SNAP has an outstanding ROI: every dollar we invest in SNAP generates $1.54 in economic activity. With SNAP cuts, people can’t continue to support these local grocers, so local businesses suffer. Everyone loses.

public health guy@publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 8h ago

this is an actual problem

Trump's "Make America Healthy Again" administration is weakening the review of toxic chemicals by undermining the federal advisory committee that provides independent, unbiased, and up-to-date scientific expertise to inform EPA decisions that keep us safe. 🧵 ⬇️

"I can't get employed. How am I supposed to survive?" www.npr.org/2026/08/04/n...

Medicaid work rule leaves homeless people in the cold

Conservatives who have long pushed for Medicaid work requirements often said vulnerable people would get a pass. But the federal government's list of exemptions left off homeless people.

npr.org

This case is a terrifying reminder of the fact that being charged with a crime upends your life. Maria Rojas has had her midwifery license suspended, and the conditions of her bond prohibit her from working in healthcare in any capacity. Texas didn't just arrest her, they took away her livelihood.

Autonomy News@autonomynews.co · 4d ago

“The problem is that there's a human being on the other end of whatever political point it is they're trying to make," said an attorney for Maria Rojas, the Texas midwife who is the first person to be prosecuted under the state's criminal abortion ban.

Me on the AAU "The AAU claims to be comprised of America’s leading research unis...But if the member presidents choose the guise of institutional neutrality as a way to gain political cover, they may now be leading higher ed toward greater authoritarianism." www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...

How Elite Colleges Aided Censorship During the Red Scares

Powerful organizations during the Red Scares crafted a world where “academic freedom” was conditional on political allegiance.

insidehighered.com

I can't forget how the burden of COVID-related bereavement fell on Black, Indigenous, and Latinx communities, yet white people expressed greater willingness to unmask / refusal to mask when they learned of the racial/ethnic disparities in COVID morbidity & mortality. This is well-documented.

Researchers found that in states with strict abortion bans, the share of girls who reported suicidal ideation increased, and in states without bans it declined — resulting in a total difference of 4.3 percentage points between states with and without abortion bans. https://bit.ly/3RC3lcx

Abortion bans may be fueling a 'concerning increase' in suicidal thoughts among teen girls

A new study found a significant increase in suicidal ideation for teen girls in states with abortion bans — regardless of if they are pregnant. There was no increase for teen boys.

19thnews.org

As an emergency physician who was in New York City during the peak of the COVID pandemic, I am absolutely infuriated that our government is spending time and money grilling Anthony Fauci instead of prosecuting the disgusting people who helped Epstein. He did his best at a terrible time…

"Michigan has 23 fewer infectious disease workers and 123 fewer county health staff after the Trump administration in 2025 canceled around $12 billion in COVID-era grants to states." www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...

Michigan battles massive cyclosporiasis outbreak as state reels from Trump cuts

Two weeks before the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued its cyclosporiasis health warning on July 14, Michigan warned of an unusually large outbreak of parasitic disease that was c...

ctvnews.ca

By the way, this isn't just a threat against Fauci. The audience for this is the entire career civil service. If you think this sorry ass episode and shit like Schedule F are unconnected, then you are sorely mistaken.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Tuberville: "I'll be the governor of Alabama and I promise you we will find out if there's a possibility that we can bring him to Alabama to put him in front of a court and a jury to see if we can put this guy in prison. He killed millions of people, folks."

Wrote about the Masculinity Scam, or how selling reactionary ideas about what makes a man helps a small number of bad people profit and makes everyone else (including men) miserable www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Last summer, the commissioners of Gwinnett County gave Georgia Wellness $450k despite strong objections at public meetings, and serious allegations of medical licensing issues and false advertising. But this year, GWG is not on the list of organizations commissioners will consider for funding.

One Crisis Pregnancy Center Has Received $1.1 Million in Federal Housing Funds Since 2020

A Georgia anti-abortion organization is building a maternity home. Public opposition surfaced allegations of false advertising and medical licensing issues—and resulted in cease and desist letters.

autonomynews.co

Upwards of 200,00 people may have lost their jobs today; or will in the upcoming days. There is a palpable sense of fear among the Haitian community right now. They need your support.

Heba Gowayed هبة جويد@hebagowayed.bsky.social · last wk.

My Haitian friend was just fired from his job. "They said I don't have a legal status now." This is likely happening to hundreds of thousands of people across this country today. Sick.

Chronicle of Higher Education article on the Kratsios "Golden Age of Science" document www.chronicle.com/article/why-... “This whole document really strikes me as being incredibly naïve and just wrong,” said Jeremy Berg, who led ... a branch of the (NIH), during the Bush and Obama administrations.

Why Scientists Hate Trump’s New Plan to Revamp Research Funding

Diverting money from universities would distort priorities and slow discovery, they say.

chronicle.com

A Polish-born woman in Des Plaines who “had done everything right” has been in ICE custody for the past year. Green Card for 20 years, sought citizenship. “And it didn’t matter.” www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/27/i...

