Measles is one of the most contagious diseases on the planet, and the U.S. had effectively eliminated it for decades. That was nice while it lasted. @citizencohn.bsky.social on the completely avoidable and unnecessary measles comeback in The Breakdown: lnk.thebulwark.com/4tv9aXt

New 25-page @centeronbudget.bsky.social paper from me summarizing the distributional, fiscal, and economic effects of One Big Beautiful Bill's tax cuts and cuts to health care, food assistance, student loans, and climate investments. 🧵 www.cbpp.org/research/fed...

There’s a bunch of Democratic candidates talking about faith, and finding an audience of voters disgusted with the immorality of the Trump era Fascinating report from @lauren-egan.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/for-succes...

South Carolina’s measles outbreak is the largest in decades Democratic Senate hopeful @drannieandrews.com spoke to me about it, offering her perspective as a pediatrician—and a parent www.thebulwark.com/p/measles-co...

"Countries like ours absolutely should not be having measles outbreaks in this day and age, period" -- @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/measles-co...

NEW at @thebulwark.com We aren't talking nearly enough about the return of the measles -- and how RFK Jr. has enabled it www.thebulwark.com/p/measles-co...

"Only 10 human cases of Guinea worm were reported worldwide in 2025, the lowest number ever recorded, bringing the ancient disease closer than ever to eradication." We are so close to eradication. What a legacy for President Carter who was so instrumental here. www.cartercenter.org/news/guinea-...

Loved the conversation -- even worked in Japanese health care! Thanks for having me on

This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here. (clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)

Delighted to present this... you watching Tim Cook???

I'm devastated to report that the Melania Trump movie, MELANIA, is not very good. www.thebulwark.com/p/melania-re...

Trump administration still hasn't released data from 2025's homelessness census www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

HHS re-makes federal autism committee, includes anti-vaccine members The new members of the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee include physicians and parents of kids with autism, along with individuals who've claimed autism is linked to vaccines. www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...

"They had outbreaks, some children died. So they added the vaccine, which turns out to be the pattern in countries that look like us. Other countries are adding vaccines, while we are taking them away." @citizencohn.bsky.social on RFK Jr.'s latest vaccine lie: lnk.thebulwark.com/49GTzMp

Absolutely terrific post by @lukefarrell.bsky.social . It’s shocking, wasteful, and pernicious how much our government relies on private contractors to perform the state function of administering public services. Great proposals here. lpeproject.org/blog/the-mea...

RFK Jr. is celebrating, he's bringing back measles! edition.cnn.com/2026/01/27/h...

So what's it like living on the Brooke Rollins $3 a meal diet? @jaredpoland.bsky.social is here to tell you www.thebulwark.com/p/no-joy-in-...

When you cover health care, you encounter and write about personal tragedies all the time The story at the top of this article was especially brutal, but I felt like it was important for understanding what we risk by pulling back on vaccines www.thebulwark.com/p/this-is-th...

Dems coalescing around 5 restrictions on ICE, I'm told: DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big) CBP stays at border warrants for arrests IDs, bodycams ICE out of churches, schools "That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod: newrepublic.com/article/2057...

Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune

"This is not policing and it is not military service. It is something dangerously undefined." Another must-read from @markhertling.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/i/185791165/...

NEW RFK Jr. says our new vaccine policy follows the “international consensus” That is a lie Today at @thebulwark.com I wrote about a country that could actually teach us something And one very tragic story www.thebulwark.com/p/this-is-th...

Every word of this @jonathanbchait.bsky.social article on the Minnesota killing -- and how it's the fulfillment of Trump's most famous boast www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

CDC-funded hep B vaccine study in Africa suspended pending review, officials say Health officials in Guinea-Bissau say a committee reviewing the controversial study needs more information before it can make a final decision. www.cidrap.umn.edu/h...

BREAKING: When ICE agents dragged out ChongLy Thao half-naked in the snow, they were looking for a man named Lue Moua. He was already in prison. bit.ly/3ZwwVjK

He's not serious, and call him Shirley

The director of the FBI: "I don't read." His staff (paraphrased): "he doesn’t like meetings in office settings. What he wants is social events." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Looking for fraud in Minnesota? @gooznews.bsky.social has a few suggestions about where to look Yes, it involves health care No, it doesn't involve Somali immigrants gooznews.substack.com/p/fraud-figh...

