The Dutch are fully invading Dallas as we speak

A sea of orange approaches Dallas Stadium ahead of today's Netherlands vs. Japan World Cup match. ⚽ Live Updates: bit.ly/4utLNwp

Let’s go Netherlands!

In case you’ve missed it. Oranje is here! 🤩 #NothingLikeOranje #FIFAWorldCup #NEDJPN

I was at the congressional baseball game with a good number of folks in the same health policy / senior leadership crowd, I didn’t overhear ANY mention of Sec Kennedy leaving imminently.

This has been happening for years - and the rest of the US is just starting to wake up to how “unique” California’s electoral system is. When there is very little statistical similarity between early votes, day of votes, and post Election Day ballot drops, you begin to see how there are almost three different electorates. It would be interesting to see if ANY Republican at the state or federal level has done statistically better on votes that were counted after Election Day.

El Presidente Javier Milei mantuvo una reunión con el rabino Yehuda Kaploun, y con los funcionarios del Departamento de Estado de los Estados Unidos, Jacob Daniel Ashendorf y Haydee Rojas en Casa Rosada.

Forever grateful to @SecKennedy @POTUS @Scavino47 who gave OG WH45 top cover in 2017 to change the Lyme status quo. Forgotten Americans with Lyme, tickborne disease, invisible illness are now seen, believed, validated — change is here. Lyme tipping point. hhs.gov/press-room/hhs-unvei…

🚨 BREAKING: @SecKennedy announces major Trump administration actions to combat Lyme disease ⬇️ “We’re launching one of the most ambitious federal efforts ever to undertake and combat Lyme disease, accelerate research, and improve care for parents and families.”

It’s true. And, I see very little effort from the public health community to engage productively on these issues. Instead, it’s back to the shame and lecture tactics that were so “productive” during Covid.

Oh no! Another Biden appointed advisory board filled with little diversity of thought gets terminated under a new Administration! FACA members serve at the pleasure of the CURRENT Secretary - and please don’t tell me there were zero “political” considerations in their appointments when Biden was in charge. There probably isn’t a single Republican / Conservative on the current board. Please correct me if I am wrong.

Good. Advisory committee appointees sit at the discretion of the Secretary. USPSTF needs new life, and keeping around Biden era appointees who are likely pretty partisan in their own right, is detrimental to the President and Secretary’s agenda.

Yes, yes and yes!

A lot of conversation around the approval of flavored vaping products from the FDA. A couple of thoughts: 1. From a public health perspective - Smoking<Vaping<Nicotine Pouches 2. It is estimated that illegal Chinese (foreign made) vapes account for 70-85% of the U.S. Market. (And, a good number of these are flavored) 3. Vaping products fall under the Tobacco Control Act - which gives FDA authority to regulate marketing activity. 4. In a binary world, while vaping isn’t ideal for PH, it’s a better option for smokers 5. But, since we don't live in a binary world, FDA approved vaping options are infinitely better for the American consumer than illicit Chinese manufactured vaping products. 6. Additionally, the marketing controls on approved vapes are also infinitely better that the marketing seen at the strip mall vape shops who illegally source their product from China. Conclusion: Public Health isn't binary. We live in a country where cigarettes are still legal and consumers deserve regulated, safely manufactured in America, lower-risk products.