Interestingly, Trump didn’t have any church visits listed on his public schedule today — so if he “skipped” anything, it was preemptive. And unless he was attending a Catholic church for some reason, the services likely wouldn’t be called masses. He does have an Easter dinner slated for tonight.

Today @thesicktimes.org: @maddidellplain.bsky.social dives into how people with Long COVID experience pregnancy. There's relatively limited research on this so far, but we can learn from ME and more studies are underway. thesicktimes.org/2026/03/24/i...

At a September 2025 roundtable event, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other top health officials made big promises to the Long COVID community. Months later, some community members are disappointed that a new website is the only public progress. Read more from @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social: bit.ly/3PWU0uu

It’s time to post one of my favorite memes of the year.

NEW: For months, faith leaders have pushed for access to detainees at ICE facilities in Broadview, IL and outside Minneapolis. This past month or so, clergy finally gained access in both places — bc judges ordered the govt to let them in. Here’s what they saw. religionnews.com/2026/04/03/a...

The funniest/worst thing about visiting my parents is the realization that a large segment of boomers think my family lives in some kind of terrifying war zone (Washington DC).

The secret fifth child who asks: "did you know that the third plague was a singular giant frog that covered all of Egypt?"

This piece very much reflects my experience as someone at least kind of involved in mainstream Jewish life. Although I would like to add that it’s not new — It’s just a lot more public.

I spoke with Jeff Snyder of Broadcast Retirement Network on home care vs home health care. It aired on The Street this morning and will be available on FB, You Tube and other socials later today www.thestreet.com/retirement/h...

🚨NEW: Gregg Phillips, who holds one of the most consequential jobs at FEMA overseeing disaster response, is doubling down on claims he teleported to a Waffle House and a church — writing "haters gonna hate" on Truth Social and citing biblical accounts on teleportation. www.cnn.com/2026/04/01/p...

Sammy Spider should be able to convert to Judaism. He clearly has a Jewish neshama.

If polyamory was ruined by untalented and manipulative men sponging off their obviously better but lower self-esteem wives and girlfriends, it would have stopped existing before recorded time.

An Israeli strike in southern Lebanon on Saturday killed two prominent Lebanese television journalists and a cameraman, according to their news organizations and Lebanese officials. The attack was condemned by the country’s president and rights groups.

I am actually kind of bummed out JK Rowling has so completely poisoned my childhood love of Harry Potter. I remember going to book release parties when was 11 and now I can’t even look at anything even sort of related without feeling ill.

Oudone Lothirath missed four out of five chemotherapy appointments while in ICE detention and received no medical care there. Now he will likely die in a matter of days. www.startribune.com/how-ice-deta...

As anti-LGBTQ+ legislation moves through the Republican-controlled Ohio Statehouse, rangegoers have cited the proposed laws as key to their decision to own a gun and to learn how to shoot. From @thebuckeyeflame.com:

CALL FOR PITCHES: I'm looking for ambitious features and and personal essays for Slate's Business & Tech section. I’m interested in stories about the surprising ways tech and business are reshaping our lives, work, and culture. Strong characters, deep reporting, and big ideas always welcome. 🧵

if you want to know the history of this kind of policy, I made a podcast two years ago that explained why these tests make no sense, how they were already used and eventually abandoned by the IOC in the 80's and 90's, and the devastating impacts they have on real athletes: www.tested-podcast.com

I recently saw Nikson Mathews say about Idaho’s bathroom bill that, “every single day, when I am out in public, I have to ask myself, do I feel like going to jail, or do I feel like being attacked?” So I asked him to write about it for @advocate.com. www.advocate.com/opinion/niks...

Being in an interfaith marriage is difficult, but not in ways you’d expect. Shoutout to my spouse for tolerating me covering basically every surface in the kitchen with aluminum foil once a year for Passover. I feel insane.

it’s the anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, the site of which — it’s easy to forget — is an active classroom building our Lilly Sabella went there to talk to professors and students about what it means to study on the same floors where the fire took place

Today’s new KFF poll. Lots of people are using AI for health information. That’s probably not surprising. What is: many are doing it because they can’t afford medical care.

This is a newer one but I laugh every time I read the headline.

Breaking: Dr. Robert Malone, vice chair of the federal committee that recommends vaccines to Americans, angrily resigned his position on Tuesday. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/h...

Federal staffing cuts under President Trump have severely impacted the ability of agencies to fulfill Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests that provide access to public records for journalists, academics, researchers and everyday people.

I am looking to interview a trans athlete who self identifies as not that good at their sport but enjoys it anyway. Is that you? HMU!

