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Alissa Stollwerk

@alissastollwerk.bsky.social
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Progressive polling and data nerd at YouGov. Political science PhD, New Yorker, mom, challah baker. (she/her)

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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Life goal achieved: @ramckay.bsky.social & I made it into Duke Today, Duke University's "one stop shop" for BIG news I've asked Duke comms to get this piece to Swift's people (I said: "Duke comms has SWAY and surely you can sashay your way to getting this to Tay?") today.duke.edu/2026/10/opin...
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OPINION: Has Taylor Swift Defanged the Toxic Term ‘Patient Zero’ ? | Duke Today
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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
lol Lmao even Has there ever been a more obvious fraud than the promise to Make America Healthy Again?
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Alissa Stollwerk @alissastollwerk.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Shabbat shalom and a peaceful weekend to all.
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Essential, brilliant reporting by @by-cjewett.bsky.social It's TERRIFYING: MAHA folks are INVESTIGATING pediatricians, who are some of the lowest paid docs in the professions, for vaccinating kids It's part of a 20-year anti-vaxx campaign by RFK Jr "that some of his political allies have joined"
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
And this is why he doesn't care
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“Only sick children should die of measles”.
YouTube video by Jonathan Howard
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Alissa Stollwerk @alissastollwerk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Shabbat shalom, chag sameach, and a peaceful weekend to all. One round challah as we finish up the fall holidays, and one challah that was meant to be a Torah for Simchat Torah, but my challah over rising in today’s summer weather had other ideas.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 26/09/2026
great piece. man social media is a cancer themomoftheyear.substack.com/p/im-the-mom...
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I’m the Mom in That Viral Giants Clip. Let Me Tell You About My Husband.
You saw me carrying our baby and food. There was more happening in our family that night.
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Alissa Stollwerk @alissastollwerk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Shabbat shalom, chag Sukkot sameach, and stay safe in the storm. A peaceful weekend to all.
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Alissa Stollwerk @alissastollwerk.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Lovely afternoon in one of our state parks. But aggressively ignoring the few red leaves we saw trying to poke through.
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Alissa Stollwerk @alissastollwerk.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Shabbat shalom and a peaceful weekend to all.
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
They still want them infected.
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Covid Vaccines Delayed for Half of U.S. Children
The Health Department has not decided whether to provide the shots to states through the Vaccines for Children program, which serves uninsured and low-income families.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
It’s wild you’re expected to celebrate SCOTUS not allowing the president to dismantle a voting method used by tens of millions at the 11th hour — and also, at the same time, it absolutely is a big deal and couldn’t be taken for granted.
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Alissa Stollwerk @alissastollwerk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Shabbat shalom, a peaceful weekend, and Shana Tova! Round challahs, half with chocolate spread and sprinkles, half with apples, honey, and cinnamon, because we need all the sweetness we can get in the new year.
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Horrific though unsurprising report from @propublica.org: Ectopic pregnancy deaths have basically doubled since the end of Roe
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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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Alissa Stollwerk @alissastollwerk.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Shabbat shalom and a peaceful weekend to all.
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Gloria Steinem died with fewer rights than she had during her lifetime. That fact needs to be front and centre of every media report, every dedication, every discussion of her death.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
When I was volunteering at the COVID19 vaccine POD in 2021, people would say over and over again that they were getting vaccinated for the people they love. Last year, only 17.5% of American adults got the COVID19 vaccine. Please get one for the people you love. 💕
Photo of a brunette with a braid in her hair, standing in front of a sign that says Vaccinated with a count of 30,000. 

She is wearing glasses, a Sun Studio t-shirt, and an orange high vis vest.
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Alissa Stollwerk @alissastollwerk.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Unless you are going to start fighting for environmental rights and defending the ACLU, get “The American President” out of your mouth.
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Jason Cohen, MD @memorydoc.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Another large, well-done study showing that Covid vaccination *lowers* risk of myocarditis and death in young, healthy people. And another reminder that no scientific study can convince people who do not want to be convinced
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Alissa Stollwerk @alissastollwerk.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Shabbat shalom and a peaceful weekend and a wonderful next school year to all who are starting one.
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
A doctor friend had to retire from the NHS due to severe Long Covid Important finding: vaccination "appeared to have a dose-response protective effect," ie, the more doses received before infection, the less likely health workers were to report prolonged symptoms www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/1-4...
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1 in 4 infected UK healthcare workers developed long COVID, report shows
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Still true
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Alissa Stollwerk @alissastollwerk.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Shabbat shalom and a peaceful weekend to all.
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Alissa Stollwerk @alissastollwerk.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
This is pretty concerning for several reasons, and why you should always look at the pollster and the methods statement. But also this statement from “Median Strategies” is not sufficient. Who ran it? Was it an academic experiment that got through an IRB? The passive voice here is not acceptable.
