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Nathan Chomilo, MD FAAP FACP

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Nathan Chomilo, MD FAAP FACP @chomilomd.bsky.social · Jan 27

Are we more committed to convenience than diversity?

Target has made that bet.

Are we more committed to convenience than equity?

Starbucks thinks so.

Are we more committed to convenience than inclusion?

That's Walmart's take.

www.ibtimes.co.uk/target-dei-i...

Target DEI Initiatives Axed: Joins Meta, Amazon and More

Several major companies, including Target, Walmart, and Meta, have significantly scaled back or eliminated their DEI programs in 2025.

www.ibtimes.co.uk

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Nathan Chomilo, MD FAAP FACP @chomilomd.bsky.social · 1h

Would love to hear what they came up with! We'll be talking about exactly that this Friday on an @urbaninstitute.bsky.social webinar🙌🏾

georgetown.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 10d

For those who were directly targeted by Charlie Kirk’s rhetoric, bipartisan tributes to him as a champion of free speech signal the mainstreaming of formerly extremist views, Nikole Hannah-Jones writes in an essay for The New York Times Magazine.

What the Public Memory of Charlie Kirk Revealed

www.nytimes.com

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 8d

I know we're desensitized, but it's important to note, again, that today's events would have led to the immediate impeachment & removal of any president from at least Truman to at least Obama. We're hundreds of miles on the interstate past Richard Nixon's high school prank-level crimes compared to 👇

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Trump wraps up a speech to military leaders that represented a major escalation of his effort to weaponize the armed forces into a tool he can use to violently quash domestic dissent. Hard to imagine how anyone with a shred of dignity can keep serving after this, which of course is the point.

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Teen Vogue @teenvogue.com · 8d

Earlier this month, U.S. House candidate @katmabu.bsky.social, 26, was involved in a confrontation at an ICE rally that went viral.

“If they are willing to do this to a congressional candidate in front of a bunch of press, imagine what they're doing behind boarded-up windows.”

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Inside Gen Z Candidate Kat Abughazaleh's Viral ICE Rally Tear-Gassing: "Fascism 101"

“If they are willing to do this to a congressional candidate in front of a bunch of press, imagine what they're doing behind boarded-up windows.”

www.teenvogue.com

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Nathan Chomilo, MD FAAP FACP @chomilomd.bsky.social · 9d

#AAP2025 #NotAnotherChild
#DedicatedToTheHealthOfAllChildren

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 12d

Expect any non-citizen (for now) in any position of power to be harassed and abused on pretext by the secret police.

Laura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 12d

Breaking news from Des Moines: ICE has detained Dr. Ian Roberts, the superintendent of Iowa's largest school district.
The Des Moines Public Schools said "We have no confirmed information as to why Dr. Roberts is being detained or the next potential steps."
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/09/26/i...

ICE detains Des Moines Superintendent Dr. Ian Roberts

Iowa's largest school district had "no confirmed information" on why ICE detained Dr. Ian Roberts, the superintendent since 2023.

www.bleedingheartland.com

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 13d

This is the official communication from the FDA to physicians on acetaminophen use in pregnancy.
- They acknowledge the lack of a causal link with autism
- Essentially tell physicians to keep doing what we've been doing anyway
It's very different from the press conference.
Pass it on.

Official communication from FDA to physicians on acetaminophen use in pregnancy acknowledges there is no causal link between its use in pregnancy and autism. Also states clearly that this is the safest over the counter treatment for fever and pain in pregnancy. It is very different from what was communicated at the press conference.

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Nathan Chomilo, MD FAAP FACP @chomilomd.bsky.social · 13d

Biden ran to "Save the Soul of the Nation"

Instead he:
Restored broken norms rather than lead a healing transformation

Lied about his health & held onto power instead of fostering healthy debate/transition

Enabled a genocide

Enabled Trump 2.0

Strong argument for one of the worst Presidents ever

Kaitlin Is Just Getting Started @gothamgirlblue.com · 13d

The most telling statistic I have ever hear is that poverty decreased during the pandemic heights because we were just doing direct payments. We basically had a national UBI pilot and ditched it because Biden wanted to restore status quo ante instead of leading a 21st century New Deal transformation

Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 13d

At some point people need to learn that the poverty rate is mostly about the safety net or lack thereof and not the economy. The economy was doing historically well, real wages rising for the first time in decades, etc. And poverty rose because pandemic safety policies expired.

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Nathan Chomilo, MD FAAP FACP @chomilomd.bsky.social · 14d

I am weary.

I hold on to hope.

I just wish we had leaders that actually inspired it.

www.startribune.com/readers-writ...

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University of Minnesota Center for Bioethics @umnbioethics.bsky.social · 15d

Mark your calendars! Ethics Grand Rounds, “Public Perceptions of Health Equity and How Communication Can Shape Understanding and Action” featuring @sarahgollust.bsky.social, PhD.

