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Robin Cogan

@robincogan.bsky.social
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Nationally Certified School Nurse (NCSN) Fellow National Academy of School Nursing (FNASN) Fellow American Academy of Nursing (FAAN) School Nurse & Blogger relentlessschoolnurse.com Still standing for democracy, gun violence prevention & public health

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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
The next major threat to Americans health may not come from a virus or a shuttered hospital. It may come from how or whether we are allowed to vote #VoteBlueIn2026 @donnagaffney.bsky.social @defendpublichealth.bsky.social @apha.org @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social
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Opinion: When voting rights are weakened, health suffers - AOL
Communities facing voting barriers are often living with higher rates of chronic disease, shorter life expectancy, and reduced access to care.
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Kris Brown | President, @BradyUnited.org @krisbrown.bradyunited.org · 13/05/2026
It was great to see @thisisourlane.org Advisory Council member @robincogan.bsky.social recently on NBC News. Robin Cogan is a phenomenal and relentless champion for the health and safety of every child. Our country is better for her advocacy.
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The Relentless School Nurse: The Stories Only Grandparents Can Tell
Something extraordinary happened this past week. My granddaughter Nora and I were interviewed by NBC News’ Valerie Castro to talk about something deeply personal, and something urgently impor…
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Robin Cogan @robincogan.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
@nurseteria.bsky.social I included your important Op-Ed in this blog post! Fascinating concept for sure!
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Robin Cogan @robincogan.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
relentlessschoolnurse.com/2026/05/13/t... Something extraordinary happened this past week. My granddaughter Nora and I sat down with NBC News' Valerie Castro to talk about something deeply personal, and something urgently important: the power of vaccination.
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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Thank you to @robincogan.bsky.social and her beautiful granddaughter, Nora, for speaking about the importance of vaccines. @gparents4vaccines.bsky.social know these vaccines are safe, effective and they saved our lives! www.nbcnews.com/now/video/gr...
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Grandparents advocate for vaccination by sharing childhood illness stories amid skepticism
Grandparents are sharing their stories of what it was like to endure diseases like polio and measles before vaccines. NBC News' Valerie Castro spoke to a member of 'Grandparents for Vaccines' who hope...
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Robin Cogan @robincogan.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Another school year draws to a close. I am thinking about you — all of you. The ones in sprawling health suites and the ones in converted storage rooms. The ones managing complex medication schedules, chronic illness plans, and mental health crises. relentlessschoolnurse.com/2026/05/10/t...
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The Relentless School Nurse: Another School Year is Coming to an End
May 2026 Dear School Nurses, As another school year draws to a close, I find myself thinking about you — all of you. The ones in sprawling health suites and the ones in converted storage rooms. The…
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 05/05/2026
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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Founding members of @gparents4vaccines.bsky.social introduce HEARD immunity in our op ed published in @theprogressivemag.bsky.social to combat vaccine misinformation. What’s your story? @donnagaffney.bsky.social @robincogan.bsky.social progressive.org/op-eds/the-n...
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The Need for Heard Immunity (No, That’s Not a Typo)
Stories have the power to immunize against false ideas.
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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
There is already a shortage of nurse educators and primary care providers. The Trump administration just made it much worse. Read @robincogan.bsky.social blog and call your US representative and senators‼️ relentlessschoolnurse.com/2026/05/03/t...
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The Relentless School Nurse: The Department of Education’s Final Rule Undermines Nursing, And We Will Not Be Silent
The decision is final, and I want to be direct about what it means: the Department of Education has chosen to devalue nursing. The RISE rule is now official, effective July 1, 2026, and advanced nu…
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Robin Cogan @robincogan.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Not the way we imagined the country would be celebrating Nurses' Week 2026. Nursing will always be a profession, and no "rule change" undermines that fact. relentlessschoolnurse.com/2026/05/03/t...
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The Relentless School Nurse: The Department of Education’s Final Rule Undermines Nursing, And We Will Not Be Silent
The decision is final, and I want to be direct about what it means: the Department of Education has chosen to devalue nursing. The RISE rule is now official, effective July 1, 2026, and advanced nu…
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Robin Cogan @robincogan.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Last week the words did not come to me like they typically do...here is my story: relentlessschoolnurse.com/2026/04/30/t...
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The Relentless School Nurse: When the Words Don’t Come
I didn’t post last week, and for those of you who have been reading this blog for a while, you know that is not like me. Over 1,400 posts across more than a decade of writing about school nur…
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Robin Cogan @robincogan.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
@gparents4vaccines.bsky.social is recruiting storytelling grandparents to share what childhood was like without vaccines. Any #Granfluencers who want to learn more about our grassroots movement! relentlessschoolnurse.com/2026/04/21/t...
