Dr. Tam
@tamphd.bsky.social
Passionate about humans, human rights, little humans and their rights in this big world. Unapologetic left leaning clinician and forever student of research in the sciences who balances out life with the love of antique books, clay, paint and grandchildren
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March 21, 2025
March 21, 2025
These days, I keep coming back to the quotation recorded by journalist Ron Suskind in a New York Times Magazine article in 2004.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
March 22, 2025 at 5:28 AM
March 21, 2025
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open.substack.com/pub/heatherc... Today’s post by this great American historian is an account of the battle in the 1960s against the suppression of black votes and how it is being fought again today. Very powerful
March 7, 2025
Black Americans outnumbered white Americans among the 29,500 people who lived in Selma, Alabama, in the 1960s, but the city’s voting rolls were 99% white.
open.substack.com
March 8, 2025 at 6:36 AM
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc... Today’s post by this great American historian is an account of the battle in the 1960s against the suppression of black votes and how it is being fought again today. Very powerful
Trump property purge to include national park visitor centers, museums
March 6, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Trump property purge to include national park visitor centers, museums
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French Senator Claude Malhuret:
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
March 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
French Senator Claude Malhuret:
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
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So much winning
Being able to drop a quarterly US GDP prediction by 5.1% from +2.3% to -2.8% in a single week is one of the most impressive economic developments in the history of the world.
March 4, 2025 at 9:22 AM
So much winning
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Bansky
March 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Bansky
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Trump’s presidency isn’t just a disaster—it’s a deliberate act of destruction against American democracy and global stability. His cabinet is a rotating cast of unqualified loyalists, his diplomacy is a joke, and his governance is dictated by personal vendettas and unchecked narcissism.
March 4, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Trump’s presidency isn’t just a disaster—it’s a deliberate act of destruction against American democracy and global stability. His cabinet is a rotating cast of unqualified loyalists, his diplomacy is a joke, and his governance is dictated by personal vendettas and unchecked narcissism.
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NEWS: The USAID official put on leave for disseminating two memos about Rubio's failure to push through life-saving foreign aid was in the process of writing a THIRD memo when fired. We obtained it. It's far more alarming than the first two.
www.thebulwark.com/p/what-a-wee...
www.thebulwark.com/p/what-a-wee...
March 3, 2025 at 2:57 PM
NEWS: The USAID official put on leave for disseminating two memos about Rubio's failure to push through life-saving foreign aid was in the process of writing a THIRD memo when fired. We obtained it. It's far more alarming than the first two.
www.thebulwark.com/p/what-a-wee...
www.thebulwark.com/p/what-a-wee...
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Just making sure everyone saw what the former Social Security Administrator told CNBC on Saturday...
March 3, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Just making sure everyone saw what the former Social Security Administrator told CNBC on Saturday...
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Medicaid covers...
-40% of births nationwide
-50% of kids with special needs
-72 million people in total
Remember this as Republicans move to gut the program to finance tax cuts that will overwhelmingly go to the richest 1% of Americans.
"Party of family values."
-40% of births nationwide
-50% of kids with special needs
-72 million people in total
Remember this as Republicans move to gut the program to finance tax cuts that will overwhelmingly go to the richest 1% of Americans.
"Party of family values."
March 3, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Medicaid covers...
-40% of births nationwide
-50% of kids with special needs
-72 million people in total
Remember this as Republicans move to gut the program to finance tax cuts that will overwhelmingly go to the richest 1% of Americans.
"Party of family values."
-40% of births nationwide
-50% of kids with special needs
-72 million people in total
Remember this as Republicans move to gut the program to finance tax cuts that will overwhelmingly go to the richest 1% of Americans.
"Party of family values."
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March 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Full page ad in today’s New York Times:
March 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Full page ad in today’s New York Times:
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If you only watch one video today, let it be this one.
And since Little Marco doesn’t want us to remember this, please repost it so others can see what a raging hypocrite he is.
@calltoactivism.bsky.social
And since Little Marco doesn’t want us to remember this, please repost it so others can see what a raging hypocrite he is.
@calltoactivism.bsky.social
March 3, 2025 at 12:06 AM
If you only watch one video today, let it be this one.
And since Little Marco doesn’t want us to remember this, please repost it so others can see what a raging hypocrite he is.
@calltoactivism.bsky.social
And since Little Marco doesn’t want us to remember this, please repost it so others can see what a raging hypocrite he is.
