Catherine Betz
@rosabetz.bsky.social
I live in St. Louis. Chia is my dog. I work in marketing and UX at a medical school and think it would be pretty cool if all of us could try to do no harm.
@rosabetzc on twitter
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The real-life impact of Trump and Musk’s freeze on USAID
Drugs and food, intended for global aid, instead languished and rotted in warehouses — and some children withered and died.
Sweeping, damning investigation by my @washingtonpost.com colleagues.
Drugs and food, intended for global aid, instead languished and rotted in warehouses — and some children withered and died.
Sweeping, damning investigation by my @washingtonpost.com colleagues.
Trump’s USAID pause stranded lifesaving drugs. Children died waiting.
USAID antimalarial and HIV supplies valued at nearly $140 million were delayed in the first half of the year or not delivered at all due to the Trump administration’s foreign aid pause, The Post found...
www.washingtonpost.com
October 1, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The real-life impact of Trump and Musk’s freeze on USAID
Drugs and food, intended for global aid, instead languished and rotted in warehouses — and some children withered and died.
Sweeping, damning investigation by my @washingtonpost.com colleagues.
Drugs and food, intended for global aid, instead languished and rotted in warehouses — and some children withered and died.
Sweeping, damning investigation by my @washingtonpost.com colleagues.
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Here it is. A timetable of 100 days of corruption.
Breathtaking. Heartbreaking.
We cannot let this stand.
Breathtaking. Heartbreaking.
We cannot let this stand.
May 1, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Here it is. A timetable of 100 days of corruption.
Breathtaking. Heartbreaking.
We cannot let this stand.
Breathtaking. Heartbreaking.
We cannot let this stand.
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the richest man on earth has access to all of your personal data and has removed every possible source of oversight over how he uses it
🚨🚨🚨🚨DOGE is breaking into Social Security records too now www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Top Social Security official exits after clash with Musk’s DOGE over data
Yet another top career staffer is leaving the administration amid a disagreement over a request by Elon Musk’s team for sensitive government information.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 18, 2025 at 12:36 AM
the richest man on earth has access to all of your personal data and has removed every possible source of oversight over how he uses it
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so i don’t know if susan collins knows this but she belongs to a body that has the constitutionally designated power to tell HHS to stop making these cuts because they do not have the authority to unilaterally refuse to spend congressional appropriations.
Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins slams the Trump admin’s NIH cuts as “poorly conceived” and says she has called RFK to “to express my strong opposition to these arbitrary cuts in funding for vital research.” She says he promised to “re-examine this initiative” if confirmed as HHS secretary.
February 10, 2025 at 8:51 PM
so i don’t know if susan collins knows this but she belongs to a body that has the constitutionally designated power to tell HHS to stop making these cuts because they do not have the authority to unilaterally refuse to spend congressional appropriations.
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“This is a blatant attempt to gut the universities and health research that have saved so many lives and given economic opportunity to so many people.” @iwashyna.bsky.social on impact of new NIh order to cut research indirect costs. www.statnews.com/2025/02/07/n...
NIH plans to slash support for indirect research costs, sending shockwaves through science
The NIH said Friday night that it would slash support for indirect costs on all existing and future grants to 15%
www.statnews.com
February 8, 2025 at 1:35 AM
“This is a blatant attempt to gut the universities and health research that have saved so many lives and given economic opportunity to so many people.” @iwashyna.bsky.social on impact of new NIh order to cut research indirect costs. www.statnews.com/2025/02/07/n...
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This is not an exaggeration.
This goes well beyond our ability to do research, which will be extremely limited. This affects the fundamental functioning of medical schools (and I am guessing they will do the same for NSF so it will affect higher ed too)
This goes well beyond our ability to do research, which will be extremely limited. This affects the fundamental functioning of medical schools (and I am guessing they will do the same for NSF so it will affect higher ed too)
February 8, 2025 at 1:32 AM
This is not an exaggeration.
This goes well beyond our ability to do research, which will be extremely limited. This affects the fundamental functioning of medical schools (and I am guessing they will do the same for NSF so it will affect higher ed too)
This goes well beyond our ability to do research, which will be extremely limited. This affects the fundamental functioning of medical schools (and I am guessing they will do the same for NSF so it will affect higher ed too)
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This administration sees everything women and people of color do as worthless because of their identities, regardless of the quality of their work. Yet they accuse everyone else of “identity politics”
Following a White House anti-DEI order, the National Cryptologic Museum covered up exhibits of women and people of color in its Hall of Honor. The NSA reversed course after former employees mobilized.
