“.. farmers need the White House’s commitment in the next few weeks as they .. plan for how to pay for next year’s planting season.” @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

The fight against female genital mutilation is being co-opted by anti-trans activists, hindering urgent laws from being passed. And as the White House and Republicans falsely conflate FGM with gender-affirming care, it’s only getting worse. New reporting from @jazzmyth.bsky.social and myself

NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams

The ICE detention center near Buffalo has banned book deliveries, New York Focus has learned. Rejected books include a Spanish-English dictionary, a translation of a George R.R. Martin novel, and “The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work.” nysfocus.com/2025/10/08/b...

"Smaller, less diverse sample sizes make for weaker estimates. A longer shutdown would impede the agency’s ability to gather enough information to produce individual price indexes that feed into CPI" www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

NEW: Barely a week after being repainted, the rainbow crosswalk in Montrose will be removed by Houston METRO, citing Greg Abbott and TXDOT's new directive. The crosswalk is a memorial to the LGBTQ+ community and to a fallen cyclist: www.chron.com/culture/arti...

Cervical cancer could be eradicated, experts say. But not with Medicaid cuts and anti-vax politics. Part 3 in our series on repro health care. From @kelciemmorris.bsky.social / @statesnewsroom.com: www.newsfromthestates.com/article/cerv...

Toddler speech just really ramps up like crazy around 18 months. It is really something to behold

JUST IN: ICE didn’t say how much migrants would get or when the offer would take effect, but The AP obtained an email to migrant shelters saying children 14 years of age and older would get $2,500 each. Children were given 24 hours to respond. apnews.com/article/ice-...

If anyone works at CBS News and would like to leak to me about whats unfolding over there, my Signal is ParkerMolloy.86

One issue with aging in place is the lack of American housing stock that is safe and accessible for seniors. Only 1% is wheelchair accessible, making falls more of a risk, says @jenmolinsky.bsky.social in a new @nytimes.com article. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/r...

Note: Federal agents appear to be in a hospital here. In 2011, ICE made it internal policy* to discourage operations in hospitals, schools and churches. Trump rescinded it. There are at least four lawsuits filed by dozens of faith groups trying to change that. religionnews.com/2025/07/28/f...

Eleven hour work days picking apples at a backbreaking pace, deplorable port-a-potties, and the threat of punishment hang over the workers at Wafler Farms. The farm still isn’t following the union contract’s terms. nysfocus.com/2025/10/01/h...

"Amid a crackdown on diversity, some private companies have stopped tracking stats — so it's harder to see what's happening." www.axios.com/2025/10/02/w...

Cervical cancer has a known path of prevention with the HPV vaccine. But that also means it falls at the intersection of three cultural issues that are facing strong political opposition — broad access to low-cost or free reproductive health care, access to vaccines for children, and sex education.

Maine Family Planning will shut down its primary care practice because of federal funding cuts mainemorningstar.com/2025/10/01/m...

Advocates in California have long been fighting for legislation that helps incarcerated domestic violence survivors go home. Their latest efforts to expand affirmative defenses and post-conviction relief failed to pass the state senate this month.

Despite President Trump's unfounded medical claims yesterday, experts say acetaminophen is the safest pain reliever for pregnant women, via @jennifershutt.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...

Hello! I'm working on a piece for The Community Sentinel about how Maryland educators and parents are feeling about the rising exemptions for school vaccinations and whether they've seen any good efforts from schools or parent organizers to encourage families to vaccinate their kids

Hello! I'm working on a piece for The Community Sentinel about how Maryland educators and parents are feeling about the rising exemptions for school vaccinations and whether they've seen any good efforts from schools or parent organizers to encourage families to vaccinate their kids

WSJ - Federal economists and researchers responsible for measuring hunger in America are placed on indefinite paid leave. https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/usda-puts-food-researchers-on-leave-ef287cd7

Minnesota’s top doctor issued a standing order Monday allowing pharmacists to give COVID-19 vaccines without prescriptions to a broader group of patients than federally recommended.

Fewer households, businesses will get high-speed internet under revamped federal plan | via @Stateline.org mainemorningstar.com/2025/09/22/r...

In Georgia’s deeply conservative 21st senate district, Democrat Debra Shigley is hoping for an upset in Tuesday’s election. She received 40 percent of the vote in August’s all-party primary.

On Saturday, Trump publicly urged AG Bondi to prosecute his rivals and said the lack of charges was “killing our reputation and credibility.” “We can’t delay any longer,” the president wrote on Truth Social.

