Jodie Hughes

It’s been a month since I visited my happy place and took this picture. #disneyland

Changing to Blackout Mode soon.

More like Fire. Aim. Ready.

So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID.

This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.

What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.

What Gutting USAID Means for My Young Patients in Burundi “To my patients and their mothers, I offered apologies from the American people,” writes Dr. Jennifer Furin.

This is a gut-wrenching, beautifully written essay. A doctor must watch helplessly as children die because USAID's freeze on aid has limited access to nutritional supplements. time.com/7258248/us-f...

Art at the Kennedy Center is about to be mayonnaise. Can’t wait for the Honors to go to only artists who agree to let FOTUS use their songs.

USAID Lifesaving Aid Remains Halted Despite Rubio’s Promise A new directive puts further exemptions on hold. Aid workers also say the U.S. government has made it impossible to pay partners around the world.

Even though Rubio promised life-saving aid wouldn't be interrupted, it has essentially been halted worldwide, interrupting HIV and TB treatment and threatening millions of lives. People are dying today because of these chaotic, inconsistent stop work orders. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...

No calm is instilled knowing the military is being run by a faux news anchor and transportation is being run by a road rules actor.

Me too!

I miss GMWML!! It’s been closed sooo long already.

They ejected and were rescued by a fishing boat before being taken to the hospital.

Another plane crash?!! Y’all my fear of flying may never recover from this administration.

Being great at football probably got him through schooling without needing to be great at much else.

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Arguing with a relative and when I provide reporting from Forbes or Newsweek, I’m told that is not trustworthy enough to counter a social media post that says: DOGE confirms. He wants to know how I got so blinded.

Join the Flashes for Bluesky beta Available on iOS

Let's go!!! 🚀
Here's a link to the Open Beta for Flashes (iOS-only for now)

For my first Flashes post, a photo from Casey Jr. Circus Train at Disneyland a couple weeks ago.

I hate that the main actor was such a bad human because that movie was so great and deserved a fair shot at promotion.

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It finally happened! #BeyonceAOTY

When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.

Holy Shit. The Post, OANN and Breitbart? Free Press is dead.

A tragedy like this and the SecDef is sitting there in rolled up sleeves with no jacket?!

Just had to assure a twelfth grader that it was going to be okay and that she’ll be able to get money for college from FAFSA.
But, will she? I legit don’t even know.

It's still January.

I think this was my first trip to Disneyland. Based on my size and lack of brother, this was probably late 1979 or early 1980.

Life is too short to be worried about what other people *might* think of you. For the record, people like me would be stoked to see a dinosaur shelf!

For the record, I have tried scrolling past and ignoring the posts. That doesn’t seem to give my algorithm the hint. I don’t want to block random people because they are into them.

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Bluesky, I am begging you to take me out of the algorithm that shows me close-up photos of weird looking [insert word for growing organism that people put on pizza]. I don’t like them.