Shande Farmisht
@pjt1919.bsky.social
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ATTENTION! All of USA's government is under a gag order. No one with gov is allowed to commemorate and or promoting World AIDS Day, Dec 1.
THE day aims to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS, support those living with it, remember those lost, & promote prevention & education.
What will you do?
THE day aims to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS, support those living with it, remember those lost, & promote prevention & education.
What will you do?
1/ ⚠️ Breaking: At CDC, we've been told the US Government will not officially commemorate World AIDS Day this year. No explanation given.
November 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
ATTENTION! All of USA's government is under a gag order. No one with gov is allowed to commemorate and or promoting World AIDS Day, Dec 1.
THE day aims to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS, support those living with it, remember those lost, & promote prevention & education.
What will you do?
THE day aims to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS, support those living with it, remember those lost, & promote prevention & education.
What will you do?
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HHS leaders are doubling down on harm. Their new “report” on gender-affirming care for minors is junk science. Skip it.
Check this out instead:
sph.washington.edu/news-events/...
It links to real evidence-based research
Bottom line: Gender-affirming care improves mental health and saves lives
🏳️⚧️🫶🏳️⚧️
Check this out instead:
sph.washington.edu/news-events/...
It links to real evidence-based research
Bottom line: Gender-affirming care improves mental health and saves lives
🏳️⚧️🫶🏳️⚧️
November 20, 2025 at 10:37 PM
HHS leaders are doubling down on harm. Their new “report” on gender-affirming care for minors is junk science. Skip it.
Check this out instead:
sph.washington.edu/news-events/...
It links to real evidence-based research
Bottom line: Gender-affirming care improves mental health and saves lives
🏳️⚧️🫶🏳️⚧️
Check this out instead:
sph.washington.edu/news-events/...
It links to real evidence-based research
Bottom line: Gender-affirming care improves mental health and saves lives
🏳️⚧️🫶🏳️⚧️
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And from CIDRAP, just to provide a trustworthy reference for the CNN article I just shared. Yep, no true healthcare professional should trust anything from CDC going forward.
After unprecedented autism-vaccine messaging change, scientists, advocates say CDC no longer trustworthy
www.cidrap.umn.edu
November 20, 2025 at 11:43 PM
And from CIDRAP, just to provide a trustworthy reference for the CNN article I just shared. Yep, no true healthcare professional should trust anything from CDC going forward.
Justice delayed is justice denied for ILLEGALLY FIRED (RIF-ED) FEDS! MSPB HAS OVER 20K APPEALS.
wonder how many live in VA, Sen Kaine?
@alt-hhs.altgov.info @fedsagainstdoge.bsky.social
@firedbutfighting.bsky.social
@kaine.senate.gov @raskin.house.gov
www.mspb.gov/Recent%20ROF...
wonder how many live in VA, Sen Kaine?
@alt-hhs.altgov.info @fedsagainstdoge.bsky.social
@firedbutfighting.bsky.social
@kaine.senate.gov @raskin.house.gov
www.mspb.gov/Recent%20ROF...
November 20, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Justice delayed is justice denied for ILLEGALLY FIRED (RIF-ED) FEDS! MSPB HAS OVER 20K APPEALS.
wonder how many live in VA, Sen Kaine?
@alt-hhs.altgov.info @fedsagainstdoge.bsky.social
@firedbutfighting.bsky.social
@kaine.senate.gov @raskin.house.gov
www.mspb.gov/Recent%20ROF...
wonder how many live in VA, Sen Kaine?
@alt-hhs.altgov.info @fedsagainstdoge.bsky.social
@firedbutfighting.bsky.social
@kaine.senate.gov @raskin.house.gov
www.mspb.gov/Recent%20ROF...
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Getting ready for the upcoming ACIP meeting, I see. If your kids haven’t had their first MMR dose, get it as soon as you can.
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Getting ready for the upcoming ACIP meeting, I see. If your kids haven’t had their first MMR dose, get it as soon as you can.
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Oregon retiree: My immediate concern is January 1st, 2026. My wife and I were paying $443 a month — and on January 1st, we will be paying $2,224 a month. That's a 500% increase.
November 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Oregon retiree: My immediate concern is January 1st, 2026. My wife and I were paying $443 a month — and on January 1st, we will be paying $2,224 a month. That's a 500% increase.
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You don’t speak up inside a captured agency because it’s fun. You do it because the stakes are deadly serious.
Dr. Norton was placed on administrative leave for defending Americans’ health. She's a hero for saying what needs to be said. We stand with her.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Dr. Norton was placed on administrative leave for defending Americans’ health. She's a hero for saying what needs to be said. We stand with her.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
N.I.H. Worker Who Criticized Trump Health Policies Says She Is on Administrative Leave
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
You don’t speak up inside a captured agency because it’s fun. You do it because the stakes are deadly serious.
