🎵 They did the Monster Slash 😭 @ellecordova.bsky.social

It shouldn't get lost that just today, Senate Republicans have voted to close nursing homes, close rural hospitals, and cut food stamp benefits for children and veterans.

If one of these people is your senator, it is incredibly important that you call them today. Urge them to vote NO on the Senate budget bill that would make most Americans poorer to give billionaires a tax cut they don't even need.

Today's ACIP meeting is usually a time where experts come together to inform the future of vaccines. That is not what today will be. That is not what we can stand behind. The AAP will continue to recommend its own childhood vaccine schedule -- just as we have since the 1930s

Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.

IF THERE'S MONEY FOR A PARADE, THEN THERE'S MONEY FOR MEDICAID!

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is ousting all members of a key CDC vaccination advisory committee and replacing them with his own picks. The move appears to contradict a pledge he made during his confirmation process.

From failing to recommend the measles vaccine to citing non-existent studies, RFK Jr. is unfit to be our HHS Secretary. I’m calling for him to resign.

Facts: ✔️25% of the US doctors are foreign trained ✔️25% of the US medical residents are foreign trained ✔️medical residents need J1 visa to be able to enter the country & start their residency training ✔️the US will suffer from doctors shortages if it stops accepting foreign trained doctors

Voters overwhelmingly think all Americans should have access to vaccines — not just those who are immunocompromised.

From @acog.org on HHS' latest foible:

The names of the Medicaid programs in each state. Some people don't see Medicaid in the name & think it's something different.

"You know, as an example, red lead was used to make cheddar... A can of coffee could be coffee, but it could be ground bone, or charred shells, or dirt." Deborah Blum on our bad food past -- and how to avoid it being our future: buttondown.com/theswordandt...

Many people recover from a bout of flu within a few days or a week. But every year, the virus still kills more than 36,000 people across the U.S. — many of the deaths so sudden that families are left reeling.

Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married? Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote. Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...

A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.

Republicans in Congress can repeal every tariff tomorrow and take Trump’s tariff authority away from him. But they choose not to. So every Republican in Congress owns EVERY SINGLE BIT of this. You can’t hide from the voters forever.

Seven polling sites in Milwaukee ran out of ballots due to "historic turnout" according to city election director. More ballots are being printed and on way. Very important to remind voters that if they're in line when polls close at 8 CT they get to vote. Do not leave. Please spread the word

Wisconsin folks: please, I am begging y’all to go vote today. Don’t assume this race is won. Every vote is gonna matter. We need EVERYONE to go cast a ballot for Susan Crawford. Polls close at 8pm. Go here to find out where you’re supposed to vote: myvote.wi.gov/en-us/Find-M...

If you haven’t voted yet, you still have time! Polls are open until 8:00 PM. Thank you to volunteers in every corner of the state who are getting out the vote today.

Right now, there’s an important race happening that will shape the Wisconsin Supreme Court for the next 10 years. Judge Susan Crawford is ready to protect the fundamental rights and freedoms of all Wisconsinites. Make a plan to vote early today — don’t wait until April 1st: wisdems.org/vote

The ACA was cool because before the ACA you could hit your lifetime maximum before you were a month old and be denied insurance for the rest of your life and after the ACA that’s illegal.

The ACA was cool because before the ACA EVERY SINGLE CHILD WITH CANCER hit their annual and lifetime limits almost immediately and were denied insurance for the rest of their lives and after the ACA that’s illegal.

Wisconsin, today is the first day of early in-person voting! Visit myvote.wi.gov to make a plan to vote.

Mask bans already exist in certain States and counties. Vance spearheaded a federal ban on mask mandates. Organizing to codify the right to wear medical masks and respirators is (sadly) needed. Masking is community care and resistance. Illinois attempting to codify right to mask into law:

As someone who has written a number of SAMHSA grants, it is horrific to imagine cuts like this.