NSA museum covered plaques honoring women and people of color, provoking an uproar
Following a White House anti-DEI order, the National Cryptologic Museum covered up exhibits of women and people of color in its Hall of Honor. The NSA reversed course after former employees mobilized.
www.npr.org
February 7, 2025 at 1:21 AM
This administration sees everything women and people of color do as worthless because of their identities, regardless of the quality of their work. Yet they accuse everyone else of “identity politics”
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NSF has a congressional mandate to consider underrepresented groups in their funding processes. They are choosing to obey an executive order rather than an actual law that has been on the books since 1997. Shameful.
February 7, 2025 at 9:25 PM
NSF has a congressional mandate to consider underrepresented groups in their funding processes. They are choosing to obey an executive order rather than an actual law that has been on the books since 1997. Shameful.
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SHE IS CONCERNED (after voting for his cabinet picks).
February 6, 2025 at 11:40 PM
SHE IS CONCERNED (after voting for his cabinet picks).
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A while back I asked folks why they’re joining Bluesky and the most common response I saw was, “I just want a good place to get my news” and, yall, no. Bad.
GET YOUR NEWS FROM THE NEWS
PBS Newshour is FREE FOR EVERYONE.
youtu.be/PMOYN8JWdUk?...
GET YOUR NEWS FROM THE NEWS
PBS Newshour is FREE FOR EVERYONE.
youtu.be/PMOYN8JWdUk?...
PBS News Weekend full episode, Jan. 25, 2025
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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January 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
A while back I asked folks why they’re joining Bluesky and the most common response I saw was, “I just want a good place to get my news” and, yall, no. Bad.
GET YOUR NEWS FROM THE NEWS
PBS Newshour is FREE FOR EVERYONE.
youtu.be/PMOYN8JWdUk?...
GET YOUR NEWS FROM THE NEWS
PBS Newshour is FREE FOR EVERYONE.
youtu.be/PMOYN8JWdUk?...
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"Vice President Harris never called a little girl cute or commented on her outfit; instead, she'd say, 'You look like the smartest person in your class.' The vice president would say, 'Let me hear you say, 'I am a leader,'' and even the youngest girls would say it back." slate.com/news-and-pol...
I Was Kamala Harris’ Videographer. I Wish I Could Show You What I’ve Seen.
She completely changed me.
slate.com
January 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
"Vice President Harris never called a little girl cute or commented on her outfit; instead, she'd say, 'You look like the smartest person in your class.' The vice president would say, 'Let me hear you say, 'I am a leader,'' and even the youngest girls would say it back." slate.com/news-and-pol...
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On the eve of an oligarchy taking over our government, I wrote a new op-ed about how this is only possible because of the disastrous Citizens United ruling 15 years ago. Check it out: www.usnews.com/opinion/arti...
www.usnews.com
January 16, 2025 at 6:59 PM
On the eve of an oligarchy taking over our government, I wrote a new op-ed about how this is only possible because of the disastrous Citizens United ruling 15 years ago. Check it out: www.usnews.com/opinion/arti...
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Some of you will not understand why this is a huge problem. As someone who works with students from underrepresented backgrounds, they often come in with fewer connections/resources but work incredibly hard and are dedicated to helping close health disparity gaps.
Breaking: AAMC reporting steep (double-digit) drop in Black and Hispanic medical school enrollees following Supreme Court decision banning affirmative action. Story developing, please reply here with reactions. www.statnews.com/2025/01/09/m...
Medical schools report steep drop in enrollment of Black and Hispanic students after Supreme Court ruling
Black and Hispanic enrollment in medical schools fell after the Supreme Court banned the consideration of race in admissions, new data show
www.statnews.com
January 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Some of you will not understand why this is a huge problem. As someone who works with students from underrepresented backgrounds, they often come in with fewer connections/resources but work incredibly hard and are dedicated to helping close health disparity gaps.
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This is the lash photograph of Dr Hussam Abu Safiyeh, taken as he walks, unflinching, towards the Israeli tanks. An absolutely harrowing image.
December 28, 2024 at 8:40 PM
This is the lash photograph of Dr Hussam Abu Safiyeh, taken as he walks, unflinching, towards the Israeli tanks. An absolutely harrowing image.
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Missouri’s Prop A, which raises the minimum wage and requires paid sick leave, is under attack from business groups and lawmakers. Experts argue that the court challenge is unlikely to succeed, but legislative alteration attempts could pose a greater threat. https://buff.ly/4iUHvJQ
Missouri's new minimum wage and sick leave rules under attack
Missouri's Proposition A raisedg the state's minimum wage and promised sick leave, but legal and legislative challenges threaten the changes.
thebeaconnews.org
December 26, 2024 at 5:45 PM
Missouri’s Prop A, which raises the minimum wage and requires paid sick leave, is under attack from business groups and lawmakers. Experts argue that the court challenge is unlikely to succeed, but legislative alteration attempts could pose a greater threat. https://buff.ly/4iUHvJQ
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ELIMINATING THE NIH. The NIH helped fund 99% of drugs approved from 2010-19, especially the basic science that shapes their development.
