Charles Idelson
@cidelson.bsky.social
Former Communications Director, National Nurses United, retired. My views
The SS in Nazi Germany had no boundaries in their repression and attacks on civilians. Their spiritual copycats in Trump's secret police share the same devotion to brutality, inhumanity and indifference to law and the Constitution.
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 4, 2025 at 12:05 AM
The SS in Nazi Germany had no boundaries in their repression and attacks on civilians. Their spiritual copycats in Trump's secret police share the same devotion to brutality, inhumanity and indifference to law and the Constitution.
The U.S. cultural revolution under RFK Jr. and Trump - "Let a Thousand Childhood Diseases Bloom"... “Any changes they do make could be devastating to children’s health and public health as a whole,” Sean O’Leary, American Academy of Pediatrics. Indeed, Make America Sick Again
NEW: In an interview w/ me, new chair of ACIP says they are planning to vote on ending practice of vaccinating all newborns for hepatitis B and to examine whether childhood immunization schedule is behind rise of allergies and autoimmune disorders.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
RFK Jr.’s vaccine advisers plan biggest change yet to childhood schedule
The new chair of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices said the panel plans to vote to end universal hepatitis B vaccination at birth and to scrutinize if childhood shots cause allergies.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The U.S. cultural revolution under RFK Jr. and Trump - "Let a Thousand Childhood Diseases Bloom"... “Any changes they do make could be devastating to children’s health and public health as a whole,” Sean O’Leary, American Academy of Pediatrics. Indeed, Make America Sick Again
Arguably the most racist immigration policy proposal in U.S. history, even beyond the rabid 1882 Chinese Immigration Act and 1924 Immigration Act. And just a Trump fiat, no Congressional vote? Absolutely insane
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Arguably the most racist immigration policy proposal in U.S. history, even beyond the rabid 1882 Chinese Immigration Act and 1924 Immigration Act. And just a Trump fiat, no Congressional vote? Absolutely insane
Everyone ready for our regime change war on Venezuela? via @washingtonpost - "President Donald Trump said Friday night that he has 'sort of made up my mind' about how he will proceed with the possibility of military action in Venezuela". Chilling. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Trump weighs Venezuela strikes as U.S. forces prepare for attack order
High-level discussions, underway for days, have explored a variety of military options for Venezuela, people familiar with the matter said.
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November 15, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Everyone ready for our regime change war on Venezuela? via @washingtonpost - "President Donald Trump said Friday night that he has 'sort of made up my mind' about how he will proceed with the possibility of military action in Venezuela". Chilling. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Shaheen: "We've heard from a number of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle that they're willing to come to the table, they're willing to work with us once the govt is open to get this done. We've heard the same thing from the White House. So now we'll see if they're really gonna work w/us"
November 11, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Hi, Jean. My friend is a Nigerian prince who needs to urgently retrieve $1,000,000 from an abandoned trust from his father.
If you can wire $5,000 today, you will be entitled to 35% of the trust. Please reply at your earliest convenience.
If you can wire $5,000 today, you will be entitled to 35% of the trust. Please reply at your earliest convenience.
Military aggression, covert action, and dreams of regime change in the hemisphere are the “oldest moves in the American foreign policy playbook” - my views
Trump's Murderous Policy Against Venezuela Is Part of a Bloody History | If the Trump administration’s assaults on Venezuela and threats to Colombia and Mexico have a familiar stench, they should.
Trump's Murderous Policy Against Venezuela Is Part of a Bloody History
On the long tail of US intervention in Latin America and the Caribbean.
www.commondreams.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Military aggression, covert action, and dreams of regime change in the hemisphere are the “oldest moves in the American foreign policy playbook” - my views
Trump says he’s more popular than ever. Apparently not, even compared with right after Jan. 6. Via @maddow.msnbc.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Trump says he’s more popular than ever. Apparently not, even compared with right after Jan. 6. Via @maddow.msnbc.com
As if I needed another reason to root for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social. Bring it home New York!
