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Mary Brandt, MD, MDiv

@drmlb.bsky.social

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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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Mary Brandt, MD, MDiv @drmlb.bsky.social · Sep 3

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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Hildemar von Regensburg @i-am-hildemar.bsky.social · 5h

Honestly, you had me in the first ten seconds, but oh no, we HAD to throw in the ukeleles! 🤣

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The Spirit of Lorenzo the Cat @lorenzothecat.bsky.social · 4h

Publix grocery stores in Florida announced that they will now allow patrons to open-carry firearms while shopping. Local cat says it will no longer shop there. Big hiss Publix.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4h

All to cover up the Epstein files.

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Julianne Wingate @julieannewingate.bsky.social · 1d

Let us try this.

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James Martin, SJ @jamesmartinsj.bsky.social · 8h

Dear friends: "Dilexi te" is Pope Leo's rich meditation on the call from both Jesus and the church over the ages to love and care for the poor. It's an invitation to prayer and action. Take time and read it for yourself and bring it to prayer. www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

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Cathy Gellis @cathygellis.bsky.social · 15h

Also inclined to think it will make his executive privilege claims much weaker.

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 17h

Apart from helping Comey's selective prosecution defense, this also means the president of the United States uses direct messages on Truth Social to communicate with cabinet officials.

I didn't know that, but we can be sure intelligence agencies all over the planet already did.

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Mary Brandt, MD, MDiv @drmlb.bsky.social · 5h

I'm a Texan and I approve this message.

Sparky MD/PhD @neurospark.bsky.social · 1d

Illinois needs to divest from any Texas investment. No companies. No shares. Red divest.

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Mary Brandt, MD, MDiv @drmlb.bsky.social · 5h

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 7h

If I wanted to watch Nazi propaganda during a sporting event, I would watch the 1936 Olympics…
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Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA Sets ‘All American Halftime Show’ in Protest of Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Performance

Charlie Kirk's Turning Point USA announced the 'All American Halftime Show,' a Super Bowl alternative in protest of headliner Bad Bunny.

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Diana Butler Bass @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social · 5h

There are two stories of pastors making the rounds today.

If you think the first is Christ-like, you probably failed Sunday School. And the second? Well, it speaks for itself.

WWJD? It ain't hard to figure it out.

A Tale of Two Pastors
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A Tale of Two Pastors

WWJD?

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Mary Brandt, MD, MDiv @drmlb.bsky.social · 5h

Somedays you have to consider several entries, but this one unequivocally wins Bluesky today!

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 7h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 6h

Thou shalt not shoot pastors in the head with smoke bombs. I shouldn’t have to say this.

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Mary Brandt, MD, MDiv @drmlb.bsky.social · 5h

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James Martin, SJ @jamesmartinsj.bsky.social · 17h

Pope Leo XIV: "I often wonder, even though the teaching of Sacred Scripture is so clear about the poor, why many people continue to think that they can safely disregard the poor."

"Dilexi te"

Mary Brandt, MD, MDiv @drmlb.bsky.social · 5h

Libraries (and librarians) will save us...

DC Public Library @dcpubliclibrary.bsky.social · 9h

The federal government may be closed, but DC Public Library is open, holding down the fort, as always. 💪🏽

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Mary Brandt, MD, MDiv @drmlb.bsky.social · 7h

"Humor is brave. It shows fearlessness. Anger shows that they have gotten to you. Humor shows they have not. There is no quicker way to break down fear than laughter."

A Chicken Crosses a Portland Street

To show who the real chicken is...

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Alan Fossler @alanfossler.bsky.social · 1d

Metro to remove pride crosswalk after Abbott threatens to withhold funding from Texas cities www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/tex...

Metro to remove pride crosswalk after Abbott threatens to withhold funding

He threatened to withhold road funding from cities and counties if they do not remove “political ideologies” from their streets.

www.houstonchronicle.com

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 11h

If she has a baby in her placenta, she has bigger problems.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

RFK Jr: "Somebody showed me a TikTok video of a pregnant woman at 8 months pregnant -- she's an associate professor at the Columbia Medical School -- and she is saying 'F Trump' and gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta. The level of Trump Derangement Syndrome is now a pathology."

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 17h

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Michelle 🪷🇲🇽🇺🇸🌵 @chicana74.bsky.social · 1d

This headline 🤣🤣🤣

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 11h

It's happening.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 16h

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Rick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social · 1d

"Cliff Notes Fascism" is a good one.

Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 2d

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.