Katherine Schaff
@katherineschaff.bsky.social
Public health worker. Passionate about racial and health equity, collective liberation, and cat videos.
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Food is fundamental is health. Strong local economies are fundamental to health. Imagine a wildly successful GOV'T program that putts food on the table and keeps grocers working: #SNAP. Check out @media-studies.bsky.social latest blog for how to make the case for SNAP: www.bmsg.org/beyond-full-...
November 4, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Food is fundamental is health. Strong local economies are fundamental to health. Imagine a wildly successful GOV'T program that putts food on the table and keeps grocers working: #SNAP. Check out @media-studies.bsky.social latest blog for how to make the case for SNAP: www.bmsg.org/beyond-full-...
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How do we make sure our communication strategies shift power toward equity instead of just spreading messages? Power mapping offers a framework. Learn more in our latest blog featuring BMSG’s Director of Racial and Health Equity Strategy. www.bmsg.org/power-mappin...
October 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
How do we make sure our communication strategies shift power toward equity instead of just spreading messages? Power mapping offers a framework. Learn more in our latest blog featuring BMSG’s Director of Racial and Health Equity Strategy. www.bmsg.org/power-mappin...
Tell Your Federal Representatives to Protect WIC www.congressweb.com/NACCHO/17?fr...
Tell Your Federal Representatives to Protect WIC
Please ask your federal elected officials to ensure the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) isn’t disrupted.
A prolonged federal government shutdown pu...
www.congressweb.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Tell Your Federal Representatives to Protect WIC www.congressweb.com/NACCHO/17?fr...
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It is just INSANE that the GOP is going to tax new solar and wind capacity, as well as a whole bunch of other terrible energy policies in the BBB, when electricity prices have risen 20% since start of 2022, and the grid is ever more fragile.
Prepare for a lot of rolling blackouts.
Prepare for a lot of rolling blackouts.
June 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
It is just INSANE that the GOP is going to tax new solar and wind capacity, as well as a whole bunch of other terrible energy policies in the BBB, when electricity prices have risen 20% since start of 2022, and the grid is ever more fragile.
Prepare for a lot of rolling blackouts.
Prepare for a lot of rolling blackouts.
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Wow: ICE Has Deported at Least 70 U.S. Citizens
ICE Has Deported at Least 70 U.S. Citizens
GAO confirms ICE deported U.S. citizens due to systemic failures — and the agency still doesn’t know how many more it’s wrongly targeting
migrantinsider.com
June 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Wow: ICE Has Deported at Least 70 U.S. Citizens
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call me crazy but I don't think we should.
We’re wasting the remaining carbon budget on war and AI.
Only two years left of world’s carbon budget to meet 1.5C target, scientists warn
Breaching threshold would ramp up catastrophic weather events, further increasing human suffering
www.theguardian.com
June 19, 2025 at 11:35 PM
call me crazy but I don't think we should.
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Senate offices are closed, but their inboxes aren't. Let's get 1,000 more out by midnight: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Tell Your Senators: Don't cut health care & food assistance to give another tax cut to the rich
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
June 19, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Senate offices are closed, but their inboxes aren't. Let's get 1,000 more out by midnight: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
New resource from @media-studies.bsky.social & @frameworks.bsky.social! Learn about common framing pitfalls and try out our sample messages in support of Medicaid & other critical components of our social safety net. ow.ly/z25n50W3xiz
June 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
New resource from @media-studies.bsky.social & @frameworks.bsky.social! Learn about common framing pitfalls and try out our sample messages in support of Medicaid & other critical components of our social safety net. ow.ly/z25n50W3xiz
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If you burn down a forest, you don't miss out on lumber for just that season. You have to replant all the trees, nurture them, and wait for them to grow.
The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.
The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.
June 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
If you burn down a forest, you don't miss out on lumber for just that season. You have to replant all the trees, nurture them, and wait for them to grow.
The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.
The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.
NEW MESSAGING RESOURCE!
As lawmakers move swiftly to slash significant funds from Medicaid, people are raising their voices to demand that their representatives save this vital program. Our new resource provides sample responses and tips to help advocates make their case. ow.ly/vG5I50VXnFt
As lawmakers move swiftly to slash significant funds from Medicaid, people are raising their voices to demand that their representatives save this vital program. Our new resource provides sample responses and tips to help advocates make their case. ow.ly/vG5I50VXnFt
May 22, 2025 at 11:34 PM
NEW MESSAGING RESOURCE!
