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Lisa Gralinski

@lisagralinski.bsky.social
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Virologist at UNC, travel and food lover.

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Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · 12h
Absolutely stunning/horrifying to see a 5th measles death in PA. This means the outbreak is probably far higher than numbers count, seeing as roughly 1-3 people die per 1,000. Many people aren't being tested. Also: I'm going to states now for info, not the CDC* app.powerbigov.us/view?r=eyJrI...
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Lisa Gralinski @lisagralinski.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Atlantic article text: Four deaths in roughly four weeks suggest that the state is in the midst of an enormous outbreak. The Pennsylvania health department lists total cases at 693, with 99 in the past week. But considering that measles kills about one to three of every 1,000 children it infects, the actual number is likely much larger. Milder cases are going unreported. Many who fall ill, particularly in the Amish community, aren’t getting tested; the Amish parents of the infant who died with a ruptured spleen told me that their 13 living children had all caught the virus, but they never got swabbed.
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🚨”The Pennsylvania Department of Health today confirmed 2 additional measles-associated deaths in Pennsylvania. Both individuals were unvaccinated” How many more measles deaths will there be in PA under RFK Jr’s watch? He specifically targeted PA with his anti-vaxx BS 😢 www.pa.gov/agencies/hea...
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DOH Confirms Two Additional Measles-Associated Deaths
DOH Confirms Two Additional Measles-Associated Deaths
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Roland Pierik @roleo.eurosky.social · 08/09/2026
The number of cases of cervical cancer reported in Scotland among women given the HPV vaccine at 12-13 years of age is now zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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No cervical cancer cases in fully HPV-vaccinated women in Scotland
A study published by Public Health Scotland finds that the HPV vaccine is "highly effective".
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Rabies is 100% fatal if untreated. Please help spread the word about the exposure at the Farm Adventures mobile petting zoo in North Carolina. The vaccine is incredibly effective and will save your life. Also…. Rabies at a petting zoo!?!? www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Four baby goats at mobile petting zoo in North Carolina test positive for rabies
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services said the petting zoo held events involving children and elderly people between July 28 and Thursday.
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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Words... "The cure for measles is chicken soup and vitamin A" -RFK Jr., Lancaster County, PA, August 2021 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/w... ... create worlds "Two Unvaccinated People Died From Measles in Pennsylvania", Lancaster County, PA, August 2026 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/w...
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Kennedy Stirred Vaccine Fears in Pennsylvania Years Before Measles Outbreak (Gift Article)
At a speech in Lancaster County, Robert F. Kennedy mocked the threat of measles. Now local officials are racing to contain one of the largest outbreaks in the country.
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Anti-science is deadly. Measles is a severe infection that can be fatal. There's an effective and safe vaccine that prevents it. These two measles deaths in Pennsylvania were preventable and that is the saddest part. abcnews.com/Health/2-peo...
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2 people die from measles in Pennsylvania
Two people have died in Pennsylvania from measles, the state health department said Tuesday.
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
This is a disease that can be eliminated; instead, the US measles outbreak is “accelerating” and the man leading the US health system is arguably the world’s most extreme & dangerous anti-vaccine activist & conspiracy theorist
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CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
CIDRAP Op-Ed: 3 vaccines are not better than 1 when it comes to MMR 3 shots are not better than 1. They involve more injections, more visits, higher costs, more time spent incompletely protected. And no demonstrated benefit. Op-Ed by @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social Jess Steier: bit.ly/3U6swEV
Mom holding baby in waiting room
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Gigi Gronvall @ggronvall.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
This is the most important thing Alina Chan has said or written.
