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Once a Nurse, always a Nurse.❤️‍🩹 Healthcare is a human right.⚕️ #StandWithMinnesota 🩵☮️ Twin Cities<>North Shore 🌲🐾

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Judy Stone @drjudystone.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Immune amnesia from #measles. With growing cases and the anti-vax craze, we're going to be in big trouble with a variety of infections. www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/meas...
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Measles outbreaks could leave thousands vulnerable to infectious diseases for years
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MPR News @mprnews.org · 30/09/2026
The day of remembrance, held annually on Sept. 30, recognizes the history of Native American boarding schools, which were established to assimilate Native children into Western culture.
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'Understand the fight': Events honor survivors, families of Native boarding schools
Communities across Minnesota are gathering to honor those impacted by Native American boarding schools.
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PRN @brottkalk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"We need to acknowledge that one solution (for at least a subset of autism spectrum disorders) is to administer more vaccines"💉
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Dr David Robert Grimes @drg.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Gentle reminder: unless medically directed, you don't need supplements. They are foodstuffs, not medicines, and are cheap - a month's supply of collagen is ~1 euro wholesale. So how are some Irish doctors justifying charging €250 quid A MONTH for them? That's a good bloody question.. a short🧵..
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
A new analysis found that refusals of the vitamin K shot rose by more than 50% in the first half of 2026 in the US. This intervention has protected babies for decades. This is what happens when misinformation spreads unchecked leading to the rejection of science. www.reuters.com/world/us-ref...
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EXCLUSIVE: US refusals of crucial newborn vitamin spike, raising risk of dangerous bleeding
The percentage of parents and caregivers in the United States refusing a standard vitamin K shot for infants at birth has accelerated sharply this year, an ​exclusive data analysis for Reuters found, ...
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 25/08/2026
Do not normalize children dying from measles. Measles was previously eliminated in the US, thanks to vaccines. When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.
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KFF Health News @kffhealthnews.org · 20/08/2026
Patient outbursts dramatized on “The Pitt” are a daily reality for healthcare workers in short-staffed emergency rooms. And the conditions are helping fuel hospital strikes. kffhealthnews.org/health-industry/w…
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Violence Against Healthcare Workers and Staffing Shortages Fuel Hospital Strikes - KFF Health News
Healthcare workers at a Michigan hospital have been on strike since last September. Violence on the job is one reason behind it, with federal data showing hospital workers are seven times as likely to be injured on the job due to violent acts as members...
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Kathryn Anne Edwards @kedseconomist.com · 10/08/2026
I think political analysis and election season has warped our sense of who the working class is and what they need from economic policy. My take: the political discussion distracts from the policy needs, which is robust labor law and a path to unionization. www.kedits.com/p/who-is-ame...
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Who is America's Working Class
And what economic policy do they need
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/07/2026
New in PN: Trump’s latest public health initiative: explosive diarrhea "Cyclosporiasis is teaching us a painful, embarrassing, and fairly obvious lesson: when you launch an all-out assault on public health, you get explosive diarrhea — and worse than explosive diarrhea."
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Trump’s latest public health initiative: explosive diarrhea
This administration is the best thing that ever happened to cyclosporiasis.
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Economic Policy Institute @epi.org · 20/07/2026
Minnesota launched a paid family leave program this year—and its successful rollout can serve as an example for other states around the country. minnesotareformer.com/2026/07/15/m...
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Minnesota's paid leave rollout was a success. Here's what we can learn from that. • Minnesota Reformer
Minnesota's paid family leave program was launched successfully — no glitches, on time and under budget.
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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 16/07/2026
Cancer doesn’t give a shit about DEI policies. The disease will continue impacting some populations more than others and refusing to research why is asinine and hurts us all.
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
What an increase: “Half of all people who buy coverage on the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces work for small businesses or are self-employed, compared w/roughly 28% in 2022. This coverage has become a lot more expensive after Congress did not renew enhanced subsidies that lowered people’s costs”
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5 takeaways from STAT’s series on the soaring cost of health insurance
Read the 5 key takeaways from STAT's series "Out of Pocket, Out of Reach," an examination of workplace health insurance.
