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Heather Bateman

@heatherb228.bsky.social
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An NP with boundless love and empathy for others—until they believe they can only rise up by pushing others down. Also—quirky as hell, & happy with that. Pro-Science and expertise advocate (in all fields) She/Her LGBTQ+ Ally Pro-Women’s and Human rights

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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
The American Academy of Pediatrics has affirmed that it will continue to follow its own evidence-based childhood vaccination schedule, regardless of the recommendations made by RFK Jr.'s American Institute for Childhood Protection (AICP). That’s what responsible leadership looks like.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/06/2025
DEAN: What's the tariff on bananas? LUTNICK: Generally 10% DEAN: Walmart has already increased the cost of bananas by 8% LUTNICK: If you build in America, there is no tariff DEAN: We cannot build bananas in America
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Rep Jahana Hayes @repjahanahayes.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Celebrating PRIDE in DC and continuing to fight for a world where everyone feels loved and respected for who they are 🌈
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
This may save millions of lives--except in the US, where ignorant kook Robert Kennedy Jr will probably ban it because of some ridiculous, totally made-up reason.
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Firehawk @firehawkjw.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
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Suzanne Bonamici @repbonamici.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
I’ve heard many questions challenging the accuracy of the Department of Labor’s “Job Corps Transparency Report.” It should be no surprise that DOGE was involved in writing it, as Secretary Chavez-DeRemer admitted during the hearing.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
When 15 million Americans lose their health care and plunge into personal crisis, none of them are going to give a shit about a made-for-clicks twitter fight between two billionaires arguing about who gets the bigger share of the corruption spoils.
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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
I don't know if the addlebrained authoritarian going to war with the ketamine-fueled fugue state zillionaire is going to end without bystanders harmed. But shit is hard and this is funny so I'm willing to take a beat to enjoy it.
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Rise Up & Resist Now! @riseupresistnow.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
It's because he's chatting with his REAL daddy Thiel about next moves. Here are the REAL enemies along with the Project 2025 cultist cabal. Next up, it is time to incite a civil war between these morons. We must #STOP_Dark_MAGA & Project 2025 NOW!
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Phoenix Onyx (Todd)🖤 @toddy37.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
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Grant Stern @grantstern.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Ironic these two never signed a political prenup before the divorce. This is gonna get MAGA ugly. FAST!
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'Seems like their divorce is happening': Mockery as Musk lets rip on Trump bill
Tech billionaire and supporter of President Donald Trump, Elon Musk, is getting louder after his initial attack on the president's "big, beautiful bill" for the 2026 budget. Last month, Musk told CBS ...
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
🇺🇸🤔 A senior official who dismantled the US government’s Russian disinformation unit is married to a Russian woman with links to the Kremlin, - The Telegraph Darren Beattie has provoked alarm within the State Department since being appointed in February for his ardent pro-Russian views.
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Heather Bateman @heatherb228.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
I urge everyone, especially other healthcare professionals, to contact their representatives to oppose Medicaid cuts that protect the lives of babies, children, and adults that otherwise would have no access to healthcare. committeetoprotect.org/medicaid-def...
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ACT: Defend Medicaid - The Committee to Protect Health Care
Physicians are uniting to defend Medicaid and protect the millions of patients who rely on this vital program.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Finally watched the Joni Ernst videos and… I mean, I…. It’s just infuriating how much they think they can get away with. They truly believe the the voters are so beaten down and so disengaged and so hopeless that they can do That to you, and still draw a salary from your money
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Heather Bateman @heatherb228.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Contact your Representatives. RFK Jr’s recent MAHA report is not only disinformation, it is clearly written by AI and uses 7 sources that were never written. He is a DANGER to American health and science legitimacy in his current role. drnoc.substack.com/p/enough-is-...
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Enough is Enough: A Call for the Immediate Resignation of RFK Jr.
Public health is at stake...
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@Boom-WhatsGoingOn.bsky.social @boom-whatsgoingon.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Again, Republicans clearly DO NOT have the American people’s best interests at heart, it’s all about self enrichment, at the everyday man & woman’s expense… 🗳️Vote All Republicans Out!🗳️
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A Blue View @ablueview.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Know Any Wavering Trump Supporters? #ABlueView🧵1/3 Since a picture is worth a 1,000 words, rather than writing thousands of words on the GOP's horrible #ReverseRobinHoodBill--words Trump supporters will unlikely read--please share these emotionally powerful cartoons with them.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 30/05/2025
The Trump administration has quietly spread Palantir’s technology through U.S. agencies, paving the way to easily compile data on Americans. The company has received more than $113 million in federal government spending since President Trump took office. nyti.ms/4dJfR0o
Alex Karp in a dark jacket and collared shirt, gesturing with his hands. Text reads: "Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans." Photo by Eric Lee/The New York Times
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
As @marshablackburn and @foxnashville join the Andy Ogles witch hunt of mayor O’Connell, a retired FBI agent in their own report says names of ICE agents is public record👇🏽 Here’s a suggestion: maybe stop terrorizing communities? fox17.com/news/local/d...
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Heather Bateman @heatherb228.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
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Heather Bateman @heatherb228.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
“A roundup of the latest developments, including Medicaid cuts, silenced scientists, the politicization of public health reports, and the dismantling of vital research programs.” drjessicaknurick.substack.com/p/what-the-h...
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What the Hell is Going On at HHS? A Public Health Update
A roundup of the latest developments, including Medicaid cuts, silenced scientists, the politicization of public health reports, and the dismantling of vital research programs
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Heather Bateman @heatherb228.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
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Democratic Wins Media on Substack
BREAKING: Pete Buttigieg just laid out the best case yet for the future of the Democratic party. This is incredible.