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Alissa Stollwerk @alissastollwerk.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Shabbat shalom and a peaceful weekend to all.
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Alissa Stollwerk @alissastollwerk.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Shabbat shalom and a peaceful weekend to all. One regular challah (well, our regular), and one chocolate stuffed.
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Alissa Stollwerk @alissastollwerk.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Shabbat shalom and a peaceful weekend to all.
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Alissa Stollwerk @alissastollwerk.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Shabbat shalom and a peaceful weekend to all!
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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 18/07/2026
New: Late last night, Taylor Farms quietly posted an official recall notice We now know that the parasite-linked iceberg lettuce was shipped to Walmart & food distributors in 27 (!) states It was for some reason still being sent out up until Thursday July 16 www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...
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Parasite-Linked Lettuce Was Sent to Walmart Stores and Food Distributors in 27 States - Consumer Reports
Taylor Farms' recalled the parasite-linked lettuce it said was sent to Walmart stores, Sysco, and other food distributors in 27 states.
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Alissa Stollwerk @alissastollwerk.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Shabbat shalom and a peaceful weekend to all.
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Lisa Jarvis @lisamjarvis.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Nothing like an explosive diarrhea-causing parasite to remind us of the importance of a functional public health apparatus--and of course, the value of a robust surveillance network for pathogens. My latest for @opinion.bloomberg.com (🎁):
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Why Do We Need Explosive Diarrhea to Remind Us Public Health Matters?
This week, public health detectives in Michigan got their first big lead in the cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people in the state amid a broader national surge. Initial eviden...
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 14/07/2026
This was the point all along. To insist that everyone fits neatly into a pink or blue box, so that it's easier to justify treating the whole pink box as less deserving of rights and opportunities and dignities than the blue.
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Alissa Stollwerk @alissastollwerk.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Shabbat shalom and a peaceful weekend to all.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Today we celebrate the PDFing of "Declaration FINAL v3 USE THIS ONE - SIGNED.docx" (Jefferson's draft was heavily edited by the Committee, then again by Congress, and he was big mad about it.)
📂 Version 1.0 — June 20, 1776
File Name: Declaration_Draft_TJ_DO_NOT_EDIT.docx
Author: t_jefferson_33
Commit Message: "Initial copy-paste from my Mason_VA_Rights_Notes.txt and VA_Constitution_V2.docx scratchpads. Confine your review to grammar and typos, and do not redline, only leave comments."
Tracked Changes & Notes:
Line 14: "We hold these truths to be sacred & undeniable..."
Comment from t_jefferson_33: "Certified banger."
📂 Version 1.1 — June 24, 1776
File Name: Declaration_Draft_TJ_comments_JA_BF.docx
Editors: b_franklin_GrittyOG and JA_redsoxfan (obo Committee, w/ Sherman and Livingston)
Commit Message: "First pass by the Committee of Five. Modest style changes."
Tracked Changes & Notes:
47 revisions (redlined), three full new paragraphs
Deleted: "sacred & undeniable" * Inserted: "self-evident"
Comment from b_franklin_GrittyOG: "250 years from now, people will think you wrote that banger. You’re welcome."
📂 Version 2.0 — June 28, 1776
File Name: Declaration_Committee_Review_FINAL.docx
Author: t_jefferson_33
Commit Message: "Incorporated Ben and John's very minor edits of my excellent first draft into a clean copy. Ready for the Continental Congress to approve verbatim."
📂 Version 2.1 to 2.8 — July 2 – July 4, 1776
File Name: Declaration_CONGRESS_REVISED2_redline_NEW_v4_approved..docx
Editors: Continental_Congress Group Chat (50+ active users)
Commit Message: "Line-by-line review by committee. Light trimming, a mere 20% of the original text. Optimizing for colonial unity."
Tracked Changes & Notes:
❌ CRITICAL DELETION: 300 word imprudent diatribe against KG III for transatlantic slave trade (“waging cruel war against human nature”).
Comment from dunkin_delegate: “Jefferson wrote that? He always struck me as a smug hypocrite. #IYKYK”
Comment from SC_delegation_delegate: "I thought we agreed this issue was off the table for now. It can be amicably settled later."
❌ DELETION: Large sections complaining about the ordinary British public being "deaf to the voice of justice."
Comment from NY_delegation_hub: "Guys, let's keep the finger pointed strictly at King George. If we trash the British citizens, we ruin any chance of future trade partnerships or alliances. Keep it professional."
➕ INSERTION: Added "appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world" and "with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence" to the closing paragraph.