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The Relentless School Nurse: When Grandparents Speak, the World Listens – A Conversation About Vaccines, Memory, and Love
There’s a lot of noise right now about vaccines. You’ve seen the headlines, heard the debates, maybe even felt the uncertainty creeping into conversations at family dinners or in your d…
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Robin Cogan @robincogan.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
This blog post is a celebration of school nurses who were given an impossible task and turned it into something remarkable. Let's be honest about what we ask of school nurses. relentlessschoolnurse.com/2026/04/19/t...
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Robin Cogan @robincogan.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
My last Hill Day as a #NASNDirector, bittersweet but always inspiring. relentlessschoolnurse.com/2026/04/15/t...
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The Relentless School Nurse: My Last Hill Day – A Reflection on Advocacy, Purpose, and the Work That Matters
There is something powerful about walking the halls of Congress with a clear purpose, knowing exactly why you’re there and exactly who you’re fighting for. I’ve had the privilege of doing that year…
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Robin Cogan @robincogan.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
So proud of @gparents4vaccines.bsky.social Executive Director Kim Boller for her impressive representation of the core work of GFV at @apha.org week in DC, celebrating Public Health Week: www.medicaleconomics.com/view/health-... @medicaleconomics.bsky.social Bravo for an EXCELLENT article!
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Health care epidemic of misinformation is rooted in problem of trust, experts say | Medical Economics
Physician communication can build trust and empower patients to make decisions based on fact, not social media claims.
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RN Voter @rnvoter.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
💯 👇🏻👇🏻With the current attack on public health, school nurses are a last line of defense. Every school needs a School Nurse, they are not replaceable with an unlicensed aide.
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Robin Cogan @robincogan.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
The Relentless School Nurse: The Most Pressing Issue in School Nursing Is Not What People Think relentlessschoolnurse.com/2026/03/30/t...
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The Relentless School Nurse: The Most Pressing Issue in School Nursing Is Not What People Think
If you ask school nurses what the most pressing issue in our profession is right now, you will hear many answers. Staffing shortages. Student mental health. Workload. Burnout. Documentation. Delega…
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Robin Cogan @robincogan.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
The Relentless School Nurse: More Than a Spoonful of Sugar How a Sugar Cube, a Vaccine, and a Generation of Parents Helped End Polio. relentlessschoolnurse.com/2026/03/24/t...
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The Relentless School Nurse: More Than a Spoonful of Sugar
How a Sugar Cube, a Vaccine, and a Generation of Parents Helped End Polio There is a song that most of us can hear in our heads the moment we read the title. Julie Andrews, standing in the nursery …
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Robin Cogan @robincogan.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
@nurseteria.bsky.social @gparents4vaccines.bsky.social is featured in Maria Shriver’s Sunday Paper in an article written by journalist Meghan Rabbitt titled They Remember a World Without Vaccines. relentlessschoolnurse.com/2026/04/05/t...
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The Relentless School Nurse: Grandparents for Vaccines Featured in Maria Shriver’s “Sunday Paper”
Grandparents for Vaccines is featured in Maria Shriver’s Sunday Paper in an article written by journalist Meghan Rabbitt titled They Remember a World Without Vaccines. I was interviewed for the a…
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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Thank you to Jonathan and Sam for amplifying Grandparents for Vaccines as there are now 1518 measles cases across the US (measles was eliminated in 2000) Your coverage helps elevate trusted voices and reinforces the urgent need to protect children through MMR. There Is Nothing Just About Measles!
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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Want to hear the scoop about what measles or polio was really like? Ask you grandparents because they lived through the time before vaccines were available. @mariashriver.bsky.social @gparents4vaccines.bsky.social
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Robin Cogan @robincogan.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
@nurseteria.bsky.social @gparents4vaccines.bsky.social is featured in Maria Shriver’s Sunday Paper in an article written by journalist Meghan Rabbitt titled They Remember a World Without Vaccines. relentlessschoolnurse.com/2026/04/05/t...
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The Relentless School Nurse: Grandparents for Vaccines Featured in Maria Shriver’s “Sunday Paper”
Grandparents for Vaccines is featured in Maria Shriver’s Sunday Paper in an article written by journalist Meghan Rabbitt titled They Remember a World Without Vaccines. I was interviewed for the a…
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Robin Cogan @robincogan.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
The Relentless School Nurse: Sustaining the Profession We Inherited We inherited a profession that other school nurses built. Now we are responsible for sustaining it. But that is not something most of us understand when we first become school nurses. relentlessschoolnurse.com/2026/04/02/t...
