NEW: Kennedy refused to commit to accept the vaccine advice of the new pick to run the CDC.
In doing so, he opened the door to Dems criticizing him on vaccine policy, inc. one who accused him on measles: "You have blood on your hands."
w/ @sherylnyt.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/u...
This was never about the worst of the worst.
We have continually demanded answers about how many of our children were taken into federal detention. Trump’s DHS has continually refused to give us information.
sahanjournal.com/immigration/...
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The whole administration is anti-vax.
In August, Jay Bhattacharya said “Training future biomedical scientists” was the 1st priority for his version of NIH.
But talk is cheap. Let’s see how JB’s doing. 🤔
NIH supports trainees mostly via fellowship (F), training (T), and career development (K) awards.
Here are funding curves for each.🧵
I study racist politicians from the Jim Crow era and this is on par with anything that John Rankin, Theodore Bilbo, or Cotton Ed Smith ever said in public
This is a handy little website if you want to keep track of how things are going with science funding.
sciencespending.org#overview
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Well that's not good. Any clear mission that he's had so far has not been pro-health and if ACIP is any guide, his new members won't be qualified.
Pollen seasons are starting earlier and lasting longer. This is due to climate change. Air pollution, wildfire smoke and mold are also worsening allergy and asthma symptoms.
www.healthday.com/health-news/...
I spoke to an ICE observer who was detained last week after following DHS agents to record them. She was not arrested.
Five days later, her Global Entry was revoked.
A day after I asked DHS about her case, her Global Entry was restored.
www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-wa...
Senate Republicans again block Democratic effort to end Trump's Iran war
The vote was 47-52, largely along party lines.
Voting yes: Paul, R-Ky.
Voting no: Fetterman, D-Pa.
Missed vote: Justice, R-W.Va.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Straight from the horse's mouth:
If Trump's proposed $5B cut to NIH were enacted in FY27, the number of new NIH research grants would drop **47%**
To be clear, this is from a document justifying the request. It's what they *want*. They think this is good.
officeofbudget.od.nih.gov/pdfs/FY27/br...
the boundary waters are an amazing wilderness – I'm not a huge outdoorsman and went with my BIL & friends who are in 2017 and it was amazing, no way mining it is worth losing it
The City of Minneapolis, evicting 48 of the poorest families in its care, for a total of $30,144.
DOGGETT: Doesn't your budget propose another 12% cut for NIH?
VOUGHT: Most of what you said is untrue. NIH was not cut at all--
D: My Q is don't you propose another 12% cut?
VOUGHT: We propose a cut
D: Is it your feeling that we just can't afford to invest more in doing something about cancer?
Can confirm
"She is from British Columbia but moved to Texas in 2021 when she married her American husband.
The family was driving home from a baby shower when they were stopped at a border patrol checkpoint. She and Ayla, who has autism, were fingerprinted and detained..."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
After 20 years of HPV vaccines, what have we learned? A new study finds vaccinated men and boys are almost 50% less likely than unvaccinated males to develop an HPV-related cancer (cancers of the head/neck, esophagus, penis, anus).
www.cidrap.umn.edu/human-papill...
The further Putinisation of America. The public are lied to about the scale of casualties in a disastrous war that fails to achieve any of its strategic aims.
theintercept.com/2026/04/01/i...
Breaking:
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota county investigates ICE arrest of Hmong American man as a potential case of kidnapping and false imprisonment.
Hegseth blocked promotions for more than a dozen Black and female senior officers across all four military branches. None had open investigations against them. None had been accused of misconduct. They simply weren't the right profile.
DHS deported a US citizen to Mexico. Brian Morales is 25 years old who was born in Denver. Pulled over in Texas with his construction crew. Didn’t have his ID on him and told officers he could get his birth certificate, Social Security card, and medical records from home.
In LaBelle, Florida, ICE goons brutally pinned a non-verbal autistic DACA recipient, Gilberto Garcia Cruz, to the ground in his own backyard.
This is not just a number.
This is one million people who have had to leave their homes and often their beloved pets. They’ve had to leave behind Christmas cards their toddlers made, framed family photos, food, clothing, their father’s stamp collection, safety, and their memories.
Screenshot of sophiafornc from Threads: This is eleven year-old Genesis and six year-old Denis, two Durham elementary school students whose families came here to seek asylum. On Monday, they were detained by ICE and immediately sent back to Honduras without due process. Don't you dare tell me that this is making our country safer.
I am so angry. Two Durham, NC kids - 11-year-old Genesis and 6-year-old Denis of Burton Elementary Magnet School - were taken by ICE at their regular asylum case appointment, and immediately deported without due process.
Follow SiembraNC on IG or FB or @siembranc.bsky.social for next action steps.
"Last summer, Trump admin declared that there would be no amnesty for undocumented farmworkers as it sought to create a 100% American farm workforce.
A statistic as crops are wasting in the fields because of a lack of workers:
US workers applied for only 182 of 415,000 jobs advertised last year."
This guy hates people who knows thing so so much.
New data shows that about 3,400 people detained in Minnesota were sent to Texas, and that 530 remain there.
Written by Katelyn Vue and Cynthia Tu
