Mark Edgar
@markedgarphd.bsky.social
Public health and social justice advocate in Madison, Wisconsin.
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Minnesota nice (except for ICE).
January 24, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Minnesota nice (except for ICE).
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50,000+ marched against Operation Metro Surge and IN FAVOR of our neighbors in 10 Degree below weather.
January 23, 2026 at 11:24 PM
50,000+ marched against Operation Metro Surge and IN FAVOR of our neighbors in 10 Degree below weather.
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With 'World's Gone Wrong,' Lucinda Williams mixes country, blues, folk music, and rock into an album that channels today’s angst as well as resentments as old as class struggle itself.
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Lucinda Williams Delivers a Political Message for Brutal Times on 'World's Gone Wrong'
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January 23, 2026 at 4:00 PM
With 'World's Gone Wrong,' Lucinda Williams mixes country, blues, folk music, and rock into an album that channels today’s angst as well as resentments as old as class struggle itself.
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The continued accumulation of wealth by a small number of American billionaires should be deeply concerning to anyone who cares about our democracy.
This status quo isn’t inevitable — but we must stand up and demand better.
@millsrodrigo.bsky.social on @inequality.org
This status quo isn’t inevitable — but we must stand up and demand better.
@millsrodrigo.bsky.social on @inequality.org
America's Wealthiest Are Getting Even Richer
The wealthiest 15 billionaires in America saw their wealth grow over 30 percent in 2025.
inequality.org
January 23, 2026 at 5:02 PM
The continued accumulation of wealth by a small number of American billionaires should be deeply concerning to anyone who cares about our democracy.
This status quo isn’t inevitable — but we must stand up and demand better.
@millsrodrigo.bsky.social on @inequality.org
This status quo isn’t inevitable — but we must stand up and demand better.
@millsrodrigo.bsky.social on @inequality.org
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Quick takes: Death toll from USAID cuts, withdrawal of chikungunya vaccine, funding for updated Ebola vaccine
A model that tracks the impact of USAID funding cuts estimates more than 760,000 people have died as a result of those cuts since January 2025.
A model that tracks the impact of USAID funding cuts estimates more than 760,000 people have died as a result of those cuts since January 2025.
Quick takes: Death toll from USAID cuts, withdrawal of chikungunya vaccine, funding for updated Ebola vaccine
A model that tracks the impact of USAID funding cuts estimates more than 760,000 people have died as a result of those cuts since January 2025.
www.cidrap.umn.edu
January 21, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Quick takes: Death toll from USAID cuts, withdrawal of chikungunya vaccine, funding for updated Ebola vaccine
A model that tracks the impact of USAID funding cuts estimates more than 760,000 people have died as a result of those cuts since January 2025.
A model that tracks the impact of USAID funding cuts estimates more than 760,000 people have died as a result of those cuts since January 2025.
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Fewer older adults being vaccinated against #flu, #pneumonia, CDC data reveal
Older adults have higher risks of certain diseases because they have more underlying illnesses and because immune systems weaken with age.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/i...
Older adults have higher risks of certain diseases because they have more underlying illnesses and because immune systems weaken with age.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/i...
January 21, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Fewer older adults being vaccinated against #flu, #pneumonia, CDC data reveal
Older adults have higher risks of certain diseases because they have more underlying illnesses and because immune systems weaken with age.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/i...
Older adults have higher risks of certain diseases because they have more underlying illnesses and because immune systems weaken with age.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/i...
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Cutting Back On Red Meat Is Good For Health & Equity www.forbes.com/sites/bernad...
Cutting Back On Red Meat Is Good For Health & Equity
Cutting back on red meat is not about deprivation. It is about replacing it with options that support longer, healthier lives and a more equitable food system.
www.forbes.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Cutting Back On Red Meat Is Good For Health & Equity www.forbes.com/sites/bernad...
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There is "no credibility" to the claim that Autism is caused by Leucovorin deficiency
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www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/au...
Autism Claims for Leucovorin Race Ahead of the Science
Messaging may fuel unproven autism treatment, doctors say
www.medpagetoday.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:55 AM
There is "no credibility" to the claim that Autism is caused by Leucovorin deficiency
www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/au...
www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/au...
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An expected so-called "pro-life" policy from the #trumpadministration will cost lives all over the world. https://www.defendpublichealth.org/press-release/new-restrictions-foreign-aid-would-cost-lives
#ProLifeMyAss #abortion #transgender
#ProLifeMyAss #abortion #transgender
New Restrictions on Foreign Aid Would Cost Lives | Defend Public Health
New foreign aid rules expected to be issued by the Trump administration that expand the “global gag rule,” also known as the Mexico City Policy, that prohibits organizations receiving U.S. funds from “promoting abortion as a method of family planning,” and also apply President Trump’s earlier executive orders on “gender ideology” and “DEI,” represent an assault on the lives, health, rights, and dignity of women, LGBTQ+ communities and children around the world, health experts with Defend Public Health said today.
www.defendpublichealth.org
January 23, 2026 at 4:08 PM
An expected so-called "pro-life" policy from the #trumpadministration will cost lives all over the world. https://www.defendpublichealth.org/press-release/new-restrictions-foreign-aid-would-cost-lives
#ProLifeMyAss #abortion #transgender
#ProLifeMyAss #abortion #transgender
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Withholding safe and effective vaccines from children at risk of Hep B infection isn't "gold standard science." It's a cruel and unethical perversion of the scientific method.