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The Relentless School Nurse: Sustaining the Profession We Inherited
We inherited a profession that other school nurses built.Now we are responsible for sustaining it. But that is not something most of us understand when we first become school nurses. Most of us…
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Let me just say that I truly admire the legendary Bruce Springsteen. He’s an incredibly talented artist, an actual American patriot, a fighter for democracy and a good human being.
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Kindness @purplepeace.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
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Robin Cogan @robincogan.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
The Relentless School Nurse: More Than a Spoonful of Sugar How a Sugar Cube, a Vaccine, and a Generation of Parents Helped End Polio. relentlessschoolnurse.com/2026/03/24/t...
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The Relentless School Nurse: More Than a Spoonful of Sugar
How a Sugar Cube, a Vaccine, and a Generation of Parents Helped End Polio There is a song that most of us can hear in our heads the moment we read the title. Julie Andrews, standing in the nursery …
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Robin Cogan @robincogan.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
The Relentless School Nurse: The Most Pressing Issue in School Nursing Is Not What People Think relentlessschoolnurse.com/2026/03/30/t...
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The Relentless School Nurse: The Most Pressing Issue in School Nursing Is Not What People Think
If you ask school nurses what the most pressing issue in our profession is right now, you will hear many answers. Staffing shortages. Student mental health. Workload. Burnout. Documentation. Delega…
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The Verge @theverge.com · 20/03/2026
"You have elected to take a job where the primary purpose is for you to eat shit and own the death of broadcast TV news, a thing that is going to die no matter what you do. Nice work!" Read more of @lopatto.bsky.social's prophecy from October 2025:
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Memo to Bari Weiss Re: CBS News: You’re doomed
Bari Weiss has sold her company, The Free Press, to manage the decline of broadcast news at CBS. How many ways can it go wrong?
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Every Accusation is a Confession….
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Robin Cogan @robincogan.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
I am a member of @gparents4vaccines.bsky.social & I encourage you to listen @thebulwark.com podcast “Just Measles” Left Her Sister Disabled for Life.” Thank you, @samsteindc.bsky.social & @citizencohn.bsky.social phenomenal episode! @nurseteria.bsky.social relentlessschoolnurse.com/2026/03/21/t...
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The Relentless School Nurse: There is Nothing “Just” About Measles
I encourage readers to listen to the Bulwark podcast episode, “Just Measles” Left Her Sister Disabled for Life. The podcast, along with the accompanying article, Meet the Horrified Grandparents Fig…
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Robin Cogan @robincogan.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
As retirement begins to come into view for me in 2027, I’ve been reflecting on voice, experience, and the responsibility to stay engaged. Experience is not the end of the story. It is the part we carry forward. New essay: relentlessschoolnurse.com/2026/03/11/t...
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The Relentless School Nurse: Experience Is Not the End of the Story: It is the Part We Carry Forward
As I write this, retirement is beginning to come into view after decades in nursing and school health. If all goes as planned, I expect to step away from my daily work at the start of 2027. Retirem…
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Robin Cogan @robincogan.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
@donnagaffney.bsky.social reflects on what it meant to find herself living through the January 2025 California wildfires after spending much of her professional life helping others navigate trauma in this compelling #NJCCN podcast. relentlessschoolnurse.com/2026/03/09/t...
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The Relentless School Nurse: When the Healer Is Inside the Story – A Nurse’s Experience of the California Wildfires
The New Jersey Collaborating Center for Nursing (NJCCN) – the nursing workforce center for NJ – presents the Nursing Insights podcast.Author’s Note: Before listening to Donna Gaffney’s …
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Robin Cogan @robincogan.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
@donnagaffney.bsky.social reflects on what it meant to find herself living through the January 2025 California wildfires after spending much of her professional life helping others navigate trauma in this compelling #NJCCN podcast. relentlessschoolnurse.com/2026/03/09/t...
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The Relentless School Nurse: When the Healer Is Inside the Story – A Nurse’s Experience of the California Wildfires
The New Jersey Collaborating Center for Nursing (NJCCN) – the nursing workforce center for NJ – presents the Nursing Insights podcast.Author’s Note: Before listening to Donna Gaffney’s …
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
They cut Meals on Wheels for seniors, doctors for the VA, and food for American children - but send billions of taxpayer dollars to the Middle East for an unnecessary war of choice.
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Robin Cogan @robincogan.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
@meghanrabbitt.bsky.social Your new book is a lifeline for women across the lifespan. Thank you for devoting 3 years & hundreds of interviews to bring a completely new dimension to women's health. relentlessschoolnurse.com/2026/03/04/t...
