Proud to kick off the Committee to Protect Health Care’s first annual Organizing Summit with my fellow Board Chair, Max Cooper. The most dynamic physician-advocates in the country are all here, together. Healthcare is under attack. We’re here to fight back. @protecthealthcare.medsky.social

Day one of Pride Month and already I’m hearing about attacks on the LGBTQ+ community in Wisconsin. Some subtle. Some horrifying. We are not doing this. Stand with me in visible solidarity with our friends and neighbors from this vibrant, beautiful community. If you’re with us, say so. 🏳️‍🌈

The physician in me wanted to know her healthcare plan. The advocate in me wanted to know what sets her apart. @francescahongwi.bsky.social answered both. New episode out NOW!

Trump is betting you won’t do the math. $50 billion rural health fund sounds great. They left out the part where the same bill cut $1 trillion from Medicaid. 300+ rural hospitals already at risk of closure. Watch what happens next — and remember who did this in November.

I just got off the phone with Senator Jon Ossoff. His race is expected to be one of the most expensive in US history in the swing state that houses the dismantled CDC and so much more. It’s time to put our foot on the gas. Like, share, donate — you do you, but do SOMETHING!

Political ideology didn’t used to correlate with health outcomes, but now it does. And conservatives are now paying a significantly higher price with their health…and their lives.

I sat down with @francescahongwi.bsky.social early in this race — before it got crowded and loud. That interview is on YouTube now, and it hits differently with the primary heating up. Watch it before Thursday, when we’re back together talking healthcare and what sets her apart.

I’m hearing that 5 more Wisconsin hospitals are at risk of cutting services or closing completely because of cuts to healthcare in the Trump regime’s budget, HR 1. This is the tip of the iceberg. The American public is about to find out exactly how not beautiful this bill is.

Tonight I'm thinking about CW3 Corey Goodnature — Flight Lead Pilot, my college friend, one of 16 who didn't come home from Operation Red Wings. This Memorial Day I'm honoring him the only way I know how: by fighting like our democracy depends on it. Because it does. 💙

Over 5 million people will likely lose their health insurance this year because Trump and Republicans eliminated the ACA subsidies that made coverage affordable. Let me know when we've hit rock bottom.

4 cabinet departures in 3 months. All women. The men with assault allegations and government jets to party in Milan? Untouchable. DEI hires aren't working out in this administration.

Beautiful weather. Long weekend. Republicans melting down over spending $1.8 billion on Trump's ballroom and restitution for the people who tried to overthrow our democracy. People are in a great mood today. Honestly, same. 😄

They bled defending the Capitol on Jan. 6. Now Trump wants to use your tax dollars to pay the people who attacked them. Officers Dunn and Hodges are suing to stop it. They held the line. We won’t let them stand alone. 💙 @semperwry.bsky.social @libradunn1.bsky.social

Trans. Elected. Undeniable. Historic. 🏳️‍⚧️ My conversation with Dina Nina Martinez-Rutherford is LIVE on YouTube @DrKristinLyerly now. @votedinanina.bsky.social

The Trump regime has been eerily silent while SCOTUS scrambled to preserve mifepristone access for millions of women. They’re walking a tightrope between an emboldened anti-abortion movement and a public that overwhelmingly supports access to the abortion pill. It won’t hold until November.

She'll make you laugh. She'll make you think. And she just might change your mind about what leadership looks like. New episode Wednesday — YouTube @drkristinlyerly @votedinanina.bsky.social

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69% of independent voters disapprove of Trump’s job performance. I don’t foresee that getting better for him anytime soon.

CPCs. Mifepristone. Wisconsin candidates. The Washington Post. A surprise futon. Yeah. It was that kind of week. Newsletter is live. 💙 drkristinlyerly.substack.com

I was interviewed by @washingtonpost.com on the growing split over a national abortion ban. The 'states' rights' argument was never a destination, it was a rest stop. Mifepristone — medication abortion — won't be on your ballot this November. But the people who will decide its fate will be.

Driving through rural Wisconsin over the weekend I saw a handful of Charlie Kirk signs, but NO Trump signs. Zero. Even those that have been there for a decade are gone.

Science doesn’t change because politicians are uncomfortable with it. mississippitoday.org/2026/05/12/m...

Crisis pregnancy centers are not medical clinics. They don't have to tell you that. Catholics for Choice has thoughts. Episode live now!

Inflation is surging. The Iran war tanked the Strait of Hormuz — the largest oil supply shock in history. Tariffs piling on. Fed frozen. And more. This is what active policy decisions by an incompetent administration look like.

