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Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.

The only thing more powerful than hate is love 🇺🇸🇵🇷❤️

Rural Health The Commonwealth is working with local communities, providers, doctors, nurses, and leaders to improve rural health care, keep hospitals strong, and make care more affordable.

Pennsylvania Releases our Rural Health Transformation Plan! www.pa.gov/agencies/dhs...

So sad to be at this point in our history. “Dude, I’m not mad at you” #ICEoutforGood

This Land Is Your Land (Minnesota Community Tribute) Jay Himmelstein YouTube video by Jay Himmelstein

Thank you MN! youtube.com/shorts/XMWsy...

Debunking the Myth of the ‘Migrant Crime Wave’ Data does not support claims that the United States is experiencing a surge in crime caused by immigrants.

“Numerous studies show that immigration is not linked to higher levels of crime, but rather the opposite.” www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana... #ICEOUTFORGOOF

Working to improve access to healthcare in rural Pennsylvania

I’m so honored to receive the Rural Health Impact Award - but I’m just translating the vision of the PA Health Hub Secretaries, inspired by a large number of regional rural health summit organizers and work group leaders - they are the future of rural healthcare in Pennsylvania!!

Rural Health The Commonwealth is working with local communities, providers, doctors, nurses, and leaders to improve rural health care, keep hospitals strong, and make care more affordable.

Pennsylvania Releases our Rural Health Transformation Plan! www.pa.gov/agencies/dhs...

Enjoying Rural Health Day at IUP IRMC Pennsylvania Mountains Rural Health Conference

Happy Rural Health Day! #RURAL

“Food is A Fundamental Human Right”: U.S. Hunger Expert Decries Trump Withholding Food Assistance The government shutdown has brought attention to food insecurity in the United States, as it disrupted the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, or SNAP, which helps about 42 million people acr...

How did food stamps get so politicized?

Food stamps are back, but millions will soon lose benefits permanently Even though the shutdown is over, the GOP’s signature tax and spending law is poised to kick people off the nation’s largest anti-hunger program.

Food stamps are back, but millions will soon lose benefits permanently

Today, and every day, we honor America’s veterans. This means more than words. It means action— to stand firmly against attempts to dismantle or defund the care they’ve earned and the services they deserve. When we fight for science, we stand up for our vets and for the VA. #VeteransDay

Poster graphic reading: Honoring our veterans means making sure they have the care and services they deserve. So why did the Trump admin cut funds to veterans affairs?

300,000 VA staff were cut in just 2025 alone. All 139 VA medical centers report severe shortages of doctors, nurses, and mental health professionals. -8.9 billion dollar loss from the VA discretionary budget under Trump, despite record need among veterans.

What this means: longer wait times, fewer appointements,a nd delayed care for those who served. Shuttered clinics and veteran focused hospitals, and liminted access to specialized services Veterans earned. It hurts our research: in fiscal year 2024, the VA had over 7270 active research projects acorss 102 research sites, with a budget of approximately 984 million for these efforts.

Standing with veterans goes beyond just one day in November. It means fighting for year-round support and full funding at the VA for critical research to improve future care.

Yet, the VA under Trump is crumbling. Our vets deserve more than a gutted system, long waits, and shuttered clinics.

60 Attorneys on the Year of Chaos Inside Trump’s Justice Department Sixty former staffers describe an environment of suspicion and intimidation within the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency.

‘It’s a Culture Now of Fear: A Year of Chaos Inside the Justice Department’ www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Timely (grim) new NBER working paper: Households screened out of SNAP "suffer tangible downstream economic consequences. Specifically, we find that process-related denials increase debt and delinquencies, and decrease credit scores."

www.nber.org/papers/w34434

What Could Be Wrong with "Gold Standard Science"? | Milbank Memorial Fund If repetition is the mother of learning, then I am learning that the second Trump administration likes to use the term "gold standard science." It is the

Great article on the importance of integrity in scientific decision-making www.milbank.org/quarterly/op...

9/11 Revisionist (@911revision) Hope this puts a smile on your face today.

Some sweet baby elephant joy! substack.com/@911revision...

ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59

ACA health insurance will cost the average person 75% more next year, research shows A new analysis shows that health insurance premiums for Obamacare are set to soar next year, as financial help that subsidized the cost expires. Congress is not likely to extend the subsidies.

www.npr.org/sections/sho...

🧪 science saves lives

Having incapacitating rage at the gap between the cures and hope our amazing US healthcare is able to do for some and the pittance it will (in the context of other broken social systems) actually provide for others

So unfair, and so much unnecessary suffering.

He continues, “there is a playbook in reverse, where prodemocracy actors and brave people on the front lines pierce the veil of invincibility, they get wins.”

Autocrats demand obedience Here's how they demand it and how a pro-democracy strategy can defy it

Authoritarian Strategy 1 An autocrat uses government power to dominate. 2 Creates a climate of fear and yields anticipatory obedience. 3 Without civic support, institutions fail to check the abuses of power. 4 An unchecked autocrat further consolidates power.

Pro-democracy Strategy 1 Pro-democracy actors challenge abuses of power. 2 A broad, diverse coalition strengthens. 3 Institutions endure as checks on abuses. 4 An autocrat’s power grab is disrupted.

For more on how the pro-democracy strategy can reverse the vicious cycle of authoritarian power, read our briefing. www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/reversing-...

Most hospitals have financial assistance programs. If you’re hit with high unaffordable medical bills- first negotiate with the hospital or health system. Bills can be reduced and payment plans arranged - to avoid defaulting +\- receiving a bad credit rating

“States can’t fill the gap left by these cuts… Weather doesn’t respect state borders” — Dr. Henry Jacoby, MIT
#weneedgoodgovt

#weneedgoodgovt

"One word has been used more than any during this natural disaster: Prayer" - Texas Governor Abbott

Nothing against prayer- but please combine it with early warning systems and resilient Emergency Response Services #weneedgoodgovt

As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas

As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas “the warning coordination meteorologist left on April 30, after taking the early retirement package the Trump administration used to reduce the number of federal employees” #weneedgoodgovt