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Steffi Doebler

@sdoebler.bsky.social
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Social scientist, Lancaster. Interested in inequalities, poverty, population data, attitudes, socio-economic & spatial contexts. This is my personal account. Views are mine. 🌹

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Steffi Doebler @sdoebler.bsky.social · 10h
"Cours camarade, le vieux monde est derrière toi"! That was in 1968. Today is 58 years later. Obviously, history has taught the establishment nothing at all. Solidarity with the students in France!
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Steffi Doebler @sdoebler.bsky.social · 18h
Solidarity with the students! The police violence against the protesters, many of them children, is absolutely shocking. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
theguardian.com
French police suspend use of stun grenades at school protests as minister rejects accusations of brutality
Minister says use of grenades has been stopped after a student lost a hand as protests across France continue
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Steffi Doebler @sdoebler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Extraordinary heavy handedness. A 95- year-old among the arrested outside Labour conference! PM Andy Burnham did promise a change in the UK's approach on Palestine, but it doesn't look like anything has changed at all! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
More than 50 Palestine Action support rally protesters arrested
More than 250 protesters sat outside Labour's party conference in Liverpool to support the banned group.
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Steffi Doebler @sdoebler.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
It's mainly the young (who never experienced life in the DDR) who voted AfD (43%), also 39% women (who traditionally tend to vote more left than men). Sachsen Anhalt does have an unemployment, poverty & education problem affecting the young, but startling still.. www.zdfheute.de/politik/deut...
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Jung, Alt, Frauen, Männer: So haben die Bevölkerungsgruppen in Sachsen-Anhalt gewählt
Wie haben Jung und Alt in Sachsen-Anhalt gewählt? Gibt es Unterschiede nach Geschlecht, Bildung und Beruf? Ein Überblick in Grafiken.
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Steffi Doebler @sdoebler.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Election day in Sachsen Anhalt, Germany. Gloomy prospects! The fascist far right AfD party is heading for an absolute majority, standing at 44%. All other parties far behind. www.tagesschau.de/newsticker/l...
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++ Liveticker zur Sachsen-Anhalt-Wahl: BSW laut Hochrechnung im Landtag ++
Das BSW hat der aktuellen Hochrechnung zufolge den Einzug in den neu gewählten Landtag von Sachsen-Anhalt knapp geschafft. Die FDP scheitert hingegen an der Fünf-Prozent-Hürde. Nun will die Spitzenkan...
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Steffi Doebler @sdoebler.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
160 migrant-owned shops in Magdeburg, Germany, on strike against the fascist AfD party. 👏👏👏💪💪💪 Voters will see what a city without migrants can look like when they can no longer get their döner kebab, pizza & booze fix! taz.de/Migrantenstr...
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Migrantischer Streik in Sachsen-Anhalt: Land ohne Läden als Warnung gegen die AfD
Beim „Migrantischen Streik“ bleiben laut Veranstalter etwa 160 Läden in Magdeburg geschlossen. So soll auf die Gefahr durch die AfD aufmerksam gemacht werden.
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Steffi Doebler @sdoebler.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
RIP queen Dolly Parton 👑💔! We will always love you. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Dolly Parton: A life in pictures
The singer rose from humble beginnings to become one of the most beloved entertainers in the world.
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Steffi Doebler @sdoebler.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Care leavers are one of the most vulnerable groups in society. It is well known for a long time that they are severely disadvantaged in education, job market & disproportionally suffer from poor health & mental health, and - unsurprisingly - premature death. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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‘Immense drop-off’ in support contributing to care leaver deaths in England, review says
Death rate three to four times higher than among general population blamed on isolation of those leaving care
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Steffi Doebler @sdoebler.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
It is extraordinary that an international diplomat is rattled by an entirely normal internal disciplinary process of a University. Universities have clear policies against discrimination & a duty of care for staff & students, hence must investigate such matters. www.euractiv.com/news/us-envo...
euractiv.com
US envoy to Belgium condemns suspension of academic in Arday case | Euractiv
Bill White accuses Ghent University of ‘scapegoating accurate journalism unearthing academic dishonesty’
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 16/08/2026
We would encourage all UCU members in London to attend the vigil for Jason Arday which will take place on Monday in Trafalgar Square at 6pm. Bring your love and solidarity.
