Reposted by Gail HansenGrudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 13hNothing has ever been more real than the Trump Putin collaboration 702097440
Reposted by Gail HansenCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 7hAs best as I can tell, RFK Jr.'s latest antivax stunt runs counter to the WMA Declaration of Helsinki. Withholding HepB vaccination clearly does not meet any definition of clinical equipoise. Doing it anyway, overseas, is straight up colonialist medicine. 1427492
Reposted by Gail HansenWalker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Donald Trump is the most corrupt, lawless president in modern history. It’s not close. 28624
Reposted by Gail HansenMike the Mad Biologist and Trump's Press Corps Approver @mikethemadbiol.bsky.social · 06/10/2026It has been both (even back when Pennsylvania was open to traffic), and closing the park denies residents and visitors both a nice park and a place where people can protest. 1289
Reposted by Gail HansenCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 06/10/2026People forget that J6 was successful. Everyone who participated was let out of jail and the guy who perpetrated it is President again. There were no consequences. They have plenty of incentive to do a much bigger and worse version. 7454021299
Gail Hansen @gailrhansendvm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Mansplaining sexual assault to a woman who has been sexually assaulted is typical (sigh). open.substack.com/pub/bitchyhi...open.substack.comApparently Surviving Sexual Assault Comes With HomeworkWomen are expected to prevent sexual violence before it happens, survive it correctly when it does, and apparently stop the next man afterward too. 010
Gail Hansen @gailrhansendvm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026🧪 Every 28 September, the global community comes together to raise awareness about rabies elimination. “Stronger Together,” highlights a simple truth: rabies elimination is only possible when we work together. 195
Reposted by Gail HansenArienne Childrey @ari4ohio.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Pay attention Dems. Gov Beshear won twice, in a deep red state, and never threw trans people under the bus. He led with compassion rather than the fear and cowardice we've seen from some of our Ohio candidates and party leadership. 193135804
Reposted by Gail HansenApoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I’ve been reporting on the CDC for years, and have written about many of its troubles over the past year. I was still shocked by the extent of the staff losses and political interference I found when reporting this one. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...nytimes.com‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control. 381377576
Gail Hansen @gailrhansendvm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026There is not a shred of evidence that she will follow science; every indication that she will loyally follow Trump no matter what lies he spouts. www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...cidrap.umn.eduPublic health advocates express concern about nominee to lead the FDA 024
Reposted by Gail HansenMother Jones @motherjones.com · 25/09/2026By destroying the Voting Rights Act and gutting the 14th and 15th Amendments, the Roberts Court is recycling legal arguments once advanced by Confederates and white supremacists to destroy Reconstruction, write @ariberman.bsky.social & @pemalevy.bsky.social.motherjones.comJim Crow was on the ash heap of history. Then came the Roberts court.The disaster the justices have unleashed has its roots in one of the darkest periods of our past. 3265132
Gail Hansen @gailrhansendvm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026In the past, CDC has believed the state health departments. Now, CDC doesn't if they don't like the state's answers. www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/penn...cidrap.umn.eduPennsylvania tops 800 measles cases as CDC acknowledges only 1 measles deathThe state has reported 4 recent measles-associated deaths that the CDC hadn't listed on its dashboard. 010
Gail Hansen @gailrhansendvm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The Trumpa dministration can't do math (but we knew that). Gift article from The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...nytimes.comFrom 15,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle (Gift Article)It was the Trump administration’s latest stumble in its effort to find proof of widespread noncitizen voting, despite decades of evidence that it is extremely rare. 010
Gail Hansen @gailrhansendvm.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Because why should kids of parents without means be protected from disease?😒 www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/cdc...cidrap.umn.eduCDC inaction delays COVID shots for low-income children 010
