Comilla Sasson, MD, PhD
@dr-comilla.bsky.social
Mom, ER/Addiction Medicine/Research Physician. All opinions are my own and do not represent my employer.
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Illinois Gov. Pritzker vows to pursue Trump officials who participate in an illegal National Guard deployment to Chicago:
"If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me - not time or political circumstance - from making sure that you face justice under our constitutional rule of law."
"If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me - not time or political circumstance - from making sure that you face justice under our constitutional rule of law."
August 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Illinois Gov. Pritzker vows to pursue Trump officials who participate in an illegal National Guard deployment to Chicago:
"If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me - not time or political circumstance - from making sure that you face justice under our constitutional rule of law."
"If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me - not time or political circumstance - from making sure that you face justice under our constitutional rule of law."
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Imagine in another country a corrupt president was trying to change the election laws.
Then that president's political ally threatened to remove all the legislators of the other party to get it done.
That's what's happening in Texas right now.
Then that president's political ally threatened to remove all the legislators of the other party to get it done.
That's what's happening in Texas right now.
August 4, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Imagine in another country a corrupt president was trying to change the election laws.
Then that president's political ally threatened to remove all the legislators of the other party to get it done.
That's what's happening in Texas right now.
Then that president's political ally threatened to remove all the legislators of the other party to get it done.
That's what's happening in Texas right now.
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@jamestalarico.bsky.social: "As a state rep, I get paid about $600 a month. That's not much to live off of. Many of my colleagues, including myself, we have day jobs that help us pay the bills. And by breaking quorum, we are leaving those day jobs behind... So this decision was not made lightly."
August 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
@jamestalarico.bsky.social: "As a state rep, I get paid about $600 a month. That's not much to live off of. Many of my colleagues, including myself, we have day jobs that help us pay the bills. And by breaking quorum, we are leaving those day jobs behind... So this decision was not made lightly."
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My Democratic colleagues and I just left the state of Texas to break quorum and stop Trump’s redistricting power grab.
Trump is trying to rig the midterm elections right before our eyes. But first he’ll have to come through us.
It’s time to fight back.
Trump is trying to rig the midterm elections right before our eyes. But first he’ll have to come through us.
It’s time to fight back.
August 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
My Democratic colleagues and I just left the state of Texas to break quorum and stop Trump’s redistricting power grab.
Trump is trying to rig the midterm elections right before our eyes. But first he’ll have to come through us.
It’s time to fight back.
Trump is trying to rig the midterm elections right before our eyes. But first he’ll have to come through us.
It’s time to fight back.
Hurricane season is starting. NOAA (where NWS is) & FEMA have major cuts already made & more in the #BUB.
Current cuts
2000+ #NOAA employees
2000 #FEMA employees
www.govexec.com/management/2...
Cuts for 2026
$1.8 billion for NOAA
$664 million for FEMA
www.nbcmiami.com/weather/hurr...
Current cuts
2000+ #NOAA employees
2000 #FEMA employees
www.govexec.com/management/2...
Cuts for 2026
$1.8 billion for NOAA
$664 million for FEMA
www.nbcmiami.com/weather/hurr...
More than 1,000 NOAA staffers take early retirement
The additional departures raise the estimated number of staff reductions since February to more than 2,200 employees.
www.eenews.net
July 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Hurricane season is starting. NOAA (where NWS is) & FEMA have major cuts already made & more in the #BUB.
Current cuts
2000+ #NOAA employees
2000 #FEMA employees
www.govexec.com/management/2...
Cuts for 2026
$1.8 billion for NOAA
$664 million for FEMA
www.nbcmiami.com/weather/hurr...
Current cuts
2000+ #NOAA employees
2000 #FEMA employees
www.govexec.com/management/2...
Cuts for 2026
$1.8 billion for NOAA
$664 million for FEMA
www.nbcmiami.com/weather/hurr...
