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@ship007.bsky.social
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MPH, former social worker in long-term and psychiatric care,who loves science, history, reading, democracy and my husky. Also vaccines work and do not cause autism. Healthcare is a human right 💙

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
If the Hepatitis B vaccine trial RFK Jr. has funded in Guinea-Bissau were ethical, he’d be doing it in the U.S. Instead, he’s preying on infants in one of the poorest countries in the world, which also happens to have a high prevalence of Hep B. Infants will suffer b/c RFK Jr. is anti-vax.
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
There is a suspected outbreak of the plague in Russia. Yes, you read that right. And we cannot trust RFK Jr. and the Trump administration to be prepared to deal with this. We need a Democratic public health doctor in the US Senate.
axios.com
Scoop: White House monitors suspected plague outbreak in Russia
Administration is "aware, monitoring the outbreak, and assessing options," an official told Axios.
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Peter Butler @peter-butler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Many stories. It's a very hard article to read www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202... archived: archive.ph/6snOL
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The Babies Left Behind in America
The United States is deporting parents without their children, creating a whole new family-separation crisis.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/10/2026
This is the most heartbreaking stories I’ve heard in a long time. ICE detained 2-year-old Orlin Hernandez Reyes’ mother. She begged to be reunited with him before deportation. ICE refused. What happened next is horrific. No matter how you feel about immigration, normal people don’t like cruelty.
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Let’s be clear: this is *the* fight.
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EXPLAINER: Shield Laws Under Siege
Everything you need to know about the two new lawsuits targeting abortion providers & pro-choice states
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Tomorrow, on October 1, the biggest transfer of wealth from the working class to the wealthy hits a critical milestone. Many of the provisions from the Big Ugly Bill will go into effect, harming hundreds of thousands of Michiganders in order to create tax cuts for the richest people in America.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
I for one think it’s bad that the president can just say crazy stuff all day every day and 99% of it doesn’t make the news because we’ve normalized having an insane president
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 25/09/2026
🚨 TEXAS PEEPS, CHECK YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION. A DPS screwup left voter registration applications sitting unprocessed for months. The deadline to register is October 5. Don’t find out at the ballot box that you’re not registered. CHECK IT NOW. www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 24/09/2026
Yeah, what psychopath would want his name on a building associated with an assassinated President
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
ProPublica dropped the first story in a new series on corruption in Congress, and it starts with Sen. Susan Collins. A defense contractor illegally funneled $150,000 to a pro-Collins PAC. The company’s CEO later pleaded guilty to unlawful campaign contributions.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Rough day for Susan Collins in the local Maine press, where ProPublica's bombshell story is the lead story.
Screengrab from WNTWScreengrab from Maine PublicScreengrab from Portland Press HeraldScreengrab from Bangor Daily News
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/09/2026
RFK Jr. wants people to get sick. He wants them to get sick and he thinks it is a good thing if they die, since those who live will have "natural immunity" and emerge stronger and fitter.
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Riff Randell @riffrandell.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This is why I will die on a hill that dental care IS healthcare and should be covered by your health insurance plan and not on a separate plan "option." people.com/man-35-didnt...
people.com
Man, 35, Didn’t Think His Toothache Was Anything Serious. Days Later, He Needed Open-Heart Surgery to Save His Life
A 35-year-old man in Australia was left fighting for his life, days after he developed a toothache, which led to sepsis and infective endocarditis. The latter required Luke Woodhouse to have open-hear...
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Some details: Kremlev, the Russian who sponsored Don Jr's wedding, is a former member of the Night Wolves biker gang, went to China with Putin and is personally sanctioned by Ukraine for his role in abducting children www.propublica.org/article/dona...
propublica.org
Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The title really says it all.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 01/09/2026
"Firing or forcing out everyone else in the Pentagon will not make Pete Hegseth into the secretary of defense America and its men and women in uniform need," @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues:
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Hegseth’s Pentagon Lurches Off the Rails
The resignation of Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is the latest sign of severe dysfunction in the Defense Department.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 31/08/2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s top military brass has now privately warned him directly: His war in Iran is unsustainable and is draining America’s ability to defend itself from threats elsewhere—and at home.
