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NurseDonna

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Occupational health and safety consultant | RN & MPH | Content creator for nursing | legislative advocacy for nurses | workplace violence prevention for healthcare workers

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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 19h
The federal investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar aims to build a case to strip her of her U.S. citizenship and ultimately deport her, according to U.S. officials and others familiar with the probe on.wsj.com/4zBOcZ9
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The federal investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar aims to build a case to strip her of her U.S. citizenship and ultimately deport her, according to U.S. officials and others familiar with the probe
Authorities have subpoenaed members of the Democratic congresswoman’s family as part of a broader look at their immigration paperwork.
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 18h
Lies, lies, lies. At what point do voters see through the stoking of fear?
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#1 garlic naan eater @rihannah.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
$1.6 million for a badly designed, unethical trial vs. $13,200 to give every baby in Guinea-Bissau a vaccine that prevents cancer.
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Executing Hassan makes him a martyr. Livestreaming his death dehumanizes us all. 
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Jennifer J Brown @jjunebrown.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Disgrace. Paul Offit, infectious disease doc at Children’s Hospital, Philadelphia, says of the Danish and US plan to withhold hep B vaccine from babies in Guinea-Bissau, “What a terrible thing to do. What a horribly unethical and cruel thing to do” - from @melodyschreiber.com - linked below.
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
There’s also a simple question that I think is a very important one GDP/capita, 2025: Denmark—$76,970 Guinea-Bissau—$1,124 Why are white Danish researchers flying into one of the most resource-poor nations on earth to do a study that withholds a life-saving intervention from half of babies?
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Head Start works. For over 60 years, it's been the gold standard for early childhood education, helping children & families thrive. Now the Trump administration wants to dismantle the very standards that make it successful. I wrote to Secretary RFK Jr. urging him to withdraw this dangerous proposal
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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 09/10/2026
BREAKING: The controversial hepatitis B vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau is moving forward -- and here are the details on how it will take place: www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau
Recommended dose of hepatitis B vaccine will be withheld from thousands of newborns by Danish researchers
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is completely outrageous and disgusting. This must immediately be blocked by Congress and Trump should be impeached for this. The US is now funding Putin’s war machine as he murders civilians including children. We are lost as a country.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
So let's get this straight: Russia just murdered over 65 people in Ukraine in less than 48 hours. Crushed a building on top of sleeping families to celebrate Putin's birthday. And today, the U.S. announces that they are lifting sanctions on Russian diesel and planning to buy some,
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026
I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
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NurseDonna @nursedonna.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
www.cidrap.umn.edu/hepatitis/he...
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Hepatitis B vaccine study condemned as unethical wins approval from Danish university
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Devastating 💔 Abolish ice www.instagram.com/reel/DePkMcN...
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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
NEW: In March the White House released an FY27 budget request that zeroed out the National Science Foundation's directorate of Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE). For months it was unclear what would happen. Now, with FY26 over, the damage to SBE is coming to light. My reporting:
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‘Complete devastation’: How NSF gutted its social sciences research
Agency body that funds sociology, linguistics, and archaeology studies in U.S. gave 90% fewer new grants this year
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 07/10/2026
ICE has ordered 6,650 pairs—and says it'll ignore any bans.
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Study: Shock gloves traumatized Army volunteers
After tests, military personnel said "just seeing the glove" that ICE plans to adopt scared them into obedience.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The richest man owns X. The second richest man owns The Washington Post. The third and fifth richest men control Google. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And the eighth richest man now owns both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
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Paramount takes over Warner Bros in $110bn Hollywood merger
The merger of two of Hollywood's biggest movie studios comes after months of legal disputes and concern over competition
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 06/10/2026
Alligator Alcatraz is now closed. But buried deep within the DHS report was a warning about possible similar conditions at the other state-operated immigrant detention center in Florida: the Baker Correctional Institution in northern Florida, nicknamed by Gov. Ron DeSantis as “Deportation Depot.”
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Out of sight in North Florida: Life inside Deportation Depot
Advocates say conditions at the former state prison mirror Alligator Alcatraz’s worst.
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Gift link. Rewriting Nixon’s Watergate story allows DOJ to reject the ethical reforms that followed. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
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Exclusive | Decades After Watergate, Justice Department Reviews Whether Nixon Got a Raw Deal
A revisionist historian went to the DOJ headquarters to present his case that the former president and his associates weren’t treated fairly.
