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@defendpublichealth.bsky.social
Headline against a background of hands reaching for fresh produce: new blog Beyond full bellies: How to communicate the shared benefits and ripple effects of SNAP. bmsg.org/blog
Food is fundamental is health. Strong local economies are fundamental to health. Imagine a wildly successful GOV'T program that putts food on the table and keeps grocers working: #SNAP. Check out @media-studies.bsky.social latest blog for how to make the case for SNAP: www.bmsg.org/beyond-full-...
How do we make sure our communication strategies shift power toward equity instead of just spreading messages? Power mapping offers a framework. Learn more in our latest blog featuring BMSG’s Director of Racial and Health Equity Strategy. www.bmsg.org/power-mappin...
Tell Your Federal Representatives to Protect WIC www.congressweb.com/NACCHO/17?fr...
It is just INSANE that the GOP is going to tax new solar and wind capacity, as well as a whole bunch of other terrible energy policies in the BBB, when electricity prices have risen 20% since start of 2022, and the grid is ever more fragile.
Prepare for a lot of rolling blackouts.
call me crazy but I don't think we should.
Senate offices are closed, but their inboxes aren't. Let's get 1,000 more out by midnight: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
New resource from @media-studies.bsky.social & @frameworks.bsky.social! Learn about common framing pitfalls and try out our sample messages in support of Medicaid & other critical components of our social safety net. ow.ly/z25n50W3xiz
If you burn down a forest, you don't miss out on lumber for just that season. You have to replant all the trees, nurture them, and wait for them to grow.
The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.
NEW MESSAGING RESOURCE!
As lawmakers move swiftly to slash significant funds from Medicaid, people are raising their voices to demand that their representatives save this vital program. Our new resource provides sample responses and tips to help advocates make their case. ow.ly/vG5I50VXnFt
Announcement for new blog from BMSG on the spiral of slience against a backdrop of a microphone in front of a crowd.
The ‘spiral of silence’ makes us think we’re more divided than we are. BMSG shows us how to break it. www.bmsg.org/the-spiral-o...
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
My daughter's daycare just sent out an email about potentially needing to layoff staff because new babies about to start withdrew because of parental job losses. So if you're wondering how government layoffs and mass contract cancellations will affect the economy, here's an example
New blog from #BerkeleyMediaStudiesGroup! Coping with chaos: What’s keeping us going in this political moment
In the spirit of solidarity, progress, and resilience, we’re sharing what’s been keeping us going and how we’re moving forward. www.bmsg.org/coping-with-...
🚨 Tell Congress: Don’t cut funding to give handouts to billionaires!
Trump and his billionaire allies are working to cut funding for essential programs like health care, housing, & climate action. Tell your members of Congress to #StopTheCuts: ppls.ac/stopthecuts
#PeopleOverProft
To be clear, Donald Trump and Elon Musk are instituting death panels for rural America. That’s what closing federally qualified health centers means, since they are often the only health providers available. bsky.app/profile/chan...
Senate Finance Committee is voting on advancing the nomination of RFK Jr (to burn down what's left of our public health care system) as HHS Secretary on Tuesday at 10AM
StopRFKjr.com makes it incredibly easy to call Senators and tell them "no"— call + send StopRFKjr.com to at least 1 other person
Want to share some points from the @indivisible.org action call earlier tonight.
Most urgent: Contact your senators (Dem AND GOP) and tell them to VOTE NO on Russell Vought (architect of Project 2025) running the Office of Management and Budget (the same one that was all over the news this week).
Jasmine Crockett: "The problem is that Americans thought it was okay to take a full fledged criminal and make him the President of the US and then they want to act aghast when he does criminal things. Let me tell you, we have a thug in charge of the US and if we don't wake up we may not have a US"
All of your most sensitive data and our country’s checkbook are in the hands of an unelected billionaire.
This is the most corrupt administration in history and it’s putting our economy & government in serious jeopardy.
It’s time to speak out and fight back.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
Some NIH study sections for tomorrow have just been canceled.
Who knows which of these grants would have led to the next life-saving invention.
Who knows which scientists will throw in the towel bc of funding delays.
Who can even begin to measure the impact of these reckless cancellations.😕🩺🧪🛟
How our news would cover what's happening if it were any other country: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...
THE ASK This week, between Monday and the vote on Vought, we're asking people from all over the country to plan a visit to Senate State Offices to demand Democrats fight and to hold Republicans accountable for their complicity. DEMOCRATS MUST USE EVERY PROCEDURAL TOOL TO SHUT DOWN TRUMP'S AGENDA Yes, we need Democrats to vote no on Vought's nomination, but no is not enough. Democrats have the power to grind Senate business to a halt and force Republicans to feel the political cost of backing Trump's extremist agenda. Here's how: 1. Deny a Quorum: If Republicans don't have 51 votes in the chamber, Democrats can walk out and shut down Senate business entirely. 2. Block Unanimous Consent: Object to every procedural shortcut, forcing Republicans to take the longest possible route for every step of the confirmation process. 3. Max Out Debate Time: Use all 30 hours of debate on Vought to expose Project 2025, Musk's Treasury takeover, and the funding freeze. 4. Delay and Disrupt: Force roll-call votes, quorum calls, and procedural delays to slow everything down. 5. Blanket Opposition: Democrats cannot continue to vote for Trump's other nominees, helping to install more MAGA loyalists into powerful positions in the federal government while this power grab continues. No Business as Usual: This is a constitutional crisis. Democrats must abandon the old rules and fight with everything they have. Bottom line: Senate Democrats must block, delay, and obstruct every step of this process-no cooperation, no easy votes, no fast-tracking Trump's takeover. To learn more about how Senate Democrats can shut down Trump's agenda with procedural hardball, check out our explainer here.
Indivisible is urging people to visit their senators' local offices between now and Thursday to demand that they use every tool—including denying a quorum and blocking unanimous consent—to fight the confirmation of Project 2025 architect Russell Vought for head of OMB docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Democrats will "lead" when and where voters tell them to do so.
The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here.
HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻
archive.org/details/2025...
ALL OUT TO TREASURY! Tuesday, Feb. 4, 5pm US Department of the Treasury Details TBD Peaceful rally to stop the Musk coup Organized by the Fork Off Coalition
Indivisible/MoveOn/WFP also promoted this protest at Treasury on Tuesday at 5 p.m., organized by what appears to be a new group supporting federal workers www.instagram.com/p/DFl2CETtrSy/
Armed. Robbery. With casualties.
