Omg!

We've uncovered what might be the biggest case of petition fraud in NYC's history, and now I'm taking my opponent to court.

So let’s have universal health care and help people live in dignity.

What was Trump focused on today? Building a giant triumphal arch in DC then jetting out of town for a high dollar fundraiser and golf.

For sure, sad to say. Tho I'd also say the right wing aims to roll back what scattered progress has been made since the '50s...

I'm abt same age + educ (but pub health masters) -- and for me, the lack of social supports surely played a role in not having kids (tho our med. issues were really key).

Israeli aircraft reportedly sprayed glyphosate over border farmlands in southern Lebanon & Syria’s Quneitra in Jan–Feb ‘26. Lebanese tests & UNIFIL samples found concentrations 20–30x above normal, killing crops. Israel said it is to deny militants cover. UN warned of humanitarian/environmental harm

Agreed.
Also re "doing great things" I was thinking about how the US was able to slash child poverty rates sharply for ~2 years recently.
(That gain was undone when the powers in DC decided to end the higher child tax credit.)

To encourage younger marriages and higher birthrates, the Heritage Foundation wants to deter women from the workforce and college, incl. by reducing financial aid for college, and emphasizing a view of college as a place to find a spouse (vs a place for education)!

* Medicaid >homecare< numbers

For multiple reasons, the Heritage Foundation "explicitly aims to remove women from the workforce and decrease their educational opportunities."
sojo.net/articles/opi... (Besides boosting birthrates, such policies fit with their goal of making wives more dependent on men, etc.)

Sure, that's a reasonable take.

I tuned in late, but guessed it was his voice/ trite comment that bugged me: "It shows we can still do big things." To me, "big things" that matter far more are like a few yrs ago when the US sharply cut child poverty for ~2yrs. Then the fed. gov't decided it didn't care + cut the child tax credit.

🧊 THEY DO THIS EVERY TIME 🤨

azmirror.com/2026/04/09/i...

Trump, the Pirate of Hormuz It was a mere 500 years ago that Europeans realized that the Strait of Hormuz was a trade choke point, when Portuguese Admiral Afonso de Albuquerque seized the Island of Hormuz to control trade in and...

And the wee problem with Trump’s plan to collect passage tolls in partnership with Iran is that it violates international laws against piracy.

gregpalastinvestigates.substack.com/p/trump-the-...

The mainstream media has failed this country. Every day when reporting the news should be taken as an opportunity to educate the American public with comparative context as well as inform them.

We in NYC are so blessed to have @jfrejnyc.bsky.social. May every city, town, village, and hamlet get to experience the community and interventions of a JFREJ-like organization.

📣 Every no-speech proposal under consideration in Albany will curtail the right to protest and speak freely in public.

As the Trump admin continues to target, arrest, and even murder ordinary citizens for peaceful protest, state lawmakers must stand up for NY and defend the First Amendment.

‘Without opportunity to speak to legal counsel’

ABOLISH ICE NOW
PROSECUTE ICE NOW
CLOSE THE CAMPS NOW

Article 25 could be done today, if his toady cabinet had the will!

members in JFREJ merch watching the Seder in the Streets rally in USQ

hundred gathered around our melt ICE banner

two JFREJ members holding Jews against deportation signs

JFREJ’s Clergy Caucus speaking on the story of matzah

On Passover, we tell the story of the exodus out of mitzrayim, out of captivity, and into a liberated future. Tonight, we write a version of that story for ourselves in NY with our call to pass #NY4All and end all kidnappings & deportations.

Jewish h New Yorkers in the lobby of Palantir getting arrested

Jewish New Yorkers in sanctuary, not surveillance T-shirts getting arrested in the lobby of Palantir

Jewish New Yorkers have taken over the lobby of Palantir on the 6th night of Passover to protest corporate complicity in ICE’s deportation machine. NYC Jews demand #SanctuaryNotSurveillance!

Thx for chasing it down!

BIG microwave ovens existed in "50s but home use ones were 1st widely marketed in US in late "60s & UK late '70s or later (says google).
As a kid at 1964-5 NYC World's Fair, I saw promotion of a so-called "radar range"
(I think in a "future" kitchen in GE's pavilion). #MidwifePBS #CalltheMidwife

Petula Clark was my first thought, of course, but then I wondered -- did the Turner kids at some point have a pet named Petula?
#MidwifePBS #CallTheMidwife

Ouch!!! I hope it was a good distraction.

Sad... It will be missed in '27!

Or a microwave???

#PublicHealth leaders in Gavi & @who.int describe her as
*'astute strategic thinker... passionate advocate...
delivering changes that make a lasting impact on people's health & livelihoods'
*'consistent & principled champion of equity, gender equality, & social justice'
with 'deep moral clarity'.

Nina Schwalbe: global health advocate running for US Congress Global health expert and advocate Nina R Schwalbe has spent her career working on multifaceted global health issues, ranging from HIV and tuberculosis prevention to negotiations for a pandemic treaty....

#NY12 cand.: "'Nina is not afraid to speak truth to power. Her track record in global health...is the type of transformative leadership countries & our world need at this time', comments Helen Clark, former PM of New Zealand." @thelancet.com
@nschwalbe.bsky.social
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