CDC's always had a lot of gutsy, committed people in the mix and today's decision is proof they still do. [www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/h...]( ) [archive.is/202505302213...](https://archive.is/20250530221341/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/health/cdc-covid-vaccines-children-pregnant-women.html ) [C.D.C. Contradicts Kennedy and...]( )
One must imagine Sisyphus happy.
Order up: Just posted new explainers on the state of Medical Research Funding, Food Safety, and USPS as they experience various attacks from the Trump administration. [unbreaking.org]( ) RE:
Absolutely vital work here. There is so much weird narrative manufacturing happening right now that has come unglued from knowable facts. RE:
Elon Musk was always ablative in his DOGE role is the thing I keep thinking about
[www.wired.com/story/elon-m...]( ) [Elon Musk Says He'll Step Back...]( )
We just pushed an update to our [@unbreaking.org]( ) Medicaid and Trans Healthcare explainers with a ton of links (and short explanations) about the effects of the House bill, what happens next, etc: [unbreaking.org/issues/medic...]( ) [unbreaking.org/issues/trans...]( ) [Medicaid — Unbreaking]( )
the private equity era of US governance
You couldn't make me touch the substance of this thread with Inspector Gadget extendo-arms, but PSA, Bsky already has "prioritize replies by people I follow" in Settings > Thread Preferences + reply controls for every post you make that you can change after the fact. The tooling's pretty good. RE:
I am not and will never be a uspol wonk but it sure feels to me, an ordinary human who reads a lot, like they threw in targeted cruelty to trans people as a way to get the GOP hardliners to accept the debt increase in the House bill. As a sweetener.