Dr. Norton was placed on administrative leave for defending Americans’ health. She's a hero for saying what needs to be said. We stand with her.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Dr. Norton was placed on administrative leave for defending Americans’ health. She's a hero for saying what needs to be said. We stand with her.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
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“Hiding your friends as subcontractors is like playing hide the salami with the taxpayer”
When making Noem's $220,000,000 ad campaign, DHS bypassed the competitive bidding process, designed to prevent waste & corruption in federal contracts, to give the job to the husband of her spokesperson
When making Noem's $220,000,000 ad campaign, DHS bypassed the competitive bidding process, designed to prevent waste & corruption in federal contracts, to give the job to the husband of her spokesperson
November 14, 2025 at 12:51 PM
“Hiding your friends as subcontractors is like playing hide the salami with the taxpayer”
When making Noem's $220,000,000 ad campaign, DHS bypassed the competitive bidding process, designed to prevent waste & corruption in federal contracts, to give the job to the husband of her spokesperson
When making Noem's $220,000,000 ad campaign, DHS bypassed the competitive bidding process, designed to prevent waste & corruption in federal contracts, to give the job to the husband of her spokesperson
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After Republicans refused to extend ACA subsidies, 4 Michigan insurers are dropping out of the ACA marketplace altogether. That’s 200,000 Michiganders who just lost their plans.
Four health insurers are dropping or significantly curtailing individual market offerings in 2026 as insurance pools are predicted to grow sicker. bit.ly/444v08M
November 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
After Republicans refused to extend ACA subsidies, 4 Michigan insurers are dropping out of the ACA marketplace altogether. That’s 200,000 Michiganders who just lost their plans.
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There is nothing “clean” about the Continuing Resolution that was passed tonight.
Sure, it reopens the government—but it does nothing to address the healthcare crisis that Republicans created.
(1/2)
Sure, it reopens the government—but it does nothing to address the healthcare crisis that Republicans created.
(1/2)
November 13, 2025 at 4:17 AM
There is nothing “clean” about the Continuing Resolution that was passed tonight.
Sure, it reopens the government—but it does nothing to address the healthcare crisis that Republicans created.
(1/2)
Sure, it reopens the government—but it does nothing to address the healthcare crisis that Republicans created.
(1/2)
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The 2 Republicans who opposed the bill were Reps. Thomas Massie and Greg Steube.
The 6 Democrats who voted yes: Reps. Henry Cuellar, Don Davis, Marie Glusenkamp Perez, Jared Golden (who's not seeking re-election next year), Adam Gray, and Tom Suozzi.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
The 6 Democrats who voted yes: Reps. Henry Cuellar, Don Davis, Marie Glusenkamp Perez, Jared Golden (who's not seeking re-election next year), Adam Gray, and Tom Suozzi.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Trump signs funding bill into law, ending record-long government shutdown
Congress this week passed legislation that will keep the government open through Jan. 30, with some programs like SNAP food benefits funded through September.
www.nbcnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:34 AM
The 2 Republicans who opposed the bill were Reps. Thomas Massie and Greg Steube.
The 6 Democrats who voted yes: Reps. Henry Cuellar, Don Davis, Marie Glusenkamp Perez, Jared Golden (who's not seeking re-election next year), Adam Gray, and Tom Suozzi.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
The 6 Democrats who voted yes: Reps. Henry Cuellar, Don Davis, Marie Glusenkamp Perez, Jared Golden (who's not seeking re-election next year), Adam Gray, and Tom Suozzi.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump Administration to Drastically Cut Housing Grants
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:21 AM
This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
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It was “NO” yesterday.
It’s “NO” today.
And it’ll be “NO” when it gets to the House.
I’m not voting for something that forces millions of Americans to choose between seeing a doctor and putting food on their table.
It’s “NO” today.
And it’ll be “NO” when it gets to the House.
I’m not voting for something that forces millions of Americans to choose between seeing a doctor and putting food on their table.
Senate passes shutdown-ending deal
Senate passes shutdown-ending deal
The House could clear the package for President Donald Trump’s signature by Wednesday.
dlvr.it
November 11, 2025 at 3:24 AM
It was “NO” yesterday.
It’s “NO” today.
And it’ll be “NO” when it gets to the House.
I’m not voting for something that forces millions of Americans to choose between seeing a doctor and putting food on their table.
It’s “NO” today.
And it’ll be “NO” when it gets to the House.
I’m not voting for something that forces millions of Americans to choose between seeing a doctor and putting food on their table.
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Some nights we sign off with hope and inspiration.
Tonight, we sign off with anger and betrayal.
To the senators who caved... twice... May you have the night you deserve.