Susan Monarez, the CDC director for 29 days, said RFK Jr. Kennedy told her “the childhood vaccine schedule would be changing starting in September, and I needed to be on board with it”. My story, with updates to come as this Senate hearing continues: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

NEW in @chron.com: Hundreds of LGBTQ+ books were found sitting in a surplus warehouse at Texas A&M University, and the university won't say why. As first reported by @joyurcaba.bsky.social, the books include a memoir by Matthew Shepard's mother and academic texts. www.chron.com/culture/arti...

The hearing witnesses and Republican members did not seem to be on the same page about whether states and localities have the best ideas for energy efficiency regulations. #copolitics coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/09/in-h...

Several states announced this week that they would be breaking with restrictive eligibility policies unveiled last week by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on the newly approved COVID-19 vaccines for the fall season. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/09/08/r...

Hello parents! I'm interested in talking to people with kids <8 about how they're thinking about introducing (or not) their kids to Generative AI. Do you let your kid talk to ChatGPT? Are you trying to keep childhood AI-free? I'd love to chat! DMs open/Signal in bio/[email protected]

New: CBS News has changed its interview format in reaction to complaints from DHS. According to a statement from a network spokesperson, Face The Nation will now only broadcast live or live to tape interviews

The unemployment rate for Black Americans rose to 7.5% in August, the highest level since 2021 and a nearly 1.5% increase from the start of this year

NEW: Expenses shifted to the states for food benefits and health insurance will cost NC billions ncnewsline.com/2025/09/05/e... Story by @lbonner.bsky.social #ncpol

Job growth is decelerating as huge amounts of policy uncertainty from POTUS reduces businesses’ willingness to invest: +122K/mo over most-recent 12 months +64K/mo over most-recent 6 months +29K/mo over most-recent 3 months +22K this past month

Prosecutors rarely face any competition at the ballot box. Of the nation’s 66 prosecutor races this year, 44 have featured just one candidate running unopposed.

As expected, today President Trump signed an executive order that does two things: - Pushes for more local crimes to be charged federally and for pretrial detention to be used more aggressively. - Withhold federal funding from D.C. if the city maintains it's cashless bail policy.

NEW: More than 20 hospitals and health systems have temporarily or indefinitely rolled back trans care for minors and some young adults this year amid threats of federal investigations and cuts to government funding, an NBC News analysis found. For @nbcnews.com: www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...

So... we went to an AI film fest to see what exactly is going down. From a POV butterfly larvae doc to something that was more like a perfume commercial, it did little to convince @manishakrishnan.bsky.social of AI's artistry. Let's get into it: www.wired.com/story/cream-...

“Federal prosecutors in D.C. have been instructed not to seek felony charges against people who are carrying rifles or shotguns in [DC], regardless of the strength of the evidence, according to U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro and an email reviewed by [WaPo].” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

"These are purchases unlikely to make a massive difference in only four years, and also may make differences in children’s lives that are meaningful but simply can’t be measured." newrepublic.com/article/1990...

I'm married to a Leo and their birthdays are not for the weak. They said, "It's my birthday" and I said, "No, it's tomorrow. What do you mean?" and they argued the night before is actually already birthday celebration time

Ohio law requires buses for private school kids. Public school students have to find their own ride School districts are responsible for transporting private and charter school kids, leaving thousands of public school students behind www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Cuts now hitting cancer research www.statnews.com/2025/05/07/t... By @angusrohan.bsky.social and @jasonmast.bsky.social

Three days remain to hit the goal in our campaign to hire @maustermuhle.bsky.social full-time. We know there's a ways to go, but with less than half left to raise...we could reach it easy peasy if each person who donated asked one friend to give too. givebutter.com/SsQ8CG

What they don't tell you is how often your toddler will play with your phone so much that you won't be able to open it for 5 minutes

Fed Governor Christopher Waller has emerged as a favorite to succeed Jay Powell as chair, @bloomberg.com reports: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

President Donald Trump’s freeze on $8 billion of congressionally appropriated funding to the National Institutes of Health was illegal, the Government Accountability Office reported Tuesday. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/08/06/r...

It kills me when sometimes someone's liberal political analysis boils down to "there will always be those people," speaking about poor people, "and there's not much you can do about that" and then they wonder why so many people are angry with them

NEW: An Irish tourist visiting the US was jailed by ICE for 3 months after overstaying 3 days due to medical issue. Thomas agreed to be deported, but instead went to federal prison where he recounted horrific conditions + no medical care. “Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"