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drcdoddrn.bsky

@drcdoddrn.bsky.social
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Pragmatic advocate, activist for equity DEMOCRAT Expertise: Politics, Health Policy: women's health, aging, public & environmental health not just climate! Healing Circles host/participant Grateful cancer survivor Trying to practice kindness in all things

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dc2daylight.bsky.social @dc2daylight.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Kansas Democrat Don Coover objects to U.S. Rep. Derek Schmidt's approach to unreleased Epstein files • Kansas Reflector
The fate of unreleased Epstein files is an issue in the 2nd District race between GOP incumbent Derek Schmidt and Democratic challenger Don Coover.
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drcdoddrn.bsky @drcdoddrn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A day without lies and disrespect for the press’s jackohman.substack.com/p/hello-out-...
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HELLO OUT THERE?
Your Daily Cartoon!
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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 11/08/2026
These Medicare for All stories seem related.
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Rep. Jared Huffman @rephuffman.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
The rule of law must always come before partisan politics. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
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Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him
Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 29/07/2026
The Trump administration is asking Congress for an additional $10 million to cover costs related to recently held Freedom 250 events on the National Mall, including a prayer event, a fair and a fireworks show. wapo.st/4frMqm5
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Rep. Jared Huffman @rephuffman.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
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How Trump Hijacked America’s 250th Birthday
YouTube video by Congressman Jared Huffman
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Rep. Jared Huffman @rephuffman.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Turns out the botched celebrations for Trump’s Freedom 250 debacle are costing even more than he bargained for. The cherry on top of this corruption cake? He wants taxpayers to foot the $10 million bill.
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drcdoddrn.bsky @drcdoddrn.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Yes and prevention is a priority but we must not spray glyphosate and/or other herbicides for vegetation management the long term consequence for forest health and human health cannot be undone.
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Rep. Jared Huffman @rephuffman.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
It’s such a double standard – one set of rules for the fabulously rich, one for everyone else. I want to make sure that the folks I represent get the same consideration as the billionaires and oligarchs who are having a good time in Bohemian Grove.
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Rep. Jared Huffman @rephuffman.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
This week, I visited West County Health Center to celebrate National Health Center Week and meet with the dedicated providers, staff, and community leaders working every day to expand access to quality, affordable health care.
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drcdoddrn.bsky @drcdoddrn.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Just yesterday the trump administration cut Medicare Part D subsidies. We worked for decades to add the pharmacy benefit to Medicare. Medication is a major expense for seniors. Join ncpssm.org and help fight the republican's unraveling of 60+ years of policy that protects our elders.
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National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare - NCPSSM
The mission of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare is to protect, preserve, and ensure the financial security of Americans.
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Ways and Means Committee Democrats @waysmeanscmte.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Every day, this Administration unlocks new levels of corruption never thought possible. At a time when families are struggling to stay afloat, they’re being denied jobs and opportunities by their president because of their political views.
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drcdoddrn.bsky @drcdoddrn.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Your Daily Cartoon! open.substack.com/pub/jackohma...
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Your Daily Cartoon!
McCarthyism v. Trumpism...
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 19/07/2026
A caved-in roof. A crumbling porch. A memorial water wall in need of restoration. These are just a few areas of the $10 million of deferred maintenance needed at the Women’s Rights National Historical Park in Seneca Falls, N.Y.
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Saving Seneca Falls: The U.S. Birthplace of ‘All Men and Women Are Created Equal’ Must Be Preserved
A caved-in roof. A crumbling porch. A memorial water wall in need of restoration. These are just a few areas of the $10 million of deferred maintenance needed at the Women’s Rights National…
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The Story of Writing @sownow.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
On this day in 1848, the first women’s rights convention in the U.S. opened in Seneca Falls, New York. For two days, attendees discussed the role of women in society, equality, and the need for women’s suffrage. The event led to drafting the Declaration of Sentiments and Rights. #Equal #Rights #OTD
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Declaration of Sentiments - Women's Rights National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service)
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Jason Fry @jasoncfry.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Some scenes from the reconstructed Wesleyan Chapel and the Women’s Rights National Historical Park in bucolic Seneca Falls, NY.
Interior of Wesleyan Chapel at the Women’s Rights National Historical ParkMy wife declaiming on behalf of women’s suffrage and Mets’ sufferingCartoon from the Women’s Rights National Historical ParkExhibit from the Women’s Rights National Historical Park
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
The Smithsonian does not belong to the President or a political party. It BELONGS TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE! We will not let them rewrite our history! We will fight back in Congress, the Courts, and in our Communities because this is OUR story!
