Victoria J Miller
@victoriajmiller.bsky.social
Texas Democrat to my bones! Historian, Genealogy, Cat Lady, Ret’d Nonprofit Exec: Trisomy 18 Foundation, Rare Diseases Research, Maternal-Child Health and NonProfit Tech
Finally! New Revised Clinical Care Guidelines for Care of Trisomy 18/13 Children from AAP. publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...
Guidance for Caring for Infants and Children With Trisomy 13 and Trisomy 18: Clinical Report
Over the last several decades, there has been a steady increase in medical and surgical interventions provided for infants and children with trisomy 13 or trisomy 18 (chromosomal syndromes associated ...
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July 30, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Finally! New Revised Clinical Care Guidelines for Care of Trisomy 18/13 Children from AAP. publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...
June 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
This month, the United Nations World Food Program announced that the Trump administration was terminating emergency food assistance for 14 fragile countries around the world. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/w...
As Famine Rages in Sudan, U.S. Aid Remains Scarce (Gift Article)
The stark consequences of the rollback are evident in few places as clearly as in Sudan, where a brutal civil war has combined with a staggering humanitarian catastrophe.
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April 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This month, the United Nations World Food Program announced that the Trump administration was terminating emergency food assistance for 14 fragile countries around the world. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/w...
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Just finished @chrisbohjalian.bsky.social ‘s #TheJackal’sMistress and found it a great read. Set in the Civil War period in the area around Berryville, VA, a Confederate woman finds and with the help of her freed slaves, saves a Yankee Captain left for dead after horrible wounds.
March 29, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Just finished @chrisbohjalian.bsky.social ‘s #TheJackal’sMistress and found it a great read. Set in the Civil War period in the area around Berryville, VA, a Confederate woman finds and with the help of her freed slaves, saves a Yankee Captain left for dead after horrible wounds.
At the Defense Department, . . . according to the Associated Press, some 26,000 images have been flagged for deletion, including a photo of the Enola Gay, because … well, gay.
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The Pentagon’s DEI Panic
What are the nation’s warfighters so afraid of?
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March 8, 2025 at 6:16 PM
At the Defense Department, . . . according to the Associated Press, some 26,000 images have been flagged for deletion, including a photo of the Enola Gay, because … well, gay.
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An important piece on the role of fear in our current politics. www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
Muskism and McCarthyism | Corey Robin, Charles Petersen, and Alan Dean
The left understands the idea of collective provision. We understand the idea of solidarity. You don’t just go out on strike. You have a strike fund; you have alternative means of provision. But I don...
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March 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
An important piece on the role of fear in our current politics. www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
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There’s something happening in this country.
Teachers teach. We need a leaderful movement, and there are leaders all around us.
February 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
There’s something happening in this country.
The Bully and the Bootlicker: Trump, JD Vance, and the Cowardice of Fake Masculinity
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The Bully and the Bootlicker: Trump, JD Vance, and the Cowardice of Fake Masculinity
Donald Trump spent the day throwing a tantrum at the Governor of Maine because she refused to kneel before his latest ridiculous executive order banning transgender women from playing in women’s sport...
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February 21, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The Bully and the Bootlicker: Trump, JD Vance, and the Cowardice of Fake Masculinity
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President Trump sparred with Maine’s Democratic governor during a meeting of governors at the White House, with Gov. Janet Mills telling the Trump, “We’ll see you in court,” over his push to deny federal funding to the state over transgender athletes.
Trump spars with Maine’s governor at the White House over transgender athletes
Maine Gov. Janet Mills, a Democrat, told Trump, “We’ll see you in court,” over the president's push to deny federal funding to the state over transgender athletes.
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February 21, 2025 at 8:20 PM
President Trump sparred with Maine’s Democratic governor during a meeting of governors at the White House, with Gov. Janet Mills telling the Trump, “We’ll see you in court,” over his push to deny federal funding to the state over transgender athletes.
February 21, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Fucked up from the day you were spawned!
