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On the subject of a rent freeze: Earlier this year, Zohran Mamdani was asked whether he personally needs one. Here's his reply. nyeditorialboard.substack.com/p/zohran-mamda…

New Jersey Rep. Mikie Sherrill has announced she is seeking the 2025 Democratic nomination for governor of New Jersey, becoming the 6th major candidate to enter the race. A former Navy pilot, Sherrill has served in the House of Representatives since 2019. youtu.be/Z1sQXEu5tkE?fe…

I’m excited by the news that the President-Elect will appoint @RobertKennedyJr to @HHSGov. He helped us defeat vaccine mandates in Colorado in 2019 and will help make America healthy again by shaking up HHS and FDA. I hope he leans into personal choice on vaccines rather than bans (which I think are terrible, just like mandates) but what I’m most optimistic about is taking on big pharma and the corporate ag oligopoly to improve our health. Before you mock him or disagree, I want to share with you some quotes that if he follows through show why I’m excited: “Level the playing field for Americans internationally on drug costs…cap drug prices so that companies can’t charge Americans substantially more than Europeans pay." YES! Colorado currently has an application just SITTING at FDA for us to import low-cost prescription drugs from Canada and we just need their approval. "In some categories, there are entire departments, like the nutrition department at the FDA that are – that have to go, that are not doing their job, they're not protecting our kids," YES! The entire nutrition regime is dominated by big corporate ag rather than human health and they do more harm than good “We’ve got to get off of pesticide-intensive agriculture.” YES! We have tried unsuccessfully to better protect people and pollinators from harmful pesticides here in Colorado and we need all the help we can get to take on big chemical companies and improve human health and the environment! For our pollinators and our people! 🦋 He will face strong special interest opposition on these, but I look forward to partnering with him to truly make America healthy again and I hope that we can finally make progress on these important issues.

Re my thoughts on @RobertKennedyJr, Science must remain THE cornerstone of our nation’s health policy and the science-backed decision to get vaccinated improves public health and safety. But if as a country we follow the science we would also be far more concerned about the impact of pesticides on public health, ag policy on nutrition, and the lack of access to prescription drugs due to drug high prices. This is why I am for a major shake-up in institutions like the FDA that have been barriers to lowering drug costs and promoting healthy food choices. Lest there by any doubt, I am vaccinated as is my family. I will hold any HHS Secretary to the same high standard of protecting and improving public health.

New: I interviewed John Fetterman about why Trump won Pennsylvania, where he thinks he can work with Trump, the problem with Democrats calling Trump a fascist and more. politico.com/news/2024/11/1…

NEW: as @wmataGM makes the case for more dedicated funding for Metro - like a sales tax - strong pushback from leaders in Va about that concept. Va Transportation Secretary Sheppard Miller tells @nbcwashington #wmata needs to be more efficient with the money it already receives