Bear and Owl
@bearandowl.bsky.social
Physician, Musician, Science Nerd, providing Inclusive Care (she/her)
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RFK Jr.‘s extreme anti-vax views — and his related conflicts of interest — were a huge problem during his confirmation process.
So he promised not to change the vaccine advisory panel.
Today, he fired every single expert on that panel. It's a public health disaster.
So he promised not to change the vaccine advisory panel.
Today, he fired every single expert on that panel. It's a public health disaster.
RFK Jr. ousts entire CDC vaccine advisory committee
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has removed every member of a scientific committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to use vaccines.
apnews.com
June 9, 2025 at 10:34 PM
RFK Jr.‘s extreme anti-vax views — and his related conflicts of interest — were a huge problem during his confirmation process.
So he promised not to change the vaccine advisory panel.
Today, he fired every single expert on that panel. It's a public health disaster.
So he promised not to change the vaccine advisory panel.
Today, he fired every single expert on that panel. It's a public health disaster.
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Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.
June 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.
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Thousands of College Students Could Soon Lose Their Pell Grants
Congressional Republicans’ budget bill, now awaiting a vote in the Senate, would curb eligibility for those enrolled part time. Experts say community colleges would take a hit.
www.chronicle.com/article/thou...
Congressional Republicans’ budget bill, now awaiting a vote in the Senate, would curb eligibility for those enrolled part time. Experts say community colleges would take a hit.
www.chronicle.com/article/thou...
www.chronicle.com
June 9, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Thousands of College Students Could Soon Lose Their Pell Grants
Congressional Republicans’ budget bill, now awaiting a vote in the Senate, would curb eligibility for those enrolled part time. Experts say community colleges would take a hit.
www.chronicle.com/article/thou...
Congressional Republicans’ budget bill, now awaiting a vote in the Senate, would curb eligibility for those enrolled part time. Experts say community colleges would take a hit.
www.chronicle.com/article/thou...
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Is @sanders.senate.gov man enough to demand that his buddy Tulsi be criminally investigated for perjury & for any other crimes committed by being part of the group chat?
March 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Is @sanders.senate.gov man enough to demand that his buddy Tulsi be criminally investigated for perjury & for any other crimes committed by being part of the group chat?
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“Elias Law Group will not be deterred from fighting for democracy in court. There will be no negotiation with this White House about the clients we represent or the lawsuits we bring on their behalf."
Statement from Elias Law Group Chair Marc Elias
elias.law
March 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
“Elias Law Group will not be deterred from fighting for democracy in court. There will be no negotiation with this White House about the clients we represent or the lawsuits we bring on their behalf."
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Law firms/universities will hang together or hang separately
"W.H. official said on Friday that despite the deal reached with Paul Weiss, Mr Trump would continue to target law firms with executive orders, including some the president could sign as early as next week" www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/u...
"W.H. official said on Friday that despite the deal reached with Paul Weiss, Mr Trump would continue to target law firms with executive orders, including some the president could sign as early as next week" www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/u...
How a Major Democratic Law Firm Ended Up Bowing to Trump
Paul Weiss was targeted by an executive order from President Trump. Its chairman, who had worked against Mr. Trump during his first term, then went to the Oval Office and cut a deal.
www.nytimes.com
March 22, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Law firms/universities will hang together or hang separately
"W.H. official said on Friday that despite the deal reached with Paul Weiss, Mr Trump would continue to target law firms with executive orders, including some the president could sign as early as next week" www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/u...
"W.H. official said on Friday that despite the deal reached with Paul Weiss, Mr Trump would continue to target law firms with executive orders, including some the president could sign as early as next week" www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/u...
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“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”
What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
time.com
March 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”
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Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
January 28, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Quiet Striking.
newrepublic.com/post/190555/...
newrepublic.com/post/190555/...
Trump’s Immigration Threats Are Already Wrecking the Food Industry
Immigrant farm workers are too scared to show up to work.
newrepublic.com
January 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Quiet Striking.
newrepublic.com/post/190555/...
newrepublic.com/post/190555/...
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Bye, Target
I can easily take my Target shopping elsewhere. And I will.
So Target got real comfy thinking us millennial moms won’t take our basic girl bits to Costco & Aldi after they cut DEI programs to satisfy the new administration.
Big mistake. Huge.
Big mistake. Huge.
