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We don’t yet know what motivated the person who shot and killed Charlie Kirk, but this kind of despicable violence has no place in our democracy. Michelle and I will be praying for Charlie’s family tonight, especially his wife Erika and their two young children.
September 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM
We don’t yet know what motivated the person who shot and killed Charlie Kirk, but this kind of despicable violence has no place in our democracy. Michelle and I will be praying for Charlie’s family tonight, especially his wife Erika and their two young children.
Trump to Sign Order Renaming the Defense Department as the Department of War www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/u...
Trump to Sign Order Renaming the Defense Department as the Department of War
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September 5, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Trump to Sign Order Renaming the Defense Department as the Department of War www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/u...
Break glass moment is here www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/h...
New C.D.C. Director Is Fired, White House Says
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August 28, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Break glass moment is here www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/h...
Deep staff cuts at a little-known federal agency pose trouble for droves of local health programs www.cbsnews.com/news/staff-c... @cbsnews.com
Deep staff cuts at a little-known federal agency pose trouble for droves of local health programs
The workforce of a federal agency that oversees billions in grants for primary health care, AIDS/HIV, maternal and child health services, and workforce training has been slashed, sparking fears of wha...
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August 1, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Deep staff cuts at a little-known federal agency pose trouble for droves of local health programs www.cbsnews.com/news/staff-c... @cbsnews.com
The federal government is paying more than 154,000 people not to work wapo.st/3IRXIlK
The federal government is paying more than 154,000 people not to work
Early resignation offers and other programs have reduced the workforce, but critics say the moves are also wasting money.
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July 31, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The federal government is paying more than 154,000 people not to work wapo.st/3IRXIlK
Harris Will Not Run for California Governor www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/u...
Harris Will Not Run for California Governor
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July 30, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Harris Will Not Run for California Governor www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/u...
"Only 4% of participants given a vaccine that exposed this part of the viral surface produced antibodies that could block infection; that jumped to 80% when this region wasn’t visible to the immune system." www.statnews.com/2025/07/30/m... via @statnews.com @jonathanwosen.bsky.social
Using mRNA, scientists overcome a key challenge to HIV vaccines
Scientists used a mRNA-based vaccine to reliably trigger antibodies that block HIV infection in people and monkeys
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July 30, 2025 at 6:33 PM
"Only 4% of participants given a vaccine that exposed this part of the viral surface produced antibodies that could block infection; that jumped to 80% when this region wasn’t visible to the immune system." www.statnews.com/2025/07/30/m... via @statnews.com @jonathanwosen.bsky.social
This is insane. | Trump nominee for top HHS post pushed to ban methadone treatment www.statnews.com/2025/07/30/m... via @statnews.com @levfacher.bsky.social
Trump nominee for top HHS post pushed to ban methadone treatment
HHS general counsel nominee Mike Stuart’s position on methadone puts him far outside the mainstream in American politics.
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July 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
This is insane. | Trump nominee for top HHS post pushed to ban methadone treatment www.statnews.com/2025/07/30/m... via @statnews.com @levfacher.bsky.social
Trump administration reverses course, lifts pause on NIH grant awards www.statnews.com/2025/07/29/t... via @statnews.com
Trump administration reverses course, lifts pause on NIH grant awards
The order applies to the entirety of new and, possibly, ongoing research grant dollars that go to universities and academic medical centers.
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July 30, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Trump administration reverses course, lifts pause on NIH grant awards www.statnews.com/2025/07/29/t... via @statnews.com
Good news. Need to keep this trend going | Tobacco use, binge drinking decrease as Americans consume more marijuana, survey finds www.statnews.com/2025/07/29/m... via @statnews.com @levfacher.bsky.social
Tobacco use, binge drinking decrease as Americans consume more marijuana, survey finds
Americans are binge drinking and smoking tobacco less but consuming marijuana significantly more, according to a new federal survey on drug use and mental health.
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July 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Good news. Need to keep this trend going | Tobacco use, binge drinking decrease as Americans consume more marijuana, survey finds www.statnews.com/2025/07/29/m... via @statnews.com @levfacher.bsky.social
Russ Vought bills CFPB $5 million for his security detail www.govexec.com/management/2...
Russ Vought bills CFPB $5M for his security detail
The expense comes as the consumer-protection agency's budget is slashed nearly in half.
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July 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Russ Vought bills CFPB $5 million for his security detail www.govexec.com/management/2...
He's out of the prison, but now back in Venezuela and under the same threats that forced him to seek (and receive) refuge in the United States @advocate.com @cwnewser.bsky.social www.advocate.com/news/andry-h...
Gay makeup artist Andry Hernández Romero describes horrific sexual & physical abuse at CECOT in El Salvador
He called it "an encounter with torture and death."
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July 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
He's out of the prison, but now back in Venezuela and under the same threats that forced him to seek (and receive) refuge in the United States @advocate.com @cwnewser.bsky.social www.advocate.com/news/andry-h...
State Dept. & USAID ordered @outrightintl.bsky.social to cut grants to 120 orgs across 42 countries, ending funding for LGBTQ veterans’ medical support in Ukraine, an LGBTQ domestic violence shelter in Malawi, & legal services for torture victims in Myanmar foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/24/u...
The U.S. Is Abandoning the Global Fight for Equality
Washington is increasingly playing a central role in the backlash against LGBTQ people.