We would encourage all UCU members in London to attend the vigil for Jason Arday which will take place on Monday in Trafalgar Square at 6pm. 

Bring your love and solidarity.
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 15/08/2026
Dr Arday’s tragic death was the direct, foreseeable result of press harrassment, with racism playing a key role We're asking the prime minister to commission an immediate public inquiry ito ensure we never see a tragic death like Dr Arday's again goodlaw.social/n1ck
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Steffi Doebler @sdoebler.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Signed! Petition for an immediate public inquiry into the role British media had in Dr Arday's tragic death. Add your name here: goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1
goodlawproject.org
Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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Steffi Doebler @sdoebler.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Signed! Petition for a public inquiry into the disgraceful role the British media had in Dr Arday's tragic and preventable death! goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1
goodlawproject.org
Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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UM SRC @um-src.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
New research from @reeddeangelis.bsky.social & @mhicken.bsky.social examines whether residential context helps explain Black–White disparities in epigenetic age acceleration, pointing to concentrated privilege in mostly White areas as a driver of health and aging inequities. myumi.ch/2j3ez
myumi.ch
Residential context and epigenetic age acceleration among older-age black and white Americans: Findings from the health and retirement study, 2010-2016
This study examines whether residential contexts account for Black-White disparities in epigenetic age acceleration (EAA), a key biomarker of prematur…
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Steffi Doebler @sdoebler.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Solidarity with Professor @profjasonarday.bsky.social ! What happened to him was a disgraceful racist witch hunt & trial by media! If this was about academic scrutiny then WHY are people of colour singled out & picked apart more than others? Reinstate him at once! www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Jason Arday: Cambridge professor in plagiarism row quits
Prof Jason Arday said he had "concluded that the only way to bring this chapter to an end is to step away".
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Steffi Doebler @sdoebler.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Lancaster earlier today. Pride is a protest. For tolerance, for diversity and inclusion, for Love.
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Steffi Doebler @sdoebler.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Now Farage and his ilk feel emboldened to spew their racist hate out loud. Their anti-immigrant, anti 'foreign nationals' rants are now openly about whiteness. Who's going to stop them? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Farage vows to ban foreign nationals from social housing as byelection looms
Reform leader claims ‘anti-whiteness is institutionalised’ in UK as polls suggest Labour have lead in Makerfield
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Steffi Doebler @sdoebler.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
The next big UK health data scandal in the making! "Amnesty UK's Kristyan Benedict: “Patients will rightly be concerned that a company which profits from some of the gravest human rights abuses of our time could have access to their most sensitive data”. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/camp...
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Campaigners and union reps demand NHS ‘cease all contracts with Palantir’
HEALTH union reps, public ownership campaigners and Amnesty International UK demanded the NHS “cease all contracts with Palantir” today after the US tech company was granted “unlimited access” to pati...
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QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Hey! @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social! This quango has been causing harm for too long, and government has known how bad it was since at least 2023 (and before, but this report is undeniable). Time to actually act on that information.
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Office for Students underperforming amid looming crisis in higher education - Committees - UK Parliament
Report: Enhanced summary Report: Must do better: the Office for Students and the looming crisis facing higher education (HTML) Report: Must do better: the Office for Students and the looming crisis fa...
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Steffi Doebler @sdoebler.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
STOP deportations of refugees! Write to all the CEOs of complicit airlines! actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...
actionnetwork.org
Stop racist and cruel 'one in one out' deportations
These five airline companies are facilitating forced deportations. Email their CEOs and tell them to stop. The people being deported on these flights came to this country seeking safety. Many of...
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Steffi Doebler @sdoebler.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Trump is a criminal who happily unleashes war and death and hunger unto the whole world just to satisfy his vanity and to distract from his presence in theEpstein files. He will go down in history as the crook he is. www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
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As deadline looms, Pakistan asks Trump for extension, Iran to open Hormuz
Pakistan's PM has asked Trump to extend the deadline for two weeks and for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz.
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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Reform UK's poll score is now heading downwards very quickly. Turns out that being really unpleasant, remaining disorganised, having loads of skeletons in their closet, being reliant on a very unpopular leader and hating almost everything the public thinks doesn't work for long. Who knew eh.
