CA is also losing 2000 or so public health jobs from one single line item (SNAP-Ed) cut by H.R. 1, along with deep tires to community programs and ultimately ripple effects in agriculture, food retail, and other industries. Other states, too, I just can't speak to their numbers.

“‘They’re blowing right through separation of church & state,’ said Heidi Beirich, co-founder of the Global Project Against Hate & Extremism. ‘They have no respect for other faiths. And in fact, that includes a lot of Christians who don’t agree w/ this far-right version of Christianity.’” 9/7/25 …1/

🚨 UPDATE on the current COVID vaccine access situation in the US. Please note that this is based on state laws but different things may be happening on the ground, and some pharmacies are defaulting to federal guidelines instead of state laws.

The Rosegarden CLUB? He turned the People's House into a private CLUB? He literally privatized a public good. He stole our house. Do you understand? This is no different than if he seized the Grand Canyon & put it behind a velvet rope, for members only. He's a fucking thief & a vandal to boot.

White Christian Taliban shit right here. Time to stop tiptoeing around it. These people are fanatics pursuing a Holy War. It’s a critical piece of the threat assessment that should inform our strategies. (Psst. They’re not just going to hand back power.)

Remember when one of the wealthiest humans on Earth and proud South African colonizer helped get Trump elected; then was appointed to a made-up White House position; then stole all of our personal and banking information; then quit and returned to the private sector? That really happened.

I'm so proud of these SNAP-Ed partners for their dedication and hard work to create healthy environments for children across California. Fantastic job! 🍎⛹🏻‍♀️🎖️

“Get it all on record now. Get the films. Get the witnesses. Because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.” Dwight D. Eisenhower

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ICYMI ICE Poster Boy Dean Cain only made it one week And unlike hard-working Brown People, he will get short-term disability until Republicans eliminate that ICE must be stopped and investigated Call Your Representatives 202 224-3121

Placer County, this is our moment. Prop. 50 is how California fights back. While MAGA Republicans in Texas redraw maps to rig the 2026 election, Prop. 50 gives California the power to respond. It’s temporary. It’s targeted. And it’s how we protect democracy when others try to dismantle it.

Tell me the president doesn’t understand the economy without telling me the president doesn’t understand the economy.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump administration says grants for Hispanic-serving colleges are unconstitutional and it won't defend them in court.

SNAP helps families get back on their feet and keeps dollars flowing to grocery stores, corner markets, and farmers' markets. Cutting it hurts everyone. #SNAPmatters

"We sign this declaration in our own personal capacities, on our personal time, and without the use of government equipment, as protected by our First Amendment rights..." www.savehhs.org

BREAKING: Indiana Gov. Mike Braun said Loving v. Virginia—legalizing interracial marriage—should have been left to individual states. That’s not misunderstanding, it’s blatant racism. Now he’s “walking it back.” We see your game, Gov. Watch this space, don’t let anyone forget.

Tens of millions of people have found the reservoirs of hope dangerously low in recent weeks, and they can't seem to shake the profound sense of dread hovering always in the periphery of their daily life. Yes, this is our collective Great Depression. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/how-to-men...

Los Angeles school district police, staff and volunteers will form protective perimeters around at least 100 schools to help ensure safe passage of children — an announcement that came on a day that immigration agents drew their guns on a student with disabilities. www.latimes.com/california/s...

Telling disabled people to formally complain every time they're faced with inaccessibility or ableism, is a pretty privileged and ignorant suggestion. We would constantly be complaining, and the processes are so inaccessible themselves, we don't have the energy or capacity.

Tonight, please spare a thought to all our scientists and public health workers who have dedicated their careers to saving millions of lives. Despite their amazing work they are constantly threatened due to politicization and the unfettered spread of misinformation. It should not be like this 💔

The Supreme Court just said disabled people don’t have the right to get help voting. How many won’t be able to vote.

It’s impossible to make sense of mothers who’ve witnessed him being found liable for sexual assault, watched him gleefully take away women’s autonomy, and work tirelessly to prevent the release of the Epstein files—and who’ve chosen to double down. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/i-dont-und...