As lawmakers move swiftly to slash significant funds from Medicaid, people are raising their voices to demand that their representatives save this vital program. Our new resource provides sample responses and tips to help advocates make their case. ow.ly/vG5I50VXnFt
As lawmakers move swiftly to slash significant funds from Medicaid, people are raising their voices to demand that their representatives save this vital program. Our new resource provides sample responses and tips to help advocates make their case. ow.ly/vG5I50VXnFt
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The ‘spiral of silence’ makes us think we’re more divided than we are. BMSG shows us how to break it. www.bmsg.org/the-spiral-o...
May 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The ‘spiral of silence’ makes us think we’re more divided than we are. BMSG shows us how to break it. www.bmsg.org/the-spiral-o...
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“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
March 6, 2025 at 5:45 AM
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
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My daughter's daycare just sent out an email about potentially needing to layoff staff because new babies about to start withdrew because of parental job losses. So if you're wondering how government layoffs and mass contract cancellations will affect the economy, here's an example
March 7, 2025 at 6:54 PM
My daughter's daycare just sent out an email about potentially needing to layoff staff because new babies about to start withdrew because of parental job losses. So if you're wondering how government layoffs and mass contract cancellations will affect the economy, here's an example
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New blog from #BerkeleyMediaStudiesGroup! Coping with chaos: What’s keeping us going in this political moment
In the spirit of solidarity, progress, and resilience, we’re sharing what’s been keeping us going and how we’re moving forward. www.bmsg.org/coping-with-...
In the spirit of solidarity, progress, and resilience, we’re sharing what’s been keeping us going and how we’re moving forward. www.bmsg.org/coping-with-...
February 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
New blog from #BerkeleyMediaStudiesGroup! Coping with chaos: What’s keeping us going in this political moment
In the spirit of solidarity, progress, and resilience, we’re sharing what’s been keeping us going and how we’re moving forward. www.bmsg.org/coping-with-...
In the spirit of solidarity, progress, and resilience, we’re sharing what’s been keeping us going and how we’re moving forward. www.bmsg.org/coping-with-...
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🚨 Tell Congress: Don’t cut funding to give handouts to billionaires!
Trump and his billionaire allies are working to cut funding for essential programs like health care, housing, & climate action. Tell your members of Congress to #StopTheCuts: ppls.ac/stopthecuts
#PeopleOverProft
Trump and his billionaire allies are working to cut funding for essential programs like health care, housing, & climate action. Tell your members of Congress to #StopTheCuts: ppls.ac/stopthecuts
#PeopleOverProft
February 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
🚨 Tell Congress: Don’t cut funding to give handouts to billionaires!
Trump and his billionaire allies are working to cut funding for essential programs like health care, housing, & climate action. Tell your members of Congress to #StopTheCuts: ppls.ac/stopthecuts
#PeopleOverProft
Trump and his billionaire allies are working to cut funding for essential programs like health care, housing, & climate action. Tell your members of Congress to #StopTheCuts: ppls.ac/stopthecuts
#PeopleOverProft
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To be clear, Donald Trump and Elon Musk are instituting death panels for rural America. That’s what closing federally qualified health centers means, since they are often the only health providers available. bsky.app/profile/chan...
Donald Trump and Elon Musk have cut off funding for half of the health centers that serve 400,000 Virginians, forcing some to close, which could mean up to 200,000 Virginians are suddenly without healthcare
www.vpm.org/news/2025-02...
www.vpm.org/news/2025-02...
Virginia community health centers close over federal funding access
Despite pause on federal funding freeze, centers unable to access grants
www.vpm.org
February 5, 2025 at 8:36 PM
To be clear, Donald Trump and Elon Musk are instituting death panels for rural America. That’s what closing federally qualified health centers means, since they are often the only health providers available. bsky.app/profile/chan...
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Please subscribe to independent media outlets. I—and no doubt many others—am having articles declined simply because editors have already run out of budget for freelancers (and cannot accept articles without payment because of news guild agreements). And we’re only two weeks in.
February 5, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Please subscribe to independent media outlets. I—and no doubt many others—am having articles declined simply because editors have already run out of budget for freelancers (and cannot accept articles without payment because of news guild agreements). And we’re only two weeks in.
