Vaccines do not cause autism. If you need a quick reference to studies that disprove this relationship: Commentary, how we got here: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... Meta-analysis synthesizing the results from studies on almost 1.3 million children: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

If you want to know how much of Project 2025 has already been achieved, and what they're trying to do next, this is an excellent resource. We need to do everything that we can to stop and reverse the effects of Project 2025. www.project2025.observer

Angelo Carusone Media Matters @goangelo.bsky.social just said on MSNBC Nicole Wallace that one of the elements of Project 2025 is a plan to kill all the wild horses in the USA. I had to go look this up and this is what I found. They plan a horrific future for wild horses and burros. Call Congress.

How does having trained staff at places like DHS, DOEd, DHHS, & DOC protect Americans? Without them, we couldn't fight child abuse, prosecute CSAM traffickers, & prevent early deaths. Your federal government is a cooperative of highly skilled, dedicated citizens who work to protect kids everyday.

🚨 Trump’s DOGE purge just made Veterans’ data a massive target. They fired key cybersecurity staff protecting VA.gov —leaving millions of Veterans’ medical & personal records exposed. This isn’t efficiency. It’s reckless and dangerous.

Well, I was going to write today about Trump throwing our allies and democratic values under the bus for Putin...then GOP said they'll cut Medicaid, so I wanted to write about that...now Trump is coming out and saying he's King after quoting Napoleon a few days ago...

The official White House account just referred to Trump as a “king” and posted an image with a crown on his head. They’re not even hiding it.

Please share this far and wide!

An inspiring article on courageous community college leaders who are *publicly* organizing and standing up against DEI attacks.. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

CDC source: “We just had word that all our fellows and post doc staff are laid off effective immediately. The famous Epidemic Intelligence Service, aka the Disease Detectives, is no more. That’s 1260 staff. They are calling this ‘Phase 1’.”

Thanks to Elon Musk and DOGE, our adversaries now have access to sensitive information about one of our intelligence agencies. Elon Musk and DOGE staff should NOT have access to sensitive national security information. www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-m...

BREAKING: StatNews reports that more than 5,000 HHS employees across NIH, CDC and other public health and research agencies will be fired this afternoon. www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/f...

Anyone that believes this won’t effect quality of care is delusional. Also, this is only saving them $98 million!

A picture tells 1000 words

It’s another Katie Phang Live tomorrow (Friday) at 1:15 pm ET! We will talk about the SAVE Act and how it’s not saving your vote.

Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.

Thank goodness for the American Medical Association. Here is their YouTube page. Please share far and wide. Right now bird flu is spreading throughout our country and most people have no clue. Please stay updated and bookmark this page for your health and well-being. www.youtube.com/@americanmed...

A non-government business that contracts with the federal government received notice today that in order to do business with the government they must certify that they don’t participate in DEI. So it’s not just the feds, it’s any private biz that contracts with the feds. Here’s the message they got:

Community health centers are now starting to shut down across the country because of Trump’s executive orders. These centers serve 1-in-5 rural patients in America.

Federal health workers are expressing fear and alarm after a website called “DEI Watch List” published the photos, names and public information of a number of workers across health agencies, describing them as “targets.”

Incredible. Thank You!

Alt-librarians, alt-IT? This is definitely the best way to thank them. archive.org/donate They are never flush with enough money to thrive.

From Altadena to Asheville, people devastated by recent disasters encountered helpers trained in Psychological First Aid. Like CPR, anybody can learn it.

The Pentagon is making changes to the resident Press Corps (outlets with physical workspaces in the building): OUT: New York Times, NBC News, NPR, Politico IN: New York Post, OANN, Breitbart, HuffPost

This account is for sharing info with US scientists, both extramural and intramural to NIH, about attacks on science in the US. Education is power, and we can help advocate for science and medicine together. 💪🧪 We are a team of NIH people. Please ask us questions you might have.

Trump Actions to Undermine Drug Prices Will Cost Medicare Recipients Money ... critical read on sticking it to AMericans on Rx costs. Making America more expensive again.. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

If they were actively trying to start another pandemic, I'm not sure what they'd be doing differently.

Heart Breaking.

My first principle for the new year: When it comes to issues involving democracy, I do not seek compromise with Republicans. There is no middle ground between a firefighter and an arsonist.

just blurted out in class "yes, you have to cite where you got your info. in a world in which lying loudly is the only thing that seems to get rewarded, citing your sources is an act of resistance" and folks, I really believe that.

Pete Hegseth wouldn't be eligible for a U.S. Military #securityclearance. He shouldn't be an option for the most important appointed position in the U.S. Government. W/ @nicollewallace.bsky.social youtu.be/AmEhdzbOMWI

From 2020, still important.

Land doesn’t vote. Stop pretending it does.

Me pretending to pay attention during Zoom meetings:

When they talk about privatizing Veterans’ care and Medicare, they mean allowing companies to provide healthcare for a profit. But how do companies make those profits? By *denying* care to many who need it. Don’t get fooled by the “privatization” label. It means “for profit” and YOU are the cost.

In case you didn't know, librarians are educated professionals with a master's degree and don't just willy nilly buy any old books for their libraries.

“These are serious times. They need to be taken seriously. That means confronting the threats with all intensity…But can we agree that we will not lose our sense of humor, both for our own sanity and well-being and because it’s a powerful weapon?” www.americaamerica.news/p/can-we-hol...

Please.

The best take I’ve seen yet on the problem of populism turned autocracy and how to fight it. A must read. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

More than a quarter of America’s evangelical devout actually show little devotion, attending church once per year or less—a startling idea when we consider the outsize role that evangelicals have played in America’s postwar political life. newrepublic.com/article/1883...