I am honored to have the endorsement of Vice Mayor @mendoza.bsky.social, a strong voice for Kalamazoo County who is deeply dedicated to delivering a brighter future for all in Michigan.

It’s time for AOC to announce a primary against Schumer. I don’t think I’m alone in being sure I’d chip in.

$16,487.45 That’s how much Whitsett should be paid for her time in Lansing, instead of the full salary of a state rep. And we want her Dem membership card back too. www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...

Pharmalot.. Pharmalittle.. Good Morning: We’re reading about a Trump Jr. company, a GLP-1 health risk & much more news.. statnews.com/pharmalot/20... #pharma #Trump #China #cholesterol #bladder #FDA #Colorado #insurance #GLP1 #diabetes #cancer #medicines #Pfizer #Sanofi #Amgen

I think it was a catastrophic, deadly mistake to appoint the world's most extreme, dangerous anti-vaxx activist & conspiracy theorist to lead HHS.

For years access 2 meds advocates have been asking administrations to use the Bayh-Dole Act to make medicine affordable. Instead, the Trump administration is talking about using it to target Harvard. This is the dumbest timeline. www.politico.com/news/2025/08...

New from the Science, Health & Information Clinic! "How New York's Telehealth Shield Law Protects Abortion Care" This webinar provides information on how New York State's telehealth shield law protects abortion care, including care provided to patients outside NY. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oe4e...

Other than DJT, does anyone actually like the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act?”

This administration has just hit “f*** it” on the constitution yet again. And not a single Republican is speaking up. We don’t even have a 2 party system anymore. It’s Democrats or Monarchy. #NoKings

Study: COVID-19 vaccinations may lessen severe kidney damage upi.com/7581749837497 "The study found hospitalized COVID-19 patients were less likely to have severe kidney damage if they were vaccinated." Prelim, but good reminded vaccines can have many benefits! #VaccinesWork

I received a surprising and disturbing request from NIH on Friday. They wrote to cancel a subaward to Hong Kong on one of my grants. (This was disturbing but not surprising.) They also ordered us not to interact with our collaborators in Hong Kong on any work under the award:

Excited to serve as a vice chair with the @michigandems.bsky.social! This team fights fascists. Let’s go!

Fantastic questions and answers from the community. It’s great to see our leaders fight for us. It does leave us wondering where our Republican Congressmen Bill Huizenga is when we ask to hear from him… 🤔

Tonight we’re hearing from Rep. Julie Rogers and Attorney General Dana Nessel at the Federal Action Town Hall. AG Nessel has filed 10 federal actions to fight back against the Trump administration, who she describes as a federal government that “doesn’t follow through on its contracts.”

my offer to america: we bring woke back

FWIW, Tesla is down another 6.7% in the premarket...

Pharmalittle: We’re reading about 10,000 HHS job cuts, Pfizer Covid vaccine probe & more news.. statnews.com/pharmalot/20... #pharma #vaccines #Covid #FDA #HHS #Alzheimers #Ireland #AIDS #RFK #Trump #tariffs #Pfizer #GSK #Lilly

Welp. Blog post on this later today but RFK Jr just torpedoed the entire HHS Dept.

From @wsj.com, RFK Jr./DOGE are planning to cut 10,000 technical & scientific experts from HHS on top of the 10,000 who have left amid the Trump administration's efforts to silence experts, shroud these agencies in further secrecy, & promote disinformation. 3500 or 19% of FDA will be fired. #MedSky

Union BCTGM Local 3g Knappen Milling is on strike!! If you're an ally of labor, then come out and support your union brothers and sisters on the picket line at 110 South Water Street, Augusta, MI 49012 M-F 5:30am to 7pm and Sat 8am to 2pm every week until their contract gets settled!

I almost parked by a Tesla today, but I was worried I’d catch the fascism.

Today I was disappointed to see 8 Dems in Michigan vote to ban trans athletes from participating in the sports teams that match their gender identities. It will never do more than pass the House, but it’s playing right into the GOP’s scapegoat for fascism. Have a spine and vote against Trump.