Gail Hansen @gailrhansendvm.bsky.social · 21/09/2026No surprise that Trump exaggerated claims and that they only last until he is out of office (the end of his term). 020
Reposted by Gail HansenJack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026What does a sniper position at Memorial Circle actually defend against? Not China. Not a submarine. Not a missile. It overlooks a bridge, a traffic circle, and the front door of the National Mall. Those are places where Americans march. www.jackhopkinsnow.com 1201114974944
Reposted by Gail HansenLori @tygergyrl17.bsky.social · 18/09/2026From Kevin J. Wallace: So, this childish president wants to destroy the Kennedy Center because his name can't be put on it.......how long do we have to endure this insanity? 812454
Reposted by Gail HansenMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I have a trade deficit with woman who used to own my house. I paid her thousands of dollars for her home and she paid me nothing. Now, all I have is a house worth thousand of dollars. I could have saved those thousands of dollars if I lived on a bench in the park. It's just simple Economics. 882100582328
Reposted by Gail HansenMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17/09/2026To all of you who think Trump won't demolish the Kennedy Center if he doesn't get his way: Have you seen the East Wing of the White House lately? 1041884383
Gail Hansen @gailrhansendvm.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Not surprising at all. It is a political, not a medical decision at CDC these days. www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/cdc-...cidrap.umn.eduCDC’s new tracking method for measles deaths puzzles expertsFour measles-related deaths have been reported in Pennsylvania, but not by the CDC. 020
Gail Hansen @gailrhansendvm.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Whistle-Blower: Federal Agents May Have Broken State Laws in Search for Voter Fraud www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/u...nytimes.comWhistle-Blower: Federal Agents May Have Broken State Laws in Search For Voter FraudAgents expressed concern about being directed by top Homeland Security leaders to use private information to look up voter records in state databases. 010
Reposted by Gail HansenElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 13/09/2026A 40-year-old unvaccinated woman in Pennsylvania has just died from measles. There is no controversy. She needlessly died from a disease that is preventable with a vaccine. But HHS Secretary RFK Jr. thinks measles isn’t that bad. Nobody should die of measles in the United States.washingtonpost.comPennsylvania woman dies of measles-related complications, local coroner saysThe 40-year-old woman, who was from Jefferson County was unvaccinated, according to the coroner. The state health department is conducting a "thorough review" of the case. 1072065783
Reposted by Gail HansenAdam Rogers @jetjocko.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Oh for fucks sake. Come on! 1014731
Reposted by Gail HansenRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Me predicting weeks ago that Trump was going to blame Ukraine for diesel prices and that he would publicly demand that Zelenskyy stop bombing Russian refineries, which happened today. 892874702
Reposted by Gail HansenThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 12/09/2026Back then, Bush and Giuliani were right when they affirmed that American Muslims are simply fellow Americans—and today’s Trump-radicalized GOP is wrong. It’s as simple as that.lnk.thebulwark.comHow the Right Came to Embrace Anti-Muslim BigotryAfter the terrorist attacks of September 11th, Republican leaders opposed anti-Muslim sentiment. But the right’s worst instincts won. 271061210
Reposted by Gail HansenCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11/09/2026WAPO: “.. The Associated Press is advising its reporters and others who follow AP style to continue referring to Lake Ontario by its original name, despite President Donald Trump’s order to rename it Lake America last month ..” @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/... 912872595
Gail Hansen @gailrhansendvm.bsky.social · 11/09/2026As a US citizen, this advertising campaign from the US government is disgusting and embarrassing. 010
Reposted by Gail HansenMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 10/09/2026In a sane country, it would be a huge embarrassment for the draft-dodger president to admit that he looked into giving himself the Medal of Honor and was disappointed to learn he couldn't. 2729096
Gail Hansen @gailrhansendvm.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Dr. Osterholm explains this well. www.cidrap.umn.edu/public-healt...cidrap.umn.eduMaking Sense of Measles MisinformationThis past August, Pennsylvania announced two measles-associated deaths in unvaccinated residents, marking the first measles deaths in the state in thirty-five years. This week, hosts Chris Dall and Dr... 010
