January 31, 2026 White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller posted on social media this morning:

January 31, 2026

Tell Congress: Support discharge petition to force vote on ACA tax credits Contact Congress today!

We did it on the Epstein petition, and we can do it again for healthcare:

“Embarrassing” and “horrifying”: CDC workers describe the new vaccines and autism page "The best way I can put it is it feels like we're on a hijacked airplane."

“It’s horrifying, it’s embarrassing, it’s scary, it’s heartbreaking—it’s all of those things."

@kieraevebutler.bsky.social spoke with five CDC staffers on Thursday and Friday to gauge their reactions to the announcement.

Federal budget cuts are forcing volunteers to clean national forest toilets Hiring freezes and staff shortages mean private citizens are now feeding endangered tadpoles, cleaning outhouses, and maintaining trails.

Hiring freezes and staff shortages mean private citizens are now feeding endangered tadpoles, cleaning outhouses, and maintaining trails.

From our friends at @highcountrynews.org:

Opinion | America Is Giving Up a Lifesaving Medical Breakthrough: mRNA Giving up on mRNA is a dangerous decision.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “If the United States abandons mRNA, it will not simply be forfeiting a public health advantage. It will be ceding a strategic asset,” writes Rick Bright, the former director of BARDA, a U.S. pandemic response agency.

As someone who has lived my whole adult life in cities deemed “dangerous”—NYC, NOLA, and SF—I think a lot about how dense cities require patience, calm, and tolerance in the midst of social difference, which are of course exactly the civic virtues that the right resents being told to cultivate.

Why?

Jamie Raskin is a national treasure.

100 DAYS...of lying, grifting, lawbreaking, division, incompetence, ignorance, illegal deportations, self-aggrandizement, vulgarity, self-pity, cruelty, ignoring the Supreme Court & due process while attacking: the Media, Universities, Law Firms, the Courts & Journalists.

1362 Days to go...

The U.S. capacity for health and humanitarian impact has been largely dismantled, leading to severe consequences for people abroad. Now, with the defunding of universities, the destruction will have severe consequences for people here as well.

At Meta Trial, Instagram Co-Founder Says Startup Was Denied Resources Kevin Systrom said during testimony in a landmark antitrust trial that he believed Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, viewed Instagram as a threat.

The co-founder of Instagram Kevin Systrom testified on Tuesday in a landmark federal antitrust trial that his startup was starved of resources after Meta bought it because Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive, was afraid of the success of the photo-sharing app.

Congressional delegation visits Mahmoud Khalil and Rumeysa Ozturk in Louisiana detention centers | CNN A delegation of congressional members traveled to Louisiana Tuesday to demand the release of Mahmoud Khalil and Rumeysa Ozturk and inspect conditions at the two Immigration and Customs Enforcement det...

ICE is unlawfully detaining Mahmoud Khalil and Rümeysa Öztürk over a thousand miles away from their families and communities, simply for their political advocacy.

We went to Louisiana with members of Congress to demand answers.

Proud of my family at the Madison, WI, RISE UP protest today. Time to delete DOGE and reprioritize Americans’ health, wellbeing, education, and security.