A short thread on what refusal to comply can look like, with specifics, examples, and ideas for what the future may hold. Actually IDK if it's gonna be short, but it's gonna be specific, so read on if you're curious.

The US has 15 vaccines for kids <18: MMR DTaP Pneumococcal Rotavirus Varicella Hepatitis B Hepatitis A Polio Haemophilus influenzae B Meningococcal Human Papillomavirus Influenza COVID-19 RSV NOT 72. Not 72 DOSES from birth to age 18 (it’s ~35) Stop letting people lie.

Pete Hegseth’s tattoos are the ones that white nationalists get. Federal law enforcement know these symbols well. Hegseth was banned from national guard duty at Biden’s inauguration for those tattoos. The Senate should consider this disqualifying for a nominee for Secretary of…

Among the most important charts for thinking clearly about the 2024 election — and politics in general. The hardest divide to cross isn't left vs. right. It's interested vs. uninterested. dataforprogress.org/insights/2024/…

Have you ever watched a baby die of pertussis? I have. Several. This is what it looks like: A newborn baby can’t stop coughing. They can’t catch their breath and they can’t eat. They get dehydrated and stop peeing. They sometimes have pauses in their breathing. Parents are…

If you don't want the FBI to do vetting on your appointees, it's because you know you have serious problems - including national security threats - among your appointees. It's that simple.

I would love to tell you about the times vaccines prevented me from getting sick, but every time it happens, I don’t notice. I just keep feeling well. Neither do you. Public health, when it’s working, is invisible.

A rapist for AG. A spy for DNI. A zealot for Defense. An antivaxer for Health. A criminal for president. This is what Orwellian means.

No one should be able to resign from Congress to hide serious misconduct from the public. And certainly not someone under consideration for Attorney General. The House ethics report on Matt Gaetz must be turned over to the Senate.

Michelle Obama: “Our food environment isn’t healthy and we should explore some changes” Republicans: “You’re a communist taking our freedom!” RFK Jr: “Literally anything added to food is poison” Republicans: “Agreed! I demand you make all my food choices for me!”

There's been a LOT about why RFK Jr is a terrible pick, but I want to focus on something that is very concerning to me, but no one seems to be mentioning. He appeals to a widespread, common-sense idea that the problem with our food is that it has "lots of artificial…

Okay yes a second Trump presidency is terrifying but based on these Trump picks, I think there's a decent chance that stupidity gets in the way of the fascism. I think that's our hope: crippling idiocy.

Yesterday Trump announced he's nominating Pete Hegseth as his Secretary of Defense. Hegseth's a prominent Fox News personality & veterans advocate, but he also has strong ties to the Christian far right that I've not seen fully exposed yet. Here's a thread w/ receipts... 1/

Dems have the Senate majority for the next 60-plus days. Use it! Not just to confirm judges. Hold your own pre-confirmation hearings. Foreign Relations on Tulsi Gabbards ties to Russia. Intel Committee onJohn Ratliffe's misconduct on intelligence in Trump's first term. 1/

This is an emergency. The key posts in the government of the United States, responsible for the safety and security of not just the US but the democratic world, at a time of maximum international peril, are now in the hands of some of the most dangerously incompetent, corrupt,…

Just because he isn't subject to their jurisdiction doesn't mean the House cannot release the report. Don't let the GOP play the helpless victim here. Tell Johnson to release the report!

I just spoke to a Florida election lawyer: Matt Gaetz can’t resign his new term early, so his seat will be vacant from January 3 to February 28, 2025. That leaves Speaker Johnson short a crucial Republican vote for nearly 3.5 months.

This account has been given a grey checkmark, verifying it as an official government account. It also only accepts resumes be DM's, which are solely open to verified X users who pay Elon Musk. This level of corruption is staggering.

When Trump’s nominee for Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard was pushing Russia propaganda about alleged US bioweapons labs in Ukraine to try and persuade Congress not to provide aid (exactly what Putin hoped would happen), Mitt Romney tweeted this.

I was originally going to hold off on commenting on nominations at this stage but I cannot stay quiet here. I don’t need a confirmation hearing to know that Matt Gaetz is not qualified for Attorney General. I will not support his confirmation.