L - The official photo from the Kremlin of US Special Envoy @SteveWitkoff putting his hand over his heart as he greets his friend Vladimir Putin again this week.

R - Putin’s latest missile attack killing at least 21 people, including 7 children, on Palm Sunday.

Putin’s stooge.

“For whatever reason, people of color have a higher incidence of maternal mortality."

Rubio claims that @USAID lifesaving assistance for health and humanitarian needs will continue. But his team just communicated that the entire agency will be imminently reduced from 14,000 to 294 people. Just 12 in Africa.

New bill seeks nationwide abortion ban, with help from 13 Texas lawmakers Texas Republican Rep. Ronny Jackson is a co-sponsor of the legislation, which is a revival of the Life at Conception Act.

It was never meant to be "left up to the states". It was always about restricting the lives of people with uteruses to make their own healthcare decisions and to have access to medically necessary reproductive healthcare.

Suicide prevention saves lives. This is abhorrent.

THE ASK This week, between Monday and the vote on Vought, we're asking people from all over the country to plan a visit to Senate State Offices to demand Democrats fight and to hold Republicans accountable for their complicity. DEMOCRATS MUST USE EVERY PROCEDURAL TOOL TO SHUT DOWN TRUMP'S AGENDA Yes, we need Democrats to vote no on Vought's nomination, but no is not enough. Democrats have the power to grind Senate business to a halt and force Republicans to feel the political cost of backing Trump's extremist agenda. Here's how: 1. Deny a Quorum: If Republicans don't have 51 votes in the chamber, Democrats can walk out and shut down Senate business entirely. 2. Block Unanimous Consent: Object to every procedural shortcut, forcing Republicans to take the longest possible route for every step of the confirmation process. 3. Max Out Debate Time: Use all 30 hours of debate on Vought to expose Project 2025, Musk's Treasury takeover, and the funding freeze. 4. Delay and Disrupt: Force roll-call votes, quorum calls, and procedural delays to slow everything down. 5. Blanket Opposition: Democrats cannot continue to vote for Trump's other nominees, helping to install more MAGA loyalists into powerful positions in the federal government while this power grab continues. No Business as Usual: This is a constitutional crisis. Democrats must abandon the old rules and fight with everything they have. Bottom line: Senate Democrats must block, delay, and obstruct every step of this process-no cooperation, no easy votes, no fast-tracking Trump's takeover. To learn more about how Senate Democrats can shut down Trump's agenda with procedural hardball, check out our explainer here.

Indivisible is urging people to visit their senators' local offices between now and Thursday to demand that they use every tool—including denying a quorum and blocking unanimous consent—to fight the confirmation of Project 2025 architect Russell Vought for head of OMB docs.google.com/document/d/1...

It is our honor to serve you. America, you broke through— the media is finally picking up on what’s happening. We love you!! 🦬 💚 🇺🇸

Trumps first Administration implemented the DEI policy for the FAA that allows people with disabilities to be integrated into air traffic control positions (they are required to demonstrate the same aptitude as other controllers, fyi). Circa April 2019.

He’s incapable of assume responsibility for anything because he’s a narcissist.

Like two rotting Jack-O-Lanterns left on the porch a month too long. #DUMMIES

Watching this on repeat how is your day going?

FDA approves Journavx, new non-opioid painkiller from Vertex: ‘An important public health milestone’ - The Boston Globe The drug could become an alternative to the opioids that stoked an epidemic of dependency and overdoses.

This has promise to change surgery. We haven’t had a new class of painkillers for acute pain for decades. And 15,000 people died of prescription opioid overdoses in 2022.

But will be interested in hearing from anyone with real world experience. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/30/b...

Behind the Chaotic Attempt to Freeze Federal Assistance The potential for devastation is made plain by another order, concerning the crucial work of U.S.A.I.D.

My @newyorker.com piece on the ongoing, likely unconstitutional funding freeze at USAID now imperiling millions: “This is not a pause. It is a destruction.”

USAID is also where the Administration is testing out its playbook for eviscerating other agencies.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

CDC staff have been forced to remove dozens of chronic health applications and to change open data sets that contain gender.
These are YOUR data and YOUR tools.

Be angry. Be LOUD.

Pronouns.org Resources on Personal Pronouns Pronouns Matter Learn More

Since TFG is obsessing about pronouns, here's a refresher. Most people use pronouns. Knowing what pronouns someone uses is helpful and using pronouns is treating people with respect. Why is this so hard? Please consider adding your pronouns to your email signature and social media profiles. Thx!

I ran @USAID health programs for the last 3 years. Trump’s 90 day Stop Work Order on foreign assistance does serious damage to the world and the US. Examples:🧵

And this is why racial profiling is wrong. But not to Trumpers

This is unacceptable! Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren, reporting that Navajo citizens in Arizona and New Mexico have faced “negative, sometimes traumatizing experiences” with federal agents targeting undocumented immigrants after Trump’s recent immigration orders.

YouTube video by EU Debates | eudebates.tv ‘Stand Up to Trump’: Aodhán Ó Ríordáin’s Powerful Call to Action!

This man is standing up in the EU to speak truth to power. Why are so many caving in to this? youtu.be/pEPE1o_i4mQ?...

This is absolutely chilling.

He truly is a sociopath.

Talk about a big dummy. And yet.,..so many people willingly support his stupidity.

Insanity.

Where is it available for sale?

Absolutely childish nationalistic and white supremacist garbage (the executive orders, not the article). In essence it will cost money to change designations for official documents, and affect nothing on the world stage but the ever shrinking respect for our nation.

Can Trump just order new names for Denali and the Gulf of Mexico? A geographer explains who decides what goes on the map How do place names get made and then changed? There’s a process. But it involves people as well as bureaucracy, so it’s not simple or quick, as President Trump is about to find out.

Can Trump just order new names for Denali and the Gulf of Mexico? A geographer explains who decides what goes on the map - and why the Department of Interior just said yes: https://buff.ly/3EcGwFi (Innisfree McKinnon, University of Wisconsin-Stout) #geography #cartography 🗃️

A sobering essay by @jamesfolta.com, with reading recommendations built in. #Skystorians #Booksky

Freezing passport applications and seizing application documents is straight up fascist behavior. Trans Americans are being terrorized since day 1. Why???? Seems like picking a tiny minority to persecute is straight from the Nazi playbook.