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We’re going to do the Community Transformation Grants but for the absolutely dumbest possible ideas.
Duffy on what he's doing to improve the airport experience for travelers: "Maybe I want a workout area where people might get some blood flowing doing some pull ups or step ups in the airport."
December 8, 2025 at 10:33 PM
We’re going to do the Community Transformation Grants but for the absolutely dumbest possible ideas.
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When I see people online, even in jest, suggest that people living in Republican-controlled states should be abandoned because of their politicians, I feel a deep heartache. New York CREATED Donald Trump and none of y’all are ever talk about it the way you disparage Alabama or Mississippi.
September 6, 2025 at 4:43 PM
When I see people online, even in jest, suggest that people living in Republican-controlled states should be abandoned because of their politicians, I feel a deep heartache. New York CREATED Donald Trump and none of y’all are ever talk about it the way you disparage Alabama or Mississippi.
Would be very cool to know what Gov. Kemp thinks about this since he was so hoo-rah about them last year.
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September 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Would be very cool to know what Gov. Kemp thinks about this since he was so hoo-rah about them last year.
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This is terrible.
August 28, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This is terrible.
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I wrote this before the news broke yesterday about Monarez's firing and the leadership resignations. It still remains true today and in case it isn't obvious, we're headed towards catastrophe.
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Foodborne Illness, the CDC, and a lack of Coordination and Leadership
The Value of a Team and an Organizational Team
saphl.substack.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I wrote this before the news broke yesterday about Monarez's firing and the leadership resignations. It still remains true today and in case it isn't obvious, we're headed towards catastrophe.
saphl.substack.com/p/foodborne-...
saphl.substack.com/p/foodborne-...
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ROYBAL CAMPUS - CDC SHELTER IN PLACE.
GUNMAN AT EMORY POINT (EMORY ATLANTA CAMPUS AT EMORY POINT CVS) per the emory emergency alert.
Hide, stay safe, we love you all. We hope this ends asap.
GUNMAN AT EMORY POINT (EMORY ATLANTA CAMPUS AT EMORY POINT CVS) per the emory emergency alert.
Hide, stay safe, we love you all. We hope this ends asap.
August 8, 2025 at 9:11 PM
ROYBAL CAMPUS - CDC SHELTER IN PLACE.
GUNMAN AT EMORY POINT (EMORY ATLANTA CAMPUS AT EMORY POINT CVS) per the emory emergency alert.
Hide, stay safe, we love you all. We hope this ends asap.
GUNMAN AT EMORY POINT (EMORY ATLANTA CAMPUS AT EMORY POINT CVS) per the emory emergency alert.
Hide, stay safe, we love you all. We hope this ends asap.
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As end-of-empire scenarios go it is so much more dignified to get your capital city sacked by the Visigoths than to have a bunch of illiterate rich people in their 70s doing it through a series of incomprehensible tantrums because their brains were defeated by their phones.
August 5, 2025 at 11:44 PM
As end-of-empire scenarios go it is so much more dignified to get your capital city sacked by the Visigoths than to have a bunch of illiterate rich people in their 70s doing it through a series of incomprehensible tantrums because their brains were defeated by their phones.
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What Medicaid cuts and the ACA subsidy act lapse will look like in Tennessee: open.substack.com/pub/saphl/p/...
TennCare and the ACA Subsidies
A health care lifeline for Tennesseans
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July 31, 2025 at 2:49 PM
What Medicaid cuts and the ACA subsidy act lapse will look like in Tennessee: open.substack.com/pub/saphl/p/...
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Read the first in our series on what Medicaid cuts and the ACA subsidy lapse will look like in the South: open.substack.com/pub/saphl/p/...
Unraveling Our Safety Net
Millions across the Southeast are about to lose their health insurance.
open.substack.com
July 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Read the first in our series on what Medicaid cuts and the ACA subsidy lapse will look like in the South: open.substack.com/pub/saphl/p/...
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CLIPSE TINY DESK CANCEL WORK CANCEL YOUR WEDDING IT'S TIME www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7gI...
Clipse: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
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July 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
CLIPSE TINY DESK CANCEL WORK CANCEL YOUR WEDDING IT'S TIME www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7gI...
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#DYK? The Vaccines for Children (VFC) program is estimated to have helped prevent almost 500 million illnesses and over 1 million deaths since it began. This program provides vaccines to families that might not be able to afford them. But cuts to HHS could jeopardize this vital program. #ResignRFKJr
July 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
#DYK? The Vaccines for Children (VFC) program is estimated to have helped prevent almost 500 million illnesses and over 1 million deaths since it began. This program provides vaccines to families that might not be able to afford them. But cuts to HHS could jeopardize this vital program. #ResignRFKJr
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Today, the US Senate passed the Reconciliation Bill (51-50) which includes numerous cuts to Medicaid that will jeopardize the health of more than 14 million people. The House could now take up the bill as soon as tomorrow!