I think I prefer this to "Gulf of America"

John Roberts is very upset that the public has lost confidence in John Roberts and the institution John Roberts leads following a series of confidence-cratering actions by John Roberts and his colleagues, and therefore would like everyone to know that this is not John Roberts' fault, it's yours.

Enron (yep, that Enron) relaunching with a young CEO and announcing a mission to transform energy forever? 2025 is off to a weird start.

And a happy Beyoncé-mas to you too. That half time show was magic!

I’m voting for Hertel. Beyond the video and his record, I’ve been impressed with conversations we’ve had. Check out his campaign launch here: youtu.be/hebLnIhW480?...

Biden was right to pardon Hunter. Now do everyone on death row. It’s 2024 & we shouldn’t be executing prisoners.

Today I’m living at the intersection of “Kennel clubs are elitist,” “I love my shelter dogs,” and “I live for this dogshow.”

For everyone shouting "Kamala raised a billion dollars!" I'm pretty sure Amanda is talking about DOWN-BALLOT races and Dem apparatus (legislative races, state/county parties, etc). I spent the campaign *begging* folks to focus more on *down-ballot* races.

Elon will never get to Mars. But thanks to what he did to Twitter, tens of millions of us will know a tiny bit of what it's like to flee a dying planet.

#T1D crew- help a mom out pls! The Kid is having issues with tenderness and swelling around infusions sites. “Hurts like a bruise” and I can feel the inflammation. Seems to be different from the adhesive reactions we’ve seen before. Goes away after site is removed- on iLet Teflon infusion sets.

All DNC members must demand better treatment of DNC staff - especially those from Michigan, the home of the labor movement. This must be a topic of discussion as DNC officer elections approach in February.

So I stand with the DNC Staff Union - both because it's right, and because it's not just the DNC betraying our Party's values. Local, state, and national Dem orgs are electing new leaders these next three months. I urge all Democrats to show up and support leaders who will live up to our values.

I later found out that the MDP had outsourced comms to a firm w/a DC address w/no apparent ties to Michigan - and that they were involved in the hiring process for those roles (I'm not sure to what extent). Again, we're talking about Michigan - a state that is all too familiar with outsourcing.

I, too, was told that my job at the MDP would continue after the 2022 election. It didn't. They laid me off, citing the governor's refusal to give the MDP any of her leftover campaign funds. When things got better at the MDP, I applied for several comms jobs. I never got an interview.

Fair treatment of staff must also be a priority for the next Michigan Democratic Party Chair - who will both oversee the MDP and its staff *and* serve on the DNC. Having been laid off by the MDP after the 2022 election, a lot of what the DNC Staff Union says in their release resonates with me.

Okay - one wildly apocalyptic nominee avoided. How many more can we get? www.npr.org/2024/11/21/g...

Don’t worry, Mitch McConnell, we haven’t forgotten that most of this is your fault.

This is so cool! Thanks for sharing Jamie.

I spoke to @washingtonpost.com about what RFK Jr might mean for FDA drug approval & supplements unregulated by the agency: “Patients will have inherent trust for treatments that are not appropriate — and there is no prescriber in the middle to give advice." www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

If Dems flip #CA45 & #CA13, then the U.S. House majority will have literally come down to the 3 NC the GOP flipped thanks to its new gerrymander. And that itself hinged on NC's supreme court flipping in 2022. Coincidentally I just wrote this today: boltsmag.org/state-suprem...

It says sad things about pharma priorities that while the WHO #cholera vaccine stockpile has repeatedly run dry, the company best known for selling #mpox vaccines to rich countries' stockpiles is hyping the cholera travel vaccine it sells so that Canadians can "explore" endemic countries.

FDA approval of abortion pills is doomed once RFK Jr. finds out patients are instructed to take mifepristone with dihydrogen monoxide.

Look, it’s exciting to be here with y’all. How are we doing, in election-adjusted terms?

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Yesterday I got elected to my City Commission. I can’t wait to serve my community. If you’re progressive and thinking about it - run for something.