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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
I have today been informed that, despite personal assurances to the contrary, the Green party have once again used my image and misrepresented my words on a second leaflet circulated in Gorton and Denton ahead of the by-election. I have now lodged an official complaint with the returning officer.
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LabourNet Germany @labournetgermany.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
„Waffen nieder, Löhne rauf!”: Aktionstag am 6. Februar gegen #Militarisierung und #Krieg in mehr als 20 Häfen am Mittelmeer - und in #HamburgerHafen
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Hafenarbeiter: „Dass wir in Genua die Waffenlieferung an Saudi-Arabien bestreikt haben, entspricht der Tradition"... » LabourNet Germany
Dossier Der Streik der Hafenarbeiter von Genua gegen die Waffenlieferungen an die mörderische Saud-Bande und ihren Krieg gegen Jemen war eine Art Fanal, dass endlich etwas geschehen muss. Wie ihre Kol...
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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 30/01/2026
"There is now a whole network of agencies in Germany that work mainly for the #AfD and AfD-affiliated groups. These agencies would not exist if there had been no money."
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Germany's AfD receives millions in public funding
The right-wing extremist party Alternative for Germany (AfD) profits significantly from public funding. Is democracy in Germany funding its own downfall?
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Steffi Doebler @sdoebler.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
The daughter of immigrants holding hands with Trump, make it make sense! 🤦‍♀️ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Nicki Minaj calls herself Trump's 'number one fan' and shows off gold card visa
The rapper, born in Trinidad and Tobago, praises the US president while Bruce Springsteen protests aboout ICE.
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Steffi Doebler @sdoebler.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
In solidarity! Wonderful colleagues there at Essex, they deserve so much better. We've been facing the same at Lancaster.
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𝙽𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝙸𝚜 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝙸𝚝 @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
This is Alex Pretti.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Presidents have broad, virtually unreviewable discretion to invoke the Insurrection Act but there has to be a threshold that says you can’t invade a peaceful city w/fedl law enforcement, kill 2 citizens & claim resulting protests merit sending in troops www.reuters.com/world/us/pen...
reuters.com
Pentagon readies 1,500 troops for potential Minnesota deployment, US officials say
The army placed units in Alaska on prepare-to-deploy orders in case violence in the midwestern state escalates.
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Steffi Doebler @sdoebler.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
In Solidatität mit den streikenden KollegInnen in Deutschland. Bessere Bezahlung und Bedingungen sind lange überfällig!
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Sheffield Stand Up To Racism @sheffieldsutr.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Download printout
Solidarity with Minneapolis 
STOP ICE MURDERS
NO DEPORTATIONS
(Stand up to racism logo)
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Steffi Doebler @sdoebler.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Solidarity with my German colleagues at @social.verdi.de & @gew.de who are striking over pay!
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Frederick Melo, Reporter (TwinCities.com, Pioneer Press) @frederickmelo.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Nasra Ahmed, 23, was walking through the parking lot of her aunt’s St. Paul apartment complex when she found herself surrounded by 12 agents. Ahmed, born in the USA, says she showed them her I.D. She was forcefully detained and jailed anyway for more than 2 days. www.twincities.com/2026/01/18/s...
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St. Paul woman, a U.S. citizen, recounts her two days in detention
Nasra Ahmed, 23, said she was taken to the hospital for an MRI with hands and legs shackled
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mainewomenforward.bsky.social @mainewomenforward.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
The American people want the Epstein Files, not Greenland.
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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Copenhagen town hall square, Denmark right now. Massive solidarity with Greenland demonstrations. Source: dr.dk
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Steffi Doebler @sdoebler.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
I’m glad the study got cancelled. It reads like Tuskegee all over again, but colonialised to an African country. Bizarre, like a dystopian novel. So many world events now seem that way. You think you're dreaming, only to wake realising that this shit is real. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Controversial US study on hepatitis B vaccines in Africa is cancelled
$1.6m project drew outrage over ethical questions about withholding vaccines proven to prevent disease
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Steffi Doebler @sdoebler.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Huge solidarity from Europe (well, German in the UK here) to all in Minnesota, Portland & across the US who protest against ICE, its racist raids and violence & the Trump administration! And I'm deeply sorry that good people are now dead and you have to experience fascism all over again. 🌹🌹🌹
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Steffi Doebler @sdoebler.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Rest in Power, Renee Nicole Good! Solidarity to the poor people in the US who are being hounded & shot & hurt by Trump's rogue police/paramilitaries! Modern fascism has reached a new level. Trump is waging war against his own people. The world is watching! www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
nytimes.com
Federal Agents Shoot 2 During Traffic Stop in Portland, Ore.
