Neil Lewis, Jr.

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Behavioral Scientist & Science Communicator.
Associate Professor of Communication, Medicine, and Public Policy at Cornell.

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Neil Lewis, Jr.

Look, I know we’ve come to the point where we think politics is entertainment but being president is an actual job and it’s helpful to have some training to do it.

what the fuck is this sorkin-brain shit?

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Christopher Federico

They're trying to beat the reality TV show star by creating a new reality show. Who Wants to Be the Nominee?

They’re already doing the birtherism again. Lol

😊

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Neil Lewis, Jr.

The governors of a dozen Republican-led states — AL, AK, FL, GA, IA, MS, OK, SC, SD, TX, UT, WY — opted out of a new federal food assistance program, leaving about 9.5 million students without the aid this summer

Republican-led states are blocking summer food benefits for hungry familieswww.usatoday.com Money for food is especially tight for families in a dozen states where Republican lawmakers declined to accept federal food assistance.

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As the daughter of a Black Vietnam vet who suffered life long pain from a service related injury but was constantly turned away from care by the VA I can’t even bring myself to read this. My father eventually died of a treatable condition at 62 b/c he was sent home to take ibuprofen by a VA doc.

A 2017 internal Veterans Affairs report shows Black veterans were more often denied benefits for PTSD than their white counterparts. The analysis crunched claims data from fiscal year 2011 through 2016. And disparate treatment started after WWI when it was still called shell shock. It continues.

Black veterans were denied VA benefits for PTSD more often than whiteswww.nbcnews.com “Ever since I came back from Vietnam, I knew that I had a problem, but I didn’t know what it was," said one Black veteran.

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taking a break from your regularly-scheduled cats in boxes programming to share some highlights of what republicans propose for FY2025: - gutting CDC’s budget - defunding the new pandemic forecasting center (they want us all to die, especially POC) - defunding all gun violence and climate work

Meanwhile. This is what the House GOP has in store for health. aspph.org/news/pressro...

ASPPH Opposes Public Health Cuts in House FY 2025 Spending Billaspph.org June 27, 2024 – The Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH) is deeply concerned by cuts and structural changes to public health agencies proposed in the House

"The post-debate analysis quickly devolved into a reality-show catfight...it is only exciting for people who won’t lose no matter who wins the White House. As for the rest of America, it has already lost." Another must-read Tressay www.nytimes.com/2024/07/06/o...

Opinion | Whoever the Democratic Candidate Is, Americans Have Already Lostwww.nytimes.com The American Republic feels fragile.

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Neil Lewis, Jr.

If you thought their hatred of Hillary was bad, just wait.

“The network has ramped up its attacks on Harris — including with commentary focused on her race and gender — since President Joe Biden's debate performance on June 27.” www.mediamatters.org/kamala-harri...

Fox News ramps up attacks on Vice President Kamala Harriswww.mediamatters.org Fox News figures have recently compared Vice President Kamala Harris to teenage children, said that her words do not sound like those of a commander-in-chief, and dismissed Harris as a “a DEI hire.” T...

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Just a reminder that Michelle Wolf nailed it at the White House Correspondents Dinner. NYT, I’m looking in your direction especially.

“'How do you write an environmental science book to appease people who are opposed to climate change?' asked a school district science supervisor, who is involved in science textbook adoption for her district." Great question.

Textbook authors told climate change references must be cut to get Florida’s OK The directive appears similar to requirements the state imposed on math and social studies textbooks said to include “critical race theory” and “social justice” material www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/07/05/t...

Textbook authors told climate change references must be cut to get Florida’s OKwww.orlandosentinel.com The action appears similar to requirements the state imposed on math and social studies textbooks said to include “critical race theory” and “social justice” material. The s…

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Subtle. Very subtle.

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If Biden said something like this it would spell the end of not only his campaign but his current tenure. It's just one of countless examples of insane gibberish from Trump that the press & Democrats are choosing to treat as an immutable part of the electoral landscape rather than a story or issue.

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NEW: Biden has narrowed Trump’s lead in swing states despite a widely panned presidential debate performance, the Bloomberg News/Morning Consult poll finds

Biden Narrows Gap With Trump in Swing States Despite Debate Losswww.bloomberg.com The incumbent trails his GOP rival by just 2 points across key states, a Bloomberg News/Morning Consult shows, even as three in 10 Democrats say he should leave the race.

