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Brian Dixon

@bdixonpop.bsky.social
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VP Population Connection Action Fund; Board, ReproRising VA; cyclist; soccer fan.

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Brian Dixon @bdixonpop.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
I am really, really glad I watched this game. Cape Verde was amazing. What a performance.
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Brian Dixon @bdixonpop.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Oh look, Messi given a gift from the referee. I'm shocked! Shocked I tell you.
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Brian Dixon @bdixonpop.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
If I were a conspiracy theorist, I would think FIFA. Is using the World Cup to kill off VAR forever.
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Brian Dixon @bdixonpop.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Good God. VAR has been an absolute disaster in this tournament.
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Brian Dixon @bdixonpop.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
VAR looking to be named "Man of the Match" for third game in Round if 32 so far.
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Brian Dixon @bdixonpop.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
I was skeptical about hiring Pochetino. But I have to admit I was wrong. #USMNT
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Brian Dixon @bdixonpop.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Let's take him up on this. And then double it a few more times.
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Population Connection Action Fund @popconnectaction.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
If the United States invested 1.74 billion in international family planning programs, including $116 million for @unfpa.org, we could greatly expand access to comprehensive reproductive health care around the world. This would save lives!
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Brian Dixon @bdixonpop.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
So, ummm, @arsenalfc.bsky.social is going to start scoring again soon, right?
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Population Connection Action Fund @popconnectaction.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Taxpayers have already bought nearly $10 million worth of contraceptives currently sitting in a European warehouse. These could help nearly a million and half women and girls in the developing world prevent unintended pregnancy. But Donald Trump and Marco Rubio are just going to set it all on fire.
theguardian.com
US destruction of contraceptives denies 1.4m African women and girls lifesaving care, NGO says
Incineration of $9.7m of contraceptives to lead to 174,000 unintended pregnancies and 56,000 unsafe abortions, IPPF says
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
The America First geniuses managed to send hairdressers and soccer players into a gulag and *import* a triple murderer into the US. Nice work. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/w...
nytimes.com
Convicted Murderer Released by Trump From Venezuelan Prison Is Free in U.S.
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Greg Van Belle @gvbsea.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Don’t be this person. Politics is performative. Booker is forcing the media and party to pay attention. 100k people are watching him on YouTube alone. Criticism like this is idiotic and emblematic of the “perfect as enemy of good” narrative that cripples the party.
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Congressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 26/03/2025
Hegseth must resign or be fired. This is not a close call. www.cnn.com/politics/liv...
CNN: Details shared by Hegseth in Signal chat were classified
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Brian Dixon @bdixonpop.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
I mean, it's not like this guy could have been unaware that that Bobby Jr was a sociopathic crackpot before taking the job.
politico.com
Top HHS spokesperson quits after clashing with RFK Jr.
Thomas Corry resigned over disagreements with the HHS secretary and his approach to the measles outbreak.
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Brian Dixon @bdixonpop.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Maybe it's the brain worm. Maybe it's the heroin. Whatever it is, this sociopath has no business in a health agency.
huffpost.com
RFK Jr. Dismisses Measles Outbreak As ‘Not Unusual’ After Child's Death
“We have measles outbreaks every year," Trump's health secretary said when asked about the death, which is the nation's first in a decade.
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Population Connection Action Fund @popconnectaction.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Elon Musk's attack on U.S. AID and foreign assistance will undermine global health, resource conservation, economic development and security. All so he and his broligarch buddies can have a more money in their pockets. It's disgusting and needs to be stopped and reversed.
nytimes.com
The Influence of Foreign Aid
America is losing a diplomatic tool the government has relied on for decades.
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Brian Dixon @bdixonpop.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Seems about right.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
I've noted some of the procedural things Democrats could be doing in Congress, but this point from @edgeofsports.bsky.social's great piece in the Nation deserves emphasis. This is basic politics, and it's baffling that every Democrat isn't doing it every day. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Why aren’t they taking the fired federal workers who are sharing their heartbreaking stories—the ones that Musk says were being paid to do nothing—and making them famous? The cancer researcher on the verge of a breakthrough? The park ranger in Yosemite who won’t be there to conduct rescues and save lives? The air traffic controller who can speak to the connection between understaffing and recent plane crashes? Is it even safe to fly in Trump’s America?

