Melinda Hohman
@mhohman.bsky.social
Lifelong Social Worker and Dem. Interested in progressive theology as well. Author, Motivational Interviewing in Social Work Practice.
Orange County Families Confront Hunger & Financial Woes This Holiday Season voiceofoc.org/2025/12/oran...
Orange County Families Confront Hunger & Financial Woes This Holiday Season
Food bank leaders warn hunger will only worsen in Orange County without legislation to reverse the expected cuts to CalFresh
voiceofoc.org
December 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Orange County Families Confront Hunger & Financial Woes This Holiday Season voiceofoc.org/2025/12/oran...
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I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.
October 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.
Come to Disneyland!
NYT: Breaking News: Saying the CDC has become “a political tool,” California, Oregon and Washington announced plans to form an alliance that would coordinate vaccine recommendations for the three states.
NYT: Breaking News: Saying the CDC has become “a political tool,” California, Oregon and Washington announced plans to form an alliance that would coordinate vaccine recommendations for the three states.
About this Florida vaccine story, mammas, don’t let your babies go to @disneyworld.bsky.social
September 3, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Come to Disneyland!
NYT: Breaking News: Saying the CDC has become “a political tool,” California, Oregon and Washington announced plans to form an alliance that would coordinate vaccine recommendations for the three states.
NYT: Breaking News: Saying the CDC has become “a political tool,” California, Oregon and Washington announced plans to form an alliance that would coordinate vaccine recommendations for the three states.
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About this Florida vaccine story:
When they were little - 1 yr and 3 1/2 - my two older boys, who’d had all their shots, got whooping cough.
We asked their pediatrician what would’ve happened if they hadn’t been vaccinated.
“Oh, they’d have died.”
When they were little - 1 yr and 3 1/2 - my two older boys, who’d had all their shots, got whooping cough.
We asked their pediatrician what would’ve happened if they hadn’t been vaccinated.
“Oh, they’d have died.”
September 3, 2025 at 10:06 PM
About this Florida vaccine story:
When they were little - 1 yr and 3 1/2 - my two older boys, who’d had all their shots, got whooping cough.
We asked their pediatrician what would’ve happened if they hadn’t been vaccinated.
“Oh, they’d have died.”
When they were little - 1 yr and 3 1/2 - my two older boys, who’d had all their shots, got whooping cough.
We asked their pediatrician what would’ve happened if they hadn’t been vaccinated.
“Oh, they’d have died.”
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March 13, 2025:
March 13, 2025
Stocks fell again today.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
March 14, 2025 at 7:06 AM
March 13, 2025:
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SETH MOULTON TELLING SCHUMER TO GET A SPINE. IMAGINE WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO TO MAKE THAT SENTENCE HAPPEN.
March 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
SETH MOULTON TELLING SCHUMER TO GET A SPINE. IMAGINE WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO TO MAKE THAT SENTENCE HAPPEN.
WAKE UP
As predicted, women in New Hampshire had a hard time voting yesterday because of the new proof of citizenship law:
“It doesn’t have my married name on it,” she said. Town voting officials then sent her away a second time, to get her marriage certificate.
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
“It doesn’t have my married name on it,” she said. Town voting officials then sent her away a second time, to get her marriage certificate.
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
NH’s new ID requirements send some would-be voters home to grab passports, birth certificates
The law requires all new voters to show proof of their U.S. citizenship. For some, that meant making multiple trips to and from the polls before finally casting a ballot on Tuesday.
www.nhpr.org
March 14, 2025 at 9:29 AM
WAKE UP
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If Republicans won't listen to voters in town halls, we will. That's why I'm hosting 3 "Benefits Over Billionaires" town halls with local leaders in Bakersfield, Anaheim and Norco, CA on 3/23. Thanks, @maddow.msnbc.com for sharing! RSVP to join: linktr.ee/ro_khanna_to...
March 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
If Republicans won't listen to voters in town halls, we will. That's why I'm hosting 3 "Benefits Over Billionaires" town halls with local leaders in Bakersfield, Anaheim and Norco, CA on 3/23. Thanks, @maddow.msnbc.com for sharing! RSVP to join: linktr.ee/ro_khanna_to...
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March 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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“Transitioning” from 50 straight months of job growth, a 400% rise in manufacturing construction and the best back-to-back years for the stock market in a quarter century. 🤡
Mike Johnson: "We're transitioning from Bidenomics and the terrible economy that was delivered by the last administration. It takes a while to turn that ship around."
March 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM
“Transitioning” from 50 straight months of job growth, a 400% rise in manufacturing construction and the best back-to-back years for the stock market in a quarter century. 🤡
Hint: The American People
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/o...
Opinion | Trump Promised Retribution. Turns Out He Had a Very Big Target in Mind.
It is hard to describe the president’s first month and a half in office as something other than a retribution campaign against the American people.
www.nytimes.com
March 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Hint: The American People
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/o...
