Marie Carlson, MD, MPH
@onedoctormama.bsky.social
Mama, doctor, wife, daughter, Eastern bluebird landlord. Ten year AML and BMT survivor. Proud VA physician, but posts are mine.
In case people shrug, because they think cuts to VA don’t directly affect them…
The VA does more than care for veterans. 70% of US doctors train in one. VAs also perform research—creating the pacemaker, Hep C cure, shingles vaccine, just to name a few. Civilians were cared for during the COVID pandemic. Whatever you feel about vets or war, the loss of the VA affects all of us.
December 14, 2025 at 1:12 AM
In case people shrug, because they think cuts to VA don’t directly affect them…
It is outrageous but it is not new. This has been the Republicans plan at least since John McCain ran for president.
This is outrageous. It is abundantly clear that Republicans and the Trump administration want to strangle the VA until it all get privatized.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
December 13, 2025 at 10:06 PM
It is outrageous but it is not new. This has been the Republicans plan at least since John McCain ran for president.
Yay, NC State futbol!
Wolfpack heading to College Cup final after 2-1 win over Saint Louis
It is the first time the Wolfpack have reached the College Cup final.
www.wral.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Yay, NC State futbol!
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This is a death spiral for the #VA. Those already working there will face #burnout trying to do 3 people's jobs and leave for the hundreds (for #doctors) and thousands (for #nurses) of other jobs out there in their specialties.
Veterans earned a strong, fully staffed VA, not a slow dismantling justified by denying care needs that are plainly real.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
VA plans to abruptly eliminate tens of thousands of health care jobs
Strains on the Veterans Affairs system could grow with the elimination of as many as 35,000 mostly unfilled health care positions, including doctors and nurses.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Cruise-ship stowaway owls set for US return after living it up at Spanish resort
Cruise-ship stowaway owls set for US return after living it up at Spanish resort
Burrowing owls, who boarded cruise ship in Miami, to be returned to US next month after long spell in quarantine
Two burrowing owls stowed away on a cruise ship out of Miami, and are now living the high life at a Spanish resort before returning to the US next month.
Biologists from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) said the mating pair boarded Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas before the vessel’s transatlantic crossing to Cartagena in southern Spain in February. The tiny owls, a threatened species in Florida, usually prefer more rural landscapes, and may have been spooked by all the concrete around the Port of Miami, they say. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Cruise-ship stowaway owls set for US return after living it up at Spanish resort
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Reposted by Marie Carlson, MD, MPH
Peanuts and the Quiet Pain of Childhood — how Charles M. Schulz made an art of difficult emotions www.themarginalian.org/2015/01/20/c...
Peanuts and the Quiet Pain of Childhood: How Charles M. Schulz Made an Art of Difficult Emotions
“[Charlie Brown] reminded people, as no other cartoon character had, of what it was to be vulnerable, to be small and alone in the universe, to be human — both little and big at the sam…
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November 30, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Peanuts and the Quiet Pain of Childhood — how Charles M. Schulz made an art of difficult emotions www.themarginalian.org/2015/01/20/c...
I don’t think this will work the way the White House thinks it will but I’m not going to tell them.
November 29, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I don’t think this will work the way the White House thinks it will but I’m not going to tell them.
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📽️ WATCH: Our reporting has shown that recent policy changes at the VA are having an impact on working conditions and on patient care, but we need your help to understand the full picture.
If you recently left the VA, here’s how you can reach us:
https://propub.li/4oz9bWL
If you recently left the VA, here’s how you can reach us:
https://propub.li/4oz9bWL
November 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
📽️ WATCH: Our reporting has shown that recent policy changes at the VA are having an impact on working conditions and on patient care, but we need your help to understand the full picture.
If you recently left the VA, here’s how you can reach us:
https://propub.li/4oz9bWL
If you recently left the VA, here’s how you can reach us:
https://propub.li/4oz9bWL
"He was actually granted asylum under the Trump administration ... This does raise the question whether the administration is focusing enough on terrorism threats versus civil immigration enforcement."