States that banned abortion aren’t seeing fewer abortions — they’re seeing more women die. If that outrages you, good. Share this. Talk about it. Vote like lives depend on it, because they do.

“Catholics for Choice” — three words that will make your conservative uncle’s head explode. So will the truth about crisis pregnancy centers. Wednesday at noon. 🌼

The Wisconsin GOP is imploding. 🔥 Since Trump took office in 2017, Dems swept statewide x2, flipped 5 of 7 Supreme Court seats & are poised to retake the Legislature for the first time in 16 years. Toxic infighting. And their convention is THIS WEEKEND. Pass the popcorn. 🍿

Michelle Obama. Christy Turlington. Caroline Kennedy. A documentary. And a letter to my late mother. It was that kind of week. Substack link in bio.

Arkansas has one of the worst maternal mortality rates in the country. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ response? Reject postpartum Medicaid expansion & gut comprehensive reproductive healthcare. But sure — let's watch her give a Mother's Day spiel about maternal health on @meetthepress.com

His answer to the "white guy" question is making news. I asked it. He answered. You decide.

Christy Turlington Burns almost didn’t survive giving birth. So she built a movement. Honored to join her and @everymomcounts.bsky.social yesterday in NYC to discuss our HBO documentary, Perilous Passage: Birth in America. Happy Mother’s Day Eve. 🧡

Wisconsin GOP is losing one of its rare women in the Assembly. Rep. Jessie Rodriguez is calling it quits — in a district Harris won by 3 points. Open seats in purple territory flip. That’s just the math. Watch this one closely. 👀

New episode of The Dr. Kristin Lyerly Show is LIVE! Emily Berge on running grassroots in WI-03 when the national party already has a favorite. @bergeforcongress.com

New episode Wednesday: I sat down with Emily Berge, candidate for Congress in WI-03. She’s the former Eau Claire City Council President making a grassroots run in one of the most competitive districts in the country. Worth your hour. Drops at noon on YouTube @DrKristinLyerly @bergeforcongress.com

Listen up! Medication abortion — specifically mifepristone — is safe, effective, and still AVAILABLE by telehealth & mail (and in clinic, too). Pass it on ➡️

Wisconsin’s gubernatorial primary is closer than you think — and there are 7 Dems asking for your vote. I’ve interviewed every one of them. The real conversations are in this week’s Substack.

“They’re on death’s door before anybody can help them.” This is birth in America. My story is part of a new HBO documentary premiering tomorrow. Watch. Share. Demand better.

Milwaukee County Executive. Dad of 3 daughters. Former state assembly champion for reproductive rights. Now running for Wisconsin governor. David Crowley @davidcrowley4wi.bsky.social says abortion is healthcare — and his record backs it up. No asterisk. No qualifier. Watch. 👇

This is a HUGE win for our public health.

State Senator André Jacque — author of the ‘catch kit’ bill and one of the most extreme anti-choice legislators in Wisconsin history — is throwing in the towel. That makes 14 Republican “retirements” and counting. When even the diehards flee, you know the GOP is in free fall. 🌊

We’re on Jacque watch, waiting for Wisconsin state Senator Andre Jacque to officially announce his retirement. That will make 14 Republican “retirements” — and counting — as the state’s GOP reign continues to collapse.

New episode is LIVE! @davidcrowley4wi.bsky.social is running for Wisconsin governor. Does this Milwaukee guy see the whole state? Watch now: youtu.be/wCrY6FSMF5Y

No accusation was made. One was accepted.

@davidcrowley4wi.bsky.social is running for Wisconsin governor. I had to ask: does this Milwaukee guy see the whole state? The answer might surprise you. New episode drops Wednesday at noon on YouTube at @DrKristinLyerly

Wisconsin's Assembly is bleeding Republicans and their prognosis is not good. Dean Kaufert of Neenah just announced his retirement, making him the 13th GOP member to walk away from the building they set on fire.

Drug companies signed White House pricing deals — then raised prices on hundreds of medications anyway. $177B in (record) profits. Secret deals. Patients who can’t afford their meds. This is “healthcare” in the United States.

New Substack is live! This week: Tia Nelson on her father's Earth Day legacy and why it matters right now. RFK Jr’s bad math. NIH cuts that disproportionately harm women. And a joyful send-off with Pat McCurdy's new documentary.

Women are nothing more than incubators to the Trump regime.

“If food waste were a country, it would be the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions after the US and China. Tia Nelson, daughter of Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson, on what we can all do about it.

My Earth Day conversation with Tia Nelson is officially live! 🌎 She's an environmental leader, Wisconsin native, and daughter of Senator Gaylord Nelson — the man who started it all. Don't miss this one.