Stephani Shelton
@stephanishelton.bsky.social
Longtime broadcast & digital journalist. Podcaster: Conversations on Health: How We Get There. Show notes & links https://stephanishelton.com/conversations
Opinions mine; reposts not endorsements
Opinions mine; reposts not endorsements
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We hear a lot about Canada’s single payer, cover all health system. And the long waiting lists for elective surgery. But there’s seldom a wait for anything else - as you’ll learn in #39 of my podcast Conversations on Health: How We Get There. Links, notes at stephanishelton.com/conversations
In the US - almost everyone's health insurance costs go up Jan 1st. A lot. The US is the only industrialized country without government paid healthcare. Check out neighboring Canada's system. No one there will be without health insurance Jan 1st because they can't afford it.
We hear a lot about Canada’s single payer, cover all health system. And the long waiting lists for elective surgery. But there’s seldom a wait for anything else - as you’ll learn in #39 of my podcast Conversations on Health: How We Get There. Links, notes at stephanishelton.com/conversations
November 30, 2025 at 10:13 PM
In the US - almost everyone's health insurance costs go up Jan 1st. A lot. The US is the only industrialized country without government paid healthcare. Check out neighboring Canada's system. No one there will be without health insurance Jan 1st because they can't afford it.
Reposted by Stephani Shelton
Latinas in the U.S. are using twin braids with colorful ribbons as a symbol of resistance against immigration raids.
This traditional hairstyle, rooted in Mexican culture, represents resilience and identity.
This traditional hairstyle, rooted in Mexican culture, represents resilience and identity.
Latinas are wearing twin braids with colorful ribbons in peaceful protest
The practice of wearing two long braids isn’t new and is widely associated with Latino culture. But it has gained new significance as a symbol of peaceful protest.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Latinas in the U.S. are using twin braids with colorful ribbons as a symbol of resistance against immigration raids.
This traditional hairstyle, rooted in Mexican culture, represents resilience and identity.
This traditional hairstyle, rooted in Mexican culture, represents resilience and identity.
This is really going to raise Trump’s polling. How about sending the National Guard troops home where they belong. And never throwing untrained guardsmen and women into policing situations.
The U.S. halted all decisions relating to asylum claims and paused visa issuances for Afghan nationals, a day after President Trump vowed to “permanently pause” migration from nations he described as “Third World Countries.”
U.S. halts all asylum decisions, pauses visas for Afghan nationals
The decisions come a day after President Donald Trump vowed to “permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries,” among other threats.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
This is really going to raise Trump’s polling. How about sending the National Guard troops home where they belong. And never throwing untrained guardsmen and women into policing situations.
More tragedy for Ukraine. And Trump won’t punish the aggressor!!!: news.sky.com/story/ukrain...
Ukraine war latest: Deadly attack on Kyiv as Russia launches 'dozens of missiles and hundreds of drones'
Russia attacked the Ukrainian capital with drones and missiles overnight. It comes after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's top aide Andrii Yermak quit yesterday following a search of his apartment by an...
news.sky.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
More tragedy for Ukraine. And Trump won’t punish the aggressor!!!: news.sky.com/story/ukrain...
Another great one has died: news.sky.com/story/playwr...
Playwright Sir Tom Stoppard has died
Playwright Sir Tom Stoppard, who won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for the screenplay for Shakespeare In Love, has died at the age of 88.
news.sky.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Another great one has died: news.sky.com/story/playwr...
Medicare announces price cuts for 15 prescription drugs, including Ozempic www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Medicare announces price cuts for 15 prescription drugs, including Ozempic
The lower prices stem from the Medicare negotiation program created under the Biden administration's Inflation Reduction Act.
www.nbcnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Medicare announces price cuts for 15 prescription drugs, including Ozempic www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
thehill.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Judge dismisses Comey, James indictments after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed
apnews.com/article/come...
apnews.com/article/come...
Judge dismisses Comey, James indictments after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed
A federal judge has dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, concluding that the prosecutor who brought the charges at Presiden...
apnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Judge dismisses Comey, James indictments after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed
apnews.com/article/come...
apnews.com/article/come...
Meta buried 'causal' evidence of social media harm, US court filings allege - www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Meta buried 'causal' evidence of social media harm, US court filings allege - www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Reposted by Stephani Shelton
Following the deadliest year on record for the press in 2024, CPJ asked Palestinian journalist Shrouq Al Aila to reflect on her experience reporting from Gaza since Oct. 2023.
Unable to leave Gaza, Al Aila’s remarks were read at CPJ’s International Press Freedom Awards. Watch👇
Unable to leave Gaza, Al Aila’s remarks were read at CPJ’s International Press Freedom Awards. Watch👇
CPJ'S 2025 International Press Freedom Awards - Tribute to Gazan Journalists
Following the deadliest year on record for the press in 2024, the organization asked Palestinian journalist Shrouq Al Aila, recipient of a 2024 IPFA Award, to reflect on her experience reporting from…
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November 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Following the deadliest year on record for the press in 2024, CPJ asked Palestinian journalist Shrouq Al Aila to reflect on her experience reporting from Gaza since Oct. 2023.
Unable to leave Gaza, Al Aila’s remarks were read at CPJ’s International Press Freedom Awards. Watch👇
Unable to leave Gaza, Al Aila’s remarks were read at CPJ’s International Press Freedom Awards. Watch👇
EU leaders on the Trump -Putin “peace” plan: news.sky.com/story/ukrain...
