While much of the country is focused on the spiraling measles outbreak, experts warn that whooping cough and other preventable diseases could get much worse with falling vaccination rates and Trump’s slashing of public health infrastructure.
One more #uspol: If you're in the US, calling your reps is a fantastic way to waste your enemies' time, nudge semi-allies into action, and thank your fighters. Staffers swear it matters.
5 Calls has issue backgrounders, rep-finders, and (scroll down on an issue page) call scripts for calling your reps:
Call scripts are great starters and you can always loosen up later. ONE issue per call, 1-3 calls for action.
You know what drives me nuts? Hidden password requirements for online registration.
I generate a long password using a password manager, but then: “Passwords require at least 8 characters and must contain at least one uppercase letter, one lowercase letter and one number.”
I check my password, and it meets all the stated requirements. Therefore, there's a hidden requirement that I now have to guess: usually some unsupported special character or maximum password length. What a waste of time!
This is primarily aimed at anyone thinking about sitting this one out—please don’t. If you are eligible to vote in the US presidential election on Tuesday, please vote and vote for Harris!
While I have lots of reasons to disagree with Harris, there's room to move her politically after the election. In contrast, I don't think that's possible with Trump.
Ben Werdmuller
Douglas Natelson
Erin Kissane
Sean Casten
Sam Doran
Scott Chamberlain
gRegor Morrill