The regime despises poor people, yes. And importantly it does not fear poor people as a political force. It's important to take both of these together to understand what they are doing with SNAP. They do not believe that they will incur lasting political costs for their current actions.

Young people in NYC absolutely showed out and there should be 1000 articles and profiles about this. Because we have had to put up with 1000 MAGA diner stories for years now.

Anticipating changes to the 25/26 Covid-19 vaccine regulations @sefyfe.bsky.social & I updated our previous analysis of off-label pediatric Covid-19 vaccination. It is out now in @jamapediatrics.com & accessible here. Many things happened since we submitted this! I'll touch on a few of them 🧵

In JAMA Pediatrics with @ethicselizabeth.bsky.social on how to think about off-label vaxx for kids in these confusing times

Universities are moving rapidly to comply with laws that don't exist.

Excellent explainer on the role of intent in assessing genocide claims:

Not nearly enough people are saying “The Palestinians were right all along. We are so sorry.”

Concern over low birth rates was what the theocracy in Margaret Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale used to come to power.

A brief commentary by @sefyfe.bsky.social & me in AJOB discusses why invoking the specter of regret in medical decision making, even about about potentially "transformative experiences," risks undermining patient autonomy. Read for free here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/KWQVP...

brave to admit three paragraphs in that the entire thesis of your article is wrong

Out just in time to preempt Thomas’s opinion in Skrmetti, in which he disagrees with everything I say. On why gender affirming care is necessary for kids (and adults), and what recent limitations suggest about the legislators seeking them: ir.law.utk.edu/rgsj/vol14/i...

Out now open access in Hypatia with @sefyfe.bsky.social on why regret is not the problem for informed consent regarding reproductive choices - even potentially “transformative” ones - that some like to argue it is. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Apparently this quote from RFK jr. was about kids with autism, but this is also true of kids who die from vaccine-preventable illnesses.

Incredible news on TDOV. The 9th Circuit has denied the government’s request to enforce its transgender military ban. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Supporting bathroom, sports and healthcare bans for trans people means signing on to a moral panic about problems that DON'T EXIST. When people say Democrats should "moderate" on these issues, they are suggesting that we legislate a group out of public life based on lies.

Grateful for colleagues who will not surrender.

BREAKING: The ICC's chief prosecutor has asked for arrest warrants for Taliban officials, including Supreme Leader Haibatullah Akhundza, for persecuting women and girls.

Cecile Richards fought tirelessly for healthcare and chosen futures. May her spirit carry us through more dark days to come.

Finally, arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant. Necessary but not sufficient for this institution’s legitimacy. www.icc-cpi.int/news/situati...

I can't fully articulate how worried I am for trans people of all ages. It feels like the world doesn't care.

That’s the quote. I was looking for it. And here it is. Hannah Arendt on the Matt Gaetz as AG announcement

When people say, "we have made it through worse before" — Clint Smith *with alt text*

“Potential war crimes and crimes against humanity shouldn't be ignored just because they don't carry the same expressive weight as genocide,” Shannon Fyfe (@sefyfe.bsky.social) writes for DAWN, on the question of intent in Gaza and international criminal law. dawnmena.org/the-question...