Ellen
@ellennobo.bsky.social
Nurse primary care/family medicine and case mgr
Lover of being outside gardening music and reading . Interested in navigating healthcare /health policy and helping others do the same
Lover of being outside gardening music and reading . Interested in navigating healthcare /health policy and helping others do the same
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It’s book launch day for Giving Up Is Unforgivable: A Manual For Keeping A Democracy, my first book. I hope you’ll read it or listen to it. a.co/d/43dbybC
October 21, 2025 at 1:23 PM
It’s book launch day for Giving Up Is Unforgivable: A Manual For Keeping A Democracy, my first book. I hope you’ll read it or listen to it. a.co/d/43dbybC
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ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
October 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
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The Senate just voted to invalidate every permit written on public land since 1996. wessiler.substack.com/p/the-senate...
The Senate Just Voted To Break Public Lands
Every permit written on public lands since 1996 may have be rendered invalid
wessiler.substack.com
October 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The Senate just voted to invalidate every permit written on public land since 1996. wessiler.substack.com/p/the-senate...
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Thank you Dr. Houry for calling a spade a spade. RFK Jr. is leading a hostile takeover of the CDC. ~80% of experienced leaders gone, science sidelined. The health of all Americans is on the line. #FireRFKJ #SaveTheCDC
@drdebhoury.bsky.social
Full interview:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
@drdebhoury.bsky.social
Full interview:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
A ‘hostile takeover’: ousted CDC official raises alarm over RFK Jr approach to infectious disease
Debra Houry speaks after testifying on eight months under Kennedy, who critics say shuns science and spreads falsehoods
www.theguardian.com
October 6, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Thank you Dr. Houry for calling a spade a spade. RFK Jr. is leading a hostile takeover of the CDC. ~80% of experienced leaders gone, science sidelined. The health of all Americans is on the line. #FireRFKJ #SaveTheCDC
@drdebhoury.bsky.social
Full interview:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
@drdebhoury.bsky.social
Full interview:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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“Is it that the Chief Justice doesn’t accept that the Court is losing credibility on a daily basis; that he thinks the Court doesn’t need that credibility in order to fulfill its intended role in our constitutional system; or that he doesn’t care?”
Me on John Roberts as his Court turns 20 today:
Me on John Roberts as his Court turns 20 today:
180. The Roberts Court Turns 20
The Supreme Court is much less popular and much more divisive today than it was when John Roberts was sworn in as the 17th Chief Justice on September 29, 2005. And at least much of that is his fault.
www.stevevladeck.com
September 29, 2025 at 11:30 AM
“Is it that the Chief Justice doesn’t accept that the Court is losing credibility on a daily basis; that he thinks the Court doesn’t need that credibility in order to fulfill its intended role in our constitutional system; or that he doesn’t care?”
Me on John Roberts as his Court turns 20 today:
Me on John Roberts as his Court turns 20 today:
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In my opinion, the 2nd most important election this November (after CA Redistricting) is the trio of Pennsylvania State Supreme Court retention elections.
Many in PA are unaware, and we need to fix that.
All 3 Justices MUST be retained.
GIFT ARTICLE to read/share.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/u...
Many in PA are unaware, and we need to fix that.
All 3 Justices MUST be retained.
GIFT ARTICLE to read/share.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/u...
Why a Pennsylvania Court Election This November Could Matter in 2028
www.nytimes.com
September 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
In my opinion, the 2nd most important election this November (after CA Redistricting) is the trio of Pennsylvania State Supreme Court retention elections.
Many in PA are unaware, and we need to fix that.
All 3 Justices MUST be retained.
GIFT ARTICLE to read/share.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/u...
Many in PA are unaware, and we need to fix that.
All 3 Justices MUST be retained.
GIFT ARTICLE to read/share.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/u...
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"There is freedom of speech but I cannot guarantee freedom after speech" said by Idi Amin, former Ugandan dictator.
September 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
"There is freedom of speech but I cannot guarantee freedom after speech" said by Idi Amin, former Ugandan dictator.
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Illinois State Senator Karina Villa sprang into action to protect her community from ICE raids, alerting neighbors to their rights and chasing off masked agents. This is how you stand up to authoritarianism. We should all be inspired by Sen. Villa's courage.
September 16, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Illinois State Senator Karina Villa sprang into action to protect her community from ICE raids, alerting neighbors to their rights and chasing off masked agents. This is how you stand up to authoritarianism. We should all be inspired by Sen. Villa's courage.
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On Tuesday on the hill, Sen. Ron Johnson touted results from an unpublished study commissioned by an anti-vaccine group as showing the risk of childhood vaccines.
