We finally know the identities of the 9 anonymous authors of the May HHS report on pediatric gender-affirming care. Surprise! It's stacked with people who make money advocating against pediatric gender-affirming care.

Here's our writeup from May: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

A tweet from “Republicans against Tr…” quotes Trump saying that Khashoggi was controversial and “things happen,” adding that MBS “knew nothing about it” and that there's no need to embarrass the guest. The image shows Trump seated beside a man wearing traditional Saudi attire in a lavishly decorated room.

A tweet from “PoliticsGirl @IAmPoliticsGirl” reads: “‘Things happen’??? Jamal Khashoggi was murdered, chopped into pieces, put into suitcases, and flown out of the country… But we shouldn’t ‘embarrass our guest’??? What are we doing here America?”

Astonishing and grotesque statement by Trump.

You’re not burned out because you’re weak. You’re burned out because you adapted.

Managing situations that can cause moral distress, in a way that has a whole team on the same page turns out to be a pretty effective way of providing top notch care (and, I bet, reducing the team's distress when the conversation hasn't been had and it was needed).

Trump news live: President confirms he would sign Epstein files bill House members expected to hold floor vote on whether or not to order Justice Department to release its documents on the pedophile as soon as Tuesday

Yep. He'll sign it, and tell the DOJ not to release the files because there's an open and ongoing investigation. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

There's some really tough stuff in our news and politics lately. If what we're seeing as civic-minded citizens is hitting close to home, I see you. Healing is possible, even if, it appears, justice is elusive.

We have to be recording! Every time (and the second person calls the cops to report a kidnapping by someone impersonating law enforcement).

Billie Eilish asked an important question: "If you’re a billionaire, why are you a billionaire?"

There are FIVE ways to accumulate a billion dollars:

1) Profiting from a monopoly
2) Insider-trading
3) Political payoffs
4) Fraud
5) Inheritance

Billionaires are the result of a failed system.

Seven months into this campaign, I’m so proud of what we’re building. From picnics in Lakefield to ice cream socials in Owatonna, we’re building a movement to make life affordable in southern Minnesota.

The new Countdown podcast drops at midnight:

Will Trump now DESTROY the Epstein Files? He's trying to destroy Clinton to distract from his own guilt. He's trashed Marge Greene. He's broken the DOJ and House. Why not? They told Nixon to burn the Watergate tapes!

Be there. Aloha

There are also simple, lawful ways communities can help: business owners can choose not to serve ICE agents food or allow them to use the restroom; hotel and restaurant staff can ask to see a judicial warrant before granting access to private areas; and bystanders can legally record ICE

Thank you to everyone organizing in Charlotte. As we saw in Chicago, you can send them packing, and we know similar efforts are already underway in Charlotte. In Chicago, neighborhood groups held “Know Your Rights” trainings so residents understood what to do if ICE appeared.

Remember: The concentration of wealth in the hands of a few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy.

When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice.

The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

Talking Isn’t Always Processing: Why Physicians (and others) Can’t Think Their Way Out of Burnou Physicians are trained to think through everything—but burnout and trauma can’t be solved with logic alone. Learn why EMDR helps doctors process what thinking can’t.

If you’ve ever felt, “I understand my burnout but nothing changes,” please know:

Nothing is wrong with you.
Your body just needs something different than your mind has been giving it.

Full blog here ⬇️
🔗 clearblueskytherapyconsulting.com/blog/talking...

EMDR works by helping the nervous system complete the stress responses that got interrupted.

It’s efficient.
It’s private.
And for physicians — who have no space for weekly reactivation — EMDR Intensives fit the reality of medicine.

You don’t need more insight.
You need integration.

6/7

Physicians are trained to think through everything.
Diagnose it.
Map it.
Understand it.

That works beautifully in medicine.

But when it comes to burnout and trauma?
Thinking stops working.

#physicianburnout #healthcare #nervoussystem #EMDR #trauma #moralinjury

🧵👇 1/7

U.S. Border Patrol Launches Operation in Charlotte

"She began to record the agents as they spoke to the landscaper in Spanish. After the agents noticed her phone, they got back in their vehicles and drove away..."

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/u...

One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism · No Kings Across the country, authoritarian forces are getting bolder and more dangerous. Trump and his allies are not hiding their agenda: mass deportations, rollbacks of civil rights, weaponized courts, and f...

I'm attending No Kings's event, “One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

Witnessing in Public: What Democracy Looks Like A seven-part guide on bystander witnessing, safety, and accountability—why filming matters, how to do it safely, and why surveillance isn’t safety.

Democracy isn’t only in courts or ballots.

It lives in how we show up for each other in public.
Quiet. Steady. Present.

This is what democracy looks like.
📖 Full series → clearblueskytherapyconsulting.com/blog/this-is...

#ThisIsWhatDemocracyLooksLike
8/8

Digital illustration of a calm woman holding a phone; others have come to join her, also filming. Caption reads ‘This Is What Democracy Looks Like

I was at the Mall of America when I saw two people who looked like cops questioning a Black man.

I started filming.

One told him, “We can’t stop her from filming.”
That was true—
and revealing. 1/8
#ThisIsWhatDemocracyLooksLike

FedEx bill for $150

Paid a Colombian tea grower $1,500 for a shipment. Got billed $150 by the Trump administration at the border. *I* got billed. Not the tea growers. Not the Colombian government. Me. The American business owner. I paid the Trump tax.

Blathering on and on….again

Tweet from Home of the Brave: “Oklahoma’s Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt criticizes Trump for sending the Texas National Guard to Illinois,” followed by Stitt’s quote about states’ rights and federalism. Below is a photo of Stitt sitting in his office with an American flag behind him.

It’s about time some red state governors said this!

This has to be an old photo. He loves the attention. He’s not golfing.

From the NIH community on Reddit: Fuck this Vought guy Posted by RescueTheNIH - 101 votes and 9 comments

www.reddit.com/r/NIH/s/e62w...

They’re baaack. 🤣

Repairs and all…

We’ve gotten several messages that the Trump administration has tampered with federal employees’ email systems, making some people’s automatic Out of Office replies blame the government shutdown on the “radical left.” This was done without the employees’ knowledge.

Is Tylenol Safe During Pregnancy? Experts Say It’s the Best Option.

Trump, Kennedy et al claimed yesterday that Tylenol causes autism, which the evidence does not show. (There was a LOT of eliding of correlation vs. causation.) Here is what the evidence actually shows.

Experts say Tylenol is the safest option to treat pain and fever during pregnancy.