@szman.bsky.social
Reposted
Kennedy and his team aren’t about “medical freedom”
Their announcements today were offensive to the concept of individual autonomy and direct, prejudiced, ideological attacks on the transgender community and childhood health.
Let’s speak in unison. It’s wrong, and it won’t stand.
Their announcements today were offensive to the concept of individual autonomy and direct, prejudiced, ideological attacks on the transgender community and childhood health.
Let’s speak in unison. It’s wrong, and it won’t stand.
December 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Kennedy and his team aren’t about “medical freedom”
Their announcements today were offensive to the concept of individual autonomy and direct, prejudiced, ideological attacks on the transgender community and childhood health.
Let’s speak in unison. It’s wrong, and it won’t stand.
Their announcements today were offensive to the concept of individual autonomy and direct, prejudiced, ideological attacks on the transgender community and childhood health.
Let’s speak in unison. It’s wrong, and it won’t stand.
Reposted
I think Asha Rangappa is right — they are lining up the external and internal enemies. Or trying to. This is very risky and will almost certainly blow up in their faces.
I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
There is no national security logic that would impel the US to want to do regime change in Venezuela. It's simply not that important. I'm not even sure wag the dog is the right metaphor for what's happening here. Seems like an insane misallocation of US national security assets and attention.
December 19, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I think Asha Rangappa is right — they are lining up the external and internal enemies. Or trying to. This is very risky and will almost certainly blow up in their faces.
Reposted
Measles outbreaks are surging again, this time in South Carolina.
In normal times, we’d be hearing anticipatory guidance to the public on what to look out for and to encourage vaccination.
These are highly abnormal times and we are filling the void.
@msnowreports.bsky.social
In normal times, we’d be hearing anticipatory guidance to the public on what to look out for and to encourage vaccination.
These are highly abnormal times and we are filling the void.
@msnowreports.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Measles outbreaks are surging again, this time in South Carolina.
In normal times, we’d be hearing anticipatory guidance to the public on what to look out for and to encourage vaccination.
These are highly abnormal times and we are filling the void.
@msnowreports.bsky.social
In normal times, we’d be hearing anticipatory guidance to the public on what to look out for and to encourage vaccination.
These are highly abnormal times and we are filling the void.
@msnowreports.bsky.social
Reposted
The FDA vaccine head, like his boss, always overstates the risks of vaccines or issues provocative headlines without providing actual evidence.
They did the same thing again over the weekend.
We focus on the actual truth @msnowreports.bsky.social
They did the same thing again over the weekend.
We focus on the actual truth @msnowreports.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The FDA vaccine head, like his boss, always overstates the risks of vaccines or issues provocative headlines without providing actual evidence.
They did the same thing again over the weekend.
We focus on the actual truth @msnowreports.bsky.social
They did the same thing again over the weekend.
We focus on the actual truth @msnowreports.bsky.social
Reposted
🧵 Lowe's CEO, one of 8 Black Fortune 500 CEOs, stands firm on DEI.
"Championing Diversity Through Action: Ellison’s approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is rooted in practical change rather than public statements"
Home Depot, meanwhile, allows ICE agents to raid its parking lots.
"Championing Diversity Through Action: Ellison’s approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is rooted in practical change rather than public statements"
Home Depot, meanwhile, allows ICE agents to raid its parking lots.
November 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
🧵 Lowe's CEO, one of 8 Black Fortune 500 CEOs, stands firm on DEI.
"Championing Diversity Through Action: Ellison’s approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is rooted in practical change rather than public statements"
Home Depot, meanwhile, allows ICE agents to raid its parking lots.
"Championing Diversity Through Action: Ellison’s approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is rooted in practical change rather than public statements"
Home Depot, meanwhile, allows ICE agents to raid its parking lots.
Reposted
Trump Administration bizarrely demands the University of Pennsylvania hand over "names, phone numbers and physical addresses" for anyone who "belongs to Jewish clubs or groups on campus, and anyone who works in the university’s Jewish studies program"...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
Federal Suit Seeking Names of Some Jewish Employees at Penn Sparks Backlash
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Trump Administration bizarrely demands the University of Pennsylvania hand over "names, phone numbers and physical addresses" for anyone who "belongs to Jewish clubs or groups on campus, and anyone who works in the university’s Jewish studies program"...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
Reposted
Another reason RFK jr should resign
November 23, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Another reason RFK jr should resign
Reposted
I hope
you’ll read this piece that I wrote about Donald Trump, the price of having a president who openly calls for his political enemies deaths, & why we should be discussing this with friends & family during the holiday. joycevance.substack.com/p/sorry-geor...
you’ll read this piece that I wrote about Donald Trump, the price of having a president who openly calls for his political enemies deaths, & why we should be discussing this with friends & family during the holiday. joycevance.substack.com/p/sorry-geor...