Reposted by Gail HansenKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Because it’s make-believe, that’s why!! FFS, people Don’t be stupid 991520226
Gail Hansen @gailrhansendvm.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Great practical ideas. Neither silence nor screaming are good options. 020
Reposted by Gail HansenRicky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 10/09/2026A dire warning, billionaire criminal Musk has set up a scheme in the form of a website votesafe.org in order to steal voter information. Never click on the link and please share this everywhere so others won’t fall prey to it like so many others. 6819361691
Reposted by Gail HansenCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Since becoming president again, Trump has promised: -$5000 stimulus checks via "DOGE dividend" -$2000 stimulus checks via "tariff dividend" -$1000+ checks via "savings" from expiring ACA subsidies -$5000 "dividend" if Rs win midterms No checks have been issued www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-magi... 46679463377
Reposted by Gail HansenDan Benbow @danbenbow.bsky.social · 08/09/2026#VoteBlueNoMatterWho Now more than ever. 6235116
Reposted by Gail HansenGabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 09/09/2026As he backs Trump and Stephen Miller’s anti-immigrant purge, Republican Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen’s hog business employs undocumented workers. This is one of America’s worst-kept secrets. US businesses—including the Trump Organization—have depended on undocumented labor.nytimes.comAs He Backs ICE Crackdown, Nebraska Governor Employs Undocumented WorkersGov. Jim Pillen’s family business is one of the nation’s largest pork producers. As he seeks re-election, he has aligned himself with President Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda even though his farms have... 03720
Reposted by Gail HansenDimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 09/09/2026👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻🇨🇦 0206
Reposted by Gail HansenD @musingstranger.bsky.social · 09/09/2026What is to be done when our media cannot call a lie a lie? 021
Gail Hansen @gailrhansendvm.bsky.social · 08/09/2026It would surprise me if vaccines had an effect on growth, but good to know it doesn't. www.cidrap.umn.edu/diphtheria/m...cidrap.umn.eduMom’s Tdap vaccination doesn’t affect baby’s growth, analysis findsResearchers say the data can help parents decide whether to get a vaccine that dramatically reduces the risk of whooping cough and other diseases. 021
Reposted by Gail HansenJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 08/09/2026Turns out you really do need food inspectors after all 1013520861
Reposted by Gail HansenDan Osborn @osbornforne.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Tyson CEO Donnie King made $34.4 million in 2025. The week before Thanksgiving, he told 3,200 workers in Lexington they'd be losing their jobs. Just weeks after, Tyson donated to the Pete Ricketts campaign. 02318
Gail Hansen @gailrhansendvm.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Such a liar. So easily debunked, but nobody seems to be able to tell him that to his face. 000
Reposted by Gail HansenGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 08/09/2026Anyone who has issues with Mamdani attending the commemoration is a bigot, Islamophobe, and/or racist. That's it. 161012162
Reposted by Gail HansenTy Seidule @tyseidule.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Hegseth plans on returning the Arlington Confederate monument. It’s pro-slavery and anti-United States. The cruelest, most racist monument in the US. Here’s the article I wrote for the WSJ a few years ago. 46431
Reposted by Gail HansenGreg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 07/09/2026New NIAID Strategic plan Launched quietly I guess. Apologies if I missed the press release. No more discussion of emerging infectious diseases/pandemic preparedness. That's not good amid the many ongoing outbreaks/epidemics and the ones to come. NIH Jay Bhattacharya RFK bit.ly/4qYzkRa 59459
Reposted by Gail HansenJonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Discussed heresciencebasedmedicine.orgRFK Jr. is a Creepy Weirdo Obsessed with Teenagers’ SpermKennedy’s sperm obsession combined with his desire for healthy "Trump babies" to serve in a military led by a White supremacist, whom he believes to be a divinely anointed, testosterone-filled über 37625
Gail Hansen @gailrhansendvm.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Be wary if traveling to or living in Florida www.cidrap.umn.edu/public-healt...cidrap.umn.eduFlorida’s Department of Health removes 4 vaccines from required list for public schoolsStudents would still be required to get vaccinated against 7 diseases. 000