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www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti.... For the past fifty years, Republican presidencies accounted for almost all the differences in Infant Mortality Rates between the US and the rest of the developed world; the US IMR is by far the worst in the developed world.

The politics hypothesis and racial disparities in infants’ health in the United States

We propose the politics hypothesis—i.e., the hypothesis that political forces comprise either a powerful predecessor of the social determinants of hea…

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Ellen Sandbeck @esandbeck.bsky.social · 18h

We're doing it whether or not you want to, sounds pretty r4p3y.

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Ellen Sandbeck @esandbeck.bsky.social · 18h

Welcome to the Fourth Reich. All Hail Dementia Trumpus, Emperor of the RAPE-UBLICANS.

Ellen Sandbeck @esandbeck.bsky.social · 18h

I am really sorry. I think it was my fault that the Rapture was postponed. It seems that my presence in Israel is a pre-requisite to The Rapture, and I am NEVER going to Israel.

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Ellen Sandbeck @esandbeck.bsky.social · 18h

Actually, it is an extremely efficient way of acquiring candy!

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Ellen Sandbeck @esandbeck.bsky.social · 19h

Lauren Boebert vows to pursue ‘truth about UFOs’ as she bids for re-election www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025.... What issue could possibly be more important to Boebert's voters than learning the truth about UFOs? A majority of her base has probably experienced being kidnapped by extraterrestrials.

Lauren Boebert vows to pursue ‘truth about UFOs’ as she bids for re-election

Colorado Republican congresswoman kicks off fourth term run with email to potential donors: ‘They tell us we’re crazy’

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Ellen Sandbeck @esandbeck.bsky.social · 21h

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Women in Mexico step up to protect ancient Aztec farms and save a vanishing ecosystem. More bioremediation, but not in the US.

Women in Mexico step up to protect ancient Aztec farms and save a vanishing ecosystem

In Mexico, traditionally women did not inherit chinampas, island farms first built by the Aztecs thousands of years ago.

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Ellen Sandbeck @esandbeck.bsky.social · 22h

Creatures buried in soil for over a century burst back to life in Toronto waterfront www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o.... There is hope for environmental regeneration, but unfortunately not in the US.

Creatures buried in soil for over a century burst back to life in Toronto waterfront

A project to restore coastal wetland leads to astonishing discoveries of a host of life: seeds and plant scraps, as well as water fleas, worms, larvae and plankton

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Ellen Sandbeck @esandbeck.bsky.social · 2d

Make them run and run and run.

Ellen Sandbeck @esandbeck.bsky.social · 2d

Stephen Miller's family brought him into the world, and they need to deal with him.

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Ellen Sandbeck @esandbeck.bsky.social · 2d

Oh. I assumed that prosecutor was fired because Trump is a pedophile, and she was prosecuting pedophiles.

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Ellen Sandbeck @esandbeck.bsky.social · 2d

I thought the Republican Party was all in favor of small government and letting private businesses do their thing. But now they are sticking their noses into all the smallest details of private businesses.

Ellen Sandbeck @esandbeck.bsky.social · 2d

Both my kids graduated from the University of Chicago. Chicago is my favorite city!

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Ellen Sandbeck @esandbeck.bsky.social · 2d

What about Trump's name being all over the Epstein files?

Ellen Sandbeck @esandbeck.bsky.social · 2d

I am WAY more worried about what the Trump Administration is doing with all of our data, than I am about anything the Chinese government might be doing.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

"This is supposed to be an oversight hearing" -- Schiff helpfully ticks through all of the incriminating questions -- and there are many of them -- that Bondi refused to answer during today's hearing

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