Here's how I think we should be messaging on Medicaid — based on extensive experience, deep policy expertise, and actual opinion data:

Donald Trump and Elon Musk have left Houston, Tampa, New York and other major cities without head meteorologists just ahead of what will be another busy hurricane season This is straight-up life-threatening malpractice (h/t @lisamjarvis.bsky.social ) www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/w...

The Trump administration is dismantling cancer research. The National Cancer Institute's Board of Scientific Advisors — a group of top researchers and clinicians tasked with guiding the direction of federally funded cancer research — has been entirely disbanded.

it couldn't be more obvious they are preparing for eruptions this summer and a subsequent crackdown

cringe, yes, but it's also fucking obscene. tens of thousands of fed jobs cut, hundreds of millions in research funding vaporized, US AID cuts that will be measured in millions of global preventable deaths, all at this motherfucker's feet, and he's making 69420 jokes about it

🚨 Practical URGENT tip for NSF grantees: Out of an abundance of caution, I would right now go into Research.gov and… 1. Download your NSF award letters. 2. Print PDF your annual reports. 3. Screenshot the status table for annual reports. NSF is planning maintenance tomorrow to Research.gov

one of the world's top cancer scientists, who works for Harvard, is at risk of deportation to Russia where she might be killed for criticizing Putin, because she allegedly failed to disclose carrying frog embryos at the border. it's upending American medical research: prospect.org/health/2025-...

Generative AI is melting our only planet. Don’t use it. ChatGPT wastes 10x the amount of water as Google. And last year, Google was in talks to purchase 8 nuclear reactors in order to power their own AI. This is not sustainable. Stop using it today. It’s literal Earth Day.

Action figure comm for Jenny! I love doing these omg #starterpacknoai #digitalart

This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!

The Trump regime is now using US Attorneys to intimidate academic journals by sending them letters demanding they explain how they ensure ‘viewpoint diversity.’ Journal editors should be public about this and coordinate to refuse to comply with these fascist tactics.

Hey y'all, I've FINALLY reopened my COMMISSIONS page on my Ko-fi! If you would like me to draw your OCs, D&D characters, etc, NOW'S THE TIME! ko-fi.com/missalyssare...

Sen Van Hollen met with El Salvador's Vice President Félix Ulloa, who told him that the reason they are holding Kilmar Abrego Garcia at CECOT is because the Trump admin is paying them to do so. They also provided no evidence that Abrego Garcia is part of MS-13 or committed any crimes.

Scoop for @reuters.com: On Friday, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission will stop collecting data on injuries from incidents like car accidents and adverse drug effects due to staff cuts at the CDC. www.reuters.com/business/hea...

Just insane stories from the graduate school communities, students getting kicked out of the country - medical and science researchers - because of trivial, decade-old violations, like speeding tickets, long ago, paid in full

A sobering breakdown of the tariff situation from the publisher's if Gloomhaven www.backerkit.com/c/projects/c...

"you're not better than me for not using ai." no, i am. i am better, smarter, funnier, hotter, and all around less obnoxious than you for that one reason.

The river of evil runs thick today.

Speaking of which, Bona Fide Masks is currently offering 25% off with coupon code SPRING25. They have Powecom KN95s, among other things. I have masks at the moment, but this still seems like a good moment to stock up for later on, whether for myself or to share if others need them.

"Do you want a good government or a country that's in ruins?" This interview was too good not to share in its entirety. So meet Grant, a 15-year-old student from Princeton, New Jersey, who spoke to our reporter at the #HandsOff rally there. He has some thoughts.

The biggest thing we need to do is let people know that the protests are FUN. Yelling fuck the man is fun. You will meet fun people. We also need to make them more fun. Bring grills like the French. Bring instruments like it’s Mardi Gras. Give people a reason to spend their weekend in the streets.

Hands Off Protest Boston! April 5, 2025 Boston Common

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Dr. Richard Youle was fired today. He is an eminent scientist who has done important work on brain diseases like dementia and Parkinson’s. Musk and Trump are stopping NIH research into cures, for diseases from cancer to Alzheimer’s. Americans did not vote for this.

Wow, what a run. Tremendously proud of my friend and colleague for his display of courage over these 24+ hours. This is exactly what's needed to fight back against Trump's authoritarianism. We're lucky to have him on our side.

Calling my senator this morning to say THANK YOU for holding the line. Keep calling. Keep writing. Keep showing up. They are listening.

Tesla Takedown in my neighborhood. It was awesome to see and everyone driving by honked their horns.

let’s get into some more baldur’s gate today, shall we? twitch.tv/claircares

sneakily starting baldur’s gate 3 on twitch.tv/claircares

Yes. The situation at NIH is worse than the public realizes. The #NIH is on track to be effectively ended as a funder of evidence-based research within a year. That is not an exaggeration. The firings and consolidation announced today will create a new, MUCH worse NIH. 1/

My family members have started apologizing to me when they buy something off Amazon. But it's not about me! Their own conscience is telling them it's bad, so they're deflecting and looking for absolution. I have asked nothing of them, I just share joy when I find out I can buy something elsewhere.

Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying. They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks. From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY

There's a lot of cya paperwork in fascism. I wasn't expecting that. Right now I'm ordering a birth certificate because I lost my in my reckless 20s, so that I can continue to vote in the country where I was born.

being an indie bookseller in the helltimes has felt both very stable and very stabilizing, and part of me wishes everyone could be on my side of the counter for a little while, because I think it would help some of you be a little less cynical and doomy right now. so here is my VERY anecdotal data:

For all of you media folks who keep calling and asking me why there is no Resistance2.0–also, definitely give Erica and @djpressman.bsky.social a follow! FYI @amywestervelt.bsky.social

🪦 New Yorkers are in front of the New York Stock Exchange for a mass die-in to symbolize how these devastating cuts will destroy families & take lives. Deep spending cuts to programs like healthcare, food assistance, and education is a matter of life & death for millions. Congress: #StopTheCuts!

Huge march in New York today protesting the illegal DOGE cuts

This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH

I’ve got more open-to-all town halls coming up in Oregon. We've got a lot to talk about, I hope to see you there.

Jesus fucking Christ. ICE tortured a green card holder just because. Just because that’s who they are. The American Gestapo that has state backing to do this now.

KEEP CALLING. PEEL OFF ALL DEM SENATORS YOU CAN. ☎️: (202) 224-3121 Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid. The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING. Call retiring Senators too!

I’m voting HELL NO on the Republican CR. It hands Musk and Trump a blank check, turning your tax dollars into a wanna-be dictator’s slush fund. No accountability. Just corruption on autopilot.

You might also want to consider asking the locations to cancel

@wyden.senate.gov @jeff-merkley.bsky.social Vote no on cloture and the CR!! We need you to stand up for us! Shut the government down!

vogue doing a hairspray tribute without a SINGLE fat person in sight is 100% a recession indicator

Oregon Senators @jeff-merkley.bsky.social and @wyden.senate.gov, please do not vote for cloture on the continuing resolution. Shutting down the federal gov't is so much better than allowing Trump and Musk to continue ransacking it and traumatizing its workers.