@calltoactivism.bsky.social
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UN human rights chief ‘deeply worried by fundamental shift’ in US
UN human rights chief ‘deeply worried by fundamental shift’ in US
Volker Türk alarmed at growing power of ‘unelected tech oligarchs’ and warns gender equality is being rolled back
The UN human rights chief has warned of a “fundamental shift” in the US and sounded the alarm over the growing power of “unelected tech…
www.theguardian.com
March 3, 2025 at 4:33 PM
UN human rights chief ‘deeply worried by fundamental shift’ in US
I was reminded of this today and it’s worthy of a post. (Don’t be muzzled ! )
When asked how fascism starts, Bertrand Russell replied: "First they fascinate the fools. Then they muzzle the intelligent."
When asked how fascism starts, Bertrand Russell replied: "First they fascinate the fools. Then they muzzle the intelligent."
February 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I was reminded of this today and it’s worthy of a post. (Don’t be muzzled ! )
When asked how fascism starts, Bertrand Russell replied: "First they fascinate the fools. Then they muzzle the intelligent."
When asked how fascism starts, Bertrand Russell replied: "First they fascinate the fools. Then they muzzle the intelligent."
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February 16, 2025
February 16, 2025
The sixty-first Munich Security Conference, the world’s leading forum for talking about international security policy, took place from February 14 to February 16 this year.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
February 17, 2025 at 5:11 AM
February 16, 2025
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Trump has fired people who process prescriptions by mail. So if you’re a veteran, order your meds earlier than you normally would. They could take a while.
U.S. Dept of Veterans Affairs confirms it has dismissed more than 1,000 employees
A once unthinkable concept for an agency that operates 100+ major hospitals and many hundreds more clinics
And processes veterans benefits
news.va.gov/press-room/v...
A once unthinkable concept for an agency that operates 100+ major hospitals and many hundreds more clinics
And processes veterans benefits
news.va.gov/press-room/v...
VA dismisses more than 1,000 employees - VA News
WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs today announced the dismissal of more than 1,000 employees.
news.va.gov
February 14, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Trump has fired people who process prescriptions by mail. So if you’re a veteran, order your meds earlier than you normally would. They could take a while.
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My guess is that Oklahoma will be the next state after NM affected by the Texas measles outbreak. There is the geographical proximity, and there is also the fact that in 2024, only 89% of OK kindergartners were vaccinated with MMR. www.cdc.gov/schoolvaxvie...
www.cdc.gov
February 15, 2025 at 1:54 AM
My guess is that Oklahoma will be the next state after NM affected by the Texas measles outbreak. There is the geographical proximity, and there is also the fact that in 2024, only 89% of OK kindergartners were vaccinated with MMR. www.cdc.gov/schoolvaxvie...
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In 3 days, the number of measles cases in a highly unvaccinated area of Texas has doubled. There are now 48 cases, all of whom are unvaccinated, and 13 of whom have been hospitalized so far, for a hospitalization rate of 27%. This is huge figure in epidemiology. This outbreak will keep spreading.
February 14, 2025 at 8:05 PM
In 3 days, the number of measles cases in a highly unvaccinated area of Texas has doubled. There are now 48 cases, all of whom are unvaccinated, and 13 of whom have been hospitalized so far, for a hospitalization rate of 27%. This is huge figure in epidemiology. This outbreak will keep spreading.
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“I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.”
February 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
“I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.”
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New: The Energy Department is seeking to bring back nuclear energy specialists after abruptly telling hundreds of workers that their jobs were eliminated, according to two people familiar with the matter
Dismissed Nuclear Bomb Specialists Recalled by Energy Department
The Energy Department is seeking to bring back nuclear energy specialists after abruptly telling hundreds of workers that their jobs were eliminated, according to two people familiar with the matter.
www.bloomberg.com
February 15, 2025 at 12:24 AM
New: The Energy Department is seeking to bring back nuclear energy specialists after abruptly telling hundreds of workers that their jobs were eliminated, according to two people familiar with the matter
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Still thinking about the Sassoon letter. www.muellershewrote.com/p/the-sassoo...
The Sassoon Letter to Pam Bondi is the Kind of Courage we Need
We found an unlikely FBI hero in Brian Driscoll, now we have Danielle Sassoon at the Department of Justice
www.muellershewrote.com
February 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Still thinking about the Sassoon letter. www.muellershewrote.com/p/the-sassoo...
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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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BREAKING: Ranking Member Raskin demands Attorney General Bondi halt illegal intimidation campaign targeting the DOJ’s Public Integrity Office.
February 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
BREAKING: Ranking Member Raskin demands Attorney General Bondi halt illegal intimidation campaign targeting the DOJ’s Public Integrity Office.