BRIEFING | JAHF is holding a virtual briefing on 12/5 detailing #policy options the incoming administration should consider to better support #FamilyCaregivers. We invite you all to participate in this dialogue featuring National Alliance for Caregiving. Register: bit.ly/3NRGvbo

🎙️ PODCAST | Ashleigh Calvert released an episode, "Caregiver-Doctor Communication: What Matters Most with Cheryl Phillips, MD." Listen to learn how the #AgeFriendly Health Systems 4Ms Framework can help #OlderAdults & #caregivers prepare for appointments: ow.ly/p7p850UbkIK

We need to do more on chronic illness in the US. But appointing anti-science grifters who profit from dubious supplements & spreading misinfo will only make things worse. Instead, we should be appointing leaders who understand and will address the social determinants of health.

Medicare promoting 'age-friendly' hospitals in quality push modernhealthcare.com/policy/medicar… via Modern Healthcare

Yeah!!!!!! GO CANADA! 🥰 As a Washingtonian YES please take us!!! Fuck Trump and all the Republicans who voted him in. #FAFO

In '61, John F. Kennedy was Inaugurated on the Capitol steps, in windchills of 7 degrees. It was almost as cold for Obama in '09. In fairness, Trump IS more than 3 decades older than JFK & Obama were. Or did he just fear small crowds?

🛑JUST CANCELLED—Trump HHS has just cancelled key meetings of the Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (PACCARB) & CDC’s Environmental Public Health Threats meeting—➡️all because of Trump WH’s new blackout of all HHS external comms. My god.

This kind of reactionary and reckless action does not "make America great" by any measure. science.org/content/articl…

Trump just issued a memo across the federal government ordering a pause to all grants and loans dispersed by the federal government: documentcloud.org/documents/2550… While it exempts Medicare and Social Security, it does NOT exempt Medicaid as a footnote stipulates that the reference to

Democrats should not vote on a single Trump cabinet nominee until this federal assistance freeze is rescinded. Do not let up.

Please take a minute to watch this powerful closing message from Jim Acosta: "It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant…don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth…and hope."

Kennedy’s confirmation hearing is tomorrow—Send letters to your Senators now to oppose him! actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-y…

Where are the patriots who say they "care about veterans"?

If you end the Veterans Suicide Prevention program you support Veterans dying by suicide. Donald Trump supports Veteran suicide. Call it what it is.

I spoke to former Treasury and OMB officials, and they said Elon Musk accessing government payment systems could give him the power to selectively turn off payments. They described what this really means in very clarifying terms. See below: newrepublic.com/article/191014…

Unelected billionaire Elon Musk continues to expand his power grab, and this time he wants Americans’ most sensitive information, including their Social Security numbers and banking information. We should all be asking why he wants it. rollingstone.com/politics/polit…

President Elon Musk and DOGE are reportedly also looking at ways to get rid of the FDIC. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation protects bank deposits up to $250,000 per account, ensuring customers don’t lose their money if a bank fails. But sure, let’s ditch the

The world’s richest man who no one elected just walked into the US Treasury, stole your Social Security number, and Trump let him. You deserve to know why this is happening - call your member of Congress and Senators (202) 224-3121 and ask why.

I will stay here a while - just figuring out bluesky. But follow me at Phillic.bsky.social. if I had a tesla, I would sell it.

What's up at BWI? Is the entire airport without power, or just the gate where I'm waiting to depart? What a way to run an airport.