It’s deliberate

Plain language is communication that your audience can understand the first time they hear or read it. This varies by audience, of course. What is common vocabulary for accountants won't necessarily be common for chemists, clergy, or engineers. Know your audience.

HR: We want you to know that it's okay to struggle with a disability ME: Okay HR: But, like, don't.

Why is it so hard for so many people to condemn pedophilia and/or genocide?

July 26, 2025 Disability activists take over Trump Tower to demonstrate against the Trump administration’s cuts to Medicaid on the 35th anniversary of the Americans withdrawal Disabilities Act. We refuse to allow our rights to be taken away!

This is an executive order that lays the groundwork for sending homeless people and people with mental illness to concentration camps to be "civilly committed." It was never going to stop with immigrants. This is horrifying beyond words. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Found in House Republican conference: 219 able-bodied adults who refuse to work.

If you have a hashtag with multiple words, write the hashtag in #PascalCase or #camelCase to help users of screen readers. That helps the screen reader to read out the words out individually, rather than trying to read them in one long word.

FDA held a “hearing” on antidepressants today. Here’s one of their slides. Link to the entire meeting is below. Remember RFKJ’S MAHA report where he said antidepressants are need to go? He wasn’t kidding. Call your electeds and demand RFKJs resignation before he causes even more damage. He must go.

It’s not just the plane rides: - Trump and Epstein were close friends for many years - Epstein met some of his victims through Trump - Trump met Melania through Epstein - Trump threw at least one party for Epstein - At least one Epstein victim suggested the FBI investigate Trump

Ahhhhhh the internet has not failed us this weekend. Thank you to all these greats meme wizards who bring our savage pettiness to life. *cackling We'll be back to our regularly scheduled adult-ing/science-ing tomorrow!

Former Sports Illustrated model Stacey Williams says Donald Trump groped her at Trump Tower in front of Jeffrey Epstein: “I was dating Jeffery, he was always talking about Donald, he was his bestie…Trump’s hands were all over me. They were on my breast, on my butt…”

Our colleague created a Substack dedicated to stories of public health workers, The Public Health Workforce is Not OK. Go read a story or two and tell a friend about them. Maybe submit your own story! More stories coming. Subscribe here: phworkforceok.substack.com

Trump says 200 small countries will get the 10% tariff. There are only 195 countries in the entire world.🙄

Don't forget, on Wednesdays we wear... GREEN! 🚨ATTENTION CDC + ALLIES🚨 We have power together. To see our strength and build community, please wear something 💚green💚 to work on WEDNESDAY to show solidarity and readiness to defend public health. Spread the word! #spreadcouragenotcooties #wearthecolor

The new week is upon us. We are 174 days into this presidency. We are 12% of the way in. We have survived some of the most absurd, ill conceived, criminal, & inhumane acts of any Presidential administration in US history. We have stood firm. We have no king. We have survived. We are the people.

Ex-farm worker here. We need to talk about this whole "But a living wage for farm workers would spike the cost of food!" thing. Not true AT ALL. Y'all don't understand how fast experienced farm workers are. The average tomato picker pulls 650lbs per hour. At $20/hr, that's $0.03/lb for labor.

UPDATE: he’s being booed now. Loudly. By so many people security and his goon squad can’t shut it down. Many, many fuck yous. Good.

I just left the Everglades Immigrant Interment Camp. No, I’m not using their ridiculous name. It was a very tough to witness humans in those cages. Every Floridian should be ashamed that our taxpayer money is being used for this.

So there it is. They finally managed to kill someone in one of their Rambo cosplay events. Stephen Miller is responsible for this needless death. Theses thugs who in many cases were able to get legit police jobs think they’re doing a bin Laden compound raid or something.

PLEASE SHARE! The FY26 appropriations process is happening. It offers an opportunity to restore or fund SNAP-Ed programming, communicating with your Senators and Representatives still matters! The language is about Michigan but you can modify it www.votervoice.net/mobile/MFF/C... #SNAP-Ed #SNAP

I know you’re new to Congress, Mr. Fine, but we don’t call our colleagues terrorists here. It just makes you look idiotic. At a time when MN Democrats have been targeted for assassination by a right-wing extremist, your rhetoric is seriously dangerous. Apologize now.