Susan VanPelt
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Wow. Lenacapavir, a twice-yearly shot that prevents HIV spread was just approved by the FDA.
The problem? Due to government cuts to Medicaid, PEPFAR, and Global Fund, it's unlikely this game-changing drug will reach the many people who need it most in the US and globally.
The problem? Due to government cuts to Medicaid, PEPFAR, and Global Fund, it's unlikely this game-changing drug will reach the many people who need it most in the US and globally.
June 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Wow. Lenacapavir, a twice-yearly shot that prevents HIV spread was just approved by the FDA.
The problem? Due to government cuts to Medicaid, PEPFAR, and Global Fund, it's unlikely this game-changing drug will reach the many people who need it most in the US and globally.
The problem? Due to government cuts to Medicaid, PEPFAR, and Global Fund, it's unlikely this game-changing drug will reach the many people who need it most in the US and globally.
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yep. food deserts are a mechanical consequence of how the private grocery store market has evolved. they simply will not be fixed without state action of some kind
The freakout about the Zohran government possibly opening some groceries store in food deserts is fascinating because the simplest way for capital to route around it would be for businesses just open up there and obviate the need but they appear unwilling/uninterested in doing so, so govt steps in.
June 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
yep. food deserts are a mechanical consequence of how the private grocery store market has evolved. they simply will not be fixed without state action of some kind
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Whenever you hear conservative politicians preach from the gospel of "fiscal responsibility," remember that one of the biggest drivers of deficits lately are the Bush and Trump tax cuts, which have added nearly $10 trillion to the national debt.
June 26, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Whenever you hear conservative politicians preach from the gospel of "fiscal responsibility," remember that one of the biggest drivers of deficits lately are the Bush and Trump tax cuts, which have added nearly $10 trillion to the national debt.
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He's running on making buses free. If he wins, he's going to try to make buses free and a lot of people are going to fight for that not to happen. If free buses are important to you, then you need to organizing towards that. I don't know what else there is to say. Nothing 'just happens' on our side.
June 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
He's running on making buses free. If he wins, he's going to try to make buses free and a lot of people are going to fight for that not to happen. If free buses are important to you, then you need to organizing towards that. I don't know what else there is to say. Nothing 'just happens' on our side.
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The American Academy of Pediatricians bluntly telling us the current CDC can't be trusted, and of course they are absolutely correct
publications.aap.org/aapnews/news...
publications.aap.org/aapnews/news...
AAP will continue to publish its own vaccine recommendations after CDC advisers sow distrust
The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices plans to form a work group to review child and adolescent immunization schedules despite them undergoing constant review in real time.
publications.aap.org
June 26, 2025 at 12:35 PM
The American Academy of Pediatricians bluntly telling us the current CDC can't be trusted, and of course they are absolutely correct
publications.aap.org/aapnews/news...
publications.aap.org/aapnews/news...
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Wild to me that the folks who wouldn’t take Covid vaccines because they feared they were being microchipped for tracking purposes has no problem with RFK suggesting that everyone should wear monitoring devices “for their health”.
June 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Wild to me that the folks who wouldn’t take Covid vaccines because they feared they were being microchipped for tracking purposes has no problem with RFK suggesting that everyone should wear monitoring devices “for their health”.
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June 26, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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Jason Van Dyke has long been a key player in neo-Nazi, white nationalist + Proud Boy circles.
A few years ago, he tried to join the white power terrorist group "the Base," but was rejected for being a “huge liability."
Seems Patriot Front is hurting for members. www.vice.com/en/article/a...
A few years ago, he tried to join the white power terrorist group "the Base," but was rejected for being a “huge liability."
Seems Patriot Front is hurting for members. www.vice.com/en/article/a...
June 26, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Jason Van Dyke has long been a key player in neo-Nazi, white nationalist + Proud Boy circles.
A few years ago, he tried to join the white power terrorist group "the Base," but was rejected for being a “huge liability."