There's a time and place for placebo controlled trials. This is not it.
There's a time and place for placebo controlled trials. This is not it.
NEW: Kennedy's plan to study Hep. B vaccine in African babies has been suspended by Guinea-Bissau. Experts say the trial is unethical in a nation where 1 in 5 kids are exposed to Hep. B, which can take decades off their lives. HHS: the trial is "paused."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/h...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/h...
Kennedy Plan to Test a Vaccine in West African Babies Is Blocked
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Withholding safe and effective vaccines from children at risk of Hep B infection isn't "gold standard science." It's a cruel and unethical perversion of the scientific method.
There's a time and place for placebo controlled trials. This is not it.
There's a time and place for placebo controlled trials. This is not it.
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"After weeks of living under the heavy weight of this racist campaign of terror by ICE agents," hundreds of businesses in Minnesota have closed for the day as part of a historic general strike.
January 23, 2026 at 4:10 PM
"After weeks of living under the heavy weight of this racist campaign of terror by ICE agents," hundreds of businesses in Minnesota have closed for the day as part of a historic general strike.
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They know their audience has an insatiable appetite for seeing black women humiliated for exceeding their station, so when it didn’t happen they used AI to complete the fantasy bsky.app/profile/nyti...
The White House posted a digitally altered image showing a demonstrator involved in interrupting a church service in Minnesota last weekend crying as she was arrested on Thursday.
A previous version of the image, also posted by an official government account, showed her looking forward calmly.
A previous version of the image, also posted by an official government account, showed her looking forward calmly.
White House Posts Altered Photo Showing Arrested Minnesota Protester Crying
The New York Times ran the image posted by Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, as well as the one posted by the White House through an A.I. detection system. It concluded that the White House’s version showed signs of manipulation.
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January 23, 2026 at 1:33 PM
They know their audience has an insatiable appetite for seeing black women humiliated for exceeding their station, so when it didn’t happen they used AI to complete the fantasy bsky.app/profile/nyti...
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Trump's plan for the so-called Board of Peace is “a parody of a colonial body that will result “ultimate control and subjugation.”
“Emperor” Trump's So-Called Board of Peace Erases Palestinians from Gaza Governance
As President Donald Trump formally inaugurated his so-called Board of Peace at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday, his son-in-law Jared Kushner presented his vision of turning the Gaza Strip into an upscale seaside resort with g...
www.democracynow.org
January 23, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Trump's plan for the so-called Board of Peace is “a parody of a colonial body that will result “ultimate control and subjugation.”
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More global bullying: Right-to-life extremists threaten restrictions on foreign aid. www.defendpublichealth.org/press-releas...
New Restrictions on Foreign Aid Would Cost Lives | Defend Public Health
New foreign aid rules expected to be issued by the Trump administration that expand the “global gag rule,” also known as the Mexico City Policy, that prohibits organizations receiving U.S. funds from ...
www.defendpublichealth.org
January 23, 2026 at 4:27 PM
More global bullying: Right-to-life extremists threaten restrictions on foreign aid. www.defendpublichealth.org/press-releas...
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In response, Milhoan claims that data supporting the birth dose of HepB vaccines are themselves “speculative”.
This is belied by the documented 99% reduction in pediatric HepB since the birth dose was initiated.
This is belied by the documented 99% reduction in pediatric HepB since the birth dose was initiated.
December 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
In response, Milhoan claims that data supporting the birth dose of HepB vaccines are themselves “speculative”.
This is belied by the documented 99% reduction in pediatric HepB since the birth dose was initiated.
This is belied by the documented 99% reduction in pediatric HepB since the birth dose was initiated.
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“Milhoan clearly laid out what he sees as the goal of the new ACIP: protecting individual rights over public health”.
Just so we’re clear. RFK Jr. and his appointees do not give a damn who has to die in order to protect the right of anti-vaxxers to refuse vaccines.
Just so we’re clear. RFK Jr. and his appointees do not give a damn who has to die in order to protect the right of anti-vaxxers to refuse vaccines.
January 22, 2026 at 8:49 PM
“Milhoan clearly laid out what he sees as the goal of the new ACIP: protecting individual rights over public health”.
Just so we’re clear. RFK Jr. and his appointees do not give a damn who has to die in order to protect the right of anti-vaxxers to refuse vaccines.
Just so we’re clear. RFK Jr. and his appointees do not give a damn who has to die in order to protect the right of anti-vaxxers to refuse vaccines.
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I truly don’t understand what, if anything, it is going to take for Congress to take action to remove RFK Jr.
