Jillian Elliott
@jillianelliott.bsky.social
Former nonprofit professional. Current community organizer. I love my family, friends, animals, books, music, and democracy.
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The subtext in JD Vance asking for "patience" on the economy: When leaders stop talking about current conditions and jump straight to rosy forecasts, they’re signaling the present isn’t defensible. That’s your cue to scrutinize the numbers, not just the narrative.
November 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The subtext in JD Vance asking for "patience" on the economy: When leaders stop talking about current conditions and jump straight to rosy forecasts, they’re signaling the present isn’t defensible. That’s your cue to scrutinize the numbers, not just the narrative.
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Big new survey from Pew on Latino Americans' views of Trump's second term
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November 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Big new survey from Pew on Latino Americans' views of Trump's second term
www.pewresearch.org/race-and-eth...
www.pewresearch.org/race-and-eth...
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Don't you ever wish your favorite journal articles could talk to you? (No, just me?!)
Well, I'm thrilled that @jhppl.bsky.social has launched a new author interview series. Take a listen to @neillewisjr.bsky.social in conversation with @mirandayaver.bsky.social and @mshepruralpolitics.bsky.social.
Well, I'm thrilled that @jhppl.bsky.social has launched a new author interview series. Take a listen to @neillewisjr.bsky.social in conversation with @mirandayaver.bsky.social and @mshepruralpolitics.bsky.social.
JHPPL is on Soundcloud! Please enjoy our first author interview, in which @mshepruralpolitics.bsky.social and @mirandayaver.bsky.social interview @neillewisjr.bsky.social about his recent contribution to the Public Health Under Siege special issue.
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Interview with Neil Lewis,
Health policy professors Michael Shepherd (University of Michigan) and Miranda Yaver (University of Pittsburgh) interview Professor Neil Lewis (Cornell University) about his forthcoming article in the
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November 20, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Don't you ever wish your favorite journal articles could talk to you? (No, just me?!)
Well, I'm thrilled that @jhppl.bsky.social has launched a new author interview series. Take a listen to @neillewisjr.bsky.social in conversation with @mirandayaver.bsky.social and @mshepruralpolitics.bsky.social.
Well, I'm thrilled that @jhppl.bsky.social has launched a new author interview series. Take a listen to @neillewisjr.bsky.social in conversation with @mirandayaver.bsky.social and @mshepruralpolitics.bsky.social.
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Not that he cares about facts, but 92% of Medicaid recipients are working or fall within an exempt category, and thanks to the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act (🤮), immigrants generally have to wait 5 years to enroll in Medicaid.
RFK Jr. is making shit up.
RFK Jr. is making shit up.
Secretary Kennedy, speaking to a bipartisan group of governors, has mixed up Medicare and Medicaid, and implied the people who will lose the latter are either unauthorized immigrants, dual eligible, or people who “don’t want to get a job.”
November 21, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Not that he cares about facts, but 92% of Medicaid recipients are working or fall within an exempt category, and thanks to the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act (🤮), immigrants generally have to wait 5 years to enroll in Medicaid.
RFK Jr. is making shit up.
RFK Jr. is making shit up.
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Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
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The CDC website now disseminates disinformation about vaccines, claiming erroneously that infant vaccines might cause autism, when we know conclusively that they do not. It is difficult to overstate just how dangerous this is. www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safe...
November 20, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The CDC website now disseminates disinformation about vaccines, claiming erroneously that infant vaccines might cause autism, when we know conclusively that they do not. It is difficult to overstate just how dangerous this is. www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safe...
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Setting aside the obvious reality that many people develop medical conditions unrelated to behaviors (eg, type 1 diabetes), 80-90% of our health is shaped by non-medical factors like poverty, housing, education, transportation & access to healthy food. The personal responsibility frame is unhelpful.
Markwayne Mullin: "Reward people for being healthy. Think about this. Healthcare is the only industry that you're not rewarded for taking care of your responsibility. If you think about homeowners insurance, if you're within 500 feet of a fire hydrant, your insurance goes down."
