Mimi Kessler
@mimikessler.bsky.social
Mom. RN. Clinical Research. Harm Reductionist. Gardener. 📚 🌊🩺
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Wanna help ground Avelo? Check it out here. One thing he mentions - universities like Yale (!!!) have contracts with Avelo. Time for alumni pressure. (YALIES, WE GOT THIS, RIGHT???) www.groundavelo.org
ground avelo
www.groundavelo.org
August 14, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Wanna help ground Avelo? Check it out here. One thing he mentions - universities like Yale (!!!) have contracts with Avelo. Time for alumni pressure. (YALIES, WE GOT THIS, RIGHT???) www.groundavelo.org
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#OneMillionRising is the gathering that we need right now, thanks @ashdashlee.bsky.social❣️
Fight the Trump Takeover of Texas MAGA electoral map rigging.
www.fightthetrumptakeover.com
#NoKings
Fight the Trump Takeover of Texas MAGA electoral map rigging.
www.fightthetrumptakeover.com
#NoKings
Fight The Trump Takeover
www.fightthetrumptakeover.com
August 14, 2025 at 12:53 AM
#OneMillionRising is the gathering that we need right now, thanks @ashdashlee.bsky.social❣️
Fight the Trump Takeover of Texas MAGA electoral map rigging.
www.fightthetrumptakeover.com
#NoKings
Fight the Trump Takeover of Texas MAGA electoral map rigging.
www.fightthetrumptakeover.com
#NoKings
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Who’s gonna tell this clown the news?
Lutnick: "The army of millions and millions of human beings screwing in little screws to make iPhones -- that kind of thing is going to come to America."
April 13, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Who’s gonna tell this clown the news?
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I didn’t think my association with the divine had anything to do with writing for parents adrift in a sea of advice. Then a Queen's Gambit moment revealed that, for me, Quakerism had provided a research-backed rudder. My latest for @theatlantic.com. www.theatlantic.com/family/archi...
What Parents of Any Faith—Or None—Can Learn From Quakers
The nearly 375-year-old religion’s principles line up surprisingly well with modern parenting research.
www.theatlantic.com
April 3, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I didn’t think my association with the divine had anything to do with writing for parents adrift in a sea of advice. Then a Queen's Gambit moment revealed that, for me, Quakerism had provided a research-backed rudder. My latest for @theatlantic.com. www.theatlantic.com/family/archi...
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"Physicians at Covenant Children’s Hospital in Lubbock, Texas, say they’ve now treated a handful of unvaccinated children who were given so much vitamin A that they had signs of liver damage."
Way to go, RFK Jr. : maybe DON'T practice medicine without a license?
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/h...
Way to go, RFK Jr. : maybe DON'T practice medicine without a license?
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/h...
For Some Measles Patients, Vitamin A Remedy Supported by RFK Jr. Leaves Them More Ill
After the health secretary promoted vitamin A as a cure, parents in West Texas began giving their children high doses, sometimes to prevent infection.
www.nytimes.com
March 26, 2025 at 12:15 PM
"Physicians at Covenant Children’s Hospital in Lubbock, Texas, say they’ve now treated a handful of unvaccinated children who were given so much vitamin A that they had signs of liver damage."
Way to go, RFK Jr. : maybe DON'T practice medicine without a license?
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/h...
Way to go, RFK Jr. : maybe DON'T practice medicine without a license?
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/h...
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@Television news organizations may believe that avoiding a term like Gulf of Mexico is a fairly harmless concession. But … cute linguistic gymnastics amount to a surrender. Words are the front lines of truth, and once they’re ceded, it becomes far easier for strongmen like Trump to shape reality.”
GULF OF FEAR: This past week, when NASA astronauts returned to Earth, TV news networks avoided calling the body of water they splashed down in as the Gulf of Mexico.
Instead, they performed linguistic gymnastics to stay out of Trump’s crosshairs.
More in Status: www.status.news/p/gulf-of-me...
Instead, they performed linguistic gymnastics to stay out of Trump’s crosshairs.
More in Status: www.status.news/p/gulf-of-me...
Gulf of Fear
When news anchors tiptoe around the name Gulf of Mexico, it’s not just semantics—it’s a glimpse at how the press starts to flinch under political pressure.
www.status.news
March 24, 2025 at 11:55 AM
@Television news organizations may believe that avoiding a term like Gulf of Mexico is a fairly harmless concession. But … cute linguistic gymnastics amount to a surrender. Words are the front lines of truth, and once they’re ceded, it becomes far easier for strongmen like Trump to shape reality.”