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Of course this RFI drops late on Friday. NIH proposes to stop providing specific scores and instead bin grants into 3 broad categories: most competitive, competitive, not discussed. A score would be calculated but not provided to the PI (or PO). grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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NOT-OD-26-088: Request for Information (RFI) on Proposed Changes to Reporting Outcomes from NIH Peer Review
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Request for Information (RFI) on Proposed Changes to Reporting Outcomes from NIH Peer Review NOT-OD-26-088. NIH
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Profit Greenly @profitgreenly.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The death estimate is very uncertain but the lower bound is over 8 million and the upper bound is over 19 million. All while US spending has increased overall. Just a monstrous policy choice by monstrous people.
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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
#WHO leaders, including @drtedros.who.int, criticized the changes to U.S. vaccination policy proposed by this week's executive order, saying they're politically motivated, not science based. “This is going in exactly the wrong direction," one official said. www.statnews.com/2026/08/12/t...
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WHO says Trump’s latest vaccine policy order is misguided
The White House's order attempting to overhaul the vaccine schedule could subject children to more needles and more disease risk, world health leaders say.
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Tara C. Smith @aetiology.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
So tired of him shitting all over people who are doing their best in hard times. Just let them use some damn condensed soup. Some canned fish. Basic pasta. Stop guilting parents for getting to 75% instead of 100. And ffs, stop cutting programs *that people use to buy food*.
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bettymal.bsky.social @bettymal.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I really hate AI summaries and especially AI mode. I just want links and I will do my own sorting and analysis.
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Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
An analysis finds that New Mexico's measles outbreak cost $5.4 million last year. NM had 100 cases. AZ outbreak is more than 3x larger; Utah's is more than 7x larger. TX and SC are each 10x larger. Welcoming back measles is going to be very expensive. www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
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Economic Impact of the 2025 New Mexico Measles Outbreak: Highlighting the Cost of Efforts to Prevent Future Outbreaks | Annals of Internal Medicine
Background: In 2025, the United States experienced its highest measles case count since 1992. In New Mexico, 100 confirmed measles cases (99 outbreak-related cases), including 1 death, occurred across...
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alexis simpson @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
see how it is *always* women's bodies that must be violated and subservient in order to be "protected"?
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Jemele Hill @jemelehill.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
The WNBA has never had a trans woman play in the league’s 30-year history and now the right and other anti-trans activists are hammering the league over something that has never been an issue, proving once again it isn’t about protection but exhibiting cruelty toward trans people.
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George O'Toole (he/him/his) @geiselbiofilm.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Pls share. Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences - Genetics/Genomics at Smith College. apply.interfolio.com/190342
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Kid Phantasmagorical @spacedcoyote.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Covid exists in a superposition where it is simultaneously a hoax, an overblown flu, and a bioengineered super weapon, and you can only determine its position at any given moment by asking which version is the most politically convenient
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Micah @rincewind.run · 29/07/2026
man I will just never get over the fact that the collective response to the pandemic, and an absolutely miraculous vaccine development, was to destroy public health in this country and smear everyone involved I generally take a positive view of humanity overall but it's so depressing
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Lisa Gralinski @lisagralinski.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Help bring Liz home! www.instagram.com/reel/DbTTv6k...
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CBS Mornings on Instagram: "Elizabeth “Liz” Waddell was last seen Wednesday on Grand Anse Beach in Grenada’s capital city while on a weekslong vacation with a friend. The 44-year-old mother from North...
375 likes, 1 comments - cbsmornings on July 27, 2026: "Elizabeth “Liz” Waddell was last seen Wednesday on Grand Anse Beach in Grenada’s capital city while on a weekslong vacation with a friend. The 44...
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tony romm @tonyromm.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
NEW: In a stunning admission, the Trump administration admitted in court documents that it canceled billions in energy grants to states "based solely" on politics -- and whether that state was represented by Democrats and backed Harris in 2024. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
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Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him
Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.
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Lisa Gralinski @lisagralinski.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Sharing in hopes that anyone with connections in the Caribbean can spread the word to keep an eye out for my good friend Liz. Elizabeth Waddell has been missing in Grenada since Wednesday afternoon, July 22nd. (Note, Liz is actually around 5 feet tall and has short, bleach blonde hair.)