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Heather Bateman @heatherb228.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
“This week, Trump asked pharmaceutical companies to lower prices, but there is no enforcement mechanism. So some pharmaceutical stock prices actually increased on the day of his announcement. Real change requires either changing laws or standing up to powerful lobbying industries.”
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Jackie Calmes @jackiecalmes.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Column: The real value of Trump’s grift, er, gift, of a Qatari jet could be what it reveals to Americans about the brazenness of his global grab for wealth & its trappings. Crypto & foreign deals are eye-glazing; he's made it easy to fathom his corruption. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
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Column: Will the Qatar gift to Trump fly?
Crypto is complex, and branding deals are almost subtle, but who can miss what's going on when a foreign government offers the president a $400-million jet for 'free'?
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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 13/05/2025
Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) won her seat by 799 votes. The Republican plan to gut Medicaid would rip health care away from 66,000 voters in her district. #HandsOffMedicaid
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RiverLife @river-life.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Important resource for these treacherous times.
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Oriana González @oriana.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
New: House Republicans in vulnerable districts continue to show how supporting defunding Planned Parenthood can be politically risky Mariannette Miller-Meeks and Gabe Evans today skipped an E&C vote that would have revealed where they stand on the issue www.notus.org/congress/pla...
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A Measure to Defund Planned Parenthood Will Stay in the Reconciliation Bill
Some moderate Republicans are wary of the provision. Two vulnerable Republicans skipped an amendment vote addressing the issue altogether.
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Heather Bateman @heatherb228.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
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Most Americans don't earn enough to afford basic costs of living, analysis finds
The bottom 60% of U.S. households don't make enough money to afford a "minimal quality of life," according to a new analysis.
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IrishStar.com @irishstar.com · 13/05/2025
After rumors of the US backing out of ceasefire talks circulated last month, Donald Trump has said this week he is "thinking" of going to Turkey on Thursday to join potential peace talks between Ukraine and Russia's leaders.
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Trump makes humiliating U-Turn on ceasefire talks with Russia and Ukraine
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Stephanie Chang @stephanielilychang.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Medicaid covers 168,000 seniors in Michigan. Michigan nursing homes receive >$3 billion in Medicaid funding. Cuts to Medicaid? Wrong for Michigan seniors. #nomedicaidcuts #momsky
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
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Heather Bateman @heatherb228.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
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66 Kennedy, a longtime anti-vaccine activist, does not appear to have sought out vaccine research to fund, though. Memoli "is really the one who has pushed this ahead," one NIH official told me: A few weeks ago, he dispatched Taubenberger to brief Kennedy on the pair's work.
(Memoli did not respond to questions about this briefing or about how he had solicited so much of Kennedy's support.) No matter the instigator, though, the outcome sends an unsettling message to the rest of the American research community-"the only way to overcome HHS priorities is to be part of the inner circle," the University of Arizona's
Bhattacharya told me. One NIH official put it more bluntly: "It's very clear it's all cronyism going forward."
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Samuel L. Jackson has the right attitude. Every wealthy person should see the justice in paying their fair share back into society.
Rich people should pay their fair share
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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 11/05/2025
We have been propagandized to believe that it's perfectly normal to have 4% of the world's population and 22% of the world's prisoners. We're told the US has more crime, or more bad people than other societies. The idea that criminality is innate, that "they're not like us,"
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Brian Creek, Photographer @briancreekphoto.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
You know, we WILL reach a tipping point and then the pace of extinction will be horrifying. We are not far from this instant.
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
It’s especially galling that AG Pam Bondi personally wrote the memo approving the gift of the Qatari airplane. Her last job was as a lobbyist for Qatar! efile.fara.gov/docs/6415-Ex...
Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 07/23/2019 2:45:32 PM
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CONSULTING SERVICES AGREEMENT
AMENDMENT ONE
THIS AMENDMENT ONE shall amend that certain Consulting Services Agreement dated June 28, 2018 by and between the Embassy of the State of Qatar (Embassy') and Ballard Partners ("Consultant").
In consideration of the mutual promises set forth herein, the Embassy and Consultant agree to amend the Consulting Services Agreement, as follows:
The Term of the Agreement shall commence on July 1. 2019 (the "Effective Date"), ar all expire on COB June 30, 2020, unless earlier terminated in accordance with t!
Agreement.
2. Appendix A is amended by adding the following:
"Additionally, the Consultant shall provide consulting and advocacy services regarding matters involving anti-human trafficking
The following Consultant personnel shall be designated "Key Personnel": Ms. Pam Bondi and Mr. James Rubin. Key Personnel shall be personally and substantially engaged in the delivery of the Services."
3. Appendix B is amended to modify the consulting fee to US $ 115.000 per month.
Except as expressly stated herein. nothing in this Amendment One shall alter or amend the terms of the Consulting Services Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Embassy and Consultant have executed this Agreement by their duly authorized representatives.
By Embassy
By:
BBI
Consultant
Date:
July 17, 2019
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safarilady2025.bsky.social @safarilady2025.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
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Double Discipline: The New Weight Black Kids Will Carry in Schools
A new federal order pushing schools away from equity in discipline practices will put Black students at a greater risk of being over-policed in classrooms.
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Bush Walker @duncan-waddell.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Too lazy to even have a decent stroke
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
“Create problem, surrender… declare victory.”
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
China agreed to reduce the tariffs they raised in response to Trump’s tariffs after Trump agreed to lower his tariffs. Create a problem, surrender, then declare victory.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/05/2025
because of these chucklefucks it is a miracle that we go a day without a passenger airline crash
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Rep. Dan Goldman calls out Pam Bondi for stonewalling the release of the Epstein files: Was this some sort of directive from Trump or an agent of his to the Attorney General to stop this?
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