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Dr. Mary Jo Podgurski

@drmaryjopod.bsky.social
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Mom/Nonnie, RN, Teacher, Author of books for parents/children on life’s tough topics like death, AASECT Sex Educator/Counselor. Lamaze CBE. Doula. D2L Facilitator. Golden Brick Award Recipient #EachPersonIsAPersonofWorthTM

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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 23/07/2025
Many Danes say they are heartbroken by how the U.S. has turned from best friend to foe over Greenland.
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Trump’s Fixation With Greenland Has Ended Denmark’s Love Affair With the U.S.
Only 20% of people in Denmark, until recently one of the more politically pro-American countries in Europe, say they hold a favorable opinion of the U.S.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Wow.
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NDTV @ndtv.com · 08/06/2025
US President Donald Trump deployed 2,000 troops on Saturday to handle escalating protests against immigration enforcement raids in the Los Angeles area, a move the state's governor termed "purposefully inflammatory." Read: www.ndtv.com/world-news/u...
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
We're no longer the leader of the free world. We're no longer a beacon of democracy and justice. We're no longer the land of opportunity. We're no longer a nation in which no one is above the law. Our myths about ourselves are killing us. What to do? davidrothkopf.substack.com/p/we-are-not...
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We Are Not the Nation We Thought We Were
We must see through our myths about ourselves if we are ever to aspire again to greatness
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 02/06/2025
Horrified by today’s terror attack in Colorado. Antisemitism has no place in our nation and we must continue to unite together against such hatred. Our hearts are with the victims and their loved ones.
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Kathy Dissents @kk1647.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
For Handmaid’s Tale fans.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
What is going on? This is insane. Trump just shared a completely unhinged conspiracy theory claiming President Biden was “executed in 2020” and replaced by a robot clone.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
It’s striking how often hate toward Jewish Americans is met with silence. In a country that prides itself on justice and free speech, too many look away. Standing up against antisemitism shouldn’t be political—it should be moral. Indifference only fuels it.
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 02/06/2025
My thoughts are with our Jewish neighbors after another horrifying antisemitic attack, this time in Boulder. Hate has no place in our country.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
“If this can happen in a Member of Congress’s office, it can happen to anyone — and it is happening...” www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
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'It can happen to anyone': Nadler rebukes DHS after staffer detained in Manhattan office
The agency said the unidentified staff member was not charged.
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 02/06/2025
A widely anticipated list of “sanctuary jurisdictions” no longer appears on the Department of Homeland Security’s website after receiving widespread criticism for including localities that have supported the Trump administration’s immigration policies.
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List of ‘sanctuary jurisdictions’ removed from US government website following criticism
A widely anticipated list of “sanctuary jurisdictions” no longer appears on the Department of Homeland Security’s website after receiving widespread criticism for including localities that have act…
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 02/06/2025
More than a century after the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, one of the most horrific episodes of racial violence in U.S. history, the city’s mayor announced a $105 million reparations package on Sunday. It is the first large-scale plan committing funds to address the impact of the atrocity.
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$105 Million Reparations Package for Tulsa Race Massacre Unveiled by Mayor
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Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 31/05/2025
The Public Broadcasting Service and Lakeland PBS in Minnesota sued the Trump administration Friday, arguing an executive order seeking to cut off their federal funding violates the Constitution and would “upend public television.”
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PBS, Minnesota public TV station sue Trump over executive order cutting off funds | Arkansas Advocate
The Public Broadcasting Service and Lakeland PBS in Minnesota sued the Trump administration Friday, arguing an executive order seeking to cut off their federal funding violates the Constitution and…
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 31/05/2025
Editorial: Trump's escalating campaign against Harvard — cutting billions in funding, blocking foreign students and threatening its independence — marks an unprecedented attack on U.S. higher education.
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U.S. soft power is a casualty in Trump’s war on Harvard
The fight against Harvard will do extensive and potentially irreparable injury. It is an extraordinary act of self-harm.
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Daily Maverick @dailymaverick.co.za · 31/05/2025
About 40% of the health workers who collected data in the country’s HIV hotspots either lost their jobs in February or will be jobless in September, leaving a massive knowledge gap in their wake. Experts warn that not knowing what we don’t know is dangerous.
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BHEKISISA OP-ED: Data drought: How funding losses are compromising South Africa’s HIV response efforts
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 31/05/2025
Breaking News: The Trump administration has dealt a sharp blow to work on HIV vaccines, terminating a $258 million program critical to the research.
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Trump Administration Ends Program Critical to Search for an H.I.V. Vaccine
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The Mirror @mirror.co.uk · 31/05/2025
An urgent warning has been issued as a fungus described as a "threat to humanity" is now spreading across the UK.
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Killer fungus dubbed 'threat to humanity' is spreading in UK
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 31/05/2025
President Donald Trump is open to giving a pardon to rap star Sean "Diddy" Combs — but admitted to not following the case closely when asked by reporters, The Daily Beast said on Friday.
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Trump open to pardoning Diddy: 'I'd look at what's happening'
President Donald Trump is open to giving a pardon to rap star Sean "Diddy" Combs — but admitted to not following the case closely when asked by reporters, The Daily Beast said on Friday.Diddy is facing federal charges of racketeering and sex trafficking, following decades of rumors of illicit activi...