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Where it starts is never where it starts. The news that DOJ is prioritizing denaturalizations, combined with very vague explanations of who they will prioritize, is deeply concerning. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
July 1, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Where it starts is never where it starts. The news that DOJ is prioritizing denaturalizations, combined with very vague explanations of who they will prioritize, is deeply concerning. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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"The question we have to learn to ask about this administration is not where it starts, but where it ends."
- Joyce White Vance
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
- Joyce White Vance
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Taking away your citizenship
Here it is, right on schedule.
open.substack.com
July 1, 2025 at 4:47 AM
"The question we have to learn to ask about this administration is not where it starts, but where it ends."
- Joyce White Vance
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
- Joyce White Vance
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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PADILLA: “If this is how the administration responds to a Senator with a question, you can only imagine what they're doing to farmworkers, cooks, and day laborers throughout the country.”
June 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
PADILLA: “If this is how the administration responds to a Senator with a question, you can only imagine what they're doing to farmworkers, cooks, and day laborers throughout the country.”
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New favorite GiF
Subrote Star Trek GIF
Alt: Star Trek GIF: 7 of 9 saying to Picard “ it’s pointless and hopeless and exhausting, and the only thing worse would be giving up”
media.tenor.com
May 24, 2025 at 11:32 PM
New favorite GiF
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Bone chilling.
A court ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia to stay in the United States.
The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that he was illegally removed. Trump is pretending he won the ruling 9-0.
1/ You may not think this case means anything to you. But let me tell you why it does.
A court ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia to stay in the United States.
The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that he was illegally removed. Trump is pretending he won the ruling 9-0.
1/ You may not think this case means anything to you. But let me tell you why it does.
April 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Bone chilling.
A court ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia to stay in the United States.
The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that he was illegally removed. Trump is pretending he won the ruling 9-0.
1/ You may not think this case means anything to you. But let me tell you why it does.
A court ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia to stay in the United States.
The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that he was illegally removed. Trump is pretending he won the ruling 9-0.
1/ You may not think this case means anything to you. But let me tell you why it does.
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"if Kilmar is not home by midweek – I plan to travel to El Salvador this week to check on his condition and discuss his release,” said Senator Van Hollen www.vanhollen.senate.gov/news/press-r...
Van Hollen Requests Meeting with President Bukele to Discuss Return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia; Announces Intent to Travel to El Salvador This Week if Abrego Garcia is Not Returned | U.S. Senator Chris V...
U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) has requested a meeting with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele while he is in the United States this week in...
www.vanhollen.senate.gov
April 14, 2025 at 6:38 PM
"if Kilmar is not home by midweek – I plan to travel to El Salvador this week to check on his condition and discuss his release,” said Senator Van Hollen www.vanhollen.senate.gov/news/press-r...
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Here’s the link to the paper and the 2 biggest challenges we face: both declining support for universities and a rise in pseudoscience as evidenced by what’s happening right now at Dept HHS
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
April 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Here’s the link to the paper and the 2 biggest challenges we face: both declining support for universities and a rise in pseudoscience as evidenced by what’s happening right now at Dept HHS
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
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60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
April 7, 2025 at 1:29 AM
60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
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I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:
Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
youtube.com
March 31, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:
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Breaking: RFK Jr. has forced out PETER MARKS, the nation’s top vaccine regulator.
In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
RFK Jr. forces out Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine scientist
Marks, an architect of Operation Warp Speed, warned that a recent measles outbreak shows how confidence in science and public health is being “undermined.”
www.washingtonpost.com
March 29, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Breaking: RFK Jr. has forced out PETER MARKS, the nation’s top vaccine regulator.
In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
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Fact/Reality Check:
*None* of the top TEN leading killers in the US are infectious diseases.
Meaning, RFK Jr’s idea of “refocusing” the CDC on just infectious disease might fool some, but is an unserious and nonsensical idea.
