Loud and proud in Natick, MA #nokings

I saw this on Meta… FYI - Harvard launched a free online government course on the constitution and how to recognize a dictatorship. pll.harvard.edu/subject/gove...

Not surprised but still horrified. Cancelling cancer cure research, limiting vaccines, and this, what is the etiology of this death wish the right has for all of us? Very anti-life (except for embryos, of course)

“We take vaccines so for granted in the United States” ...“Women in the developing world know the power of [vaccines]. They will walk 10 kilometers in the heat with their child and line up to get a vaccine because they have seen death.” Melinda Gates

Kidnapping. Capturing a person against their will without due process is called kidnapping. Transporting them to another country without due process is called human trafficking. A squalid extrajudicial prison for people found guilty of no crime is called a concentration camp.

Who in the administration knew about Trump's latest tariff flip flop ahead of time? Did anyone buy or sell stocks, and profit at the public’s expense? I'm writing to the White House — the public has a right to know.

21. They put their faith in a conman because they themselves are conmen who managed in the end to con themselves into believing that the consequences of their choices are for other people, not them. The question is: why do the rest of us keep trusting them with our money?

Boston! Yuuuge crowd

People keep asking me if Dems are divided between left and center of party. Nope. We are divided over old and new ways of fighting. That 20th Century playbook ain’t stopping a dictator.

I’m not rolling over to a would-be King. Not now, not ever.

I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable. Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes. Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.

Criminalizing protest is a hallmark of authoritarian regimes

To be clear, the U.S. is leveling punishing tariffs on its allies while discussing easing sanctions on Russia.

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Huge thanks to @martharichart.bsky.social for posting this illustration. In support of the economic boycott on Friday, we will be donating 10% of that day's sales to the organization Unite Against Book Bans.

Yes, we do have health crises in this country. But demonizing, defunding, and dismantling the research institutions and agencies that are in place to protect and promote health is not the way. Their goal is not truly to make America healthy again. 🛟 #medsky

In the coming weeks, a lot of slow-on-the uptake folks are going to begin belatedly realizing Trump is both an inept moron and a dangerous autocrat. Our great civic challenge in these trying times will be calmly welcoming them aboard instead of primal-screaming in their faces.

The Washpost, which is bleeding millions of dollars and shrinking its staff, accepted -- and then rejected -- a $115,000 ad that criticized Elon Musk. Anyway, here's the ad that the Post's business side didn't want its readers to see ⤵️ thehill.com/media/514849...

MASSACHUSETTS NIH funding

I’m taking every opportunity to stop Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s illegal government takeover. Just now, I offered an amendment at the Commerce Committee to stop their seizure of your data at Treasury. Republicans voted it down in fealty to Trump. youtu.be/wR9Eu--McII

"I just want to be clear about what's going on here." - @warren.senate.gov www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIHN...

Can't let the day end without wishing a Happy National Women's Physicians day to my colleagues in arms and fellow badass Women's Physicians. Thanks for showing up every day and making it happen for our patients all over the country. Your work is important and valued.

"A woman's place is in the struggle" - Kathleen Cleaver of the Black Panthers, c.1969 (image S. Shames) #BlackHistoryMonth

Vaccines and immunization fact sheets you can't find on CDC website anymore are archived at the link below. May be helpful to bookmark this for future reference. www.immunize.org/vaccines/vis...

PLEASE SHARE WIDELY #medsky #IDsky #obgynsky #pedsky CDC STI treatment guidelines have been taken down. They are archived here 👇 web.archive.org/web/20250131...