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July 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
State Dept. & USAID ordered @outrightintl.bsky.social to cut grants to 120 orgs across 42 countries, ending funding for LGBTQ veterans’ medical support in Ukraine, an LGBTQ domestic violence shelter in Malawi, & legal services for torture victims in Myanmar foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/24/u...
“She wants her children “to learn that even in the face of uncertainty & devastation that feels like it is beyond our control, this is how we take control of our lives. By speaking out and advocating for ourselves and our fellow Americans,”” @oliviacgeorge.bsky.social wapo.st/450EMsp
Their parents are fired feds. They want senators to listen to them.
For months, federal workers have tried making their voices heard on Capitol Hill. Now, some are bringing their children to “Camp Democracy.”
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July 23, 2025 at 11:46 AM
“She wants her children “to learn that even in the face of uncertainty & devastation that feels like it is beyond our control, this is how we take control of our lives. By speaking out and advocating for ourselves and our fellow Americans,”” @oliviacgeorge.bsky.social wapo.st/450EMsp
Sounds wonky, but withholding billions of dollars that Congress has already spent (impoundment)--on things like clean school buses & Head Start--does real harm. We decided the president shouldn't be king with Nixon. GAO is in the crosshairs
@tonyromm.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/u...
@tonyromm.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/u...
White House Leads Push to Block Watchdog’s Inquiries Into Spending Cuts
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July 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Sounds wonky, but withholding billions of dollars that Congress has already spent (impoundment)--on things like clean school buses & Head Start--does real harm. We decided the president shouldn't be king with Nixon. GAO is in the crosshairs
@tonyromm.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/u...
@tonyromm.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/u...
White House aide on skipping budget plan: It ‘wasn’t in our interest’ wapo.st/4f4lsiE @washingtonpost.com @jeffstein.bsky.social
White House aide on skipping budget plan: It ‘wasn’t in our interest’
OMB chief Russell Vought expressed excitement that Congress appeared to be on the verge of codifying into law roughly $9 billion in cuts.
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July 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
White House aide on skipping budget plan: It ‘wasn’t in our interest’ wapo.st/4f4lsiE @washingtonpost.com @jeffstein.bsky.social
Today is the 3rd anniversary of @988Lifeline "39% of LGBTQ 13-24 year-olds in the U.S. said they had seriously considered suicide over the past year, including 46% of transgender & nonbinary youth." @thehill.com @bmigdon.bsky.social @trevorproject.bsky.social thehill.com/homenews/lgb...
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July 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Today is the 3rd anniversary of @988Lifeline "39% of LGBTQ 13-24 year-olds in the U.S. said they had seriously considered suicide over the past year, including 46% of transgender & nonbinary youth." @thehill.com @bmigdon.bsky.social @trevorproject.bsky.social thehill.com/homenews/lgb...
Federal workers tell their DOGE stories in new audio series @fedsagainstdoge.bsky.social www.axios.com/2025/07/16/d...
DOGE-impacted federal workers tell their stories in new audio series
The testimonials are from people who've worked inside agencies responsible for the health and safety of millions of Americans.
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July 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Federal workers tell their DOGE stories in new audio series @fedsagainstdoge.bsky.social www.axios.com/2025/07/16/d...
NYT on Navy Yard's Italian outpost Ama “People who have come to work at H.H.S. or U.S.D.A. are talking about no additives, better grains, seed oils — even if they don’t believe it & are eating Doritos in their cars” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/d...
Is This Restaurant the Only Thing Democrats and Republicans Agree On?
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July 16, 2025 at 5:57 PM
NYT on Navy Yard's Italian outpost Ama “People who have come to work at H.H.S. or U.S.D.A. are talking about no additives, better grains, seed oils — even if they don’t believe it & are eating Doritos in their cars” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/d...
"In April, the Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns & Children was shut down following an EO signed by President Trump to eliminate “unnecessary” federal functions... The committee guides states on which diseases to screen for at birth." @endpts.com endpoints.news/the-trump-ad...
The Trump administration disbanded a newborn screening panel. Advocates now face a harder path
atient groups face a harder and unpredictable path going state-by-state to boost screening for rare but treatable conditions after the Trump administration disbanded a federal advisory committee on ne...
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July 16, 2025 at 5:19 PM
"In April, the Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns & Children was shut down following an EO signed by President Trump to eliminate “unnecessary” federal functions... The committee guides states on which diseases to screen for at birth." @endpts.com endpoints.news/the-trump-ad...
OBBBA includes big Medicare cuts too. "PAYGO is triggered when budgets over 5- and 10-year periods add to deficits. Medicare is not [exempt from sequester]. And it faces a whopping $533 billion in cuts over the next decade." newrepublic.com/article/1979... @newrepublic.com @normornstein.bsky.social
Medicaid Cuts? Yes. But the GOP Is Quietly Cutting Medicare, Too.
A little understood aspect of the big, ugly bill could cause devastating problems for seniors and others.
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July 16, 2025 at 5:13 PM
OBBBA includes big Medicare cuts too. "PAYGO is triggered when budgets over 5- and 10-year periods add to deficits. Medicare is not [exempt from sequester]. And it faces a whopping $533 billion in cuts over the next decade." newrepublic.com/article/1979... @newrepublic.com @normornstein.bsky.social