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Elisa Braver, PhD @ebraver.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Those who opposed removal of Confederate monuments, citing erasure of history, should have no problem with a future National Park site at Alligator Alcatraz. Americans need to learn about the human rights violations and how GOP politicians reveled in the prison’s cruelty.

Donald Trump (wearing red cap saying Gulf of America), Ron DeSantis (smiling), and Kristi Norm (white cap) standing next to small cages at Alligator Alcatraz, 2 bunk beds per cage, in a room full of small cages next to each other. There is no room for prisoners to walk within the small cages.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

This country was one person's vote away this morning from putting any birthright citizen in danger of being deported tomorrow. We are so much closer to the abyss than we think. Man oh man.

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Elisa Braver, PhD @ebraver.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Glad for any wins! ADA said they’d do an investigative report. My guess is that someone in ADA panicked and feared retaliation from the GOP Administration. What organizations need to understand is that giving into bullying by this regime leads to further bullying. @amdiabetesassn.bsky.social

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Elisa Braver, PhD @ebraver.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Good news: the American Diabetes Association has apologized to the researchers evicted from the annual meeting and vows not to repeat this error. ADA supports robust medical research funding. @amdiabetesassn.bsky.social

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Elisa Braver, PhD @ebraver.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

@amdiabetesassn.bsky.social https:// To American Diabetes Association: Ejecting eminent researchers from your annual conference for daring to criticize the Trump Administration’s cuts to medical research was a grave error. Apologize and beg them to return.

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Police Remove Diabetes Experts From Conference for Distributing Critique of Trump Administration

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Pearl Jam @pearljam.com · 05/06/2026

No other peer nation allows gun violence to steal the lives of so many of their citizens. Today, we #WearOrange on National Gun Violence Awareness Day to honor every life stolen or forever changed by gun violence. Take action with @everytown.org! Find an event near you pj.lnk.to/wearorange

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Elisa Braver, PhD @ebraver.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Misplaced priorities: The House voted today, 6/4/26, to cut $141 million in food aid (WIC) for children and pregnant mothers during a time of rising food costs. This aid helps families afford fruit, vegetables, milk, eggs, and other nutritious foods. #Health #Nutrition No paywall: wapo.st/4g7mKf0

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House bill rolls back food aid for pregnant women, children

Millions of WIC recipients would have less money for fruits and vegetables under the legislation, which funds the Agriculture Department and other agencies.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 29/05/2026

It’s truly astonishing to see how comprehensively the US government is tearing down every part of the system that has made it up until now a world-leading power in science, research, and technological development. The entire world will suffer from this wanton destruction.

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Elisa Braver, PhD @ebraver.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Deadline for comments is tomorrow. As an epidemiologist, I told FCC that their proposal to put warning labels on TV shows with LGBTQ+ characters may increase suicidal attempts and deaths among LGBTQ+ youth. Please consider writing a brief comment to FCC (see glaad.org/fcc/). #FCC #LGBTQ

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Tell the FCC that LGBTQ Stories Don’t Need a Warning Label | GLAAD

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is targeting LGBTQ stories. They are trying to control what you see on television. This government overreach is dangerous...

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Elisa Braver, PhD @ebraver.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Tick bites resulting in ED visits are 3 times more common this year. 1. Use DEET or picaridin on skin. 2. Wear permethrin-treated clothes. 3. Tuck pants into socks. 4. Check for ticks & remove them right away with tweezers. 5. Shower shortly after hikes. Source: CDC, Katelyn Jetelina

Chart compares Emergency Department (ED) visits for tick bites in 2026 compared with 2022-2025 and it shows there are 3 times more visits in April 2026, 114 per 100,000 ED visits. Tick bite visits usually peak in the summer.

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Daniel Webster @daniel-webster.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

This is an incredibly dangerous and radical policy decision reflects the Trump Administration’s allegiance with gun sellers rather than to the safety of the public. If not reversed, it will facilitate illegal gun trafficking that will be more guns in the hands of dangerous individuals.

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Elisa Braver, PhD @ebraver.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Research shows enhanced firearm buyer licensing laws and removal of firearms from violence-prone individuals reduce murders and suicides. Safe storage of firearms also works. The public wants sensible gun laws. publichealth.jhu.edu/center-for-g...

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Solutions | Center for Gun Violence Solutions

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Elisa Braver, PhD @ebraver.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Applauding the Uganda Law Society and East Law Society and all the other Ugandans protesting the lawlessness and inhumanity of the Trump deportations to Uganda. Photo is of their letter announcing a lawsuit against those in Uganda allowing this.