Comment from Middlesex_Conservative: "Marketing requested more religious claptrap to ensure maximum buy-in from the zealots."
System Notification: User t_jefferson_33 reacted 👎(39 instances).
📂 Version 3.0 (Production) — July 4, 1776 (Late Morning)
File Name: Declaration_of_Independence_FINAL_v3_USE_THIS_ONE_SIGNED.docx
Editors: john_hancock_big_font
Commit Message: "Approved. Shipped to the printers. John Hancock didn't realize his zoom level was at 200% when he signed. Committee unable to find the one intern who can resize images, shipping anyway."
System Notification: User t_jefferson_33 has left the chat.
The draft of the Declaration was revised first by Adams and Franklin, and then by the full committee. A total of 47 alterations, including the insertion of three complete paragraphs, were made to the text before it was presented to Congress on June 28. After voting for independence on July 2, Congress continued to refine the document, making 39 additional revisions to the committee draft before its final adoption on the morning of July 4.

The draft shows the multiplicity of corrections, additions and deletions that were made at each step. Although most of the alterations are in Jefferson's handwriting (Jefferson later indicated which changes he believed were made by Adams and Franklin), he felt slighted by the way Congress rewrote the manuscript. In a consoling letter of July 21, 1776, the state's senior delegate, Richard Henry Lee, wrote to Jefferson that he wished that "the manuscript had not been mangled as it is." In an 1823 letter to Madison, Jefferson wrote that, at the time, "during the debate, I was sitting by Dr. Franklin and he observed that I was writhing a little under the acrimonious criticisms" of Congress. In fact, as Congress neared completion of the document by altering nearly all of his last paragraph, Jefferson could only write in the margin "a different phraseology inserted." Jefferson remained bitter about the changes made to the Declaration of Independence right up to his death. His autobiography was a major effort to set the record straight on its writing.
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Dara Lind @daralind.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
I was trying to make this case to folks the other night. What a gift to see every team with a diasporic rooting section.
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Alissa Stollwerk @alissastollwerk.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Shabbat shalom and a peaceful weekend. More braids from the kids home from camp today.
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Alissa Stollwerk @alissastollwerk.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Shabbat shalom, a peaceful weekend, and a happy end of school year! Challahs braided by the kiddos.
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Jason Cohen, MD @memorydoc.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
"Fewer than half of Americans (49%)... can consistently afford healthcare and prescription medications when and where they need them" But tell me again how much we are spending on Iran and ICE
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Alissa Stollwerk @alissastollwerk.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Always voting.
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Alissa Stollwerk @alissastollwerk.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
I love NY, Queens Night Market edition.
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Alissa Stollwerk @alissastollwerk.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Shabbat shalom and a peaceful weekend and a congrats to all the ‘26 grads, from pre-k to PhD and every stage in between!
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Alissa Stollwerk @alissastollwerk.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Shabbat shalom and a peaceful weekend. My challahs always love pride shabbat!
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Alissa Stollwerk @alissastollwerk.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
One of my favorite nights every June - with the family at the @nyphilharmonic.bsky.social concert in Queens. (Though my kids humbly ask the next time you shorten a program for weather that you keep the Sorcerer’s Apprentice 🎶)
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Alissa Stollwerk @alissastollwerk.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
My biggest hot take right now is the games are too late. Let the kids watch. (Yes Mamdani’s presser about bedtime was adorable but also unrealistic, and I say this as a family of night owls.)
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Alissa Stollwerk @alissastollwerk.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Important reporting, even if it is sickening to read. As a mom, I had to keep stopping and starting reading it, tears in my eyes. The Trump administration and its ICE agents are torturing children and babies.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 09/06/2026
BREAKING NEWS: Wildly unpopular president met with "thunderous boos" from thousands of onlookers.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 07/06/2026
There are currently more bills attacking trans youth’s right to play sports across the U.S. than there are trans youth in school sports.
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Alissa Stollwerk @alissastollwerk.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Shabbat shalom and a peaceful weekend. (Yes, I’m at Netroots still and the husband today baked the challahs I put in the freezer on Wednesday.)
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Alissa Stollwerk @alissastollwerk.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
I’ll be at #NN26 @netrootsnation.bsky.social in Philly from Thursday afternoon to Saturday afternoon. Looking forward to seeing folks there — either at the panel I’m on Saturday or another time throughout the conference. Let me know if you’ll be there too!
Panel graphic for our panel, Turning Listening into Insight into Strategy for the Next Movement on Saturday from 11:30-12:30.
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
This heinous ruling confirms a worst-case-scenario reading of Callais as an all-purpose shield for racist lawmakers who want to gerrymander Black communities into electoral oblivion. And it’s outrageously partisan—a totally unprincipled gift to the GOP. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
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