Dr.D Restrepo
@drdrestrepo.bsky.social
Infectious Diseases Specialist. 🗽> 🇳🇿> Now in CA. Love teaching, clinical medicine and travel. Private practice affiliated with UCI. 🏳️⚧️🌈ally
The damage is generational. What a shame that we all can't agree on doing something about it.
The Brennan Center spoke with @aratip.bsky.social, former chief advisor for science and technology under President Biden, about what the Trump administration’s blanket funding freeze could mean for the science community and the country.
November 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The damage is generational. What a shame that we all can't agree on doing something about it.
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The few. The Proud. The Marines.
ALWAYS FAITHFUL
Happy 250th Birthday to our US
Marine Corps! 🫡 #USMC
You make us so proud🇺🇲
Painting by LtCol Charles Waterhouse
ALWAYS FAITHFUL
Happy 250th Birthday to our US
Marine Corps! 🫡 #USMC
You make us so proud🇺🇲
Painting by LtCol Charles Waterhouse
November 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The few. The Proud. The Marines.
ALWAYS FAITHFUL
Happy 250th Birthday to our US
Marine Corps! 🫡 #USMC
You make us so proud🇺🇲
Painting by LtCol Charles Waterhouse
ALWAYS FAITHFUL
Happy 250th Birthday to our US
Marine Corps! 🫡 #USMC
You make us so proud🇺🇲
Painting by LtCol Charles Waterhouse
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Sunday Morning
I have a dream
This should be an AD all over our Country for the midterms
I have a dream
This should be an AD all over our Country for the midterms
November 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Sunday Morning
I have a dream
This should be an AD all over our Country for the midterms
I have a dream
This should be an AD all over our Country for the midterms
100%!!!
REMINDER: A socialist act by a New Yorker was a major reason why polio was eliminated in the US.
November 5, 2025 at 6:03 AM
100%!!!
Amazing
November 5, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Amazing
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Seems like a good time for the Speaker of the House to swear in Rep. Grijalva.
November 5, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Seems like a good time for the Speaker of the House to swear in Rep. Grijalva.
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Inbox— next cover of the New Yorker: “Mayor Mamdani,” by Edel Rodriguez
November 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Inbox— next cover of the New Yorker: “Mayor Mamdani,” by Edel Rodriguez
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In two days, science groups are descending on DC for a march to demand the removal of HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr.
Proud that @accountabilityji.bsky.social is supporting the march.
www.911forhealthandscience.org
Proud that @accountabilityji.bsky.social is supporting the march.
www.911forhealthandscience.org
March For Health & Science
www.911forhealthandscience.org
November 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
In two days, science groups are descending on DC for a march to demand the removal of HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr.
Proud that @accountabilityji.bsky.social is supporting the march.
www.911forhealthandscience.org
Proud that @accountabilityji.bsky.social is supporting the march.
www.911forhealthandscience.org
The complexity of poverty. It's never as easy as "not wanting to work".
SNAP isn't about "people who don't work." It's about people who don't get paid enough to live.
Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:
* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled
* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:
* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled
* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
October 27, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The complexity of poverty. It's never as easy as "not wanting to work".
The liberating power of "Enough".
Greed is a sin/disease for a reason.
Greed is a sin/disease for a reason.
Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
October 27, 2025 at 8:59 AM
The liberating power of "Enough".
Greed is a sin/disease for a reason.
Greed is a sin/disease for a reason.
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Let’s not forget what ushered humanity in to the Dark Ages: Christians deciding that they didn’t like science in favor for only the Bible.
It set humanity back hundreds of years.
It set humanity back hundreds of years.
October 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Let’s not forget what ushered humanity in to the Dark Ages: Christians deciding that they didn’t like science in favor for only the Bible.
It set humanity back hundreds of years.
It set humanity back hundreds of years.
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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
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Happy weekend...
Central Park, NYC.
Too warm for foliage this year, but still beautiful.
Central Park, NYC.
Too warm for foliage this year, but still beautiful.
October 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Happy weekend...
Central Park, NYC.
Too warm for foliage this year, but still beautiful.
Central Park, NYC.
Too warm for foliage this year, but still beautiful.
Unbelievable. What's in those files? Geez.
The people in Arizona’s 7th congressional district have been without representation in Congress for over 7 months.