ANOTHER FINE MESS: USA-UGANDA DEHUMANISING "DEPORTATION" AGREEMENT CHALLENGED IN COURT Kampala, Uganda - 2 April 2026: The Uganda Law Society and East Africa Law Society have learnt about an advanced plot to forcibly remove (in the name of deportation) a dozen people from the United States and effectively dump them in Uganda through an undignified, harrowing and dehumanising process that has reduced them into little more than chattel, for the benefit of unnamed, private interests on either side of the Atlantic.
We have been informed that the privately-owned aircraft carrying the deportees is or will soon be airborne and will be touching down at Entebbe International Airport today. Our research indicates that none of the mandated institutions, such as the Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control, the Parliament of Uganda, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have been engaged regarding this matter. Moreover, no policy document or legislation has been promulgated to stipulate the procedures relevant to the transfer of people from one country to another.Typical of such suspicious arrangements, we have also learnt about private contractors who are falling over themselves to cash in on the suffering of fellow human beings whose crime is to have been arbitrarily deemed as undesirable and as such disposable to the most willing takers, regardless of whatever fate awaits them. This development and the attendant illegalities that accompany it are reminiscent of a dark past that the global family of humanity supposedly put behind itself in pursuit of the ideal that every human being is born equal in dignity and rights.

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Elisa Braver, PhD @ebraver.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

This is a shocking lack of empathy. Messages about patriotism sure would have been helpful during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hundreds of thousands of lives could have been saved if Trump and other GOP politicians had said: “Let’s be patriots and wear masks and gather outdoors and get vaccinated.”

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Elisa Braver, PhD @ebraver.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

We need improved flu vaccines that can adapt to variants more nimbly, but due to RFK Jr.’s unscientific animus toward mRNA vaccines, FDA refused to review Moderna’s new mRNA flu vaccine, altho FDA previously approved the trial design. Shame on Drs. Makary and Prasad, who claim to be pro-science.

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Elisa Braver, PhD @ebraver.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Save the Washington Post. Cancel Amazon Prime.

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Elisa Braver, PhD @ebraver.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

I just cancelled my Amazon Prime Membership to protest the mass layoffs at Wash. Post. This is easy: Open Amazon App, select person silhouette, select Account, scroll down to Memberships, select Cancel subscription. When asked why, select Other. Enter: Wash. Post. #SavethePost #CancelAmazonPrime

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Elisa Braver, PhD @ebraver.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

The Washington Post has done excellent reporting for decades about public health and immigration and the current regime. #SavethePost

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Elisa Braver, PhD @ebraver.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

The reporting at the Washington Post is outstanding. Their journalists have done a superb job of reporting on the inhumane treatment of immigrants and refugees. I continue to subscribe for that reason.

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Elisa Braver, PhD @ebraver.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Opposite of science: Vinay #Prasad, FDA's Chief Scientific Officer, sent an email to #FDA staff saying differences of opinion had to be kept private. “Some staff may not agree with these core principles and operating principles. Please submit your resignation letters.” wapo.st/486smly

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Elisa Braver, PhD @ebraver.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

I mainly post about Public Health, but wanted to point out that killing and dismembering journalists should not be dismissed as “Things happen.” #JamalKhashoggi #WashingtonPost #FreeSpeech

Trump defends Saudi crown prince over Khashoggi killing
 The de facto Saudi ruler was branded an outcast after the 2018 killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. Now, U.S.-Saudi relations are approaching a high point. 
November 18, 2025  Photo of President Donald Trump walking with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Tuesday at the White House. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post)
 By Susannah George, Michael Birnbaum and Natalie Allison
 “President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the killing of Washington Post opinion columnist Jamal Khashoggi, saying “things happen” and that he did not hold the Saudi leader responsible for the 2018 murder despite a U.S. intelligence report assessing the opposite.”

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Elisa Braver, PhD @ebraver.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Time to fire RFK Jr. POTUS had the foresight to spend billions developing vaccines against COVID-19 at warp speed. The ignorant and arrogant Secretary of HHS, RFK Jr., is endangering all of us with his anti-vaccine & anti-science quackery. #FireRFKJr @POTUS @HouseGOP @SenateGOP

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Elisa Braver, PhD @ebraver.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

I worked at the U.S. Dept. of Labor, so saw first-hand the pride that BLS staff took in their work. BLS used consistent objective methods so we could see trends over time. Now we’ll have to worry about the new BLS leader distorting jobs reports to please Trump. www.bls.gov/osmr/researc...

