Nurse educator. Public health defender. Keeper of the flame ๐ฅ #NoRFKJrForHHS #ProtectOurHealthcare #FamiliesBelongTogether #BlackLivesMatter #EndGunViolence #ReproFreedom
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Grandparents must lead on vaccines. We remember the dangers of vaccine preventable diseases. Our message- it is crucial that every child be vaccinated following the AAP childhood immunization schedule. @donnagaffney.bsky.social and my op-ed is here: www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/us-v...
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Grandparents must lead on vaccines. We remember the dangers of vaccine preventable diseases. Our message- it is crucial that every child be vaccinated following the AAP childhood immunization schedule. @donnagaffney.bsky.social and my op-ed is here: www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/us-v...
@nurseteria.bsky.social www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/us-v...
Happening right now at the CDC WE LOVE YOU CDC!! These are our heroes and they save lives every single day. @nursesforamerica.bsky.social @meidastouch.com @maddow.msnbc.com @msnbc.com @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ7Q...
This is an interview I did that took place about 2 hours following RFK Jr's Finance Committee confirmation hearing. Eerily but not surprising, all predictions have come true. Just as our brave CDC warriors are speaking up in defense of public health, it is imperative for nurses to do the same!
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After the Wednesday massacre at the CDC, Senator Patty Murray calls for the immediate firing of RFK Jr, a public health terrorist. Enough is enough! We agree. Please sign this petition and share it. www.change.org/p/rfk-jr-mus...
RFK Jr will surely go down as the most deadly HHS Secretary in U.S. history. FACT: The COVID mRNA vaccines are estimated to have saved 2.5 million to 14.4 million lives worldwide. Join @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social -- SIGN and SHARE this petition. www.change.org/p/rfk-jr-mus...
MORE LIES. NOTE TO SELF- if ever in trouble, simply say what they want to hear and you will get a cushy deal like a prison cell with benefits. #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
It's happy Sherrod Brown day! Please join @nursesforamerica.bsky.social and make a donation to help defeat a Republican Senator. We must flip the Senate in 2026 and the path goes through Ohio. Click, contribute, and share!
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Thought DOJ was supposed to release portions of Epstein files today and instead thereโs an FBI raid on Bolton. I call distraction. Here we go again.
So, @tinakotek.bsky.social OREGON has 1 red seat. If Missouri goes after @repcleaver.bsky.social seat, we MUST get. caught. trying. YES! Stand up for democracy! Turn Oregon completely BLUE. Your silence speaks volumes.
I loved this when it first came out and I still love it! Thanks for reposting.
Warning โ ๏ธ DON'T follow RFK Jr down the yellow brick road. He's a danger and a menace. Instead, sign the @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social petition www.change.org/p/rfk-jr-mus... @defendpublichealth.bsky.social @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social @nationalnurses.bsky.social @studentsforsci.bsky.social
The next time goofy RFK Jr and his uninformed cronies say vaccines cause autism, point them in the direction of this article. Once again RFK Jr uses the power of the podium to discredit vaccine safety. @defendpublichealth.bsky.social @apha.org www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Join @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social and sign our petition to oust RFK Jr. Sharing is appreciated. #ImpeachRFKJrNow www.change.org/p/rfk-jr-mus...
This is why he says heโll offer Ukraine military protection. Itโs a ploy to bring the US into the war- sooner than 2026 so he can rig that election too. Keep your eyes ๐ wide open. Meanwhile Epstein files are not going away-release the files!
NEWSOM is calling for ALL dem Governors to step up. So am I.
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REJECT MAHA! Please join Defend Public Health and send this letter to your member of Congress TODAY! Please share the IHAT (Improving the Health of Americans Together) report far and wide! @studentsforsci.bsky.social @nursesforamerica.bsky.social www.defendpublichealth.org/resource/imp....
This is what true public health looks like. Hint-Itโs not MAHA and itโs not RFK Jr! Thanks @defendpublichealth.bsky.social and @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I donโt believe him!
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#FreeDC Get it trending Blue Sky peeps! www.cnn.com/politics/liv...
Please sign the petition to oust RFK Jr and share it! Enough!! www.change.org/p/rfk-jr-mus...
Sign our petition!!! www.change.org/p/rfk-jr-mus...
While CDC employees are gunned down, RFK Jr goes fishing! Seriously, he is a menace in every sense of the word. Please help @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social get the word out @meidastouch.com and @dworkin.bsky.social Please sign and share this petition! www.change.org/p/rfk-jr-mus...
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The physicians aren't messing around when it comes to the abusive and demented RFK Jr and nurses are right by their side. Please watch and share this important video. Sign the petition here: www.change.org/p/rfk-jr-mus... www.youtube.com/shorts/0B2uh...
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They do. Billionaires have options. They can fly to another country to get the best care in the world. They can afford private duty 24 hour round the clock nurses. They have unlimited resources for medications. And they have covert connections with pharma that are not afforded to the rest of us.
If you haven't signed please do.
Now RFK Jr has cut funding for mRNA vaccine research intended to find a means to PREVENT cancers and HIV! Stand with the doctors and nurses Sign and share the petition to remove RFK Jr as HHS Secretary www.change.org/p/rfk-jr-mus...