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New report: Hegseth's own military brass warn the Iran war is unsustainable.
The private assessment, described to the Washington Post, paints a bleak picture of military readiness.
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
If you’re one of the people in Texas who had their voter registration suspended, there’s still time to fix it.
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Majority Black Gary, Indiana lost electricity for 2 weeks. @sarahlazare.bsky.social visited the city, finding buildings reeking of rotten food, elderly residents trapped in their homes, & mass chaos. This is what happens when climate disaster meets institutional neglect: prospect.org/2026/08/28/g...
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Gary, Indiana, Is America’s Latest Climate Victim - The American Prospect
This community has already faced structural racism and disinvestment. A two-week blackout unleashed a humanitarian disaster.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
More of this all the time. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Senator calls for criminal investigation of RFK Jr after Guardian report
Newly obtained records indicate health secretary lied about Samoa trip during Senate confirmation hearings last year
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 28/08/2026
NEW: We obtained recordings of 160+ emergency calls made from or about an immigration detention center where three people died within six weeks. “They will not give them medical treatment,” one caller said, seeking help for a detainee with kidney stones.
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Listen to 911 Calls From Inside an Immigration Detention Center: “We Just Need to Take Him to the Hospital”
Reporters don’t have access to Camp East Montana, one of the largest immigration detention centers in the country. Emergency calls from the Texas facility offer a glimpse of unfolding crises faced by ...
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
RFK Jr. claimed in a Congressional hearing that his May 2019 visit to Samoa “had nothing to do with vaccines”. This letter, dated January 20th, 2019, says otherwise; he is clearly sowing fear of vaccines. By the beginning of 2020, 83 people in Samoa had died from measles due to vaccine refusal.
The Honorable Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi
Prime Minister
Independent State of Samoa
January 20", 2019
Dear Honorable Prime Minister,
Fa'afeiloa i.
I am writing this letter to you in the hope that we might be helpful to the people of your great nation.
specific vaccination events.
It is, however, known that vaccines vary both lot-to-lot from specific manufacturers, and between manufacturers for a single vaccine type. This makes the likelihood of adverse lot and manufacturer specific effects higher for smaller nations where all vaccine can be from few or a single lot and manufacturer.
I believe the deaths associated recently with MMR vaccine in the Independent State of Samoa may have been manifestations these effects.
To evaluate whether or not this has been experienced in Samoa, 1 would propose my team conduct detailed health informatics assessment in Samoa of what happened with your MMR vaccines. My team includes a physician who has performed informatics work for ministries of health in 48 countries over the past 30 years. He believes this work can be completed quickly.
Going forward, Samoa would be well served to expand capacity for quickly performing this class of analysis for all pharmaceuticals prescribed and dispensed. This is invaluable not only for investigation of severe adverse events, but also for the systematic improvement in management of chronic illnesses like essential hypertension and diabetes. It will also be fully consistent with the Samoa Halth System Strengthening Program.
I wish to congratulate you and your Minister of Health for your quick attention to the tragic deaths temporally associated with MMR vaccines.
I look forward to your reply to my proposal.
Robert Kennedy, Jr.
Children's Health Defense
Peachtree City, GA 30269
1227 N. Peachtree
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/08/2026
"I was not shocked that he helped somebody. My shock is that he was murdered. And no one has given us the complete truth or anyone has been held accountable. And it's been 7 months! ... there was more effort in vilifying him than pursuing justice" -- Alex Pretti's parents
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Please don't overreact to Roberts Court decision on the contemplated USPS ballot moves They simply held that the injunction came too early in the process, before there was a final rule👇 Now we HAVE a final rule & we will litigate it. I'm as confident in our arguments here as in any of our cases!
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 24/08/2026
If Jensen Huang has time to attend a $1 million-a-head dinner at Mar-a-Lago and fly across the world to meet with President Xi Jinping, he can find time to testify in front of Congress about reports that NVIDIA technology is powering Russia’s war machine.
