The receipts. A complete timeline of the shifting rhetoric. More: www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-p...

Q: Are there certain kinds of civilians targets like schools or hospitals that are off limits? TRUMP: I don't want to tell you that. We have a plan where every bridge and power plant in Iran will be decimated by 12 o'clock tomorrow night

This is an actual post. This is not funny. This is beyond desperate. This is a deeply unwell man who doesn’t belong anywhere near the levers of power. Every member of his cabinet and Congress is complicit in not demanding his removal now.

Georgia election officials have less than three months to convert the state’s entire voting system from touchscreen machines to paper ballots, after the state Senate failed to vote Friday on legislation that would have delayed the conversion until 2028. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

“We cannot do nothing and expect the republic to make it through. Indeed, Trump’s one chance to succeed, in any of these scenarios, is our own silent collaboration.“

Action Item...Action Item...Action Item Time to comment on the Framework for the NIH-Wide Strategic Plan grants.nih.gov/grants/guide... Comments due by May 16, 2026

The Law & Science Program of NSF's SBE Program has funded "social scientific studies of law and law-like systems of rules, as well as studies of how science and technology are applied in legal contexts" 1/

The concentration of wealth in the hands of a few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy. When the super-rich control our political system, regular people don't have a voice. The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.

It’s increasingly clear that Donald Trump has declined in alarming ways. His vocabulary is shrinking, his cadence is slowing, his speech is often slurred. Nothing in his recent appearances suggests the capacity expected of a president. The only question is whether those around him will confront it.

Therapists should not be allowed to use practices that harm their clients As a result of this decision, states cannot bar conversion therapy. Prof associations for all disciplines should make clear that such practices are unethical www.apa.org/topics/lgbtq... #ProtectTransKids #transdayofvisibility

Declining vaccination rates are *already* having massive negative impact We cannot put the vaccine issue aside in any conversation on #publichealth Since Jan 2025 "there have been 3,564 confirmed cases in 46 states, mostly among children and teenagers" - more than any outbreak since 2000

There are many inhumane aspects of the administration’s actions against immigrants. The violation of the human rights of adults is terrible.The detention of children, and on top of detention, their placement in such sub standard conditions - is so horrifying that I can’t find the right words.

Safer Society is hosting a FREE webinar 3/18/26 on prevention of #childabuse at the organizational level. This is the future of #publichealth #prevention of abuse. Elizabeth Letourneau from @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social & her colleagues are at the cutting edge of research & implementation Link below!

This is BLEAK. And illustrates why we didn’t celebrate the funding “wins”.

Thank you @padilla.senate.gov & @schiff.senate.gov for opposing the SAVE Act From @brennancenter.org This act would disenfranchise millions, including women whose married names aren’t on their birth certificates or passports www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...

"There is a method to how these decisions historically have been made-a method scientific in nature and codified into law through procedural requirements. Unfortunately, the Government has disregarded those methods and thereby undermined the integrity of its actions." #publichealth #defendscience

"A pivot has occurred: the nation’s inaction in addressing the US health disadvantage has been replaced by something worse, government actions that—intentionally or not—endanger population health" @shwoolf.bsky.social in @jama.com jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... #publichealth #defendscience

It would take a two-word amendment to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to subject ICE agents and other federal law enforcement officers to the same liability for constitutional violations that local and state officers currently face. If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.

This YouGov poll on ICE is really eye-opening. Public opinion has really swung against DHS/ICE and their terror regime. d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/IC...

And, the word of the day is now "perfidy." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/u...

Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest. www.wired.com/story/how-to...

Several hundred people form a human banner spelling out “IT WAS MURDER — ICE OUT!!” at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach during a protest Saturday in response to the recent fatal shooting in Minneapolis of Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration agent. 📸: Erik Castro/Special to The Chronicle

We need to get it lodged more firmly in the discourse that Trump and Stephen Miller are prioritizing removing nonviolent immigrants over public safety. They are sinking so many resources into their ethnic purification project that they're putting us in more danger. newrepublic.com/article/2041...

If this were to pass in the Senate, it would do so much harm Gender affirming care is evidence-based. It is safe. It is effective. It is a decision for the person, their parents, & their doctor If that’s not enough, actions like this are a step toward controlling & restricting rights of more of us.

Another boat strike today. Let's dedicate this one to the 214 Republicans and 2 Democrats who voted against stopping these illegal murders. The death toll from 26 attacks now stands at 99.