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MS NOW @ms.now · 01/10/2026
Hours after the family sued, Renee Good's partner made her first public remarks since January. “Every morning, she’s my first thought. I think about how the kids are growing up without their mama. How I’ll grow old without the love of my life." Read more from Clarissa-Jan Lim and Jillian Frankel:
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Renee Good’s family sues the Trump administration over her fatal shooting in Minneapolis
Good was killed by ICE officer Jonathan Ross while driving away from federal officers, according to bystander video. Trump officials have sought to paint her as the aggressor and said Ross acted in self-defense.
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NurseDonna @nursedonna.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-i... More RFK jr. insanity coming to a medical office near you
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RFK Jr: AI offers a ‘better informed’ second opinion than doctors
RFK offers better informed AI second opinion, stating it surpasses doctors in guiding patient care and challenging public health advice.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 30/09/2026
On Tuesday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a bill banning law enforcement officers in the state from using electrical shock gloves, a “pain compliance” tool and recent hit with ICE officers that function similarly to tasers at a lower voltage.
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California bans ICE’s favorite shock gloves
A DHS spokesperson has said the agency “will not abide” by any state ban.
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Kate Hagen's House of Horrors 👻 @thathagengrrl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Meanwhile, Jane Doe dropped out of Cornell and was denied her request to get her tuition refunded so that she could transfer to a different college. She hence faced more severe consequences than most of the men who she alleges gang-raped her." www.thecut.com/article/what...
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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"At least six babies in Pennsylvania have been born infected with measles, with two so sick they had to be admitted to intensive care. Congenital measles is a disease that’s rarely, if ever, seen in the U.S..." www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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America had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.
Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected.
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Linsey Marr @linseymarr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Air sampling in airports found SARS-CoV-2 and flu in 98% (!) and 17% of samples. Presence of flu virus in air correlated with positivity of travelers' nasal swabs, but not for SARS-CoV-2. journals.plos.org/globalpublic... HT: my postdoc Mahender Rawat
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Multimodal genomic surveillance for respiratory pathogens at four U.S. international airports: A comparison of air, wastewater, clinical, and national surveillance data
Early detection of outbreaks and emerging pathogens is critical for public health and global biosecurity. Airports, as major international travel hubs with dense, enclosed populations, are high-risk s...
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The major platforms—Facebook, YouTube, and X—are all refusing to show the trailer for the upcoming documentary that eviscerates the ridiculous pest Elon Musk. So I guess we have to do our part to make sure it is seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...
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Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street
YouTube video by Musk
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 24/09/2026
By killing the VRA, John Roberts has set the stage for Black voting power to be wiped out at every level of politics. Black people in affected districts will still technically have the right to vote, but no real ability to elect candidates they support and who represent their communities.
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Jim 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.
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NurseDonna @nursedonna.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Standing up to Trump steady.substack.com/p/standing-u...
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Standing up to Trump
One woman shows the way
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 17/09/2026
James Talarico: "I wish our government would go after pedophiles the way they go after brown men headed to work at 7 a.m."
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Banning words in grant applications violates the First Amendment. "NIH is systematically trying to silence research-related speech, including biomedical results that it suspects will express views the administration does not like on everything from DEI to gender identity to climate change..." 🧪
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Researchers file First Amendment challenge to NIH grant screening
Lawsuit argues that Trump policy of purging politically sensitive terms from research projects violates free speech
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NurseDonna @nursedonna.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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CIDRAP Op-Ed: HHS is asking what to call vaccine recommendations. You have 4 days to weigh in.
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NurseDonna @nursedonna.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
CDC has changed how they track and report measles deaths. 4 have now died in PA, but reported as zero according to CDC: , www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/cdc-...
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CDC’s new tracking method for measles deaths puzzles experts
Four measles-related deaths have been reported in Pennsylvania, but not by the CDC.
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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 15/09/2026
An 18-year-old with measles encephalitis. An absolutely brutal way to die. bsky.app/profile/dori...
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
PabloReports: Donald Trump says we’re in a golden age. Do you agree? Frost: Yeah, if you’re a billionaire, you’re in the golden age. They’re taking all of our money and giving it to them.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The Pennsylvania Department of Health has just announced two more measles deaths in people who were not vaccinated.
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Health department reports 2 more measles-related deaths in Pa.