Empathy for the many HHS workers suffering under this regime.
*None* of the top TEN leading killers in the US are infectious diseases.
Meaning, RFK Jr’s idea of “refocusing” the CDC on just infectious disease might fool some, but is an unserious and nonsensical idea.
Empathy for the many HHS workers suffering under this regime.
March 28, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Fact/Reality Check:
*None* of the top TEN leading killers in the US are infectious diseases.
Meaning, RFK Jr’s idea of “refocusing” the CDC on just infectious disease might fool some, but is an unserious and nonsensical idea.
Empathy for the many HHS workers suffering under this regime.
*None* of the top TEN leading killers in the US are infectious diseases.
Meaning, RFK Jr’s idea of “refocusing” the CDC on just infectious disease might fool some, but is an unserious and nonsensical idea.
Empathy for the many HHS workers suffering under this regime.
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This is the first case I’ve seen so far of a returning permanent resident detained without any acknowledged rationale (family says she has no prior convictions and that they haven’t been given any information)
Immigration crackdown now hitting green card holders
A former Hawaii resident, and longtime green card holder, is among those being detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
www.hawaiinewsnow.com
March 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM
This is the first case I’ve seen so far of a returning permanent resident detained without any acknowledged rationale (family says she has no prior convictions and that they haven’t been given any information)
In the Denver Post today.
March 23, 2025 at 7:50 PM
In the Denver Post today.
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Elbows up, Canada.
March 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Elbows up, Canada.
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Every time you see someone powerful acting like a craven coward in the face of this authoritarian menace, let it stiffen your own spine. We are all we've got.
March 20, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Every time you see someone powerful acting like a craven coward in the face of this authoritarian menace, let it stiffen your own spine. We are all we've got.
This could be disastrous for our most vulnerable people who survive on social security benefits. We have to fight this ridiculous new rule.
"the average callback time on phones to make an in-person appointment is more than two hours and the wait time to make an in-person appointment is over a month"
First enshittify. Then pilfer & pillage I mean "privatize".
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/b...
First enshittify. Then pilfer & pillage I mean "privatize".
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/b...
Social Security Will Require Online or In Person Identity Checks
The new rule would require people who want to make changes to first verify their identity online or in person.
www.nytimes.com
March 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
This could be disastrous for our most vulnerable people who survive on social security benefits. We have to fight this ridiculous new rule.
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We just wanted to take a moment to thank all our new supporters! Tomorrow, there will be more of us!
March 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
We just wanted to take a moment to thank all our new supporters! Tomorrow, there will be more of us!
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Five years after COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, mistrust of science & misinformation continues. The ongoing measles outbreak shows that the nation must build support for science and vaccines. apha.org/news-and-med... #COVID19
March 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Five years after COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, mistrust of science & misinformation continues. The ongoing measles outbreak shows that the nation must build support for science and vaccines. apha.org/news-and-med... #COVID19
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Nearly 3 million Americans live sicker, shorter lives in the hundreds of rural counties where doctor shortages are the worst and poor internet connections mean little or no access to telehealth services.
📝: @sjtribble-reports.bsky.social + @hackwriter.bsky.social kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
📝: @sjtribble-reports.bsky.social + @hackwriter.bsky.social kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Millions in US Live in Places Where Doctors Don’t Practice and Telehealth Doesn’t Reach - KFF Health News
Nearly 3 million Americans live sicker, shorter lives in the hundreds of rural counties where doctor shortages are the worst and poor internet connections mean little or no access to telehealth servic...
kffhealthnews.org
March 10, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Nearly 3 million Americans live sicker, shorter lives in the hundreds of rural counties where doctor shortages are the worst and poor internet connections mean little or no access to telehealth services.
📝: @sjtribble-reports.bsky.social + @hackwriter.bsky.social kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
📝: @sjtribble-reports.bsky.social + @hackwriter.bsky.social kffhealthnews.org/news/article...