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KarenEdwards

@karensed.bsky.social
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MD (Peds)/MPH, former UCEDD/LEND Director. "There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children"-- Nelson Mandela

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KarenEdwards @karensed.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I'm joining Indivisible's biggest voter protection effort yet. Thousands of volunteers. Millions of conversations. Neighbors helping neighbors. Communities showing up for each other. Let's do this together. Sign up at Indivisible.org.
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Indivisible is a nationwide movement of millions of people working to stop the rise of authoritarianism in the United States and to demand a real democracy. We believe that politics is too important t...
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KarenEdwards @karensed.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
REMINDER! Check your voter registration today. If anything needs to be updated, do it right away. If you’re not registered at all, get registered. And if you have any trouble or need more help, call 1-866-OUR-VOTE and they can get you the support you need. share.indvs.org/s/CGkp6sYX
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KarenEdwards @karensed.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
REMINDER! Check your voter registration today. If anything needs to be updated, do it right away. If you’re not registered at all, get registered. And if you have any trouble or need more help, call 1-866-OUR-VOTE and they can get you the support you need. share.indvs.org/s/OZhnWZmm
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Just Jill 💖 @justjill.sheshed.rocks · 17/07/2026
Dr Annie Andrews is running for Senate. SC, this is your chance for change. Spread the word and represent in November!!! #SheShed #ViVaHerAlliance
Dr Annie Andrews. Dr mother leader fighting for a healthier future. Leadership with heart. People first. #ViVaHerAlliance
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Molly Edwards, PhD @science-irl.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
3 days left to save science from fascist takeover! Public comments are how we fight back, submit yours here: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20... @standupforscience.net has an awesome guide to help you write one: www.standupforscience.foundation/policy-and-a... #science #savescience 🧪
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250 to 250 @250to250.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Introducing 250 to 250: A series of one-minute stories of the many people, places, and events that have built our country and remind us of the power of each person to make history. #WeAreAmerica250
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Volunteer Blue @volunteerblue.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Our founding fathers developed 3 branches of government to keep the balance of power in check. Congress is one of them and Republicans in control remain silent to executive over reach and transgressions. It is time to put them to pasture. Connect *Act* Win with Volunteer Blue!
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KarenEdwards @karensed.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
We are fighting for a democracy that belongs to everyone, not just the few. We are not backing down.
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KarenEdwards @karensed.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Pre-1965 Jim Crow stripped Black Americans of their vote and voice. The Voting Rights Act finally broke those chains, but now that progress is under direct threat. We cannot let history repeat itself as rights are stripped away again.
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KarenEdwards @karensed.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Gun violence, domestic violence, and the systems that fail us open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...
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Gun violence, domestic violence, and the systems that fail us
The Dose (April 21)
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
We are fast becoming a banana republic, with two standards of justice. If you oppose the leader, you go to jail just for speech. If you're a loyalist, you get immunity for your crimes. That's what happens in Iran - not the United States. This is a decision moment for America.
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 20/09/2025
ICE is detaining pregnant women who pose no threat to the public and putting them and their babies at risk. I've introduced a bill to help, but we need to keep pushing for accountability and shining a spotlight on human rights abuses. That's why I'm pressing for answers NOW.
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KarenEdwards @karensed.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
@indivisible.org Ground Avelo. The athletic deputy director at one of the universities you list on your website told me that their contract with Avelo expired in June 2025. To whom should I provide the specific information?
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 10/09/2025
GOOD NEWS: Despite RFK Jr saying he would cancel $500 million in mRNA research, the House Committee on Appropriations has passed a spending package, that includes $1.1 billion for “advanced research and development” at BARDA, which includes research on mRNA vaccines.
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 10/09/2025
To my Republican colleagues: You are lawmakers. Write some laws—help people. Do your jobs. Don’t just hand the pen to Russ Vought and call it a day.
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 09/09/2025
I don’t think Trump should get a blank check on how to spend your taxpayer dollars. I want to throw Trump’s budget in the trash & fund cancer research, child care, and our K-12 schools. When we pass spending bills, Congress decides how we invest in taxpayer dollars—not Trump.
