M. Yvonne Taylor, Ph.D.

Just ahead of the holidays, the Trump administration ripped up new travel rules to rein in airlines and put money back in your pocket.

If you’re watching this and your flight is delayed, spread the word: Trump is only looking out for the giant corporations.

Top CDC covid vaccine adviser quits after RFK Jr. ended recommendations Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos said she could no longer help vulnerable people after officials removed recommendations to immunize children and pregnant women.

A top coronavirus vaccine adviser at the CDC has resigned, citing concerns that she could no longer help vulnerable people after officials rescinded recommendations to immunize children and pregnant women.

*Eagle screech* 🦅🏳️‍🌈

We are presenting at the Charting Our Future conference in Tacoma about the Sound Reengagement Collaborative’s support of Opportunity Youth, young people ages 16-24 who are disengaged from post secondary and work.

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“We must dissent because America can do better.” Good to hear Wisconsin Judge Susan Crawford quote Justice Thurgood Marshall in her victory speech tonight.

Note to editors and producers: If an executive order demands action that is illegal or outside of the president’s authority, then you should not describe it as ordering something. You should say it seeks to achieve some outcome and then note it is illegal or beyond the power of the president.

AI is changing education and the workforce. How do young people who aren’t in the know catch up?

www.nweducationaccess.org/news/bridgin...

Pete Buttigieg has entered the chat.

literally every day is going to provide more evidence that the "let's provide some votes for the least bad trump nominees out of respect for the presidency" was a boneheaded strategy. any idiot could have told senate democrats that any vote for any of these people was going to make them look bad.

YouTube video by Northwest Education Access Spring Into Action - A message from our Executive Director

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WOW. Read this entire affidavit.

Because DOGE has shut down USAID's payment system (Phoenix), our housing electricity and the electricity in our USAID building have not been paid for. Mission leadership has informed us that the only reason our electricity is on is because we've asked for an extension from the electric company. The Mission asked for a waiver but because our payment system is down, the Treasury has no way to issue money to USAID and State Department representatives here are hesitant to make payments on our behalf for fear of not being reimbursed. 7. Once the electricity goes out in our homes, we lose access to our security cameras and radios. Again, I live in a high-risk post, so access to security systems is very important to me. 8. I have been told by Mission leadership that the cell phone and internet bills are due this week with no way to pay them. This is despite the so-called "waiver" process that has been allegedly implemented to preserve such access. 9. Our cell phones and radios are also the only way to communicate with the Regional Security Office about security threats. We have access to no other USAID security systems.

The agency is also considering spending about $25,000 to install a washer and dryer on the building’s 6th floor, according to a Feb. 25 invoice obtained by POLITICO. There is also a child’s play area decorated with a stuffed animal and toys, according to a photo of the room shared with POLITICO. “People are definitely … sleeping there,” said one GSA staffer.

DOGE cut off payments for the electricity, cell phone, and internet service of U.S. government employees who work in a high-risk area in Central America.

Meanwhile, DOGE apparently plans to spend $25,000 to install a washer and dryer for their own personal use in a federal office building in DC.

Part of my view from
my home office in Tacoma, Washington.

I miss the days when I thought Elon Musk was a cologne.

Since Congress’s allotted funds have already been improperly unallocated, U.S. citizens are questioning whether they are legally required to continue paying federal taxes.

When a Stop Sign No Longer Means Stop What do we do when our leaders no longer respect norms, rules, or laws?

Committed to posting more often on my Substack. Take a listen!
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Christ it’s nice to have even a short break in the bad news. thank you to everyone who called their reps about this. 🏳️‍⚧️💜

If you ever have any questions about this related to any other vaccines, the CDC STILL has the color coded Adult immunization schedule chart. And on that same page is the whens and specifics and such.

www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp...

Oliver Darcy has some very good points here

The White House’s humiliation of Zelensky feels like a Franz Ferdinand assassination moment, realigning the geopolitical map in such a dangerous way that … I’ll stop there.

CDC Staff Prohibited From Co-Authoring Papers With World Health Organization Personnel It’s just the latest “Orwellian” crackdown on government scientists.

I don’t even know how this could be presented as being in service of anything other than hindering scientific progress.

I didn't think I was capable of feeling any more shame for what America has become.

I was wrong.

The 28th is one day.
You can make it many.
This can be a practice.

Exhibit 1 - 26 Feb 2025 OSD Policy – #63, Att. #1 in TALBOTT v. TRUMP (D.D.C., 1:25-cv-00240) – CourtListener.com NOTICE by TELITA CROSLAND, DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PETER B. HEGSETH, MARK F. AVERILL, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, TERENCE EMMERT, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE NAV...

Breaking: Trump's full trans military ban has just dropped. Quickly reading it, it appears to be a full separation from the military for all transgender military members, and states being trans is inconsistent with "honesty, humility, uniformity, and integrity."

A sad day for this nation.

I think the voters would be very interested to learn about how only swing areas seemed to be the ones that were targeted with bomb threats and ballot box fires. Also curious to see what role Elon and Starlink played in voting

Thank you! 🙏

Many are asking what should we do now?
“We use our power, organize, mobilize, educate…the American story will not be written by who occupies the White House or by the wealthiest among us…it will be written by you, by ‘we the people.’”
-fmr VP Kamala Harris receiving the NAACP Chairman’s Award.

Eugenics is the Rosetta Stone for so much of Trump’s agenda /6
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YIKES. And, look at those upturning eyes, that’s drugs.

He nails it.