Illinois woman with green card has been detained by ICE for 12 months. Her daughters plead for her release.

ICE arrested Beata Siemionkowicz, a Poland native and green card holder of more than two decades, last year while she was gardening in her daughter’s backyard in Des Plaines.

chicagotribune.com

The state-sanctioned hunting of our immigrant neighbors is resulting in an unprecedented body count: open.substack.com/pub/americas...

ICE Equals More Deaths

Four immigration enforcement-related deaths within the span of one week – with no end in sight.

open.substack.com

A letter from the mother of Alex Pretti, six months after he was murdered by ICE.

“If universities oppose the actions of the administration, they need to say so quickly so that their constituents aren’t left wondering whether there’s a plan. The alternative is a community of university scientists adrift and grasping for a lifeline.” www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

University science in the US needs a coherent plan

The Trump administration continues to degrade America’s scientific establishment, causing widespread harm to the country’s broader interests and well-being. Last week, the Association of American Univ...

science.org

BREAKING: In my lawsuit against Todd Blanche for the Epstein Files, Judge Sullivan has just ordered Blanche to produce, in camera (in chambers), the UNREDACTED emails & documents, and Blanche must bring documentation supporting his representations the DOJ’s redactions are what he claims they are.

“ICE and Border Patrol agents have a disturbing track record of sexually and violently abusing women and children, including members of their own families. These are not people who should be given guns and free rein to roam U.S. communities.”

Report: Dozens of ICE and CBP agents have abused women and children

David Brouillette, according to Ohio Immigrant Alliance, is no outlier.

motherjones.com

Trump orders the installation of "temporary exhibits or signage" on the sidewalks outside the National Museum of American History "that corrects inaccurate information presented in the Museum." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/a...

Trump Orders Warnings Placed at ‘Inaccurate’ Smithsonian History Museum

President Trump said the signage at the National Museum of American History would correct what a disputed White House report described as “extreme political activism.”

nytimes.com

NEW: In a stunning admission, the Trump administration admitted in court documents that it canceled billions in energy grants to states "based solely" on politics -- and whether that state was represented by Democrats and backed Harris in 2024. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...

Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him

Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.

nytimes.com

been in the cards for awhile, but it’s confirmed now: “For the first time in a quarter century, the U.S. no longer meets a main criterion for having eliminated measles as a public health threat.”

Amy Maxmen, PhD@amymaxmen.bsky.social · 2w ago

Doctors in Utah pull back the curtain on what's happening in America. You can read (and listen!) to my piece for WIRED/KFFHN without a paywall, here: kffhealthnews.org/public-healt...

MedStar Washington Hospital Center delivers more babies than any other hospital in DC. Now, they're cutting over a third of their postpartum beds. Nurses & health advocates are very concerned about this decision. I spoke with them to understand why. @51st.news 51st.news/dc-hospital-...

This hospital is cutting over a third of its postpartum beds

As the city faces a Black maternal health crisis, health advocates are concerned about cuts at MedStar Washington Hospital Center.

51st.news

It's very clear that Kratsios/Trump wants to destroy universities (and the indirect costs they receive), or, what he calls "legacy institutions". It seems that there is very little understanding of how current science works, particularly the massive infrastructure it needs. Who's gonna pay for that?

1. The new Trump / Kratsios plan for US science appears explicitly designed to destroy US universities. Diverting money to tech donors is probably just a bonus. Gift link.

Trump’s Plan for Science: More Money for A.I., Less for Universities (Gift Article)

Michael Kratsios, President Trump’s science adviser, proposed overhauling how the government funds research. Democrats said Mr. Trump’s actions had weakened science.

nytimes.com

Good, Prasad's policy of requiring yearly flu vaccines to undergo clinical trials for the <65 y.o.s is dead. Seems like FDA returns to approving yearly flu vaccines based on their ability to elicit antibody titers. We are hopefully back to having access to annual flu shots... @statnews.com

New at Can We Still Govern: New reporting is starting to reveal the human toll of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. @pamherd.bsky.social and I have been warning about this for a year. It will get worse. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/when-the-o...

When the One Big Beautiful Bill comes due

Real people are losing SNAP. Medicaid will be next

donmoynihan.substack.com

🚨The witnesses to Lorenzo's killing by ICE in Houston allege it was straight murder, that they shot at him when he was cornered, and then finished him off AFTER he stopped the van. That there was a 2nd shot after he stopped has not before been made public.

"Nice federal science grant you got there, shame if someone cut it off because you didn't swear your ideological allegiance like we told you to...👀

‘A razor’s edge’: How colleges are navigating civil rights probes under Trump

Some colleges have cut deals, while others have fought back against federal officials. Both come with risks, legal experts say.

highereddive.com