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Rep. Stansbury: Standing Up to the President's Political Witch Hunt at the Smithsonian
YouTube video by Rep. Melanie Stansbury
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
In other news, Ken Paxton abruptly ditched a press event today when he was asked about reports that he potentially committed voter fraud + owns 15 homes worth $9 million on a government salary. “We’re going to get out of here.” www.huffpost.com/entry/live-u...
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Ken Paxton Bolts From Press Event When Asked About Potentially Committing Voter Fraud
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Oh how the cultists used to cheer at his campaign rallies when he said this.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
It's not easy being meme-d. #Oh-Gee-I-See-Algae 👀
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Right as wildfire season starts, Trump is dismantling the agency that fights the fires—gutting the US Forest Service and clearing the path to hand public forests to private industry. It's illegal, and it's happening now. Tell Congress to stop it 👇 actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s Illegal Plan to Destroy the US Forest Service
Contact Congress today!
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drcdoddrn.bsky @drcdoddrn.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Your Daily Cartoon! open.substack.com/pub/jackohma...
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drcdoddrn.bsky @drcdoddrn.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
We Need to Talk About Plastics www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/clim...
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Opinion | We Need to Talk About Plastics
Physicians are uniquely positioned to influence public discourse and environmental health policy
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Center for Environmental Health @ceh.org · 22/08/2025
“I would not recommend parents let their children play on there. Period.” Great summary by our friends at @ehnewsroom.bsky.social on the Washington Post's recent article covering the health risks associated with artificial turf. Important #BackToSchool read.
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Artificial turf’s hidden costs: Heat, toxic chemicals, and disposal worries swirl around youth sports fields
As schools swap grass for plastic, scientists warn that the heat-soaked, tire-filled surfaces may expose young athletes to toxic chemicals while communities struggle to recycle the fields.Michael J. C...
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Center for Environmental Health @ceh.org · 17/04/2026
‼️ Sharing some good news on the bill we're co-sponsoring (#AB1603) to protect people from PFAS in pesticides. www.ewg.org/news-insights/news-rele…
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California Assembly panel advances bill to ban toxic ‘forever chemical’ pesticides
SACRAMENTO – The California Assembly’s Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials voted today to advance a bill that would ban toxic
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drcdoddrn.bsky @drcdoddrn.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Take action now. Congress set to remove all local control of where cell towers are placed.
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drcdoddrn.bsky @drcdoddrn.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
the heritage foundation is the conservative think tank. their data proves there was not is not voter fraud. protect voting rights! @nursesforamerica.bsky.social
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NCPSSM @ncpssm.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Trump was supposed to "fix" the economy, instead we’re all paying the price of #Trumpflation. #trump #economy #inflation
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NCPSSM @ncpssm.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
You may find yourself as a financial caregiver for your aging parents, a role many are unprepared for. In this encore episode, Beth Pinsker discusses her book My Mother’s Money & shares guidance to help adult children navigate the challenges of financial caregiving. open.spotify.com/episode/6Q2c...
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Your Mother's Money - How to be a Financial Caregiving (Encore) w/CFP Beth Pinsker
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NCPSSM @ncpssm.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
A federal judge ordered a probe into #DOGE’s access to #SocialSecurity data, forcing potential disclosure of records tied to a secret voter data deal after “alarming” admissions of misuse involving millions of Americans’ sensitive data. We warned about this! www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Court orders probe of DOGE’s secret voter data deal after ‘alarming’ revelations
For the first time, DOGE and the Social Security Administration could be required to hand over records detailing what happened behind the scenes as they accessed the data of millions of Americans.
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drcdoddrn.bsky @drcdoddrn.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
with no increase in SS for 2027 how will 50% of people who rely only on SS survive. Electricity, Food, Rent, HealthCare all increasing because of tRUMPS war and because of tax breaks to people at the top. This must stop.
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NCPSSM @ncpssm.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Trump’s budget calls for a record $1.5 trillion in military spending while slashing safety net programs and handing more tax breaks to the wealthy. #trump #budget #medicare #medicaid @americanprogressaction.org
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drcdoddrn.bsky @drcdoddrn.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/ha...
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Stop the Plastic Takeover of Our Parks! Tell the city we want natural grass not plastic turf!
• Pollution throughout life cycle: Artificial turf is made from fossil fuels and pollutes at every stage—from extraction to disposal. Most fields end up in landfills or incinerators within a decade, c...
