After spreading doubt/mistrust in doctors, medicine and vaccines for 6 years, Podcast Jay suddenly wants trust to return, now that it is his job to stop measles. Like all MAHA doctors, he's failing. My latest.

Amazing work, everyone the OpenAI boycott is working! And thank you to our international supporters who are joining us. Sam Altman is in panic mode he went on X tonight telling users to ask him anything about OpenAI’s Pentagon deal as the boycott of ChatGPT grows.

Thank you to everyone who tuned in to the People’s State of the Union! You made history and completely took the spotlight. 😉 Huge thanks as well to MoveOn and MeidasTouch for putting it together incredible work!

If you’re watching Casey Means talk about vaccines in her confirmation hearing and would rather watch her do literally anything else, we suggest watching her “enjoy” a liver smoothie in our piece from last year on the MAHA movement. Then she’ll bring up vaccines again. Sorry. youtu.be/3lzfH86avIc

Casey Means’ confirmation hearing is over. My impressions: Means has zero understanding of or concern for the most vulnerable Americans. Means will absolutely not promote vaccination or in any way push back on RFK Jr. Means doesn’t understand public health at all.

From me: Kalshi's banning of a Mr. Beast employee for insider trading may undermine the many legal cases where prediction markets claim they are just neutral platforms for futures contracts and not casinos that can determine the outcome of the bets. prospect.org/2026/02/26/p...

Trump administration officials declined to affirm states’ authority to run elections during a private meeting with state election chiefs Wednesday, according to an election official who was on the call. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Feel like this story should be A1, above the fold, big headlines: Attorney General Attempts to Blackmail Minnesota www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...

With Alex Reinert on where immunity comes from

Bird Snuggles into Photographer’s Chest And Stayed With Her for Warmth on a Snowy Day (LOOK) www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bird-snuggle...

BREAKING: Minnesota's chief federal judge has demanded the acting head of ICE personally appear in court Friday to explain what the judge described as repeated failures to comply with dozens of court orders amid its enforcement efforts in the state.

Bovino is just the patsy - a noxious and odious fall guy. Stephen Miller is the architect and prime mover of the whole thing. Everything they do is at his direction - often after his threats. As long as he runs policy in the WH, nothing will change no matter how many Bovinos come and go.

According to The Atlantic, Greg Bovino has been stripped of his role as Border Patrol “Commander at Large.” He’s being reassigned back to his previous post in El Centro, California, where officials expect he will retire in the near future.

It's not quite the most pressing issue at the moment, but the American people absolutely have a right to know the names of the federal officials who shot and killed a man peacefully protesting, who was on his knees, prone in the street when they shot him in the back.

Many TikTok users recently reported problems uploading videos, sudden drops to zero views, or posts getting stuck “under review.” Almost all of those complaints involved videos criticizing ICE or discussing the murder of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.

The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.

With fewer than 40 bills signed into law as of Dec. 22, the House and Senate set a modern record for lowest legislative output in the first year of a new presidency, according to data maintained by C-SPAN and Purdue University. https://wapo.st/3YPTQGo

Story on federal employees who have left. If you left via rif, termination, resignation, fork, retirement…. How are you doing? What has brought you happiness? What, if any, regrets? How connected are you staying?

Trump just announced he will be giving members of the military a $1776 bonus. So re-upping this shutdown piece about the dangers of a the leader of a personalist regime presenting himself as the paymaster of the armed forces. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-risks-...

Important to know as RFK Jr. plans to waste time and money on a conspiracy theory that Lyme disease was created by the government. It's been in North America for thousands of years.

Reminder: Only a few weeks away until California’s mask ban for law enforcement officers goes into effect— Beginning January 1st, #ICE & other agencies operating in the state will no longer be allowed to use face coverings that hide an officer’s identity

The idea that others are using unfair advantages to get ahead is a core element of both Trumpism and anti-immigration rhetoric. Letting rich people and businesses ostentatiously buy U.S. residency is as explicit a shortcut as you’ll find. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...

Between Medicaid cuts and physician burnout we are heading towards a collapse of primary care in the U.S., along with a mass exodus from public health and science. And I don't blame doctors. They didn't get into medicine to spend their hours refuting crackpot Facebook theories.

