Pat Berry, PhD, APRN, CNP, FAAN
@berrypat.bsky.social
Privileged to be “Mima” to 1 grandchild; Retired nursing professor & researcher; Active Red Cross disaster health, condolence team volunteer; Passionate progressive. Pro Oxford comma. “Be a lamp, a lifeboat, or a ladder” Rumi
Agreed. So proud to have @governorwalz.mn.gov as our governor and moral role model. Where is your North Star @donaldjtrump-maga.bsky.social ? Why were not there? Shame on you.
It's incredible that neither the president nor VP was here. The politicization of all facets of American life is coming from the White House. No other American president would have failed to pay their respects. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Tim Walz eulogizes slain lawmaker as a historic Minnesotan — and friend
After a hug with Kamala Harris, Gov. Tim Walz eulogized slain state Rep. Melissa Hortman as “the most consequential speaker in Minnesota history.”
www.washingtonpost.com
June 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Agreed. So proud to have @governorwalz.mn.gov as our governor and moral role model. Where is your North Star @donaldjtrump-maga.bsky.social ? Why were not there? Shame on you.
Thanks for this. We here in MN are devastated by this. @kamalaharris.com and Joe Biden coming to the funeral sends a message of compassion we so badly need. Where is your North Star @donaldjtrump-maga.bsky.social ? Where were you? Shame on you.
I can't tell if it's because I'm too NYC focused but does it feel like the news cycle spent more time crashing out on the fact that NYC picked a brown Muslim dude as is primary candidate then it did on a right wing extremist who shot 2 Minnesota legislators killing one, her husband and dog?
June 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Thanks for this. We here in MN are devastated by this. @kamalaharris.com and Joe Biden coming to the funeral sends a message of compassion we so badly need. Where is your North Star @donaldjtrump-maga.bsky.social ? Where were you? Shame on you.
A great-but deeply frightening read. I’ve always believed one has to be at least temporarily insane to do what he did. My question-how can we counter this? All ears.
"In these situations, one expects to hear that the shooter was in the midst of a psychotic episode." Instead, he was a seemingly functional, deeply religious family man. That is terrifying.
The Growing Threat of Homegrown Religious Extremism
The alleged Minnesota assassin was known as a ‘deeply religious’ Christian man. That should be an alarm bell for all of us.
www.thebulwark.com
June 18, 2025 at 10:46 PM
A great-but deeply frightening read. I’ve always believed one has to be at least temporarily insane to do what he did. My question-how can we counter this? All ears.
Please read. Wish we still had Oly-our 13 1/2 yo golden retriever who we would take to the park with a “pet me” sign. I bet all the Goldens-including our 3-were at the Rainbow Bridge to welcome and comfort Gilbert. I hope the Rainbow Bridge is real and that Gilbert did not suffer.
“The best way to honor our parents' memory is to do something, whether big or small, to make our community just a little better for someone else."
Beautiful statement from Sophie and Colin Hortman.
Beautiful statement from Sophie and Colin Hortman.
June 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Please read. Wish we still had Oly-our 13 1/2 yo golden retriever who we would take to the park with a “pet me” sign. I bet all the Goldens-including our 3-were at the Rainbow Bridge to welcome and comfort Gilbert. I hope the Rainbow Bridge is real and that Gilbert did not suffer.
Proud of our governor @governorwalz.mn.gov ! That’s diet Mountain Dew-an inside joke we all get here in MN.
June 12, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Proud of our governor @governorwalz.mn.gov ! That’s diet Mountain Dew-an inside joke we all get here in MN.
During the Daunte Wright protests here in MN, the trauma provider group from the University of MN pleaded with us to call non lethal weapons “less than lethal.” One young man lost an eye, another a brain bleed from a rubber bullet. Words are important!
“A law enforcement officer shoots non-lethal weapon at a protestor during a protest against federal immigration sweeps, in Los Angeles, California. Photos by @SwansonPhotog.”
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
June 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
During the Daunte Wright protests here in MN, the trauma provider group from the University of MN pleaded with us to call non lethal weapons “less than lethal.” One young man lost an eye, another a brain bleed from a rubber bullet. Words are important!
So proud to live in MN! I volunteer in an elementary school & lunches are great! Of course I pay for my lunch-but so worth sitting w kids. No state is perfect, of course, but at least @governorwalz.mn.gov and our state leadership act like adults and know how to compromise. Many thanks.
Minnesota was just ranked the 5th best state for child wellbeing — here’s why:
✅ Free school meals
✅ Nation-leading Child Tax Credit
✅ Paid family and medical leave
✅ Free school meals
✅ Nation-leading Child Tax Credit
✅ Paid family and medical leave
June 12, 2025 at 1:14 PM
So proud to live in MN! I volunteer in an elementary school & lunches are great! Of course I pay for my lunch-but so worth sitting w kids. No state is perfect, of course, but at least @governorwalz.mn.gov and our state leadership act like adults and know how to compromise. Many thanks.
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Highly recommend sharing this with friends and family.
Important.
#HeatherCoxRichardson @hcrichardson.bsky.social
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Important.
#HeatherCoxRichardson @hcrichardson.bsky.social
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heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/may-30-202...
