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Andrea Bertke

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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Agree With Joe Walsh.......
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Wolf Conservation Center 🐺 @nywolforg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We’re setting the record straight. As federal officials consider changes to protections for gray wolves and Mexican gray wolves, the narrative that wolves are a major threat to livestock is being used to justify increased lethal control. But the numbers tell a different story.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Indeed, We The People Should Be Getting The Same Healthcare And Paid Leave As McTurtle.......🐢
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Jeff Rudd 🇮🇪 🇨🇦 🇵🇸 @jeffrudd.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
REMEMBER: They all knew.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
An important reminder to a nation full of pious busybodies:
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
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Chris Alexander @chrisa327.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Remember this everytime trump brings up a transgender person or voter fraud...
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 26/07/2026
#medsky
Jerome Adams: “we’re going to give Infectious diseases a break…
-measles 2,318 US cases in 2026 highest since 1991
-worst Cyclospora outbreak ever in US
-Ebola-3rd largest and fastest spreading on record”…
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Schiff: The judge, in that decision on Monday, referred Blanche, basically, to the New York Bar Association because of his conduct. How is it possible that after being referred to the bar association for potential discipline on Monday, we’re contemplating this guy for attorney general on Wednesday?
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
So when Barrack Obama was running everything in 2016, and Trump won, the election was fair? But when Donald Trump was running everything in 2020, and Trump lost, the election was rigged and stolen? How does that make sense? Oh, it doesn't! It's a lie.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
“It could take at least a year for OMB to respond to the comments and amend the draft rule”. Friends, this is a direct result of our collective action. The OMB Rule that would require political review of grants has prompted at least 50K comments. Thanks to all who commented, and you still can.
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A Proposed Rule Would Politicize Medical Research. Scientists Are Not Happy.
In tens of thousands of comments, researchers, doctors and others warned the rule could hamper progress on important health issues.
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Stace RN Resists 📎💙 OR @stacernresists.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Best thing I’ve seen on FB in a long while…
Reminder that we live in a world where humpback whales lift other animals out of the water to protect them from predators, where crows hold funerals, where trees in drought send water through their roots to other struggling trees, where dolphins have names for each other, where sea otters hold hands when they sleep to stay connected and where a group of people sitting silently together in a state of love can measurably reduce violence in the city around them.

Posted by Ecological Consciousness on fb
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Their Devil @iamdevil.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Say it louder for the bigots in the back, who conveniently keep misremembering history.
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Andrea Bertke @asbertke.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
I just received an email survey from the RNC asking if I support their various policies. The survey cannot be submitted without donating money to the RNC and providing all your personal information.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
This should be posted everywhere until the midterms and then some.
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Clay Nobles @claynobles.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
On this day May 30, 2024 Donald John Trump was found guilty by a jury of his peers of 34 Felonies. At that point, he should have been ineligible to hold any political position in the entire country. And yet….here we are!
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Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
I wrote about how I am thinking about the hantavirus outbreak, and what I am watching for as the situation develops. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/o...
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Opinion | Here’s How Freaked Out You Should Be About the Hantavirus Cruise Ship
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Andrea Bertke @asbertke.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Science in the US is in trouble. Researchers are not getting as many grants and are not taking as many trainees, which will lead to a shortage of new scientists.
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Pace of N.I.H. Funding Slows Further in Trump’s Second Year
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Andrea Bertke @asbertke.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Really WaPo?Texas gerrymandering dictated by Trump and TX officials is not a threat but Virginia gerrymandering in response, voted on by the people, is a power grab?
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
L.L. Bean has taken the position that it won’t support the Save the Forest Service movement, with messaging along the lines of avoiding political engagement.
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 10/04/2026
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Sometimes vaccine efficacy is subtle.  Sometimes it isn’t. 
Graph showing the number of measles cases after the 1st and 2nd MMR vaccines were recommended.
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APHA @apha.org · 09/04/2026
💉 Ready. Vaccines were developed to prevent deadly diseases. 👶 Set. Childhood immunizations prevent an estimated 4 million deaths globally each year. 🛡️ ACTON. Support science-based immunization systems that protect communities: vist.ly/4xui2 #NPHW
A graphic with a blue and green gradient background has the National Public Health Week logo at the top. Below that is the text, Vaccines protect every generation. Beneath the text is an image of a doctor smiling while giving a calm child an immunization. At the bottom is a NPHW.org button.
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WHO @who.int · 07/04/2026
More than 150 million lives. Saved by vaccines. Since 1974. That is health and science in action. This #WorldHealthDay, Together for Health #StandWithScience 💙
Over 150 million lives. Saved by vaccines. Since 1974.

Together for health. Stand with science.