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Seth Trueger @mdaware.org · 29/06/2026
we are spending so much time, effort, and resources unringing this bell
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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
My big hypothesis is that the old state flag discourse is just a replacement for all of the Trump flags that folks no longer feel comfortably flying. Was surprised driving up north last weekend how few Trump flags or decals I saw. The old state flag is just a less embarrassing way of vice signaling.
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Minnesota 50501 @mn50501.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
People are losing their rights and their lives. This week, 15 legal observers and activists in Minnesota were arrested. People are facing criminal charges for challenging and documenting government actions. Verify your voter registration today. Don't assume it's current. mnvotes.sos.mn.gov
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North Star Policy Action @northstarpolicy.org · 18/06/2026
🚨 New report Trump’s economic policies drove a historic spike in the cost of living for MN families in 2025 Minnesotans paid $4.6 BILLION more for basic necessities than they would have if costs had followed historical trends, as costs rose 6.1% across counties. northstarpolicy.org/affordabilit...
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MPR News @mprnews.org · 29/05/2026
This year, the prestigious John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award will go collectively to the people of the Twin Cities “for risking their lives to protect their neighbors and immigrant community members” as federal immigration agents flooded the region earlier this year.
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‘Profile in Courage’: Twin Cities set to get national award Sunday for ICE surge response
The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation award will laud the people of the Twin Cities “for risking their lives to protect their neighbors and immigrant communities” during Operation Metro Surge.
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250 to 250 @250to250.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Introducing 250 to 250: A series of one-minute stories of the many people, places, and events that have built our country and remind us of the power of each person to make history. #WeAreAmerica250
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
people are sending me important memes
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
"The double standard could not be more stark: Scientific evidence supporting vaccines is suppressed while unsupported claims casting doubt on them are amplified." The legacy of our failed FDA leaders
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The FDA couldn’t find a vaccine safety crisis, so it buried its own research
Corrupt and Unethical Leadership at the FDA here is a particular kind of government betrayal that arrives not with a bang, but with an
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Bring Me The News @bringmethenews.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
4 Twin Cities leaders to accept Profile in Courage award honoring response to ICE More: bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/4…
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PRN @brottkalk.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
💜 #Prince ☔
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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 15/04/2026
Not this mine. Not this place. Save our Public Lands. Save the Boundary Waters.
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FOREIGN-OWNED MINE THREATENS MINNESOTA'S BOUNDARY WATERS, PUBLIC LANDS?!
YouTube video by Senator Tina Smith
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Bring Me The News @bringmethenews.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
German soccer team awards peace prize to St. Paul bar owner More: bringmethenews.com/minnesota-lifest…
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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
"Surely Minnesotans won't fight back," racists in 1863 and 2026
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
New with @pamherd.bsky.social: While never mentioning Trump or political parties, the show’s second season offers an almost-real time commentary on how policy changes are affecting health. Lets take one particular example of Medicaid coverage loss. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-the-p...
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What The Pitt Gets Right about Health Policy
Foreshadowing the deadly consequences of Trump's Medicaid policies
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the-astro-stud @the-astro-stud.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
New over here so introducing myself with some commentary on Artemis II!
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 02/04/2026
If I were on a mission whose computer system required me to deal with Microsoft Outlook in space, I’d give up and go back to the slide rule
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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Babies have very little vitamin K in their first months of life. Before doctors started routinely giving vitamin K shots to newborns in 1961, up to one in 60 babies developed serious bleeding (including the brain) due to a vitamin K deficiency. This is just a vitamin, not a vaccine.
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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
I would greatly appreciate anyone amplifying this or contributing. The Alex Pretti nursing scholarship is being created. An endowed scholarship awarded to a student with financial need. Preference will be given to students with an interest in supporting America's veterans. Link below. Thank you.
