Melissa
@martasso.bsky.social
Mother. Wife. Physician. Impatiently waiting for the arc of the moral universe to bend toward justice.
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Unemployment hit a four year high in November.
The cost of groceries, utilities, and housing have all gone up.
People are choosing between paying their rent or keeping their health insurance.
But billionaires and corporations got $1 trillion in tax breaks.
Priorities.
The cost of groceries, utilities, and housing have all gone up.
People are choosing between paying their rent or keeping their health insurance.
But billionaires and corporations got $1 trillion in tax breaks.
Priorities.
December 19, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Unemployment hit a four year high in November.
The cost of groceries, utilities, and housing have all gone up.
People are choosing between paying their rent or keeping their health insurance.
But billionaires and corporations got $1 trillion in tax breaks.
Priorities.
The cost of groceries, utilities, and housing have all gone up.
People are choosing between paying their rent or keeping their health insurance.
But billionaires and corporations got $1 trillion in tax breaks.
Priorities.
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December 16, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Ghislaine Maxwell lied about Trump never going to Epstein's house (directly contradicted by her email correspondence with Epstein), and she was rewarded for that lie with a transfer to a cushier prison. The coverup is happening in plain sight.
November 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Ghislaine Maxwell lied about Trump never going to Epstein's house (directly contradicted by her email correspondence with Epstein), and she was rewarded for that lie with a transfer to a cushier prison. The coverup is happening in plain sight.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Hope for our children and their children 🌎
This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Hope for our children and their children 🌎
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As an American, I’m worried about our polarization — and the rise of “not my problem” thinking. When America turns inward, the world gets more dangerous. For all of us.
November 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
As an American, I’m worried about our polarization — and the rise of “not my problem” thinking. When America turns inward, the world gets more dangerous. For all of us.
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Obama: As for the president, he has been focused on critical issues like paving over the rose garden so folks don't get mud on their shoes and gold plating the Oval Office and building a ballroom… If you can't visit a doctor, don't worry. He will save you a dance.
November 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Obama: As for the president, he has been focused on critical issues like paving over the rose garden so folks don't get mud on their shoes and gold plating the Oval Office and building a ballroom… If you can't visit a doctor, don't worry. He will save you a dance.
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November 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Vote YES to retain judges in PA
#Abortionishealthcare
#Abortionishealthcare
NEW: Next week’s elections will mark the first real test for voters to express their feelings on Trump’s second term. But the contests in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Virginia could also be consequential for abortion rights. @susanrinkunas.com explains what to expect this fall👇
Abortion Is on the Ballot Once Again
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Vote YES to retain judges in PA
#Abortionishealthcare
#Abortionishealthcare
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Election Day is a week from tomorrow, and millions of Americans have a chance to elect important local leaders — judges, council members, school boards, and more — crucial to defending and rebuilding democracy. If you haven’t already, make a plan to cast your vote.
Everything You Need to Vote - Vote.org
Register to vote. Check your registration status. Get your absentee ballot. Fast, free, easy, secure, nonpartisan.
www.vote.org
October 28, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Election Day is a week from tomorrow, and millions of Americans have a chance to elect important local leaders — judges, council members, school boards, and more — crucial to defending and rebuilding democracy. If you haven’t already, make a plan to cast your vote.
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October 23, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Vaccines are safe and effective.
Autism isn't caused by vaccines, and autistic people and their families deserve our support.
When you want information, ask your doctor.
It's more important than ever for all of us to speak plainly, truthfully, and directly about public health.
Autism isn't caused by vaccines, and autistic people and their families deserve our support.
When you want information, ask your doctor.
It's more important than ever for all of us to speak plainly, truthfully, and directly about public health.
October 14, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Vaccines are safe and effective.
Autism isn't caused by vaccines, and autistic people and their families deserve our support.
When you want information, ask your doctor.
It's more important than ever for all of us to speak plainly, truthfully, and directly about public health.
Autism isn't caused by vaccines, and autistic people and their families deserve our support.
When you want information, ask your doctor.
It's more important than ever for all of us to speak plainly, truthfully, and directly about public health.
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13. years. old.
He is 13. A 7th grader w/ a pending asylum case. Being held more than 500 miles from home & housed w/ adults. He called his mom crying, & reported that he’s sleeping on concrete w/ an aluminum blanket.
