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Elizabeth Grisham 💙🗳🗽
@elizabethgrisham.bsky.social
Historian. Science communicator. Journalist. I have studied epidemics & public health policy for 24 years. Not here for dates or arguments. Resist. 💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉😷🧷 🇺🇦
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I’m sorry but this seems bad
November 20, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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What do these corporations all have in common?

-Lockheed Martin
-Palantir
-Microsoft
-Amazon
-Comcast
-Google
-Apple
-Meta
-HP
-Nvidia
-T-Mobile

They all have lucrative government contracts — and they're all donors to Trump's ballroom.
November 19, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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A Ponzi schemer stole roughly $35M from dozens who believed they were investing in Covid-19 masks, baby formula, & first aid kits for Ukraine. trib.al/tqfJ6y4

For whatever reason, Trump decided to include him in the whopping 143-person pardon issued the day before he left office in 2021.
November 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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The DOJ has been pressing states since May for their registration rolls, which include sensitive personal information of every single voter, claiming the agency wants to ensure compliance with federal voter laws. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
States Want to Know: Why Does the DOJ Want Their Voter Rolls, Really?
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Border czar: ICE operations planned for New York City #TheHill
thehill.com
Border czar: ICE operations planned for New York City
twp.ai
November 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.

He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Pope Leo XIV on Monday urged countries at UN climate talks to take “concrete actions” to stop climate change that is threatening the planet, telling them humans are failing in their response to global warming and that God’s creation “is crying out in floods, droughts, storms and relentless heat.”
Pope Leo XIV calls for urgent climate action and says God’s creation is ‘crying out’
Pope Leo XIV on Monday urged countries at United Nations climate talks to take “concrete actions” to stop climate change that is threatening the planet.
trib.al
November 18, 2025 at 12:36 PM
From George Mason’s Center for Climate Change Communication and Penn Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media: Public engagement with climate change and health: A global literature review link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Public Engagement with Climate Change and Health: A Global Literature Review - EcoHealth
With the impacts of climate change on health becoming increasingly severe and far-reaching, effective communication to diverse audiences is more crucial than ever. This review analyzes 93 studies publ...
link.springer.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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"case involves a person who lives in Grays Harbor County on the Olympic Peninsula"

Water water everywhere

Many of the PB2 seqs from 2025 H5N5 water fowl in US and Canada have E627K

www.yahoo.com/news/article...
New form of bird flu hospitalizes Washington state resident
A person in Washington has been infected with a new form of bird flu virus.
www.yahoo.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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“We’re in a fly zone,” added state epidemiologist Dr. Scott Lindquist. “Please limit your contacts as best as possible with wild birds (and) domestic animals”
WA confirms first bird flu case in a resident this year
A Grays Harbor County resident has tested preliminarily positive for bird flu in the first human case recorded in WA this year.
www.seattletimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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“This is a severely ill patient,” state epidemiologist Scott Lindquist said during a briefing

www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
First U.S. case of human bird flu in 9 months confirmed in Washington state
The U.S. has reported its first human case of bird flu since February, with a confirmed infection in Washington state
www.washingtonpost.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Nevada’s state motto is "All for Our Country."
A unanimous Nevada Supreme Court reinstated criminal charges against six people allegedly involved President Trump’s 2020 fake electors scheme. The case had previously been dismissed on grounds that it had been filed in the wrong county.
talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
Nevada Supreme Court Revives Fake Electors Case
Not Dead Yet A unanimous Nevada Supreme Court reinstated criminal charges against...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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❤️‍🩹 Two Ukrainian volunteers walked more than 11 kilometers on foot to rescue 13-year-old Liuba, her pregnant dog, and an elderly neighbor from the city of Rodynske in the Donetsk region.

🔗 united24media.com/latest-news/...
November 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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👏👏🔥

She certainly hit the ground running.

Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva doesn't mince words & calls out the doormat majority who have turned the concept of 'co-equal branch of govt' into a quaint notion from 'back in the day'.
Really American (@reallyamerican)
BREAKING: In a stunning speech, the newly sworn in Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva absolutely demolishes Trump and Republicans. She is going to be a force.
substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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"Pope Leo said Scripture emphasizes the question that will be posed at the end of the world:

'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."

chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
Pope Leo calls for ‘deep reflection’ about treatment of detained migrants in U.S.
“Many people who have lived for years and years and years, never causing problems, have been deeply affected by what is going on right now,” Chicago-born pope says.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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"Throughout this book, narratives of lived experience demonstrate the sheer devastation—physical, psychological and emotional—that is integral to life with #LongCOVID in a society in which the condition is neglected, ignored,

@dalupton.bsky.social

link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
The Social Aspects and Impacts of Long COVID
This chapter provides a substantial introduction to the book, giving an overview of the social, cultural and political aspects and impacts of Long COVID. Drawing on perspectives and theories from heal...
link.springer.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Canada: Saskatchewan reported 2 COVID deaths and 11 outbreaks in high-risk settings, including long-term care and group homes in past month.

The province’s positivity rate is 7.9%, with Regina 13.8%, north central region 8.6%, and Saskatoon 7.8%.

Source: archive.li/KKh5n
October 18, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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I have t finished, but I think it’s a critical watch. Please share.

youtube.com/watch?v=AUUR...
Why It Matters That Trump Rerouted Money to Pay the Troops | Explainer
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
youtube.com
October 17, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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The Department of Homeland Security has begun targeting unaccompanied children in the immigration system with what they call a “voluntary option” to return to their countries of origin. via @laist.com
DHS begins targeting unaccompanied children with 'voluntary' deportation offer
Children asked to waive right to see a judge in exchange for $2,500
laist.com
October 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Justice Brett Kavanaugh: “If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U.S. citizen...they promptly let the individual go."

The reality: Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.

A must read from the very talented @nicolefoy.bsky.social:
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Only with this admin:
the MMWR journal (aka Voice of the CDC) is not releasing new issues amidst a shutdown, another failure to value experts, expertise, and what is deemed 'essential'.

www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...
'Voice of CDC' Goes Silent
In departure from the past, MMWR staff not allowed to be exempted from shutdown furlough
www.medpagetoday.com
October 16, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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150 children in South Carolina are in quarantine because of measles a disease we beat decades ago. Not because the vaccine stopped working, but because people stopped listening.
U.S. measles cases continue to climb, with outbreaks across the country
In South Carolina, more than 150 unvaccinated schoolkids are under quarantine after being exposed to measles. Across the U.S., total case counts could be even higher than the official number.
www.npr.org
October 13, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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October 6, 2025 at 2:37 PM