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Steffi Doebler @sdoebler.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
This looks like a lot of fun! The 7th annual 100-word Microfiction Challenge by @nycmidnight.bsky.social kicks off on March 20th! Learn more at nycmidnight.com/100
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The 100-word Microfiction Challenge — nycmidnight
The 100-word Microfiction Challenge is an international creative writing competition that challenges participants to create very short stories based on genre, action, and word assignments in just 24 h...
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GEW – Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft @gew.de · 04/11/2025
Mehr Gerechtigkeit, mehr Geld: Am 4.11. ist „Tag der betrieblichen Entgeltgleichheit“. Die GEW fordert Baden-Württemberg, Rheinland-Pfalz und Saarland auf, endlich die Lehrkräfte an Grundschulen und in der Sek I nach A 13 / E 13 zu bezahlen. #bluelz
Lehrkräfte an Grundschulen und in der Sek I nach endlich auch nach A 13 / E 13 bezahlen!Lehrkräfte an Grundschulen und in der Sek I nach endlich auch nach A 13 / E 13 bezahlen!Lehrkräfte an Grundschulen und in der Sek I nach endlich auch nach A 13 / E 13 bezahlen!Lehrkräfte an Grundschulen und in der Sek I nach endlich auch nach A 13 / E 13 bezahlen!
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Steffi Doebler @sdoebler.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Lancaster University threatens to unnecessarily make a quarter of its staff compulsory redundant (i.e. to sack them). Our @lancasterucu.bsky.social branch has now a democratic mandate for strike action. Here is our branch's Open Letter to students. tinyurl.com/bdfe83re
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Lancaster UCU: Open Letter to Students
Dear Students, Lancaster UCU (LUCU) has called for strike action in response to the senior management’s intention to get rid of approximately one in four academics and similar numbers of Prof…
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Steffi Doebler @sdoebler.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Now this sounds like a lot of fun! Join me in the @nycmidnight.bsky.social 250-word Microfiction Challenge on December 5th! Learn more at nycmidnight.com/250
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The 250-word Microfiction Challenge — nycmidnight
The 250-word Microfiction Challenge is an international creative writing competition that challenges participants to create very short stories based on genre, action, and word assignments in 48 hours.
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EUwatch 🇪🇺 @euwatch.live · 20/10/2025
Germany's chancellor rejects calls to relax 'firewall' to work with German far-right AfD party
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Germany's chancellor rejects calls to relax 'firewall' to work with German far-right AfD party
The far-right AfD party finished second in Germany's snap national election in February and polls since then have shown its support base continues to grow.
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Steffi Doebler @sdoebler.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Oh, and it's World Statistics Day today. The irony!
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Steffi Doebler @sdoebler.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Signed! Please sign the petition below. I only just saw this. Halting the collection of this extremely important data on food insecurity would be a tragedy! There is no alternative source of this data. How are policymakers in the US going to alleviate poverty with no data on it?
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ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations @cpc-cg.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Check out the upcoming events in the @femquant.bsky.social online seminar series, bringing together researchers from across the #socialsciences who explore the combination of #feminist research commitments and #quantitative research methods ⬇️ @bspsuk.bsky.social @populationeu.bsky.social
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Seminar Series
The FemQuant seminar series brings together researchers from across the social sciences who explore the combination of feminist research commitments and quantitative research methods.  We aim …
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Maggie @courageousgirl2.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Bernie Sanders demands that RFK Jr step down as health secretary
Vermont senator says Kennedy is endangering the health of the American people as head of the US health department
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Steffi Doebler @sdoebler.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
As a former nurse, the developments in the US hospital sector sadden and terrify me. Trump's policies will have terrible impacts on public health & will cost lives (where they haven't already). The American people deserve so much better.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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