John Enyeart
@jenyeart.bsky.social
labor historian. little league coach.
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The architect of #NIH cuts is Russell Vought whose own daughter is alive today because of advances in treating cystic fibrosis, brought to us, to the Vought family, by NIH. 1/
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Project 2025 is gutting medical funding that helped Russell Vought's own kid
Its architect's daughter has cystic fibrosis—and benefits from a "miracle drug" backed by an agency he's attacking.
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April 30, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The architect of #NIH cuts is Russell Vought whose own daughter is alive today because of advances in treating cystic fibrosis, brought to us, to the Vought family, by NIH. 1/
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sure, since Trump's FDA would lie about it anyhow www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
April 17, 2025 at 11:51 PM
sure, since Trump's FDA would lie about it anyhow www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
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"The proposed legislation would ... also allow 16 and 17 year olds to be scheduled on overnight shifts lasting over eight hours on school days, and rescind the current restriction on working more than 30 hours per week when school is in session. The bill also does away with the lunch break."
Republican lawmakers in Florida are attempting to get rid of protections for teenage workers, in a move to address worker shortages caused by Florida’s harsh laws targeting immigrant workers.
Florida Republicans Advance Bill Allowing Employers to Schedule Child Workers for Overnight Shifts
“This bill is going to lead to exploitation of children,” one critic of the proposal said.
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March 26, 2025 at 9:42 PM
"The proposed legislation would ... also allow 16 and 17 year olds to be scheduled on overnight shifts lasting over eight hours on school days, and rescind the current restriction on working more than 30 hours per week when school is in session. The bill also does away with the lunch break."
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ProPublic Death Count: Women murdered in Texas by the GOP abortion ban: 120 Women died from 2022 to 2023, mostly through sepsis which doctors are ordered not to treat. www.propublica.org/article/texa...
Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did
Since Texas banned abortion, no one has studied the statewide effects on pregnant women experiencing complications. Here’s how we sifted through data on millions of pregnancy hospitalizations and anal...
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March 20, 2025 at 5:23 PM
ProPublic Death Count: Women murdered in Texas by the GOP abortion ban: 120 Women died from 2022 to 2023, mostly through sepsis which doctors are ordered not to treat. www.propublica.org/article/texa...
Geisinger insurance asking for a donation for its foundation-to keep up quality care-the same day it sends a letter refusing to pay for a test a doctor ordered exemplifies the absurdity of US healthcare
December 28, 2023 at 5:28 PM
Geisinger insurance asking for a donation for its foundation-to keep up quality care-the same day it sends a letter refusing to pay for a test a doctor ordered exemplifies the absurdity of US healthcare