The Democrats should be amplifying these folks—writing op-eds about them, refusing to go on camera without sharing their spotlight, pressuring their IG influencers to raise them up—but instead, we learn their stories from Reddit. As Moira Donegan wrote in The Guardian, “Why are the Democrats so spineless?”
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 13/02/2025
See here's how to do a headline. fortune.com/2025/02/13/e...
Some federal workers are ‘getting wealthy at taxpayer expense,’ says Elon Musk, whose companies have received at least $20 billion from the government
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Brian Dixon @bdixonpop.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Musk's entire project in the government is corrupt to the core.
washingtonpost.com
U.S. plan to award $400M vehicle contract removes reference to Musk’s Tesla
The State Department said it planned to embark on a giant purchase of armored vehicles from Tesla, before the listing was edited to omit any reference to Elon Musk’s company.
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Brian Dixon @bdixonpop.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Measles, Mumps and Polio are celebrating Bobby Kennedy's confirmation today, nobody else should.
washingtonpost.com
At least 22 children and two adults infected in Texas measles outbreak
Nine of those infected were hospitalized and more cases are likely, health authorities said. U.S. vaccination rates for measles are falling, according to the CDC.
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Rep. Lois Frankel @frankel.house.gov · 29/01/2025
Every woman, no matter where she lives, deserves the freedom to make her own health care choices. At a time of rising threats to women's safety and well-being—including conflict-related sexual violence—the Global Gag Rule is a cruel and dangerous step backward.
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Rep. Lois Frankel @frankel.house.gov · 29/01/2025
Today, I’m proud to introduce the Global HER Act alongside Reps. Schakowsky, Bera, Meng, Torres, and 100+ of my colleagues to permanently repeal the harmful Global Gag Rule and promote healthier, more prosperous communities worldwide. Learn more about my bill 👇
frankel.house.gov
Global HER Act Filed in House and Senate | U.S. Representative Lois Frankel
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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 28/01/2025
Trump reinstated the #GlobalGagRule which will close essential health clinics and deny patients the care they need. It’s a direct attack on reproductive healthcare around the globe. As co-chair of the @reprocaucus.bsky.social, I’ll fight this every step of the way.
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Population Connection Action Fund @popconnectaction.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Some of these extremists forced their way into a clinic with chains and bags of locks. They injured a nurse and harassed patients. One of them was found with 5 fetuses in her house. Trump is again rewarding and encouraging violence. It's disgusting.
washingtonpost.com
Trump pardons antiabortion activists who blocked access to clinics
President Trump on Thursday pardoned 23 people who were convicted of blocking access to reproductive health clinics, a day before the March for Life in D.C.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Musk comes from a family that moved to South Africa *for* the racism. He has repeatedly endorsed Great Replacement Theory in the US & Neo-Nazis of the AfD in Germany. He championed the rights of white nationalists and restored Nazi accounts to Twitter. But I'm sure the Nazi salute was an accident.
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Brian Dixon @bdixonpop.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Horrible news about Cecile Richards. I feel lucky to have known and worked with her. She will continue to be an inspiration.
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Mike Gehrke @mikegehrke.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Second inauguration in a row Trump has tried to cancel.
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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
This is, or should be, a big deal -- Ann Telnaes, an absolute legend, quitting WaPo due to censorship of a cartoon criticizing billionaires anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
anntelnaes.substack.com
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
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Blue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
REPRO Rising Virginia PAC Endorses @SinghforVA for House District 26; Special Election key to Constitutional Amendments moving forward in 2025 bluevirginia.us/2024/12/vide...
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Brian Dixon @bdixonpop.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
You know what definitely causes a risk to developing brains -- lead. And Florida still has a huge number of lead pipes in their water system. Jesus, these people all suck.
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Brian Dixon @bdixonpop.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Oh Nancy. You're right that Sarah McBride isn't your equal: she is way, way better than you.
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Brian Dixon @bdixonpop.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
EXACTLY
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Brian Dixon @bdixonpop.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
So, one tiny silver lining of this shitshow of an election is that it seems likely that we'll never hear from JD Vance again.
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Brian Dixon @bdixonpop.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Sigh.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Every story about Bobby Kennedy should note that he’s only “health” credential is killing a bunch of kids with measles. Feels relevant!
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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
I keep getting really furious about the little babies dying or losing vital functions to measles. My kids aren't that old and I was just so protective of them and anxious they'd get sick when they weighed 6lbs, were too young to get their shots, and depended on other people's vaccinations.
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