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Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 25/05/2025
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 25/05/2025
In case y'all missed it - Utah Republicans ordered a study on transgender healthcare, expecting it to come back unsupportive. Instead, it found that trans youth care was safe and effective, and that transgender youth need it. Whoops. www.sltrib.com/news/politic...
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Utah lawmakers’ own study found gender-affirming care benefits trans youth. Will they lift the treatment ban?
The Utah Legislature's own newly-released study found that gender-affirming care benefits trans youth. Now, will lawmakers lift the treatment ban?
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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
If you have any relationship to TX-- you're from there, you have family there, you know people there-- now's the time to get on the ringer and rally against this truly disastrous bill. It's a death wish for school libraries statewide.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 25/05/2025
5 years ago: “An incalculable loss” Today: Banning masks and restricting vaccine access
NEW YORK TIMES (2020): U.S. DEATHS NEAR 100,000, AN INCALCULABLE LOSS
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
The past few months have been tough, and we just want to say thank you. In the beginning, it felt like we were yelling into the wind, no one was listening. But then you all showed up. You raised your voices, shared the truth, and made the media pay attention.
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MeidasmightyNurse @nurselongeretta.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
This is the view from my bedroom in Seattle. It is normally filled with cargo ships. I haven’t seen one in the last 4 days.
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Michael A. Stackpole 🇺🇦 @michaelastackpole.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
The Stoopid, it BURNS...
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Leanne (L. A.) Schwartz @schwartzwords.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
capper of an awful week
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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Please watch THIS particular interview, shared by @prisonculture.bsky.social to get the play by play on what happened. Getting arrested for protesting is a king move, but that's not what happened here. This was a goddamned grab and sack. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUjf...
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'Never seen anything like it in my life': New Jersey congressman reacts to Newark mayor arrest
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Matthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
One of the thing that angers me most about unaccountable federal police, including ICE, but also police in general--is every step over the last 30 years to aggrandize their power has been met with warnings that exactly this would happen.
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Rep. LaMonica McIver @replamonica.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
The way we were treated at Delaney Hall is almost unbelievable. ICE shoved me, manhandled @repbonnie.bsky.social, and arrested Mayor Baraka. They disrespected us and tried to stop us from conducting the oversight we’re elected to do. But we’ll never back down in our fight for what is right.
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Marco Foster @marcofoster.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
HAPPENING NOW: Hundreds of protesters chant “Free our Mayor!” outside the DHS building in Newark, NJ where Mayor Ras Baraka is being held (Video: @spydermonkeywatch.bsky.social)
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Tristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
BREAKING: Trump “actively looking at” suspending habeas corpus — which would allow government to arrest, exile, detain, and even kill ANY of us. With NO trial, NO lawyer, NO judge ever hearing from you. It would be the death of freedom in America.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Excellent piece on Miller on habeas. Far superior to the surprisingly both-sides-ish coverage by some media. What Miller is claiming the power to do isn’t questionable or dubious. It would be anti-constitutional usurpation. www.stevevladeck.com/p/148-suspen...
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148. Suspending Habeas Corpus
In response to adverse rulings in numerous immigration cases, Stephen Miller is raising the specter of suspending habeas. His argument is factually and legally nuts, but it's worth explaining *why.*
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
I was panicked that my 7-year-old might freak out during the face melting scene in Indiana Jones but she said "I guess he shouldn't have opened that" as seriously as possible and I've been crying laughing for 10 minutes
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Jon Cryer @mrjoncryer.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Who gave the order to arrest Ras Baraka while he was on public property complying with an officers order? And who was the officer who shoved the Congresswoman? We need names.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka has been released after he was arrested for allegedly trespassing at an ICE facility in New Jersey pix11.com/news/local-n...
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka wearing a brown jacket, black hat, red tie
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10/05/2025
Why is ICE wearing masks? What are they hiding? The Mayor of Newark was arrested at an ICE facility—when elected officials showed up, masked agents roughed them up, including an 80-year-old congresswoman. Why?!
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Having now watched the footage and interview two of the members who were there, the amount of armed, masked federal agents surrounding three members of Congress and a mayor outside the ICE facility was totally unnecessary; the only possible reason for it was intentional escalation and intimidation.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 08/05/2025
Public school teachers deserve our support, not our attacks.
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 08/05/2025
This Teacher Appreciation Week, let's not forget that the current Trump Administration is doing all it can to demolish the Department of Education, and with it, many teachers' student loan forgiveness plans, employment opportunities, and classroom resources.
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 08/05/2025
Happy Teacher Appreciation Week to the ones who get it done, the real heroes, teachers.
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
So over for you hoes
Dei means of God in Latin
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Abrego Garcia’s lawyers filed a motion today and it could lead to a deposition in the White House. Read about it here and be up to date. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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A Subpoena for the White House?
On April 16, I wrote to you about a hearing in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case, which is before U.S.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
The Medicaid cuts Republicans in the House are pushing will be felt by Moms working with educators on their children's IEPs and thinking about their healthcare needs. It will impact millions of voters. Let’s hope enough GOP members wake up to what’s at stake. #MomSky www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/u...
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Proposed Medicaid Cuts Put Vulnerable Republicans in a Political Bind
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Let’s spend funds on infrastructure that actually keeps us moving forward.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
The United States: "We refuse to join the International Criminal Court because it's an abuse of our sovereignty for other countries to tell us what to do." Also the United States: "Stockholm, Sweden, you must drop your DEI policies OR ELSE!"
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