Beth Bertolini
@bethics.bsky.social
Nurse, clinical ethicist, cyclist, nature loving Midwestern transplant. Unabashed liberal.
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"Trump and MAGA have turned the country over to the cruelest, most rapacious, and least honorable among us and directed the force of the state against firefighters, aid workers, civil servants, and children."
good piece from @aselrod.bsky.social
www.liberalcurrents.com/let-it-burn-...
good piece from @aselrod.bsky.social
www.liberalcurrents.com/let-it-burn-...
Let It Burn: What an Immigration Raid on Washington Firefighters Can Teach Us About MAGA Fascism
MAGA is not merely rule by the worst but an active assault on virtue wherever it exists.
www.liberalcurrents.com
August 30, 2025 at 10:44 AM
"Trump and MAGA have turned the country over to the cruelest, most rapacious, and least honorable among us and directed the force of the state against firefighters, aid workers, civil servants, and children."
good piece from @aselrod.bsky.social
www.liberalcurrents.com/let-it-burn-...
good piece from @aselrod.bsky.social
www.liberalcurrents.com/let-it-burn-...
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Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
March 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
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Being a historian, people ask me if I think the US is living through Germany 1933.
I answer no, analogies are always imperfect but to me it feels more like Russia 1999: a blatant theft of state assets and liberals in a fugue state, refusing to believe the arc of progress is bending against them.
I answer no, analogies are always imperfect but to me it feels more like Russia 1999: a blatant theft of state assets and liberals in a fugue state, refusing to believe the arc of progress is bending against them.
March 7, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Being a historian, people ask me if I think the US is living through Germany 1933.
I answer no, analogies are always imperfect but to me it feels more like Russia 1999: a blatant theft of state assets and liberals in a fugue state, refusing to believe the arc of progress is bending against them.
I answer no, analogies are always imperfect but to me it feels more like Russia 1999: a blatant theft of state assets and liberals in a fugue state, refusing to believe the arc of progress is bending against them.
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And to think we could have had a sane, serious government run by an intelligent person who would have acted in the best interests of Americans, and not Vladimir Putin.
March 1, 2025 at 1:49 AM
And to think we could have had a sane, serious government run by an intelligent person who would have acted in the best interests of Americans, and not Vladimir Putin.
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Happy now #BillCassidy #SusanCollins #JoniErnst, #TomTillis? Your cowardice will kill. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
RFK Jr. prepares shake-up of vaccine advisers
The health secretary is planning to remove members of a panel that recommends vaccines if he sees conflicts of interest.
www.politico.com
February 20, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Happy now #BillCassidy #SusanCollins #JoniErnst, #TomTillis? Your cowardice will kill. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
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An Invisible Medical Shortage: Oxygen - Oxygen is vital to many medical procedures. But a safe, affordable supply is severely lacking around the world, according to a new report. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/h...
An Invisible Medical Shortage: Oxygen
Oxygen is vital to many medical procedures. But a safe, affordable supply is severely lacking around the world, according to a new report.
www.nytimes.com
February 18, 2025 at 2:48 PM
An Invisible Medical Shortage: Oxygen - Oxygen is vital to many medical procedures. But a safe, affordable supply is severely lacking around the world, according to a new report. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/h...
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Elon musk is the richest man in the world, he could be funding hospitals, medical research and universities. He could be solving the climate crisis. He could be feeding, hungry children. Instead, he’s trying to make sure that your grandmother doesn’t get an extra dollar of Social Security.
February 17, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Elon musk is the richest man in the world, he could be funding hospitals, medical research and universities. He could be solving the climate crisis. He could be feeding, hungry children. Instead, he’s trying to make sure that your grandmother doesn’t get an extra dollar of Social Security.
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Every day these people show us who they are
February 8, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Every day these people show us who they are
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It's getting a little North Korean around here.
February 7, 2025 at 10:51 PM
It's getting a little North Korean around here.
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The United States by virtue of a bipartisan commitment to biomedical research created one of the most vibrant, productive research ecosytems in the world. People came from all over to study here, do research here. It was a monumental accomplishment by both parties. 1/
February 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The United States by virtue of a bipartisan commitment to biomedical research created one of the most vibrant, productive research ecosytems in the world. People came from all over to study here, do research here. It was a monumental accomplishment by both parties. 1/
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Dude is high as fuck on Ketamine trolling about taking away programs and protections that benefit Americans.
Hes a sick piece of shit
Hes a sick piece of shit
February 8, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Dude is high as fuck on Ketamine trolling about taking away programs and protections that benefit Americans.
Hes a sick piece of shit
Hes a sick piece of shit
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Putin told Musk to just “go for it!!”.
And that’s how darkness took over America so fast.
And that’s how darkness took over America so fast.
February 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Putin told Musk to just “go for it!!”.
And that’s how darkness took over America so fast.
And that’s how darkness took over America so fast.
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US health department condemns private equity firms for role in declining healthcare access: Government report says private equity investment in nursing homes led to 11% increase in patient deaths | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US health department condemns private equity firms for role in declining healthcare access
Government report says private equity investment in nursing homes led to 11% increase in patient deaths
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2025 at 9:28 PM
US health department condemns private equity firms for role in declining healthcare access: Government report says private equity investment in nursing homes led to 11% increase in patient deaths | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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I oversaw global health programs at @USAID.
