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Colin Howden

@cwh56.bsky.social
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Retired physician; politically independent

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 17/05/2026
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/the-end-of...
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The end of the road for Dr. Disgrace.
I’m really, really pissed off at my fellow physician, and soon-to-be former US Senator, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana.
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Kepano Kolohe @alala55.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Sign @standupforscience.bsky.social’s petition to impeach RFK Jr.
standupforscience.net
Sign the IMPEACH RFK Citizens' Petition to Congress — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
Join with us to sign our Citizens' Petition to the US Congress to choose the people over Trump and Impeach RFK Jr Now!
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Blood on his hands
A photo of Bill Cassidy, physician in the US Senate who was the deciding vote to allow RFK Jr. to be confirmed, with the caption “I voted for this!”
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50501CA @50501ca.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
50501 is a peaceful, non-violent movement. Any attempts to portray us as such are blatantly false. If you find an agitator, do not engage them. Simply find the nearest person in a safety vest and bring the agitator to their attention. If someone is inciting violence, they are NOT with us.
STAY GROUNDED. STAY UNIFIED.
Come prepared, not paranoid.
Know your rights - and exercise them.
Protect each other, especially the vulnerable.
Don't take the bait from agitators.
Film, document ,and report - never escalate.
If someone is pushing violence, THEY ARE NOT WITH US.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 01/05/2025
“This is taxpayer-funded, state-sponsored religious indoctrination. You’ve just got to call it what it is.”
motherjones.com
The Supreme Court is about to let religion ruin public education
Two recent cases suggest that the era of secular schools is coming to an end.
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Rocket Fella🇳🇱 @kooiker.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
The same shit, different assholes
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 25/04/2025
@brontyman.bsky.social
Wanted:  Republican senators with enough courage to honor their oath of office.
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C-Bo the Eggman @cbotheeggman.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Dick Durbin and Jan Schakowsky got the memo that Democratic voters want the party to make a generational change. Can someone please tell Chuck Schumer?
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alexanderford25.bsky.social @alexanderford25.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Predictors of response to low-dose amitriptyline for irritable bowel syndrome and efficacy and tolerability according to subtype: post hoc analyses from the ATLANTIS trial gut.bmj.com/content/74/5... Latest paper from the @AtlantisTrial in this months edition of @Gut_BMJ
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Predictors of response to low-dose amitriptyline for irritable bowel syndrome and efficacy and tolerability according to subtype: post hoc analyses from the ATLANTIS trial
Background Low-dose amitriptyline, a tricyclic antidepressant (TCA), was superior to placebo for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in the AmitripTyline at Low-dose ANd Titrated for Irritable bowel syndro...
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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
you know things are going well when they break out the turnip photos
photo of a red shopping basket filled with turnips, under the headline: 
If you’re worried about food tariffs, adopt a frugal mindset and cook smarter
Learn to shop for groceries like a thrifter and work on eliminating waste
By Sheryl Julian Globe Correspondent,Updated April 7, 2025, 7:21 a.m.