School districts in California are distancing themselves from Cesar Chavez — man that generations of students grew up learning about and condemning his alleged abuse of young girls and women. https://bit.ly/4rRGq99

WNBA players are celebrating a major win in their new collective bargaining agreement: a clause that requires teams to obtain the consent of pregnant players before trading them. https://bit.ly/4c6zbV9

Donna Motsinger alleged in a Santa Monica Superior Court lawsuit that the actor and comedian drugged her in 1972 when she was a server at a restaurant he frequented. https://bit.ly/4bHs9FN

NEW: For the first time, ProPublica has been able to quantify how many U.S. citizen children have been directly affected by Trump’s immigration crackdown: more than 11,000 kids had a parent detained — and that’s an undercount. 1/ 🧵 www.propublica.org/article/trum...

I dug into Nicki Minaj’s use of the world “neurodivergent” — Where did it come from? What does it mean? And how does a very niche, 25+ year old social justice-y, lefty activist word end up being used on the far right?

It's interesting how The Daily Wire attacks the idea that gender is a performance when their sets are all about gender performance. Look at the aesthetics here — the cigars and crystal decanter with Japanese whiskey, the black dress shirt, the tight suit with two-toned double monks and tie bar ...

The community has been “shaken to its foundation,” said Monica Ramirez, the founder of Justice for Migrant Women. She and other leaders are now trying to push forward the farmworker movement and continue the work that many women — not just Chavez — spearheaded. 19thnews.org/2026/03/wome...

The difference between following live sports on twitter and Bluesky is that when you get excited about a home run on Bluesky your comments are filled with replies about how liking baseball is neoliberal overreach and on Twitter the replies are filled with people going @Grok what is baseball

Another confusing week made a bit cleared with a great panel of @kirk-bado.bsky.social, Editor @NationalJournal.com Hotline @amandabecker.bsky.social National Reporter @19thNews.org and @cameronjoseph.bsky.social, Politics Editor @Politico.com bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTu.be/96kjJb7PIEE

Well, get ready

Lately, Priscilla Brown has had to choose between managing her Type 2 diabetes and affording other necessities. Some days, she takes a third of her insulin dose, just to make it last longer. New poll shows how high health costs are hitting ACA enrollees: apnews.com/article/heal...

The Covid-19 pandemic’s early death toll was much higher than the official US count, according to a new study that spotlights dramatic disparities in the uncounted deaths. https://cnn.it/3NtbZYM

If you’ve ever wanted to listen to a lesbian (me) and a straight guy ( @ericmgarcia.bsky.social) talk about Heated Rivalry and autism representation, check out @jewstein3000.bsky.social’s podcast this week.

Update: I asked Bill Cassidy, who has a daughter with dyslexia, about Trump's comments about learning disabilities. "So I think that the idea that someone with dyslexia cannot achieve any goal that he or she wishes to achieve is wrong. They absolutely can." www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

NEW: I cried in two press boxes this week and I wrote about why. "It’s often felt like the women’s sports boom is happening around me in ways that I believed but couldn’t really see. This week felt different."

SCOOP: The Pentagon asked the White House today for more than *$200 billion* for Iran war supplemental, sources say Some in WH think Congress won't support b/c it's so big Will tee up giant battle in Congress My last story for WaPo: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Rodney Taylor, the husband, father, and double-amputee who has been held by U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement in Stewart Detention Center since January 2025, may be deported any day now, according to his wife, Mildred Danis-Taylor. atlanta.capitalbnews.org/rodney-taylo...

“The reason I got a vasectomy is to make sure my girlfriend could be cared for if she wasn’t able to have the same options,” he said. “And me doing my part to help our relationship and our future, that is masculine: helping your partner.”

Kiki Shepard, the longtime co-host of “Showtime at the Apollo,” died of a heart attack on Tuesday, her representatives have confirmed to multiple news outlets. She was 74. https://bit.ly/3PdAg5z

I'd like to speak with trans adults (18+) whose access to transition care has changed due to state and/or federal policy changes. DM, email [email protected] or Signal joyurcaba.91

are there transgender sports stories you feel haven't been told yet? what are they?

This week, just as the Target fast passed the one-year mark, Rev. Jamal Bryant announced it was over, confusing many Black women who, for more than a year, have held steady in their conviction to not set foot inside a Target store until the company reversed its retreat on DEI. https://bit.ly/4bqlyzE

We spoke to Black women who started the Target boycott & who sustained it for a yr+. They'll likely never go back. Teacher Laverne Mickens put it like this: “[Black women] will say if & when it’s over. And I can tell you right now: That will be the 15th of never ever.” 19thnews.org/2026/03/targ...

Hollywood really wants you to care about climate change. Or at least, these women do. And you've definitely already seen their subliminal messaging about it! a fun and interesting Friday read from @jkutzie.bsky.social