January 25, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Bye, Target
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As doctors and nurses, it is our moral duty to care for every person who walks through the door & needs medical help. Allowing ICE to raid hospitals & clinics is immoral and will lead to needless suffering & death. Reading this made me cry...what nation have we become? #medsky
Allowing ICE in hospitals is a public health catastrophe in the making
Allowing ICE to conduct raids in hospitals and medical clinics is not only cruel; it is a public health catastrophe in the making, writes Eric Reinhart.
www.statnews.com
January 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
As doctors and nurses, it is our moral duty to care for every person who walks through the door & needs medical help. Allowing ICE to raid hospitals & clinics is immoral and will lead to needless suffering & death. Reading this made me cry...what nation have we become? #medsky
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Good morning and Happy Thursday to everyone who agrees that if you don't want to be compared to Nazis, stop referencing shit from Hitler's speeches, stop supporting far-right extremists in Europe, and stop making Nazi hand gestures.
Can you not see what we mean?
Can you not see what we mean?
January 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Good morning and Happy Thursday to everyone who agrees that if you don't want to be compared to Nazis, stop referencing shit from Hitler's speeches, stop supporting far-right extremists in Europe, and stop making Nazi hand gestures.
Can you not see what we mean?
Can you not see what we mean?
Why am I even surprised?
He was half asleep through the sermon. People told him it was about mercy and compassion, and now he's mad about it.
January 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Why am I even surprised?
Trump is ending Affirmative Action for federal workers. He is removing all DEI positions.
January 22, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Trump is ending Affirmative Action for federal workers. He is removing all DEI positions.
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Thank goodness there’s no virus decimating animals and food supply all over the country so we can afford to halt—oh wait
New: Trump officials have paused all external communications at health agencies like CDC, FDA, NIH.
No health alerts and the famed MMWRs; no updates to key websites or social media posts.
And no indication how long the pause will last.
With @rachelroubein.bsky.social + Lena Sun.
No health alerts and the famed MMWRs; no updates to key websites or social media posts.
And no indication how long the pause will last.
With @rachelroubein.bsky.social + Lena Sun.
Trump officials pause health agencies’ communications, citing review
The agencies are charged with making decisions that touch the lives of every American and are the source of crucial information to health-care providers.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 22, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Thank goodness there’s no virus decimating animals and food supply all over the country so we can afford to halt—oh wait
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Today and every day.
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January 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Today and every day.
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As a white leftist Family Medicine doctor in upstate New York, I will do all that I can to continue providing care for the marginalized & under-resourced in my community, provide full spectrum reproductive health care, care for my LGBTQIA+ neighbors, & support those who seek asylum. #FMRevolution
January 21, 2025 at 2:19 AM
As a white leftist Family Medicine doctor in upstate New York, I will do all that I can to continue providing care for the marginalized & under-resourced in my community, provide full spectrum reproductive health care, care for my LGBTQIA+ neighbors, & support those who seek asylum. #FMRevolution
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A sampling of his EOs on day 1:
- Withdraw from the Paris climate accord & WHO
- End constitutional birthright citizenship
- Reclassify federal employees, making them easier to fire
- fed policy recognizing only two genders
- pause the TikTok ban
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- Withdraw from the Paris climate accord & WHO
- End constitutional birthright citizenship
- Reclassify federal employees, making them easier to fire
- fed policy recognizing only two genders
- pause the TikTok ban
...
January 21, 2025 at 12:50 PM
A sampling of his EOs on day 1:
- Withdraw from the Paris climate accord & WHO
- End constitutional birthright citizenship
- Reclassify federal employees, making them easier to fire
- fed policy recognizing only two genders
- pause the TikTok ban
...
- Withdraw from the Paris climate accord & WHO
- End constitutional birthright citizenship
- Reclassify federal employees, making them easier to fire
- fed policy recognizing only two genders
- pause the TikTok ban
...
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This isn’t a “seems like” or “appears to be” event…
It was intentional, deliberate, and unequivocal.
It was intentional, deliberate, and unequivocal.
January 20, 2025 at 10:07 PM
This isn’t a “seems like” or “appears to be” event…
It was intentional, deliberate, and unequivocal.
It was intentional, deliberate, and unequivocal.
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The fascist revolution is being televised, and most of the country is acting like everything is normal
You’re all about to be gaslit about that Nazi salute and I’m begging you to spend no time on it. You know what you saw.
January 20, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The fascist revolution is being televised, and most of the country is acting like everything is normal