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Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 6h

Alabama 284%
South Dakota 235%
North Dakota 234%

Do their Senators know?”- Sen Patty Murray.

Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 6h

“Here are the 10 states that will see the highest premium increases for families that lose tax credits if Republicans refuse to act.

West Virginia 387%
Wyoming 382%
Alaska 346%
Tennessee 320%
Mississippi 314%
Texas 289%
South Carolina 285%
#BlueSky #MedSky #NurseSky #EMSky #PedsSky #NewsSky

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Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 6h

Trump has. Hundreds of years of combined experience decimated by an absolute draft dodging imbecile. America has never been in so much danger.” R/t Lynnez

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Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 6h

The Air Force Vice Chief of Staff
The top of AF Global Strike Command
The top legal officer of the Air Force
The top legal officer of the Army
The top legal officer of the Navy
The top legal official of the CIA

Putin couldn’t do a better job at attacking America than

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Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 6h

“Trump has fired…

The Navy Chief of Staff
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
The Head of the Navy Seals
The Naval Operations Chief
The US Navy Reserve Chief
The Head of the US Cyber Command
The Head of Defense Intelligence
The Coast Guard Commandant
The Air Force Chief of Staff 1/
#BlueSky #NewsSky

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Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 19h

BREAKING: The Trump admin just said furloughed federal workers aren’t entitled to automatic back pay after the shutdown.

Trump: “Some people really don’t deserve to be taken care of.”

2 million public servants — left hanging. shorturl.at/ntrFb #BlueSky #NewsSky

Furloughed workers not guaranteed back pay after shutdown, OMB claims

Federal workers may not be entitled to back pay after the government shutdown ends, the Trump administration’s budget office wrote in a new draft memo obtained by The Washington Post, ratcheting up te...

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Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 19h

Bondi testimony in the Senate today.

AG Pam Bondi refused to answer questions on:
• Jeffrey Epstein
• Trump’s border czar
• Deadly U.S. strikes on boats from Venezuela

Combative. Defiant. Silent when it mattered most. #BlueSky #NewsSky

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Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 19h

with conspiracy theorists
⚠️ Pushed fake “vitamin cures” during outbreaks — 3 died
⚠️ Tried to add false autism warnings to Tylenol

RFK Jr.’s war on science is a public health crisis. shorturl.at/9OtSn #BlueSky #NewsSky #MedSky #SciSky #NurseSky #PedsSky #ObSky #EMSky

Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.

We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

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Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 19h

🚨 Six former U.S. Surgeons General — Republican and Democrat alike — just issued an unprecedented warning: RFK Jr. is endangering America’s health.

He’s silencing scientists, spreading vaccine lies, and wrecking public trust

As HHS chief, he’s:
⚠️ Fired vaccine experts & replaced them

Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.

We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

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Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 1d

Good news! Scientists created a super protein that blocks all #Covid variants tested — even SARS-1.

It locks onto the virus’s spike in 3 spots at once, jamming infection before it starts.
www.nature.com/articles/s42... #BlueSky #MedSky #NewsSky #SciSky #IDSky #NurseSky #EMSky #PedsSky

Development of an ultrahigh affinity, trimeric ACE2 biologic as a universal SARS-CoV-2 antagonist - Communications Biology

Structure-guided engineering of a trimeric ACE2 viral decoy reveals high affinity for spike protein, viral inhibition, and serum stability, offering a universal therapeutic strategy against SARS-CoV-2 variants and SARS-CoV-1 through symmetry-matched avidity.

www.nature.com

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Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 1d

CNN just showed what happens if Republicans let ACA subsidies expire:

$7,225 → $25,000 a year.

8.5% → 30% of your income — gone. #BlueSky #MedSky #NewsSky #NurseSky

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Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 1d

Federal agents charged and knocked down an 84-year-old Vietnam vet and his wife at a peaceful Portland protest. She got a concussion. He was using a walker.