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Elisa Braver, PhD @ebraver.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

RFK Jr. is endangering public health in the USA by removing top infectious disease scientists from the CDC vaccine advisory committee. Senators and Reps. must demand that RFK Jr. either reverse this decision or be ousted. @senategop.govpeeps.us @democrats.senate.gov

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Elisa Braver, PhD @ebraver.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Enemies of USA are gleeful that the GOP Administration is: 1. Deporting immigrants; 2. Slashing funds for scientific & medical research; 3. Removing international students; 4. Spreading vaccine disinformation; 5. Slashing aid abroad; 6. Attacking judges and courts that protect us from tyranny.

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Elisa Braver, PhD @ebraver.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Egregious behavior by the Supreme Court conservative ideologues. An unbiased court would have let the appeals work their way through the lower courts rather than allowing the GOP Administration to deport > 500,000 people with permission to be here.

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Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Last night, two young people were murdered at an event for young Jews. The very online killer said he was doing it for Palestine, even though his actions will only harm real Palestinians. The tankies and trolls who celebrate violence online should feel ashamed. www.vox.com/politics/414...

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Two terrible truths about the antisemitic murders in DC

How violence like this became thinkable — and what it means for the future of Palestine.

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Elisa Braver, PhD @ebraver.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Call Congress (202-224-3121) and email them to protect #SocialSecurity! Making seniors apply in person while closing offices and laying off staff is a backdoor way to deny benefits. action.aarp.org/secure/tell-...

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Email your lawmakers and ask them to protect social security

It’s time to speak up right now so that lawmakers can hear us loud and clear. Tell your members of Congress: Social Security must be protected and saved!

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Elisa Braver, PhD @ebraver.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Unconscionable: #KristiNoem posing in front of helpless prisoners is a shocking display of cruelty and lawlessness. These prisoners never had due process and Judge Boasberg forbade deporting them on the basis of a 1798 law, yet the Trump Admin. unconstitutionally defied the judge.

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Elisa Braver, PhD @ebraver.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

@democrats.senate.gov Do not pass the Continuing Resolution to fund the government without these conditions: 1. Allow Wash., DC to spend its own tax funds to run the city at 2025 budget levels. 2. Trump must comply with court rulings. 3. Trump must spend funds as Congress has appropriated.

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Elisa Braver, PhD @ebraver.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Elizabeth Oyer is a hero for refusing to recommend restoring gun rights to a celebrity, Mel Gibson, convicted of battering his partner. Almost half of murdered U.S. women are killed by a current or former partner. Abusers use the presence of a firearm to intimidate and injure intimate partners.

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Elisa Braver, PhD @ebraver.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

If you lost your federal job due to the Musk mass dismissals, please go ahead and appeal the firing to the Merit Systems Protection Board. This Board just halted six firings pending an investigation of their legality. e-appeal.mspb.gov/etk-mspb-app...

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MSPB e-Appeal 2.6.0.14 - Sign On

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Elisa Braver, PhD @ebraver.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

A day that will live in infamy: the U.S.A. voted against a resolution condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Will GOP politicians condemn this vote or will they stay silent out of cowardice? Or perhaps GOP politicians support Russian tyranny?

This is the U.N. General Assembly meeting in New York to mark the third anniversary of Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine. There is a semi-circular green stage, 2 jumbo screens showing the speaker from Ukraine (diplomat Mariana Betsa), a giant golden backdrop, and golden desks.

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Elisa Braver, PhD @ebraver.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

@senategop By getting access to Treasury Department databases, Elon Musk and his private employees have obtained all our private financial information. This is not a partisan issue. Nobody wants to have all this personal data in the hands of an unaccountable man. It’s too risky. Act now!

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

The Trump administration has placed two top security chiefs at the U.S. Agency for International Development on leave after they resisted turning over classified material in restricted areas to Elon Musk’s staffers. America, please stand with us—we are fighting to defend this country!

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Elisa Braver, PhD @ebraver.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

#Epidemiology Washington Post reported that Texas maternal deaths occurring in 2022/2023 wouldn’t be reviewed by the Texas Maternal Mortality Committee. This is shocking: Medical professionals are obligated to figure out what went wrong and how to prevent these needless deaths. wapo.st/4fNDTYk

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Texas committee won’t examine maternal deaths in first years after abortion ban

The largest state with an abortion ban, Texas can offer broader insight into the impact of abortion laws than any other state in the country.

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