Rich people be spending. “Yesterday, billionaire Larry Ellison, David Ellison’s father, personally guaranteed that he would stand behind more than $40 billion in financing required for the [Paramount vs Warner] deal.”—Heather Cox Richarson www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/b...

GOP is halting free enterprise. Socializing capitalism. And taking USA back to the 1940s. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/c...

Vaccines, Measles and Kennedy: Three Experts on the Future of Public Health www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/o...

"'There are no politicians, even among the ultraconservatives, who call for doing away with universal health care,' he said, seeming a little bewildered by the possibility when I raised it to him." Read & fight for universal health care in the USA ⬇️ open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

Richard Grenell, how miserably hypocritical you are. people.com/les-miserabl...

RFKJr, read this ⬇️ www.statnews.com/2025/12/19/d...

Excellent piece that explains why Denmark’s childhood vaccine schedule isn’t right for the United States. Every major publication should run a piece like this. @jakescottmd.bsky.social: www.statnews.com/2025/12/19/d...

The UNC system just released its final policy on mandatory syllabi disclosure, stating that syllabi are university (not faculty) IP and certain course info must be posted on new, publicly searchable databases before every semester. A thread about what's changed from the draft I reported on earlier:

It’s the entire point. There’s no plan to make this meaningful for students. No plan to use it administratively. Its design and implementation signals its only real intent. It’s best and easiest use case is for systematic harassment and to scare faculty into complying in advance.

the most pro-measles administration in history 😬 🫠

The 6 richest men in the world are all Trump allies. They control your algorithms and data on X, TikTok, Twitch, Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, Threads, and YouTube. Just in case you’re wondering why more isn’t done to stop right-wing bots and misinformation on social media.

What a joke. dailytarheel.com/article/univ...

Keep up the great work blue! Congrats Gary Clemons & way to go #Kentucky! 👏👏👏

Democrat Gary Clemons wins special election to fill Kentucky Senate seat.

Ruth Kiew Dies at 79; Botanist Made Discoveries in Remote Forests www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/s...

👏👏👏California Hires Former C.D.C. Officials Who Criticized Trump Administration www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u...

The horrific tragedy at Brown University is the 389th mass shooting this year and the 230th gun incident on school grounds so far this year. This is not normal and we don't have to live this way. bradyunited.org @bradyunited.org

duh. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/c...

duh. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/w...

Trump Administration Live Updates: National Trust Sues President Over Ballroom www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...

Come on, people! 😱 “Many of the schools with students in quarantine have vaccination rates that dip well below 90%.” 95% is the target that experts consider necessary to stem the spread of measles. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/w...

💯“The majority should follow the Leandro court order, fully fund education in NC, stop starving rural school districts of funding, teachers, & capital improvements, & scrap the disastrous & bloated school voucher welfare program that shuffles money to the wealthiest.” ncnewsline.com/2025/12/10/n...

Democrat Eric Gisler has flipped Georgia House District 21. This is a district Trump won by 13 points in 2024.

This is huge: Democrats in Georgia just FLIPPED House District 121 blue, electing Democrat Eric Gisler. This is a district Trump won by 13 points in 2024. Congrats, Rep-elect Gisler!

Hello double digits! "This isn’t just a win for GA Democrats – it’s a win for every family in Oconee & Clarke Counties who has been struggling to get ahead under 22 years of failed Republican leadership." @CNNPolitics‬⁩ www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/p...

North Carolina's state budget is now nearly four months overdue. For public school employees, that means the school year started without a cost-of-living raise. WUNC is sharing a few of their stories in a new series “From Politics to Paychecks.” www.wunc.org/education/20...

YES. www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/p...

Yes, the Pacific Rim powers up. How Japan Built a Rare-Earth Supply Chain Without China www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/b...

💯Our professional medical assns must step up immediately & CLAIM THE SPACE (in place of the now gutted, discredited, invalid, & laughable CDC) as THE essential, scientific-method-driven, & authoritative policy-recommending orgs that our caregivers & the public heed forthwith. Watch & hear ⬇️

This ⬇️⬇️⬇️

AI Is Not Inevitable join AAUP for a conversation with educators, educator unions, and the Collaborative Research Center for Resilience zoom.us/webinar/regi...

About time. Other publishers should do this, too. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/t...

Dec. 4. “Whatever comes out of this disaster of a meeting in December is going to be mainly designed around sowing distrust and spreading fear.”—Sean O’Leary, chair of Committee on Infectious Diseases for American Academy of Pediatrics ⁦‪@CBS‬⁩ News www.cbsnews.com/news/hepatit...

All good cons eventually crumble, and we’re starting to see the earliest signs that Trump's MAGA movement – one of the most destructive cons in American history – may be poised to fall. It’s coming, I tell you. And it’s going to be spectacular. My column: www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

A great story about a truly malignant figure www.propublica.org/article/paul...

Russ Vought is openly admitting this nomination is a front so he can stay on at the CFPB while he tries to shut it down. Instead of lowering costs for Americans, Trump and Vought want to make it easier for giant corporations to scam families out of their money.

“The negotiations were enabled by a law enacted during the Biden administration without any Republican votes.” U.S. Announces Negotiated Prices for 15 Drugs Under Medicare www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...

Brasil's top court to Bolsonaro... GO TO JAIL NOW. Start that 27 years son, we don't care if you were hallucinating! WOW. Look at what a functioning democracy can do. SIGH. Meanwhile, our supreme court just upholds everything the 38 count felon wants.

Again, warm thanks to Sen. Bill Cassidy, “M.D.” This insane freight train that HE enabled is only gaining speed. Doctor Critical of Vaccines Quietly Appointed as C.DC.’s Second in Command www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...

Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki, whose real name is Danylo Yavhusishyn, on Sunday became the first from his nation to win a tournament of the traditional Japanese sport.

Zero gratitude for a Russia-authored plan which gives the invader 20% of Ukraine, reduces the size of its army and bars it from ever joining NATO? That’s weird 🤔 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

"The deal underscores how the Gulf nations have turned the U.S.-China rivalry into leverage for their own AI ambitions."

BREAKING: In a complete lie, Senator Jon Husted just claimed zero Ohioans are going to lose Medicaid because of the Big Ugly Bill. Reports show up to 490k of his constituents could lose care.

Another forthcoming book I can’t wait to read: @uncpress.bsky.social @emaisner.bsky.social uncpress.org/978146969459...

Big surprise. #politicizedjudiciary www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...