Allison Gilmer-Grimaldi, DNP, MPH, RN, FNP-BC

‘Extremely disturbing and unethical’: new rules allow VA doctors to refuse to treat Democrats, unmarried veterans Trump order allows VA staff to decline providing healthcare to patients based on political affiliation or marital status

This is completely bonkers and a slippery slope. VA guidelines allow providers to refuse treatment based on personal characteristics, like marital status and party. This results from an EO on Jan 30. This is incredibly dangerous and can lead to denial of care for who knows what else
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Militarized police on the streets of America will NOT make us great.

Single-payer healthcare will make America great.

Universal childcare will make America great.

Housing for All will make America great.

Tuition-free college will make America great.

E.P.A. Plans to Close All Environmental Justice Offices An internal memo directs the closure of offices designed to ease the heavy pollution faced by poor and minority communities.

It’s appalling that this administration goes out of its way to actually cause harm. We know that pollution = increase in asthma, heart disease, cancer, etc. This is targeted.
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His messaging should be clear and pro-vaccination. Subliminal messaging causes confusion and fosters distrust in science and medicine in an already fraught system.
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An unvaccinated child has died in the Texas measles outbreak A child who was not vaccinated has died from measles in West Texas. It's the first death in an outbreak that began late last month and the first from measles in the U.S. since 2015.

A very unfortunate event, especially since it's preventable. I don't believe the parents thought this would ever happen to their child when they chose not to vaccinate.

#vaccinations #vaccine #PublicHealth #mtpol #mtleg

apnews.com/article/meas...

Establishing the President's Make America Healthy Again Commission By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.

Yes, we do have health crises in this country. But demonizing, defunding, and dismantling the research institutions and agencies that are in place to protect and promote health is not the way. Their goal is not truly to make America healthy again.
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Trump Says He Will Install Himself as Kennedy Center Chairman The move by the president, whose authority to make the changes was not clear, is the latest attempt to bring a Washington institution under his control.

Another power grab. This time for the arts.

Hell yeah. Hold the line. This is what we need people to do.

Slow things down, don’t comply in advance so the courts have time to stop them. It’s starting to work.

Why Are Hospitals Bowing to Trump’s Illegal Gender-Affirming Care Ban? The president doesn’t actually have the power to ban gender-affirming care for trans youth. So why has Children’s National “paused” certain forms of care?

It isn’t a law. We don’t need to comply at this moment. I understand the fear of repercussions, but doesn’t that pale in comparison to the fear and vulnerability these kids have from the loss of healthcare?

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INTEREST OF AMICI CURIAE For the past four years, disastrous immigration policies transformed every State into a border state by flooding them with illegal aliens, including criminals convicted of crimes in their home country, violent international gang members, and suspected ISIS terrorists. Illegal immigration imposes significant costs on the States and their people. And creating incentives for illegal immigration puts lives at risk. Allowing virtually anyone born on American soil to claim American citizenship creates incentives for illegal immigration and exacerbates States’ costs. Amici Curiae are the States of Iowa, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming which submit this brief in support of Defendants.

In a disgraceful act betraying millions of their own residents, Iowa, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming all write to oppose birthright citizenship.

Senate Committee Votes for Kennedy’s Nomination to Run Health Department — The Wall Street Journal Next the full Senate will vote whether to confirm Kennedy for Health and Human Services secretary

Can’t believe we’re here. While this will make the work harder, we have to persevere and keep promoting science and public health.

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USAID's DC office shuts for the day as Musk, Trump ramp up attacks Employees at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) were informed on Monday that their headquarters in downtown Washington was shut for the day, hours after billionaire Elon Musk said President Donald Trump agreed that Washington's primary humanitarian agency should be closed.

The amount of harm this will do is unjust and inexcusable.

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A side effect from the past two weeks- people are talking about public health. Even clinicians sometimes fail to understand what public health truly is, that it isn’t only disease and data, but also prevention, promotion, and equity. Though it feels like shouting into a void, keep talking.
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Author: Wendell Berry

A dear friend sent this to me. It couldn’t have come at a better time. As a Christian who found vocation as a healthcare worker, who devoutly believes in equity, compassion, and advocacy, it pains me to see faith militarized towards hate. But I will continue to act, speak, and practice with love.
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Trump administration purges websites across federal health agencies Research and basic information on subjects ranging from tuberculosis surveillance to adolescent health disappeared from federal health agency websites.

Frightening.
Save your printed materials.

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Thank you for doing this! Such important work and so sad we even need to think of this.

White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.

“Temporarily pause all activities related to obligations or disbursement of all Federal financial assistance” means immediate, real life implications for Americans, impacting food assistance programs, financial aid, services for the unhoused, and more. How absolutely horrifying.

White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.

I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.

“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.

Deaths by overdose declined overall this past year however this trend does not tell the whole story, as Black and Native American populations are still affected by alarmingly high overdose deaths. We must focus on #HealthEquity and structural change within #PublicHealth

Alarming. And certainly another reason we should be investing MORE in #publichealth instead pulling out of the @who.int and freezing health research

Local government matters.

Another unfortunate win for big tobacco. As a primary care provider at a university, I’m always counseling youth on the harms of these products. Menthol cigarettes and flavored tobacco disproportionately impact disparate populations, all while lining the pockets of corporations. We must do better.

For Elon Musk and Donald Trump, “government efficiency” means cutting programs like Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and veterans benefits.

I’ve got a better plan.

time.com/7209307/elon...

U.S. judge temporarily blocks Trump's birthright citizenship order The ruling bars U.S. agencies from implementing the order to end birthright citizenship for children born to migrants in the U.S. temporarily or without legal status while the case is under review.

The ruling bars U.S. agencies from implementing the order to end birthright citizenship for children born to migrants in the U.S. temporarily or without legal status while the case is under review.

These actions against DEI initiatives are alarming and will set this country back in equity, progress, and overall success, like many of his executive actions thus far. Furthermore, the threat of action against employees who are doing their jobs should raise major red flags.