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drcdoddrn.bsky @drcdoddrn.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Leo open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
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Why a president should never pick a fight with the pope
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drcdoddrn.bsky @drcdoddrn.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Tell SF Rec & Park AND Board of Supervisors that kids deserve safe softer natural grass playing fields. Plastic grass is an environmental health hazard for humans and flora and fauna.This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/ha...
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Stop the Plastic Takeover of Our Parks! Tell the city we want natural grass not plastic turf!
• Pollution throughout life cycle: Artificial turf is made from fossil fuels and pollutes at every stage—from extraction to disposal. Most fields end up in landfills or incinerators within a decade, c...
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drcdoddrn.bsky @drcdoddrn.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
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Epilogue
Your weekly excerpt from one of my books. This week: "The Last American President: A Broken Man, a Corrupt Party, and a World on the Brink"
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drcdoddrn.bsky @drcdoddrn.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
WAKO. PUT THE COUNTRY AHEAD OF TRUMP, his billionaires, his family, and corporate GREED
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NCPSSM @ncpssm.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Our CEO Max Richtman will testify before the Senate Aging Committee on 3/25 about repealing the Social Security retirement earnings test. #socialsecruity #retirement #ssa @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social
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NCPSSM @ncpssm.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
"I will never vote to limit people's access to voting," says Rep. John Larson, who opposes the Trump/GOP SAVE act. It's a bill to suppress the vote, not protect our rights. WATCH HERE::: #votingrights #election #saveact @repjohnlarson.govpeeps.us
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NCPSSM @ncpssm.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has asked Congress for another $200 billion for Trump's Iran war. That's about the same amount that Trump and the GOP cut from SNAP food assistance for lower income Americans. #SNAP #trump #iran #gop
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NCPSSM @ncpssm.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Trump and House Republicans are pushing the SAVE Act, which could purge voter rolls and strip voting access from eligible voters over new ID rules. This is an effort to suppress the vote, not protect it! #SAVEact #votingrights #trump #elections
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drcdoddrn.bsky @drcdoddrn.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
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Brian Allen on X: "🚨🇺🇸 BREAKING: Protesters in Los Angeles just projected an anti-ICE video onto a building. And it wasn’t just any building. It was Twin Towers, an ICE-linked detention facility where LASD actively collaborates with ICE for deportation screening. This is what resistance looks https://t.co/rz4f0u6kqj" / X
🚨🇺🇸 BREAKING: Protesters in Los Angeles just projected an anti-ICE video onto a building. And it wasn’t just any building. It was Twin Towers, an ICE-linked detention facility where LASD actively collaborates with ICE for deportation screening. This is what resistance looks https://t.co/rz4f0u6kqj
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drcdoddrn.bsky @drcdoddrn.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
A Nurses Open Letter to Alex Pretti, RN open.substack.com/pub/dissenti...
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A Nurses Open Letter to Alex Pretti
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drcdoddrn.bsky @drcdoddrn.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
The Rising’s Substack therisingusa.substack.com?r=3pnys&utm_... GREAT READ
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The Rising’s Substack | Substack
Be informed. Be involved. Be joyful. Click to read The Rising’s Substack, a Substack publication. Launched 8 months ago.
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drcdoddrn.bsky @drcdoddrn.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
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BREAKING: Renee Good’s wife issues devastating and heartbreaking statement.
Please share it everywhere so people know who this woman actually was and how intensely the Trump admin is lying about her.
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Voter Action Project @voteractionproject.org · 03/11/2025
GREAT NEWS: The ruling found that Trump had usurped the power vested in Congress and the states to administer and oversee elections protocols 👇
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Judge Permanently Bars Trump From Requiring Proof of Citizenship for Voter Registration
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
There's one central rule in working against autocrats - if they see you as weak, if you attempt to appease, you are creating a permission structure for them to escalate, to take more. Ds are strong right now, and he is weak. We need to use our strength to get more for the American people, not less
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drcdoddrn.bsky @drcdoddrn.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Extend ACA Premium Subsidies? www.medpagetoday.com/Surveys/118253
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Extend ACA Premium Subsidies?
A central sticking point in the government shutdown is the <a href='https://www.medpagetoday.com/washington-watch/washington-watch/118157' target='_blank'>extension of enhanced premium subsidies</a> f
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drcdoddrn.bsky @drcdoddrn.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
They already only work 22 weeks/year for full salary, the Republicans just gave themselves a 4 week (and counting) - 26 weeks, half a year with pay! while so many are struggling to feed children & the elderly, working 2 jobs and hoping they will still have health coverage
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/10/2025
Raskin: "He believes if he holds his breath and turns purple like Veruca Salt in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the Supreme Court will come out and do whatever he wants them to do. And he's got some reason for thinking that."
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