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Time to focus on Marco Rubio's role as a chief Trump enabler. Rubio is helping execute some of Trump's worst designs: Terminating program tracking Ukrainian kids, deporting people to foreign gulags, wrecking USAID, arrests with zero due process.
My new piece:
newrepublic.com/article/1930...
My new piece:
newrepublic.com/article/1930...
Trump’s Most Dangerous Enabler Is Not Who You Think It Is
Kash Patel? Pam Bondi? Stephen Miller? No, no, and no. For now, the winner of this dubious title, and serial betrayer of his old principles, is the guy in Foggy Bottom.
newrepublic.com
March 24, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Time to focus on Marco Rubio's role as a chief Trump enabler. Rubio is helping execute some of Trump's worst designs: Terminating program tracking Ukrainian kids, deporting people to foreign gulags, wrecking USAID, arrests with zero due process.
My new piece:
newrepublic.com/article/1930...
My new piece:
newrepublic.com/article/1930...
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Lying is the Trump Administration’s default approach to absolutely everything.
It’s hard to square the White House’s claim that Gleason is the leader of DOGE — rather than Musk — when she is dual hatted and was initially detailed to HHS in February.
Gleason filed a sworn affidavit last week that didn’t mention her HHS employment.
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
Gleason filed a sworn affidavit last week that didn’t mention her HHS employment.
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
March 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Lying is the Trump Administration’s default approach to absolutely everything.
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"It's so bizarre to me how obsessed you are with the federal government," sneered the woman to the people who elected her to be their voice in the federal government.
Holy shit. Republican Harriet Hagemen got torn apart at a town hall in Wyoming last night. In a state that voted for Trump by 46 points.
She tried defending DOGE and it went as well as you’d imagine.
“Deport Elon, Deport Elon!”
Watch to the end…
She tried defending DOGE and it went as well as you’d imagine.
“Deport Elon, Deport Elon!”
Watch to the end…
March 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
"It's so bizarre to me how obsessed you are with the federal government," sneered the woman to the people who elected her to be their voice in the federal government.
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We told you it would happen. Trump and Musk are abandoning our veterans because they've never cared about the men and women who serve.
March 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM
We told you it would happen. Trump and Musk are abandoning our veterans because they've never cared about the men and women who serve.
@therickwilson.bsky.social Elon get his feelings hurt and boot you?
March 20, 2025 at 6:17 PM
@therickwilson.bsky.social Elon get his feelings hurt and boot you?
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NEWS: The Trump Administration deported undocumented migrants under the Alien Enemies Act despite a federal judge's order, polling places the Democratic Party's approval rating at an all time low, and more. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
The Trump Administration Deported Migrants Under The Alien Enemies Act Despite Federal Judge's Order
The Trump Administration deported undocumented migrants under the Alien Enemies Act despite a federal judge's order, polling places the Democratic Party's approval rating at an all time low, and more.
open.substack.com
March 16, 2025 at 2:58 PM
NEWS: The Trump Administration deported undocumented migrants under the Alien Enemies Act despite a federal judge's order, polling places the Democratic Party's approval rating at an all time low, and more. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
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With Musk and DOGE, does it feel like the US has been taken over by private equity?
Has private equity ever made anything better?
Private equity reduces patient care while enriching investors, Senate report finds
The bipartisan investigation of hospital systems purchased by Apollo Global Management and Leonard Green & Partners reinforced the findings of past academic research.
www.nbcnews.com
February 12, 2025 at 10:06 PM
With Musk and DOGE, does it feel like the US has been taken over by private equity?
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I just saw a comment “Thinking the Trump administration is only going to last four years is like thinking COVID was only going to last a few weeks.” 😭
February 13, 2025 at 12:54 AM
I just saw a comment “Thinking the Trump administration is only going to last four years is like thinking COVID was only going to last a few weeks.” 😭
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NEWS: Eight fired inspectors general are suing to get their jobs back, saying Trump's terminations were illegal.
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
February 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
NEWS: Eight fired inspectors general are suing to get their jobs back, saying Trump's terminations were illegal.