Missing person flyer for Elizabeth (Liz) Waddell, who was last seen in Grenada on Wednesday, July 22nd. Liz is 44, around 5 feet tall (not 5'5" as listed), and has short bleach blonde hair. A picture of Elizabeth (Liz) Waddell who is missing in Grenada. Liz has short bleach blond hair, a medium build, and in this photo she is enjoying a smoothie bowl in a tropical location. She was last Wednesday afternoon, July 22nd.
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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 23/07/2026
New: State health officials say parsley and cilantro appear to be linked to surging cyclospora cases in North Carolina The disclosure comes as the FDA says it’s investigating a new outbreak linked to an unidentified source. Unclear if the two are related www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...
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Parsley and Cilantro Identified as Potential Sources of Cyclospora Outbreak in North Carolina - Consumer Reports
State officials said parsley and cilantro may be linked to rising cases in North Carolina. The FDA is also investigating a new outbreak with an unknown source.
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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 21/07/2026
And if you’re wondering how this racism turns into policy, which turns into material consequences for other people. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/h...
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1,700 H.I.V. Treatment Sites Closed After Trump Aid Cuts, a Study Finds
New research also shows that children and high-risk adult populations have been particularly affected.
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 18/07/2026
Yesterday the US Administration supercharged its explicit effort to bar international students from staying in the US after graduation. All Americans should know: 1/3 of *all* STEM PhDs working in the US are immigrants who graduated from US universities, then stayed. www.piie.com/index%2Ephp/...
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
The US built the greatest talent magnet ever, attracting the smart, skilled, and striving. They’d come to study, then stay and build things here, or leave with positive impressions and fruitful connections. Helped make the US wealthy and powerful. Then America chose to throw it away. And for what?
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 30/06/2026
Clarence Thomas's concurring opinion in the trans sports ban case in West Virginia contains some of the ugliest transphobic stuff I have ever seen in a legal opinion. Straight-up gleeful. Vile man. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
2 WEST VIRGINIA v. B. P. J.
THOMAS, J., concurring
judgment). Because “gender dysphoria” is a mutable men-
tal state that is the object of psychiatric treatment, it does
not resemble the immutable characteristics on the basis of
which our precedents have applied heightened scrutiny—
race, sex, or national origin. Instead, gender dysphoria re-
sembles other characteristics on the basis of which legisla-
tures may classify with a merely rational basis. See, e.g.,
Heller v. Doe, 509 U. S. 312, 321 (1993) (mental illness);
Plyler v. Doe, 457 U. S. 202, 220 (1982) (immigration sta-
tus). Legislatures have many obvious rational bases to
keep men who believe that they are women out of teams
and private spaces reserved for women.
Second, as the Court recognizes, this case concerns “bio-
logical men” and “boys who identify as girls.” Ante, at 10,
27. Men and boys with gender dysphoria are not women or
girls, even if they believe that they are. Sex is an immuta-
ble “biological” characteristic, see ante, at 10; it is binary;
and “man” and “woman,” “boy” and “girl,” are the terms that
correspond to adults and children of each sex. See A. Byrne,
Are Women Adult Human Females? 177 Philosophical
Studies 3783, 3786–3787 (2020). To use language to ob-
scure reality—to show “indifference regarding the truth”—
is to lie to the public and cease to treat our fellow citizens
“as equal[s].” J. Pieper, Abuse of Language—Abuse of
Power 17, 21 (1992).
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Trans rights are human rights always and forever.
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Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
This is what it looks like when one of the country's most prominent anti-vaxxers takes full control of the CDC. Emails show how CDC staffers like @drdemetre.bsky.social struggled to maintain the agency's duty to protect public health. Shoddy "reports" cited, flu vaccine campaigns pulled & more
Emails show how RFK Jr. ordered the end to flu vaccine promotion amid a bad flu season.An email from a CDC staffer points out where the data cited by new leadership is flawed.