The Department of Health reported two more measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania, bringing the total number to four so far in 2026.
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🦋Dr. Natalia🕊🌻🪬 @solnatamd.medsky.social · 16/09/2026
FYI, Covid vaccines 2026-2027 are available in CVS and Walgreens. It's barely mentioned that they exist, nobody talks about them. But they exist, available, you can schedule your shot.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Good flag from @gillianbrockell.com that reporting on "The Box" suggested that it may have been much worse. The OIG saw "The Box" as of January 2026. Interviews done with people detained in September 2025 said at the time that "The Box" was smaller, people were chained in it, and it wasn't covered.
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NurseDonna @nursedonna.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Alligator Alcatraz immigrant detention center used small cages as ‘calming areas,’ report says www.orlandosentinel.com/2026/09/14/a...
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Alligator Alcatraz immigrant detention center used small cages as ‘calming areas,’ report says
Alligator Alcatraz, the state-run immigrant detention center in the Everglades, did not comply with federal standards, according to a report by the Department of Homeland Security’s independent watchd...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 10/09/2026
BREAKING: Trump’s FCC pushes Talarico Kimmel interview to YouTube, trampling the First Amendment. Sound familiar? It happened with Talarico and Colbert last February, which resulted in $2.5M in donations and millions of views. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/a...
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Jimmy Kimmel to Interview James Talarico ‘Under Unusual Circumstances’
A conversation with the Democratic Senate hopeful from Texas will move off air because of what the late night host called F.C.C. “threats” against his show and network.
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NurseDonna @nursedonna.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
“These products from Reynolds American are already for sale in Ohio and select other states, even though they haven’t been authorized by the FDA. But the FDA effectively invited companies to start breaking the rules when it softened its enforcement guidance in May, according to some critics”
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Reynolds is selling fruity new vapes unauthorized by FDA
The decision to move ahead with new products in the absence of FDA authorization could spur other big manufacturers to do the same, one tobacco-nicotine expert said.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 06/09/2026
Leading medical groups are urging people to get updated flu and COVID-19 vaccinations this fall, banding together to issue shot guidelines — and highlight the science behind them — saying they hope to ease confusion caused by the Trump administration's changing advice. to.pbs.org/4i9BU4C
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Top U.S. doctors offer updated flu and COVID vaccine recommendations, aiming to ease confusion
Leading U.S. medical groups are urging people to get updated flu and COVID-19 vaccinations this fall, banding together Wednesday to issue shot guidelines — and highlight the science behind them — sayi...
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NurseDonna @nursedonna.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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Update: CDC removes two measles deaths from internal count. Kennedy wins, for now.
RFK Jr.’s influence is no longer confined to CDC’s public messaging.
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The heroes Trump called “small potatoes”: Cody Khork Noah Tietjens Nicole Amor Declan Coady Jeffrey O’Brien Robert Marzan John Klinner Ariana Savino Ashley Pruitt Seth Koval Curtis Angst Tyler Simmons Tyler Feehan Isabella Gonzales Angel Rampersad Michael Swinton Gabriel Edwards Benjamin Pennington
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The 75 Most Corrupt Things Trump Did in 2026. So far. The scams, schemes and grifts have been endless, as the Trump Family seems to spend most of their time and energy finding new ways to profit off the presidency. Here is my Top 75. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
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The 75 Most Corrupt Things Trump Did in 2026
So far.
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NurseDonna @nursedonna.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Maxwell: Remember the Florida politicians who cast cruel votes against heat safety www.orlandosentinel.com/2026/09/04/f...
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Maxwell: Remember the Florida politicians who cast cruel votes against heat safety
Maxwell: Two years ago, Florida lawmakers voted to ban counties from giving outdoor workers basic heat-safety protections, like guaranteed access to water and shade. You should remember who they are a...
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 05/09/2026
Good news: he lost.
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Nancy Lacore flew Navy missions, rose to three-star admiral, then got pushed out without cause after decades of service. I keep thinking about the nerve of that. SC01, she’s taking all that hard-earned grit to Congress, and I’m ready to see what she does there. #BlueWaveIn60Days 🗳️
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
While hardworking Americans are struggling to pay for food, housing, and healthcare and American service members are putting their lives on the line—this guy is over here building an arch to himself in front of Arlington National Cemetery. Disgraceful.
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NurseDonna @nursedonna.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
A micro crochet hook usually works too
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