Sign this petition! RFK Jr must go! www.change.org/p/rfk-jr-mus...
Pediatrician Dr. Arthur Lavin on child health and the national nonprofit, Grandparents for Vaccines. So proud to be a leader in the group. Grandparents are famous for only wanting the BEST for our grandkids and that includes vaccines to keep them healthy! grandparentsforvaccines.com JOIN US!
First action of resistance today is to join the over 20,000 signers on this petition. RFK Jrโs policies are backwards and cruel. Please sign and share! @meidastouch.com @maddowblog.msnbc.com @nationalnurses.bsky.social www.change.org/p/rfk-jr-mus...
The problem with RFK Jr is not that cancer screenings are too woke, it is that he isn't awake. Every day he proves his ignorance and cruelty. Please join the thousands who have signed this petition-RFK JR must be removed! www.change.org/p/rfk-jr-mus... @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social
Can't handle the truth then of course, fire the messenger. Numbers don't lie. Do your own research. Are you paying more or less for groceries than you did in 2024? Are prescription drug costs up or down? REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER. VOTE EVERY REPUBLICAN OUT OF OFFICE!
Bravo @jonathancapehart.bsky.social for your brilliant last word tonight. You are definitely my people. Silence and optimism are not options when we are surrounded by a five alarm fire. ๐จ ๐ฅ Speak up while we still can. Itโs imperative we each do our part to save democracy.
Why limit gerrymandering to CA and NY for Dโs? Hell we have CD 2 in OR! Spill out some of Multnomah County to Eastern OR and letโs take that seat too. @oregondems.bsky.social @tinakotek.bsky.social The fate of our country is at stake. Time to restore democracy!!!
New resource from the Autism Society that helps to refute all the disinformation coming from HHS and RFK Jr. Follow the facts not those who try to make a buck off of others' misfortunes. Vaccines do not, I repeat DO NOT cause autism!
The new normal facing our children- HUNGER @donnagaffney.bsky.social and I use Lulu, a fictional character to illustrate the cruelty of the GOP Congress. Weโre no longer a society founded on compassion. Click link for op-ed in @usatoday.com ๐๐ข www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Congrats to @nurseteria.bsky.social and @donnagaffney.bsky.social on publishing another Op-Ed! This time for USA Today! www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
My colleagues @nurseteria.bsky.social & @donnagaffney.bsky.social wrote an important Op-Ed about the impact of SNAP cuts. The GOP canโt claim the mantle of โMAHAโ when they undercut SNAP.
Traitor Johnson is a liar. Traitor Johnson is a monster. Who cuts programs that provide kids with healthcare as food! www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
โAs health care professionals we see the long-term effects of food insecurity. Nutrition affects every aspect of childrenโs growth & development & long-term well-being. Calories, protein, vitamins & minerals affect bone and muscle growth.โ By @nurseteria.bsky.social & @donnagaffney.bsky.social
The new normal facing our children- HUNGER @donnagaffney.bsky.social and I use Lulu, a fictional character to illustrate the cruelty of the GOP Congress. Weโre no longer a society founded on compassion. Click link for op-ed in @usatoday.com ๐๐ข www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
In today's East Oregonian pediatrician @wendyhassonmd.bsky.social and I write how Medicaid cuts hurt Oregonians. Oregonians donโt want to save money by losing healthcare. Ask Rep. Bentz, who voted yes, what his plan is to keep Oregonians healthy in light of these extreme cuts that he supported๐ก
Thank you!!
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Oh, but he hasn't given this a thought. As his personal top official in DOJ meets with the convicted sex trafficker who perjured herself a second time. Say it with me: LIAR IN CHIEF! FIRE THE LIAR!! www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
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At the appropriate time -- CODE for when FOTUS needs a distraction.
@brucemirken.mas.to.ap.brid.gy warns of the new HIV/AIDS pandemic that may be upon us due to FOTUS and RFK Jr "draconian cuts to HIV/AIDS research, prevention, and foreign aid"! @defendpublichealth.bsky.social @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social @nursesforamerica.bsky.social 48hills.org/2025/07/are-...
We don't have a Department of Justice. We have a Department of Crime.
Would love to get my broom ๐งนout and sweep the entire GOP out of Congress. WORTHLESS and DANGEROUS. Either that or send them in a rocket ship๐ to outer spaceโ๏ธ, never to return to earth. We deserve better. #VoteTheGopOut
Sharing this piece I co authored with @timothyholtz.bsky.social When we entered our professions, we made a vow to protect and promote life. These commitments bind us to act in the best interest of every patient, and โfirst do no harm.โ We will keep speaking out! @defendpublichealth.bsky.social
Another reason why the measles case count is most likely much higher than reported by CDC. ๐ก
Thank you!!
Pickets and protests should be planned outside EVERY SINGLE GOP local office throughout the summer recess. Notify the local media. Shout it from the rooftops! #ReleaseEpsteinFiles #UnfitToServe #VoteforYourConstituentsNotYourself
Doubled my sustaining donation to PBS this weekend. Have you?
