Mary Brandt, MD, MDiv
@drmlb.bsky.social
Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Surgery, Pediatrics, and Medical Ethics at Baylor College of Medicine. Pediatric surgeon, theologian, healer of healers, and maker of good trouble.
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I've cared for a child who required general anesthesia for over a month for tetanus, treated near fatal infections in several children after chicken pox, and watched a kid (who asked for the COVID shot) die after their parents refused to let them be immunized. Lifetimes lost to preventable diseases.
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Nuclear defense is why we built a base on Greenland in 1951. We had this idea 75 years ago. The base has been there since then. You don’t have to invade a country where you already have everything. Invasion just destroys what you have and much else besides.
January 17, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Nuclear defense is why we built a base on Greenland in 1951. We had this idea 75 years ago. The base has been there since then. You don’t have to invade a country where you already have everything. Invasion just destroys what you have and much else besides.
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ICE has kidnapped so many people from their cars that the city had to put out this statement. Let that sink in.
Vehicles that are abandoned due to an ICE detention and towed to the City's impound lot will be released to their owners or a representative at no cost.
Learn more: https://www.minneapolismn.gov/getting-around/parking-driving/impound-lot/#d.en.200746
Learn more: https://www.minneapolismn.gov/getting-around/parking-driving/impound-lot/#d.en.200746
January 16, 2026 at 11:42 PM
ICE has kidnapped so many people from their cars that the city had to put out this statement. Let that sink in.
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Not a good strategy, friend…. (But thank you for everything else!)
January 17, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Not a good strategy, friend…. (But thank you for everything else!)
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Easily the most cringe-inducing moment of the week.
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January 16, 2026 at 7:29 AM
Easily the most cringe-inducing moment of the week.
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As you already well know by now, it's all lies.
Every single thing anyone in this entire administration says is a lie.
All of it.
Every time.
Every single thing anyone in this entire administration says is a lie.
All of it.
Every time.
January 16, 2026 at 9:30 PM
As you already well know by now, it's all lies.
Every single thing anyone in this entire administration says is a lie.
All of it.
Every time.
Every single thing anyone in this entire administration says is a lie.
All of it.
Every time.
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WATCH: “How many people with domestic violence convictions are running around, with guns, in our cities, terrorizing people?”
Journalist @laurajedeed.bsky.social was hired as an ICE officer after a 6 minute interview, despite not having completed a background check.
Journalist @laurajedeed.bsky.social was hired as an ICE officer after a 6 minute interview, despite not having completed a background check.
January 17, 2026 at 12:10 AM
WATCH: “How many people with domestic violence convictions are running around, with guns, in our cities, terrorizing people?”
Journalist @laurajedeed.bsky.social was hired as an ICE officer after a 6 minute interview, despite not having completed a background check.
Journalist @laurajedeed.bsky.social was hired as an ICE officer after a 6 minute interview, despite not having completed a background check.
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every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
January 16, 2026 at 9:24 PM
every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
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Investigate and prosecute political opponents, sell pardons to your rich friends so they can commit crimes with impunity. Authoritarianism isn’t coming, it’s here, whether people realize it or not.
January 16, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Investigate and prosecute political opponents, sell pardons to your rich friends so they can commit crimes with impunity. Authoritarianism isn’t coming, it’s here, whether people realize it or not.
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This is chilling and must be heard to believe. And the fact that this is where we are says everything.
January 16, 2026 at 2:33 AM
This is chilling and must be heard to believe. And the fact that this is where we are says everything.
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January 16, 2026 at 8:12 PM
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"Amanda reported on tactical fashion. It is harder to pull your hair if it is in a neat mom bun. Light layers keep you prepared to flee. She’ll find out where the soccer coaches get their whistles."
Wine Mom Gang Meeting Minutes
“What we are seeing across the country as organized gangs of wine moms use Antifa tactics to harass and impede Immigration and Customs Enforcement ...
buff.ly
January 16, 2026 at 7:42 PM
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Renee Good had a pulse when EMS arrived. I’m not sure it would have made a difference if ICE had let that civilian physician render aid before EMS arrived, but now we will never know. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
January 16, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Renee Good had a pulse when EMS arrived. I’m not sure it would have made a difference if ICE had let that civilian physician render aid before EMS arrived, but now we will never know. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
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damn -- CNN put together a video of Kristi Noem claiming ICE officers are "highly trained and skilled" and "gifted" alongside to a clip of them beating someone nearly to death in Minneapolis
January 16, 2026 at 4:18 PM
damn -- CNN put together a video of Kristi Noem claiming ICE officers are "highly trained and skilled" and "gifted" alongside to a clip of them beating someone nearly to death in Minneapolis
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After lying about this baby they gassed and almost killed in their own neighborhood, DHS deleted their post
After lying about this baby they gassed and almost killed in their own neighborhood, DHS deleted their post
January 16, 2026 at 7:17 PM
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After lying about this baby they gassed and almost killed in their own neighborhood, DHS deleted their post
After lying about this baby they gassed and almost killed in their own neighborhood, DHS deleted their post
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KIMMEL: “I’ll give Trump all these awards I won in exchange for leaving the people of Minneapolis alone.”
