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Rafael Santana-Davila

@valdesan.bsky.social
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Thoracic, Head and Neck oncologist #medsky #oncsky Fred Hutch Cancer Center. @fredhutch.bsky.social University of Washington.

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 17/09/2026
I HAVE TO APOLOGIZE: I noted that the new Republican Chair of the Senate Budget Committee often calls Social Security a "Ponzi scheme." He actually called it a "LEGAL Ponzi scheme." Do his Republican colleagues agree?
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Medicare for All means we will no longer be nickeled and dimed by corporations who exist specifically to hold our healthcare dollars and pay out as little as possible.
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falalala50.bsky.social @falalala50.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
This isn’t an accident, @yahoosports.bsky.social Trash move to court misogynists 🤬🤬🤬
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Unbelievably chilling, shameful collaborationist behavior by a medical association Ta-Nehisi Coates: “We'll come out of this. And let me tell you something: If none of us are here to see it, tell your children who the cowards were.”
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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Read what got the authors booted from the American Diabetes Association meeting 👇🏻👇🏻
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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
The congressional switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. Put it in your cell phone. Use it. If you're not calling at least once a week, you're not doing your part.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Yes
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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 02/05/2026
This is an abortion ban
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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 23/03/2026
100% agree.
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digby @digby56.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
The most pathetic thing you'll see today. Here's President Bone Spurs trying to pretend he went to one of the military academies. I've no doubt millions of his followers will believe it.
Truth Social post with picture of Trump in his silly looking toy soldier outfit that says, "At Military Academy with my parents Fred and Mary."
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Dear Latino & Hispanic voters, The Republican Party believes that masked federal thugs lawlessly roaming our streets, racially profiling brown & black people, and terrorizing immigrants & citizens is just a “little hiccup.” I thought you should know. Best, A Former Republican
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
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Rafael Santana-Davila @valdesan.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
G.O.P. Congressman: We Need to Wake Up After Minneapolis www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/o... Although i dont agree with everything said here. I completely echo the waking up part. @adamsmith.house.gov its time to lead a coalition
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Opinion | G.O.P. Congressman: We Need to Wake Up After Minneapolis
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 26/01/2026
On NPR on Friday, there was a story of a 4-year-old--an American citizen--who hasn't left her house since early December, not even to play in the yard. And her 8-year-old brother recently stopped going to school, too. Their father is undocumented, and the family doesn't want to risk him being taken.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
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Rafael Santana-Davila @valdesan.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
@gluesenkampperez.house.gov you own today.
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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 24/01/2026
For those asking where we go from here: Not voting to fund ICE is a great place for us to start.
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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.
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Congresswoman Betty McCollum @mccollum.house.gov · 24/01/2026
Minnesota’s Congressional Democrats are united. We’re speaking with one voice to condemn the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti and to demand that ICE, DHS, and CBP agents leave our state immediately.
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Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Trump’s endless empowerment of federal immigration agents has resulted in yet another senseless killing. This brutal crackdown has to end. I cannot and will not vote to fund DHS while this administration continues these violent federal takeovers of our cities.
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Rep. Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.house.gov · 24/01/2026
Kristi Noem must be impeached. ICE must be abolished. Democrats in the Senate cannot fund DHS. Trump has created a militarized police force accountable only to him. These agents need to leave our cities NOW.
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 24/01/2026
The real “domestic terrorists” are in the White House. The victim, Alex Jeffrey Pretti, was reportedly a law abiding US citizen & an ICU nurse at the VA. He was licensed to carry a firearm. Trump & Miller are responsible for his killing & are now lying to the American people.
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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now
Alex Pretti from his early days working at the VA
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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 24/01/2026
I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening. The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 08/01/2026
To my Republican colleagues, the Vice President is spitting in your face and openly flouting your constitutional authority. Time to decide if you came here to be a Member of Congress or a cheerleader for whatever Trump wants.
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Apologies to Vinay Prasad!!!!
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Rafael Santana-Davila @valdesan.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Add the Washington ones @adamsmith.house.gov @murray.senate.gov @cantwell.senate.gov @jayapal.house.gov
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Trump’s obsession with me is beyond weird. He needs serious help. Since he has no economic policies to tout, he’s resorting to regurgitating bigoted lies instead. He continues to be a national embarrassment.
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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Former FDA commissioners criticize CBER head Dr. Prasad's memo about respiratory vaccines www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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A Threat to Evidence-Based Vaccine Policy and Public Health Security at the FDA | NEJM
Twelve former commissioners of the FDA express concern that the agency’s recent moves will undermine a regulatory model designed to ensure vaccine safety, effectiveness, and availability.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/12/2025
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Sabrina Carpenter to White House X account:
"this video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda."
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Rafael Santana-Davila @valdesan.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
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'Nobody wants to come': What if the U.S. can no longer attract immigrant physicians?
Immigrants make up a significant proportion of all the country's doctors. New policies are making it harder and less appealing for foreign-born physicians to come to the U.S.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 23/11/2025
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “What if you could save someone in West Africa from developing river blindness, caused by a parasite that can destroy the optic nerve, for 75 cents? Or keep a child from dying of hunger in Sudan’s civil war and famine for $14 a week?” Nicholas Kristof writes.
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Opinion | Donate This Holiday Season: Nicholas Kristof Needs Your Help
Each dollar you donate through my holiday guide will generate $4 to nonprofits that are making our world a better place.
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123simco.bsky.social @123simco.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 31/10/2025
15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
This is why I think Democrats need to let the GOP pass their budget. Let the voters see and feel what GOP government means. See if Ron is right about this not being a “gut-wrenching problem.” People need to understand what GOP rule is: Pain and poverty.
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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
My husband was detained by ICE today Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away I have had zero contact or updates since #SOS @duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
I work with Veterans. If I told them that they "killed people and broke things for a living" they would (rightfully) tell me to go to hell. Those that have had to kill someone in the line of duty most often view it with sadness, regret, and one of the worst experiences of their lives.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 27/09/2025
Portland is not "war ravaged." This is delusional and dangerous. Sending troops into American cities doesn't make our communities safer — it just stokes fear and stirs up chaos. Trump is plunging further into authoritarianism every single day.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/09/2025
There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.
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Soumya Rangarajan, MD, MPP @soumya-goblue.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
My guess is at least 500 #doctors at my #hospital are on H1B visas including at least a few dozen #hospitalists, and if we lose even a handful to other countries our house of cards #healthcare system will fall apart, let alone all 500+
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
I recommend everyone watches this
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Atul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American." It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
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Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health
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Jarushka Naidoo @drjnaidoo.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Congrats #DavidOReilly on the PLAN trial: plasma-first liquid biopsy (LB) v tissue (TB) for NSCLC in🇮🇪 @EJCancer - 138pts - 3wk⬇️ time to genomic result,LB>TB - 90% concordance - LB half the cost (micro-cost analysis) @oncoalert.bsky.social @cancertrialsie.bsky.social www.ejcancer.com/article/S095...
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Clinical benefit and cost of plasma-first next-generation sequencing in patients with newly diagnosed advanced non-small cell lung cancer in Ireland: The PLAN study
We report a pilot clinical trial investigating the feasibility of liquid biopsy genotyping (LBG) at the time of radiological suspicion of advanced NSCLC, incorporating a micro-cost model (MCM). (PLAsm...
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NEJM.org @nejm.org · 20/06/2025
Beamion LUNG-1 trial: Safe, effective, oral therapies are needed for patients with HER2-mutant non–small-cell lung cancer. Research findings on the oral, irreversible, HER2-selective tyrosine kinase inhibitor zongertinib are summarized in a new Quick Take video. nej.md/3HETKwj #MedSky
An illustration of zongertinib for treating patients with HER2-mutant non–small-cell lung cancer.
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Tonight, I'll go home and sleep in my bed. I have a lawyer, I'll get due process. But Edgardo, whose arm was ripped from mine by ICE agents, has none of those things. That's why I'll keep coming back to court, week after week, to make sure that people's rights are protected.
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Brad Lander: "I'll keep coming back to court, week after week"
YouTube video by Brad Lander for NYC
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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
America has intersecting problems: -right wing hate -guns -media fragmentation -ignorance
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Steven Pergam, MD, MPH @pergamic.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
A colleague, a friend and a brilliant scientist. The US lost a trusted vaccine expert to an anti-science purge at #ACIP Americans should be outraged.
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