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Californiaās homelessness growth rate last year was lower than 40 other states, including Texas and Florida. The work doesnāt stop here. With our new SAFE Task Force, weāre going to bring it down even further to ensure that everyone has a safe place to call home.
Rather than folding to anti-science pressure, CDC employees are exposing the dangers of MAHA to the public health system. Already, some major drugstores are limiting COVID vaccines to follow new restrictive guidelines. Dr. Jen Layden, who resigned from her director position on Tuesday, joins @ 10aET
Americans are begging for Democratic leadership to get off the mat and back into the fight. If youāre a political leader in this country and are not prepared to fight with both hands, not prepared to make āgood troubleā, then perhaps you should step aside and make space for those who will. #Velshi.
Bernie is right. Health care should be based on medical science. Iām glad I found out I needed a measles vaccine this summer. And itās right to provide shingles shots to seniors and vaccines for kids. Letās focus on health care costs instead of upending the CDC. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/o...
Harper Moyskiās parents with a powerful message, āNo family should ever have to endure this kind of pain. We urge our leaders and communities to take meaningful steps to address gun violence and the mental health crisis in this country. Change is possible, and it is necessary.ā
Meidas Health will feature two of the nations best healthcare leaders this week: Sunday: a conversation with the President of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Dr Susan Kressly Mid-week: Dr Demetre Daskalakis, former top leader at the CDC Tune in! @meidastouch.com @ameracadpeds.bsky.social
Meanwhile in Russia: host Roman Babayan explained why he believes Trump wants Russia to win. He also showcased the results of a poll, with 80% of participants stating they do not want Russia's war against Ukraine to end right now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo_V...
Itās ātheological malpracticeā to "pray for something you have the power to change" said @brotherjones.bsky.social⬠in response to lawmakers offering prayers after the MN shooting. Facts from @gregoryjacksonjr.bsky.social: āThere are more gun stores than there are McDonald's in our country"
Budget cuts made it āchallenging to do my work,ā says Dr. Jennifer Layden, a fmr. CDC official who resigned this week. āThe work of public health often goes unnoticed until there is a major outbreak,ā says Layden, which makes Trump and RFK Jrās undermining of the CDC so risky. #Velshi
More on TRUMP TARIFFS: I have 6 AI platforms on my iPhone. Perplexity & ChatGPT5 do a decent job with legal analysis. AIās bottom line is the Supreme Court (with CJ Roberts the swing vote) will strike down Trumpās tariffs in a 5/4 decision. A good test for political/legal prognostication by AI.
Americans are begging for Democrats to get off the mat and back into the fight. If youāre a political leader in this country and are not prepared to fight with both hands, not prepared to make āgood troubleā, then perhaps you should step aside and make space for those who will. #Velshi
āThis disease corrupted his whole flesh also, and converted it into worms, so that although many were employed day and night in removing them, what they took away was as nothing compared with the increase upon him, but all his clothing, bathsā¦ā -Plutarch, Death of Sulla Dictator of Rome
Americans are begging for Democratic leadership to get off the mat and back into the fight. If youāre a political leader in this country and are not prepared to fight with both hands, not prepared to make āgood troubleā, then perhaps you should step aside and make space for those who will. #Velshi.
On this week's #VelshiBannedBookClub, Pulitzer Prize-winning author @egangoonsquad.bsky.social speaks w/ me about the gothic masterpiece that inspired her 1st novel: Daphne Du Maurierās āRebeccaā - a haunting depiction of perception vs. reality that leaves readers questioning the truth. Join @ 12pET
Itās ātheological malpracticeā to "pray for something you have the power to change" said @brotherjones.bsky.social⬠in response to lawmakers offering prayers after the MN shooting. Facts from @gregoryjacksonjr.bsky.social: āThere are more gun stores than there are McDonald's in our country"
This is the truth about most independent journalists. I have no problem with the organization Brian Tyler Cohen put together but Taylor Lorenzās article has some folks thinking we all get paid by foundations. We donāt. She actually gets $8000 a month plus whatever she makes from Substack šš»
20 years after Hurricane Katrina hit the Louisiana and Mississippi Gulf Coast, a new special digital series from MSNBC Daily examines Americaās current state of preparedness and the mistakes weāre at risk of repeating. Read ā20 Years On: Katrinaās Forgotten Lessonsā now: www.msnbc.com/katrina-20
Budget cuts made it āchallenging to do my work,ā says Dr. Jennifer Layden, a fmr. CDC official who resigned this week. āThe work of public health often goes unnoticed until there is a major outbreak,ā says Layden, which makes Trump and RFK Jrās undermining of the CDC so risky. #Velshi
Americans are begging for Democrats to get off the mat and back into the fight. If youāre a political leader in this country and are not prepared to fight with both hands, not prepared to make āgood troubleā, then perhaps you should step aside and make space for those who will. #Velshi
I have a Trump piƱata ready to go. Got it years ago, thinking weād all be celebrating Trumpās detention after so many successful indictments. Scrolling this morning has given me hope I might be bashing it up ⦠sometime before Christmas is my guess: he wonāt make it to Christmas.