Trump’s EPA is eliminating its scientific research arm, and firing hundreds of chemists, biologists, toxicologists and scientists. The EPA’s science office produces vital data on hazardous chemicals, air pollution, water quality and more. This will unconscionable act will make Americans more vulnerable and unhealthy.
Funding cuts to PBS and NPR, attempts to stop the Wall Street Journal from publishing, Colbert canceled. Do not take a free press for granted. We need to fight for it.
The Trump administration dropped charges against a doctor accused of destroying $28,000 in Covid vaccines, giving children saline shots instead of the vaccine, and selling fake vaccination cards. Corruption kills.
RFK Jr has finalized the firing of thousands of workers from the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and other federal health agencies. Decimating our health agencies will make us sicker, not healthier.
This administration is saying that "people should have to prove that they deserve health care" as justification for kicking millions off Medicaid. That's eugenics. Health care is a human right, and everyone deserves access to health care no matter who they are, what they do, or how they live.
The 1 train on the NYC subway tonight
We seriously need a crowdfunding campaign to put a billboard up like this everywhere image
Reminder that for occupations where it may be essential to reveal faces, solutions exist. Transparent N95s and elastomeric respirators can be used in combination with layered protections such as clean air infrastructure, testing, and vaccines. But employers need to provide these tools to workers for free.
Mask bans accelerate authoritarianism. Everyone has a right to protect their health, and masks are one of the most effective tools against disease spread and air pollution. Banning people from using tools that protect their health is a violation of human rights.
A State Department employee shared with PBS News an image from inside the department. The image includes a piece of paper taped to a mirror with the words, "Colleagues, if you remain: RESIST FASCISM. Remember the oath you vowed to uphold." image