And to the rest of you...
Rage, rage against the dying of the light
Night, folks 💚
Tonight, we sign off with anger and betrayal.
To the senators who caved... twice... May you have the night you deserve.
And to the rest of you...
Rage, rage against the dying of the light
Night, folks 💚
November 11, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Some nights we sign off with hope and inspiration.
Tonight, we sign off with anger and betrayal.
To the senators who caved... twice... May you have the night you deserve.
And to the rest of you...
Rage, rage against the dying of the light
Night, folks 💚
Tonight, we sign off with anger and betrayal.
To the senators who caved... twice... May you have the night you deserve.
And to the rest of you...
Rage, rage against the dying of the light
Night, folks 💚
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So let's make our voices HEARD 📣 by emailing, calling, commenting on posts
Heck, write a letter if that makes you happy
Us feds are willing to keep sacrificing so that health care STAYS AFFORDABLE for every American
Demand the Dems make our sacrifices worth it!
Heck, write a letter if that makes you happy
Us feds are willing to keep sacrificing so that health care STAYS AFFORDABLE for every American
Demand the Dems make our sacrifices worth it!
November 10, 2025 at 10:06 PM
So let's make our voices HEARD 📣 by emailing, calling, commenting on posts
Heck, write a letter if that makes you happy
Us feds are willing to keep sacrificing so that health care STAYS AFFORDABLE for every American
Demand the Dems make our sacrifices worth it!
Heck, write a letter if that makes you happy
Us feds are willing to keep sacrificing so that health care STAYS AFFORDABLE for every American
Demand the Dems make our sacrifices worth it!
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It’s so much more than premiums that the democrats just caved on 💔
these services. But Medicaid DOES. And so does the ACA. ACA gave states increased funding in order to expand their HCBS services (I’ll do a thread on HCBS to highlight these services) including LTSS.
While ACA payers aren’t directly responsible for these costs, without the ACA, HCBS programs would
While ACA payers aren’t directly responsible for these costs, without the ACA, HCBS programs would
a group of people with disabilities holding signs that say disability rights are civil rights
Alt: a group of people with disabilities holding signs that say disability rights are civil rights
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:21 AM
It’s so much more than premiums that the democrats just caved on 💔
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This right here.
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
This right here.
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Caving now will teach Trump and Republicans that they can win any fight simply by threatening to cause terrible harm to regular people. no possible way that could have future adverse consequences
November 10, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Caving now will teach Trump and Republicans that they can win any fight simply by threatening to cause terrible harm to regular people. no possible way that could have future adverse consequences
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My statement on the spending legislation and Republican healthcare crisis.
November 10, 2025 at 12:08 AM
My statement on the spending legislation and Republican healthcare crisis.
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Republicans are forcing us to choose between keeping healthcare costs low, feeding hungry children, and paying our dedicated federal workers.
For me, it’s a false choice. It’s a NO on any bill that does not address the Republican health care crisis.
For me, it’s a false choice. It’s a NO on any bill that does not address the Republican health care crisis.
November 10, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Republicans are forcing us to choose between keeping healthcare costs low, feeding hungry children, and paying our dedicated federal workers.
For me, it’s a false choice. It’s a NO on any bill that does not address the Republican health care crisis.
For me, it’s a false choice. It’s a NO on any bill that does not address the Republican health care crisis.
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Dem Senator Ruben Gallego is a no on the CR:
“I have been clear on this from the beginning: I will not turn my back on the 24 million Americans who will see their premiums more than double if we don’t extend these tax credits.”
“I have been clear on this from the beginning: I will not turn my back on the 24 million Americans who will see their premiums more than double if we don’t extend these tax credits.”
November 10, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Dem Senator Ruben Gallego is a no on the CR:
“I have been clear on this from the beginning: I will not turn my back on the 24 million Americans who will see their premiums more than double if we don’t extend these tax credits.”
“I have been clear on this from the beginning: I will not turn my back on the 24 million Americans who will see their premiums more than double if we don’t extend these tax credits.”
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Call them. Tell them not to surrender.
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Call them. Tell them not to surrender.
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We just won a court order blocking the Dept. of Ed from violating the First Amendment rights of furloughed federal workers, whose out-of-office emails were changed – without notice or permission – to include partisan political language.
November 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
We just won a court order blocking the Dept. of Ed from violating the First Amendment rights of furloughed federal workers, whose out-of-office emails were changed – without notice or permission – to include partisan political language.
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If we don't test for COVID, then there's no COVID! If there's no flights, then there's no late flights! Brilliant!
If you just cancel flights, then they're actually not late! Brilliant stuff from Sean Duffy here
November 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
If we don't test for COVID, then there's no COVID! If there's no flights, then there's no late flights! Brilliant!