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Elizabeth @bigsurnexus.bsky.social · 4d

It works!

Ruth Ann Crystal @drruth.bsky.social · 4d

The HPV vaccine is doing what had been promised.
17 years after it became available, HPV infections decreased significantly in vaccinated people and unvaccinated people because of herd immunity. buff.ly/WvjQ1BS

h/t @boghuma.bsky.social

#medsky #pedsky 🛟🧪

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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 4d

the people who told us to calm down because Roe was settled law are the same people now telling us to calm down because the military would never open fire on Americans

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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 4d

If Congress doesn’t act quickly to permanently extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits, health insurance premiums will more than DOUBLE for 22 million people.

Fund the government.
Fix the health care crisis.
Put working people first.

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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 4d

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 8d

The government is officially shut down. Make no mistake: Republicans control the House, the Senate, and the White House. This is THEIR shutdown. They had every tool to govern and chose chaos instead. The American people are the ones paying the price.

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JB Pritzker @jbpritzker.bsky.social · 8d

Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans just shut down the government to push their extreme agenda. They’d rather strip Medicaid, eliminate SNAP benefits, and close rural hospitals than keep our government open.

It’s appalling.

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Kamala Harris @kamalaharris.com · 8d

President Trump and Congressional Republicans just shut down the government because they refused to stop your health care costs from rising.

Let me be clear: Republicans are in charge of the White House, House, and Senate. This is their shutdown.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 8d

If you heard the leader of another nation threatening to unleash the military against his perceived political enemies, what would you call it?

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 8d

I’m still processing what happened this morning.

Is it now the administration’s position that the U.S. military does not observe or adhere to the laws of war?

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 8d

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 8d

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

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Elizabeth @bigsurnexus.bsky.social · 8d

Science & medicine are hard.
To become a physician or researcher takes years of study & dedication.

This author deserves respect.

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Study Author on Acetaminophen Use in Pregnancy

This Medical News article is an interview with epidemiologist Brian Lee, PhD, about his study on acetaminophen use during pregnancy and children’s risk of autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders...

jamanetwork.com

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 8d

Just to note. January 23, 2019 there was a vote to reopen government (HJ RES 28, roll call vote 46) when the govt had been shut down for 30 days.

Mike Johnson voted “no” on that.

They didn’t seem to mind shutdowns then

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8d

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

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Elizabeth @bigsurnexus.bsky.social · 8d

Vaccines save lives.
Maybe yours?
Or your child’s?
Or grandchild’s?

Voices for Vaccines @voices4vaccines.bsky.social · 8d

"As fewer children get their flu shots, cases of a rare, severe complication are rising."

We don't have to repeat that this fall & winter. www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

More kids with the flu are getting severely ill or dying as vaccine rates fall, CDC reports

As fewer children get their flu shots, cases of a rare, severe complication are rising. Last season, the U.S. experienced the highest number of pediatric flu deaths in 15 years.

www.nbcnews.com

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 8d

While Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth are puffing themselves up in front of the U.S. military leaders at Quantico, I would like to remind everyone of an important historical detail: “I was only following orders” was rejected as a defense at the Nuremberg Trials.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

Pritzker: "People of Illinois, we need your help. Get our your cell phones, record and narrate what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know that this is happening and that we won't stand for it."

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 9d

The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. Except it doesn’t bend on its own—it bends because we pull it in the direction of justice. What keeps me hopeful during times like these is being surrounded by people who are doing just that.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 9d

The reason we're rounding up grandmothers and shoving them onto concrete floors for months at a time with no habeas corpus is in part because soft human trafficking is an incredibly lucrative business for some people in this administration.

How Tom Homan wound up ensnared in an FBI contracts-for-cash sting

A former associate of Trump’s border czar allegedly proposed a $1 million scheme last year that put FBI agents on Homan's trail.

www.msnbc.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14d

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10d

Kristi Noem: How DARE you accuse our glorious ICE agents of racial profiling.

Head of the Chicago raids: We are stopping people based on “how they look, how do they look compared to, say,” a tall, middle aged white guy.

Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 10d

In which a top US Border Patrol official, incredibly, tells my tall and Anglo colleague @chipmitchell1.bsky.social that he's not the type they're looking for as they go about downtown Chicago arresting people based on "how they look"

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Feds in military gear flood downtown Chicago; top border official says arrests based on 'how they look'

The immigration agents were spotted making arrests in downtown Chicago and River North neighborhood early Sunday.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Thanh Neville, MD, MSHS @thanhneville.medsky.social · 12d

Yes, it's a good thing that DHS is condemning this ICE officer, but let's realize this only happened because 1) the video went viral and 2) the ICE agent was unmasked.

We need to hold them accountable to actions like this everyday.

Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 12d

BREAKING: The ICE officer who shoved an Ecuadorian woman to the floor at a Manhattan immigration courthouse has been “relieved of duties” and is under investigation, DHS says.

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Elizabeth @bigsurnexus.bsky.social · 12d

“we…will not live on our knees, and you shouldn’t either…. fear is the tool of a tyrant, …but I’m not afraid, and I hope you’re not either. I hope instead you are engaged, you are paying attention, and you will vote like your beloved country depends upon it, which it does.”
-James Comey

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 13d

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 14d

Congratulations to @jimmykimmel.com on his triumphant return!
Last night he was pitch-perfect. Inspirational, self-reflective, gracious to his haters, championing the 1st Amendment & most importantly: FUNNY.

(Shout-out to Robert DeNiro as the mob-boss head of the FCC)😆

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