Elizabeth
@elizathewell.bsky.social
Former CDC exec. Public health taught me the power of we. Now I’m channeling that into democracy—because silence isn’t strength, and I don’t do sidelines. I’m here for data, decency, & taking back our country
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As a clinician, it is continually astounding to me that nothing happens here. If this was anyone else, there would already be an effort to evaluate. If this was your grandfather, you'd be looking at care homes. If this was your boss, you'd be calling HR. It just blows my mind.
December 20, 2025 at 8:29 PM
As a clinician, it is continually astounding to me that nothing happens here. If this was anyone else, there would already be an effort to evaluate. If this was your grandfather, you'd be looking at care homes. If this was your boss, you'd be calling HR. It just blows my mind.
That FBI/panties anecdote isn’t just “Trump being Trump.” It shows disinhibition, impulsivity, grandiosity, and failing judgment—a pattern that’s concerning and inconsistent with stable leadership. 🧠⚠️
He has dementia.
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-79-com...
He has dementia.
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-79-com...
Trump, 79, Complains the FBI Made a Mess of Melania’s ‘Panties’
The president shared TMI about Melania in a rambling speech in North Carolina.
www.thedailybeast.com
December 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
That FBI/panties anecdote isn’t just “Trump being Trump.” It shows disinhibition, impulsivity, grandiosity, and failing judgment—a pattern that’s concerning and inconsistent with stable leadership. 🧠⚠️
He has dementia.
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-79-com...
He has dementia.
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-79-com...
RFK Jr. 2025 in review: CDC advisory boards purged ✅ Morale & expertise decimated ✅ Vaccine policy gutted ✅ Measles & preventable diseases surge ✅ Anti-science claims amplified ✅ Public health infrastructure weakened ✅ This isn’t “reform,” it’s sabotage. 🦠⚠️
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The Worst Ways RFK Jr. Has Harmed Public Health This Year
The return of measles, weakening vaccines, and the complete destruction of the CDC are just a few of Kennedy's ignoble accomplishments in 2025.
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December 20, 2025 at 1:17 AM
RFK Jr. 2025 in review: CDC advisory boards purged ✅ Morale & expertise decimated ✅ Vaccine policy gutted ✅ Measles & preventable diseases surge ✅ Anti-science claims amplified ✅ Public health infrastructure weakened ✅ This isn’t “reform,” it’s sabotage. 🦠⚠️
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4️⃣ This pattern of behavior sounds like Trump: impulsivity, disinhibition, grandiosity, confabulation. It harms judgment, not memory—classic distinction between behavioral deterioration and cognitive decline. 🧠⚠️
Media, take note: see George’s Substack.
Media, take note: see George’s Substack.
3️⃣ For a president, impaired judgment is more destabilizing than impaired recall. Trump’s pattern suggests someone who can remember facts—but can’t reliably assess reality, consequences, or restraint. That’s a governance risk, not a gaffe. 🚨
2️⃣ This matters because Trump’s most alarming moments aren’t forgotten names or dates—they’re reckless speeches, fabricated claims delivered with certainty, manic pacing, and hostility toward constraint. That’s not cognitive decline. That’s loss of behavioral control. 📉🎭
December 20, 2025 at 12:42 AM
4️⃣ This pattern of behavior sounds like Trump: impulsivity, disinhibition, grandiosity, confabulation. It harms judgment, not memory—classic distinction between behavioral deterioration and cognitive decline. 🧠⚠️
Media, take note: see George’s Substack.
Media, take note: see George’s Substack.
