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Using this platform like Beli…for things that aren’t food
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Popping in briefly from vacation to share my latest: Here's how the ~$1 trillion in Medicaid cuts in Republicans' newly passed law could threaten the home- and community-based care that many Americans with disabilities rely on.
Disabled Americans Fear What Medicaid Cuts Could Do to Them
www.nytimes.com
July 21, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Popping in briefly from vacation to share my latest: Here's how the ~$1 trillion in Medicaid cuts in Republicans' newly passed law could threaten the home- and community-based care that many Americans with disabilities rely on.
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A federal judge ruled that Texas violated federal law by institutionalizing individuals with severe disabilities in nursing homes without offering them alternative living options and services in the community.
Texas is illegally keeping people with disabilities in nursing homes, federal judge rules
A federal judge determined the state illegally institutionalized severely disabled people for decades, often in poorly run facilities.
www.texastribune.org
June 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM
A federal judge ruled that Texas violated federal law by institutionalizing individuals with severe disabilities in nursing homes without offering them alternative living options and services in the community.
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Despite Texas' tough talk on immigration, its lawmakers have refused to mandate that private businesses check employment authorization.
Why? Because they know “if you got serious about applying [E-Verify], you would create even worse problems” with labor shortages, a former GOP state lawmaker said.
Why? Because they know “if you got serious about applying [E-Verify], you would create even worse problems” with labor shortages, a former GOP state lawmaker said.
Texas Talks Tough on Immigration. But Lawmakers Won’t Force Most Private Companies to Check Employment Authorization.
Texas’ conservative Legislature has again and again refused to mandate that most private businesses use E-Verify. Experts say that Republican resistance is rooted in how the system could impact the…
www.propublica.org
June 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Despite Texas' tough talk on immigration, its lawmakers have refused to mandate that private businesses check employment authorization.
Why? Because they know “if you got serious about applying [E-Verify], you would create even worse problems” with labor shortages, a former GOP state lawmaker said.
Why? Because they know “if you got serious about applying [E-Verify], you would create even worse problems” with labor shortages, a former GOP state lawmaker said.
My latest read: Eileen McNamara’s biography of Eunice Kennedy, the mastermind behind Special Olympics and countless pieces of legislation aimed at improving life for people with intellectual and development disabilities.
June 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
My latest read: Eileen McNamara’s biography of Eunice Kennedy, the mastermind behind Special Olympics and countless pieces of legislation aimed at improving life for people with intellectual and development disabilities.
Had a 10/10 day at the National Arboretum. Need an azalea bonsai ASAP
May 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Had a 10/10 day at the National Arboretum. Need an azalea bonsai ASAP
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Women can use a wand to collect a vaginal sample, then mail it to a lab that will screen for cervical cancer. The device will be available by prescription through a telehealth service.
By @jenniferludden.bsky.social
By @jenniferludden.bsky.social
The FDA approves first U.S. at-home tool as a Pap-smear alternative
Women can use a wand to collect a vaginal sample, then mail it to a lab that will screen for cervical cancer. The device will be available by prescription through a telehealth service.
www.npr.org
May 10, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Women can use a wand to collect a vaginal sample, then mail it to a lab that will screen for cervical cancer. The device will be available by prescription through a telehealth service.
By @jenniferludden.bsky.social
By @jenniferludden.bsky.social
This book makes me feel like I can’t waste another minute scrolling Instagram (or doing anything passively for that matter).
As the U.S. Government endeavors to make tuberculosis great again, please consider preordering a signed copy of my book about our deadliest infection, its long history, and why in the 75 years since TB became curable, we've allowed over 150,000,000 people to die of the disease. everythingistb.com
May 1, 2025 at 8:23 PM
This book makes me feel like I can’t waste another minute scrolling Instagram (or doing anything passively for that matter).
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Absolutely devastating reporting from Hana Kiros on what "life-saving aid" has come to mean and not mean, and the many children dying as a result. www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
‘In Three Months, Half of Them Will Be Dead’
Elon Musk promised to preserve lifesaving aid to foreign children. Then the Trump administration quietly canceled it.
www.theatlantic.com
April 21, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Absolutely devastating reporting from Hana Kiros on what "life-saving aid" has come to mean and not mean, and the many children dying as a result. www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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RFK Jr. said autism "destroys" children and families. Autistic people beg to differ.
I'm so grateful to the people who talked to me and my colleagues — and to the literally 200+ more people who offered to share their stories.
I hope you'll read to the end for a mic drop of a final quote.
I'm so grateful to the people who talked to me and my colleagues — and to the literally 200+ more people who offered to share their stories.
I hope you'll read to the end for a mic drop of a final quote.
Kennedy Claimed Autism ‘Destroys’ Lives. Autistic People Disagree.
People in the community called the remarks dehumanizing and warned they could perpetuate harmful stigma.
www.nytimes.com
April 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
RFK Jr. said autism "destroys" children and families. Autistic people beg to differ.
I'm so grateful to the people who talked to me and my colleagues — and to the literally 200+ more people who offered to share their stories.
I hope you'll read to the end for a mic drop of a final quote.
I'm so grateful to the people who talked to me and my colleagues — and to the literally 200+ more people who offered to share their stories.
I hope you'll read to the end for a mic drop of a final quote.
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How Drug Overdose Deaths Have Plagued One Generation of Black Men for Decades. In dozens of cities, the recent rise of #fentanyl has put older Black men in particular jeopardy. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/u... via @nytimes.com @sangerkatz.bsky.social #ToxicDrugCrisis
How Drug Overdose Deaths Have Plagued One Generation of Black Men for Decades
In dozens of cities, the recent rise of fentanyl has put older Black men in particular jeopardy.
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2024 at 4:53 PM
How Drug Overdose Deaths Have Plagued One Generation of Black Men for Decades. In dozens of cities, the recent rise of #fentanyl has put older Black men in particular jeopardy. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/u... via @nytimes.com @sangerkatz.bsky.social #ToxicDrugCrisis
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I have a story out today about a remarkable woman named Linde Jacobs. Three years ago, at 33 years old, Linde found out that she carried a genetic mutation for a devastating brain disease, frontotemporal dementia, which begins in middle age. (Thread)
December 22, 2024 at 1:45 PM
I have a story out today about a remarkable woman named Linde Jacobs. Three years ago, at 33 years old, Linde found out that she carried a genetic mutation for a devastating brain disease, frontotemporal dementia, which begins in middle age. (Thread)
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In the past three years, Texas has spent $3.1 billion to build 50 miles of wall scattershot along the border. State officials have kept many details of the program confidential.
The Texas Tribune has for the first time identified where Texas has built its border wall. 🧵
The Texas Tribune has for the first time identified where Texas has built its border wall. 🧵
December 19, 2024 at 3:26 PM
In the past three years, Texas has spent $3.1 billion to build 50 miles of wall scattershot along the border. State officials have kept many details of the program confidential.
The Texas Tribune has for the first time identified where Texas has built its border wall. 🧵
The Texas Tribune has for the first time identified where Texas has built its border wall. 🧵
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Let me tell you a story – one of the more haunting I’ve seen in 20 years of journalism. It’s about greed, death and denial. It took two years to unravel one doctor’s myth, a hospital’s complicity in creating it, and a documented trail of suspicious deaths…🧵
December 7, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Let me tell you a story – one of the more haunting I’ve seen in 20 years of journalism. It’s about greed, death and denial. It took two years to unravel one doctor’s myth, a hospital’s complicity in creating it, and a documented trail of suspicious deaths…🧵