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Soumya Rangarajan, MD, MPP @soumya-goblue.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
#Wyoming, where Trump has a +14 approval rating "Wyoming is projected to lose 335 physicians by 2030 [for context, only have 1300 physicians in whole state]...HB 129 creates a provisional license pathway for internationally trained physicians" These #physicians come on...wait for it... #H1B #visas
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Wyoming Projected To Lose 335 Physicians By 2030, Lawmakers Look To Foreign Docs
In an effort to fix Wyoming's physician shortage, a bill to create a new pathway for foreign-trained doctors has advanced in the House. Rep. Jacob…
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Loser behavior from a guy who’s clinging like a shriveled old barnacle to a sport he doesn’t actually care about in a desperate bid for relevance. Do not cede one inch to him or anyone who acts this way.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Children worry their families can't afford food after Trump's SNAP cuts: In Delaware, an 11-year-old wondered why her family could no longer afford Cinnamon Toast Crunch. In New Jersey, four siblings wanted their mother to buy groceries — but she had to tell them she couldn't.
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‘Mom, are we OK?’ Children worry their families can’t afford food after Trump’s SNAP cuts
The Trump administration’s “big, beautiful bill” slashed spending on food stamps. Now, more than 1 million fewer children receive benefits.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Hakeem Jeffries cannot be Speaker. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/u...
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Jeffries and Kushner Meet Privately as Midterm Attacks Fly
President Trump’s son-in-law and the man in line to be speaker of a Democratic-led House discussed how Democrats and the administration could work together.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Beat the machine. NEW AD.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
We are unquestionably sending people to their deaths, all because the President and his appointees are making policy based on pure racism and bigotry.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 19/08/2026
"It’s time for the political establishment to stop telling the American people what they should believe and start listening to what they actually want," writes @sanders.senate.gov.
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Why are progressives winning across the United States? It’s not complicated | Bernie Sanders
Poll after poll shows the same thing. The American people know that the current economic system is rigged
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ship007.bsky.social @ship007.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Thank you! 💙
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Bobby Kennedy jr is wrong and the American people agree
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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Dr. Anthony Fauci urges Americans not to accept "Normalization of Untruths".
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Today’s Civics Lesson Dr. Fauci honoring a congressional subpoena and then taking the Fifth Amendment: an example of someone respecting both Congress and the Constitution. Jim Jordan ignoring a congressional subpoena: an example of someone showing contempt for Congress. Lesson over.
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Rand Paul and The Rs on Homeland Sec committee, which just voted on straight party lines to refer Fauci for contempt, are an absolute kangaroo court. The Hollywood 10 were convicted of contempt during McCarthy days; and this will go down in history as a similar moment of opprobrium and insanity.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/08/2026
Showing up and taking the 5th is not contemptuous, it’s a constitutional right. NOT showing up at all like Jim Jordan didn’t when he was subpoenaed? THAT is contempt.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Susan Collins announcing she'll vote against a controversial nominee is basically the moment it becomes clear that nominee will be confirmed. It means Thune has enough votes to confirm, and thus, Collins gets a pass to look independent.
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ship007.bsky.social @ship007.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
What an insufferable coward
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 02/08/2026
I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
He’s a roadkill enthusiast not a scientist
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
RFK Jr. likes to claim that he is “restoring trust” in public health, so let’s gaze at the glory of what he’s achieved. In March of 2025, 77% of adults trusted CDC recommendations. In March of 2026, it’s only 50%. Trust in public health in the U.S. has cratered since he took office.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
“The reason we’re having a measles outbreak is because of the Covid lockdowns, because people didn’t — children during that period did not get vaccinated.” It’s a day that ends in Y, so RFK Jr. is lying again. The antivax movement and his incompetence are why we have an ongoing measles outbreak.
politico.com
RFK Jr. tells CNN host that constitutional rights take priority over public health
In a heated interview with Dana Bash, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attacked Anthony Fauci and the media.
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