3️⃣ For a president, impaired judgment is more destabilizing than impaired recall. Trump’s pattern suggests someone who can remember facts—but can’t reliably assess reality, consequences, or restraint. That’s a governance risk, not a gaffe. 🚨
2️⃣ This matters because Trump’s most alarming moments aren’t forgotten names or dates—they’re reckless speeches, fabricated claims delivered with certainty, manic pacing, and hostility toward constraint. That’s not cognitive decline. That’s loss of behavioral control. 📉🎭
Frank George isn’t saying Donald Trump has Alzheimer’s or ordinary age-related decline. He’s pointing to something more dangerous: a pattern of behavioral deterioration—impulsivity, disinhibition, grandiosity, and reality-confabulation that impairs judgment, not memory. 🧠⚠️
December 20, 2025 at 12:35 AM
3️⃣ For a president, impaired judgment is more destabilizing than impaired recall. Trump’s pattern suggests someone who can remember facts—but can’t reliably assess reality, consequences, or restraint. That’s a governance risk, not a gaffe. 🚨
2️⃣ This matters because Trump’s most alarming moments aren’t forgotten names or dates—they’re reckless speeches, fabricated claims delivered with certainty, manic pacing, and hostility toward constraint. That’s not cognitive decline. That’s loss of behavioral control. 📉🎭
Frank George isn’t saying Donald Trump has Alzheimer’s or ordinary age-related decline. He’s pointing to something more dangerous: a pattern of behavioral deterioration—impulsivity, disinhibition, grandiosity, and reality-confabulation that impairs judgment, not memory. 🧠⚠️
DAMMIT It's Not Alzheimer's! Here's Why It's A Far Worse Nightmare Scenario
You deserve the facts, not conjecture. Alzheimer's diminishes a person. Trump's not diminishing, he's escalating, and you need to know the frightening reason why.
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December 20, 2025 at 12:34 AM
2️⃣ This matters because Trump’s most alarming moments aren’t forgotten names or dates—they’re reckless speeches, fabricated claims delivered with certainty, manic pacing, and hostility toward constraint. That’s not cognitive decline. That’s loss of behavioral control. 📉🎭
Frank George isn’t saying Donald Trump has Alzheimer’s or ordinary age-related decline. He’s pointing to something more dangerous: a pattern of behavioral deterioration—impulsivity, disinhibition, grandiosity, and reality-confabulation that impairs judgment, not memory. 🧠⚠️
DAMMIT It's Not Alzheimer's! Here's Why It's A Far Worse Nightmare Scenario
You deserve the facts, not conjecture. Alzheimer's diminishes a person. Trump's not diminishing, he's escalating, and you need to know the frightening reason why.
frankgeorge8675309.substack.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Frank George isn’t saying Donald Trump has Alzheimer’s or ordinary age-related decline. He’s pointing to something more dangerous: a pattern of behavioral deterioration—impulsivity, disinhibition, grandiosity, and reality-confabulation that impairs judgment, not memory. 🧠⚠️
The Epstein files are spilling, exposing a web of powerful names. Horrific for the victims, shocking for the public, and a reminder: association with Epstein isn’t innocence—but the scale of this network is grotesque. 💔🕸️
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Circles of Epstein Hell
Though association with the man is certainly worthy of scrutiny, not everyone in his network is guilty of participation in his abusive sexual enterprise—or necessarily guilty at all.
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December 19, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The Epstein files are spilling, exposing a web of powerful names. Horrific for the victims, shocking for the public, and a reminder: association with Epstein isn’t innocence—but the scale of this network is grotesque. 💔🕸️
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
📌 If enacted, these MOUs would represent a major expansion of federal involvement in election administration, potentially giving the DOJ an active role in determining eligibility and maintaining voter lists — raising serious questions about voter privacy and state sovereignty
Trump’s DOJ offers states confidential deal to remove voters flagged by feds • Stateline
The U.S. Department of Justice has sent confidential draft agreements on voter data sharing to more than a dozen states, part of the Trump administration’s effort to obtain unredacted voter rolls, wit...
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December 19, 2025 at 8:47 PM
📌 If enacted, these MOUs would represent a major expansion of federal involvement in election administration, potentially giving the DOJ an active role in determining eligibility and maintaining voter lists — raising serious questions about voter privacy and state sovereignty
Trump’s ‘ballroom’ contractors aren’t your usual event-builders—they’re specialists in secure facilities, hardened structures, and sensitive installations.
So the question is obvious: is this really a fancy ballroom… or something else entirely? 🏗️🤔
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So the question is obvious: is this really a fancy ballroom… or something else entirely? 🏗️🤔
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Trump Isn’t Building a Ballroom
When Trump announced a $300 million ballroom at the White House, something went off in my brain.
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December 19, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Trump’s ‘ballroom’ contractors aren’t your usual event-builders—they’re specialists in secure facilities, hardened structures, and sensitive installations.
So the question is obvious: is this really a fancy ballroom… or something else entirely? 🏗️🤔
thedreydossier.substack.com/p/trump-isnt...
So the question is obvious: is this really a fancy ballroom… or something else entirely? 🏗️🤔
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Instead of encouraging breakthroughs — the engine of new cures and long-term growth — current policy risks discouraging investment and draining scientific talent, which could weaken the industry’s ability to tackle future health challenges. The Trump Effect.