Musk and Ramaswamy have already identified $516B dollars in government savings — it includes cutting all of Veteran’s Affairs health care, eliminating the NIH, and ending funding for federal prisons. @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social
December 5, 2024 at 9:14 PM
ELIMINATING THE NIH. The NIH helped fund 99% of drugs approved from 2010-19, especially the basic science that shapes their development.
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Students should study the humanities not because it makes them better workers but because it rips you open and breaks your brain and changes everything you thought you knew. I *promise* you this. I *promise* it has this ability, no matter how smart you think you are. I have seen it countless times.
Hearing the president of KU say that the way the humanities can protect itself - a question asked by a humanities professor of Spanish - is that her field should direct its public voice to how the Spanish language can impact AI versus the third study of an obscure play…. Just sigh.
December 5, 2024 at 10:15 PM
Students should study the humanities not because it makes them better workers but because it rips you open and breaks your brain and changes everything you thought you knew. I *promise* you this. I *promise* it has this ability, no matter how smart you think you are. I have seen it countless times.
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Everyone should be sharing this story about the Amnesty International report because yes many of us have long acknowledged that it’s a genocide but there are still people who need the validation of a report from an org like Amnesty to believe it’s true zeteo.com/p/amnesty-co...
Amnesty International Investigation Concludes Israel Is Committing Genocide
“We will look back and say, ‘Why did we not do more earlier?” Amnesty's director tells Zeteo.
zeteo.com
December 5, 2024 at 1:36 AM
Everyone should be sharing this story about the Amnesty International report because yes many of us have long acknowledged that it’s a genocide but there are still people who need the validation of a report from an org like Amnesty to believe it’s true zeteo.com/p/amnesty-co...
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DOGE is custom built to distract the plebs from the dismantling of federal consumer, environmental, labor, and public safety protections under the guise of "innovative efficiency"
and the consolidated corporate press is going to perpetuate the con
and the consolidated corporate press is going to perpetuate the con
The credulous language with which the legacy media is describing an effort by billionaires to loot the federal government.
Privatizing prisons makes the more cruel. Privatizing the post office betrays a promise of access made at nation's founding.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/u...
Privatizing prisons makes the more cruel. Privatizing the post office betrays a promise of access made at nation's founding.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/u...
December 7, 2024 at 2:47 PM
DOGE is custom built to distract the plebs from the dismantling of federal consumer, environmental, labor, and public safety protections under the guise of "innovative efficiency"
and the consolidated corporate press is going to perpetuate the con
and the consolidated corporate press is going to perpetuate the con
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I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases)
projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
Find Out Why Health Insurance Denied Your Claim
You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file f...
projects.propublica.org
March 22, 2024 at 1:25 PM
I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases)
projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
How many times will we vote in the people who work to overturn the initiatives we vote for?
Missouri voters approved an amendment guaranteeing abortion rights. GOP lawmakers are already working to undo it.
One measure seeks to amend the MO constitution to say life begins at conception, meaning abortion would be classified as an unlawful killing.
@jeremykohler.bsky.social @propublica.org
One measure seeks to amend the MO constitution to say life begins at conception, meaning abortion would be classified as an unlawful killing.
@jeremykohler.bsky.social @propublica.org
Missouri Voters Enshrined Abortion Rights. GOP Lawmakers Are Already Working to Roll Them Back.
One month after Missouri approved a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to abortion, legislators have proposed a flurry of bills to tighten abortion access or raise the bar for future amen...
www.propublica.org
December 6, 2024 at 2:59 AM
How many times will we vote in the people who work to overturn the initiatives we vote for?
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This part tho:
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"In June 2024, Elevance Health, the corporate name for Anthem, reported a 24.12% increase in its year-over-year net income to $2.3 billion and a 24.29% increase in its year-over-year net profit margin."
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"In June 2024, Elevance Health, the corporate name for Anthem, reported a 24.12% increase in its year-over-year net income to $2.3 billion and a 24.29% increase in its year-over-year net profit margin."
December 5, 2024 at 2:36 AM
This part tho:
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"In June 2024, Elevance Health, the corporate name for Anthem, reported a 24.12% increase in its year-over-year net income to $2.3 billion and a 24.29% increase in its year-over-year net profit margin."
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"In June 2024, Elevance Health, the corporate name for Anthem, reported a 24.12% increase in its year-over-year net income to $2.3 billion and a 24.29% increase in its year-over-year net profit margin."
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