TAKE ACTION: secure.everyaction.com/tvsQE7mMt06B...
TAKE ACTION: secure.everyaction.com/tvsQE7mMt06B...
July 1, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Today, the US Senate passed the Reconciliation Bill (51-50) which includes numerous cuts to Medicaid that will jeopardize the health of more than 14 million people. The House could now take up the bill as soon as tomorrow!
TAKE ACTION: secure.everyaction.com/tvsQE7mMt06B...
TAKE ACTION: secure.everyaction.com/tvsQE7mMt06B...
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🤧UPDATE! U.S. Confirmed Measles Cases.
🗓️As of June 24, 2025,
1,227 confirmed measles cases in 36 states & 1 city.
We have 23 outbreaks reported so far in 2025.
🚨Starting June 25, 2025, CDC is releasing measles data on Wednesdays.
www.cdc.gov/measles/data...
🗓️As of June 24, 2025,
1,227 confirmed measles cases in 36 states & 1 city.
We have 23 outbreaks reported so far in 2025.
🚨Starting June 25, 2025, CDC is releasing measles data on Wednesdays.
www.cdc.gov/measles/data...
UPDATE! U.S. Confirmed Measles Cases. No news allowed on CDC social. We are here.
As of June 5, 2025,
1,168 confirmed measles cases in 33 states & 1 city.
(Counting? 1 more state than last week.)
We have 17 outbreaks reported so far in 2025. (3 more than last week.)
www.cdc.gov/measles/data...
As of June 5, 2025,
1,168 confirmed measles cases in 33 states & 1 city.
(Counting? 1 more state than last week.)
We have 17 outbreaks reported so far in 2025. (3 more than last week.)
www.cdc.gov/measles/data...
ALERT!
As of May 29, 2025, 1,088 confirmed measles cases in 32 states & 1 city. In 2024, there were 285 confirmed cases in 32 states & 1 city.
We have 14 outbreaks reported so far in 2025. We had 16 outbreaks reported during all of 2024.
We are not half way through 2024.
www.cdc.gov/measles/data...
As of May 29, 2025, 1,088 confirmed measles cases in 32 states & 1 city. In 2024, there were 285 confirmed cases in 32 states & 1 city.
We have 14 outbreaks reported so far in 2025. We had 16 outbreaks reported during all of 2024.
We are not half way through 2024.
www.cdc.gov/measles/data...
June 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
🤧UPDATE! U.S. Confirmed Measles Cases.
🗓️As of June 24, 2025,
1,227 confirmed measles cases in 36 states & 1 city.
We have 23 outbreaks reported so far in 2025.
🚨Starting June 25, 2025, CDC is releasing measles data on Wednesdays.
www.cdc.gov/measles/data...
🗓️As of June 24, 2025,
1,227 confirmed measles cases in 36 states & 1 city.
We have 23 outbreaks reported so far in 2025.
🚨Starting June 25, 2025, CDC is releasing measles data on Wednesdays.
www.cdc.gov/measles/data...
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"For the child born this summer in Texas, whose parents receive no documents, whose name never appears in any system, and who grows up asking why she can’t go on field trips, apply for scholarships, or open a bank account, the consequences are not legal theory. They are her life."
The United States Is About to Embark on a Terrifying Experiment in Mass Statelessness
This scenario, until recently, might have read like a dystopian projection. But after the court’s decision on Friday, it is no longer hypothetical.
slate.com
June 27, 2025 at 8:16 PM
"For the child born this summer in Texas, whose parents receive no documents, whose name never appears in any system, and who grows up asking why she can’t go on field trips, apply for scholarships, or open a bank account, the consequences are not legal theory. They are her life."
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Some Senators are floating the idea of a relief fund to help rural hospitals hurt by Medicaid cuts. A relief fund could help hospitals, and preserve access to care for rural residents. But, a hospital relief fund does nothing for people who lose Medicaid and end up uninsured.
June 20, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Some Senators are floating the idea of a relief fund to help rural hospitals hurt by Medicaid cuts. A relief fund could help hospitals, and preserve access to care for rural residents. But, a hospital relief fund does nothing for people who lose Medicaid and end up uninsured.
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Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.
June 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.
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Your kid’s college tuition is going up because we have to pay for the National Guard to grab people at Home Depot.
June 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Your kid’s college tuition is going up because we have to pay for the National Guard to grab people at Home Depot.
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New guest commentary from Natalie Crawford with @georgiafirst.bsky.social: Georgia can’t afford Medicaid cuts
Georgia can’t afford Medicaid cuts • Georgia Recorder
In Georgia, one in 10 adults or two in five children rely on Medicaid for their health care coverage, over 70% of which is federally funded. While Georgia already has one of the highest uninsured rate...
