Jennifer Riley
@jennifaojenni.bsky.social
RN, IBCLC, cat person “the idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world”- Paul Farmer
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UNTIL IT'S DONE, Ep. 2
When the Brownsville Clinic opened in 1916, it was the first birth control center in America. Its very existence felt impossible. For young women, it was a lifeline.
109 years later, the Clinic is long closed—but Brownsville mothers are still struggling.
When the Brownsville Clinic opened in 1916, it was the first birth control center in America. Its very existence felt impossible. For young women, it was a lifeline.
109 years later, the Clinic is long closed—but Brownsville mothers are still struggling.
September 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
UNTIL IT'S DONE, Ep. 2
When the Brownsville Clinic opened in 1916, it was the first birth control center in America. Its very existence felt impossible. For young women, it was a lifeline.
109 years later, the Clinic is long closed—but Brownsville mothers are still struggling.
When the Brownsville Clinic opened in 1916, it was the first birth control center in America. Its very existence felt impossible. For young women, it was a lifeline.
109 years later, the Clinic is long closed—but Brownsville mothers are still struggling.
Like the “junk” they gave you when you were sick with Covid?
Trump: "It doesn't exist with the Amish community, and they don't take all this junk. It doesn't exist."
September 23, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Like the “junk” they gave you when you were sick with Covid?
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Trump: "It's too much liquid. Too many different things are going into that baby at too big a number. The size of this thing when you look at it. It's like 80 different vaccines and beyond vaccines."
September 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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Just cancelled my #Hulu subscription #BoycottDisneyABC I refuse to give any more money to a company choosing their bottom line over #fascism
September 21, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Just cancelled my #Hulu subscription #BoycottDisneyABC I refuse to give any more money to a company choosing their bottom line over #fascism
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Vaccines not only save lives, they save money.
Paying a hospital bill for what should have been an avoidable illness could bankrupt families and cost the government billions.
Vaccines work and are a cost-effective investment.
Paying a hospital bill for what should have been an avoidable illness could bankrupt families and cost the government billions.
Vaccines work and are a cost-effective investment.
Opinion | Not vaccinating comes at an exorbitant cost
Agony and death are not all that shots prevent.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Vaccines not only save lives, they save money.
Paying a hospital bill for what should have been an avoidable illness could bankrupt families and cost the government billions.
Vaccines work and are a cost-effective investment.
Paying a hospital bill for what should have been an avoidable illness could bankrupt families and cost the government billions.
Vaccines work and are a cost-effective investment.
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📊 JAMA Data Brief: Despite medical advances, US children's health is worsening with increased mortality and chronic conditions, partly due to inadequate insurance and societal investment.
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August 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM
📊 JAMA Data Brief: Despite medical advances, US children's health is worsening with increased mortality and chronic conditions, partly due to inadequate insurance and societal investment.
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Wrong. Lying about vaccines—like the ones that Martin Kulldorff is telling—creates distrust in vaccines. The Chair of ACIP is abusing his position to put children in danger of preventable diseases.
Astonishing that anti-vax lies are his battle cry!
Astonishing that anti-vax lies are his battle cry!
July 2, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Wrong. Lying about vaccines—like the ones that Martin Kulldorff is telling—creates distrust in vaccines. The Chair of ACIP is abusing his position to put children in danger of preventable diseases.
Astonishing that anti-vax lies are his battle cry!
Astonishing that anti-vax lies are his battle cry!
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States with less restrictive gun laws after the 2010 Supreme Court decision that applied the Second Amendment to states subsequently had more firearm deaths among kids, reported @jeremyfaust.bsky.social, in JAMA Pediatrics.
www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/g...
www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/g...
More Kids Are Dying From Firearms in States With Less Restrictive Gun Laws
Excess mortality observed after 2010 Supreme Court decision applied Second Amendment to states
www.medpagetoday.com
June 9, 2025 at 8:57 PM
States with less restrictive gun laws after the 2010 Supreme Court decision that applied the Second Amendment to states subsequently had more firearm deaths among kids, reported @jeremyfaust.bsky.social, in JAMA Pediatrics.
www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/g...
www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/g...