November 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
"He was actually granted asylum under the Trump administration ... This does raise the question whether the administration is focusing enough on terrorism threats versus civil immigration enforcement."
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Sen. Mark Kelly to Stephen Miller: “I got shot at serving our country in combat, and I was there when your boss sent a violent mob to attack the Capitol. I know the difference between defending our Constitution and an insurrection, even if you don’t.”
#ResistTrump
#ResistTrump
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Sen. Mark Kelly to Stephen Miller: “I got shot at serving our country in combat, and I was there when your boss sent a violent mob to attack the Capitol. I know the difference between defending our Constitution and an insurrection, even if you don’t.”
#ResistTrump
#ResistTrump
Never thought I’d repost something originating from a Trump post, but here I go
He literally tweeted this out.
“SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
This plaque is displayed at West Point. It’s the law. Not sedition.
“SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
This plaque is displayed at West Point. It’s the law. Not sedition.
November 24, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Never thought I’d repost something originating from a Trump post, but here I go
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This was stunning. In a good way. Mamdani is a freaking miracle worker.
Trump and Zohran Mamdani seemed to put aside their differences in a remarkable scene at the White House today, saying they looked forward to working together. At one point, Trump said "we agree on a lot more than I would have thought. I want him to do a great job, and we'll help him do a great job."
Trump praises Mamdani after White House meeting: "I want him to do a great job"
President Trump and incoming New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said they looked forward to working together in a remarkable scene at the White House.
www.cbsnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:46 PM
This was stunning. In a good way. Mamdani is a freaking miracle worker.
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Reposted by Marie Carlson, MD, MPH
That part!
According to Fox News, if you are a racist Young Republican you are still a "kid" when you are 34, but if you are an Epstein victim, you are an adult when you're 15.
November 15, 2025 at 6:58 PM
That part!
Today and every day
November 11, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Today and every day
One of my favorite Nick Cave responses.
Nick Cave's lovely antidote to our existential helplessness www.themarginalian.org/2022/12/29/n...
Nick Cave on the Antidote to Our Existential Helplessness
Stepping up to the subtle gestures that can redeem a day, or a life.
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November 9, 2025 at 3:53 AM
One of my favorite Nick Cave responses.
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Reposted by Marie Carlson, MD, MPH
NEW: North Carolina Republicans have, yet again, gerrymandered the state’s congressional districts. This time, it comes at the cost of the state’s Black voters. But there remains a path to defeating the measure, and it starts at the state’s highest court.
Only North Carolina Voters Can Stop the GOP Gerrymander
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
NEW: North Carolina Republicans have, yet again, gerrymandered the state’s congressional districts. This time, it comes at the cost of the state’s Black voters. But there remains a path to defeating the measure, and it starts at the state’s highest court.
Apparently NC Republican legislators are so busy taking away Democratic voters rights, they can’t be bothered to govern. Sound familiar?
More than 100 days after the deadline, North Carolina still has not passed a budget
After being unable to pass a budget by the July 1 deadline, the North Carolina General Assembly has passed two mini budgets designed to provide funding for specific programs.
dailytarheel.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Apparently NC Republican legislators are so busy taking away Democratic voters rights, they can’t be bothered to govern. Sound familiar?
Indeed. NC has always been one-sided (dominated by wherever Black citizens did NOT congregate) My father switched parties just to be able to have a voice in the primaries, where the candidates went on to win…so I wonder if NC democrats and left leaning independents should do the same?
‘Racist Maps Make Racist Reps’: North Carolina Advances GOP’s Latest Gerrymander
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Indeed. NC has always been one-sided (dominated by wherever Black citizens did NOT congregate) My father switched parties just to be able to have a voice in the primaries, where the candidates went on to win…so I wonder if NC democrats and left leaning independents should do the same?