Sorry, George Washington Would Not Have Hanged Them.
This week, Donald Trump continues to use his claimed power to kill people who have received no due process, in international waters, based on his administration’s assertion that they are narcoterroris...
joycevance.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I hope
you’ll read this piece that I wrote about Donald Trump, the price of having a president who openly calls for his political enemies deaths, & why we should be discussing this with friends & family during the holiday. joycevance.substack.com/p/sorry-geor...
you’ll read this piece that I wrote about Donald Trump, the price of having a president who openly calls for his political enemies deaths, & why we should be discussing this with friends & family during the holiday. joycevance.substack.com/p/sorry-geor...
Reposted
Thanks to his new Tesla pay package, Elon Musk could stand to make $3 billion more per year than all 1.4 million elementary school teachers in the U.S. combined. Still wondering if inequality is out of control?
November 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Thanks to his new Tesla pay package, Elon Musk could stand to make $3 billion more per year than all 1.4 million elementary school teachers in the U.S. combined. Still wondering if inequality is out of control?
Reposted
Jeffrey Epstein survivors released a new video urging Congress to vote to release the Epstein files
November 17, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Jeffrey Epstein survivors released a new video urging Congress to vote to release the Epstein files
Reposted
Reposted
Modern authoritarians seldom cancel elections, because they prefer the veneer of democratic choice that voting provides, and because they can tilt the playing field toward themselves. “No one likes an election better than Vladimir Putin,” the Democratic election lawyer Marc Elias told me.
North Carolina Is the Canary in the Election Coal Mine
Americans don’t have to imagine what attempts to subvert an election could look like, because it’s already happening in one state.
www.theatlantic.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Modern authoritarians seldom cancel elections, because they prefer the veneer of democratic choice that voting provides, and because they can tilt the playing field toward themselves. “No one likes an election better than Vladimir Putin,” the Democratic election lawyer Marc Elias told me.
Reposted
Deeply racist, yes, but also deeply stupid.
Rural counties have higher enrollments than urban ones. Some of the largest enrollment states are red ones like Louisiana, Oklahoma and West Virginia. Undocumented immigrants are ineligible. Most beneficiaries are required to work 80 hrs/month.
Rural counties have higher enrollments than urban ones. Some of the largest enrollment states are red ones like Louisiana, Oklahoma and West Virginia. Undocumented immigrants are ineligible. Most beneficiaries are required to work 80 hrs/month.
May I present a former clerk to Justice Gorsuch.
October 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Deeply racist, yes, but also deeply stupid.
Rural counties have higher enrollments than urban ones. Some of the largest enrollment states are red ones like Louisiana, Oklahoma and West Virginia. Undocumented immigrants are ineligible. Most beneficiaries are required to work 80 hrs/month.
Rural counties have higher enrollments than urban ones. Some of the largest enrollment states are red ones like Louisiana, Oklahoma and West Virginia. Undocumented immigrants are ineligible. Most beneficiaries are required to work 80 hrs/month.
Reposted
Major new measles outbreaks ongoing in states nationwide prompting quarantines in schools.
I’ve gotten several inquiries on booster guidance for Measles. We reviewed the recommendations this morning for @msnbc.com
I’ve gotten several inquiries on booster guidance for Measles. We reviewed the recommendations this morning for @msnbc.com
October 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Major new measles outbreaks ongoing in states nationwide prompting quarantines in schools.
I’ve gotten several inquiries on booster guidance for Measles. We reviewed the recommendations this morning for @msnbc.com
I’ve gotten several inquiries on booster guidance for Measles. We reviewed the recommendations this morning for @msnbc.com
Reposted
Tomorrow the Supreme Court will hear arguments in the most important redistricting and voting rights case of the term. Democracy Docket isn't just covering it for the day. It has been covering this case for years.
Support its vital work to help keep you informed. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
Support its vital work to help keep you informed. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
October 15, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Tomorrow the Supreme Court will hear arguments in the most important redistricting and voting rights case of the term. Democracy Docket isn't just covering it for the day. It has been covering this case for years.
