With Tax Day coming up, here's our reminder that TurboTax owner Intuit spent two decades fighting to prevent Americans from filing their taxes online for free. (Published 2019)

Saturday, March 28th. No Kings. More than 3000+ events, nationwide. The biggest day of mass protest yet. Find one near you: bit.ly/nokings-march28

"Over the last few years, American tech oligarchs have become the greatest argument against their own existence. The sheer scale of their erratic behavior and political interference proves that extreme wealth concentration is a structural threat to society." -Joni Askola

RFK Jr. fired all of the legitimate scientific experts on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and replaced them with unqualified political appointees. A judge just ruled that the new members were not appropriately appointed, so ACIP cannot meet this week to spread more misinformation.

In a rebuke, a federal district court judge blocked the administration's reduction in the number of immunizations recommended for kids and also changes to an influential vaccine committee. n.pr/4uv8q4U

The U.S. war on Iran is now estimated to cost $1 billion per day. Meanwhile Americans are told there’s no money for healthcare, hospitals, or basic social programs.

It sure would be nice to have a Democratic Senator in Pennsylvania.

🚨 New episode out on YouTube! 🚨 Jon, @camanpour.bsky.social and Amb. Wendy Sherman discuss ⬇️: >> Iran & US/Israel >> What’s the Plan? Was there a Plan? >> Drive-By Negotiations >> Tough Decision: Taco Bell or Arby’s? youtube.com/watch?v=02Ns6EbCplY&feature=youtu.be

things every single republican president of your lifetime has done - started a war in the middle east - completely destroyed the economy

Once again: vaccines are popular, actually.

Connor Hellebuyck Olympic gold MVP What a game! What a performance!

RFK Jr. was sworn in as health secretary one year ago, after promising not to cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation’s vaccine recommendations. Since then, he’s done both. Watch for more on some of the promises Kennedy made during his confirmation process ⤵️

The latest from Contagion: I found hundreds of pediatric providers who are rejecting the CDC's new vaccine schedule, and not a single one who endorses it. At the same time, public trust in the CDC is tanking. Just 47% of Americans trust the CDC on vaccines. contagion.ghost.io/not-in-the-b...

we really need to talk about how AI is being used to provide cover for government policy based on deadly misinformation — and how every one of us who writes about AI in health, but doesn't center that fact, is lending credence to the enterprise.

7. #CDC reports that about 95% of the confirmed cases so far this year are in people who aren't fully vaccinated (2 shots). This map shows most parts of the country don't have measles vaccination rates high enough to stop spread if measles is introduced. Measles isn't going away anytime soon.

From the American Academy of Ophthalmology:

We could create more primary care providers in an instant by letting nurse practitioners fully practice in every state, but these grifters would rather spend your money on chat bot docs.

I recently watched Warfare (2025) @a24movies.bsky.social, and couldn't stop thinking about it. I think it's the most realistic depiction of concussions and traumatic brain injury I've seen on film.

The South Carolina measles outbreak is now bigger than last year's Texas outbreak and is happening as the U.S. is poised to lose its measles elimination status. n.pr/46gC8jB

It is disingenuous for media outlets to continue reporting that RFK Jr., Bhattacharya, Makary and Prasad are working to “restore trust” in public health. The data clearly show that after one year of being in power, trust in public health is plummeting, not increasing.

I find it *extremely* disturbing that Jay Bhattacharya—who campaigned for RFK Jr during RFK’s Presidential run—is repositioning the NIH to be the research arm of RFK Jr’s anti-vaccine, anti-science MAHA movement😨

New from me: Last month I asked HHS about South Carolina's measles outbreak. They brushed me off, saying they weren't "concerned that this will develop into a large, long-running outbreak." A month later, it's the biggest since measles was declared eliminated. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

No Kings is hosting what is shaping up to be the largest ICE Watch training in history tonight. Join here: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

The medical community is united against RFK Jr's new vaccine schedule.

We've pulled this out of our paywall so more people can read it

Best thing I've read in the Atlantic in years

Refusing to take a side is taking a side. Appeasement and false equivalency aid and abet fascism.

ICE is murdering people in the streets and its detention centers, and they're pillaging your healthcare to pay for it. contagion.ghost.io/americas-imm...

“Donald Trump’s masked marauders murdered another U.S. citizen in Minneapolis on Saturday, a senseless killing in a senseless war playing out in broad daylight on America’s streets," writes The Inquirer Editorial Board. 🔗 www.inquirer.com/opinion/edit...

A nurse. A 37-year-old man who devoted his time to healing the sick and the injured, who came outside in the cold to protect his neighbors, gunned down in the street by bloodthirsty blackshirts

It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing

The state of history in this country... Panel from the Presidents House in Philadelphia that discussed people enslaved by George Washington.

"Slavery was real" Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington. Presidents House, Philadelphia.

Not hyperbolic to say this is lunacy. ACIP Chair Milhoan offers classic antivax claim "Why vax for diseases that aren't as big a thing now as they used to be?" plus doubt-sowing. Let's see how well his sci-dismissing beliefs & libertarian fixation comfort the afflicted in US he envisions. 🛟medsky😷

AOC: An agency that is attacking U.S. citizens, kidnapping five-year-olds and using them as bait, and privately circulating the idea that they can violate the rights of Americans by busting down their doors—they deserve to be defunded, and I’ll take any step in that direction.

Don't let elected officials paper over anything. None of this can be reformed.

“We can still stop these abuses of power, but we need to be clear about what we’re facing. This is no longer a conversation about law enforcement or immigration policy. This is about authoritarianism.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...

When ICE comes to the neighborhood, communities fight back. @meeshellchen.bsky.social takes inside the grassroots defense against deportation raids. www.thenation.com/article/acti...

“I want everybody to understand: the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. All of that extra money … was taken out and given to ICE. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.” @aoc.bsky.social

Being required to present proof of citizenship to someone not required to present proof they're actually law enforcement is one hell of a dichotomy

Finally reading this sci-fi classic.

The Administration for a Healthy America is RFK Jr.'s plan to tackle chronic disease, addiction and other persistent problems. But so far it's not being set up like previous new agencies. n.pr/49qdzTp

No Democrat more deserving of a primary. This guy needs to retire for his health and ours.

"Content is governing and governing is content."

WHIPLASH On Wed, thousands of nonprofits were facing $2 billion in cuts without notice or a plan for what's next. Less than 24 hours later, those cuts were reversed as abruptly as they were made. contagion.ghost.io/trump-admin-...

There's a lot we don't know right now, but at the moment it looks like overnight the Trump admin abruptly cut $2B in funding for addiction, mental health, and homelessness - reportedly 2,800 grant programs. This sucks! From my newsletter: contagion.ghost.io/trump-admin-...

Est. up to $2 billion cut overnight for addiction, homelessness, and mental health services. Whole organizations are being wiped out. A friend of mine started a job on Monday and was let go by Wednesday. No warning. No plan. No statement from SAMHSA.

The word guessing machine would like access to your personal medical records and apps. What do you get? - No privacy guarantee (not HIPAA compliant) - Shouldn't use it for "diagnosis or treatment (OpenAI's warning) - Has already given people dangerous medical advice that has left them hospitalized

@jordanklepper.bsky.social on the Trump administration's real-time reaction to the Minnesota ICE shooting, ditching empathy for a victim-blaming narrative