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A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.”
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
February 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.”
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
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I wrote this about the foolish naivety of conspiracy theorists, anti-vaxxers and political zealots who hate precisely the tolerant, rational society that protects them
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
Conspiracists are about to get a dose of reality
Antivaxers, cranks and fantasists thrive in safe, stable societies but the days of consequence-free idiocy may be ending
www.thetimes.com
February 19, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I wrote this about the foolish naivety of conspiracy theorists, anti-vaxxers and political zealots who hate precisely the tolerant, rational society that protects them
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
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🛟 That last-ditch chemo trial your family member was hoping to be in
🥙 The investigation of a food-borne illness outbreak in the next town over
🧠The study looking for preventable causes of Alzheimer’s
🧪The assurance that TAXPAYER-PAID-FOR studies & data collection see the light of day
🥙 The investigation of a food-borne illness outbreak in the next town over
🧠The study looking for preventable causes of Alzheimer’s
🧪The assurance that TAXPAYER-PAID-FOR studies & data collection see the light of day
February 15, 2025 at 1:33 AM
🛟 That last-ditch chemo trial your family member was hoping to be in
🥙 The investigation of a food-borne illness outbreak in the next town over
🧠The study looking for preventable causes of Alzheimer’s
🧪The assurance that TAXPAYER-PAID-FOR studies & data collection see the light of day
🥙 The investigation of a food-borne illness outbreak in the next town over
🧠The study looking for preventable causes of Alzheimer’s
🧪The assurance that TAXPAYER-PAID-FOR studies & data collection see the light of day
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The termination of 850 Indian Health Service physicians, nurses, and dentists will have a grave impact on access to care for millions of Native Americans.
Upholding our treaty obligations is not optional.
Upholding our treaty obligations is not optional.
February 14, 2025 at 11:25 PM
The termination of 850 Indian Health Service physicians, nurses, and dentists will have a grave impact on access to care for millions of Native Americans.
Upholding our treaty obligations is not optional.
Upholding our treaty obligations is not optional.
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February 14, 2025
February 14, 2025
On this day, I always like to tell the story of Theodore Roosevelt’s terrible 1884 Valentine’s Day and how it led to the Progressive Era, but things are happening too fast these days to leave a gap in...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
February 15, 2025 at 2:54 AM
February 14, 2025
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Asking "What matters to you?" can also be applied to social work practice
#socialwork #motivationalinterviewing
Asking "What matters to you?" can also be applied to social work practice
#socialwork #motivationalinterviewing
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February 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Asking "What matters to you?" can also be applied to social work practice
#socialwork #motivationalinterviewing
Asking "What matters to you?" can also be applied to social work practice
#socialwork #motivationalinterviewing
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Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
February 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
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The dismantling of USAID is part of a far-right agenda that seeks to undo rights for women, minorities and the LGBTQ community—as prescribed by Project 2025. It’s all laid out in the manual, and is now being carried out by Elon Musk and his “DOGE” team. www.american-doom.com/p/project-20...
Project 2025's anti-LGBTQ agenda fuels Musk's dismantling of USAID
Constitutional crisis, ongoing coup, call it what you want, but unelected oligarchs controlling our government puts us in uncharted territory. Here's the reason behind Musk's takeover of USAID.
www.american-doom.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The dismantling of USAID is part of a far-right agenda that seeks to undo rights for women, minorities and the LGBTQ community—as prescribed by Project 2025. It’s all laid out in the manual, and is now being carried out by Elon Musk and his “DOGE” team. www.american-doom.com/p/project-20...
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“A sane government would never do this.” — the former dean of Harvard Medical School
Universities are reeling. Elon Musk’s allies are celebrating.
Looking at the major cut to federal research funding — which many scientists predict will be devastating
With @lenasun.bsky.social and Carolyn Johnson
Universities are reeling. Elon Musk’s allies are celebrating.
Looking at the major cut to federal research funding — which many scientists predict will be devastating
With @lenasun.bsky.social and Carolyn Johnson
NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately
The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
“A sane government would never do this.” — the former dean of Harvard Medical School
Universities are reeling. Elon Musk’s allies are celebrating.
Looking at the major cut to federal research funding — which many scientists predict will be devastating
With @lenasun.bsky.social and Carolyn Johnson
Universities are reeling. Elon Musk’s allies are celebrating.
Looking at the major cut to federal research funding — which many scientists predict will be devastating
With @lenasun.bsky.social and Carolyn Johnson
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It’s just bleak that there’s a considerable amount of people who are like “thank goodness the worlds richest human being is stopping the tyranny of the consumer financial protection bureau and that guy who collects atmospheric data”
February 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM
It’s just bleak that there’s a considerable amount of people who are like “thank goodness the worlds richest human being is stopping the tyranny of the consumer financial protection bureau and that guy who collects atmospheric data”