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Camille A. Clare MD MPH @cclaremdmph.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Reminder that it’s “I will be posting about Covid 19 season” #idsky #vaccinesky
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a cartoon illustration of a bottle of vaccine covid-19 holding a sign that says vaccines save lives
Alt: a cartoon illustration of a bottle of vaccine covid-19 holding a sign that says vaccines save lives
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 09/09/2025
Trump and RFK Jr. are upending cancer research. They're cutting patients off from clinical trials and killing so many kids' only hope for a cure. I’m fighting to restore funding, but I can't restore lost time. FIRE RFK Jr. NOW.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
I am once again asking you to stop sending us money. But we do need your time. ⏰ zohranfornyc.com/events
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 04/09/2025
We need a Secretary of Health and Human Services. Not a Secretary of Conspiracies. Not a Secretary of Measles and Food Poisoning. Not a Secretary of Cancelled Research and Chemtrail Nonsense. RFK Jr. is burning down our public health system from the inside. Fire him.
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Katrina Green, MD FAAEM, FAMWA (she/her) @kgreenmd.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Talked with my patients about voting today. Four of them scanned my QR code to get registered to vote. Made sure everyone (nurses too!) was aware of the special election and the important opportunity to make their voices heard! #MedSky #DoctorsForDemocracy
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Teri G @terilg.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
"Public health will never look the same. But this isn’t just a story about science... ...every woman watching knows what Moneraz risked & why it matters. If one woman at the top of the CDC can hold her ground vs a president trying to tear down science, every one of us can hold our ground too"
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The End of the CDC We Once Knew
What RFK Jr.'s firing of Susan Monarez tells us about women, science, and power in America.
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🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷 @msgrumpybunny.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
The GOP holds the majority and could pass a law today to protect our children Instead, they’re scolding us for saying “prayers aren’t enough” when babies are gunned down while praying in church To those in Congress who claim faith— Bloodshed isn’t inevitable. It’s your choice
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/08/2025
What if we established a tax-exempt Church of Democracy and sued the government for infringing on our religious freedoms when it does authoritarian stuff?
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 29/08/2025
Good.
Health officials from Massachusetts, Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania met this week to consider coordinating their own vaccine recommendations, separate from the federal government.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 19/08/2025
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu: “Silence in the face of oppression is not an option. The U.S. Attorney General asked for a response by today. So here it is…Stop attacking our cities to hide your administration's failures.”
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Camille A. Clare MD MPH @cclaremdmph.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Just a little announcement in case you didn’t see it before www.acog.org/about/leader... @acog.org @acogd2.bsky.social #PresidentElect
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President Elect
Camille A. Clare, MD, MPH, CPE, serves as the president elect of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 09/08/2025
BREAKING: We filed a class action lawsuit against ICE for denying people access to lawyers and subjecting them to inhumane conditions at 26 Federal Plaza in New York. ICE is illegally holding people here for weeks, often without adequate access to medical care, food, or legal counsel.
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Dr. Annie Andrews @drannieandrews.com · 07/08/2025
I wasn't a public speaker; I wasn't a fundraiser. There were so many reasons not to run for office. But I pushed fear aside because the health and safety of South Carolina's kids was too important to sit on the sidelines. Thanks to Michelle Glogovac for having me on Beyond the Campaign!
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 07/08/2025
As of today, thanks to Trump, Americans are paying the highest tariff rate since 1933. And the average household is going to lose out on $2,400 thanks to Trump's tariffs. You are paying more for almost everything because of Trump himself.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
My optimism about our ability to save our democracy comes from my experience. No matter how broken or bruised our democracy is today, I have seen it work and I know it can work again. I have seen the power of collective action. I know it can save us now.
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Folks, who are your favorite science communicators on Instagram? I have a great list of the marine biology and conservation folks, but am trying to build out a broader list of people who communicate other types of science using Instagram.
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NPR @npr.org · 03/08/2025
When public media disappears, so do the stories that bring us together. With federal funding eliminated, millions may lose their last trusted source of news and connection. If that matters to you, now’s the time to act. Donate: n.pr/458sOhq
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 01/08/2025
Honored tonight to be receiving the Champion for Families Award from One Family Illinois. I’ll hold it close to my heart, but I will not rest on my laurels. There's still work to be done to ensure that every Illinois child grows up in a healthy, supportive environment.