November 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Setting aside the obvious reality that many people develop medical conditions unrelated to behaviors (eg, type 1 diabetes), 80-90% of our health is shaped by non-medical factors like poverty, housing, education, transportation & access to healthy food. The personal responsibility frame is unhelpful.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 17, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Please watch and share broadly.
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NEW: California now has nearly 17,000 megawatts of battery storage – reaching one-third of the way to our 2045 goal.
We're deploying more battery storage than any state in America, building a stronger grid, cutting pollution, and securing a safer future for our nation.
We're deploying more battery storage than any state in America, building a stronger grid, cutting pollution, and securing a safer future for our nation.
November 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
NEW: California now has nearly 17,000 megawatts of battery storage – reaching one-third of the way to our 2045 goal.
We're deploying more battery storage than any state in America, building a stronger grid, cutting pollution, and securing a safer future for our nation.
We're deploying more battery storage than any state in America, building a stronger grid, cutting pollution, and securing a safer future for our nation.
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65 Years Ago,,, History was made. #RubyBridges
November 15, 2025 at 4:41 AM
65 Years Ago,,, History was made. #RubyBridges
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Anyone who’s ever used emergency contraception or gains peace of mind by even having it on hand owes Dr Camp a debt of gratitude. What a force.
(Also, I just learned one reason the FDA rejected it at first was that they said the name Plan B was too glib!)
Great obit—no paywall.
(Also, I just learned one reason the FDA rejected it at first was that they said the name Plan B was too glib!)
Great obit—no paywall.
Sharon Camp, Mother of the ‘Plan B’ Contraceptive Pill, Dies at 81
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Anyone who’s ever used emergency contraception or gains peace of mind by even having it on hand owes Dr Camp a debt of gratitude. What a force.
(Also, I just learned one reason the FDA rejected it at first was that they said the name Plan B was too glib!)
Great obit—no paywall.
(Also, I just learned one reason the FDA rejected it at first was that they said the name Plan B was too glib!)
Great obit—no paywall.
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@repdangoldman.bsky.social is the best. We need more members of Congress like him.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:25 PM
@repdangoldman.bsky.social is the best. We need more members of Congress like him.
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81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
November 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
They know they don't have a case, but can bankrupt people and turn their lives upside down.
When criminals run the Justice Department, this is what it looks like.
Trump official refers Rep. Eric Swalwell for a federal criminal probe over alleged mortgage fraud
Swalwell is the latest Democrat to face mortgage fraud allegations from Federal Housing Finance Agency head Bill Pulte, who sent a letter to the Justice Department on Wednesday.
www.nbcnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:31 PM
They know they don't have a case, but can bankrupt people and turn their lives upside down.
Californians have spoken. Don't poke the bear!
#ProudBlue The hypocrisy is mind numbing….
Justice Department sues to block California US House map in clash that could tip control of Congress
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Justice Department sues to block California US House map in clash that could tip control of Congress
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Justice Department sues to block California US House map in clash that could tip control of Congress
The Justice Department has sued to block new congressional district boundaries approved by California voters, joining a legal battle that could determine which party wins control of the U.S.
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November 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Californians have spoken. Don't poke the bear!
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So, uh, the Jed Rubenfeld referenced here was disciplined by Yale Law for sexually harassing students. He's married to Amy Chua who among other things took to the pages of the NYT to defend Kavanaugh when he was under fire for sexually harassment. Ken Starr, well we know. This is just incredible.
Ken Starr signed an email to Jeffery Epstein with "hugs"
November 13, 2025 at 1:03 AM
So, uh, the Jed Rubenfeld referenced here was disciplined by Yale Law for sexually harassing students. He's married to Amy Chua who among other things took to the pages of the NYT to defend Kavanaugh when he was under fire for sexually harassment. Ken Starr, well we know. This is just incredible.