How is this anything other than sick & shameful? www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
How is this anything other than sick & shameful? www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility - The Boston Globe
The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested.
www.bostonglobe.com
October 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM
13. years. old.
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They have fired the staff of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, who are disease detectives that respond to outbreaks around the world.
I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous it is to dismantle our disease surveillance infrastructure.
I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous it is to dismantle our disease surveillance infrastructure.
October 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
They have fired the staff of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, who are disease detectives that respond to outbreaks around the world.
I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous it is to dismantle our disease surveillance infrastructure.
I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous it is to dismantle our disease surveillance infrastructure.
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💉🧵Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) season starts soon. Now is the time to get vaccinated if vaccine is recommended for you.
TL;DR: Who should get RSV immunization?
💉Adults 75+ or 50-74 with certain conditions
💉Some pregnant people
💉Babies <8mo (if no vax during pregnancy)
💉Some babies 8-19mo
TL;DR: Who should get RSV immunization?
💉Adults 75+ or 50-74 with certain conditions
💉Some pregnant people
💉Babies <8mo (if no vax during pregnancy)
💉Some babies 8-19mo
October 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
💉🧵Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) season starts soon. Now is the time to get vaccinated if vaccine is recommended for you.
TL;DR: Who should get RSV immunization?
💉Adults 75+ or 50-74 with certain conditions
💉Some pregnant people
💉Babies <8mo (if no vax during pregnancy)
💉Some babies 8-19mo
TL;DR: Who should get RSV immunization?
💉Adults 75+ or 50-74 with certain conditions
💉Some pregnant people
💉Babies <8mo (if no vax during pregnancy)
💉Some babies 8-19mo
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NEW: Few states hold elections with such national prominence as Pennsylvania — and this year is no exception. With three of the state’s Supreme Court justices up for retention, the GOP could have an opening to control a court that influences the state’s elections.
Why Anti-Voting Activists Are Using the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Election to Spread Disinformation
Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.
www.democracydocket.com
October 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
NEW: Few states hold elections with such national prominence as Pennsylvania — and this year is no exception. With three of the state’s Supreme Court justices up for retention, the GOP could have an opening to control a court that influences the state’s elections.
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“What’s happened to this part of western Wisconsin is part of a much larger crisis. Across the country, hospitals are vanishing, and a new wave of Medicaid cuts could accelerate the collapse.
President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill slashes nearly $1 trillion in Medicaid funding over the next decade.”
President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill slashes nearly $1 trillion in Medicaid funding over the next decade.”
'It can be a loss of life': First responders detail the deadly cost of rural hospital closures
Across the country, hospitals are vanishing, and a new wave of Medicaid cuts could accelerate the collapse.
abcnews.go.com
October 9, 2025 at 12:57 AM
“What’s happened to this part of western Wisconsin is part of a much larger crisis. Across the country, hospitals are vanishing, and a new wave of Medicaid cuts could accelerate the collapse.
President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill slashes nearly $1 trillion in Medicaid funding over the next decade.”
President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill slashes nearly $1 trillion in Medicaid funding over the next decade.”
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Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken. https://cnn.it/4pPCXIt
37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments | CNN
Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken.
www.cnn.com
October 4, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken. https://cnn.it/4pPCXIt
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On Monday, RFK posted a rambling video on the HHS X account showing a series of graphs and directly stating that vaccines have had minimal impact on human health and saving lives.
Today, in response, we brought our own graphs.
We will not let his dangerous nonsense go unanswered.
Today, in response, we brought our own graphs.
We will not let his dangerous nonsense go unanswered.
October 2, 2025 at 2:18 PM
On Monday, RFK posted a rambling video on the HHS X account showing a series of graphs and directly stating that vaccines have had minimal impact on human health and saving lives.
Today, in response, we brought our own graphs.
We will not let his dangerous nonsense go unanswered.
Today, in response, we brought our own graphs.
We will not let his dangerous nonsense go unanswered.
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If the government shuts down, it's on Republicans in Washington who are choosing partisan politics over your health care.
September 30, 2025 at 11:25 PM
If the government shuts down, it's on Republicans in Washington who are choosing partisan politics over your health care.
