There would be an immediate cease fire if Russia immediately ceases firing.

Medicaid provides care to 2.3 million children with disabilities. If it gets cut, kids will die. They’re willing to sacrifice the lives of millions of disabled children to ensure that the rich get richer. Call, write & email your elected officials. Tell them to vote “No”

BREAKING: 1 in 4 nursing homes say they will be forced to close if Republicans pass Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill. No grandma should be kicked out of her nursing home so that Mark Zuckerberg can buy another Hawaiian island.

On Juneteenth, we celebrate freedom and recommit ourselves to the work that remains undone. We remember that even in the darkest hours, there is cause to hope for tomorrow’s light.

We could have had her, America.

In my worst nightmares the teenagers at DOGE take over the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and, yup, here we are.

🚨This is a HUGE escalation and a deliberate effort to use the government against Trump's enemies. Weaponizing the Student and Exchange Visitor Program certification against Harvard to punish them for pushing back is a new low — and needlessly punishes thousands of innocent students.

DOGE cuts to the National Weather Service cost people in Kentucky their lives. This isn’t making America great.

NEW @motherjones.com: The GOP's plan to defund Planned Parenthood would add $300 million to the deficit The provision—which would cut services like pap smears, cancer screenings, & birth control, since Medicaid already doesn't fund abortions—moved forward today. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Zero! 😳

That means empty shelves, an economic slowdown, and layoffs, actually.

BREAKING: President Donald Trump abruptly fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden. The dismissal was disclosed in statements from three top House Democrats and confirmed by a separate person familiar with the matter.

For the members of The Resistance, with a special note of thanks to @markhamillofficial.bsky.social

#MusicSky #MayTheFourth

PBSKids educates, teaches good values and maybe has a little fun along the way. In an age where so many kids don't have access to pre-K programs, PBSKids reduces that education gap. Defend, don't defund. @pbs.org youtu.be/ZW83aZRcbHs?...

🧵RFKJ insists HHS cuts “won’t affect the science”. So let’s talk employee numbers. In January 2025, CDC had ~13,000 employees. On Feb 17, ~700 were fired (150 rehired). On Apr 1, 2700 were fired. Several hundred more will take early retirement. We have already lost over 1 in 4 workers.

Deaths from heart disease down 75%, that’s NIH. Deaths from stroke down 75%, that’s NIH. HIV/AIDS no longer a death sentence, that’s NIH. 99% of FDA approved drugs in the last decade, that’s NIH. Please show this video to anyone who doesn’t understand why the NIH is so important.

This line is going to stick with me for a very long time. “One of them is a 4-year-old with Stage 4 cancer who was deported without medication or the ability to contact their doctors…”

Maybe we should honor the women who were real astronauts. From left to right are Shannon W. Lucid, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Judith A. Resnik, Anna L. Fisher, and Sally K. Ride. NASA selected all six women as their first female astronaut candidates in January 1978.

38 of the 43. "38 of 43 experts cut last month from boards that review science and research in NIH laboratories are female, Black or Hispanic. "The scientists typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal..." www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...

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...

This is a big deal. Spread the word. But it’s tiny compared to the totality of what’s happening at NIH. Cure Research for all cancers, Alzheimer’s, everything is being gutted. Intentionally. It’s all getting burned to the ground but the news isn’t getting out. The new cures won’t be there for you.

Elon Musk would now be in charge of the databases determining voter eligibility.

From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.

Scientists have just cured pancreatic cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away. They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.

We’re only two months in, & they’re cancelling research into pediatric brain cancer. They’re deporting US kids with brain cancer. They’re putting millions at risk of malaria, TB, & polio. I for one will never forgive or forget those who said ‘it won’t be that bad’. 😡

In the U.S. last year, women earned only 85% of what men earned for doing the same jobs. That’s unfair, and it’s holding women and our economy back. This Equal Pay Day and every day, I’m committed to continuing the fight for wage equality—because equal work deserves equal pay.

Just in time for fire season: no more firefighter training. 🔥 @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

Tuberculosis, the deadliest infectious disease on the planet, kills more than 1.25M people a year. New infections are expected to surge by 30% as a result of closing USAID, a memo says. The increase will inevitably lead to cases in the U.S.

What a different world we could have.

Resetting my clock. Can I bump it four years?

A couple of golf outings could pay for over 300 federal jobs for an entire year.

NYC is trying to hire recently illegally fired federal workers and has made a bunch of state jobs available on their website. www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...

Word of the day is ‘huff-snuff’ (16th century): a hectoring bully or braggart.

To be clear: Vance and Trump blew this up on purpose. Yet another gift to Putin. Pathetic.

Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts. Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵

"Most of EPA’s work happens behind the scenes, like when one of its enforcement teams raided a warehouse in Colorado full of mislabeled oil barrels that had been prepared for a landfill and discovered they contained nuclear waste..." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/o...

Trump did not run on the dismantling of the National Weather Service, or the National Parks, or USAID, or the CDC, or the NIH, or the NEA, or the NEH, or OSHA, or the FAA, or any other system of expertise that we all use and rely on. NO ONE CONSENTED TO THIS. Even the people who voted for him.

Next: An executive order declaring gravity doesn't exist. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

Elon is firing HUNDREDS of highly skilled workers at Bonneville Power Administration. Engineers, dispatchers, lineworkers. These positions are funded by PNW ratepayers—NOT from federal funding. It doesn't save taxpayers a DIME! Our grid is at risk because Elon doesn't have a CLUE what BPA is.

the richest man in the world has decided that your kids don't deserve special education programs

In a reckless move that could put countless Americans at risk, CDC cuts are expected to devastate the Epidemic Intelligence Service, a ‘crown jewel’ of public health EIS officers tasked with investigating disease outbreaks and health threats in the U.S. and abroad.

This is the dumbest timeline. Trump fired a bunch of people that oversee our nukes because he had no idea what they did, so he had to hire them back. More proof this is a hatchet job www.cnn.com/2025/02/14/c...

"Even cutting 1 in every 4 government workers would only reduce federal spending by about 1 percent..." www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

Today is Superb Owl Sunday! So I’ll be posting an owl book every hour. Feel free to enjoy football AND owls! #kidlit #owlsky (is that one right? I’m still learning)

Congratulations to all the honorees of this year’s Youth Media Awards! Thank you to ALA members & library professionals everywhere who pour their passion, time & dedication into finding the very best books & media for their communities. Your work matters.📚 #ALAYMA ilovelibraries.org/article/2025...

Read. Read books. Reading books is resistance. Buy. Buy books. Buying books is resistance. Share. Share books. Sharing books is resistance. Celebrate Celebrate books. Celebrating books is resistance.