Mike Johnson continues to deny them representation because their duly elected representative has pledged to sign the petition to release the Epstein files.
Mike Johnson continues to deny them representation because their duly elected representative has pledged to sign the petition to release the Epstein files.
October 25, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Unbelievable. What's in those files? Geez.
So the voucher scheme- that we already knew didn't work - isn't working? Duh
GOP candidates everywhere are pushing Betsy DeVos’s voucher schemes.
Education’s version of predatory lending.
3/4 of kids who use them were already in private school.
But the lower-income kids who do switch suffer catastrophic learning loss.
Education’s version of predatory lending.
3/4 of kids who use them were already in private school.
But the lower-income kids who do switch suffer catastrophic learning loss.
October 25, 2025 at 12:37 PM
So the voucher scheme- that we already knew didn't work - isn't working? Duh
Who's $ laundering?
If That’s a donation, it goes to the treasury and only congress can decide how to spend it. No such (lawful) thing as private payment of government obligation.
Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown
www.nytimes.com
October 25, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Who's $ laundering?
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So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987
YouTube video by Reagan Library
youtu.be
October 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
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I’m good with my taxes subsidizing social welfare for people who can’t afford food.
I’m enraged with my taxes subsidizing corporate welfare to businesses that won’t pay a living wage.
I’m enraged with my taxes subsidizing corporate welfare to businesses that won’t pay a living wage.
October 25, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I’m good with my taxes subsidizing social welfare for people who can’t afford food.
I’m enraged with my taxes subsidizing corporate welfare to businesses that won’t pay a living wage.
I’m enraged with my taxes subsidizing corporate welfare to businesses that won’t pay a living wage.
Every accusation is a confession.
🙄 And who's commiting voter fraud? surprise surprise.
🙄 And who's commiting voter fraud? surprise surprise.
Of course a Republican.
October 24, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Every accusation is a confession.
🙄 And who's commiting voter fraud? surprise surprise.
🙄 And who's commiting voter fraud? surprise surprise.
🤞🏻👏🏻🙏🏻 for those with questions, this may help.
In a perfect world, we wouldn't need to be ' fighting fire with fire', but here we are...
In a perfect world, we wouldn't need to be ' fighting fire with fire', but here we are...
If you are a CA voter who has questions or concerns about Proposition 50, the Election Rigging Response Act, Rena Korb & I share some insight into this Prop 50 & why you should vote YES!
We also share suggestions on what anyone can do to support Proposition 50. Please share this with your networks.
We also share suggestions on what anyone can do to support Proposition 50. Please share this with your networks.
California Proposition 50 — Vote YES on the Election Rigging Response Act
Fighting Back Against Unfair Voting
open.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:22 AM
🤞🏻👏🏻🙏🏻 for those with questions, this may help.
In a perfect world, we wouldn't need to be ' fighting fire with fire', but here we are...
In a perfect world, we wouldn't need to be ' fighting fire with fire', but here we are...
What a leader smh
Whew‼️
The two longest government shutdowns in U.S. history both happened under Trump, which pretty much tells you everything you need to know about his version of “leadership.” Trump and #RepublicansAreAWOL
The two longest government shutdowns in U.S. history both happened under Trump, which pretty much tells you everything you need to know about his version of “leadership.” Trump and #RepublicansAreAWOL
October 23, 2025 at 9:27 PM
What a leader smh
Good choice, @idsainfo.bsky.social . The success of near eradication of the painful Guinea Worm thanks to the marvelous ❤️of President Carter et al...
🙏🏻👏🏻
🙏🏻👏🏻
October 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Good choice, @idsainfo.bsky.social . The success of near eradication of the painful Guinea Worm thanks to the marvelous ❤️of President Carter et al...
🙏🏻👏🏻
🙏🏻👏🏻
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Vaccination against herpes zoster, or shingles, is linked to lower risks of heart disease, dementia and death in people age 50 and older, according to new research presented at #IDWeek2025. https://bit.ly/471biNp
Shingles Vaccine Lowers Risk of Dementia, Major Cardiovascular Events
bit.ly
October 20, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Vaccination against herpes zoster, or shingles, is linked to lower risks of heart disease, dementia and death in people age 50 and older, according to new research presented at #IDWeek2025. https://bit.ly/471biNp