Are we not adequately conveying the obvious danger that the health of Americans is in?
Do they not understand what is going to happen when herd immunity collapses, or do they not care?
Are we not adequately conveying the obvious danger that the health of Americans is in?
Do they not understand what is going to happen when herd immunity collapses, or do they not care?
January 22, 2026 at 7:31 PM
I truly don’t understand what, if anything, it is going to take for Congress to take action to remove RFK Jr.
Are we not adequately conveying the obvious danger that the health of Americans is in?
Do they not understand what is going to happen when herd immunity collapses, or do they not care?
Are we not adequately conveying the obvious danger that the health of Americans is in?
Do they not understand what is going to happen when herd immunity collapses, or do they not care?
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Lastest Whopper of the Week from RFK-- on why placebo-controlled trials aren't always the best, and may be unethical as well.
www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop...
www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop...
Whopper of the Week: RFK’s Obsession with Placebo Controlled Safety Trials is Dangerous | Defend Public Health
RFK has claimed for years that vaccines are not tested for safety, which is nonsense. Childhood vaccines are held to very high standards by the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease...
www.defendpublichealth.org
January 22, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Lastest Whopper of the Week from RFK-- on why placebo-controlled trials aren't always the best, and may be unethical as well.
www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop...
www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop...
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FULL STORY: State officials will probe whether the owner of a South Shore apartment building raided by federal agents in September in an extravaganza designed to go viral on social media tipped off immigration agents in an effort to force out Black & Latino residents. @wttw.bsky.social
State Agency to Probe Whether Owner of South Shore Apartment Complex Raided by Feds Tipped Off ICE
The Illinois Department of Human Rights will investigate whether the three firms that own and manage the building at 7500 S. South Shore Drive committed housing discrimination, officials said.
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January 22, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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Nasra Ahmed, a 23-year-old US citizen, was arrested and detained by ICE. She was held for TWO DAYS.
ICE agents handcuffed her, called her a racial slur, and she was knocked to the ground so hard she got a concussion.
This cannot continue happening. ICE needs to leave.
ICE agents handcuffed her, called her a racial slur, and she was knocked to the ground so hard she got a concussion.
This cannot continue happening. ICE needs to leave.
January 22, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Nasra Ahmed, a 23-year-old US citizen, was arrested and detained by ICE. She was held for TWO DAYS.
ICE agents handcuffed her, called her a racial slur, and she was knocked to the ground so hard she got a concussion.
This cannot continue happening. ICE needs to leave.
ICE agents handcuffed her, called her a racial slur, and she was knocked to the ground so hard she got a concussion.
This cannot continue happening. ICE needs to leave.
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Jesus Christ www.statnews.com/2026/01/20/c...
Senior CDC official: Loss of measles elimination status in U.S. would be ‘cost of doing business’
The principal deputy director of the CDC said he would not view the loss of the United States' measles elimination status as a significant event.
www.statnews.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Jesus Christ www.statnews.com/2026/01/20/c...
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There is no "Golden Age" — only the Second Gilded Age.
January 20, 2026 at 9:15 PM
There is no "Golden Age" — only the Second Gilded Age.
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I have no words for this:
“The goalkeeper told me I’m an illegal immigrant even though I was born in America, and he said Trump was gonna get me and send me back.”
How is destroying the spirit of our children making this country great?
Who will repair their trauma when this is over?
Sickening.
“The goalkeeper told me I’m an illegal immigrant even though I was born in America, and he said Trump was gonna get me and send me back.”
How is destroying the spirit of our children making this country great?
Who will repair their trauma when this is over?
Sickening.
January 21, 2026 at 12:10 AM
I have no words for this:
“The goalkeeper told me I’m an illegal immigrant even though I was born in America, and he said Trump was gonna get me and send me back.”
How is destroying the spirit of our children making this country great?
Who will repair their trauma when this is over?
Sickening.
“The goalkeeper told me I’m an illegal immigrant even though I was born in America, and he said Trump was gonna get me and send me back.”
How is destroying the spirit of our children making this country great?
Who will repair their trauma when this is over?
Sickening.
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One year ago, Trump put more than 1,500 convicted criminals back on the street, siding with violent rioters over the police who bravely defended our Capitol.
Here’s a recap of what happened in 90 seconds.
Here’s a recap of what happened in 90 seconds.
January 20, 2026 at 8:15 PM
One year ago, Trump put more than 1,500 convicted criminals back on the street, siding with violent rioters over the police who bravely defended our Capitol.
Here’s a recap of what happened in 90 seconds.
Here’s a recap of what happened in 90 seconds.
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The U.S. has held its measles-free status for more than 25 years. Experts say unrelenting outbreaks in the past year may change that
As the U.S. marks a year of measles outbreaks, is the disease back for good?
The U.S. has held its measles-free status for more than 25 years. Experts say unrelenting outbreaks in the past year may change that
www.scientificamerican.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:30 PM
The U.S. has held its measles-free status for more than 25 years. Experts say unrelenting outbreaks in the past year may change that