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
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MAJOR BREAKING: Pope Francis has written a letter to US Bishops saying he’s following “major crisis” of “mass deportations;” takes on Vance saying “The true ordo amoris that must be promoted is that which we discover by meditating constantly on the parable of the “Good Samaritan”
February 11, 2025 at 11:53 AM
MAJOR BREAKING: Pope Francis has written a letter to US Bishops saying he’s following “major crisis” of “mass deportations;” takes on Vance saying “The true ordo amoris that must be promoted is that which we discover by meditating constantly on the parable of the “Good Samaritan”
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We got a message from the university to remove any use of the "DEI", "diversity", "equity", or "inclusion" from all public-facing documents. They said that even "biodiversity" is being flagged by the federal government. We live in the dumbest timeline.
February 11, 2025 at 8:47 AM
We got a message from the university to remove any use of the "DEI", "diversity", "equity", or "inclusion" from all public-facing documents. They said that even "biodiversity" is being flagged by the federal government. We live in the dumbest timeline.
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JUST IN: A federal judge in Massachusetts has blocked the Trump administration's rate change to NIH grants.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 10, 2025 at 10:25 PM
JUST IN: A federal judge in Massachusetts has blocked the Trump administration's rate change to NIH grants.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Hearing that DOGE went into the Dept of Education today and shut down almost the entirety of the department's in-house research arm, Institute of Educational Sciences, cancelling contracts totally about $900m.
February 11, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Hearing that DOGE went into the Dept of Education today and shut down almost the entirety of the department's in-house research arm, Institute of Educational Sciences, cancelling contracts totally about $900m.
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So after promising to focus on safety, they’ve gotten right down to work… on gender terminology?
February 11, 2025 at 12:14 AM
So after promising to focus on safety, they’ve gotten right down to work… on gender terminology?
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BREAKING: Federal judge temporarily blocks NIH indirect costs rate cap issued Friday as applied to states that sued over the act this morning.
Judge Angel Kelley, a Biden appointee, ordered further briefing as well, and set a hearing on Feb 21 in the case. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Judge Angel Kelley, a Biden appointee, ordered further briefing as well, and set a hearing on Feb 21 in the case. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
![ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF STATES’ EX PARTE
EMERGENCY MOTION FOR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER
ANGEL KELLEY, D.J.
Plaintiff States’ Ex Parte Emergency Motion For Temporary Restraining Order [Dkt. 4]
is GRANTED. Defendants and their officers, employees, servants, agents, appointees, and
successors are hereby enjoined from taking any steps to implement, apply, or enforce the Rate
Change Notice (NOT-OD-25- 068) within Plaintiff States until further order is issued by this
Court. Counsel for Defendants shall file a status report with the Court within 24 hours of the
entry of this Order, and at biweekly intervals thereafter, confirming the regular disbursement and
obligation of federal financial assistance funds and reporting all steps that NIH, HHS and their
officers, employees, servants, agents, appointees, and successors have taken to comply with the
Court’s temporary restraining order.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreihvi3vmbg3ktgcxnic4m27q4outa3mtxm6v37rgstm45wvuk565pu@jpeg)
February 10, 2025 at 10:38 PM
BREAKING: Federal judge temporarily blocks NIH indirect costs rate cap issued Friday as applied to states that sued over the act this morning.
Judge Angel Kelley, a Biden appointee, ordered further briefing as well, and set a hearing on Feb 21 in the case. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Judge Angel Kelley, a Biden appointee, ordered further briefing as well, and set a hearing on Feb 21 in the case. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
@gtconway.bsky.social will Trump instruct US Marshall to ignore U.S. District Chief Judge John McConnell? Will we be a lawless society? How do we resist tyranny?
February 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
@gtconway.bsky.social will Trump instruct US Marshall to ignore U.S. District Chief Judge John McConnell? Will we be a lawless society? How do we resist tyranny?
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An email obtained by NPR says NIH employees are subject to a travel freeze and offers of employment are being rescinded. Scientists worry about disruptions to critical research.
National Institutes of Health cancels scientific meetings after Trump directives
An email obtained by NPR says NIH employees are subject to a travel freeze and offers of employment are being rescinded. Scientists worry about disruptions to critical research.
www.npr.org
January 23, 2025 at 6:54 PM
An email obtained by NPR says NIH employees are subject to a travel freeze and offers of employment are being rescinded. Scientists worry about disruptions to critical research.
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