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I really hope this becomes the black eye it deserves to be www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
August 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I really hope this becomes the black eye it deserves to be www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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"Kennedy might have prospered had he simply been content to continue slapping a MAHA coat of paint on the good work of the government’s actual scientists. Instead, he seems determined to rip the engine out while the car is hurtling down the interstate."
www.thebulwark.com/p/camelot-fo...
www.thebulwark.com/p/camelot-fo...
Camelot for Crazies
RFK Jr. f*cked around. Now we get to find out.
www.thebulwark.com
August 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM
"Kennedy might have prospered had he simply been content to continue slapping a MAHA coat of paint on the good work of the government’s actual scientists. Instead, he seems determined to rip the engine out while the car is hurtling down the interstate."
www.thebulwark.com/p/camelot-fo...
www.thebulwark.com/p/camelot-fo...
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there is no question in my mind that rfk jr is the most dangerous person in this administration and that his eugenicist ideology threatens the lives of millions of people www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
RFK Jr.’s damage to the CDC is ‘past the point of no return,’ Dr. Demetre Daskalakis warns
“The CDC you knew is over,” the infectious diseases doctor told The Advocate. “Unless someone takes radical action, there is nothing there that can be salvaged.”
www.advocate.com
August 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
there is no question in my mind that rfk jr is the most dangerous person in this administration and that his eugenicist ideology threatens the lives of millions of people www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
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It’s easier to purchase an assault rifle in the U.S. than it is to get a COVID19 vaccine.
But food dyes and wearable fitness monitors are going to fix everything.
But food dyes and wearable fitness monitors are going to fix everything.
August 29, 2025 at 10:38 PM
It’s easier to purchase an assault rifle in the U.S. than it is to get a COVID19 vaccine.
But food dyes and wearable fitness monitors are going to fix everything.
But food dyes and wearable fitness monitors are going to fix everything.
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Yes. Rural voters keep making themselves clear: they do not want shared prosperity, they want everyone else to suffer.
Look at PA. Rural legislators broke public transit and are promising to keep it broken forever. Why? Because their voters want us to suffer.
www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/transpo...
Look at PA. Rural legislators broke public transit and are promising to keep it broken forever. Why? Because their voters want us to suffer.
www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/transpo...
August 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Yes. Rural voters keep making themselves clear: they do not want shared prosperity, they want everyone else to suffer.
Look at PA. Rural legislators broke public transit and are promising to keep it broken forever. Why? Because their voters want us to suffer.
www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/transpo...
Look at PA. Rural legislators broke public transit and are promising to keep it broken forever. Why? Because their voters want us to suffer.
www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/transpo...
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The problem isn’t that there is no way to alert the public to coming disasters.
It’s that local officials too often don’t use it.
My latest for @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/ipaw...
It’s that local officials too often don’t use it.
My latest for @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/ipaw...
Local Officials Have a Powerful Tool to Warn Residents of Emergencies. They Don’t Always Use It.
ProPublica has identified at least 15 major disasters since 2016 in which officials in the most-harmed communities failed to use a federal system to send emergency alerts to residents — or waited unti...
www.propublica.org
August 29, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The problem isn’t that there is no way to alert the public to coming disasters.
It’s that local officials too often don’t use it.
My latest for @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/ipaw...
It’s that local officials too often don’t use it.
My latest for @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/ipaw...
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Another big paper with an op-ed on the dangers RFK Jr presents. Write one for your own local paper. Spread the word. This man is a menace. www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
RFK Jr. is an anti-vaccine kook destroying the CDC. Impeach him. | Opinion
Everyone should light up the phone lines of their congressional representatives and demand the impeachment of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
www.usatoday.com
August 29, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Another big paper with an op-ed on the dangers RFK Jr presents. Write one for your own local paper. Spread the word. This man is a menace. www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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It should never be easier to access a gun than a vaccine.
August 29, 2025 at 7:52 PM
It should never be easier to access a gun than a vaccine.
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Chicago keeping art alive:
August 29, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Chicago keeping art alive:
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Courage is contagious.
Yesterday, we joined to say 👋 to the 3Ds (Deb, Demetre, Dan).
Seeing everyone reminded us of who is left standing at CDC: 100s of the most incredible scientists we've met.
We aren't done yet. #courageiscontagious 💚
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/courage-at...
Yesterday, we joined to say 👋 to the 3Ds (Deb, Demetre, Dan).
Seeing everyone reminded us of who is left standing at CDC: 100s of the most incredible scientists we've met.
We aren't done yet. #courageiscontagious 💚
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/courage-at...
Courage at CDC
The word of the year should be courage.
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com
August 29, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Courage is contagious.
Yesterday, we joined to say 👋 to the 3Ds (Deb, Demetre, Dan).
Seeing everyone reminded us of who is left standing at CDC: 100s of the most incredible scientists we've met.
We aren't done yet. #courageiscontagious 💚
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/courage-at...
Yesterday, we joined to say 👋 to the 3Ds (Deb, Demetre, Dan).
Seeing everyone reminded us of who is left standing at CDC: 100s of the most incredible scientists we've met.
We aren't done yet. #courageiscontagious 💚
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/courage-at...
