PMC COVlD Report (2/23/26): Transmission has increased in the South, while stable across much of the U.S. Using harmonized wastewater data, we project... ✴️18 states with High/Very High levels ✴️1 in 58 Americans actively infectious ✴️850,000 new daily infections Link: pmc19.com/data THREAD 1 of 3 🧵

This isn’t over. Uncertainty has not declined and we're in an absurd trade war with China.

Justin Wolfers@justinwolfers.bsky.social · last yr.

Biggest mistakes I'm seeing in early reporting (thread): 1. Tariffmageddon isn't over: Lotsa tariffs to account for, but the average tariff rate is only down around one quarter. So most of the pain of Liberation Day is still with us.

Think of a cloture "no" vote as a form of civil disobedience (we don't have power but we refuse to acquiesce to those who do and seek to do us harm). It grows the movement. Courts are important but the people are the source of power.

Don't give up! Call your senators again. Tell them "no on cloture." The public will blame the folks with power (Reps and Trump) for the shutdown.

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · last yr.

New Quinniac poll: If there's a shutdown... 32% blame Dems 31% blame Republicans 22% blame Trump That's a majority blaming Trump and/or the GOP. Hang tough, Dems.

One thing I've noticed on the town hall and picket videos is that the crowds are older folk. Where are young people? College students? In my formative years it was youth and young leaders who led the movement for change. Is "liking" a post on social media a real alternative to visible opposition?

As an American, I am ashamed.

Atul Gawande@agawande.bsky.social · last yr.

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. 🧵

Probationary workers have rights.

Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com · 2y ago

ATTN: Probationary federal workers who have been fired, please read: federalworkerrights.com/2025/02/13/m...

I firmly believe @petebuttigieg.bsky.social should lead a daily press conference. We are in desperate need of simple, unified messaging

Brandon Friedman@brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 2y ago

Waging a procedural war and an information war will at least delay — and possibly prevent — an actual war. I don't get why Democratic leaders don't see the necessity here.

I'm putting this suggestion out here and hoping some org can do this task. We need a chart, at least by state, of would lose the most through the freezes and cuts as they are identified. E g., as a share of per-pupil expenditures, I suspect fed K-12 Ed $ support red states the most.

Where's the AARP? I'm a member and I'm reading that Medicare and Social Security are on the line. I heard nothing from you when Musk tried to freeze payments to services like Meals on Wheels. Lots of old folks look to you. Did I miss the lawsuits?

I know attention spans are short, but what's happening with the funding freeze? Are providers getting paid? If not, where are the stories from around the country?

The Germans press is not having as much trouble discerning what happened as the American press. www.zeit.de/kultur/2025-...

Elon Musk: Ein Hitlergruß ist ein Hitlergruß ist ein Hitlergruß

Elon Musk streckt den rechten Arm, und alle springen drüber. Willkommen im neuen Aufmerksamkeitsregime.

zeit.de

Not British, but old. The sentiment in this poem transcends national boundaries.

Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺@codfather.bsky.social · 3y ago

Excellent article in the Guardian by Michael Rosen on Johnsons' incompetence and loathsome indifference to suffering. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023...