GOP are dumber than a box of rocks. Vote them all out!
FOTUS has an Epstein-Barr problem and I am not talking about the virus ๐ฆ
Keeping focus. #TrumpIsOnEpsteinList
Iโd love to have an economist take the number of average income Americans x taxes they each pay divided into the $3 trillion tax cut given to the wealthy. THIS IS SO WRONG ๐
Part of the billion dollar BBB!!!! And they claw back funding for PBS. We cannot let the evil GOP get away with this shit! Vote them all out!!!!
Excellent show. Could listen the rest of the afternoon. There is HOPE! BTW, really wish you would consider asking the founder of Grandparents for Vaccines on your show. Dr. Arthur Levin is an amazing pediatrician with lots of vaccine experience and knowledge. We must fight the lies from RFK Jr.
Sorry I didnโt see me?
Appalling that the Democrats in power cannot read the room. Instead of replacing Schumer they diss our up and coming young future leaders. We are looking for fresh ideas AND more diversity AND pushback to this evil administration! Get with the program Democrats!
My new favorite song, well at least the first few lines๐ Could this be the beginning of the end!!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ioyv...
Contrary to popular MSM belief, this is NOT a minor vein condition. It can lead to blood clots and pulmonary embolism. It also causes pain, discomfort and reduced quality of life. Hmm, roosters home to roost?
YES I am a feminist, a nurse, a proud supporter of women and reproductive rights! Please include me.
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GOP CONGRESS do your damn job! Vote NO on the rescission package for starters. Release the Epstein files. Fund NIH research. AND FGS remove RFK Jr before he kills our kids. 2026 cannot get here fast enough. www.youtube.com/watch?v=B__a...
Fire or remove RFK Jr now! Please sign and share. @nationalnurses.bsky.social @nursesforamerica.bsky.social @meidastouch.com @apha.org @drsforamerica.bsky.social @mollyjongfast.bsky.social @studentsforsci.bsky.social @nurseswhovax.bsky.social www.change.org/p/rfk-jr-mus...
MSNBC reports that there's some real panic in the White House right now; a lot of people have gone quiet, a lot of people have gone dark, but they recognize that the MAGA turmoil over Trump's Epstein cover-up is not going away anytime soon. GOOD! Donโt let the โautopenโ distract. STAY FOCUSED!
Cc @defendpublichealth.bsky.social @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social @nurseteria.bsky.social @gregggonsalves.bsky.social #pfas
What a day.
Just thought you might want to see this. Also @nursesforamerica.bsky.social is hosting a zoom postcard party to write cards to VA voters to GOTV- hey, that's you! Nurses are furious with @repjenkiggans.bsky.social for many reasons, not the least her vote on the BIG AWFUL BILL.
Join us! Sign up at nursesforamerica.net
I agree but the GOP physicians are part of the cult ๐คฏ๐ก
Nurses aren't having it with RFK Jr's lies and incompetence. @nursesforamerica.bsky.social sent this letter to Chair Cassidy, Ranking Member Sanders and all members of the HELP Committee to demand he resign or be fired. Healthcare demands integrity, accountability, honesty the antithesis of RFK Jr!
FOTUS Lethal Agenda: *No USAID *Highest measles rates in 30 years *Jails innocents in concentration camps *Defunds NOAA and FEMA *Celebrates Medicaid and SNAP cuts *Terminates life saving research *Pregnancy = death in many states Cannot wait to tell him YOUโRE FIRED โผ๏ธ
Listen to nurses, the MOST trusted messengers. RFK Jr must be replaced with someone who respects evidence and protects public trust. Read article below here: archive.is/XD28I www.post-gazette.com/opinion/gues...
Project 2026 begins in 2025! Elect @abigailspanberger.com and @mikiesherrill.bsky.social as Governors of VA and NJ and make sure every Supreme Court seat goes BLUE. We can't afford the policies of any and I mean any single Republican. VOTE THE GOP OUT. It is on us to make it happen and we will!
Can you hit repost? Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn't want you to know the name of her opponent but will try every desperate attempt to save her seat. My name is Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, farmer, and I'm running against MTG. Can you share and follow me?
RFK Jr must be replaced! www.post-gazette.com/opinion/gues...
@nursesforamerica.bsky.social will never be silenced. Shame on these Republicans who call themselves nurses and then turn their backs on the most needy and vulnerable in our society. @repjenkiggans.bsky.social and Rep. Sheri Biggs your yes votes today were a direct assault on those you care for.
Hey @kenmartin.bsky.social hereโs your TV ad! You can split screen it with starving kids and sick elderly on the other side.
Attention @repdonbacon.bsky.social Your constituents are confused. They thought you were THEIR representative NOT Trumpโs!!
Yes all fixed ๐
CALL CALL CALL YOUR REPS! THE VOTE HASN'T HAPPENED YET, PEOPLE here's the number: (202) 224-3121
LOL that is not in my job description as a nurse.
RFK Jr must be replaced. NOW!! Read with this link: archive.is/XD28I www.post-gazette.com/opinion/gues...
Just wrote to editor to ask that be fixed. Thank you.