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Father of two, Silverio Villegas Gonzalez, senselessly killed by ICE
He had no criminal history, just traffic tickets. He was a soft-spoken man who left his quiet village years ago for economic opportunity in the US and worked long hours to support his two children.
www.reuters.com/world/us/chi...
He had no criminal history, just traffic tickets. He was a soft-spoken man who left his quiet village years ago for economic opportunity in the US and worked long hours to support his two children.
www.reuters.com/world/us/chi...
November 13, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Father of two, Silverio Villegas Gonzalez, senselessly killed by ICE
He had no criminal history, just traffic tickets. He was a soft-spoken man who left his quiet village years ago for economic opportunity in the US and worked long hours to support his two children.
www.reuters.com/world/us/chi...
He had no criminal history, just traffic tickets. He was a soft-spoken man who left his quiet village years ago for economic opportunity in the US and worked long hours to support his two children.
www.reuters.com/world/us/chi...
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Jeffrey Epstein advised Steve Bannon that the lawyers representing Brett Kavanaugh in his confirmation hearing should accuse Christine Blasey Ford of being on medications that cause false memories or memory loss.
November 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Jeffrey Epstein advised Steve Bannon that the lawyers representing Brett Kavanaugh in his confirmation hearing should accuse Christine Blasey Ford of being on medications that cause false memories or memory loss.
Shameful. Call your representatives at 202-224-2131 to demand action.
The Cincinnati Children's hospital Pastor speaks after being detained for 73 days by ICE and he is a legal U.S citizen & they knew it when they took him & they've known it for all 73 days!
He said the there are a lot of people in there that are U.S citizens & no crimes ever!
He said the there are a lot of people in there that are U.S citizens & no crimes ever!
November 12, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Shameful. Call your representatives at 202-224-2131 to demand action.
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Look at what this garish, classless, tasteless fool has done to the People’s House.
November 11, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Look at what this garish, classless, tasteless fool has done to the People’s House.
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Rick Scott was CEO of a large, for-profit healthcare company called HCA. While Rick Scott was CEO, HCA stole so much money from Medicare they were fined $1.7 Billion.
Rick Scott told me his plan would be to take all of the remaining ACA subsidies and redistribute them to HSA accounts and people can then buy whatever insurance a state certifies. Basically a repeal/replace.
He denied when I asked wouldn’t that create two-tiered system where sick pay much more…
He denied when I asked wouldn’t that create two-tiered system where sick pay much more…
November 11, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Rick Scott was CEO of a large, for-profit healthcare company called HCA. While Rick Scott was CEO, HCA stole so much money from Medicare they were fined $1.7 Billion.
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Here is my latest for @msnbc.com, on Trump's ill-advised concept of a plan for health care, which entails repealing the ACA, and redistributing private insurers' tax breaks to the people for what would essentially amount to an HSA, which is unhelpful if not wealthy. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | Trump’s new plan for Obamacare leaves Americans to fend for themselves
We finally know what “concepts of a plan” looks like – and it’s not good.
www.msnbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Here is my latest for @msnbc.com, on Trump's ill-advised concept of a plan for health care, which entails repealing the ACA, and redistributing private insurers' tax breaks to the people for what would essentially amount to an HSA, which is unhelpful if not wealthy. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
We found that interventions by federal US Digital Service employees improved Medicaid coverage and reduced procedural denials. Paper is open-access and co-authored w @jbarofsky.bsky.social @pamherd.bsky.social @giannella.bsky.social & @lukef.bsky.social
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November 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Quite a read. While eyes are on RFK Jr., there's Vought operating in the background... 🛟😷 Health policy laws KY polisky sociology medsky
Wielding Obscure Budget Tools, Trump’s ‘Reaper’ Vought Sows Turmoil in Public Health - KFF Health News
Through shrouded bureaucratic maneuvers, White House budget director Russell Vought and DOGE have quietly upended outbreak response, HIV treatment, and dementia care in communities across America.
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November 9, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Quite a read. While eyes are on RFK Jr., there's Vought operating in the background... 🛟😷 Health policy laws KY polisky sociology medsky