January 16, 2026 at 7:27 PM
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OPINION by @nbedera.bsky.social:
“ICE Watch does not spur violence; it reduces it.”
READ MORE:
www.ms.now/opinion/minn...
“ICE Watch does not spur violence; it reduces it.”
READ MORE:
www.ms.now/opinion/minn...
Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.
Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.
www.ms.now
January 16, 2026 at 7:25 PM
OPINION by @nbedera.bsky.social:
“ICE Watch does not spur violence; it reduces it.”
READ MORE:
www.ms.now/opinion/minn...
“ICE Watch does not spur violence; it reduces it.”
READ MORE:
www.ms.now/opinion/minn...
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January 16, 2026 at 1:15 PM
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Our first contingent of Defense forces arriving in Greenland. It feels like home!
Looking forward to be joined by Germany, Sweden, France & Norway soon. Flippers up!
@ec.europa.eu @germany.diplo.de @swedenun.bsky.social
@norwayinusa.norway.no @norwaymfa.government.no
@ecfr.eu
@en.france24.com
Looking forward to be joined by Germany, Sweden, France & Norway soon. Flippers up!
@ec.europa.eu @germany.diplo.de @swedenun.bsky.social
@norwayinusa.norway.no @norwaymfa.government.no
@ecfr.eu
@en.france24.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:36 AM
Our first contingent of Defense forces arriving in Greenland. It feels like home!
Looking forward to be joined by Germany, Sweden, France & Norway soon. Flippers up!
@ec.europa.eu @germany.diplo.de @swedenun.bsky.social
@norwayinusa.norway.no @norwaymfa.government.no
@ecfr.eu
@en.france24.com
Looking forward to be joined by Germany, Sweden, France & Norway soon. Flippers up!
@ec.europa.eu @germany.diplo.de @swedenun.bsky.social
@norwayinusa.norway.no @norwaymfa.government.no
@ecfr.eu
@en.france24.com
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Reports of Heard Island teenagers performing a viral move being called “ICE defeats Ice”.
Masks do soften the blow to the head and conceal tears, so teens should weigh the pros and cons of this.
Masks do soften the blow to the head and conceal tears, so teens should weigh the pros and cons of this.
January 15, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Reports of Heard Island teenagers performing a viral move being called “ICE defeats Ice”.
Masks do soften the blow to the head and conceal tears, so teens should weigh the pros and cons of this.
Masks do soften the blow to the head and conceal tears, so teens should weigh the pros and cons of this.
14 months old.
14 January 1942 | German Sinti girl Hildegard Widic was born in Elberfeld.
In #Zigeunerlager (Gypsy camp) in #Auschwitz II-Birkenau from 9 March 1943.
No. Z-1925
She perished in the camp on April 12, 1943.
In #Zigeunerlager (Gypsy camp) in #Auschwitz II-Birkenau from 9 March 1943.
No. Z-1925
She perished in the camp on April 12, 1943.
"On Auschwitz" (7): the fate of Roma and Sinti in Auschwitz
YouTube video by Auschwitz Memorial / Miejsce Pamięci Auschwitz
youtu.be
January 16, 2026 at 3:22 AM
14 months old.
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This is why I roll my eyes at the cancelling elections hysteria. If all the red states do it because he said to, and all the blue states hold elections as usual, we just pick up blue seats. 🤷🏻♀️
January 16, 2026 at 3:21 AM
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16 January 1938 | Dutch Jewish boy Salomon Harschel was born in The Hague.
In October 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after selection. His mother, Engeltje Harschel-Barendse, was with him.
In October 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after selection. His mother, Engeltje Harschel-Barendse, was with him.
January 16, 2026 at 12:00 AM
16 January 1938 | Dutch Jewish boy Salomon Harschel was born in The Hague.
In October 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after selection. His mother, Engeltje Harschel-Barendse, was with him.
In October 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after selection. His mother, Engeltje Harschel-Barendse, was with him.
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BREAKING: Medical examiner says death of ICE detainee was a HOMICIDE - a witness says he was choked to death by GUARDS. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says
A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at the ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:36 AM
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