February 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Fucked up from the day you were spawned!
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Just in case you thought that removing DEI criteria would mean that everyone is competing equally: NIH is removing grad students from underrepresented backgrounds from the applicant pool altogether. Their applications will not be considered. Other students, not from these backgrounds, will be.
February 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Just in case you thought that removing DEI criteria would mean that everyone is competing equally: NIH is removing grad students from underrepresented backgrounds from the applicant pool altogether. Their applications will not be considered. Other students, not from these backgrounds, will be.
Under the heading of “Reading who influences THEM” Yarvin=Chilling www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/m...
Curtis Yarvin Says Democracy Is Done. Powerful Conservatives Are Listening. (Gift Article)
The once-fringe writer has long argued for an American monarchy. His ideas have found an audience in the incoming administration and Silicon Valley.
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February 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Under the heading of “Reading who influences THEM” Yarvin=Chilling www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/m...
To all our Democrats in House and Senate “If you don’t know how to message in this moment, it’s time to pass the torch. If you’re tired of all this, it’s time to give up your seat for someone who’s ready to fight.“ regardless of your age.
"The gentleman took out cartons (plural) of Ensure and began downing them. He would periodically pass out in his seat, slumped low, and for three hours, aside from brief phone calls, there was a constant stream of burping in the midst of napping."
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Of Course It's Unfair
Doesn't matter.
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February 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
To all our Democrats in House and Senate “If you don’t know how to message in this moment, it’s time to pass the torch. If you’re tired of all this, it’s time to give up your seat for someone who’s ready to fight.“ regardless of your age.
Texas measles outbreak rises to 48 cases. It’s the state’s worst in nearly 30 years apnews.com/article/meas...
Texas measles outbreak rises to 48 cases. It's the state's worst in nearly 30 years
The ongoing measles outbreak in West Texas has doubled in size to 48 cases. It's the state's worst in nearly 30 years.
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February 16, 2025 at 5:49 PM
“Every occupying force knows the tactic: If you want to cow a large population, pick one of its most respected citizens and demand he debase himself and pledge fealty.” #DOJ #SDNY #Sasson #Bove #Bondi #EricAdams
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Opinion | Trump’s Legal Shakedowns Won’t End With the Adams Case (Gift Article)
The Justice Department’s loyalty game is new, dangerous and self-defeating.
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February 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
“Every occupying force knows the tactic: If you want to cow a large population, pick one of its most respected citizens and demand he debase himself and pledge fealty.” #DOJ #SDNY #Sasson #Bove #Bondi #EricAdams
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Two overlapping factors appear to be driving Mr. Musk and Mr. Vance in their German forays. #freespeech #Germany
#AfD #EuropeanPolitics
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#AfD #EuropeanPolitics
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Vance and Musk Attack German Consensus on Nazis and Speech (Gift Article)
Vice President JD Vance and Elon Musk have challenged decades-long approaches to political extremism that were designed to prevent another Hitler.
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February 16, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Two overlapping factors appear to be driving Mr. Musk and Mr. Vance in their German forays. #freespeech #Germany
#AfD #EuropeanPolitics
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/w...
#AfD #EuropeanPolitics
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More impeachable offenses: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/w...
Ukraine Rejects U.S. Demand for Half of Its Mineral Resources (Gift Article)
President Volodymyr Zelensky publicly faulted the American proposal because it did not include security guarantees.
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February 16, 2025 at 2:55 PM
More impeachable offenses: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/w...
Not a surprise at all. “Infant mortality in #Texas was 9.4 percent higher after #abortionbans were implemented than would have been expected, the research found.”
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After Abortion Bans, Infant Mortality and Births Increased, Research Finds (Gift Article)
The findings showed the highest mortality occurred among infants who were Black, lived in Southern states or had fetal birth defects.
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February 16, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Not a surprise at all. “Infant mortality in #Texas was 9.4 percent higher after #abortionbans were implemented than would have been expected, the research found.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/h...
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