Bruce Lesley (@brucelesley) 's Twitter Profile
Bruce Lesley

@brucelesley

Proud father of 4. Child advocate. President of @First_Focus & @Campaign4Kids. Basketball fanatic. Speaking of Kids on Substack. #InvestInKids #VoteKids

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Steve Cooper (@scooperon7) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Breaking:Students at Milford High School have walked out of school in protest over a fellow student Marcelo Gomes detained by ICE over the weekend #7News

The Intellectualist (@highbrow_nobrow) 's Twitter Profile Photo

KASIE HUNT: Over the summer you said, “There’s no vaccine that’s safe and effective”. Do you still believe that? RFK JR: “I never said that.” KASIE HUNT: “Play the clip.” RFK JR (clip): “There’s no vaccine that is safe and effective.” (March 2024)

Protect Our Care (@protectourcare) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Stephen Colbert: Mike Johnson and Russ Vought have said no one is going to lose their Medicaid. Is that something you would describe with the word true? NC Gov. Josh Stein: Untrue. I would use true, but I would add "un" in front of it. They're talking about cutting $700 billion

Loren Adler (@lorenadler) 's Twitter Profile Photo

New data compares claim denial rates in Medicare Advantage vs. Traditional Medicare, with breakouts by service category healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hl…

New data compares claim denial rates in Medicare Advantage vs. Traditional Medicare, with breakouts by service category

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Acyn (@acyn) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Murphy: How do you ask them to end diversity programs while instituting viewpoint diversity? Those seem to be totally contradictory.  McMahon: No, the diversity programs that we have demanded to be eliminated were the D.E.I. Those programs were actually pitting one group against

Joseph Allen (@j_g_allen) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Harvard researcher Dr Sarah Fortune was only two years away from creating a vaccine that could have saved the 1.25 million people killed each year by tuberculosis. But last month, she received a letter telling her that the $60 million grant funding her research was being halted

Harvard researcher Dr Sarah Fortune was only two years away from creating a vaccine that could have saved the 1.25 million people killed each year by tuberculosis. But last month, she received a letter telling her that the $60 million grant funding her research was being halted
Laurie Garrett (@laurie_garrett) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Stop whatever you're doing & watch John Morales. Instead of forecasting the weather, he tells Florida viewers why Trump admin cuts to Science and national weather services will make it impossible for him to accurately warn Floridians about this season's hurricanes.

Chelsea Clinton (@chelseaclinton) 's Twitter Profile Photo

As measles vaccination rates decline, we will continue to see a rise in cases across the country. As this TIME article outlines, county-level average vaccination rates have fallen below the threshold for herd immunity. Remind me… How is this making America healthier?

Senator Patty Murray (@pattymurray) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Trump is required by LAW to get $220M for childhood literacy programs out the door to benefit students. Secretary Linda McMahon couldn't provide any timeline to do so.   Trump's illegally impounding YOUR taxpayer dollars—meant to help kids learn to read—to cut taxes for billionaires.

Congresswoman Sara Jacobs (@repsarajacobs) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I was proud to stand with my colleagues to call out the unacceptable immigration raids Friday night where HSI agents used riot gear, smoke grenades, and flash bangs at a crowded San Diego restaurant, endangering public safety. This isn’t law and order, it’s chaos and cruelty.

I was proud to stand with my colleagues to call out the unacceptable immigration raids Friday night where HSI agents used riot gear, smoke grenades, and flash bangs at a crowded San Diego restaurant, endangering public safety. This isn’t law and order, it’s chaos and cruelty.
Senator Patty Murray (@pattymurray) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Billionaires and the largest corporations? They don’t need a handout at the expense of struggling families.   But Republicans want to kick kids off their health care to shower the richest companies on earth with more tax cuts.   No way. We need to put this heist on full blast.

Bruce Lesley (@brucelesley) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The budget reconciliation bill imposes massive quantities of bureaucracy and red tape upon children and families across numerous programs: ❌ Enormous new bureaucracy barriers to get Medicaid, CHIP, and the Affordable Care Act, which is a major reason why the non-partisan