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Senate Finance Committee is voting on advancing the nomination of RFK Jr (to burn down what's left of our public health care system) as HHS Secretary on Tuesday at 10AM
StopRFKjr.com makes it incredibly easy to call Senators and tell them "no"— call + send StopRFKjr.com to at least 1 other person
StopRFKjr.com makes it incredibly easy to call Senators and tell them "no"— call + send StopRFKjr.com to at least 1 other person
February 2, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Senate Finance Committee is voting on advancing the nomination of RFK Jr (to burn down what's left of our public health care system) as HHS Secretary on Tuesday at 10AM
StopRFKjr.com makes it incredibly easy to call Senators and tell them "no"— call + send StopRFKjr.com to at least 1 other person
StopRFKjr.com makes it incredibly easy to call Senators and tell them "no"— call + send StopRFKjr.com to at least 1 other person
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Want to share some points from the @indivisible.org action call earlier tonight.
Most urgent: Contact your senators (Dem AND GOP) and tell them to VOTE NO on Russell Vought (architect of Project 2025) running the Office of Management and Budget (the same one that was all over the news this week).
Most urgent: Contact your senators (Dem AND GOP) and tell them to VOTE NO on Russell Vought (architect of Project 2025) running the Office of Management and Budget (the same one that was all over the news this week).
February 3, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Want to share some points from the @indivisible.org action call earlier tonight.
Most urgent: Contact your senators (Dem AND GOP) and tell them to VOTE NO on Russell Vought (architect of Project 2025) running the Office of Management and Budget (the same one that was all over the news this week).
Most urgent: Contact your senators (Dem AND GOP) and tell them to VOTE NO on Russell Vought (architect of Project 2025) running the Office of Management and Budget (the same one that was all over the news this week).
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Jasmine Crockett: "The problem is that Americans thought it was okay to take a full fledged criminal and make him the President of the US and then they want to act aghast when he does criminal things. Let me tell you, we have a thug in charge of the US and if we don't wake up we may not have a US"
February 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Jasmine Crockett: "The problem is that Americans thought it was okay to take a full fledged criminal and make him the President of the US and then they want to act aghast when he does criminal things. Let me tell you, we have a thug in charge of the US and if we don't wake up we may not have a US"
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All of your most sensitive data and our country’s checkbook are in the hands of an unelected billionaire.
This is the most corrupt administration in history and it’s putting our economy & government in serious jeopardy.
It’s time to speak out and fight back.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
This is the most corrupt administration in history and it’s putting our economy & government in serious jeopardy.
It’s time to speak out and fight back.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Full Access to Treasury’s Payments System
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2025 at 10:52 PM
All of your most sensitive data and our country’s checkbook are in the hands of an unelected billionaire.
This is the most corrupt administration in history and it’s putting our economy & government in serious jeopardy.
It’s time to speak out and fight back.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
This is the most corrupt administration in history and it’s putting our economy & government in serious jeopardy.
It’s time to speak out and fight back.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
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Some NIH study sections for tomorrow have just been canceled.
Who knows which of these grants would have led to the next life-saving invention.
Who knows which scientists will throw in the towel bc of funding delays.
Who can even begin to measure the impact of these reckless cancellations.😕🩺🧪🛟
Who knows which of these grants would have led to the next life-saving invention.
Who knows which scientists will throw in the towel bc of funding delays.
Who can even begin to measure the impact of these reckless cancellations.😕🩺🧪🛟
February 3, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Some NIH study sections for tomorrow have just been canceled.
Who knows which of these grants would have led to the next life-saving invention.
Who knows which scientists will throw in the towel bc of funding delays.
Who can even begin to measure the impact of these reckless cancellations.😕🩺🧪🛟
Who knows which of these grants would have led to the next life-saving invention.
Who knows which scientists will throw in the towel bc of funding delays.
Who can even begin to measure the impact of these reckless cancellations.😕🩺🧪🛟
How our news would cover what's happening if it were any other country: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...
Musk's Junta Establishes Him as Head of Government
Imagining how we'd cover overseas what's happening to the U.S. right now
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 3, 2025 at 4:19 AM
How our news would cover what's happening if it were any other country: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...
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Indivisible is urging people to visit their senators' local offices between now and Thursday to demand that they use every tool—including denying a quorum and blocking unanimous consent—to fight the confirmation of Project 2025 architect Russell Vought for head of OMB docs.google.com/document/d/1...
February 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Indivisible is urging people to visit their senators' local offices between now and Thursday to demand that they use every tool—including denying a quorum and blocking unanimous consent—to fight the confirmation of Project 2025 architect Russell Vought for head of OMB docs.google.com/document/d/1...