But way worse
Laura Weiss
@lauralew105.bsky.social
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Writer covering social issues including health justice, disability, immigration & labor mostly for Prism Reports and New Republic. Editor at IndyKids. Forever NACLA. I also have a TV newsletter and beloved cat. She/her. Website: Lauraweiss.me
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WHAT, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE DOING!!! “Vaccine experts and people steeped in pandemic preparedness expressed horror at the news.” www.statnews.com/2025/08/05/m...
Health secretary RFK Jr. shuts door on U.S. investment in mRNA vaccine research
Vaccine experts and people steeped in pandemic preparedness expressed horror at the news that RFK Jr. has shut the door in U.S. investment in mRNA vaccine research.
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popular anti-fascism as taxpayer revolt...might have some legs
Question for Mike Flood: With $450 million being allocated to Alligator Alcatraz, and ICE burning through $8.4 million a day to illegally detain people—How much does it cost for fascism? How much do the tax payers have to pay for a fascist country?
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Lemme just say if President Bernie Sanders had unilaterally imposed, by executive fiat, hundreds of billions of new taxes, personally browbeat executives about job cuts and investments and then fired the head of BLS, the Chamber of Commerce and the business orgs would not be sitting idly by.
one thing that keeps happening is Trump taking major steps which impose large, often asymmetric costs on American business, and American business doing fucking nothing in response
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News: Senate Appropriations Committee voting to pass through over $2.5 billion for aging and disability services programs, including over $400 million for home and community based services. www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
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Forty percent of Americans plan to get a Covid shot this fall -- of that, two-thirds are worried they won't be able to and/or that insurance won't cover it. Vaccine uptake is already low. Recent policy changes will only discourage vaccination more, and it will cost lives. www.kff.org/health-infor...
KFF Tracking Poll on Health Information and Trust: COVID-19 Vaccine Update | KFF
As federal vaccine policy changes, this poll finds that most adults do not expect to get a COVID-19 vaccine this fall , and many parents are confused and uncertain about whether the vaccine is recomme...
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NEW: The bipartisan Senate Appropriations Committee has rejected Trump’s proposed $18 billion, 40% cut to the National Institutes of Health budget and endorsed a $400 million increase.
DO NOT GIVE UP! Our advocacy is working. Keep speaking up and calling your elected officials.
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Example of how anti-homeless architecture also hurts disabled people. Some of our knees need total rest by sitting (me).
Reporting from W4th would be a hell of a lot easier if the wooden benches were still here
MTA installs new ‘leaning bars’ at West 4th St. subway station
The NYC transit agency installed four new “leaning bars” at the West 4th St. station of the A, C and E trains in Greenwich Village over the weekend. The thin, slanted metal bars are mea…
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1/3 For decades, patients & providers trusted CDC’s vaccine guidance.
Now, with fraudsters & charlatans stacking ACIP (Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices):
❓Who do we trust ❓
US medical groups fill gap with own vaccine guides amid ‘information crisis’
As official health guidance changes, scientific groups are stepping in with evidence-based recommendations
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Hi Rachel! I am a reporter writing a piece for The New Republic and the administration's push to discourage or limit SSRI use among pregnant people. I was wondering if you might be open to answering a few questions about your experience. If so, you can email me at lauraweisswrites@gmail.com. Thanks!
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AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES PROGRAMS
Appropriations, 2025 ............................................................................. $2,518,774,000
Committee recommendation ................................................................. 2,528,679,000
The Committee provides $2,528,679,000 for the Administration
for Community Living [ACL], which includes $27,700,000 to be
transferred to ACL from the PPH Fund.
ACL was created with the goal of increasing access to community
support for older Americans and people with disabilities. It is
charged with administering programs authorized under the Older
Americans Act [OAA] (Public Law 116–131) and the Developmental
Disabilities Act (Public Law 106–402), as well as promoting community living policies throughout the Federal Government for older
Americans and people with disabilities. The Committee continues
to fund the Senior Medicare Patrol Program through the Health
Care Fraud and Abuse Control Account.
Home and Community-Based Supportive Services
The Committee provides $410,000,000 for the Home and Community-Based Supportive Services program. This program provides
formula grants to States and territories to fund a wide-range of social services that enable seniors to remain independent and in their
homes for as long as possible. State agencies on aging award funds
to designated area agencies on aging that, in turn, make awards
to local service providers. This activity supports services such as
transportation, adult day care, physical fitness programs, and inhome assistance.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:w4ixebqlvte6vyo225tljtmk/bafkreiffx43hpcmhwb2ltetmsn3dmmugpf54emfnvr3owiry2ubnzvbqju@jpeg)
