The Chicago-based American Medical Association is blasting a federal vaccine advisory committee’s decision Friday to no longer recommend that all babies get the hepatitis B vaccine when they’re born.

Today, we’re excited to endorse Cherlynn Stevenson for election to Kentucky’s 6th Congressional District! Cherlynn is a proud Mountain Democrat fighting tooth & nail for rural communities and hardworking families in Central Kentucky and beyond.

Today, we’re excited to endorse Rep. Lindsay James for election to Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District! As a former chaplain and a state representative, Lindsay has a proven record of bringing people together to find common ground and make life better for the people she represents.

Today, we’re excited to endorse Jessica Killin for election to Colorado’s 5th Congressional District! Jessica is a former Army paratrooper and captain who has spent her career fighting for veterans and their families. Now she’s taking her fight to Washington.

Just bumping this up...

Also they're just sick. They're killing people and whether you think it's justified or not (obviously it's not) that should mean something. Instead they're running around laughing like an axe murderer in some terrible horror movie. Completely broken people

Multiple sources have confirmed that ICE/Border Patrol is headed back to the Raleigh and Durham areas for undefined deportation actions. We've heard 50 ICE agents, charter flights and hotels booked for all of them in the Raleigh area. Let us know what you hear.

In this 4-part WCK Stories of Hope series, join Belal—one of our local team members—as he reflects on his evacuation from North Gaza. His experience mirrors those of countless families across Gaza, shaped by displacement, resilience & the search for moments of joy & peace amid crisis. #ChefsForGaza

This is the way!

Although Durham officials were not informed of any planned CBP activity, individuals have reported seeing agents in the city, and Nida Allam, who chairs the Durham County Board of Commissioners, said she witnessed three people taken into custody in a Durham shopping center on Avondale Drive.

a bakery in Durham has been selling these cookies for a couple of weeks now and raised $3,200 for @siembranc.bsky.social

BREAKING: Federal agents detained at least three people in Durham on Tuesday, chasing them through a shopping center parking lot as stores locked down and shoppers fled.

RFK Jr.’s warnings on thimerosal in vaccines threaten to instill doubt overseas, experts fear. The preservative, repeatedly deemed safe, plays a crucial role in shots used in much of the world. www.statnews.com/2025/11/19/r... via @statnews.com

Scientists are increasingly concerned that the planet is headed for massive, irreversible changes due to global warming. In some cases, those changes have already begun. n.pr/48nQMqI

#ThisIsAllyship I’m encouraged by people using their privilege to protect the vulnerable. #LookForTheHelpers #MoreOfUs #RiseUp #FightBack #WagePeace

New drug could be a breakthrough in treatment for killer TB, trial suggests

So Trump's Border Patrol invaded Charlotte, and then Raleigh, and other towns all over North Carolina. What did it all accomplish? 🤬

Baby wakes up and sees mom 😊

Arrests have begun in North Carolina based on profiling. ICE needs to show clear ID before stepping onto private property and asking for proof of citizenship. This homeowner is 🔥

A big victory for the University of California. And a call to every university across the U.S. to refuse to sacrifice academic freedom to Donald Trump. Our democracy requires your uncensored voices. And the law is on your side.

A new report has found that the world remains dangerously underprepared for future pandemics. The Panel — co-chaired by National Academy of Medicine president Victor Dzau — recommends actions to address #pandemic threats as biological risks multiply. Learn more: https://ow.ly/b9Wu50XrjRq

Research linking gut microbes to autism is deeply flawed, critics say. Amid growing investment in the field, a new paper argues it rests on shaky foundations. | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Always talking about the two gen Zs. Loved joining @arimelber.bsky.social with @mollyjongfast.bsky.social last night to discuss young voters in the 2025 elections.

Progressive Gen Z women recognize the existence of male loneliness, but aren't so sure that the solutions aren't also progressive. @racheljanfaza.bsky.social discuss that and more with @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social on The Focus Group:

Words matter. (Too bad sci comms folks can't focus group the heck out of everything like consumer psychologists who work in marketing do; it really helps.)

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

I’ve never seen an American elected official fight so hard to starve people.

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Airlines most exposed to the impacted airports, via Goldman. $JETS

This really hasn’t gotten enough attention this week. @wired.com #ICE www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...

Trial data highlight sustained protection from dengue vaccine Findings from a phase 3 trial show Qdenga, Takeda's live-attenuated dengue vaccine, provided 61.2% vaccine efficacy against infection and 84.1% against hospitalization after 4.5 years. www.cidrap.umn.edu/d...

An excellent breakdown of the new "study" linking vaccines to autism @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social "We manually reviewed every single one of the 308 references...the list is essentially a sea of red flags." theunbiasedscipod.substack.com/p/anti-vacci...

“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration,” the North Carolina Republican Party's communications director wrote in an email response to us. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.” We didn't. Read the story that he wanted dropped:

My law firm is currently litigating 13 redistricting cases and an additional 50 voting and election cases. 63 lawsuits and those numbers are growing. While this is a lot for a firm with fewer than 60 lawyers, I am proud that we helping to defend free and fair elections and democracy in court.🗳️⚖️💪

Women’s generative AI hesitancy is rooted in rationality, not hysteria. It is not risk aversion. It is risk awareness: AI hallucinations, biased outputs, privacy concerns, and (rational) expectations of being judged more harshly for using it on the job. ssir.org/articles/ent...

We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.

When it comes to murdering fishermen on the high seas, Donald is lawless and careless, but when it comes to finding excuses not to feed Americans, he's a precise bureaucrat, obsessed with following the law.

Americans don’t have to imagine what attempts to subvert an election could look like—because it’s already happening in North Carolina, @dgraham.bsky.social argues in The Atlantic Daily:

TIL Spotify is airing recruitment ads for ICE. indivisible.org/cancel-spotify

Young and healthy people who get Affordable Care Act health insurance are thinking about dropping coverage next year, as the government remains shutdown over health care tax credits. www.wunc.org/2025-10-26/w...

No justification for this, and harbinger of mischief to come. Justice Department Will Monitor Elections in California and New Jersey www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...

Wow! Very impressive for them to do all of this in 2020 while Trump was president and they weren't in the government! Very normal post from the President of the United States!

Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor. Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors. These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism. This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function. Every American should reject it.

So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube. Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X). *1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.” youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc

The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

12,000 comments poured in on NC’s new Trump-backed congressional map. And they weren’t positive. Most comments were negative, accusing Republicans of bowing to Trump, disenfranchising Black voters and shutting out the public. (Via @kyleingram.bsky.social) www.newsobserver.com/news/politic... #ncpol

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The old rulebook is gone. It's not coming back and we all need to accept that. The DOJ is weaponized. the GOP is rigging elections. Trump is literally bulldozing the White House. Democrats need to operate under this new reality, fight hard, and play by the same rules.