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Denise Dewald, MD

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Health is inextricably linked with politics. Democracy requires participation. Not playing Russian Roulette with Covid. Opinions my own. #LongCovid

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Denise Dewald, MD @denisedewald.bsky.social · Nov 15

PSA: 🚨 DO NOT TAKE YOUR MASK OFF INDOORS, even if there is no one else around.🚨

The virus persists in the air for HOURS because #CovidIsAirborne

Only take your mask off outdoors, and preferably use an N95 mask.
Important potentially lifesaving thread. Please RT. 1/n

Don't remove your mask indoors. Aerosols < 5 micrometers can persist in the air for hours.

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Zach Halper @zanath.bsky.social · 1h

"We took freedom of speech away" should be in every campaign ad moving forward.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 2h

Got a recent Pulitzer for warning on the spread of autocracy around the globe, after decades of service to the paper? You can bet your butt you're getting laid off by form email, on Yom Kippur

Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 7h

The Post laid off seemingly the remaining of their liberal-leaning staff members on Opinion last Thursday, when some of them were observing Yom Kippur.

from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social for Status
status.news/p/washington-post-opinion-cuts-adam-oneal

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 3h

What will it take for regular people to understand that if they refuse to stand up against fascism they will not be spared? Fascism is a serial killer with no restrictions on who it targets.

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 3h

We would like to thank Kristi Noem for bringing cameras with her everywhere and collecting evidence for her future trial at The Hague.

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Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 2h

This is capitulation. It is not the "Department of War." If CNN concedes on this point, they'll concede on any point.

Jon Passantino @passantino.bsky.social · 2h

CNN is now using the Trump preferred “Department of War” name in its official statements

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Denise Dewald, MD @denisedewald.bsky.social · 1h

It’s just horrible. We are no longer a nation of laws.

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Angela Marie Morton @angemmorton.bsky.social · 2h

Life decisions are much easier without covid-induced brain fog.

I prefer to have a clear, polished mind. But that's just me.

Me in a respirator mask on a path in a public park.

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Denise Dewald, MD @denisedewald.bsky.social · 1h

It’s fellowship interview season again, and I feel sick for the applicants who need visas.

Everything that is happening now is so wrong, and so Un-American.

People will not remember the old USA after this disaster if we do not stop it, just like no one remembered the old Germany.

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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.bsky.social · 2h

“We all swore an oath to the Constitution, and I am honestly scared… he’s going through with these authoritarian actions.”
Sen. Brian Schatz

It’s political terrorism on Americans.
And too many Republicans are enabling it.

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Denise Dewald, MD @denisedewald.bsky.social · 1h

“Triumph of the Will,” American style

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Gov. Bob Ferguson @governorferguson.bsky.social · 2h

Attorney General Bondi recently threatened to put me in jail. Now, the President has threatened to put the Illinois governor and Chicago mayor in jail.

This is about as authoritarian as it gets.

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Denise Dewald, MD @denisedewald.bsky.social · 6h

It is interesting - the translation of the title is not entirely correct. In the original German it is <<Jeder Stirbt Für Sich Allein>> which is better translated as “Every person dies only for himself,” with the implication of dying while upholding a deeply-held ethical principle or purpose.

Denise Dewald, MD @denisedewald.bsky.social · 7h

Paywalled. Can you provide a gift link?

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 7h

Otto and Elise Hampel were Berliners who, in the early 1940s, used postcards to urge resistance against the Nazi regime.

They were arrested, convicted and beheaded.

(Their story is the basis for "Every Man Dies Alone," a brilliant novel.)

www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/10/07/a...

Armed investigators visit man who sent postcard critical of Florida CFO Ingoglia

The politically active couple expected a knock on their door because of their criticism of Trump and DeSantis, but not over a seemingly innocuous postcard.

www.sun-sentinel.com

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Daniel Goldman @danielsgoldman.dg4ny.co · 7h

You are shameless.

You laundered Russian misinformation in 2020 and then communicated with the WH on Jan 6.

You weren’t surveilled.

DOJ obtained basic records after the fact —date, time and length of call, but no substance — to confirm Trump’s effort to overturn the election.

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Miss Aja @brat2381.bsky.social · 20h

Can you imagine trying to convince the world that Portland is under siege and all we see is a man dressed up in a chicken suit & a bunch of news crews?

💀😭😂😂😂😂🫠l will never forgive this country for electing the orange demon and allowing these incompetent weirdos to take over the government.

Never

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21h

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

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Denise Dewald, MD @denisedewald.bsky.social · 17h

Truly. There seems to be an organized campaign against Katie Porter, just like there was one against Hilary Clinton.

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Plenary Popehat Power @kenwhite.bsky.social · 18h

These people are evil. Never stop saying so. Don’t be intimidated into shutting up.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 20h

Here’s video of the incident

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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 20h

Here’s video of the incident

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 21h

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 18h

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 20h

Here’s video of the incident

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 21h

This is out of hand. These agents are there to cause trouble and violence, not to keep people safe. These are the scenes that play out in war torn, destitute countries - not America.

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Denise Dewald, MD @denisedewald.bsky.social · 18h

It’s like Candace Owens running her mouth off about how it would have been ok if Hitler had just wanted to make Germany great again.

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Numerological chess

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Nick @newsman.bsky.social · 1d

Textbook Putin Hit

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