caption: The big question is, writes Sheryl Julian, are we expected to remove all the pleasures from the table and turn the nightly dinner into a feast of locally grown turnips (above) and leafy greens?Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 07/04/2025
@ashishkjha.bsky.social
More Americans have died from measles this year than at any time in the past 25 years.  And we’re only in the first week of April.  This is not normal.  But it is wholly preventable.
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 06/04/2025
@ashishkjha.bsky.social
Another child has needlessly died of measles.  There is only prevention through vaccination.  Please encourage everyone you know to get kids protected.
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 29/03/2025
@ashishkjha.bsky.social
Peter Marks is one of the most brilliant, dedicated scientists and public servants.  He helped usher in scientific rigor and transparency into the FDA.  And tonight, he’s being pushed out.  Making the FDA dramatically weaker, less effective.  This is not how we make America healthy.
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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
dear unhappy Trump voters, yes, this IS exactly what you voted for. you were just too fucking dumb to understand it
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
“Could you state your full name for the record?” TULSI GABBARD: “I'm not familiar with that.” “Is your current job title Director of National Intelligence? GABBARD: “I have not read my official stationery yet.” “Did Cruella de Vil OK stealing her hairstyle?” GABBARD: “She stole it from me.”
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TommyBoy @tampatom69.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
A+ post
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Lois Kalmick @tripsmom.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Why aren’t all the Dems in Congress and Senate screaming for Hegseth to resign?? wtf is wrong with our party?? Bunch of wimps!!!
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 25/03/2025
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
actionnetwork.org
Tell Congress: Demand the resignation of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth
Contact Congress today!
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Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Thank you @petebuttigieg.bsky.social
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Happy Blue Year @bluetenn.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
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ffrf.org @ffrf.org · 13/03/2025
Dismantling public education to push religious indoctrination is the goal of Christian nationalism. Our schools should teach facts, not force "connections" to a mythical, theocratic version of history. The Constitution—not God—shaped this nation.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
I care deeply about who Michigan will elect as Governor and send to the U.S. Senate next year, but I have decided against competing in either race. I wrote more here about my decision and how I view the work required of us all in this moment:
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I'm Not Running in 2026, But I Am Getting to Work
We all have work to do in delivering a better kind of politics for America.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
I'm old enough to remember when polio ripped through the globe and put my friends into iron lungs. We dutifully lined up at school to get vaccinated. We eradicated the disease. We protected the common good and saved lives. RFK Jr leading HHS is a disgrace.
thedailybeast.com
RFK Jr.: It Would Be Better if ‘Everybody Got Measles’
“The measles gave you lifetime protection against measles infection,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Sean Hannity on Fox News.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Elon Musk is trying to make himself king and he is succeeding. Any elected Democrats who are too cowardly to stand up to him should step aside and make room for a candidate with even an ounce of courage.
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Anders Östlund @andersostlund.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
We have reached the joke stage in the break with the U.S. That's a very good sign.
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Colin Howden @cwh56.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
@alexanderford25.bsky.social I see you've made the transition
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Some are saying Democrats shouldn't attend Donald Trump's State of the Union. I disagree. They should attend. And the minute he starts speaking, start getting up, one-by-one, and solemnly leave the chamber. It will be all anyone talks about the next day. And will drive Donald crazy.
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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 01/03/2025
The Democratic Party has no idea how angry its base is. Lead, right now, or get out of the way.
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Stephanie Kennedy @wordswithsteph.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
As of today, a new term has entered our language. A “rubio” is a spineless lump of nothing. Example: Don’t be such a rubio.
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🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 27/02/2025
If your representative is dodging in-person town halls, call them out! Tag them and demand they face their constituents.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
TOMORROW- Friday, February 28th is BLACKOUT FRIDAY! If you believe we are in danger of losing our Democracy forever, FIGHT BACK! Let's make our voices heard in numbers too big to ignore. JOIN US if you've had it with Comrade Krasnov. 🤬 🇷🇺 #24HourEconomicBlackout
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
If you think the headline is good, you should read the copy.
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Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them
WASHINGTON—With the elected officials trying their hardest not to move a muscle, reports confirmed Monday that top Democratic leaders in Congress were standing real still in hopes that the American pe...
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 21/02/2025
Dr. Oz is a charlatan, peddling homeopathic unproven remedies on TV for his own benefit. What a joke. In the hands of Dr. Oz & RFK Jr, our public health is doomed. #MedSky Please continue to fight this nonsense in any way possible. Protest, boycott, contact reps. www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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Trump's picks to oversee Medicare and biomedical research will divest stock
Dr. Mehmet Oz, nominated to run the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, will sell shares in Eli Lilly and UnitedHealth. Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, NIH nominee, will shed stock in Walmart and Nvidia.
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 15/02/2025
Stand up for Science March 7, 2025 #ScienceSky #MedSky #SciSky @altnps.bsky.social @altcdc.bsky.social @altnih4science.bsky.social
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Don't let Trump flood your zone. Stay focused. Keep your eye on what this corrupt regime is really doing — looting the government to line their own pockets with massive tax cuts and the ability to steer more federal contracts their way.
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 15/02/2025
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
On the left is a middle-age man wearing a ball-cap at work, proving he has no idea of what is appropriate. On the right is an old man wearing 3 quarts of liquid foundation, proving he has no idea of what is appropriate. A nation run by incompetent idiots.
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 11/02/2025
RFK, Jr. confirmation is tomorrow (Tuesday) Get in your calls to your senators first thing in the morning to reject RFK as HHS secretary. Senate switchboard number: (202) 224-3121
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Musk ‘saluting’ from a Tesla… the viewer ‘saluting’ back.
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
AI technology: then and now. From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 10/02/2025
In America, decisions about what is legal and illegal are made by courts.  Not by the Vice President.
Pete Buttigieg
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 08/02/2025
If you’re a member of the AMA and/or AAP contact them, and tell them to speak up!
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 08/02/2025
Speak up #AmericanMedicalAssociation and #AmericanAcademyofPediatrics ! RFK Jr. is unfit to head the HHS. #medsky
rollcall.com
Key physician groups stay silent on Kennedy nomination  - Roll Call
The American Medical Association and American Academy of Pediatrics have been silent on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination as HHS secretary.
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