Melinda Johnson, RD

“This is what democracy looks like.”
“This is what America looks like.”
NYC

It’s so funny that for the past week republicans have all been like “the only people out there are gonna be Hamas.” Everyone in this crowd is signed up for Kohl’s rewards points.

"I hear very few people are gonna be there" -- Donald Trump, 10/15/25

Source: @kylec.bsky.social
An amazing crowd and photo.
No Kings, Denver, Colorado.

Does anyone know how to access the HHS Health Literacy Online resource? It has been removed and I can only find the older version as PDF odphp.health.gov/healthlitera...

Decimated public health systems, a depleted federal workforce and the deletion of safety nets that maintain the health security of America are all outcomes of President Trump’s first 100 days However, in the first 100 days of Trump’s administration, we’ve witnessed the gutting of our public health systems, removal of data and spread of misinformation, making America less secure and healthy...

APHA comment: Trump's first 100 days were not kind to public health
www.apha.org/news-and-med...

We live in chaos now. The mad king keeps stomping around and breaking things and then trying to duct tape them back together.

This is really something

I was kind of hoping you knew?

If you were trying to bring down the US on purpose, your playbook would look exactly like what we have seen these past three weeks.

The DOGE kids showing up at Treasury:

I try not to be alarmist, but as a Jewish academic with a lot of inherited familial trauma, it does not make me feel great that an avowed supporter of the German far-right now has access to my Social Security number.

📌LISTEN TO ME: When United States congresspeople are denied entry to a United States government building, it is coup.

This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.

I know. I was there in those camps.

I attended a zoom meeting where Dr. Becerril-Romero spoke to parents of kids with transplants, and he was wonderful. Such a kind and very smart man, and an inspiration.

From a source inside the National Cancer Institute:

“Everyone is scrambling to figure out how we’re supposed to work to serve the public when we can’t engage at all.”

#Booksky: If you haven’t already, export your data from Goodreads (an Amazon company) and import it into StoryGraph, a book-tracking app founded and led by a Black woman.

First, they hijacked the name "Republican" and accused real Republicans of being fake (or RINOs) - they stole the name.

Now, they have hijacked "Christian" and are accusing real followers of being fake. They stole the name. MAGA Christianity is unrecognizable to real Christianity.

Excellent post

I am starting to suspect that they already knew they would be denied actual deportation. This part is just theater. Plan B is the actual plan, and it is very dark. Private prison needs to make a profit, after all.

Each day, I'm going to post this video of the richest man in the world & 1 of the 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧 & 𝐒𝐞𝐱𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 Trump's top advisors doing full on NAZI salutes & ask you to share it with friends or family...perhaps Tesla owners.

Ask folks why they support a party of Nazi sympathizers.

Yep, and the rise of private prisons needing to show profit ties it all together. Everything they are doing is to make more money. They just convinced enough people to be hateful and selfish

Like what?

This is becoming absurd—federal employees are now being told to remove pronouns from their email signatures. We will always stand by our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, no matter how many things we’re asked to delete or change. Inclusivity is at the core of who we are.

Which is still legal per the constitution if you are in prison

Not true. It’s what they get from that control - poor people having more kids that produce a cheap and hungry labor pool in 15 years

It is a purposeful policy choice. DeSantis said so in a press conference. Must make them seem less than human to get away with what they plan

Official federal policy designed to dehumanize. ‘Illegal alien’ - not undocumented, not illegal immigrant - these term still remind you of humans. Nazi playbook

I think it’s really important we identify the companies that are doing the right thing and reward them with our business.