Gail Hansen
@gailrhansendvm.bsky.social
Public health veterinarian/epi concentrating on AMR, One Health, and humane treatment of animals. And a theater lover.
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Walz: "We're no longer having a political debate. We're having a moral debate."
January 25, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Walz: "We're no longer having a political debate. We're having a moral debate."
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Danish veterans say the rhetoric from the Trump administration has been painful. They describe feeling betrayed and abandoned by an ally after standing shoulder to shoulder with American soldiers.
'Pain, betrayal, sadness': Danish veterans describe shock of Trump admin rhetoric
Danish veterans say the rhetoric from the Trump administration has been painful. They describe feeling betrayed and abandoned by an ally after standing shoulder to shoulder with American soldiers.
n.pr
January 25, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Danish veterans say the rhetoric from the Trump administration has been painful. They describe feeling betrayed and abandoned by an ally after standing shoulder to shoulder with American soldiers.
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Reporter: You received a letter from AG Pam Bondi making several demands….
Walz: I would just give a pro tip to the AG. There's 2 million documents in the Epstein files we're still waiting on. Go ahead and work on those
Walz: I would just give a pro tip to the AG. There's 2 million documents in the Epstein files we're still waiting on. Go ahead and work on those
January 25, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Reporter: You received a letter from AG Pam Bondi making several demands….
Walz: I would just give a pro tip to the AG. There's 2 million documents in the Epstein files we're still waiting on. Go ahead and work on those
Walz: I would just give a pro tip to the AG. There's 2 million documents in the Epstein files we're still waiting on. Go ahead and work on those
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Birthright Citizenship
“If they can, with the markings of a pen in an executive order, eradicate the 14th Amendment of the Constitution, folks better be aware that they can do the same with every other right that they take for granted.”
— Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell
“If they can, with the markings of a pen in an executive order, eradicate the 14th Amendment of the Constitution, folks better be aware that they can do the same with every other right that they take for granted.”
— Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell
January 12, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Birthright Citizenship
“If they can, with the markings of a pen in an executive order, eradicate the 14th Amendment of the Constitution, folks better be aware that they can do the same with every other right that they take for granted.”
— Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell
“If they can, with the markings of a pen in an executive order, eradicate the 14th Amendment of the Constitution, folks better be aware that they can do the same with every other right that they take for granted.”
— Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell
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A powerful piece by M. Gessen
I can't do it justice by excerpt
go read it (gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...
I can't do it justice by excerpt
go read it (gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...
Opinion | State Terror Has Arrived
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 8:17 AM
A powerful piece by M. Gessen
I can't do it justice by excerpt
go read it (gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...
I can't do it justice by excerpt
go read it (gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...
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Klobuchar: "Somehow 50,000 peaceful protesters in 10 below weather were able to march without any problems, and then the next day half a dozen ICE and CBP agents couldn't handle a guy with a cell phone taking video of them and shot him. I think it's pretty obvious what's going on here."
January 25, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Klobuchar: "Somehow 50,000 peaceful protesters in 10 below weather were able to march without any problems, and then the next day half a dozen ICE and CBP agents couldn't handle a guy with a cell phone taking video of them and shot him. I think it's pretty obvious what's going on here."
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The Trump regime's position seems to be that Republicans have the right to bear arms and everyone else has the right to get shot by them.
January 25, 2026 at 5:27 PM
The Trump regime's position seems to be that Republicans have the right to bear arms and everyone else has the right to get shot by them.
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We lost a giant in public health today.
Dr. William H. Foege helped eradicate #smallpox - the only human disease ever eliminated—through science, surveillance, and vaccines.
His legacy is the antidote to today’s antiscience, anti-vaccine rhetoric.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
Dr. William H. Foege helped eradicate #smallpox - the only human disease ever eliminated—through science, surveillance, and vaccines.
His legacy is the antidote to today’s antiscience, anti-vaccine rhetoric.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
William H. Foege, Key Figure in the Eradication of Smallpox, Dies at 89
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 5:48 AM
We lost a giant in public health today.
Dr. William H. Foege helped eradicate #smallpox - the only human disease ever eliminated—through science, surveillance, and vaccines.
His legacy is the antidote to today’s antiscience, anti-vaccine rhetoric.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
Dr. William H. Foege helped eradicate #smallpox - the only human disease ever eliminated—through science, surveillance, and vaccines.
His legacy is the antidote to today’s antiscience, anti-vaccine rhetoric.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
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Bezos can rent the entire city of Venice for his wedding but can’t send a handful of reporters to Italy to cover actual news.
Priorities. 🤦🏻♂️
Priorities. 🤦🏻♂️
According to an internal email to Washington Post sports staff, the paper isn't sending any reporters to cover the winter Olympics next month. The decision comes as major layoffs are expected in the coming weeks.
January 24, 2026 at 4:40 AM
Bezos can rent the entire city of Venice for his wedding but can’t send a handful of reporters to Italy to cover actual news.
Priorities. 🤦🏻♂️
Priorities. 🤦🏻♂️
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Minnesota is the best of us.
January 23, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Minnesota is the best of us.
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“There was ample opportunity to be able to safely hand that 5 year old child off to adults."
January 23, 2026 at 5:36 PM
“There was ample opportunity to be able to safely hand that 5 year old child off to adults."
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“Danish citizens are organising a huge boycott that includes cancelling planned holidays in the US, cancelling subscriptions to on-demand services based in the US & more generally, recommending the use of EU services instead of those provided by American platforms.”
