Deborah G Johnson (Deborah J Griest)
@dgjohnsonmd.bsky.social
Forensic pathologist, scientist, USAF veteran, mom, and grandmom
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Wildfire Fighters, Unmasked in Toxic Smoke, Are Getting Sick and Dying
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August 26, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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I had no idea things were this bad.....take time to read how things have changed just in the last decade!
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“Staggering” Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global Threat
A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.
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August 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I had no idea things were this bad.....take time to read how things have changed just in the last decade!
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Opinion | This Isn’t the Donald Trump America Elected
He is making us a corrupted, brittle superpower.
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February 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Millions Will See This Super Bowl Ad. Health Experts (and Two Senators) Aren’t Pleased. (Gift Article)
The spot makes lofty claims about weight-loss drugs offered by the telehealth company Hims & Hers, but says little about risks.
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February 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Musk's latest power grab: your Medicare benefits.
Elon - you're looking in the wrong place. Private insurers in Medicare Advantage overcharged taxpayers by at least $83 billion in 2024 alone.
Elon - you're looking in the wrong place. Private insurers in Medicare Advantage overcharged taxpayers by at least $83 billion in 2024 alone.
Exclusive | DOGE Aides Search Medicare Agency Payment Systems for Fraud
Elon Musk’s allies have been on site at Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services offices this week.
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February 6, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Musk's latest power grab: your Medicare benefits.
Elon - you're looking in the wrong place. Private insurers in Medicare Advantage overcharged taxpayers by at least $83 billion in 2024 alone.
Elon - you're looking in the wrong place. Private insurers in Medicare Advantage overcharged taxpayers by at least $83 billion in 2024 alone.
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Remember the federal funding freeze that the Trump admin realized was illegal? The one they supposedly rescinded?
Well, Community Health Centers can’t access their funding anyways. @kaine.senate.gov and I are pushing for answers before rural communities lose access to health care.
Well, Community Health Centers can’t access their funding anyways. @kaine.senate.gov and I are pushing for answers before rural communities lose access to health care.
February 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Remember the federal funding freeze that the Trump admin realized was illegal? The one they supposedly rescinded?
Well, Community Health Centers can’t access their funding anyways. @kaine.senate.gov and I are pushing for answers before rural communities lose access to health care.
Well, Community Health Centers can’t access their funding anyways. @kaine.senate.gov and I are pushing for answers before rural communities lose access to health care.
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It’s a huge threat to your privacy and national security to let unvetted DOGE bros paw through government payments and Americans’ bank account numbers.
I’m leading Intel Committee members to press directly on the White House about this absurd overreach.
I’m leading Intel Committee members to press directly on the White House about this absurd overreach.
February 5, 2025 at 8:47 PM
It’s a huge threat to your privacy and national security to let unvetted DOGE bros paw through government payments and Americans’ bank account numbers.
I’m leading Intel Committee members to press directly on the White House about this absurd overreach.
I’m leading Intel Committee members to press directly on the White House about this absurd overreach.
We're still learning more about COVID's long-term effects - keep up with your vaccinations. You do NOT want to catch it. www.healio.com/news/cardiol...
COVID-19-causing virus linked to coronary plaque progression, risk for MI, death
SARS-CoV-2 infection was associated with more rapid coronary plaque progression and significantly increased risk for adverse outcomes related to target lesion failure, such as heart attack and death, ...
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February 6, 2025 at 1:06 AM
We're still learning more about COVID's long-term effects - keep up with your vaccinations. You do NOT want to catch it. www.healio.com/news/cardiol...
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Opinion | Musk? Trump? Who Exactly Is Running the Federal Government? (Gift Article)
What should be an uncomplicated question yields a complicated answer.
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February 5, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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“Thomas Shedd, a former Tesla engineer who has been tapped to lead a technology team at G.S.A., told some staff members that he hoped to put all federal contracts into a centralized system so they could be analyzed by artificial intelligence”
Our deep dive into Musk's takeover: Even some officials who like what Musk is doing feel helpless to hold him accountable. His allies are diving in to agencies, gaining access to systems, planning layoffs, and proposing a sweeping AI initiative to review contracts. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...
Inside Musk’s Aggressive Incursion Into the Federal Government (Gift Article)
The billionaire is creating major upheaval as his team sweeps through agencies, in what has been an extraordinary flexing of power by a private individual.