Support its vital work to help keep you informed. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
Support its vital work to help keep you informed. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
Reposted
Justice Dept has 10 days left to respond to civil lawsuit filed by Jan 6 police responders who are seeking court order to require display of Jan 6 law enforcement honorary plaque at US Capitol
Plaque was required to be hung by 2023 under federal law
It hasn’t been hung
Plaque was required to be hung by 2023 under federal law
It hasn’t been hung
October 8, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Justice Dept has 10 days left to respond to civil lawsuit filed by Jan 6 police responders who are seeking court order to require display of Jan 6 law enforcement honorary plaque at US Capitol
Plaque was required to be hung by 2023 under federal law
It hasn’t been hung
Plaque was required to be hung by 2023 under federal law
It hasn’t been hung
Reposted
“I wish I could be the guy who says, ‘everyone calm down; things have been just as bad before, and we got through it.’ But I can’t be that reasonable-sounding moderate floating above it all. Things are very bad. People should be far more alarmed than they are.”
open.substack.com/pub/michaelw...
open.substack.com/pub/michaelw...
The Emerging Shape of American Politics
Dynamism v. Reaction / Open v. Closed
open.substack.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:03 AM
“I wish I could be the guy who says, ‘everyone calm down; things have been just as bad before, and we got through it.’ But I can’t be that reasonable-sounding moderate floating above it all. Things are very bad. People should be far more alarmed than they are.”
open.substack.com/pub/michaelw...
open.substack.com/pub/michaelw...
Reposted
The Trump admin illegally leaked my unredacted personnel file to Jack's allies to try to smear me.
The full force of the federal government is being weaponized to defeat me — I’m asking you to help me fight back!
Donate here: secure.ngpvan.com/NGY2cCnISU6c...
The full force of the federal government is being weaponized to defeat me — I’m asking you to help me fight back!
Donate here: secure.ngpvan.com/NGY2cCnISU6c...
Support Mikie Sherrill for Governor!
Make a grassroots donation to Mikie Sherrill's campaign for New Jersey Governor today.
secure.ngpvan.com
September 25, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The Trump admin illegally leaked my unredacted personnel file to Jack's allies to try to smear me.
The full force of the federal government is being weaponized to defeat me — I’m asking you to help me fight back!
Donate here: secure.ngpvan.com/NGY2cCnISU6c...
The full force of the federal government is being weaponized to defeat me — I’m asking you to help me fight back!
Donate here: secure.ngpvan.com/NGY2cCnISU6c...
Reposted
Trump Administration is erasing history and data it doesn’t like in our national parks.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com
September 22, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Trump Administration is erasing history and data it doesn’t like in our national parks.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Reposted
Reposted
What’s more astonishing: 1) that the president clearly believes, and repeatedly suggests, that asylum seekers are people from mental asylums, or 2) that no journalist has ever challenged him on this and no mainstream media outlets have done any deep dives on this story?
September 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
What’s more astonishing: 1) that the president clearly believes, and repeatedly suggests, that asylum seekers are people from mental asylums, or 2) that no journalist has ever challenged him on this and no mainstream media outlets have done any deep dives on this story?
Reposted
Take 30 minutes and watch my analysis of how and why Donald Trump is escalating his authoritarian crackdown on thought, dissent, media and organizations.
Then share it with others. youtu.be/4kKtGgh3l5I
Then share it with others. youtu.be/4kKtGgh3l5I
This Is Trump's Latest Attack On Free Speech
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
youtu.be
September 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Take 30 minutes and watch my analysis of how and why Donald Trump is escalating his authoritarian crackdown on thought, dissent, media and organizations.
Then share it with others. youtu.be/4kKtGgh3l5I
Then share it with others. youtu.be/4kKtGgh3l5I
Reposted
Donald Trump is way less popular than he wants you to believe.
And you are significantly more powerful than he wants you to think.
And you are significantly more powerful than he wants you to think.
September 20, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Donald Trump is way less popular than he wants you to believe.
And you are significantly more powerful than he wants you to think.
And you are significantly more powerful than he wants you to think.
Reposted
AOC: We should be clear about who Charlie Kirk was. A man who believed that the civil rights act that granted black Americans the right to vote was a mistake… His rhetoric and beliefs were ignorant, uneducated, and sought to disenfranchise millions of Americans.
September 19, 2025 at 4:19 PM
AOC: We should be clear about who Charlie Kirk was. A man who believed that the civil rights act that granted black Americans the right to vote was a mistake… His rhetoric and beliefs were ignorant, uneducated, and sought to disenfranchise millions of Americans.
Reposted
Dr. Susan Monarez: “I could have stayed silent, agreed to the demands, and no one would have known. What the public would have seen were scientists dismissed without cause and vaccine protections quietly eroded…I would have lost the one thing that cannot be replaced: My integrity.”
September 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Dr. Susan Monarez: “I could have stayed silent, agreed to the demands, and no one would have known. What the public would have seen were scientists dismissed without cause and vaccine protections quietly eroded…I would have lost the one thing that cannot be replaced: My integrity.”