Comilla Sasson, MD, PhD

Illinois Gov. Pritzker vows to pursue Trump officials who participate in an illegal National Guard deployment to Chicago:

"If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me - not time or political circumstance - from making sure that you face justice under our constitutional rule of law."

Imagine in another country a corrupt president was trying to change the election laws.

Then that president's political ally threatened to remove all the legislators of the other party to get it done.

That's what's happening in Texas right now.

@jamestalarico.bsky.social: "As a state rep, I get paid about $600 a month. That's not much to live off of. Many of my colleagues, including myself, we have day jobs that help us pay the bills. And by breaking quorum, we are leaving those day jobs behind... So this decision was not made lightly."

My Democratic colleagues and I just left the state of Texas to break quorum and stop Trump’s redistricting power grab.

Trump is trying to rig the midterm elections right before our eyes. But first he’ll have to come through us.

It’s time to fight back.

More than 1,000 NOAA staffers take early retirement The additional departures raise the estimated number of staff reductions since February to more than 2,200 employees.

Hurricane season is starting. NOAA (where NWS is) & FEMA have major cuts already made & more in the #BUB.

Current cuts
2000+ #NOAA employees

2000 #FEMA employees
www.govexec.com/management/2...

Cuts for 2026
$1.8 billion for NOAA
$664 million for FEMA

www.nbcmiami.com/weather/hurr...

Where it starts is never where it starts. The news that DOJ is prioritizing denaturalizations, combined with very vague explanations of who they will prioritize, is deeply concerning. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Taking away your citizenship Here it is, right on schedule.

"The question we have to learn to ask about this administration is not where it starts, but where it ends."

- Joyce White Vance

open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

PADILLA: “If this is how the administration responds to a Senator with a question, you can only imagine what they're doing to farmworkers, cooks, and day laborers throughout the country.”

Subrote Star Trek GIF Alt: Star Trek GIF: 7 of 9 saying to Picard “ it’s pointless and hopeless and exhausting, and the only thing worse would be giving up”

New favorite GiF

Bone chilling.

A court ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia to stay in the United States.

The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that he was illegally removed. Trump is pretending he won the ruling 9-0.

1/ You may not think this case means anything to you. But let me tell you why it does.

Van Hollen Requests Meeting with President Bukele to Discuss Return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia; Announces Intent to Travel to El Salvador This Week if Abrego Garcia is Not Returned | U.S. Senator Chris V... U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) has requested a meeting with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele while he is in the United States this week in...

"if Kilmar is not home by midweek – I plan to travel to El Salvador this week to check on his condition and discuss his release,” said Senator Van Hollen www.vanhollen.senate.gov/news/press-r...

Here’s the link to the paper and the 2 biggest challenges we face: both declining support for universities and a rise in pseudoscience as evidenced by what’s happening right now at Dept HHS

journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5

Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker

I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:

RFK Jr. forces out Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine scientist Marks, an architect of Operation Warp Speed, warned that a recent measles outbreak shows how confidence in science and public health is being “undermined.”

Breaking: RFK Jr. has forced out PETER MARKS, the nation’s top vaccine regulator.

In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”

Fact/Reality Check:

*None* of the top TEN leading killers in the US are infectious diseases.

Meaning, RFK Jr’s idea of “refocusing” the CDC on just infectious disease might fool some, but is an unserious and nonsensical idea.

Empathy for the many HHS workers suffering under this regime.

Immigration crackdown now hitting green card holders A former Hawaii resident, and longtime green card holder, is among those being detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

This is the first case I’ve seen so far of a returning permanent resident detained without any acknowledged rationale (family says she has no prior convictions and that they haven’t been given any information)

In the Denver Post today.

Elbows up, Canada.

Every time you see someone powerful acting like a craven coward in the face of this authoritarian menace, let it stiffen your own spine. We are all we've got.

These are the people who are also most likely to not be able to travel, have difficulty with mobility and even to have adequate transportation. Not to mention the time standing in line.

This will be devastating for some of our most vulnerable people.

This could be disastrous for our most vulnerable people who survive on social security benefits. We have to fight this ridiculous new rule.

I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

We just wanted to take a moment to thank all our new supporters! Tomorrow, there will be more of us!

This is why you need to no longer be a senator. So disappointed in your “leadership.” Retirement in a red district seems like a great place for you to go right now.

Five years after COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, mistrust of science & misinformation continues. The ongoing measles outbreak shows that the nation must build support for science and vaccines. apha.org/news-and-med... #COVID19

Millions in US Live in Places Where Doctors Don’t Practice and Telehealth Doesn’t Reach - KFF Health News Nearly 3 million Americans live sicker, shorter lives in the hundreds of rural counties where doctor shortages are the worst and poor internet connections mean little or no access to telehealth servic...

Nearly 3 million Americans live sicker, shorter lives in the hundreds of rural counties where doctor shortages are the worst and poor internet connections mean little or no access to telehealth services.

📝: @sjtribble-reports.bsky.social + @hackwriter.bsky.social kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

In defense of Medicaid, the peoples health insurance.

This program is about as non-partisan in its reach and vital in its health impacts as you’ll ever see.

❗ALERT❗ There are 3 congressional seats up for election (FL-1, FL-6, NY-21), 2 with voting starting in 3 weeks (links below). Media has been strangely silent on this 🤔 Congress is 218 R, 215 D. If we pick up 3 seats, we gain control of the House. A major step towards stopping Trump’s agenda

Being able to drop a quarterly US GDP prediction by 5.1% from +2.3% to -2.8% in a single week is one of the most impressive economic developments in the history of the world.