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February 3, 2025 at 11:36 PM
“Thomas Shedd, a former Tesla engineer who has been tapped to lead a technology team at G.S.A., told some staff members that he hoped to put all federal contracts into a centralized system so they could be analyzed by artificial intelligence”
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Read this. But not on a full stomach and not before bed (you won't feel hungry or be able to sleep, anyway).
Having watched with growing alarm the developments of the last 24 and 36 hours in Washington, I thought I’d take a stab at how the US media would cover this story if it was happening in a foreign country. Here’s that story that should be written this weekend: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...
Musk's Junta Establishes Him as Head of Government
Imagining how we'd cover overseas what's happening to the U.S. right now
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February 3, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Read this. But not on a full stomach and not before bed (you won't feel hungry or be able to sleep, anyway).
@insidewithpsaki.msnbc.com Great show today as always - you and your guests give me hope to carry on, trite though that sounds. Rep. Raskin’s interview was reassuring.
February 2, 2025 at 9:11 PM
@insidewithpsaki.msnbc.com Great show today as always - you and your guests give me hope to carry on, trite though that sounds. Rep. Raskin’s interview was reassuring.
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If this isn't enough to freak everybody the fuck out, I do not know what else will.
February 2, 2025 at 6:07 AM
If this isn't enough to freak everybody the fuck out, I do not know what else will.
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"A letter submitted to the Senate sent by 'physicians' in support of Kennedy's nomination includes names of doctors who have had their licenses revoked, suspended or faced other discipline, the AP has found..."
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Doctors Whose Licenses Were Revoked, Suspended Named In Pro-RFK Jr. Letter To Senate
The letter was meant to lend credibility to Kennedy’s nomination, which has faced strenuous opposition from experts due to his decades of anti-vaccine activism.
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February 2, 2025 at 5:49 AM
"A letter submitted to the Senate sent by 'physicians' in support of Kennedy's nomination includes names of doctors who have had their licenses revoked, suspended or faced other discipline, the AP has found..."
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Nobody is paying attention to things like this because the CDC no longer communicates. The current occupant of the White House broke government. He broke the ability to keep America safe. This is spreading, and this administration plans to pretend it doesn't exist.
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Dead bird at Lake Julian Park tests positive for avian flu - Asheville's 828 News NOW
Preliminary tests show a bird at Lake Julian Park had avian influenza H5N1
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February 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Nobody is paying attention to things like this because the CDC no longer communicates. The current occupant of the White House broke government. He broke the ability to keep America safe. This is spreading, and this administration plans to pretend it doesn't exist.
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I’m going to put my rich guy hat on and say I hope that Mexico and Canada issue equal, retaliatory tariffs and stick to them for an extended period.
I apologize to all the people it will cost money and the businesses it will hurt.
But it’s the only way for tariffs to be seen for what they are
I apologize to all the people it will cost money and the businesses it will hurt.
But it’s the only way for tariffs to be seen for what they are
February 2, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I’m going to put my rich guy hat on and say I hope that Mexico and Canada issue equal, retaliatory tariffs and stick to them for an extended period.
I apologize to all the people it will cost money and the businesses it will hurt.
But it’s the only way for tariffs to be seen for what they are
I apologize to all the people it will cost money and the businesses it will hurt.
But it’s the only way for tariffs to be seen for what they are
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Rev. Benjamin Cremer - If your Christianity causes you to be offended by someone asking the most powerful person in the country to be merciful towards the powerless, then you have deeply, deeply misunderstood the teachings of Jesus Christ.
January 22, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Rev. Benjamin Cremer - If your Christianity causes you to be offended by someone asking the most powerful person in the country to be merciful towards the powerless, then you have deeply, deeply misunderstood the teachings of Jesus Christ.
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“Cecile’s struggle with her speech, her difficulty walking, and her perseverance through it all should lift us up through the next four years and beyond.”
@morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social & @knowyourvalue.bsky.social’s Mika Brzezinski honors Cecile Richards.
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@morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social & @knowyourvalue.bsky.social’s Mika Brzezinski honors Cecile Richards.
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Mika Brzezinski: I knew and admired Cecile Richards. It's time to follow her lead.
The news of her death was discouraging to the point of despair. And yet, upon further reflection, I realized quickly that Cecile’s life should guide us.
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January 21, 2025 at 4:57 PM
“Cecile’s struggle with her speech, her difficulty walking, and her perseverance through it all should lift us up through the next four years and beyond.”
@morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social & @knowyourvalue.bsky.social’s Mika Brzezinski honors Cecile Richards.
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@morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social & @knowyourvalue.bsky.social’s Mika Brzezinski honors Cecile Richards.
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