I asked why the study hadn't been published of Henry Ford Health, where the author who did not testify worked.
I asked why the study hadn't been published of Henry Ford Health, where the author who did not testify worked.
September 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
On Tuesday on the hill, Sen. Ron Johnson touted results from an unpublished study commissioned by an anti-vaccine group as showing the risk of childhood vaccines.
I asked why the study hadn't been published of Henry Ford Health, where the author who did not testify worked.
I asked why the study hadn't been published of Henry Ford Health, where the author who did not testify worked.
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Trump Calls for Death Penalty in All D.C. Murder Cases www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
Heading the party of prolife? Hardly.
Also maybe a measure to deter would be assassins ?
Heading the party of prolife? Hardly.
Also maybe a measure to deter would be assassins ?
Trump Calls for Death Penalty in All D.C. Murder Cases
www.nytimes.com
August 27, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Trump Calls for Death Penalty in All D.C. Murder Cases www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
Heading the party of prolife? Hardly.
Also maybe a measure to deter would be assassins ?
Heading the party of prolife? Hardly.
Also maybe a measure to deter would be assassins ?
Jokey Names for Detention Centers Face Criticism for Insensitivity www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
Dehumanizing degrading racist. Cruelty is the point.Immigration policy should be increasing a pathway to citizenship for people who come here to add to this country and make it better-most immigrants!
Dehumanizing degrading racist. Cruelty is the point.Immigration policy should be increasing a pathway to citizenship for people who come here to add to this country and make it better-most immigrants!
Jokey Names for Detention Centers Face Criticism for Insensitivity
www.nytimes.com
August 27, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Jokey Names for Detention Centers Face Criticism for Insensitivity www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
Dehumanizing degrading racist. Cruelty is the point.Immigration policy should be increasing a pathway to citizenship for people who come here to add to this country and make it better-most immigrants!
Dehumanizing degrading racist. Cruelty is the point.Immigration policy should be increasing a pathway to citizenship for people who come here to add to this country and make it better-most immigrants!
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America’s health secretary has implied his department’s cuts are limited to mRNA vaccines for respiratory infections. But this does not appear to be true
RFK Jr’s attack on mRNA technology endangers the world
His cuts will not just hurt vaccines
econ.st
August 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
America’s health secretary has implied his department’s cuts are limited to mRNA vaccines for respiratory infections. But this does not appear to be true
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The Coast Guard works for ICE now.
Coast Guard planes previously used for search and rescue have done hundreds of secret ICE flights in recent weeks, including two I watched from a public parking lot near BWI.
My exclusive for Rolling Stone:
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Coast Guard planes previously used for search and rescue have done hundreds of secret ICE flights in recent weeks, including two I watched from a public parking lot near BWI.
My exclusive for Rolling Stone:
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
ICE Is Constantly Using Coast Guard Planes to Move Immigrants
Donald Trump’s deportation henchmen appear to have dramatically increased the use of Coast Guard aircraft to transport immigrants.
www.rollingstone.com
August 23, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The Coast Guard works for ICE now.
Coast Guard planes previously used for search and rescue have done hundreds of secret ICE flights in recent weeks, including two I watched from a public parking lot near BWI.
My exclusive for Rolling Stone:
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Coast Guard planes previously used for search and rescue have done hundreds of secret ICE flights in recent weeks, including two I watched from a public parking lot near BWI.
My exclusive for Rolling Stone:
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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The numbers are in. The new maps republicans just passed in Texas reduce Hispanic Texans to one-third of a white person and Black Texans to one-fifth of a white person.
August 21, 2025 at 12:12 AM
The numbers are in. The new maps republicans just passed in Texas reduce Hispanic Texans to one-third of a white person and Black Texans to one-fifth of a white person.
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NEW: In March, the Trump administration announced a massive purge of workers at the nation's health agencies.
We asked them how many workers were laid off, pushed out or left.
They refused to give us numbers.
So we conducted our own analysis... 🧵
projects.propublica.org/federal-heal...
We asked them how many workers were laid off, pushed out or left.
They refused to give us numbers.
So we conducted our own analysis... 🧵
projects.propublica.org/federal-heal...
August 21, 2025 at 11:40 AM
NEW: In March, the Trump administration announced a massive purge of workers at the nation's health agencies.
We asked them how many workers were laid off, pushed out or left.
They refused to give us numbers.
So we conducted our own analysis... 🧵
projects.propublica.org/federal-heal...
We asked them how many workers were laid off, pushed out or left.
They refused to give us numbers.
So we conducted our own analysis... 🧵
projects.propublica.org/federal-heal...
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Democrats are hoping for an upset later this month in a special election for a seat in Iowa's Senate. So far this year, the three special elections that have taken place in Iowa have seen a huge average shift of at least 20 points toward Democrats.