“I never thought federal officers could behave this way,” she said. “Law and order” in Trump’s America.
#BlueSky #MedSky #NewsSky

Federal agents knock down elderly couple during Portland protest

An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.

www.oregonlive.com

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Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Burbank Airport tower went dark at 4:15 p.m. — no air traffic controllers on site due to govt shutdown. Flights now managed remotely from San Diego. #FAA #Burbank abc7.com/post/hollywo... #BlueSky #DarkSky #NewsSky

Burbank Airport air traffic control tower unmanned on Monday evening amid government shutdown

The air traffic tower at Burbank Airport is unmanned on Monday evening as air traffic controllers begin to call out in greater numbers due to the government shutdown.

abc7.com

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Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Chicago is now an “ICE-FREE ZONE.”

The mayor says federal agents are violating rights and teargassing residents.
“We will not stand for that in our city. Chicago will protect its people and its democracy.” 🇺🇸
#BlueSky #NewsSky

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Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: A senior Trump official leaked plans to deploy the 82nd Airborne — troops from Iraq & Afghanistan — to Portland.

Trump’s “law and order” now means using combat troops on U.S. soil.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... #BlueSky #NewsSky

White House official inadvertently reveals plans to send elite army unit to Portland

Anthony Salisbury displayed chat about deployment of 82nd airborne division on cell phone while in Minnesota

www.theguardian.com

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Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 1d

“A Trump invasion.” —@GovPritzker Trump is violating the Constitution by trying to militarize U.S. cities. 🇺🇸

The Posse Comitatus Act bans using troops against Americans.
Chicago and every U.S. city deserve freedom, not occupation.
#BlueSky #NewsSky

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Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Nobel Prize awarded for discovering how the immune system is kept in check.

Not to be confused with Trump’s Nobel — for discovering how to unbalance the universe. 🏆😏
shorturl.at/deuFQ #BlueSky #NewsSky #MedSky

Americans win Nobel prize in medicine for work on human immune system

Peripheral immune tolerance is one way the body helps keep the immune system from getting out of whack and attacking your own tissues instead of foreign invaders.

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Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 1d

❄️ “I was lucky to get out.”

Everest blizzard traps ~1,000 trekkers — 350+ rescued, 200+ still stranded. Survivors describe battling hypothermia & blinding snow.
#Everest #blizzard shorturl.at/dlMqP #BlueSky #NewsSky #MedSky

Mount Everest blizzard: Hikers battle hypothermia as rescue continues

At least one hiker has died and hundreds are still stranded near the mountain's eastern face.

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Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 1d

Alarming new data: Heart-related complications affect 1 in 7 pregnancies, including those with no prior heart disease.
Rising rates of obesity, hypertension, cholesterol & diabetes highlight an urgent need for better maternal heart care.
#BlueSky #MedSky #ObSky #PedsSky #NewsSky #NurseSky #EMSky

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Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 2d

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#BlueSky #MedSky #NewsSky

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Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 2d

judges” of shielding terrorism.

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Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 2d

Judge Diane Goodstein’s $1.5M beachfront home was destroyed in a massive fire. Her ex-senator husband & family were hospitalized after jumping from windows.

🔥💥 Officials suspect an explosion — sources say she’d received death threats. Yesterday, Stephen Miller accused “far-left #BlueSky #NewsSky

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Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: “What was unlawful yesterday is unlawful today.”

Trump ordered California Guard troops to Portland after a judge blocked his use of Oregon’s.
States say it’s illegal circumvention — and they’re suing.

Emergency hearing tonight before Judge Immergut. ⚖️ shorturl.at/ckDEk #BlueSky #NewsSky

Emergency motion goes before judge tonight to stop CA National Guard to Portland

U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut holds a hearing by phone at 7 p.m. Sunday.

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Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 2d

#SciSky 🧪 #NurseSky #IDSky #EMSky
#ObSky

Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 2d

New study shatters the “mild Covid for kids” myth.
🧒 6M U.S. children have long Covid.
After a 2nd infection:
⚠️ 3x risk of myocarditis
⚠️ 2x risk of blood clots
Plus pain, fatigue, headaches, irregular heartbeats & kidney damage.
Covid isn’t mild. #longcovid #BlueSky #MedSky #NewsSky #PedsSky

Study challenges notion that Covid is ‘mild’ for children

More than 6 million American children suffer from long Covid which can lead to life-threatening complications

www.independent.co.uk

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