Image shows a group of schoolchildren with an adult, smiling.
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APHA @apha.org · 06/04/2026
It's National Public Health Week! Join us April 6-12 as we recognize the many ways public health has improved our daily lives, safeguarded our families, expanded our life spans and strengthened our communities www.nphw.org #NPHW
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Andrea Bertke @asbertke.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
This is actually a reasonable article on animals in research. It balances the desire to stop using animals with the reality that they are still needed.
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The push to end animal testing is gaining steam, but technology can’t fill the gap yet | CNN
The FDA has released draft guidance that aims to clear up how drug developers can use alternative testing – but that doesn’t mean animal testing in the US is over.
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Andrea Bertke @asbertke.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
No Kings Roanoke Virginia, Elmwood Park, 12-2pm
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Kitty @kafurry.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
VOTE YES on April 21st for the temporary redistricting of Virginia to combat Ultra Republican redistricting in other states.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 08/01/2026
😷💉PSA: Flu is still raging out there, regardless of what our unqualified acting director says. Flu hospitalization rates are higher now than at this time last year! Concerning given last year was the highest number of pediatric flu deaths since 2009 H1N1 (🐷 flu), pandemic. See RESP-NET for more info
Line graph showing flu hospitalization rates for the current respiratory season in a solid blue line as compared to flu hospitalization rates during last year's respiratory season in a dotted line. Flu hospitalizations rates for the current season are higher for this period than compared to last year.
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 26/12/2025
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Trump Said This Might Be Our Last Merry Christmas
On Christmas Day, while most world leaders shared messages of peace, Donald Trump ordered airstrikes, threatened political enemies, and ended his public statement with “Enjoy what may be your last Mer...
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Andrea Bertke @asbertke.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Merry Christmas to those who celebrate and Happy Holidays to all!
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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Andrea Bertke @asbertke.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Roanoke VA had unicorns, a shark and a rooster among the No Kings crowd. #nokings
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Andrea Bertke @asbertke.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Many Americans recognize the insanity and the embarrassment. Unfortunately, he also has many followers who believe every word he says. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
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With bizarre remarks at the U.N., Trump embarrasses himself and the United States
In 2018, officials at the U.N. laughed at Trump because they thought he was kidding. In 2025, they stopped laughing because they know he isn’t kidding.
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Andrea Bertke @asbertke.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
No Kings, Roanoke VA.
Peaceful protesters in the park.People holding signs: "We the people have had enough, thanks" and "Jesus was a refugee, y'all would have called ICE"
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RIO LINDA MEX 🇺🇸🇲🇽🇨🇦🦍aka Gus Gallegos @riolindamex.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
DON’T BE LIKE THAT
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Feathered Stone @stonefeathers.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Hey RFK jr Photograph of two boys with smallpox. One had been vaccinated, the other hadn't":
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Bec Soda @becksoda.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Thank you 🙏 @adamsank.bsky.social
When it comes to matters of health, if you distrust Anthony Fauci, a Cornell-trained medical doctor and scientist who spent 40 years as the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, but you trust Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., an environmental lawyer and drug addict with no medical degree and no training of any kind in medicine or science, you might be a moron. Have a nice day.
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Andrea Bertke @asbertke.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Scientists need to stop being silent. www.science.org/content/arti...
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Trump’s ‘fear factor’: Scientists go silent as funding cuts escalate
Many worry about retribution. But for others, speaking out is worth the risk
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Andrea Bertke @asbertke.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
This is truly terrifying to read.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 26/02/2025
2. ECONOMIC BLACKOUT. We support the economic boycott occurring this Friday, Feb. 28, of any entity that has dismantled their DEI programs and pandered to this administration. The buck will stop with us!
Poster saying "Economic boycott - don't buy stuff on Friday, Feb 28. We have power. No: Amazon, Walmart, Target, Fast Food, Gas. Ok: Small business. Use cash"
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Andrea Bertke @asbertke.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Regardless what you think about vaccines, this is a reminder that we have childhood vaccines for a reason. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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Texas child is first confirmed death in growing measles outbreak
The unvaccinated school-age child is the first confirmed fatality in Texas’s worst measles outbreak in three decades.
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Andrea Bertke @asbertke.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
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NIH funding freeze stalls applications on $1.5 billion in medical research funds
The National Institutes of Health had to stop considering new grant applications, delaying funding for research into diseases ranging from heart disease and cancer to Alzheimer's and allergies.
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Andrea Bertke @asbertke.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
The government will likely destroy tests rather than send them to people who want them. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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Andrea Bertke @asbertke.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
A spillover from wild birds to dairy cattle has made Arizona the 17th U.S. state in which H5N1 has been detected in dairy herds; the virus has been found in nearly 970 herds nationwide since March 2024. www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/a...
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Bird flu found in Arizona milk suggests another spillover from birds to cows
Another spillover of the H5N1 bird flu virus from wild birds to dairy cattle appears to have occurred, this time in Arizona.
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Andrea Bertke @asbertke.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
You heard the man. He's a bureaucrat.
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Wolf Conservation Center 🐺 @nywolforg.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Wolves are loyal. Wolves are loving. Wolves take care of each other. Be like a wolf 🐺
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Andrea Bertke @asbertke.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Musk has posted classified information on the web. Haven't people been prosecuted for this? www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-m...
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Elon Musk’s DOGE Posts Classified Data On Its New Website
“People are scrambling” to see if their sensitive information has been accessed by Musk’s programmers, said one federal intelligence employee.
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Andrea Bertke @asbertke.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
RFK was confirmed for Health and Human Services secretary. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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RFK Jr. confirmed, elevating anti-vaccine activist to nation’s top health post
The Senate held a final vote on whether to approve Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Health and Human Services secretary after a three-month confirmation fight.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million. How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65 Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
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