Seems Patriot Front is hurting for members. www.vice.com/en/article/a...
A few years ago, he tried to join the white power terrorist group "the Base," but was rejected for being a “huge liability."
Seems Patriot Front is hurting for members. www.vice.com/en/article/a...
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We’re here now. The thing everyone said would never happen. The thing that contrarian journalists, political pundits, and Google doctors dismissed as hysteria.
People who want vaccines may not be able to get them due to deliberate sabotage and erosion of public trust.
1/11
People who want vaccines may not be able to get them due to deliberate sabotage and erosion of public trust.
1/11
June 25, 2025 at 6:28 PM
We’re here now. The thing everyone said would never happen. The thing that contrarian journalists, political pundits, and Google doctors dismissed as hysteria.
People who want vaccines may not be able to get them due to deliberate sabotage and erosion of public trust.
1/11
People who want vaccines may not be able to get them due to deliberate sabotage and erosion of public trust.
1/11
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I will not forget or forgive all the blood of children this administration has on its hands by defunding USAID. I will not forget or forgive their destruction of freedom enabled by the Supreme Court or the lives of federal workers and academics they sought to destroy for fun
June 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I will not forget or forgive all the blood of children this administration has on its hands by defunding USAID. I will not forget or forgive their destruction of freedom enabled by the Supreme Court or the lives of federal workers and academics they sought to destroy for fun
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At a time when it is going to be much harder to recruit public employees, Congress is
a) planning to pass a large de facto pay cut for federal employees
b) force employees who want to keep civil service protections to pay even more
www.govexec.com/pay-benefits...
a) planning to pass a large de facto pay cut for federal employees
b) force employees who want to keep civil service protections to pay even more
www.govexec.com/pay-benefits...
June 26, 2025 at 6:59 AM
At a time when it is going to be much harder to recruit public employees, Congress is
a) planning to pass a large de facto pay cut for federal employees
b) force employees who want to keep civil service protections to pay even more
www.govexec.com/pay-benefits...
a) planning to pass a large de facto pay cut for federal employees
b) force employees who want to keep civil service protections to pay even more
www.govexec.com/pay-benefits...
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‘This isn’t whet I voted for. I thought they would just arrest people who are criminals’
No, this is what you voted for. You all even waved signs supporting it.
Don’t let them pretend they didn’t know, they did.
No, this is what you voted for. You all even waved signs supporting it.
Don’t let them pretend they didn’t know, they did.
June 25, 2025 at 9:57 PM
‘This isn’t whet I voted for. I thought they would just arrest people who are criminals’
No, this is what you voted for. You all even waved signs supporting it.
Don’t let them pretend they didn’t know, they did.
No, this is what you voted for. You all even waved signs supporting it.
Don’t let them pretend they didn’t know, they did.
Sad destruction and waste. A loss to youth and communities just to make the filthy rich even richer.
It was announced at the end of May that the U.S. Department of Labor and the Trump administration will be pausing Job Corps centers across the country, including Chicopee. Story: thereminder.com/local-news/...
June 26, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Sad destruction and waste. A loss to youth and communities just to make the filthy rich even richer.
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Certainly close enough to the real truth!
June 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Certainly close enough to the real truth!
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Trump's FTC approving the $36B Mars-Kellanova merger will lead to less competition in a food industry already dominated by a few price-gouging corporations.
Reminder that Trump never actually cared about making groceries cheaper. https://youtu.be/9EXi6xyOXSk?si=-HI0Gt6EC9Ol9CUl
Reminder that Trump never actually cared about making groceries cheaper. https://youtu.be/9EXi6xyOXSk?si=-HI0Gt6EC9Ol9CUl
Trump Lied About Grocery Prices
Trump seems to have given up on making groceries cheaper. Wasn't that what the entire election was supposedly about?
youtu.be
June 26, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Trump's FTC approving the $36B Mars-Kellanova merger will lead to less competition in a food industry already dominated by a few price-gouging corporations.