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I'm supporting the University of Minnesota Foundation!
Help support academics and scholarships at the University of Minnesota.
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Jonathan Jarry @jonathanjarry.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
RFK Jr is *in charge of health* for the U.S. government. On top of being an anti-vaxx dingbat, he says "your stomach microbiome is plants." He's thinking of the *colon* microbiome... and it's bacteria, not plants! He's thinking of "gut flora." A high school student wouldn't make this mistake.
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PRN @brottkalk.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
#Minnesota 🩵
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Your Local Epidemiologist @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Today was a major win for accountability. We just got word that in the court case between the American Academy of Pediatrics and RFK Jr., a judge ruled that the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee, ACIP, cannot move forward under his changes and reversed many of the actions taken so far.
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Dave Matthews Band @dmbofficial.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Dave Matthews performs “Peace On Earth” on @colbertlateshow.bsky.social. Watch the full video: youtu.be/A2UC2hSF6cM?...
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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 15/03/2026
Absolutely gutting story on Annunciation parents pouring their souls into enlightening legislators, knowing they’d the GOP brick wall. But the piece contains one of the most horrifying paragraphs an American parent could read; it will stay with me: www.startribune.com/in-living-ro... (gift)
From the Star Tribune: “The damage to Harper's body was so severe, we were not allowed to see her, hold her, or be with her body ever again," [her mother] said. "And then, months later, as the pews were removed from that church, more of her remains were found. We had to cremate our daughter a second time. Imagine receiving that
phone call. And then tell me, what is this gun for? Hunting?
There are other tools. Home defense? There are other tools.
What is this one for?"
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
To be clear: the SAVE Act does not simply require the identification voting ALREADY requires. It demands proof of CITIZENSHIP— a birth certificate with a name that matches yours now (bye, bye, married women), or a passport— both of which are expensive and take a long time to obtain.
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PRN @brottkalk.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
“No nation can build a true future on the terror of its own people,” she said. #Minnesota ☮️
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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 02/03/2026
At the bottom of the Substack settings page, under "Danger Zone," you can turn off all subscriptions at once. Apologies to all my friends on Substack. I'd gritted my teeth and supported you because I love your work. But Substack's partnership with Polymarket is the last straw for me.
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 25/02/2026
This has nothing to do with fraud. The agents Trump allegedly sent to investigate fraud are shooting protesters and arresting children. His DOJ is gutting the U.S. Attorney’s Office and crippling their ability to prosecute fraud. And every week Trump pardons another fraudster.
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PRN @brottkalk.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
www.thecurrent.org/feature/2026... #Minnesota 💜☮️
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𝙽𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝙸𝚜 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝙸𝚝 @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Wow.
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Erin Maye Quade @erinmayequade.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Absolutely beautiful Steve Sack
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PRN @brottkalk.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
#StandWithMinnesota #Olympics 🥌
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
I read the “SAVE Act” (the GOP’s new voter suppression bill) so you don’t have to. This is my one page summary. Jesus it’s bad. 1/
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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Pregnancy, LIKE COVID, makes your blood clot more and is hard on respiration. You do NOT want Covid while pregnant. Getting the shot while pregnant is much safer than getting Covid and also protects your baby, especially if you breastfeed. Why are these men trying to harm women and babies?
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
I think one thing people outside Minnesota don't understand is that after Good and Pretti were killed by feds while observing, the most normal people you could imagine have made peace with the fact that they could be next, and they are still out there because they say it's the right thing to do.
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Dr. Canuck, MD @drcanuckmd.medsky.social · 01/02/2026
ICE contributes nothing positive to society. They operate entirely on fear and division. Here is the data: 🧵
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PRN @brottkalk.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
“Streets of Minneapolis” is Springsteen’s way of reading the events of January 2026 in Minneapolis into the historical record. Hearing him perform the song here, onstage, alone, now, drove that point home." #StandWithMinnesota
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PRN @brottkalk.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
🎯 #StandWithMinnesota
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