May 30, 2025
A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
June 1, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Highly recommend sharing this with friends and family.
Important.
#HeatherCoxRichardson @hcrichardson.bsky.social
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Important.
#HeatherCoxRichardson @hcrichardson.bsky.social
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That would be awful. Don’t share this.
May 31, 2025 at 1:17 AM
That would be awful. Don’t share this.
Thank you Gov Walz. Again, you demonstrate what true leadership is. So proud to call Minnesota home.
May 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Thank you Gov Walz. Again, you demonstrate what true leadership is. So proud to call Minnesota home.
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"The judge overseeing the case against the Defense Department's firing of transgender service members revealed that the military spends eight times more on erectile dysfunction medication than on gender affirming care." www.newsweek.com/us-military-...
US military spends eight times more on Viagra than gender-affirming care
In a hearing over the Defense Department's removal of transgender service members, a judge uncovered that the military spends $42 million a year on Viagra.
www.newsweek.com
May 11, 2025 at 3:50 AM
"The judge overseeing the case against the Defense Department's firing of transgender service members revealed that the military spends eight times more on erectile dysfunction medication than on gender affirming care." www.newsweek.com/us-military-...
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Brilliant!
May 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Brilliant!
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We should be grateful to the Lord to now be blessed with having an American on the world stage who embodies good and not evil.
May 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM
We should be grateful to the Lord to now be blessed with having an American on the world stage who embodies good and not evil.
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Had a great conversation with Terry Gross/Fresh Air to walk through the whole landscape of Trump family conflicts of interest that have emerged. Real estate. Golf clubs. Crypto, Foreign government deals. Even a $500,000-a-head private club in DC. @nprfreshair.bsky.social www.npr.org/2025/05/07/1...
President Trump's Conflicts Of Interest : Fresh Air
New York Times reporter Eric Lipton says the Trump family businesses, including their crypto company, are capitalizing on the President's position, and creating unprecedented conflicts of interest.
www.npr.org
May 7, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Had a great conversation with Terry Gross/Fresh Air to walk through the whole landscape of Trump family conflicts of interest that have emerged. Real estate. Golf clubs. Crypto, Foreign government deals. Even a $500,000-a-head private club in DC. @nprfreshair.bsky.social www.npr.org/2025/05/07/1...
Amen.
May 8, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Amen.
Happy Nurses’ Day!
How it started-how it’s going
How it started-how it’s going
May 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Happy Nurses’ Day!
How it started-how it’s going
How it started-how it’s going
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This
When the topic is women the conflict is that women are failing society. When the topic is men it's that society is failing them.
May 4, 2025 at 11:01 PM
This
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My god i hate this timeline...
May 5, 2025 at 3:14 AM
My god i hate this timeline...
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Trying to imagine if Trump told America, "Maybe you don't need 30 guns, maybe 2 guns."
May 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Trying to imagine if Trump told America, "Maybe you don't need 30 guns, maybe 2 guns."
This was forwarded to my be a Canadian friend & colleague. It is hateful & shameful how Trump has mocked
Pope Francis. In the US, we can only aspire to a healthcare system-& a society-like this.
Pope Francis wrote this in the hospital:
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Pope Francis. In the US, we can only aspire to a healthcare system-& a society-like this.
Pope Francis wrote this in the hospital:
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May 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
This was forwarded to my be a Canadian friend & colleague. It is hateful & shameful how Trump has mocked
Pope Francis. In the US, we can only aspire to a healthcare system-& a society-like this.
Pope Francis wrote this in the hospital:
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Pope Francis. In the US, we can only aspire to a healthcare system-& a society-like this.
Pope Francis wrote this in the hospital:
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NEW: We’re suing to prevent the Trump Administration from cutting millions in federal funding from Wisconsin’s kids and public schools.
These cuts would be devastating for our kids. I’m fighting back to stop these dangerous cuts before they happen.
These cuts would be devastating for our kids. I’m fighting back to stop these dangerous cuts before they happen.
April 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
NEW: We’re suing to prevent the Trump Administration from cutting millions in federal funding from Wisconsin’s kids and public schools.
These cuts would be devastating for our kids. I’m fighting back to stop these dangerous cuts before they happen.
These cuts would be devastating for our kids. I’m fighting back to stop these dangerous cuts before they happen.
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Pritzker: Time to stop wondering if you can trust the nuclear codes to people who don’t know how to organize a group chat. It’s time to stop ignoring the hypocrisy in wearing a big gold cross while announcing the defunding of children’s cancer research…
April 28, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Pritzker: Time to stop wondering if you can trust the nuclear codes to people who don’t know how to organize a group chat. It’s time to stop ignoring the hypocrisy in wearing a big gold cross while announcing the defunding of children’s cancer research…
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Thank you Joe Biden. apple.news/Ai_sQYndcR0m...
Opinion | Biden: Pope Francis stood for compassion as others embraced cruelty. May mercy be his legacy. — USA TODAY
Pope Francis was a pope for our time. When so many practiced the politics of dehumanization, he stood for our common humanity.
apple.news
April 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Thank you Joe Biden. apple.news/Ai_sQYndcR0m...