Stephanie Kerns

Sunrise over the East River in New York City. Bridge in background, trees in foreground

Sunrise, October 28, New York City

I can't believe I agree with Reagan. What is this world coming to?? I had many discussions with my grandmother about what it was like living through the Depression. It is real, it was beyond difficult, and it is where we are heading now.

“It’s not his house. It’s your house. And he’s destroying it.”

Trump Is Demolishing the White House’s East Wing to Make Way for His Ballroom

Soooo...he lied.

The White House is demolishing the entirety of the East Wing to make way for President Trump’s $200 million ballroom, a construction project that is far more extensive than he initially let on, a senior administration official said on Wednesday.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/u...

$170B for ICE and Border Patrol
$40B for Argentina
$1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet
$230M for Trump's DOJ "compensation"
$200M for Kristi Noem's jets
$98M for Trump's golf outings

But no money to lower your healthcare costs.

Trump’s construction of the Epstein Ballroom continues today. Can only imagine he’ll be renting it out for many junior proms.

Speaker Johnson must stop blocking the results of a free and fair election. We’re demanding he do his job and swear in Adelita Grijalva immediately.

People marching down New York street during Oct 18 No Kings Rally, and one person holding sign saying “Immigrants Make America Great”

It was a great day in New York City #NoKings

Well said! And when you want information, remember your medical librarian too.

Trump and his billionaire donors might be able to determine Adams and Cuomo’s actions. But they won't decide this election.

In just over 5 weeks, we'll turn the page on the politics of big money and small ideas — and deliver a government every New Yorker can be proud of.

A well-timed reminder of what life was like before we had the safety of vaccines. Thankfully, most of us don’t remember this time because we are vaccinated. We must fight for our rights, and those of the generations behind us, so we don’t return to dying from completely preventable disease

Required reading for how we got here

5 concrete steps that everyone can do to help save our democracy

Crimes I Have Witnessed as a Resident of Washington, DC “President Donald Trump said on Monday he was deploying 800 National Guard troops to Washington and temporarily taking over the city’s police depar...

"A tourist standing to the left on a Metro Center escalator"

#freedc I returned from the wedding of our daughter to find the city where I have lived for the last 3 years in the midst of a military takeover.

The military policing Americans.

This is happening. It is a danger for everyone in our country. Now is the moment to turn out in protest.

If you're watching Trump's press conference, a good way to make sure you fully comprehend his message is whenever he says "homeless," "criminals," "scum," "filth," "savagery," "gang," and/or "illegal," substitute in the word "black."

Trump is mobilizing the National Guard against Americans in DC to distract you his administration's massive Epstein Files cover-up.

D.C. crime dropped 26% in 2025, total crime down 7%.

Trump seizing D.C. when crime is at a 30-year low isn’t about safety — it’s about the Epstein files.

I realize broad science-literacy problems cannot generally be solved just by shoving more facts at people but I really wish more people understood that the entire purpose and mechanism of a vaccine is to educate your OWN immune system, making it about the most "natural" medical intervention possible

Federal mRNA funding cut is 'most dangerous public health decision' ever, expert says Many public health experts and scientists say they are stunned by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s decision to cancel nearly half a billion dollars in federal funding for future vaccine develop...

It’s mind boggling how many additional people this administration is killing.

“I have been in this business for over 50 years on the front lines of public health…And I can say unequivocally that this was the most dangerous public health decision I have ever seen made by a government body.”

Also and while I’m at it — if you don’t say tariffs are taxes on US importers and consumers when citing the revenue the government celebrates that hey’ve brought in, you’re not credible.

Ryne Sandberg, Hall of Fame Second Baseman for the Cubs, Dies at 65

Baseball and the Cubs were a big part of my childhood. Ryne Sandberg was central to those memories. RIP

Just so’s we’re all clear, almost 3/4 of everything we buy from Europe is now 15% more expensive.

I think members of congress should have to comply with a work requirement to get healthcare.

No one voted to kick 17 MILLION people off their health care.

No one voted to RAISE the cost of groceries.

No one voted to give handouts to BILLIONAIRES.

Donald Trump and Republicans just sold out working people.

This is a gut punch — but we will NOT stop fighting back.

Image of the album cover for Style Council's Internationalists. Consists of the two band members, Paul Weller and Mick Talbot.

I feel like it's appropriate that I just unpacked the vinyl from my recent move so I can now listen to music from my 1980s politically-awakened childhood. Currently up: The Style Council, Internationalists (because I'm from the American side of the Pond)

Hakeem Jeffries breaks House floor speech record to oppose Trump tax bill Democratic leader uses ‘magic minute’ tradition to rail against Trump’s sweeping tax-and-spending bill

After speaking for eight hours and 44 minutes, Jeffries concluded his remarks. Invoking the legacy of the late civil rights activist and Georgia congressman John Lewis, Jeffries vowed that Democrats would “press on”.

This isn’t over yet. Spread the word.

Republicans' Big, Beautiful Bill would:

— Kick 16 million off their health care
— Close 1 out of 4 nursing homes
— Hike your energy bills
— Add at least $4 trillion to the national debt

It’s a gift to the rich and a disaster for families.

Protest signs in Madison Square Park left after the No Kings rally

So proud of my city and my country yesterday