They reached 100s of millions of people, added 6 extra years to the lifespan of children in partner countries, and were eradicating health threats worldwide.
What insanity and cruelty to break that.
They reached 100s of millions of people, added 6 extra years to the lifespan of children in partner countries, and were eradicating health threats worldwide.
What insanity and cruelty to break that.
February 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I oversaw global health programs at @USAID.
They reached 100s of millions of people, added 6 extra years to the lifespan of children in partner countries, and were eradicating health threats worldwide.
What insanity and cruelty to break that.
They reached 100s of millions of people, added 6 extra years to the lifespan of children in partner countries, and were eradicating health threats worldwide.
What insanity and cruelty to break that.
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NEW: A statement from Krish O’Mara Vignarajah, President and CEO of Global Refuge, formerly known as Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service:
“Global Refuge condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the false accusations being lodged against our humanitarian work.”
“Global Refuge condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the false accusations being lodged against our humanitarian work.”
February 2, 2025 at 6:06 PM
NEW: A statement from Krish O’Mara Vignarajah, President and CEO of Global Refuge, formerly known as Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service:
“Global Refuge condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the false accusations being lodged against our humanitarian work.”
“Global Refuge condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the false accusations being lodged against our humanitarian work.”
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@corybooker.com hello I used to run the Wendy’s Twitter account and I am begging you to let me help you with the dems social media strategy, I will literally do it for free at this point
January 31, 2025 at 2:17 PM
@corybooker.com hello I used to run the Wendy’s Twitter account and I am begging you to let me help you with the dems social media strategy, I will literally do it for free at this point
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I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
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Dr. Paul Offit from last week's Roundtable on Vaccines:
"The problem is not only that we've largely eliminated these diseases...we've eliminated the memory of these diseases. Parents are now more scared of the safety of vaccines, real or imagined, then the diseases they prevent."
"The problem is not only that we've largely eliminated these diseases...we've eliminated the memory of these diseases. Parents are now more scared of the safety of vaccines, real or imagined, then the diseases they prevent."
January 26, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Dr. Paul Offit from last week's Roundtable on Vaccines:
"The problem is not only that we've largely eliminated these diseases...we've eliminated the memory of these diseases. Parents are now more scared of the safety of vaccines, real or imagined, then the diseases they prevent."
"The problem is not only that we've largely eliminated these diseases...we've eliminated the memory of these diseases. Parents are now more scared of the safety of vaccines, real or imagined, then the diseases they prevent."
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Erica is utterly brilliant and this is a gift worth opening.
I'm not teaching my grad course 'Civil Resistance: How It Works' this semester. But here is an abridged version of the course schedule, readings, and films I used the last time I taught it (in 2022). Just in case it's useful. drive.google.com/file/d/14RRJ...
Readings - Civil Resistance How It Works Fall 2022.pdf
drive.google.com
January 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Erica is utterly brilliant and this is a gift worth opening.
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If someone is minimizing or doubting Elon Musk gave the Nazi salute multiple times—with great fervor—what other desecrations will they minimize or doubt?
January 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
If someone is minimizing or doubting Elon Musk gave the Nazi salute multiple times—with great fervor—what other desecrations will they minimize or doubt?
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Important to realize scope of what's happening and how different it is from headlines:
-Not just getting rid of post-2020 DEI practices, setting up an attack on post-1965 civil rights law and practices
-Not just cracking down on illegal immigration, expelling legal immigrants and blocking refugees
-Not just getting rid of post-2020 DEI practices, setting up an attack on post-1965 civil rights law and practices
-Not just cracking down on illegal immigration, expelling legal immigrants and blocking refugees
January 26, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Important to realize scope of what's happening and how different it is from headlines:
-Not just getting rid of post-2020 DEI practices, setting up an attack on post-1965 civil rights law and practices
-Not just cracking down on illegal immigration, expelling legal immigrants and blocking refugees
-Not just getting rid of post-2020 DEI practices, setting up an attack on post-1965 civil rights law and practices
-Not just cracking down on illegal immigration, expelling legal immigrants and blocking refugees
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Healthcare workers:
Now is a great time to plan ahead before you’re face-to-face with an ICE agent.
I’ve compiled 14 tips for healthcare workers ⬇️
Now is a great time to plan ahead before you’re face-to-face with an ICE agent.
I’ve compiled 14 tips for healthcare workers ⬇️
Be a Strong Link for Immigrant Patients 🔗
Enhance the ethical care of all patients when immigration agents enter hospitals
www.poppiesandpropofol.com
January 25, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Healthcare workers:
Now is a great time to plan ahead before you’re face-to-face with an ICE agent.
I’ve compiled 14 tips for healthcare workers ⬇️
Now is a great time to plan ahead before you’re face-to-face with an ICE agent.
I’ve compiled 14 tips for healthcare workers ⬇️
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"Don't tell me to get a vaccine" MAGA or "Your body, my choice" MAGA?
Which kind of MAGA are you? Are you “China is bad” MAGA or “Give me my Chinese spyware” MAGA? Are you “immigrants are bad” MAGA or “we need more immigrants in our tech sector” MAGA? Are you “cut taxes” MAGA or “don’t touch entitlements” MAGA?
January 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
"Don't tell me to get a vaccine" MAGA or "Your body, my choice" MAGA?