Reminder that Trump never actually cared about making groceries cheaper. https://youtu.be/9EXi6xyOXSk?si=-HI0Gt6EC9Ol9CUl
Reminder that Trump never actually cared about making groceries cheaper. https://youtu.be/9EXi6xyOXSk?si=-HI0Gt6EC9Ol9CUl
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There’s massive and increasing gender based violence against women. Preparing women, telling them the reality, and showing them statistics isn’t sexism. It’s fact that men are the main perpetrators of violence and not by a small percentage.
June 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
There’s massive and increasing gender based violence against women. Preparing women, telling them the reality, and showing them statistics isn’t sexism. It’s fact that men are the main perpetrators of violence and not by a small percentage.
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All I keep thinking about is how Mamdani ran on a broad and populist message about affordability and when centrists hyperfocused on identity to try and divide his coalition, he took it as an opportunity to not only defend his values but persuade new voters
June 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
All I keep thinking about is how Mamdani ran on a broad and populist message about affordability and when centrists hyperfocused on identity to try and divide his coalition, he took it as an opportunity to not only defend his values but persuade new voters
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this is why i am pretty confident there will not be a meaningful attempt to do an end run around mamdani. a lot of elite cuomo support seemed to be based on “well, he’s probably going to win and he’s a vindictive asshole and i don’t want to be on his bad side.”
Here's a fun thing that a top donor to Andrew Cuomo's super PAC just told me.
June 26, 2025 at 12:56 AM
this is why i am pretty confident there will not be a meaningful attempt to do an end run around mamdani. a lot of elite cuomo support seemed to be based on “well, he’s probably going to win and he’s a vindictive asshole and i don’t want to be on his bad side.”
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We have enough for shared prosperity. But Republicans want forced pain so the billionaires like Zuck who is a 13% Meta shareholder can get richer
If every one of the 340 million people in America paid a new $35 copay to visit the doctor, that still wouldn’t be enough to cover how much Meta would get from just one tax break in Donald Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill."
June 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
We have enough for shared prosperity. But Republicans want forced pain so the billionaires like Zuck who is a 13% Meta shareholder can get richer
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I like Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s “Helpful or harmful” game
June 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I like Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s “Helpful or harmful” game
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Feels like ranked choice was absolutely decisive in this race—not because of the vote count, but because of how it changed the incentives from zero-sum to cooperapetitive. It allowed a fractured left field to align organically through co-endorsements instead of falling into a circular firing squad.
June 25, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Feels like ranked choice was absolutely decisive in this race—not because of the vote count, but because of how it changed the incentives from zero-sum to cooperapetitive. It allowed a fractured left field to align organically through co-endorsements instead of falling into a circular firing squad.
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Andrew Cuomo gets publicly humiliated. Bill Clinton learns his endorsement is worth less than dogshit. What a great time to be a hater. A golden age.
June 25, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Andrew Cuomo gets publicly humiliated. Bill Clinton learns his endorsement is worth less than dogshit. What a great time to be a hater. A golden age.
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Just in the last 24 hours:
-SCOTUS affirmed the administration’s right to kidnap people and ship them into slavery. Didn’t even pretend to offer a legal justification.
-By a bipartisan vote, the House effectively gave the president a pass after he illegally usurped congressional war powers.
-SCOTUS affirmed the administration’s right to kidnap people and ship them into slavery. Didn’t even pretend to offer a legal justification.
-By a bipartisan vote, the House effectively gave the president a pass after he illegally usurped congressional war powers.
June 24, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Just in the last 24 hours:
-SCOTUS affirmed the administration’s right to kidnap people and ship them into slavery. Didn’t even pretend to offer a legal justification.
-By a bipartisan vote, the House effectively gave the president a pass after he illegally usurped congressional war powers.
-SCOTUS affirmed the administration’s right to kidnap people and ship them into slavery. Didn’t even pretend to offer a legal justification.
-By a bipartisan vote, the House effectively gave the president a pass after he illegally usurped congressional war powers.