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I’m the former head of Pfizer R&D. I’m very worried about biopharma’s future
The New York Times once called John Lamattina, then Pfizer head of R&D, “Dr. Optimistic.” He’s not so optimistic now.
www.statnews.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Instead of encouraging breakthroughs — the engine of new cures and long-term growth — current policy risks discouraging investment and draining scientific talent, which could weaken the industry’s ability to tackle future health challenges. The Trump Effect.
www.statnews.com/2025/12/19/p...
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There is a presidency at work in Washington, but it is not clear that there is a president at work in the Oval Office.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/o...
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Opinion | The White House Is a Lost Cause
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December 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
There is a presidency at work in Washington, but it is not clear that there is a president at work in the Oval Office.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/o...
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Everything is for sale—including the health of the American people.
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FDA voucher program has become vehicle for political interference in drug review decisions, staffers say
Two government officials told STAT that the White House has been involved in final decisions about the FDA's new priority review voucher program for drug companies.
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December 19, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Everything is for sale—including the health of the American people.
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Americans recoil, and he doubles down. Trump’s Hunger Games theatrics aren’t policy—they’re a performance that feeds him. 🎇📺
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Trump, Hunger Games, and the Kennedy Center
The dystopia everyone said was impossible is already here.
www.thebulwark.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Americans recoil, and he doubles down. Trump’s Hunger Games theatrics aren’t policy—they’re a performance that feeds him. 🎇📺
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🌍 Foreign money is pouring into Trump‑linked crypto ventures. With his sons and allies running the show, the lines between family profit and the presidency are gone — conflicts of interest aren’t just possible, they’re baked in.
💰 This isn’t just hotels and golf courses. New ventures like World Liberty Financial’s crypto ecosystem and Trump Media’s evolving portfolio have generated billions in proceeds and paper wealth tied to the presidency itself — an unprecedented blend of political power and personal profit.
The Trump Family Business Empire Is Growing. We Mapped Out 268 Pieces of It.
A second-term boom in crypto and other areas has created billions in new wealth for the first family.
www.wsj.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:26 PM
🌍 Foreign money is pouring into Trump‑linked crypto ventures. With his sons and allies running the show, the lines between family profit and the presidency are gone — conflicts of interest aren’t just possible, they’re baked in.
💰 This isn’t just hotels and golf courses. New ventures like World Liberty Financial’s crypto ecosystem and Trump Media’s evolving portfolio have generated billions in proceeds and paper wealth tied to the presidency itself — an unprecedented blend of political power and personal profit.
The Trump Family Business Empire Is Growing. We Mapped Out 268 Pieces of It.
A second-term boom in crypto and other areas has created billions in new wealth for the first family.
www.wsj.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
💰 This isn’t just hotels and golf courses. New ventures like World Liberty Financial’s crypto ecosystem and Trump Media’s evolving portfolio have generated billions in proceeds and paper wealth tied to the presidency itself — an unprecedented blend of political power and personal profit.
📌 Top military lawyer advised Joint Chiefs chairman Gen. Dan Caine that if a commander believes an order is unlawful, the safest course isn’t to publicly protest or resign—it’s to request retirement rather than risk a political confrontation.
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Exclusive: Top lawyer for military joint chiefs told chairman that officers should retire if faced with an unlawful order | CNN Politics
How should a military commander respond if they determine they have received an unlawful order?
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December 19, 2025 at 4:19 PM
📌 Top military lawyer advised Joint Chiefs chairman Gen. Dan Caine that if a commander believes an order is unlawful, the safest course isn’t to publicly protest or resign—it’s to request retirement rather than risk a political confrontation.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/19/p...
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Even some Republicans are calling his behavior ‘unhinged’ and worrying he’s ‘lost it.’ Media coverage isn’t just snark — it’s highlighting a real contrast between televised spectacle and the serious consequences of that tone from the White House. 📺⚠️ #Trump
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Shouting, Ranting, Insulting: Trump’s Uninhibited Second Term
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December 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Even some Republicans are calling his behavior ‘unhinged’ and worrying he’s ‘lost it.’ Media coverage isn’t just snark — it’s highlighting a real contrast between televised spectacle and the serious consequences of that tone from the White House. 📺⚠️ #Trump
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
Affordability alone isn’t enough. Democrats need real answers to the cost‑of‑living squeeze — not just warning labels on the GOP’s failures. Solutions > soundbites.