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Massive walkout underway at CDC.
RFK jr. must resign so that we can be safe.
RFK jr. must resign so that we can be safe.
August 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Massive walkout underway at CDC.
RFK jr. must resign so that we can be safe.
RFK jr. must resign so that we can be safe.
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Trump and RFK Jr. hand picked Susan Monarez to lead the CDC. Now, they are trying to force her out for refusing to rubber stamp their anti-vaccine conspiracy theories. This administration is so hellbent on killing people that even their own nominees are saying no. It must end.
August 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Trump and RFK Jr. hand picked Susan Monarez to lead the CDC. Now, they are trying to force her out for refusing to rubber stamp their anti-vaccine conspiracy theories. This administration is so hellbent on killing people that even their own nominees are saying no. It must end.
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Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), top Dem on the Senate health committee, on this evening's chaos at CDC:
“We cannot let RFK Jr. burn what’s left of the CDC and our other critical health agencies to the ground—he must be fired."
“We cannot let RFK Jr. burn what’s left of the CDC and our other critical health agencies to the ground—he must be fired."
August 28, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), top Dem on the Senate health committee, on this evening's chaos at CDC:
“We cannot let RFK Jr. burn what’s left of the CDC and our other critical health agencies to the ground—he must be fired."
“We cannot let RFK Jr. burn what’s left of the CDC and our other critical health agencies to the ground—he must be fired."
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#NIH is hanging by a thread. The #CDC has been decimated. #RFK Jr. and Russell #Vought are psychopaths--I don't say this frivolously--they are cold, calculating, inflicting violence on millions through public policy. It is where we are right now. These men are not normal. 1/
August 28, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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Abbe Lowell and I represent CDC Director #SusanMonarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. She will not resign. We have issued the following statement:
August 27, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Abbe Lowell and I represent CDC Director #SusanMonarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. She will not resign. We have issued the following statement:
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To Donald Trump and his administration:
If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me — not time or political circumstance — from making sure you face justice under our constitutional rule of law.
If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me — not time or political circumstance — from making sure you face justice under our constitutional rule of law.
August 26, 2025 at 1:47 AM
To Donald Trump and his administration:
If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me — not time or political circumstance — from making sure you face justice under our constitutional rule of law.
If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me — not time or political circumstance — from making sure you face justice under our constitutional rule of law.
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This article just reminded me of this old tweet
August 26, 2025 at 5:04 AM
This article just reminded me of this old tweet
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Dear journalists:
The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her.
Your words shape people’s reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.
The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her.
Your words shape people’s reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.
August 26, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Dear journalists:
The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her.
Your words shape people’s reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.
The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her.
Your words shape people’s reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.
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"This could be the difference whether your child gets cancer. Are you willing for them to die because the therapy for them is delayed?"
Powerful video with voices from top US scientists on the very real and devastating impacts of the funding cuts.
Powerful video with voices from top US scientists on the very real and devastating impacts of the funding cuts.
August 24, 2025 at 7:25 PM
"This could be the difference whether your child gets cancer. Are you willing for them to die because the therapy for them is delayed?"
Powerful video with voices from top US scientists on the very real and devastating impacts of the funding cuts.
Powerful video with voices from top US scientists on the very real and devastating impacts of the funding cuts.
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Illinois is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ+ individuals — Illinois Pride Connect.
As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.
As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.
August 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Illinois is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ+ individuals — Illinois Pride Connect.
As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.
As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.
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Cynicism asks nothing of us; hope demands everything. When people choose to act rather than surrender, that is what keeps democracy alive. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/what...
What Gives Me Hope
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
August 20, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Cynicism asks nothing of us; hope demands everything. When people choose to act rather than surrender, that is what keeps democracy alive. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/what...
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Excellent article about the vague meaning of the term “scientifically justifiable” that NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya likes to toss around, and its repercussions.
And one of my fave posters @arrianna-planey.bsky.social is quoted as an added bonus.
And one of my fave posters @arrianna-planey.bsky.social is quoted as an added bonus.
The Two-Word Phrase Unleashing Chaos at the NIH
All research is allowed so long as it’s “scientifically justifiable.”
www.theatlantic.com
August 19, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Excellent article about the vague meaning of the term “scientifically justifiable” that NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya likes to toss around, and its repercussions.
And one of my fave posters @arrianna-planey.bsky.social is quoted as an added bonus.
And one of my fave posters @arrianna-planey.bsky.social is quoted as an added bonus.
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The people dominating our political landscape, culture, and economy are just so stupid and full of shit it's almost impossible to describe
August 18, 2025 at 10:42 PM
The people dominating our political landscape, culture, and economy are just so stupid and full of shit it's almost impossible to describe
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The Independent has identified Eric Lendrum as the DHS PR officer responsible for a relentless flood of social media posts on DHS pages using Nazis memes, slogans and images. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
DHS speechwriter linked to hateful social accounts
‘They are not migrants. They are not ‘undocumented.’ They are an invading army. The largest invasion in American history,’ DHS speechwriter writes on X
www.independent.co.uk
August 18, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The Independent has identified Eric Lendrum as the DHS PR officer responsible for a relentless flood of social media posts on DHS pages using Nazis memes, slogans and images. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...