If you're in the DC area, make your way out to the Capitol steps! History in the making!

BREAKING: The constitutional crisis has arrived. We knew it was coming, just not when.

They’re going to keep pushing until something stops them.

#HandsOffHerVote

Adjectives I like…

Donald Trump and his cronies want you to be tired and afraid. That's their goal.

If we give up, that means they win. We can't do that.

The Trump Administration Goes To War With Health-Care Quality Inside its plan to destroy a small agency that keeps you safe.

Exclusive: Get ready for worse health care and more medical errors unless this ongoing illegal impoundment is stopped and quickly reversed. www.offmessage.net/p/the-trump-...

If court orders are being ignored, we’re having that constitutional crisis that everyone’s been worried about.

We’re there, folks.

Getting measles is especially bad because it wipes out your entire immune system. Immune amnesia. When this was first studied and confirmed, the next conclusion was that measles indirectly killed a lot more children than previously counted.
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Tim Walz to launch national tour of town halls in Republican House districts | CNN Politics Tim Walz is headed back out on the road – this time, for a tour of House districts represented by Republicans, some of whom have stopped holding town halls amid the raucous receptions their colleagues...

NEW from me -
Tim Walz is headed back out on the road – this time, for a tour of House districts represented by Republicans who have stopped holding in-person town halls amid the raucous receptions some of their colleagues have gotten across the country. www.cnn.com/2025/03/12/p...

The EU retaliates against Trump's trade moves and slaps tariffs on produce from Republican states European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said as the United States is “applying tariffs worth 28 billion dollars, we are responding with countermeasures worth 26 billion euros,” or about $28...

BREAKING: The European Union announced countermeasures — worth about $28 billion — in response to Trump's tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports will start on April.

#medsky #idsky #pedsky 🧪

Our dear HHS Secretary has recently gone to claim that measles infection confers lifelong immunity whereas measles vaccination does not, among a number of other misleading or blatantly false things about measles. Let's look at the evidence 🧵

I will tell you that I was unironically thrilled by this news.

EAT US, SALTIE. EAT US ALL.

U.S. Is Added to Human Rights Watchlist The United States was added Sunday to the CIVICUS Monitor Watchlist, due to declining civil liberties.

The United States was added Sunday to the CIVICUS Monitor Watchlist, due to declining civil liberties.

I repeat…

U.S. Added to Global Human Rights Watchlist Over Declining Civil Liberties

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holy shit -- Trump was reading from a literal Tesla sales pitch, complete with pricing, during his White House event with Elon Musk. (Andrew Harnik/Getty)

Veterans Administration therapists forced to provide mental health counseling in open cubicles As part of the Trump administration's frenzied push to end remote work arrangements for federal government workers, the Veterans Administration (VA) is forcing therapists to provide mental health coun...

"non-MH [mental health] VA staff around my cubicle can hear my sessions." The therapist said they were "worried about issues of licensure [and] ethics code violations related to confidentiality."
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The president turned the south lawn of the white house into a tesla dealership and musk promised him $100 million in donations on the same day.

Falling for a grift, indeed.

Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Bid to Freeze Foreign Aid The move came after Chief Justice Roberts temporarily paused a trial judge’s order requiring the administration to release more than $1.5 billion.

Excellent. It’s 5-4 but I WILL TAKE IT.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/u...

This

National Weather Service Cuts Hundreds, Disaster Could Loom Atmospheric scientist Matthew Cappucci joins Sam Stein to talk the hundreds of firings at NOAA, and how the cuts will affect weather forecasting, air travel, and natural disasters.

An excellent conversation about the real-world impacts of cutting Nat’l Weather Service.

For four bucks a person we get life-saving emergency weather alerts and constant monitoring that keeps air travel safe and comfortable. That gets our packages delivered.

www.thebulwark.com/p/national-w...

Voice of America bias inquiry sparks concerns of political meddling Voice of America is reviewing the social media posts of a reporter for possible bias against the Trump Administration. The review is sparking concerns of political meddling.

Voice of America is reviewing the social media posts of a reporter for possible bias against the Trump Administration. The review is sparking concerns of political meddling.

I don’t have a direct comparison from before DOGE, but the predictive results for SSRIs definitely seems heavy on the worry:

Musk’s Purges Suddenly Take a Horrific Turn—and Wreck an Ugly MAGA Lie We can now be depressingly confident that their mass cuts are killing people.

Horrific: One of the USAID programs Trump just terminated was set to deliver lifesaving treatment to hundreds of thousands of starving kids abroad. Much of it is now sitting in a Georgia warehouse.

Rubio's promise to preserve urgent assistance was a lie.

New piece:
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Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts.

Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵

Not normal at all

my superpower for predicting things? paying attention to what people with power say and do

50% of babies are born on Medicaid.

Medicaid covered both my births while I was working class and then later when I was a student.

50%

They do it so babies get proper prenatal treatment bc NOT getting it cost society way more.

First symptoms of mystery illness that killed 50 people within hours revealed The World Health Organization says the outbreak began in the town of Boloko after three children ate a bat

First symptoms of mystery illness that killed 50 people within hours revealed
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