The 20 Elections to Watch in August - Bolts
Out of 40 special elections for congressional and legislative seats so far in 2025, only two have seen flips; both were Democratic gains. That’s to be expected: Nationwide, most districts... Read More
boltsmag.org
August 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Democrats are hoping for an upset later this month in a special election for a seat in Iowa's Senate. So far this year, the three special elections that have taken place in Iowa have seen a huge average shift of at least 20 points toward Democrats.
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🚨BREAKING: The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling Thursday, striking down Louisiana’s state legislative maps for violating the Voting Rights Act. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Federal Court Delivers Major Win for Black Voters in Louisiana State Redistricting Battle
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
August 14, 2025 at 8:42 PM
🚨BREAKING: The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling Thursday, striking down Louisiana’s state legislative maps for violating the Voting Rights Act. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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I threw the sandwich, but I did not throw the condiments
I threw the sandwich, but I didn't throw the condiments
All around Washington D.C.
They're trying to track me down
They say they want to bring me in guilty
For the spilling of some mayonnaise
For wasting all the dijon, but I say
I threw the sandwich, but I didn't throw the condiments
All around Washington D.C.
They're trying to track me down
They say they want to bring me in guilty
For the spilling of some mayonnaise
For wasting all the dijon, but I say
The DC sandwich guy has been charged with assault for shouting at a CBP officer, throwing a sub into his chest, and then running off.
"I did it. I threw the sandwich," he said while he was being processed.
"I did it. I threw the sandwich," he said while he was being processed.
August 14, 2025 at 11:22 AM
I threw the sandwich, but I did not throw the condiments
I threw the sandwich, but I didn't throw the condiments
All around Washington D.C.
They're trying to track me down
They say they want to bring me in guilty
For the spilling of some mayonnaise
For wasting all the dijon, but I say
I threw the sandwich, but I didn't throw the condiments
All around Washington D.C.
They're trying to track me down
They say they want to bring me in guilty
For the spilling of some mayonnaise
For wasting all the dijon, but I say
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On this campaign we're fighting for a New American Dream - one that includes:
- Universal Paid Leave
- Universal Childcare
- A support system to help care for your aging parents.
This is who we are fighting for - families. There is only one person Mike Rogers is fighting for - Donald Trump.
- Universal Paid Leave
- Universal Childcare
- A support system to help care for your aging parents.
This is who we are fighting for - families. There is only one person Mike Rogers is fighting for - Donald Trump.
August 12, 2025 at 9:49 PM
On this campaign we're fighting for a New American Dream - one that includes:
- Universal Paid Leave
- Universal Childcare
- A support system to help care for your aging parents.
This is who we are fighting for - families. There is only one person Mike Rogers is fighting for - Donald Trump.
- Universal Paid Leave
- Universal Childcare
- A support system to help care for your aging parents.
This is who we are fighting for - families. There is only one person Mike Rogers is fighting for - Donald Trump.
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SCOOP: Oregon's secretary of state declined to meet with DOJ prosecutors to discuss a potential deal to share private voter data with the federal government. He said he has no interest in sharing data with “an administration that is willfully violating judicial orders.”
Oregon Rejects DOJ’s Request To Share Private Voter Data, Citing Concerns of Unlawful Use
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
August 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
SCOOP: Oregon's secretary of state declined to meet with DOJ prosecutors to discuss a potential deal to share private voter data with the federal government. He said he has no interest in sharing data with “an administration that is willfully violating judicial orders.”
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No, JD, belonging in America does not depend on how many generations of your family have lived here. The values of this country matter - deeply - to who we are and what it means to be American.
August 12, 2025 at 1:31 AM
No, JD, belonging in America does not depend on how many generations of your family have lived here. The values of this country matter - deeply - to who we are and what it means to be American.
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New study: researchers looked at hospital visits after a coal plant was closed near Pittsburgh
--> immediate 20.5% decrease in weekly respiratory emergency dept visits
--> immediate 41.2% decrease in pediatric asthma ED visits
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40691837/
--> immediate 20.5% decrease in weekly respiratory emergency dept visits
--> immediate 41.2% decrease in pediatric asthma ED visits
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40691837/
August 8, 2025 at 2:20 PM
New study: researchers looked at hospital visits after a coal plant was closed near Pittsburgh
--> immediate 20.5% decrease in weekly respiratory emergency dept visits
--> immediate 41.2% decrease in pediatric asthma ED visits
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40691837/
--> immediate 20.5% decrease in weekly respiratory emergency dept visits
--> immediate 41.2% decrease in pediatric asthma ED visits
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40691837/