November 4, 2025 at 2:57 AM
As if I needed another reason to root for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social. Bring it home New York!
Good analysis on Trump's foreign policy linking a lot of things foreign and domestic atrocities together www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/o...
Opinion | The Thread Tying Together Everything Trump Does
www.nytimes.com
October 26, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Good analysis on Trump's foreign policy linking a lot of things foreign and domestic atrocities together www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/o...
Big San Francisco march to protest the Trump ICE/Gestapo invasion threat is gathering
October 24, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Big San Francisco march to protest the Trump ICE/Gestapo invasion threat is gathering
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Only 3 days until #NoKingsSF!
We’re honored to have CNA leaders Puneet Maharaj, Cathy Kennedy, RN and Sandy Reding, RN on stage — representing California union nurses fighting for our patients, our democracy, and our future. No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. ❌ 👑
We’re honored to have CNA leaders Puneet Maharaj, Cathy Kennedy, RN and Sandy Reding, RN on stage — representing California union nurses fighting for our patients, our democracy, and our future. No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. ❌ 👑
October 15, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Only 3 days until #NoKingsSF!
We’re honored to have CNA leaders Puneet Maharaj, Cathy Kennedy, RN and Sandy Reding, RN on stage — representing California union nurses fighting for our patients, our democracy, and our future. No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. ❌ 👑
We’re honored to have CNA leaders Puneet Maharaj, Cathy Kennedy, RN and Sandy Reding, RN on stage — representing California union nurses fighting for our patients, our democracy, and our future. No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. ❌ 👑
What does the future hold? A forewarning could be found in perhaps the world’s most chronicled famine in Ireland... Famines, especially those driven by political or military policy, have often produced persistent calamitous consequences for the survivors. My blog via @commondreads.bsky.social
Gaza and Ireland: Shared Experiences and a Warning Going Gorward
Gaza and Ireland: Shared Experiences and a Warning Going Gorward
Famines, especially those driven by political subjugation or military occupation, have often produced persistent calamitous consequences for the survivors long after the bullets stop flying or the bombs dropping.
www.commondreams.org
October 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
What does the future hold? A forewarning could be found in perhaps the world’s most chronicled famine in Ireland... Famines, especially those driven by political or military policy, have often produced persistent calamitous consequences for the survivors. My blog via @commondreads.bsky.social
Ireland's history with famine, and what followed, shows some common experiences with Gaza, and what might lie ahead. My thoughts cidelson.medium.com/gaza-and-ire...
Gaza and Ireland — shared experiences and a warning going forward
Regardless of how the long delayed, welcome cease fire in Gaza plays out, there are historic parallels that shed a warning on the future…
cidelson.medium.com
October 12, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Ireland's history with famine, and what followed, shows some common experiences with Gaza, and what might lie ahead. My thoughts cidelson.medium.com/gaza-and-ire...
Democracy is not for sale @calnurses.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Democracy is not for sale @calnurses.bsky.social
Corporate greed has got to go @calnurses.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Corporate greed has got to go @calnurses.bsky.social
Nurses march in San Francisco @calnurses.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Nurses march in San Francisco @calnurses.bsky.social
My thoughts. Trump's new comments this morning that he "couldn't care less" about ignoring political violence by the right because "the radicals on the right oftentimes are radical because they don't want to see crime" - only makes this Reichstag moment threat greater
Has Trump’s Reichstag Moment Arrived? All Hitler needed in 1933 was an excuse, and it didn't take him long to find one. The fire this time may be the assassination of a key figure in the MAGA movement. www.commondreams.org/opinion/char...
Has Trump’s Reichstag Moment Arrived? | Common Dreams
All Hitler needed in 1933 was an excuse, and it didn't take him long to find one. The fire this time may be the assassination of a key figure in the MAGA movement.
www.commondreams.org
September 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
My thoughts. Trump's new comments this morning that he "couldn't care less" about ignoring political violence by the right because "the radicals on the right oftentimes are radical because they don't want to see crime" - only makes this Reichstag moment threat greater
Trump's Reichstag moment appears to have arrived. My blog cidelson.medium.com/with-charlie...