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
The costs of this Iran war debacle will likely be more than the cost of extending the ACA health insurance subsidies. If you asked Americans, which do you want: another war in the Middle East or lower health care costs at home, is the margin 90 to 10? 95 to 5?
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Mark @njdoc.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
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Chlorine Dioxide, Raw Camel Milk: The FDA No Longer Warns Against These and Other Ineffective Autism Treatments
The FDA has taken down a webpage warning about therapies and products making “false claims” of treating autism. It’s part of a series of actions the agency has taken under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy ...
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Robin Cogan @robincogan.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Sharing my guest editorial in NASN School Nurse. relentlessschoolnurse.com/2026/03/01/t...
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The Relentless School Nurse: Sharing My Guest Editorial
The Relentless School Nurse: Sharing My Guest Editorial in NASN School Nurse NASN School Nurse is the clinical journal of NASN.
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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
"In Chicago, of 92 people arrested for assaulting or impeding officers last fall, 74 cases have resulted in no charges; in 13 cases, charges were filed and dismissed; and five charged cases were still pending. . . there have been no convictions. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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DoJ cases against protesters keep collapsing as officers’ lies are exposed in court
String of embarrassing defeats for prosecutors as experts condemn DoJ effort to cast people as ‘violent perpetrators’
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Robin Cogan @robincogan.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Another important essay from the OpEd Nurses - @nurseteria.bsky.social @donnagaffney.bsky.social Their latest piece reminds us of the power & responsibility of "We the People." relentlessschoolnurse.com/2026/02/23/t...
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The Relentless School Nurse: The Fourth Branch of Government Is the People
The Op-Ed Nurses, Donna Gaffney and Teri Mills, skillfully crafted another Op-Ed, offering a framing that feels both clarifying and deeply necessary. We are all familiar with the structure of Ameri…
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Robin Cogan @robincogan.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
The Relentless School Nurse: What Schools Owe Children in Uncertain Times - A reflection on leadership, school climate, and the responsibility to protect childhood relentlessschoolnurse.com/2026/02/20/t...
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The Relentless School Nurse: What Schools Owe Children in Uncertain Times – A reflection on leadership, school climate, and the responsibility to protect childhood
Schools do not control the national climate. But we absolutely control how we lead within it. Across the country, immigration enforcement activity is intersecting with school communities in visible…
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
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Robin Cogan @robincogan.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
The Relentless School Nurse: When Childhood Becomes Conditional - Detention, Fear, and Empty Desks relentlessschoolnurse.com/2026/02/18/t...
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Ashley Zacharias @ashleyzacharias.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
The President of the United States raped underage women. Attorney General Pam Bondi has seen the proof in the Epstein files and doesn't care. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Multiple state legislatures now considering removing vaccine requirements for public school kids. Polio is one of them. Grandparents object! @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social @thebulwark.com @maddow.bsky.social @meidastouch.com @msnowcomms.bsky.social Media-hello@grandparentsforvaccines.com
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rnforpublichealth.bsky.social @rnforpublichealth.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
This is amazing Robin! The wisdom of our elders is so powerful!
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Robin Cogan @robincogan.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
@nurseteria.bsky.social @gparents4vaccines.bsky.social sharing great news! Something is happening... relentlessschoolnurse.com/2026/02/13/t...
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The Relentless School Nurse: When Voice Meets Structure – The Next Chapter for Grandparents for Vaccines
Something is happening. In New Jersey, a grandmother and veteran nurse wrote about standing in line for the polio vaccine as a child and fearing what happens when vaccination rates begin to slip. I…
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Robin Cogan @robincogan.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
The Relentless School Nurse: The Accumulation We Rarely Name - Moral Injury After I published What Schools Witness When Children Are Taken, I heard from school nurses who recognized the scene immediately. relentlessschoolnurse.com/2026/02/12/t...
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The Relentless School Nurse: The Accumulation We Rarely Name – Moral Injury
After I published What Schools Witness When Children Are Taken, I heard from school nurses who recognized the scene immediately. The absence that appears without explanation, without coordination, …
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Robin Cogan @robincogan.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Support @bradyunited.org @krisbrown.bradyunited.org @josephsakran.bsky.social by voting for them to receive a @projectforawesome.com grant. Because Protecting Children Is Not Optional relentlessschoolnurse.com/2026/02/11/t...
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 11/02/2026
Pam Bondi has been a complete and total failure at her job. The Epstein survivors showed more courage just by being in that room than she did under oath. She refused to answer questions and chose complicity. America deserves better.
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