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David Hackney @davidnhackney.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

For the short Goodreads blog on influences for “Impossible Choices”, my book about obstetrics after Dobbs, my 5th & final entry is Camus’ The Plague & how this classic novel relates to physicians under abortion bans today. Blog link in first comment #nonfiction #BookSky #ReproSky

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Dr. Kristin Lyerly @drkristin4wi.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Abortion bans always come with an “exception” for the mother’s life. There’s no such thing as one that actually works. New episode w/ Dr. David Hackney on high-risk pregnancy care after Dobbs — watch it now!

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High-Risk Pregnancy After Roe: Dr. David Hackney on the Impossible Choices Doctors Face

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Dr. Kristin Lyerly @drkristin4wi.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Nobody cares about 2020 except Trump, and his lackeys including Tom Tiffany. @davidcrowley names it: Trump's FBI is in Milwaukee intimidating election officials while Wisconsin families can't pay their bills. Can't defend your record? Manufacture a crisis! Wisconsin sees right through it.

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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 09/06/2026

A bipartisan group of federal campaign operatives is launching a new super PAC in support of state Rep. James Talarico with plans to hammer Attorney General Ken Paxton on his legal and ethical scandals.

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New pro-Talarico super PAC courts GOP voters in Senate race

Moment of Truth PAC, launched by a bipartisan group of campaign operatives, is aiming to spend a staggering $62 million. Much of it would be used to spotlight Ken Paxton’s controversies.

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Dr. Kristin Lyerly @drkristin4wi.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

My new Substack is out, and the doctors are done being quiet. → the Committee to Protect Health Care’s first national summit → Francesca Hong's "scandal" is every American's story → Political polarization and mortality — the data is in → Pride Month in Outagamie County drkristinlyerly.substack.com

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Alex Wenzel @alexwenzel.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Every single day, someone in MAHA demands that scientists do something that violates the ethical principles that resulted directly from the exposure of the Tuskegee study.

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Dr. Glaucomflecken @glaucomflecken.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

The only hope of uniting this country is in our shared hatred of health insurance companies. We should lean into that.

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 20/09/2025

Good news! 👏👏👏

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

He lacks the legal authority to impose this fee, but he’s pressing ahead with it anyway and creating maximum chaos.

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BluewaveMaureen @bluewavemaureen.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

I would love to see an absolute shitstorm massive blowup in kindness. Like... a pandemic of niceness. A massive worldwide effort to do multiple kind things for strangers and neighbors and family every day. A trend so big it takes over social media and makes even the right wing news take notice.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

There's no excuse for the Vice President of the United States to use a heinous killing as an occasion to baselessly frame political opponents as accomplices to murder while threatening to use the power of the government to attack them. This dangerous rhetoric will only fan the flames.

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 15/09/2025

"Trump's tariffs have created a drop in sales of various agricultural exports, including soybeans. Data shows the US is losing out on billions of dollars in purchases from China, which spent over $3 billion on soybeans in the second quarter of 2024. So far China has spent $0 this year."

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Eric Feigl-Ding @drericding.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

ONLY MASS VACCINATION WILL SAVE KIDS—Cases of Hepatitis B in kids and teens dropped 99% in the 1990s only after the CDC recommended universal vaccination at birth. Trump/RFK Jr now wants to reverse that, despite hard lessons from 1980s that casual vax wasn’t enough. www.statnews.com/2025/09/11/n...

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Eric Feigl-Ding @drericding.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

2) Dropping hepatitis B shots for newborns would ignore history and endanger children, scientists warn Cases in kids and teens dropped 99% after the CDC recommended universal vaccination at birth www.statnews.com/2025/09/11/n...

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Dropping hepatitis B shots for newborns would ignore history and endanger children, scientists warn

People who study, treat, or have hepatitis B say ending routine vaccination at birth - as some vaccine critics want - could lead to a resurgence of the virus.

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Ken Martin @kenmartin.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

If we’re going to get serious about ending this horrific political violence then let’s get serious. Your friend and our friends were both gunned down this year by madmen, Mr. President. This cannot be ok.

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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Former surgeon general Jerome Adams pulls no punches in his assessment of health secretary Kennedy and the risk he poses to vaccine policy. www.statnews.com/2025/09/15/j...

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Why Trump’s former surgeon general wants Kennedy removed: ‘An absolute failure of leadership’

Jerome Adams on RFK Jr.: "An absolute failure of leadership."

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

I seem to recall the right storming the Capitol on January 6th and beating police officers with the U.S. flag.

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Lawyers for Good Government (L4GG) @lawyers4goodgov.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

For trans people, attacks are constant, laws change overnight daily. It’s exhausting trying to keep up. That’s why L4GG is launching the Policy Resource Hub for Transgender Rights—a free tool tracking trans-related laws in EVERY state. To protect. To inform. To resist. L4GG.org/TransRights

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Transgender Rights - Policy Resource Hub

The Policy Resource Hub for Transgender Rights provides up-to-date information about legislation, regulations, and case law across all 56 states and territories. Updated every business day.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Thank you, Judge Williams. You’re standing in the breach and halting this nightmare in accordance with the law, and we appreciate you!