With Charlie Kirk murder, Trump’s Reichstag moment may have arrived
Is this America’s Reichstag moment? The murder of conservative organizer Charlie Kirk, founder of the right-wing Turning Point USA…
cidelson.medium.com
September 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Trump's Reichstag moment appears to have arrived. My blog cidelson.medium.com/with-charlie...
The persecution of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, first sent to a Salvadoran terror prison by a mistake admitted by a DOJ attorney, symbolizes the vile cruelty and inhumanity of the Trump/Miller deportation crusade. Their desperate obsession to punish him with false charges and endless threats is pure Nazism
President Trump warned an immigration court on Thursday that if Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s recent attempt to open an asylum case was successful, the government would seek to deport him to his native El Salvador. Follow updates.
Trump Live Updates: Jobs Report, Defense Department Rebrand and More
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September 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The persecution of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, first sent to a Salvadoran terror prison by a mistake admitted by a DOJ attorney, symbolizes the vile cruelty and inhumanity of the Trump/Miller deportation crusade. Their desperate obsession to punish him with false charges and endless threats is pure Nazism
More from the #WorkersOverBillionaires march in Oakland 2/2
September 1, 2025 at 11:05 PM
More from the #WorkersOverBillionaires march in Oakland 2/2
What’s the proper way to celebrate Labor Day? Collective action on a march. Joined one in downtown Oakland today 1/2
September 1, 2025 at 11:03 PM
What’s the proper way to celebrate Labor Day? Collective action on a march. Joined one in downtown Oakland today 1/2
The most racist U.S. President since Woodrow Wilson ordered segregation of the federal workforce in 1913 deepening racial income inequality must be proud of this- Black women lost 319,000 jobs in the public and private sectors between February and July of this year- www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...
In Trump’s Federal Work Force Cuts, Black Women Are Among the Hardest Hit
www.nytimes.com
August 31, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The most racist U.S. President since Woodrow Wilson ordered segregation of the federal workforce in 1913 deepening racial income inequality must be proud of this- Black women lost 319,000 jobs in the public and private sectors between February and July of this year- www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...
It’s time for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be fired or resign- @nationalnurses.bsky.social www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/nation...
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August 28, 2025 at 11:36 PM
It’s time for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be fired or resign- @nationalnurses.bsky.social www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/nation...
If Trump was serious about "fighting crime" - he's not, it's just a pretext for occupying Democratic-led cities to attack political opposition - he would demand his sycophants in Congress pass a ban on assault weapons and all the enhancements that make them more lethal. As many countries have done
BREAKING: Two children were killed and at least 17 others injured, including 14 kids, in a shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis.
This keeps happening. We cannot and must not accept it as normal
This keeps happening. We cannot and must not accept it as normal
August 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
If Trump was serious about "fighting crime" - he's not, it's just a pretext for occupying Democratic-led cities to attack political opposition - he would demand his sycophants in Congress pass a ban on assault weapons and all the enhancements that make them more lethal. As many countries have done
"We encourage people who support the human rights of all people to protest, get involved, and contact their elected representatives to demand an end to U.S. funding of the Israeli military."- @nationalnurses.bsky.social www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/nurses...
Nurses denounce latest strikes on Gaza hospital and ongoing starvation of Palestinians by Israel
National Nurses United condemned Israel for its ongoing starvation of the Palestinian people in Gaza and its latest bombings of Nasser Hospital, strikes that have killed scores of medical and rescue w...
www.nationalnursesunited.org
August 27, 2025 at 4:58 PM
"We encourage people who support the human rights of all people to protest, get involved, and contact their elected representatives to demand an end to U.S. funding of the Israeli military."- @nationalnurses.bsky.social www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/nurses...