Shafrana
@shafrana.bsky.social
Nonprofit by day, policy program by night
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The sudden slashing of the pediatric vaccine schedule is just one of several new or expected changes to federal health policy that will affect the lives of millions of Americans, many of them kids.
MAHA’s latest offensive
Recent changes to federal health policy will affect the lives of millions of Americans, many of them kids.
www.vox.com
January 7, 2026 at 5:02 PM
The sudden slashing of the pediatric vaccine schedule is just one of several new or expected changes to federal health policy that will affect the lives of millions of Americans, many of them kids.
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Trump suggests that networks should lose their broadcast licenses if their on-air talent is critical of him.
Trump floats stripping networks critical of him of their broadcast licenses
“They’re giving me all this bad press, and they’re getting a license,” the president said.
www.politico.com
September 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Trump suggests that networks should lose their broadcast licenses if their on-air talent is critical of him.
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Here’s a story that’s becoming all too common: federal immigration agents using racial and ethnic profiling as a rationale for stopping, questioning and detaining U.S. citizens who they suspect are undocumented.
A U.S. Citizen Detained by ICE for Three Days Tells His Story
A conversation with George Retes, an Army veteran swept up in a California raid
www.theatlantic.com
September 11, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Here’s a story that’s becoming all too common: federal immigration agents using racial and ethnic profiling as a rationale for stopping, questioning and detaining U.S. citizens who they suspect are undocumented.
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Thousands of people lined up at the Minnesota Capitol to pay tribute to slain lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark. Between the caskets was an urn containing the ashes of the family’s golden retriever, Gilbert.
Beloved dog joined Minnesota lawmaker, husband as they lay in state
When Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were fatally shot this month, their golden retriever was grievously wounded and had to be euthanized.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Thousands of people lined up at the Minnesota Capitol to pay tribute to slain lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark. Between the caskets was an urn containing the ashes of the family’s golden retriever, Gilbert.
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After Trump’s tariffs rattled the stock market, a TikTok of women dancing in their office went viral — and sparked a conspiracy right-wing theory: that women have "fake jobs" propped up by DEI and the government.
Now, some men are rooting for a recession to "put women back in their place."
Now, some men are rooting for a recession to "put women back in their place."
April 15, 2025 at 2:32 PM
After Trump’s tariffs rattled the stock market, a TikTok of women dancing in their office went viral — and sparked a conspiracy right-wing theory: that women have "fake jobs" propped up by DEI and the government.
Now, some men are rooting for a recession to "put women back in their place."
Now, some men are rooting for a recession to "put women back in their place."
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The US economy is set to lose billions of dollars in revenue in 2025 from a pullback in foreign tourism and boycotts of American products.
US Economy Is Set to Lose Billions as Foreign Tourists Stay Away
The US economy is set to lose billions of dollars in revenue in 2025 from a pullback in foreign tourism and boycotts of American products, adding to a growing list of headwinds keeping recession risk ...
www.bloomberg.com
April 15, 2025 at 11:45 AM
The US economy is set to lose billions of dollars in revenue in 2025 from a pullback in foreign tourism and boycotts of American products.
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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
April 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
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IMHO, Cory Booker has been disappointing in a lot of ways (AIPAC money, cough cough), but I do worry that writing off his actions now as merely “performative BS” feels like the same kind of nihilism that helped get this administration in power.
It’s something. Hopefully it’s just the start.
It’s something. Hopefully it’s just the start.
April 1, 2025 at 7:23 PM
IMHO, Cory Booker has been disappointing in a lot of ways (AIPAC money, cough cough), but I do worry that writing off his actions now as merely “performative BS” feels like the same kind of nihilism that helped get this administration in power.
It’s something. Hopefully it’s just the start.
It’s something. Hopefully it’s just the start.
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This doesn't look good, folks
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving
More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.
www.nature.com
March 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
This doesn't look good, folks
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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The Gang Illegally Shares U.S. War Planning Details With A Journalist
March 24, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The Gang Illegally Shares U.S. War Planning Details With A Journalist
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Data shows it can prevent six types of cancer. But anti-vaccine activists, including U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., have helped dampen its usage.
An urgent argument for the HPV vaccine
Data shows it can prevent six types of cancer. But anti-vaccine activists, including U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., have helped dampen its usage.
www.npr.org
March 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Data shows it can prevent six types of cancer. But anti-vaccine activists, including U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., have helped dampen its usage.
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How dare Ukraine invade itself using poor innocent Russian soldiers
February 26, 2025 at 1:09 PM
How dare Ukraine invade itself using poor innocent Russian soldiers
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“People will die, but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h...
U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World
Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.
www.nytimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
“People will die, but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h...
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Israel is delaying the release of Palestinian detainees and prisoners, disrupting the Gaza ceasefire deal, and its military is intensifying an offensive in the occupied West Bank.
Israel delays Palestinian prisoner release; moves tanks into West Bank
Israel is delaying the release of Palestinian detainees and prisoners, disrupting the Gaza ceasefire deal, and its military is intensifying an offensive in the occupied West Bank
www.npr.org
February 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Israel is delaying the release of Palestinian detainees and prisoners, disrupting the Gaza ceasefire deal, and its military is intensifying an offensive in the occupied West Bank.
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This has been the dream of white supremacists since the end of segregation.
Trump preps order to dismantle Education Dept. as DOGE probes data www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
Trump preps order to dismantle Education Dept. as DOGE probes data www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
Trump preps order to dismantle Education Dept. as DOGE probes data
Closing the agency would require congressional approval, so the new administration hopes to diminish it in the meantime.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 3, 2025 at 10:38 PM
This has been the dream of white supremacists since the end of segregation.
Trump preps order to dismantle Education Dept. as DOGE probes data www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
Trump preps order to dismantle Education Dept. as DOGE probes data www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
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“Some federal employees at the Education Department have been placed on administrative leave for previously attending a diversity training.”
Education Department employees placed on leave for attending diversity training
Several employees began receiving leave notices late Friday.
www.politico.com
February 2, 2025 at 6:16 PM
“Some federal employees at the Education Department have been placed on administrative leave for previously attending a diversity training.”
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The National Science Foundation's funding freeze, and wider confusion about the status and future of science funding, is already hampering research.
National Science Foundation freezes payments in response to Trump's executive actions
The National Science Foundation's funding freeze, and wider confusion about the status and future of science funding, is already hampering research.
www.npr.org
January 31, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The National Science Foundation's funding freeze, and wider confusion about the status and future of science funding, is already hampering research.
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BREAKING NEWS: Research and basic information on subjects ranging from tuberculosis surveillance to adolescent health disappeared from federal health agency websites.
Trump administration purges websites across federal health agencies
Research and basic information on subjects ranging from tuberculosis surveillance to adolescent health disappeared from federal health agency websites.
www.npr.org
January 31, 2025 at 9:58 PM
BREAKING NEWS: Research and basic information on subjects ranging from tuberculosis surveillance to adolescent health disappeared from federal health agency websites.
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Well said, Pete Buttigieg
January 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Well said, Pete Buttigieg
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Ok sure, eggs are more expensive and inflation isn’t lowering, but at least they cut the funding for childhood cancer research, stopped monitoring Bird flu, shutdown Medicaid, stripped hungry kids of their school lunches and took hot meals away from seniors
January 28, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Ok sure, eggs are more expensive and inflation isn’t lowering, but at least they cut the funding for childhood cancer research, stopped monitoring Bird flu, shutdown Medicaid, stripped hungry kids of their school lunches and took hot meals away from seniors