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 22/08/2025

@catgyoung.bsky.social www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

This is why we fund science and specifically mRNA research. A new cancer vaccine just wiped out tumors in mice.

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 22/08/2025

Just a reminder:

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

California strikes back at Texas with its own redistricting plan, a Florida judge shuts down the Everglades’ notorious “Alligator Alcatraz,” and Trump’s DOJ raids John Bolton’s home and office. This week’s political battles are heating up on all fronts. Dive in here:

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Newsom signs redistricting push. 'Alligator Alcatraz' shut down. John Bolton's home raided.

California Retaliates Against Texas

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Abortion Access Front @abortionfront.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

You don't need to live in a state with an abobo ban to wreck a banned state's day.✌️ We're bringing #OSA to @netrootsnation.bsky.social to give you the battle plan to fight back against the decrepit jabronis passing these oppressive laws, to EXPOSE fake clinics, and how to SUPPORT the real ones.

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Heather Irobunda, MD, FACOG @heatherirobundamd.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

This was my flight approximately 2 weeks ago heading back to NYC from London. It was less than half empty when they told us that boarding was complete. I guess people really aren’t coming to the US like they used to… Of note: I’ve taken this flight before and I’ve never seen it this empty!

Very empty flight heading from London to NYC. Have never seen it this empty before. Probably due to the US being a dumpster fire.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 07/07/2025

Instead of using your tax dollars to actually provide help and prevention, we used them to create a god office that will pray for you.

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Lakota Man 🪶 @lakotaman.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Courageous young women should be celebrated for their heroism.

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The USA Singers @theusasingers.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Americans have been duped. Every other advanced country has universal healthcare, universal education, paid family leave, paid maternity leave, at least 6 weeks paid vacation, living wages, and a commitment to green energy. That’s how you make America great.

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Phil Verhoef @philipverhoef.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

the linking of health insurance access to employment is one of the single greatest health care policy failures in our country’s history.

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A Blue View @ablueview.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

🧵2/3 "Waste, fraud, & abuse aren't the targets of this administration, they're your primary objectives" Here's the transcript. Very clever. And very true.

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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Well said. Are we great again yet? #ResistTrump

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GG @handle.invalid · 06/06/2025

If you don't believe the doctor, it's easy to look it up. Go to Google Scholar (not google but google scholar). Type: "vaccines tested in placebo controlled studies." Every study on the first page was a placebo-controlled study. Click on them. Find out exactly how the peer reviewed studies were done

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Aleksandrina @aleksandrina.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Undocumented immigrants pay almost $100 billion in taxes each year. The top 1% evade $163 billion in taxes each year. Stop pretending that immigrants are the ones taking advantage of taxpayers.

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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 07/06/2025

Thank you, @thelancet.com, for not only publishing this work but placing it front and center for all to see. History will look back on this moment and see that your editorial team is made of people of conscience who refuse to be bullied into silence. I wish that weren’t so rare.

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The Lancet @thelancet.com · 06/06/2025

In the USA, a recent series of Executive Actions pose a substantial threat to the nation's health and health equity. In our latest issue, a new Comment highlights why and how academic medicine must champion diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility. Read this & more ▶️ tinyurl.com/6fn6uvr7

Cover of The Lancet's June 7, 2025 issue. Quote on cover reads: "If we in academic medicine give in to the campaigns against diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility, the consequences will include resegregation and fewer opportunities for marginalised groups."

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Two babies have died from whooping cough in Kentucky. Neither they nor their parents had been vaccinated. The current whooping cough outbreak in the U.S. hasn’t grabbed the media spotlight as much as measles has, but it’s important to update your vaccination if you’re going to be around babies.

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

⚠️ To give people an idea of where the Trump administration is wanting to take things, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller is calling the anti-ICE protests in large cities in blue states “an insurrection against the laws and sovereignty of the United States.”

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An insurrection against the laws and sovereignty of the United States.

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BREAKING: Protesters have surrounded the federal detention center in Los Angeles. California isn't backing down, this is a full-blown standoff with the feds.
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PROTESTFOLLOWING MASS IMMIGRATION RAIDS
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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

At this moment, TACO and his little quesadillas are threatening the lives of GOP Senators and trying to extort them into supporting the fakakta spending bill. We know it. No one is saying anything about it, but we know it’s true.

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 07/06/2025

📢 PSA: TRUMP B-DAY PARADE You can RSVP for free here and claim up to two tickets: events.america250.org/events/250th... Would be so disappointing if people RSVP'd and then didn't show up for some reason...👀

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250th Anniversary of the U.S. Army Grand Military Parade and Celebration

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Lawyers for Good Government (L4GG) @lawyers4goodgov.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Join us on 6/26 at 7PM ET for a book talk with Lawless author @leahlitman.bsky.social—constitutional law professor, former SCOTUS clerk, and co-host of Strict Scrutiny. Don't miss this timely convo on how the Court lost its way—and what we can do about it. 📍 RSVP: L4GG.org/BookTalk

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