🗓️: Friday, Oct. 3, 2025
⏱️: 12-1 p.m. (CDT)

Register Now! It’s free: z.umn.edu/ap9m

Ethics Grand Rounds webinar featuring speaker Sarah Gollust, PhD, on Friday, Oct. 3 from 12-1 p.m. CDT.

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Rev. Angela Denker @angeladenker.bsky.social · 25d

Hours after Charlie Kirk was shot, I emailed my editors at a major American newspaper a potential column focused on the role of Christian Nationalism + radicalization of young white Christian men.

They killed it. This is what they published instead.

The last line: The Show Must Go On.

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Rev. Angela Denker @angeladenker.bsky.social · 14d

The @startribune.com said they were ending my contract after a year. But, weeks after a year had passed since I signed in August 2024, I received these messages from my editor.

So what was the real reason for firing me?

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Nathan Chomilo, MD FAAP FACP @chomilomd.bsky.social · 14d

I know dis/misinformation is a thing, but if you are taking your health advice from a guy who thought it was a good idea to inject bleach into your veins to treat a virus..

rather than clinicians who have gone to school for a decade..

then you likely have bigger threats to your health than Tylenol

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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 20d

If the #ACIP votes not to recommend the MMRV anymore, then that vaccine won't be covered by the Vaccines for Children Program, which makes vaccines free for low-income families. Nearly half of kids are eligible for the program. Medicaid also may not cover the MMRV as a first dose, either. #Equity

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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 20d

A doctor attending at the #ACIP (but not a voting member) said the committee needs to consider equity. Some underserved communities have trouble getting time off from work or transportation to clinic visits.

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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 20d

I'm watching the ACIP meeting. #Follow along for updates.
The committee will vote on whether to delay the hepatitis B vaccine for babies and whether to give the MMR (measles/mumps/rubella) and chickenpox vaccines separately.

Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 20d

The meeting of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is starting now. They will vote on delaying the hepatitis B vaccine (now given at birth) until baby is 1 month old, as long as mom tests negative. www.youtube.com/live/-6uBNXs...

Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) - September 18, 2025 - Day 1 of 2

YouTube video by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 20d

Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) - September 18, 2025 - Day 1 of 2

YouTube video by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

www.youtube.com

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Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 20d

We’d be in a much stronger position right now if mainstream Democrats had taken a common sense stand for First Amendment principles instead of piling on undergraduate standing up for Palestine.

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Silverman on Security @silvermansecurity.bsky.social · 20d

We are off the looking glass & through the looking glass when Karl Rove has more spine than almost any national Democrat & The Wall Street Journal’s opinion editor more courage than any of the leaders at ABC or CBS or Fox or CNN or NBC.

Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 20d

WSJ editorial: "Using Charlie's murder to justify retaliation against political rivals is wrong and dangerous. It will further divide and embitter our country. No good thing will come of it."

www.wsj.com/opinion/they...

Opinion | ‘They’ Didn’t Kill Charlie Kirk

It insults his memory to blame political opponents for one man’s heinous act.

www.wsj.com

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Viet Thanh Nguyen @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social · 21d

The Republican Party that hated racial quotas sure does seem to like racial quotas

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 25d

The Nation pulls NO punches, from @espiers.bsky.social

"There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”

Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning

The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn’t a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division

www.thenation.com

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Joan Alker @joanalker1.bsky.social · 26d

Pop quiz: Which state saw the biggest increase in its child uninsured rate during Medicaid unwinding.

The answer will be revealed on our webinar today at 1p ET - sign up below.

Joan Alker @joanalker1.bsky.social · 27d

NEW: Census ACS data shows child uninsured rate went up to 6% in 2024 - the highest it has been since 2014

1. Medicaid unwinding likely cause

2. Lots of state variability

3. Negative trend is likely to continue

To learn more join our webinar at 1p ET Friday

georgetown.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: State-by-State Child Health Coverage Trends. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

Join the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families for a rapid analysis of newly released U.S. Census American Community Survey (ACS) data. The webinar will take place on Friday, Septembe...

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Helen Rosner @hels.bsky.social · 26d

We’re condemning political violence right

Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 26d

Senior Egyptian officials say that Cairo has uncovered Israeli plans to target Hamas leaders in Cairo and has warned Israel that any attack will be treated as a declaration of war.

Exclusive: Egypt discovers Israeli attempts to kill Hamas leaders on its soil

Cairo warns any Israeli strike on Hamas figures in Egypt would be treated as a declaration of war, as the Doha attack prompts regional fears

www.middleeasteye.net

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Nathan Chomilo, MD FAAP FACP @chomilomd.bsky.social · 26d

Last chance to sign a petition to ACIP by pro-vaccine people, for those not comfortable writing their own comment, organized by Voices for Vaccines🙌🏾

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Sign the Petition

Protect Our Families' Access to Vaccines: A Petition to ACIP

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