"When I said in February that they were going to cast a wide net for deportations, I had no idea how bad it would be. This is not just a matter of aggressive deportation. The things that are being done by our government to our fellow human beings are monstrous." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

"There need to be subpoenas for witnesses, for documents all up and down the chain of command. I think it’s appropriate that Hegseth is in the hot seat...but we need to remember that this whole campaign also goes all the way up to the president." @tessbridgeman.bsky.social is so good in this chat:

Good morning ppl! Now that farmers are getting a bailout caused by tariffs that are now being paid by tariffs, while the tariffs also cover tax cuts and fucking everything else, ask yourself, is the GOP gooder at the maths than a 5th grader? I can argue

This is eugenics in decent tailoring. What Kennedy has been pushing and Duffy here channels is the idea that poor health is a moral choice. Good people live the right way (getting their pull-ups in at Gate 17) and enjoy good health. Lazy weak people don't, and get what's coming to them. Monsters.

While Trump pardons drug dealers at home, he and Marco Rubio are plotting a “war on drugs” in Venezuela. With CIA operations underway and 15,000 troops stationed nearby, Trump says another pointless war is expected “very soon.” From @ddayen.bsky.social: trib.al/bcojmOG

New York Times article on science funding with some depressing but familiar curves with interactive graphics. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The AI cartoon Hegseth posted was a smokescreen. The real story is an operation that left 11 people dead and a White House showing no signs of owning up or answering basic questions. @timmiller.bsky.social and @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social walk through what we know.

$40 billion and counting to prop up a failed TV troll in Argentina. Governing is harder than it looks, Javier, no? DOGE we found the waste, fraud and abuse for you 👇 @juddlegum.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/populari...

Whenever you hear someone invoke the unitary executive, remember the image below. This was an inevitable result of the unitary executive theory: Empowering a president to tyrannically destroy institutions that ensured our government reflects the rule of law rather than his personal whim.

The New England Journal of Medicine and the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy will be publishing regular public health alerts to replace the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, which has been paused due to the federal government shutdown.

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It’s day 21 of the shut down and we are all feeling it. 🍽️Too good to go app (surplus food from local eateries/stores at ⬇️ prices) 🗺️https://myfedbenefitshelp.com/shutdown-assistance-map/ If you’re a CDC worker needing help or an ally wanting to support CDC workers 👉 www.cdcresourceportal.org

Perception is everything

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Wait - @MarshaBlackburn refused to back @RonWyden’s subpoena of Epstein’s bank records, which show billions linked to sex trafficking? Has her Epstein crusade been entirely performative? Maybe local media could ask the governor wannabe about this? newrepublic.com/article/1982...

Prosecutors will not bring criminal charges against sheriff’s officers who wrestled a Black man out of a car during a traffic stop and punched him multiple times, the local sheriff said Monday.

Attorney General Pam Bondi fired a federal prosecutor whom New Jersey's federal judges had named to replace interim US Attorney Alina Habba, who could not get confirmed. Bondi is doing EXACTLY what she is accusing others of doing by making this political. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

This morning, the Atlantic published an article on David Geier, highlighting his history of publishing papers that claim associations between various vaccines and chronic conditions, including autism. www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

You disagreeing with it doesn't change the truth, Scott. Consumers end up paying for a vast majority of tariffs. If businesses absorbed the cost increases, they'd go under. Like one toy company is on the verge of - they sued & won in trial court. youtu.be/dK__tC-HRMU

Good Scientific American story about the letters of dissent from 4 federal science agencies (to date)... www.scientificamerican.com/article/trum...

“the party being led by jeffrey epsteins best friend wants to repeatedly examine your childs genitals” is a true statement

“There's no dignity in tolerating sucker punches.”

And, uh, some personal news: This is also my last column for The Post. I was offered and accepted a buyout. To answer one possible next question, I'm not sure what's next save taking some time off. If you want, you can enter your email at pbump.net and I'll let you know when I figure it out!

🚨 Reminder, WE WANT YOUR SENATOR on Putin's, er Trump's naughty list. Keep calling! 🚨