I’m excited to announce that @democrats.org are partnering with @electdemocrats.bsky.social and @demstateparties.bsky.social to host People’s Town Halls in all 50 states, starting in vulnerable red districts. If Republicans won’t face voters about the Trump-Musk chaos, we will.

I was on Senate Floor in October 1991 when Congresswomen marched over to protest the handling of the Thomas nomination. In the next cycle, incumbents lost primaries and women Senators were elected. I encourage House Democrats to make a similar protest tomorrow. @aoc.bsky.social @raskin.house.gov

When Brad Schimel sued Planned Parenthood, he boasted it was an “honor” to have the case named for him: “Planned Parenthood v. Brad Schimel.” You know who served as Planned Parenthood’s lawyer in that case? Susan Crawford. Now Crawford and Schimel are the two candidates for WI’s Supreme Court.

Democratic Senator Chris Murphy on Mahmoud Khalil.

Musk added another $2 million—he's now up to $10.2 million in spending to put his bought-and-paid-for MAGA candidate, Brad Schimel, into the decisive seat on Wisconsin's Supreme Court. There's a reason his names aren't on the ads. Voters *loathe* Musk. Help us get the word out: peoplevmusk.org

I’d like to hear from voters of any race who were evacuated from polling places due to bomb threats and never voted.

Many community health centers, which also serve uninsured people, are expected to close if Medicaid funds gets brutally cut by Congress. My latest for @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Favorite sign seen at the Stand Up for Science rally in Chicago thus far? GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUNDING

So proud of my friend Dr. Liz Sokol for helping to showcase the harms caused by cutting NIH-funded pediatric cancer research, as well as harms caused by other cuts to HHS and Medicaid!

New from me: The measles outbreak in Texas is spiraling rapidly — but the CDC isn’t sending a strike team to get it under control. newrepublic.com/article/1921...

here's the graphic... please share far and wide. #VaccinesWork.

As Texas measles outbreak grows, parents are choosing to vaccinate kids www.nbcnews.com/health/healt... via @nbcnews.com @erikaedwards.bsky.social

Breaking: FDA's March meeting to select flu shot strains for 2025-2026 season has been canceled per email sent to committee members, a VRBPAC member told me. drug companies need about 6 months leeway to make shots in time for fall vax campaigns. #healthpolicy

Looks like tomorrow will bring votes on a Republican plan to fund tax cuts for the rich by slashing Medicaid. So this is a great time to contact your Member of Congress.

I’m writing for Slate on advice for fired federal workers & would love to hear from fired feds struggling with - how to job search in the private sector when it's so different from govt hiring -how to translate your skills to non-govt work I can keep you anonymous. Pls email [email protected]!

Have you been laid off from a health agency in recent days? I’d love to speak for a story I’m doing with the Guardian. Signal: melodyschreiber.06

Great essay by Dr. Caitlin Rivers! Vaccines remain extremely popular and we actually undermine confidence in them when we imply that they are less popular than they are.

You know Kate Winslet in Contagion? Where she runs into a hot zone, risking her life, so Americans could be safer? She was an EIS officer. That’s who was just fired at CDC today. EIS officers. And many, many more public servants fighting every day for your health.

U.S. Senators: If Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. takes over the Department of Health and Human Services, people will die who could have lived. If you vote today to confirm him, their deaths will be on your hands. slate.com/technology/2...

BREAKING: In response to our motion, the court has required CDC, FDA, and HHS to immediately restore critical health info and data that the Trump administration ordered the agencies to remove. This is a huge win for doctors, researchers, and patients.

The House Republicans listed below are vulnerable in 2026. They will only vote to cut our benefits if they think no one is watching. If you live in these districts, or know anyone who does, CALL NOW and tell them to keep their hands off Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid!

Quite the update -- Susan Collins claims funding was restored to a rural community health care center, but they said they haven't received the funds. www.bangordailynews.com/2025/02/05/b... #mesen #mepolitics