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Did you vote for cruelty? www.reuters.com/world/americ...
Deported Cuban mother separated from breastfeeding 1-year-old daughter
Cuban mother Heidy Sanchez collapsed into tears as she recalled the moment last week when U.S. immigration officials in Florida told her she would be deported and separated from her still-breastfeeding 1-year-old daughter.
www.reuters.com
April 29, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Did you vote for cruelty? www.reuters.com/world/americ...
This makes me so fucking angry I have no words
Everyone who works for PRAMS (the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System) at CDC was terminated today. That appears to be the end of a critical program which monitored infant and maternal health nationwide across pregnancy, childbirth & postpartum. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/prams...
PRAMS Shuttered for Good
In the first weeks of the administration I wrote a number of...
talkingpointsmemo.com
April 2, 2025 at 12:35 AM
This makes me so fucking angry I have no words
You’ve got to be fucking kidding me
NEW: Breaking some news here. The Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) got shut down at CDC because it has questions abt race, sex orientation, gender and socioeconomic status. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/why-p...
Why PRAMS Got Shuttered
Yesterday I broke the news that the CDC has indefinitely shuttered the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 24, 2025 at 3:21 AM
You’ve got to be fucking kidding me
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How we did it: Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did
Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did
Since Texas banned abortion, no one has studied the statewide effects on pregnant women experiencing complications. Here’s how we sifted through data on millions of pregnancy hospitalizations and anal...
www.propublica.org
February 20, 2025 at 12:11 PM
How we did it: Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did
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Target has become the latest major company to roll back DEI, joining a growing group of companies dropping commitments and policies on diversity and equity as President Trump fights the programs.
Target to End D.E.I. Policies as Trump Threatens Companies
The retailer joins a growing group of companies dropping commitments and policies on diversity and equity as President Trump fights the programs.
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Target has become the latest major company to roll back DEI, joining a growing group of companies dropping commitments and policies on diversity and equity as President Trump fights the programs.
I have witnessed and experienced the violence of these criminals firsthand. Pardoning terrorists who assault fellow citizens is the theme of this administration- they won’t protect us from future violence either.
BREAKING: Trump is pardoning nearly 2 dozen protesters convicted for breaking into and blockading abortion clinics -- a move some groups fear will embolden them and other anti-abortion demonstrators in the future www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
Trump pardons abortion clinic protesters ahead of March for Life
"They should not have been prosecuted," said the president.
www.politico.com
January 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I have witnessed and experienced the violence of these criminals firsthand. Pardoning terrorists who assault fellow citizens is the theme of this administration- they won’t protect us from future violence either.
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I've seen a child with tetanus, I've treated near fatal infections after chicken pox, and I've pronounced children dead from COVID whose parents refused to have them vaccinated.
We have lost our minds... and are about to lose so many of our precious children.
We have lost our minds... and are about to lose so many of our precious children.
December 13, 2024 at 1:38 PM
I've seen a child with tetanus, I've treated near fatal infections after chicken pox, and I've pronounced children dead from COVID whose parents refused to have them vaccinated.
We have lost our minds... and are about to lose so many of our precious children.
We have lost our minds... and are about to lose so many of our precious children.
www.newsweek.com/republicans-...
Can’t wait until next January to see the other excellent public health initiatives they have planned
Can’t wait until next January to see the other excellent public health initiatives they have planned
Republicans move to block Medicaid funds for gun violence prevention
Georgia Rep. Andrew Clyne's bill labels gun violence prevention programs a misuse of taxpayer funds to advance a gun control agenda.
www.newsweek.com
December 10, 2024 at 12:44 PM
www.newsweek.com/republicans-...
Can’t wait until next January to see the other excellent public health initiatives they have planned
Can’t wait until next January to see the other excellent public health initiatives they have planned