Ukraine war latest: European leaders raise concerns over US-Russian plan for Ukraine
Ukrainian allies, US officials and even Republican politicians have raised alarm over a 'peace plan' drafted by the US and a sanctioned Russian official outside official channels. Donald Trump has thr...
news.sky.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
EU leaders on the Trump -Putin “peace” plan: news.sky.com/story/ukrain...
Reposted by Stephani Shelton
A federal judge has set a timeline for reviewing classified documents in John Bolton’s criminal case that will likely push his trial into 2027.
Trump’s former national security adviser was indicted on charges of mishandling classified material.
Trump’s former national security adviser was indicted on charges of mishandling classified material.
Classified data likely to delay John Bolton’s trial until 2027
Determining how to handle classified information is likely to delay the trial of former national security adviser John Bolton.
wapo.st
November 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A federal judge has set a timeline for reviewing classified documents in John Bolton’s criminal case that will likely push his trial into 2027.
Trump’s former national security adviser was indicted on charges of mishandling classified material.
Trump’s former national security adviser was indicted on charges of mishandling classified material.
Analysis: www.bbc.com/news/article...
What we know about leaked US draft plan to end Russia's Ukraine war
There are 28 key points and while several on the face of it could be acceptable to Ukraine, others cross Kyiv's red lines.
www.bbc.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Analysis: www.bbc.com/news/article...
Perfect analogy
In related news, the claim ‘the Tooth Fairy does not actually take lost baby teeth from under pillows’ is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that magical beings are secretly thieving teeth in the dead of night…”
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
CDC backpedals on vaccines and autism, despite earlier assurances from RFK Jr.
The CDC, under the direction of an unqualified health secretary, is now promoting claims that flunk Logic 101.
www.ms.now
November 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Perfect analogy
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Breaking News: President Trump plans to open 1.3 billion acres of U.S. waters to drilling. It is one of Trump’s most significant steps yet to increase the production of fossil fuels, as dozens of countries have been calling for a phaseout of oil, gas and coal.
Trump Plans to Open More Than a Billion Acres of U.S. Waters to Drilling
The plan from the Interior Department is one of the president’s most significant steps yet to increase domestic fossil fuel production.
nyti.ms
November 20, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Breaking News: President Trump plans to open 1.3 billion acres of U.S. waters to drilling. It is one of Trump’s most significant steps yet to increase the production of fossil fuels, as dozens of countries have been calling for a phaseout of oil, gas and coal.
We hear a lot about Canada’s single payer, cover all health system. And the long waiting lists for elective surgery. But there’s seldom a wait for anything else - as you’ll learn in #39 of my podcast Conversations on Health: How We Get There. Links, notes at stephanishelton.com/conversations
November 20, 2025 at 3:03 AM
We hear a lot about Canada’s single payer, cover all health system. And the long waiting lists for elective surgery. But there’s seldom a wait for anything else - as you’ll learn in #39 of my podcast Conversations on Health: How We Get There. Links, notes at stephanishelton.com/conversations
Hmmmm. Won’t this be interesting!!!!! abc7ny.com/post/preside...
Trump to meet with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani on Friday, president says
President Donald Trump made the announcement in a post on social media Thursday night.
abc7ny.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Hmmmm. Won’t this be interesting!!!!! abc7ny.com/post/preside...
Reposted by Stephani Shelton
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“If historians someday try to identify exactly when China became America’s geopolitical equal, they might point to the outcome of Mr. Trump’s ill-considered trade war,” Rush Doshi writes.
“If historians someday try to identify exactly when China became America’s geopolitical equal, they might point to the outcome of Mr. Trump’s ill-considered trade war,” Rush Doshi writes.
Opinion | Trump’s Trade War Showed That China Can Stand Up to America
Trump’s ill-conceived tariff war exposed U.S. vulnerabilities, strengthened China’s leverage and undermined America at a pivotal time.
nyti.ms
November 20, 2025 at 1:20 AM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“If historians someday try to identify exactly when China became America’s geopolitical equal, they might point to the outcome of Mr. Trump’s ill-considered trade war,” Rush Doshi writes.
“If historians someday try to identify exactly when China became America’s geopolitical equal, they might point to the outcome of Mr. Trump’s ill-considered trade war,” Rush Doshi writes.
Trump signs bill to release the DOJ's Epstein files www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...
Trump signs bill to release the DOJ's Epstein files
The legislation requires Attorney General Pam Bondi to release all unclassified records related to Epstein within 30 days.
www.nbcnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Trump signs bill to release the DOJ's Epstein files www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...
Very long article but fascinating. Get a coffee and read…… apple.news/ALMqqbi5WSUq...
Cancer Vaccines Are Coming — If We Don’t Sabotage Them — Scientific American
Vaccines based on mRNA can be tailored to target a cancer patient’s unique tumor mutations. But crumbling support for cancer and mRNA vaccine research has endangered this promising therapy As soon as ...
apple.news
November 19, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Very long article but fascinating. Get a coffee and read…… apple.news/ALMqqbi5WSUq...
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Sounds like a distraction from the day’s news to me—but serious nonetheless www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
Trump Administration Announces Steps to Dismantle Education Department
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Sounds like a distraction from the day’s news to me—but serious nonetheless www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...