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Movement Advancement Project @mapresearch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Since 2020, political attacks on LGBTQ and especially transgender people have dramatically escalated. Until now, these attacks have unfolded in legislatures, government agencies, and executive offices. But in 2026, this fight is being put to voters directly. Read more below. ⬇️ 🧵

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SLU Law Center for Health Law Studies @sluhealthlaw.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

One of our favorite weekends of the year is upon us — the #HealthLaw Scholars Workshop. Now in its 25th year, we are thrilled to induct 4 new scholars into the fold over 3 days of meaningful work & lots of opportunities for discussion and camaraderie.

Photo of the classroom set up for the workshop. A table set up with a Health Law Scholars Bingo card and the 25th anniversary mugs with pipe cleaners stuffed inside.

Graphic with the text: Congratulations 2026 Health Law Scholars and the 4 scholars and their headshots: Ximena Benavides Reverditto, Alexander L Chen, Yaron Covo, and Amy Saji

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

In Alligator Alcatraz, detainees were forced into small outdoor cages for hours at a time. In Camp East Montana, detainees report beatings from guards and denial of medical care. In Delaney Hall, detainees report unsafe drinking water and retaliatory abuse for speaking up. Unimaginable cruelty.

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Heather McCabe @profwaltermac.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

We all need to take responsibility for making this stop and changing the tide. All of us. It cannot be on trans and nonbinary folks to do this alone.

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SLU Law Center for Health Law Studies @sluhealthlaw.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

New in @healthaffairs.bsky.social Forefront! Kelly Gillespie & Heather McCabe, w/ Jennifer Oliva: "Professional Licensure After Chiles: Reconciling the First and Tenth Amendments." www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore... @kellygillespie.bsky.social @profwaltermac.bsky.social @jennoliva.bsky.social

Graphic with headshots of Jennifer Oliva, Kelly Gillespie and Heather McCabe announcing New in Health Affairs Forefront: "Professional Licensure After Chiles: Reconciling the First and Tenth Amendments. with the pull quote "Speech is free. Licensure is a privilege."

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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...

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Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects

A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it

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Heather McCabe @profwaltermac.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

This is a useful piece. Handwringing is not enough. Grateful to see people doing the work for “what’s next”. More of this is needed. Those of us in policy spaces should be actively participating.

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 12/08/2026

The outcome of this case is most likely, in my view, to turn on whether the federal judiciary has been so corrupted by Trump that it is willing to credit obviously fabricated, fake 'scientific evidence' cooked up by RFK Jr's HHS

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Akeiisa Coleman @acinthedc.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

“It’s like you’re in fight mode...The stress is high. The anxiety is high. And then all of a sudden, ‘Oh, it’s magically better.’ But then you’re trying to come down off of it … and you’re like, ‘Well, what’s going to happen the next time?’” indianacapitalchronicle.com/2026/08/04/p... #Medicaid

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'Powerless': Indiana families describe the toll of losing Medicaid access • Indiana Capital Chronicle

Indiana families describe delayed care, confusion and financial strain as Medicaid coverage lapses ripple across the state's health system.

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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Seeing the abuse Dr. Fauci is being subjected to is appalling. I've said before, but worth repeating: I've had the good fortune to be in the audience for many of his talks. I listen to a lot of scientists- he is unparalleled in his ability to explain complex topics. Also kind, decent, and genuine.

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Heather McCabe @profwaltermac.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Actual thing i just said to a colleague “if you are looking for something from a federal court that just happened yesterday, check out @chrisgeidner.bsky.social he provides links to everything he discusses.” Thank you for your work!

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APHA @apha.org · 24/07/2026

The ongoing investigation into the cyclospora outbreak is evidence of the dangers of gutting public health agencies. Unfortunately, we knew this was coming. Watch this clip from 2025 when APHA’s Georges Benjamin, MD, spoke with the @lastweektonight.com team.

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LyndaGood @lyndagood.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Children enter foster care because adults have already failed them. LGBTQ+ kids are disproportionately represented in foster care and are also more likely to experience rejection, homelessness, depression, and suicide after family rejection.

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RFK Jr. rolls back rule protecting LGBTQ+ kids in foster care from hostile parents

The Biden-era policy that would have protected queer kids in the child welfare system, advocates say.

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Heather McCabe @profwaltermac.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I hope people will read this article and truly take in the way anti-trans policies are impacting real people. This is not some academic debate.

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Heather McCabe @profwaltermac.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Good grief. I have no words that this is so predictable these days.

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Today's bonus issue of "One First" argues that one of the real unifying themes of #SCOTUS's October 2025 Term is the numerous opportunities the justices *missed* to appear to be above politics—and the (entirely unnecessary) wounds they inflicted on the Court's credibility along the way:

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Bonus 236: A Term of Self-Inflicted Wounds

The Supreme Court had numerous opportunities during OT2025 to act (and appear to be acting) above politics. One key theme of the term is how many it squandered.

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Heather McCabe @profwaltermac.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Good post on the BOJ/Hecox case.

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Heather McCabe @profwaltermac.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Information on birthright citizenship case including a link to the full decision.

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Heather McCabe @profwaltermac.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Important distinction re Title IX and Equal protection.

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Heather McCabe @profwaltermac.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

First decision impacts trans youth. We keep working. Will be reading full decision - and following for @chrisgeidner.bsky.social full analysis.