So, same as Canadians.
So, same as Canadians.
January 23, 2026 at 5:52 AM
“Danish citizens are organising a huge boycott that includes cancelling planned holidays in the US, cancelling subscriptions to on-demand services based in the US & more generally, recommending the use of EU services instead of those provided by American platforms.”
So, same as Canadians.
So, same as Canadians.
Once again Trump tries to avoid paying bills. This time involving the entire US as defaulting on payments owed.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/public-healt...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/public-healt...
US formally withdraws from World Health Organization, leaving debt
www.cidrap.umn.edu
January 23, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Once again Trump tries to avoid paying bills. This time involving the entire US as defaulting on payments owed.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/public-healt...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/public-healt...
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NEW: US slashes ties with the World Health Organization
With rising outbreaks and global health threats, walking away from @WHO is a step backward for global health cooperation. Pandemics don’t stop at borders — hard to call that strategic.”
#BlueSky #MedSky #IDSky #NewsSky #PoliSky
With rising outbreaks and global health threats, walking away from @WHO is a step backward for global health cooperation. Pandemics don’t stop at borders — hard to call that strategic.”
#BlueSky #MedSky #IDSky #NewsSky #PoliSky
January 23, 2026 at 4:50 AM
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Today was about letting the people see the difference between noise and credibility.
Jack Smith had the facts and stood on business, while others focused on distractions instead of substance.
Jack Smith had the facts and stood on business, while others focused on distractions instead of substance.
January 23, 2026 at 5:16 AM
Today was about letting the people see the difference between noise and credibility.
Jack Smith had the facts and stood on business, while others focused on distractions instead of substance.
Jack Smith had the facts and stood on business, while others focused on distractions instead of substance.
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Kansas disregards CDC vaccine changes, will trust scientific evidence instead www.hppr.org/hppr-news/20...
Kansas disregards CDC vaccine changes, will trust scientific evidence instead
The CDC’s newly released vaccination schedule dropped the number of childhood vaccinations from 17 to 10, a move vigorously disputed by leading health care organizations.
www.hppr.org
January 22, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Kansas disregards CDC vaccine changes, will trust scientific evidence instead www.hppr.org/hppr-news/20...
This Is Why Our Rivers Are Turning Into Sewers www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/o...
Opinion | This Is Why Our Rivers Are Turning Into Sewers
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 10:34 PM
This Is Why Our Rivers Are Turning Into Sewers www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/o...
Of course the top CDC vaccine “adviser” questions need for polio shot, other longstanding recommendations because he is an idiot www.statnews.com/2026/01/22/v... via @statnews.com
Top CDC vaccine adviser questions need for polio shot, other longstanding recommendations
The chair of a federal vaccine advisory panel charted a new course for the committee in a podcast released Thursday, questioning longstanding recommendations.
www.statnews.com
January 22, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Of course the top CDC vaccine “adviser” questions need for polio shot, other longstanding recommendations because he is an idiot www.statnews.com/2026/01/22/v... via @statnews.com
This is who we are.
I fear my tipping point into madness is "Thus is un-American" posts in response to ICE terrorizing immigrants. I beg you to open Wikipedia (I would say a book but let's start small) and read up on The Trail of Tears, Fugitive Slave Catchers, Japanese internment, Indian Boarding schools & Jim Crow
January 22, 2026 at 10:13 PM
This is who we are.
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Funny how the right is outraged at Fanone flipping off a congressman just days after celebrating a president flipping off a working American .
January 22, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Funny how the right is outraged at Fanone flipping off a congressman just days after celebrating a president flipping off a working American .
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pepper spraying someone in the face from inches away while they are already restrained on the ground should get you fired and land you in jail, no exceptions
An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 21, 2026 at 9:38 PM
pepper spraying someone in the face from inches away while they are already restrained on the ground should get you fired and land you in jail, no exceptions
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Question. If Joe Biden called Greenland, “Iceland” four times…. What would the right be saying?
January 21, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Question. If Joe Biden called Greenland, “Iceland” four times…. What would the right be saying?
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AOC: The president has been acting in increasingly erratic ways. It is really damning when we think about the degree to which media outlets reported on Joe Biden, yet we are seeing behavior from Trump that is alarming and everyone is pretending this is normal.
January 21, 2026 at 10:49 PM
AOC: The president has been acting in increasingly erratic ways. It is really damning when we think about the degree to which media outlets reported on Joe Biden, yet we are seeing behavior from Trump that is alarming and everyone is pretending this is normal.
And yet they continue and will continue through 2016 in DC according to Trump.
In a long, scathing interview, a member of the DC National Guard accuses the Trump administration of "parading [us] around to intimidate people." He talks candidly about what his deployment has been like.
An Anonymous DC National Guardsman Tells All
“This is not what I signed up to do.”
washingtonian.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:00 PM
And yet they continue and will continue through 2016 in DC according to Trump.
Why do media continue to sane wash this madman?
Big if Hitler could have gone to Davos in 1938 energy
Trump is giving a deranged, rambling monologue in Davos to an audience stunned into silence. He sounds incredibly tired, his voice raspy; he keeps trailing off into long pauses. It's jaw-dropping.
The sanewashing headlines are going to say "Trump Doubles Down On Greenland Demand In Davos Speech"
The sanewashing headlines are going to say "Trump Doubles Down On Greenland Demand In Davos Speech"
January 21, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Why do media continue to sane wash this madman?