Dr. Abby Bales

Take me with you?

@marawilson.bsky.social Many thanks for spending time with my son’s class, who will be performing Matilda the Musical tonight! He came home FLOATING, telling us all about meeting you 🥰

Trump’s new acting CFPB director in charge of reigning in predatory financial institutions is literally promoting a predatory payday lender.

Because something something working class champions.

Too slowly

Unbelievable

I wonder if @karaswisher.bsky.social @maddow.msnbc.com @profgalloway.com think this posted, then deleted, article has any credence to it or if it’s clickbait/bullshit? Cc @yasharali.bsky.social

I’m so sorry

Exactly right

This whole speech.

New:

DOGE's spending has been secret.

No longer.

My colleagues have uncovered it.

www.propublica.org/article/doge...

An incredible missed opportunity by the Democrats to claw back power. As a constituent (who called her office in support of removing him), I am incredibly frustrated.

Interesting data in light of current events. More about welfare queen Elon Musk: www.profgalloway.com/elon-musk-we...

ADRIENNE ADAMS NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL SPEAKER CITY HALL, NY, NY Statement from Speaker Adrienne Adams on the Resignation of 4 Deputy Mayors and Calling on Mayor Adams to Resign Feb. 17, 2025 With the resignation of deputy mayors, it has become clear that Mayor Adams has now lost the confidence and trust of his own staff, his colleagues in government, and New Yorkers. He now must prioritize New York City and New Yorkers, step aside and resign. This administration no longer has the ability to effectively govern with Eric Adams as mayor. These resignations are the culmination of the mayor's actions and decisions that have led to months of instability and now compromise the City's sovereignty, threaten chaos, and risk harm to our families. There is too much at stake for our city and New Yorkers to allow this to continue. We have endured enough scandal, selfishness and embarrassment, all of which distract from the leadership that New Yorkers deserve. This is the opposite of public service. Our city needs a leader totally committed to protecting New Yorkers and improving their lives.

NY City Council speaker Adrienne Adams:

"With the resignation of deputy mayors, it has become clear that Mayor Adams has now lost the confidence and trust of his own staff, his colleagues in government, and New Yorkers. He now must prioritize New York City and New Yorkers, step aside and resign."

Opinion | Elon Musk Is Leading a ‘Hostile Takeover of the Federal Government’ His mandate under President Trump “truly is unprecedented in U.S. history.”

“To say that this delegation of unsupervised authority by President Trump to Elon Musk is an unprecedented violation of the Appointments Clause of Article II of the Constitution,” Laurence Tribe tells Thomas B. Edsall, “an understatement.”

Flu hospitalization rates are higher so far this season than at the same point during each of the past FIFTEEN YEARS, at least
Chart shows Influenza Hospitalization Surveillance Network (FluSurv-NET) cumulative hospitalization data; red line is current (2024-2025) season
gis.cdc.gov/grasp/fluvie...

On Friday night, HHS ordered CDC to take down all flu vaccine campaign materials from its website. Materials are starting to come down.
For example, a campaign explaining that flu shot can reduce flu severity from "wild to mild" is now offline. Left image is from Friday, right is now

Meanwhile...

the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president

lol wut

Forgive me if I’m not comforted by anyone’s assurance that “that’ll never happen…” with regards to this administration. Everything is on the chopping block.

RFK Jr.'s Stunning Claim About Black People And Vaccines Sparks Concern From Medical Experts Experts weigh in on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s controversial take and what they want everyone to know.

Republican Senators just voted to confirm RFK Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services - a man that believes Black Americans should receive a different vaccine schedule than White Americans. www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-jr...

Kaitlan Collins on CNN: “We are three weeks into the second Trump presidency, three weeks, and tonight, there are warnings that the U.S. is dangerously close to a constitutional crisis."

I wrote about how Doge is involved in cutting cancer research

www.vanityfair.com/news/story/d...

(1/X) The media spent ten years ignoring Trump's obvious personality disorder. We were told "he's a pragmatist, a businessman".

Now they are doing the same thing with Elon Musk....

Three Months After Missouri Voted to Make Abortion Legal, Access Is Still Being Blocked Reproductive rights are now enshrined in the state constitution, but Missouri’s main abortion provider is fighting legal hurdles to resume offering the procedure. Meanwhile, anti-abortion lawmakers…

Conservative state legislators aim to put a new amendment on the ballot that would ban abortion except for in emergencies, when a fetus has abnormalities, or in cases of rape or incest, but only if a police report is filed and within a 12-week limit.

By @jeremykohler.bsky.social

U.S. intelligence, law enforcement candidates face Trump loyalty test Candidates for top intelligence and law enforcement jobs were asked to give “yes” or “no” responses to questions such as: Was Jan. 6 “an inside job?”

EXCLUSIVE: Candidates for national security roles in the new administration have been posed loyalty questions, such as: Was Jan. 6 an inside job, and Was the 2020 presidential election stolen? They were asked to give straight "yes" or "no" answers. Here's our story.

wapo.st/3EF3aWN

This is just beyond ridiculous

I keep hearing @profgalloway.com ask where the young Dems are and may I introduce you to @repjasmine.bsky.social, especially on her IG.

“More than 1,000 pages are now deleted from websites of CDC, National Institutes of Health, and other sites of the Department of Health and Human Services, according to a new WSJ analysis—including many **vaccine recommendation** scientific pages” - @drericding.bsky.social

Opinion | How Democrats Drove Silicon Valley Into Trump’s Arms Marc Andreessen explains the newest faction of conservatism.

Would REALLY like @karaswisher.bsky.social & @profgalloway.com to discuss this interview on @pivotpod.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/o...

CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) has provided real-time data and analysis about disease outbreaks and emerging health threats without a break every week since 1960.

Until today.