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Lauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 24/06/2026
The military is once again requiring flu shots for basic trainees due to an outbreak of at least 222 cases on an Air Force base. Fox News host turned Secretary of Defense, Petey H, decided to FAFO on this one and ended required vaccine requirements in April. abcnews.com/Health/milit...
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Sarah Wood @sarahwood.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
The women have won four World Cups, but absolutely congratulations to the men for making it to the knockout round. Yes, this is a reminder that the USA has, in fact, won a World Cup — four of them. In case you heard otherwise.
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Data4Miles @datafourmiles.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
No matter how much money Elon Musk makes, this will be his legacy.
Headline of the NYT picture that reads “Elon Musk’s Legacy Is Disease, Starvation and Death” May 30, 2025. The black and white picture is of a soulless Elon Musk standing in a hall wearing a black blazer over a black T-shirt with white letters. No discernible words are visible.
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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
WE DON’T NEED A FUCKING TREATMENT WE HAVE A VACCINE THAT IS 97% EFFECTIVE AND COULD ERADICATE THE DISEASE IF WE DIDN’T HAVE ANTIVAX GRIFTERS LEADING US 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️ www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/w...
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With Measles Roaring Back, the Search for a Treatment is On
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Molly McKew @mollymckew.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
It’s a pretty weird week when a guy who wants to be a trillionaire is simultaneously getting headlines for the economy-shattering IPO expected Friday and the racist pogroms he is accused of stoking — but these stories are viewed as separate and in no way connected or prescient of the future.
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Beyond X&Y @beyondxandy.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Laws cannot change biological reality But they can make the lives of trans people miserable We need biomedical professionals standing up and loudly denouncing this nonsense *now* before harm is done
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American Society for Virology @amersocvirology.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
ASV is alarmed by the US HHS to suspend and debar Dr. Ralph Baric from federal funding. Read our open letter below:
Open letter from ASV to protest US HHS actions against Dr. Ralph Baric.
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Queen Olivia III @queenoliviaiii.com · 05/06/2026
theselongwars quote:
still not quite over the fact that i watched 15 year olds get sued for millions of dollars for downloading twelve songs and now we all have to accept Al slop because every tech company in the known universe decided that IP laws don't exist now that they're inconvenient for them
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Lisa Gralinski @lisagralinski.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
For a great primer on screwworm and why the detection in Texas is awful news: thispodcastwillkillyou.com/2025/11/05/e...
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Ep 192 New World Screwworm: Oh-oh here they come – This Podcast Will Kill You
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Screwworm confirmed in Texas in the midst of having the worst imaginable people in charge. I guess we’re gonna have to keep getting hammered by infectious disease until we realize public health has a point.
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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
On OMB's proposal to make all grants political: "Speak up! Now’s the time! Standing by the side of the room, glancing around nervously and hoping that somebody else does something will lead us to disaster. These are not normal times, so stop acting as if they are." www.science.org/content/blog...
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Action! Action Now.
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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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Derek Lowe @dereklowe.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
An unapologetically angry post about what’s being done to US science:
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The Current Crisis: What's Happening to Science in America
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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
"If the United States believes transporting potentially exposed Americans back to U.S. soil is too risky, why is transporting them into Kenya considered acceptable?" Indeed.
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Niema Moshiri @niema.net · 28/05/2026
This administration's crazy conspiracy theories about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, and their malicious targeting of virus experts, directly brought us to where we are today
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Brace yourself This is an extraordinary thread, highlighting both the astounding work of the WHO & the Nebraska biocontainment unit, & also the sheer incompetence of—& the dangerous steps taken by—Bhattacharya, RFK Jr, & Trump, who’ve destroyed US outbreak preparedness & response Read it & weep
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Watching a series of former Confederate states rush to eliminate any vestige of black representation in the House pretty much answers the question whether the Voting Rights Act was still necessary.
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