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December 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Affordability alone isn’t enough. Democrats need real answers to the cost‑of‑living squeeze — not just warning labels on the GOP’s failures. Solutions > soundbites.
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As a Fox News poll delivers ugly numbers, Karoline Leavitt soothes Trump with endless flattery — the classic compensation loop for a leader in decline: the weaker he gets, the louder his minions praise. Obedience becomes cover, not competence. 📉🎭
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December 19, 2025 at 1:58 PM
As a Fox News poll delivers ugly numbers, Karoline Leavitt soothes Trump with endless flattery — the classic compensation loop for a leader in decline: the weaker he gets, the louder his minions praise. Obedience becomes cover, not competence. 📉🎭
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Wall Street’s looking cheerful on softer inflation, but let’s not pretend the year‑end rally means smooth sailing. Rate cuts, AI hype, and holiday volatility make 2026 a mix of optimism… and “hold onto your hats.” 📈💥
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/b...
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Want to Know Where the Market Is Going? Don’t Trust This, or Any, Forecast.
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Wall Street’s looking cheerful on softer inflation, but let’s not pretend the year‑end rally means smooth sailing. Rate cuts, AI hype, and holiday volatility make 2026 a mix of optimism… and “hold onto your hats.” 📈💥
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/b...
Even Mitt Romney now wants the rich taxed more. That’s a seismic shift in GOP economics — and a sign of how desperate solutions have become.
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Opinion | Mitt Romney: Tax the Rich, Like Me
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December 19, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Even Mitt Romney now wants the rich taxed more. That’s a seismic shift in GOP economics — and a sign of how desperate solutions have become.
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The WSJ editorial page is fine with the U.S. sanctioning international judges.
Apparently the rule of law is sacred — unless it applies to us or our friends. ⚖️🙃
Funny how fast “authoritarian behavior” becomes “sovereignty” when it’s convenient.
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Apparently the rule of law is sacred — unless it applies to us or our friends. ⚖️🙃
Funny how fast “authoritarian behavior” becomes “sovereignty” when it’s convenient.
www.wsj.com/opinion/inte...
Opinion | Another U.S. Pinprick Strike at The Hague
Unless the ICC faces more serious consequences, it could target Trump after 2028.
www.wsj.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The WSJ editorial page is fine with the U.S. sanctioning international judges.
Apparently the rule of law is sacred — unless it applies to us or our friends. ⚖️🙃
Funny how fast “authoritarian behavior” becomes “sovereignty” when it’s convenient.
www.wsj.com/opinion/inte...
Apparently the rule of law is sacred — unless it applies to us or our friends. ⚖️🙃
Funny how fast “authoritarian behavior” becomes “sovereignty” when it’s convenient.
www.wsj.com/opinion/inte...
Whether Wiles should have opened up so freely on record reflects broader questions about professionalism, messaging discipline, and how internal dynamics are spilling into public view.
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Opinion | What Was Susie Wiles Thinking?
My guess is that she wanted to be understood, which is almost always a mistake in public life.
www.wsj.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Whether Wiles should have opened up so freely on record reflects broader questions about professionalism, messaging discipline, and how internal dynamics are spilling into public view.
www.wsj.com/opinion/what...
www.wsj.com/opinion/what...
Groceries, rent, insurance all up — real wages barely moving.
Even the Wall Street Journal can’t pretend people are better off.
When your best defense is “technically inflation slowed,” you’ve already lost the argument. 🧾📉
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Even the Wall Street Journal can’t pretend people are better off.
When your best defense is “technically inflation slowed,” you’ve already lost the argument. 🧾📉
www.wsj.com/opinion/dona...
Opinion | Trump Needs Rising Real Incomes
They’re only up 0.8% over 12 months, which isn’t a golden age.
www.wsj.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Groceries, rent, insurance all up — real wages barely moving.
Even the Wall Street Journal can’t pretend people are better off.
When your best defense is “technically inflation slowed,” you’ve already lost the argument. 🧾📉
www.wsj.com/opinion/dona...
Even the Wall Street Journal can’t pretend people are better off.
When your best defense is “technically inflation slowed,” you’ve already lost the argument. 🧾📉
www.wsj.com/opinion/dona...