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Daniel S. Goldberg @profgoldberg.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Just for the record, I've worked on stigma, inequalities, and pain for 20 years, & the evidence is utterly overwhelming that women are vastly less likely to have their pain adequately diagnosed and treated than men. And of course WoC are less likely than white women. Etc. cc @maybell.bsky.social

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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 16/06/2026

Happy Pride! Every day for Pride 2026, I will be highlighting a Black, Brown, or Indigenous queer person, because we're not whitewashing Pride this year. Today is @angelicaross.com, an amazing actress and activist and a personal inspiration to me. Please follow her and support her work!

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

"The Court’s behavior in the Louisiana and Alabama cases over the past six weeks can’t be reconciled with or explained by any coherent understanding of what Purcell supposedly stands for. ... The overall pattern reveals justices behaving in a way that has no obvious explanation other than politics."

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231. The Death of Purcell's "Principle"

There is no coherent defense of the "Purcell principle" that can be rationalized with the Supreme Court's recent behavior in the AL and LA redistricting cases.

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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

ICE just reported the 19th death in immigration detention. Staff at Winn Correctional Center in Louisiana found 43-year-old Mamuka Artmeladze unresponsive the night of June 4. He died less than an hour later.

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ICE detainee passes away in Louisiana

Mamuka Artmeladze, a 43-year-old illegal alien from the country of Georgia, passed away in ICE custody June 4.

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

To the leadership of the American Diabetes Association: Dear Mr. Henderson and Dr. Kalyani, By now, you have probably received plenty of missives about the police action against scientists and clinicians with your own organization at your national meeting. 1/

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Heather McCabe @profwaltermac.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

I cannot explain how much joy I got from attending #HLP26. The health law profs are some of the best humans around. And the sessions are amazing! Sad it is over.

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SLU Law Center for Health Law Studies @sluhealthlaw.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Day 2 of #hlp26 is here and first up are @kellygillespie.bsky.social & @profwaltermac.bsky.social on the shared politics of bodily autonomy. This afternoon @robgatter.bsky.social presents on trends in health care financialization. And tonight #SidneyWatson will announce our 25th class of scholars!

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

#BREAKING: Over public dissents from the three Democratic appointees, #SCOTUS grants stay of district court injunction in Alabama redistricting cases, clearing the way for Alabama to use its 2023 map.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

The US is now spending more on construction for data centers than public transportation infrastructure. Data centers contribute to higher electricity costs and air pollution —all while enriching a handful of Big Tech CEOs. Is it any wonder communities are organizing to stop them?

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Heather McCabe @profwaltermac.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Again, please share. In every aspect of American history you will run smack dab into the critical contributions of Black people. It’s not Black history. It’s American history. Trying to erase it is a fool’s errand. We live it every day. time.com/5836444/blac...

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The Forgotten Black History of How Memorial Day Started

Historians like the Pulitzer Prize winner David Blight have tried to raise awareness of freed slaves who decorated soldiers' graves in 1865

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Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Kennedy v. Braidwood upheld the constitutionality of the USPSTF. There businesses argued, in part, that requiring PrEP coverage under their insurance plans promoted homosexuality & violated their 1st Amend. rights. Thus, an anti-public health argument has given us another anti-public health moment.

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Kennedy fires two leaders on preventive services task force

Kennedy will have broad latitude to remake the panel, which advises the government on types of preventive care that should be covered by health insurance.

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

#BREAKING: Full Supreme Court *grants* stays pending appeal in mifepristone case; preserves nationwide access to remote/mail dispensation of the drug. Only Justices Thomas and Alito publicly dissent.

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

"Even though we went through all of this [in 2021], the rebranding operation has gained new steam in the right-of-center commentariat world—and, as was the case in 2021–22, at the exact same time as #SCOTUS has come under sustained ... public criticism for how it is handling emergency applications."

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

11th Circuit: Congress has not authorized the mass detention of unadmitted aliens who are simply present in the country under the INA. ROSENBAUM and MARCUS, majority. LAGOA dissents. media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub...

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

#BREAKING: Justice Alito, acting as Circuit Justice, has just issued administrative stays of the Fifth Circuit's Friday ruling in the mifepristone case (so he's temporarily restored full access to mife). The stay will expire, absent further a order from Alito or #SCOTUS, at 5 p.m. ET on May 11.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

The DOJ was created to increase the capacity for federal prosecutions during Reconstruction esp. those to be brought under the newly enacted KuKlux Klan Act. Now the DOJ is being used to prosecute a storied civil rights organization whose central mission has been to expose & dismantle the Klan.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Today I turn 89. I’ve seen this country at its best and its worst, and I know how much community matters. For my birthday, I’m asking you to stand with PFLAG and support the work that’s helped so many in the LGBTQ+ community, including me. give.pflag.org/page/95493/d...

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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Breaking: HHS’s ban on gender-affirming care is struck down. Rarely have I read a ruling this sharply worded. “This case is one of a long list of examples of how a leader’s wanton disregard for the rule of law causes very real harm to very real people.” www.advocate.com/politics/nat...

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Federal judge unloads on ‘unserious’ RFK Jr., says anti-trans policy showed his ‘cruelty’

Judge Mustafa T. Kasubhai vacated the “Kennedy Declaration,” finding it unlawfully attempted to override medical standards and restrict care for transgender youth.

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Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

This is a tremendous experience with the *BEST* people! Definitely submit an application.

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Heather McCabe @profwaltermac.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Public health is best when people impacted by public health policies are at the table designing them. Lived experience matters. Community voices matter. This is a good read.

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