Vanity Fair photographer Christopher Anderson is the hero we need. Brilliant work. The photos were perfect. Exposed the ugly that's been there the entire time.

I love my city.

NEW: A judge ruled today that the Trump administration had illegally blocked Congress from accessing ICE detention facilities. w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

"On top of trying to prevent people of color from entering the workforce, the administration is making it easier to kick them out ...this amounts to a claim of constitutional power for the president to fire 1000s of gov’t workers…based on their sex, race, or…other legally protected characteristics"

An attempt to require SCOTUS to document reasoning: Bill text proposes requiring "a written explanation of reasons supporting such order" and info on how each justice voted for "any order granting, denying, or vacating injunctive relief or granting, denying, or vacating a stay of such relief"

“Differed” seems like an understatement. “HHS had terminated 977 NIH grant awards totaling $1.7 billion in value… according to a dissent authored by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the NIH terminated fewer than six grants midstream in the 13 years from 2012 to January 20, 2025” #standupforscience

Wow www.propublica.org/article/usai...

@ap-ls.org's Teaching, Training, & Careers committee is inviting nominees for Outstanding Teaching & Mentoring in Psychology & Law. This year, we will honor a teacher/mentor from a program/dept that is undergraduate-only or MA-terminus. Students, nominate your fantastic professors! Deadline 12/15

RFK Jr has done an incredible amount of damage in the 10 months he has been Sec of HHS The articles of impeachment introduced by @rephaleystevens.bsky.social are a chance to stem the tide of harm @pelosi.house.gov, as a constituent, I ask that you vote to impeach Contact your reps #standupforscience

Says the man who elevated RFK Jr to head of HHS, which controls vaccine policy. As if RFK’s long-standing anti-vaccine views were not well known.

This individual is currently presenting at ACIP. He is neither a scientist nor a doctor. I am not sure how he is at all qualified to be speaking at today's meeting or to be working at CDC. He is cosplaying as a scientist and you shouldn't believe anything he says www.ms.now/news/rfk-jr-...

"This disease has gone down in the US thanks to the effectiveness of our current immunization program," says Dr. Cody Meissner. "... In your opinion?" ACIP's Dr. Robert Malone. "Hah, well, okay, these are facts, Robert..." 🙈 #ACIP

Rep. Zoe Lofgren on House Space panel decrying Trump administration attacking NASA even as it fulminates over China. "China is not culling its talent and technical capabilities, it's not undermining its universities, turning away the world's brightest minds" www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0vI...

This is a fraught time for our beloved trans siblings. Here is a list of some resources for anyone who cares about their well-being and rights and wants to show up. 🧵 Please read on and consider sharing, getting involved, or donating. And feel free to add! #TransRights 1/6

Yeesh. Look at the thousands of kids who died before vaccines were available: 1,822 deaths from diptheria; >4,000 from pertussis (whooping cough); 400 from measles; 3,292 from polio; 472 from tetanus; 24 from rubella. Is this what we're going back to?

Not only does medical research save lives, federal funded medical research fuels job growth. Every one of us has benefited in some way from federally funded research. The destruction to research infrastructure (not just decreased funds) will take time to undo, but we must undo it. #defendresearch

“Strategies include effective regulation, stronger platform and influencer accountability, and user empowerment through targeted education and access to reliable, fact-checked information.”

#WorldAIDSday is today. We must keep up the fight to end the AIDS epidemic. As @drdemetre.bsky.social said, we have the science. We need to create the political will through community pressure. #defendresearch #publichealth #sciencenotsilence

Hegseth is very transparently blaming a Navy admiral for his own decision. Let this be a lesson for every other military officer: The Trump administration will issue unlawful orders, then blame you for following them.

One of whom presented a Russian capitulation document as a US peace plan. That’s the headline. We need headlines that are true and not news jargon that washes out the basic facts.

Hey so as someone who has a degree in global politics and spent a significant amount of time studying international law — this is a textbook example of a war crime.

Earlier this week, a new page titled “Vaccines and Autism” appeared on the CDC website. The agency's employees are not happy about it. “The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”

Some vaccines like COVID and flu don’t stop completely stop infection. But they do reduce the risk of getting infected and greatly reduce severe illness risk. They are still worth getting. Since they are not 100% effective it’s also wise to add another layer of protection by wearing a mask.

Utterly ludicrous framing from @nytimes.com here, treating Pete Hegseth's arguments as if they're legitimate. The casual reader will be left with no inkling whatsoever of how unusual and corrupt an abuse of the process this truly is: