Amanduh 💜
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Live music, beach days, dogs and basic human rights for all, please & thank you. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🤍
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This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
November 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
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New paper reminds us yet again: HOMICIDE is the leading cause of death for pregnant women.
Gun violence & partner violence are related.
All-cause homicide & firearm homicide of pregnant women are higher, in states w/ higher calculated firearm ownership (1/x 🧵
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Gun violence & partner violence are related.
All-cause homicide & firearm homicide of pregnant women are higher, in states w/ higher calculated firearm ownership (1/x 🧵
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Firearm Homicide in Pregnant Women and State-Level Firearm Ownership
This cross-sectional study examines firearm homicide rates in pregnant compared with nonpregnant women and whether estimated state-level firearm ownership is associated with homicide deaths among preg...
jamanetwork.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:15 AM
New paper reminds us yet again: HOMICIDE is the leading cause of death for pregnant women.
Gun violence & partner violence are related.
All-cause homicide & firearm homicide of pregnant women are higher, in states w/ higher calculated firearm ownership (1/x 🧵
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Gun violence & partner violence are related.
All-cause homicide & firearm homicide of pregnant women are higher, in states w/ higher calculated firearm ownership (1/x 🧵
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Today, the White House Press Secretary told the country that this ridiculous damn ballroom is “the president’s main priority”…not reopening the government, not lowering the cost of groceries, not lowering the cost of housing, not lowering the cost of healthcare….building a ballroom
October 23, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Today, the White House Press Secretary told the country that this ridiculous damn ballroom is “the president’s main priority”…not reopening the government, not lowering the cost of groceries, not lowering the cost of housing, not lowering the cost of healthcare….building a ballroom
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ER doc here! This is a lie. Wait times are up because the American healthcare system is an unsustainable business model and a for-profit national healthcare system just doesn’t work. These problems will continue to get worse until we change that system. It literally has nothing to do with immigrants
Vance: "If you're an American citizen & you've been to the hospital in the last few years, you've probably noticed wait times are especially large & very often somebody who's there in the ER is an illegal alien. Why do those people get healthcare benefits at hospitals paid for by American citizens?"
October 1, 2025 at 6:49 PM
ER doc here! This is a lie. Wait times are up because the American healthcare system is an unsustainable business model and a for-profit national healthcare system just doesn’t work. These problems will continue to get worse until we change that system. It literally has nothing to do with immigrants
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“We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere.”
-Elie Wiesel, an actual Nobel Peace Prize winner
-Elie Wiesel, an actual Nobel Peace Prize winner
I think I often get maddest when people say "oh I'd be sympathetic to (x) cause, if they'd just follow the rules" or "they're not doing themselves any favors acting that way".
Using hall monitor nerd shit to avoid taking a stance is functionally the same as taking the other side.
Using hall monitor nerd shit to avoid taking a stance is functionally the same as taking the other side.
September 29, 2025 at 6:18 PM
“We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere.”
-Elie Wiesel, an actual Nobel Peace Prize winner
-Elie Wiesel, an actual Nobel Peace Prize winner
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This is Holly. She won't fall sleep until she's been given her stuffed cow. 13/10 sweet dreams Holly (TT: hollythebluestaffy__)
September 11, 2025 at 12:32 AM
This is Holly. She won't fall sleep until she's been given her stuffed cow. 13/10 sweet dreams Holly (TT: hollythebluestaffy__)
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It was only last month that a guy mad about covid vaccines fired 500 rounds into the CDC building in Atlanta, btw
September 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
It was only last month that a guy mad about covid vaccines fired 500 rounds into the CDC building in Atlanta, btw
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I realized long ago how selfish some people in this country could be, but it hit hardest during Covid.
The simple act of wearing a mask to protect each other became a battleground.
Imagine fighting harder against compassion than against a virus.
The simple act of wearing a mask to protect each other became a battleground.
Imagine fighting harder against compassion than against a virus.
September 7, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I realized long ago how selfish some people in this country could be, but it hit hardest during Covid.
The simple act of wearing a mask to protect each other became a battleground.
Imagine fighting harder against compassion than against a virus.
The simple act of wearing a mask to protect each other became a battleground.
Imagine fighting harder against compassion than against a virus.
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TAPPER: Hepatitis A, whooping cough, & chickenpox cases are rising in Florida. Before you made this decision to lift vaccine mandates, did your dept do any analysis of how many new cases there will be?
LADAPO: Absolutely not
T: You didn't even do a projection?
L: It's an issue of right & wrong
LADAPO: Absolutely not
T: You didn't even do a projection?
L: It's an issue of right & wrong
September 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
TAPPER: Hepatitis A, whooping cough, & chickenpox cases are rising in Florida. Before you made this decision to lift vaccine mandates, did your dept do any analysis of how many new cases there will be?
LADAPO: Absolutely not
T: You didn't even do a projection?
L: It's an issue of right & wrong
LADAPO: Absolutely not
T: You didn't even do a projection?
L: It's an issue of right & wrong
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“Kennedy would be less hazardous if he decided to do cardiac surgery. Then he would kill people only one at a time rather than his current ability to kill by the thousands. Why is it that killing a single person is seen as murder but killing masses is excused if you are a politician?”
Dr Bill Foege
Dr Bill Foege
August 28, 2025 at 5:20 PM
“Kennedy would be less hazardous if he decided to do cardiac surgery. Then he would kill people only one at a time rather than his current ability to kill by the thousands. Why is it that killing a single person is seen as murder but killing masses is excused if you are a politician?”
Dr Bill Foege
Dr Bill Foege
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Pay attention. Your family’s safety is on the line.
August 28, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Pay attention. Your family’s safety is on the line.
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Daskalakis: I very specifically use the term pregnant people, and very specifically added my pronouns at the end of my resignation letter to make the point that I am defying this terrible strategy of trying to erase people
August 29, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Daskalakis: I very specifically use the term pregnant people, and very specifically added my pronouns at the end of my resignation letter to make the point that I am defying this terrible strategy of trying to erase people
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AMERICA: “It’s a mental health issue.”
REST OF THE WORLD: “We have those. But don’t have mass shootings.”
AMERICA: “It’s video games.”
WORLD: “We have those too. But don’t have mass shootings.”
AMERICA B: “It’s cause they took Jesus out of the classroom.”
WORLD: “God, you’re stupid.”
REST OF THE WORLD: “We have those. But don’t have mass shootings.”
AMERICA: “It’s video games.”
WORLD: “We have those too. But don’t have mass shootings.”
AMERICA B: “It’s cause they took Jesus out of the classroom.”
WORLD: “God, you’re stupid.”
August 27, 2025 at 7:41 PM
AMERICA: “It’s a mental health issue.”
REST OF THE WORLD: “We have those. But don’t have mass shootings.”
AMERICA: “It’s video games.”
WORLD: “We have those too. But don’t have mass shootings.”
AMERICA B: “It’s cause they took Jesus out of the classroom.”
WORLD: “God, you’re stupid.”
REST OF THE WORLD: “We have those. But don’t have mass shootings.”
AMERICA: “It’s video games.”
WORLD: “We have those too. But don’t have mass shootings.”
AMERICA B: “It’s cause they took Jesus out of the classroom.”
WORLD: “God, you’re stupid.”
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Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story.
August 25, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story.
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Kamala Harris nailed it. We warned everyone the stakes were too high to hand the guy built for Project 2025 another shot — but noooo.
Ever have one of those mornings you just want to throw the window open and yell, FUCK YOU ALL? Yeah, that.
Ever have one of those mornings you just want to throw the window open and yell, FUCK YOU ALL? Yeah, that.
August 25, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Kamala Harris nailed it. We warned everyone the stakes were too high to hand the guy built for Project 2025 another shot — but noooo.
Ever have one of those mornings you just want to throw the window open and yell, FUCK YOU ALL? Yeah, that.
Ever have one of those mornings you just want to throw the window open and yell, FUCK YOU ALL? Yeah, that.
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I read somewhere, if marriage benefited women, it would have been taken away from us by now.
August 21, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I read somewhere, if marriage benefited women, it would have been taken away from us by now.
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Federal funding for a program that helps states investigate pregnant and post partum deaths runs out next month. The president’s budget proposal cut the program, too.
My latest:
www.propublica.org/article/mate...
My latest:
www.propublica.org/article/mate...
“We Want to Save This Investment”: Advocates Race to Secure Maternal Health Funding Before It Runs Out
Over the last five years, nearly $90 million has gone to state committees that review maternal deaths and identify their causes. Advocates say cuts to the program would be “devastating.”
www.propublica.org
August 8, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Federal funding for a program that helps states investigate pregnant and post partum deaths runs out next month. The president’s budget proposal cut the program, too.
My latest:
www.propublica.org/article/mate...
My latest:
www.propublica.org/article/mate...
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Newsflash, Wannabe Dictator:
I don’t care how many times you shake the Etch A Sketch trying to redraw these lines. I’m not disappearing.
I’ll be back, still on your behind every step of the way. (1/2)
I don’t care how many times you shake the Etch A Sketch trying to redraw these lines. I’m not disappearing.
I’ll be back, still on your behind every step of the way. (1/2)
August 6, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Newsflash, Wannabe Dictator:
I don’t care how many times you shake the Etch A Sketch trying to redraw these lines. I’m not disappearing.
I’ll be back, still on your behind every step of the way. (1/2)
I don’t care how many times you shake the Etch A Sketch trying to redraw these lines. I’m not disappearing.
I’ll be back, still on your behind every step of the way. (1/2)
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RIP, Public broadcasting. This one hurts. We grew up with Sesame Street, learned about the world from Wild America and Nature, and found joy in books from Reading Rainbow.
Snuffing the sparks of curiosity and knowledge wherever they exist is one of many shameful legacies of this regime.
Snuffing the sparks of curiosity and knowledge wherever they exist is one of many shameful legacies of this regime.
"WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 1, 2025) – The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced today that it will begin an orderly wind-down of its operations"
cpb.org/pressroom/Co...
cpb.org/pressroom/Co...
August 1, 2025 at 6:48 PM
RIP, Public broadcasting. This one hurts. We grew up with Sesame Street, learned about the world from Wild America and Nature, and found joy in books from Reading Rainbow.
Snuffing the sparks of curiosity and knowledge wherever they exist is one of many shameful legacies of this regime.
Snuffing the sparks of curiosity and knowledge wherever they exist is one of many shameful legacies of this regime.
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Public media has been defunded. Your support keeps journalists on the ground, lifts unheard voices, and connects communities.
Help us plan for what’s next. Make a monthly gift today. Stand with public media: n.pr/458sOhq
Help us plan for what’s next. Make a monthly gift today. Stand with public media: n.pr/458sOhq
July 27, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Public media has been defunded. Your support keeps journalists on the ground, lifts unheard voices, and connects communities.
Help us plan for what’s next. Make a monthly gift today. Stand with public media: n.pr/458sOhq
Help us plan for what’s next. Make a monthly gift today. Stand with public media: n.pr/458sOhq
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Mental health conditions, like suicides & overdoses, are the leading underlying causes of maternal deaths in the US.
Antidepressants save women's lives—& they're safe.
So why is RFKJr's FDA hell-bent on undermining their use among pregnant & postpartum moms?
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Antidepressants save women's lives—& they're safe.
So why is RFKJr's FDA hell-bent on undermining their use among pregnant & postpartum moms?
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Is the FDA about to keep pregnant women from taking antidepressants?
A panel of experts repeated what one women's health expert called "MAHA talking points."
www.motherjones.com
July 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Mental health conditions, like suicides & overdoses, are the leading underlying causes of maternal deaths in the US.
Antidepressants save women's lives—& they're safe.
So why is RFKJr's FDA hell-bent on undermining their use among pregnant & postpartum moms?
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Antidepressants save women's lives—& they're safe.
So why is RFKJr's FDA hell-bent on undermining their use among pregnant & postpartum moms?
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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When you strip away humanity
July 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
When you strip away humanity
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🚨🚨🚨 While the fresh Palantir/Epi-X news post is bad, an EO today is much worse 🚨🚨🚨
As written, the point is to commit people "with mental illness who pose a danger to others OR are living on the streets"
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
As written, the point is to commit people "with mental illness who pose a danger to others OR are living on the streets"
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and
www.whitehouse.gov
July 25, 2025 at 12:23 AM
🚨🚨🚨 While the fresh Palantir/Epi-X news post is bad, an EO today is much worse 🚨🚨🚨
As written, the point is to commit people "with mental illness who pose a danger to others OR are living on the streets"
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
As written, the point is to commit people "with mental illness who pose a danger to others OR are living on the streets"
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...