Governor Pritzker receives the Champion for Families Award from One Family Illinois.
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Amanda Finley Digs All the Spooky Things @rubyslippahs.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
I will continue to take precautions against COVID because I know what this does. I'm not living in fear -- I'm living in knowledge. Knowledge that this current episode of COVID will have lasting repercussions.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
It’s not too late to start masking. You don’t have to do it alone. You won’t be the lone masker. There’s an engaged Covid cautious and disability community who will help you. There’s local mask blocs who provide respirators to those who can’t afford them. Covid is still here, and masks work!
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
When you wear a mask, you’re practicing radical self care and community care. You’re protecting yourself from COVID and other airborne diseases, while also committing to breaking chains of transmission. You’re ensuring you don’t get anyone else sick. Masking is an act of resistance.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
This is huge! The CSA is calling for universal respirator use in healthcare settings to prevent transmission of airborne viruses like Covid. Public comment is open now. Spread the word and let’s make sure our voices are heard! This is how we save lives.
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Dr. Annie Andrews @drannieandrews.com · 25/07/2025
I’ve spent 20 years caring for kids. Slashing nearly $1T from Medicaid isn’t a line item, it’s a direct attack on children’s health. As physicians, we have a responsibility to protect the most vulnerable. Read my @medpagetoday.bsky.social op-ed: bit.ly/3ILAmOH
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Opinion | I've Spent My Life Fighting for Kids' Health, and I Won't Stop Now
We must speak out against devastating Medicaid cuts
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 25/07/2025
Trump's tariffs are raising costs for businesses, making everything more expensive for all of us. Trump is treating tariffs like a reality TV game. Will he? Won't he? But this isn't reality TV, it's real life. Our economy needs certainty and sanity. These tariffs MUST end.
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Dr. Annie Andrews @drannieandrews.com · 24/07/2025
Coming for your job, Lindsey.
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Molly Edwards, PhD @science-irl.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
I went to my first ever MOTHING PARTY last night and I am still smiling. Happy #NationalMothWeek!!!
Molly BEAMING at seeing a hydrangea sphinx moth. Her face is close to the moth, which is as big as her nose and mottled green and grey and brown. The moth is perched on a white sheet that is being illuminated by a blacklight.An azalea sphinx moth perched on a brick. The moth has a super chonky body and unusually angular wings with notches in them. Its wings and body have a subtle but stunning pattern of browns and peaches and mauves.A closeup of the head of a little tiny white moth. Its eyes are huge and black and its antennae are SO cute and comb-likeA closeup of the back of a hydrangea sphinx moth. Its scales, which resemble fuzzy hair, are in a beautiful pattern of greens and deep yellows and tans.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 22/07/2025
PBS News is not going anywhere. We will continue our work without fear or favor, as we have for nearly five decades on the air. We are profoundly grateful to Viewers Like You for your loyalty and unwavering support.
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dharmalee3❌👑 @dharmalee3.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Connecticut AG William Tong just declared war on Trump’s $6.8B education cuts—and every governor should follow his lead. This isn’t a budget tweak. It’s an attack on kids, teachers, and families. We need to fight like our schools—and democracy—depend on it. #ClassroomsNotCuts
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 19/07/2025
The Trump administration thinks defunding public media hurts coastal elites, but it’s hitting folks in rural red areas just as much— if not more.
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 18/07/2025
Republicans made clear their top priorities were tax breaks for billionaires and kicking families off Medicaid. I wrote a bill to make sure the typical family doesn't pay more than $15 a day for child care, while finally setting us on the path to universal pre-k.
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dharmalee3❌👑 @dharmalee3.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Connecticut AG William Tong just declared war on Trump’s $6.8B education cuts—and every governor should follow his lead. This isn’t a budget tweak. It’s an attack on kids, teachers, and families. We need to fight like our schools—and democracy—depend on it. #ClassroomsNotCuts
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