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May 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
New guest commentary from Natalie Crawford with @georgiafirst.bsky.social: Georgia can’t afford Medicaid cuts
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Georgia is the testing ground for what the GOP wants to do to Medicaid nationally, and it's hellish. Not even 10% of those eligible have obtained coverage, and those who do keep losing it.
He Became the Face of Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement. Now He’s Fed Up With It.
A 54-year-old mechanic called Pathways to Coverage a “great program” at the governor’s press conference. But after getting kicked off the health insurance program for low-income Georgians twice, burea...
www.propublica.org
May 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Georgia is the testing ground for what the GOP wants to do to Medicaid nationally, and it's hellish. Not even 10% of those eligible have obtained coverage, and those who do keep losing it.
Georgia did this with their pathways program. It 1) didn’t work - they have enrolled like .5% of the eligible pop. and 2) it’s insanely expensive - $13000 per enrollee and far more expensive than traditional Medicaid to implement.
Exclusive: A House GOP plan to cut Medicaid spending includes work requirements but not deeper reductions some fiscal hawks demanded
Exclusive | Proposal Cutting Medicaid Aims for GOP Middle Ground
The House bill is set to include work requirements but not deeper reductions some fiscal hawks demanded.
www.wsj.com
May 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Georgia did this with their pathways program. It 1) didn’t work - they have enrolled like .5% of the eligible pop. and 2) it’s insanely expensive - $13000 per enrollee and far more expensive than traditional Medicaid to implement.
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Hard to express what a big deal these numbers are. This is just as bad as measles and getting half the attention.
www.propublica.org/article/whoo...
www.propublica.org/article/whoo...
“Not Just Measles”: Whooping Cough Cases Are Soaring as Vaccine Rates Decline
While much of the country is focused on the spiraling measles outbreak, experts warn that whooping cough and other preventable diseases could get much worse with falling vaccination rates and Trump’s ...
www.propublica.org
April 12, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Hard to express what a big deal these numbers are. This is just as bad as measles and getting half the attention.
www.propublica.org/article/whoo...
www.propublica.org/article/whoo...
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A big part of my family hails from Hazard, Kentucky. Hazard tells us how far we’ve come—and where we’re losing ground. This public health week, I'll be thinking a lot about how we can do better by communities like Hazard.
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Where We've Come From
How Public Health Changes Lives
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April 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
A big part of my family hails from Hazard, Kentucky. Hazard tells us how far we’ve come—and where we’re losing ground. This public health week, I'll be thinking a lot about how we can do better by communities like Hazard.
open.substack.com/pub/saphl/p/...
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Employees of #HHS and its agencies who are being fired — RIF'd — started to receive termination notices today starting at 5 am. Big swaths of the #CDC appear to have been cut. Developing story.
www.statnews.com/2025/04/01/h...
www.statnews.com/2025/04/01/h...
HHS starts layoffs of thousands of workers across its agencies
Layoff notices began arriving early Tuesday for thousands of employees of HHS and its subsidiary agencies, with as many 10,000 workers potentially expected to be hit by the cuts.
www.statnews.com
April 1, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Employees of #HHS and its agencies who are being fired — RIF'd — started to receive termination notices today starting at 5 am. Big swaths of the #CDC appear to have been cut. Developing story.
www.statnews.com/2025/04/01/h...
www.statnews.com/2025/04/01/h...
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Extremely important information from @kff.org on what these Medicaid cuts will look like at the state level. The four state we work in - TN, NC, SC, and GA - stand to lose more than $6 billion!
www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...
www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...
Putting $880 Billion in Potential Federal Medicaid Cuts in Context of State Budgets and Coverage | KFF
This brief explores the magnitude of the potential federal Medicaid funding cuts under the House budget resolution. This brief puts the $880 billion in cuts in context by comparing the size of the cut...
www.kff.org
March 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Extremely important information from @kff.org on what these Medicaid cuts will look like at the state level. The four state we work in - TN, NC, SC, and GA - stand to lose more than $6 billion!
www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...
www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...
We’re excited to announce the launch of the Southern Alliance for Public Health Leadership (SAPHL.org), an organization tackling some of the South’s most pressing public health challenges: declining vaccination rates, rising infant and maternal mortality, and inadequate access to quality care.
Southern Alliance for Public Health Leadership | Support Public Health
Join the Southern Alliance for Public Health Leadership in advancing health outcomes across the South. Advocate, donate, or get involved today.
SAPHL.org
March 21, 2025 at 12:43 PM
We’re excited to announce the launch of the Southern Alliance for Public Health Leadership (SAPHL.org), an organization tackling some of the South’s most pressing public health challenges: declining vaccination rates, rising infant and maternal mortality, and inadequate access to quality care.