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Obama on Trump's 'continuously disproved' Tylenol claims:
"The degree to which that can do harm to women who are pregnant, the degree to which that creates anxiety for parents who do have children who are autistic, which, by the way, itself is subject to a spectrum … is violence against the truth."
"The degree to which that can do harm to women who are pregnant, the degree to which that creates anxiety for parents who do have children who are autistic, which, by the way, itself is subject to a spectrum … is violence against the truth."
September 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Obama on Trump's 'continuously disproved' Tylenol claims:
"The degree to which that can do harm to women who are pregnant, the degree to which that creates anxiety for parents who do have children who are autistic, which, by the way, itself is subject to a spectrum … is violence against the truth."
"The degree to which that can do harm to women who are pregnant, the degree to which that creates anxiety for parents who do have children who are autistic, which, by the way, itself is subject to a spectrum … is violence against the truth."
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Shapiro: Today he’s trying to sanction voices on the left. That means tomorrow he could sanction someone because of what they look like, who they love, or how they pray.
We need more speech, not less
We need more speech, not less
September 19, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Shapiro: Today he’s trying to sanction voices on the left. That means tomorrow he could sanction someone because of what they look like, who they love, or how they pray.
We need more speech, not less
We need more speech, not less
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What’s the human cost of destroying USAID?
🚫 2.3 million people will lose access to life-saving HIV treatment through PEPFAR
🚫 1.5 million orphans & vulnerable children will lose support services
🚫 ~390K people wont have access to PrEP
Despicable
🚫 2.3 million people will lose access to life-saving HIV treatment through PEPFAR
🚫 1.5 million orphans & vulnerable children will lose support services
🚫 ~390K people wont have access to PrEP
Despicable
Analyzing USAID Program Disruptions: Implications for PEPFAR Programming and Beneficiaries
PEPFAR is still emerging from aid cuts, with major implications for lifesaving HIV services. About 65 percent of USAID’s PEPFAR awards have been reported terminated, accounting for 24 percent of plann...
www.cgdev.org
September 17, 2025 at 11:57 PM
What’s the human cost of destroying USAID?
🚫 2.3 million people will lose access to life-saving HIV treatment through PEPFAR
🚫 1.5 million orphans & vulnerable children will lose support services
🚫 ~390K people wont have access to PrEP
Despicable
🚫 2.3 million people will lose access to life-saving HIV treatment through PEPFAR
🚫 1.5 million orphans & vulnerable children will lose support services
🚫 ~390K people wont have access to PrEP
Despicable
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A few things:
1. As the absurdity in Florida spread elsewhere, keep in mind that pediatric bed capacity has decreased by 20% since 2008. More preventable illness, less actual slack in the hospital to address it.
2. Remember, healthychildren.org for accurate health information
1. As the absurdity in Florida spread elsewhere, keep in mind that pediatric bed capacity has decreased by 20% since 2008. More preventable illness, less actual slack in the hospital to address it.
2. Remember, healthychildren.org for accurate health information
September 4, 2025 at 2:32 PM
A few things:
1. As the absurdity in Florida spread elsewhere, keep in mind that pediatric bed capacity has decreased by 20% since 2008. More preventable illness, less actual slack in the hospital to address it.
2. Remember, healthychildren.org for accurate health information
1. As the absurdity in Florida spread elsewhere, keep in mind that pediatric bed capacity has decreased by 20% since 2008. More preventable illness, less actual slack in the hospital to address it.
2. Remember, healthychildren.org for accurate health information
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Back to school season under the Trump administration means:
A hollowed-out Department of Education
Fewer kids receiving free school meals
Astronomical costs on school supplies
Student loan borrowers left in limbo
Rising fears of school shootings
Families deserve better.
A hollowed-out Department of Education
Fewer kids receiving free school meals
Astronomical costs on school supplies
Student loan borrowers left in limbo
Rising fears of school shootings
Families deserve better.
September 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Back to school season under the Trump administration means:
A hollowed-out Department of Education
Fewer kids receiving free school meals
Astronomical costs on school supplies
Student loan borrowers left in limbo
Rising fears of school shootings
Families deserve better.
A hollowed-out Department of Education
Fewer kids receiving free school meals
Astronomical costs on school supplies
Student loan borrowers left in limbo
Rising fears of school shootings
Families deserve better.