion funds,
abortion support networks,
doctors that provide abortion information (like me),
and even people getting abortions and their families.
This bill will not help me save a single life,
but endangers many.

Thread - why HB 44 is not what it seems

Hilary Marston was the Chief Medical Officer at FDA until today. In my experience, she was one of the folks most interested in helping people with #LongCOVID.

Between Marston and Marrazzo, it's a bloodbath for infection-associated chronic illness today. 🧪

"Don't they know the tariffs will worsen the economy?!"

Yes. Yes, they do. 🌈

Every infection, even the most mild or completely asymptomatic, ups your odds. Each time.
No cure, no treatment, no help. Our sick reality.
We’re truly on our own. Wear a mask, avoid infections, stop the spread, fight mask bans, and fight for clean indoor air. #longcovid #covid #eugenics #DOGE #HHS

Trump’s CDC is cancelling $11 billion in COVID funding allocated to health departments and nonprofits, claiming the grants are no longer necessary because the pandemic is over.

This is wrong. COVID is a continuing threat and millions have Long COVID. We still need to do more to mitigate its harms.

Thank you @booker.senate.gov for standing up for all Americans on the Senate Floor. This is a truly terrifying time to be chronically ill & disabled & it’s easy to give into hopelessness. I hope my Texas reps will join you in seeking out a better America in this moral crisis.

The CDC has literally been gutted today.

There’s no need for “April Fools” when reality is a nightmare for every human on this planet.

Thousand of scientists fired.
Entire departments erased.

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BREAKING: A federal court ruled that Alabama cannot prosecute people for helping others travel across state lines to access abortion care.

This is a win for our freedom of speech and our right to travel freely.

It’s hard not to feel like I’m going to be stuck in this bed w/ Severe ME for the rest of my life. The DoD’s PRMRP was eliminated, there are huge threats to AHRQ, & now devastating cuts at the CDC. ME was already criminally underfunded before these cuts. It feels hopeless it will ever change now.

"I don't know how you're gonna get reelected now, sir, you hugged a Black dude from New Jersey!"

Austinites, beware. Our AQI is 389.

Bringing the fight to Elon Musk, this is it. This is the way.

If you can kick in a few dollars, this a fight that matters and can serve as proof to the rest of the party (looking at you DC leadership) that actually fighting back works.

PeopleVMusk.com

Cutting Medicare and Medicaid is wildly unpopular. That's why they're trying to jam these draconian cuts through right out of the starting blocks, before the American people tune into what's happening.

We need to buy time.

Alright friends, we're about to lose the vote on the budget resolution.

We WILL keep fighting.

This is the first vote they need to take, it is not the last. They will have to come back in a couple of months for another vote with firm numbers they're cutting SNAP and Medicaid and Medicare by.

I can't believe we're living through the House Majority using a plot they ripped off from a season 6 West Wing episode