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Neil Lewis, Jr.

“He took away abortion and he wants to be a dictator” should be plastered on every surface and blaring out of every speaker.

Nothing is stopping every single Democratic elected official and apparatchik from taking the airwaves every single day to articulately and decisively repeat a set of cogent talking points about Trump (ie 45). Nothing. Dem PACs could be slamming him with ads now. Stop whining and do that.

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I think it might be time to revisit this 2016 @vox.com classic from @volts.wtf to remind ourselves why this freakout is happening: The entire US political system is premised, at the atomic & subatomic level, upon 2 equally choiceworthy sides. It can't allow a clear choice, & so will *make* it even

I forget who posted it (maybe it was you, even, lol, and I paraphrase) but I can't get past the "Biden has one bad debate and no other missteps since, Trump the felon says something batshit crazy every day and the media is still on the bad debate guy"

Why the media will lift Trump up and tear Clinton downwww.vox.com Vox is a general interest news site for the 21st century. Its mission: to help everyone understand our complicated world, so that we can all help shape it. In text, video and audio, our reporters expl...

Rare event! Competing heat domes in the Southeast and Southwest US crank out two huge all-time record highs. Palm Springs 124 and Raleigh=Durham 106 with a heat index of 118! Las Vegas is forecast to break their all-time high this weekend and even Death Valley may come close.

Long live Hastorf & Cantril (1954) psycnet.apa.org/record/1954-...

My priors that the Biden interview would confirm everyone’s priors have been confirmed

That study was one of the original demonstrations of motivated perception--we see what we want to see. www.vox.com/science-and-...

How desire can warp our view of the worldwww.vox.com Can we trust our own eyes? The science of “motivated seeing” says not always.

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Neil Lewis, Jr.

My priors that the Biden interview would confirm everyone’s priors have been confirmed

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Neil Lewis, Jr.

Joe Biden refusing to take advice from people who have been wrong about everything for decades could be seen as an indication his brain is still working

I mean...

SHOTS FIRED

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Breaking News: President Biden insisted he was staying in the race in a forceful speech at a campaign event in Wisconsin, calling Donald Trump a liar and a threat to democracy. “I’m not letting one 90-minute debate wipe out three-and-a-half years of work.”

Election Live Updates: In Wisconsin, a Defiant Biden Says ‘I’m Staying in the Race’www.nytimes.com The brief speech kicked off a weekend that could be make-or-break for President Biden’s campaign, including a high-stakes ABC News interview that will air in prime time on Friday.

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Jesus christ almighty. Her father wrote to Brett's to express gratitude that the confirmation went through.

#Metoo ruined lives: the women’s. For the summer issue of Bookforum, I wrote about Christine Blasey Ford’s memoir “One Way Back,” the aftermath of disclosure, and what it means to be a public survivor when storytelling has proven futile. www.bookforum.com/culture/disp...

Disposable Heroeswww.bookforum.com Christine Blasey Ford’s memoir captures the hazards of “coming forward” – Moira Donegan

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Michael W. Kraus

Grateful for all that you and the wonderful collective gave to the world in your time there (especially in light of the obstacles). Also excited for this next chapter.

"Anything they do, I wish them luck" is the new "Stand back and stand by"

The ramped-up hits on Project 2025 must be landing — Trump just shoved it right in front of the bus

“It highlights the irony that they’re having to armor these facilities at considerable expense to guard against extreme weather that is their own doing,” www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

A rising fortress in sinking landwww.washingtonpost.com Rising seas and steel walls test the strength of a Louisiana coastal gas development, raising questions about flooding, climate change and community impacts.

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Neil Lewis, Jr.

we’re in danger

NEWS --> Mark Robinson, the MAGA extremist GOP nominee for governor in North Carolina, appeared to endorse political violence against unnamed foes in a recent speech. "Some folks need killing!" he shouted. "It's a matter of necessity!" Video and story here: newrepublic.com/article/1834...

MAGA Gov Candidate’s Ugly, Hateful Rant: “Some Folks Need Killing!”newrepublic.com Mark Robinson, the GOP nominee for governor in North Carolina, has a long history of incendiary comments. But he may have topped himself this time.

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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a floof

Dog_feelings was one of my favorite accounts. So many good tweets.