We don’t yet know what motivated the person who shot and killed Charlie Kirk, but this kind of despicable violence has no place in our democracy. Michelle and I will be praying for Charlie’s family tonight, especially his wife Erika and their two young children.

Trump to Sign Order Renaming the Defense Department as the Department of War www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/u...

Break glass moment is here www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/h...

JFC—outside the #nmaahc 😓

Deep staff cuts at a little-known federal agency pose trouble for droves of local health programs www.cbsnews.com/news/staff-c... @cbsnews.com

The federal government is paying more than 154,000 people not to work wapo.st/3IRXIlK

Harris Will Not Run for California Governor www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/u...

"Only 4% of participants given a vaccine that exposed this part of the viral surface produced antibodies that could block infection; that jumped to 80% when this region wasn’t visible to the immune system." www.statnews.com/2025/07/30/m... via @statnews.com @jonathanwosen.bsky.social

This is insane. | Trump nominee for top HHS post pushed to ban methadone treatment www.statnews.com/2025/07/30/m... via @statnews.com @levfacher.bsky.social

Trump administration reverses course, lifts pause on NIH grant awards www.statnews.com/2025/07/29/t... via @statnews.com

Good news. Need to keep this trend going | Tobacco use, binge drinking decrease as Americans consume more marijuana, survey finds www.statnews.com/2025/07/29/m... via @statnews.com @levfacher.bsky.social

wapo.st/4lLfENt @washingtonpost.com

Russ Vought bills CFPB $5 million for his security detail www.govexec.com/management/2...

He's out of the prison, but now back in Venezuela and under the same threats that forced him to seek (and receive) refuge in the United States @advocate.com @cwnewser.bsky.social www.advocate.com/news/andry-h...

State Dept. & USAID ordered @outrightintl.bsky.social to cut grants to 120 orgs across 42 countries, ending funding for LGBTQ veterans’ medical support in Ukraine, an LGBTQ domestic violence shelter in Malawi, & legal services for torture victims in Myanmar foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/24/u...

@wsj.com apple.news/A3o_MLmPfST6...

gizmodo.com/fdas-new-dru... @paleofuture.bsky.social @gizmodo.com

“She wants her children “to learn that even in the face of uncertainty & devastation that feels like it is beyond our control, this is how we take control of our lives. By speaking out and advocating for ourselves and our fellow Americans,”” @oliviacgeorge.bsky.social wapo.st/450EMsp

Sounds wonky, but withholding billions of dollars that Congress has already spent (impoundment)--on things like clean school buses & Head Start--does real harm. We decided the president shouldn't be king with Nixon. GAO is in the crosshairs @tonyromm.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/u...

White House aide on skipping budget plan: It ‘wasn’t in our interest’ wapo.st/4f4lsiE @washingtonpost.com @jeffstein.bsky.social

Today is the 3rd anniversary of @988Lifeline "39% of LGBTQ 13-24 year-olds in the U.S. said they had seriously considered suicide over the past year, including 46% of transgender & nonbinary youth." @thehill.com @bmigdon.bsky.social @trevorproject.bsky.social thehill.com/homenews/lgb...

Federal workers tell their DOGE stories in new audio series @fedsagainstdoge.bsky.social www.axios.com/2025/07/16/d...

NYT on Navy Yard's Italian outpost Ama “People who have come to work at H.H.S. or U.S.D.A. are talking about no additives, better grains, seed oils — even if they don’t believe it & are eating Doritos in their cars” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/d...

"In April, the Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns & Children was shut down following an EO signed by President Trump to eliminate “unnecessary” federal functions... The committee guides states on which diseases to screen for at birth." @endpts.com endpoints.news/the-trump-ad...

OBBBA includes big Medicare cuts too. "PAYGO is triggered when budgets over 5- and 10-year periods add to deficits. Medicare is not [exempt from sequester]. And it faces a whopping $533 billion in cuts over the next decade." newrepublic.com/article/1979... @newrepublic.com @normornstein.bsky.social

And a very good excuse to plug his guest judge appearance on Revry’s King of Drag w/ Murray Hill!

The growing influence of vaccine skeptics inside HHS www.statnews.com/2025/07/14/a... via @statnews.com @chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social

“Known as the constrained total energy expenditure model, it says that our brains and bodies closely monitor our total energy expenditure, keeping it within a narrow range.” @washingtonpost.com @gretchenxreynolds.bsky.social (gift link) wapo.st/4eN2IDX

This is what it looks like to repeal Obamacare without calling it that (gift link) wapo.st/44yyXlN

"The government is spending >$7 million a month to keep us on payroll while preventing us from doing our jobs & denying the public essential education services. That means >$21 million has been spent to silence us & strip people of the aid they rely on." @postopinions.bsky.social wapo.st/4ehb7zt

Regulators Approve a Twice-Yearly Shot to Prevent H.I.V. Infection www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/h...

Saw it on Saturday and this is too real.

"The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” that was passed by House Republicans and is currently being discussed by the U.S. Senate is viewed unfavorably by a majority of adults (64%), including large majorities of independents and Democrats." @kff.org www.kff.org/medicaid/pol...

Full statement from the American Pharmacists Association on #ACIP & why they’re withholding their endorsement of ACIP’s unwise decision to no longer recommend pregnant people get the COVID-19 vaccine “APhA withholds endorsement of ACIP Adult Immunization Schedule” www.prnewswire.com/news-release...

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"D.C. Budget Fix Stalls in the House as Conservative Republicans Balk" (gift link) @mayacmiller.bsky.social @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/u...

New recession indicator just dropped: "The budget supports of creation of MAHA food boxes that would be filled with commodities sourced from domestic farmers and given directly to American households."

Great to hear from @govwesmoore.bsky.social and @mcbride.house.gov at @lgbtqvictoryfund.bsky.social 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

This budget slashes HHS funding by $40 billion. Eliminating HeadStart, 40% cut to NIH, 44% cut to CDC. A stunning retreat from the mission of protecting Americans’ health & wellbeing. “Internal budget document reveals extent of Trump’s proposed health cuts” wapo.st/42gLz0Z

Important story that includes some thoughts from me. DOGE is now a superagency, managing processes deep within agencies but core to their missions. And DOGE can now impound funds by refusing to allow grant postings. Next question: Will DOGE begin to approve individual grant awards?

“Trump health nominee called for ‘corrective care’ for trans youth” @washingtonpost.com wapo.st/4cvObLY

"Trump HHS Eliminates Office That Sets Poverty Levels Tied to Benefits for at Least 80 Million" @kffhealthnews.org @arthurallen202.bsky.social Peoplehttps://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/aspe-hhs-federal-poverty-guidelines-level-team-fired-medicaid-snap-wic/

Springtime in DC 😌🌸💖

"RFK Jr. says he’s ‘not familiar’ with $11b cuts to state and local health departments" @thehill.com @nateweixel.bsky.social thehill.com/policy/healt...

“Trump admin won't let Medicare cover anti-obesity drugs” www.axios.com/2025/04/04/t... @axios.com

NEW: A public letter from over 200 former HHS appointees decrying the ongoing firings across the Department. jeffnesbit.medium.com/thank-you-47...

Former HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius worries over ‘devastating’ cuts to research funding thehill.com/policy/healt... @thehill.com

www.finance.senate.gov/chairmans-ne... @wyden.senate.gov