Such a great discussion — talking about MAHA and health policy, and what we could learn from Japan too Thanks for having me on the podcast @thehowie.bsky.social and @hmkyale.bsky.social insights.som.yale.edu/podcasts/hea...

DHS's proposed changes to the 'public charge' rule could increase the number of uninsured children by 25%. CCF's Kelly Whitener spoke with @npr about the 'chilling effect' where families become afraid to sign their eligible children up for Medicaid. https://n.pr/464RzLy

Stopped by the House hearing with health insurance CEOs, where both GOP and Dems have pressed the companies on their practices and profits. Here's Rep. John Joyce (R-Pennsylvania) pushing UnitedHealthcare's CEO on its vertical integration — the acquisition of doctors, through its Optum arm.

"American Jews cherish our own families’ immigration stories. "We recall that we or our ancestors came to this country to escape oppression and find opportunity. "We grieve an American promise that seems to be no more." -- Joint statement by 7 rabbinical groups, asking Trump & Noem to back off

🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional! ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.

"Trump spent 72 minutes insulting and threatening America’s former allies while explaining that the liberal order in America is over." New from @jvl.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-davo...

Great job everyone. www.reuters.com/business/eur...

Yes, this is my overwhelming impression listening to it. He repeatedly demanded full ownership of Greenland, and made an explicit threat to punish the Europeans if they don't give in. He then threatened to punish Canada over its prime minister's speech!

If you're only reading headlines and see "Trump Says He Won't Use Force" it will give you a misimpression of both how bellicose this speech is and how dug in he is on Greenland.

"This is yet another instance of the Trump administration turning policy into an instrument of cultural warfare." @citizencohn.bsky.social: on RFK Jr.'s new dietary guidelines, in the latest edition of The Breakdown: lnk.thebulwark.com/465nPOG

Norwegian PM Støre says Trump repeatedly raises—complains about, pleads for, and demands—the Nobel Peace Prize every time they meet. Støre gives same answer each time: decision is made independently by Norwegian Nobel Committee, with no role for Norwegian gov—a concept Trump appears unable to grasp.

This is absurd. Acquiring Greenland is not a national emergency. There is no imminent threat. Trump is violating the Constitution by imposing these tariffs. This is dictatorial conduct. And Bessent is pretending to be stupid to justify it— and acting as if we’re stupid enough to buy this.

NEW at @thebulwark.com Why the most important thing about Trump’s new health care plan is what it doesn’t say www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-heal...

Trump has reunited the world—with China. A parade of foreign leaders is suddenly visiting China after years away. On Friday, Canadian PM wrapped up a Beijing trip, 1st trip since 2017. Korean president was there earlier this month (last visit: 2019); British PM will be there soon (last visit: 2018)

Last month I predicted GOP allies would claim initial ACA enrollment numbers would "prove" claims of massive coverage losses due to the expired tax credits were exaggerated even though the actual data won't be known for months. Last week the WSJ did exactly that. www.patreon.com/posts/in-whi...

If the basic project is expanding and straightening the American empire, everything this administration has done - destroy soft power, wreck alliances, abandon shared ideals, withdraw for the intl institutions America built, and general erratic behavior - will have the opposite effect.

At a deep theoretical level, Stephen Miller and JD Vance think their view that immigrants threaten social solidarity is widely shared. But what's now happening is MAGA is driving native-born Americans to show solidarity with immigrants. Now Miller is trying to break that up w/coercion and violence.

Trump is turning out to be China’s best friend Latest from @crampell.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-maki...

NEW: Important update to this story 👇 — the Trump administration has backed down and is rescinding its $2 billion in cuts to grants that support work on substance abuse. My colleague @citizencohn.bsky.social wrote an update that appears at the top of the article now...

The Nick Shirley video says so much about the way MAGA journalism -- or, I should say, "journalism" -- is evolving @eggerdc.bsky.social explains it all here www.thebulwark.com/i/184544780/...

Must-read here @delaneyrules.bsky.social @huffpost.com on the *very* different ways the Trump administration has treated welfare fraud scandals in Minnesota and Mississippi www.huffpost.com/entry/minnes...