Mary B

Mary B

@mlb00.bsky.social

Medically retired OBGYN. I have opinions! Especially re: women’s health and injustice. Compassion is my passion❤️

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After the White House complained about an unflattering photo of Karoline Leavitt, it was removed from AFP and Getty’s systems. This is the photo in question. Please do not repost it. 👇

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I've been posting about this for a long time. Time to raise awareness again: the SAVE Act would disenfranchise tens of millions of American women (including myself) whose legal names do not match the names on their birth certificates. Lawyers say a Real ID DL wouldn't suffice to be able to vote.

theguardian.comThis one weird trick could stop US women from voting | Arwa MahdawiThe Save Act – which would do the opposite of its title – could have a huge impact on the midterm elections

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Replying to @kevinmkruse.bsky.social

Please do *not* circulate this story that the NC GOP does not want circulated. Please, they have threatened you nicely, please.

ProPublica@propublica.org

NEW: Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well beyond the borders of his state. By @dougbockclark.bsky.social

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Replacing the head of Bureau of Labor Statistics with a stooge, proclaiming that crime is up when it’s down, and taking over the Smithsonian are all about trying to take over facts. But facts are facts whether or not Trumpists agree.

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MUST WATCH: Oceanside CA: Militarized DHS (HSI) smashed windows, assault rifles drawn, tossed flashbangs and sent drones into the apartment which had 2 kids inside. They then told neighbors they were going to use tear gas, and they’d probably be exposed. Please share widely. WTF

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Something spicy & delicious as a taco has gotten under Trumplestiltkin's thin tangerine skin. Seems the master of mean, juvenile nicknames can dish them out but when directed towards him, he can't take it, angrily calling it "nasty."🤣 Good to know. (you know what to do!) 🌮🌮 🌮🌮 🌮🌮 🌮🌮 🌮🌮 🌮🌮 🌮🌮 🌮🌮 🌮

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God: next Gabriel: do You want a break o Lord God: no my grace is tireless Gabriel: ok I have JD Vance with a prayer for You God: oh. Um. Actually I think I hear a sparrow falling Gabriel: it's a wind chime God: I better be sure. Have St. Damien take J.D. Gabriel: the leper dude? God: mmhmmmm

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

"Pope Francis skipped the Vatican’s official meeting with Vice President JD Vance Saturday, instead having his No. 2 give the vice president a lecture on compassion, according to a Vatican statement."

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Detailed takedown of Vance’s fiction-based prosecution of Abrego García. Important to note (but often ignored by media): in 2019, a MD judge granted KAG a "withholding of removal" status due to credible fear of returning to ES, allowing him to legally work & live in the US w/ a DHS work permit.

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social

Over on The Hellsite, JD Vance has now functionally called for an end to due process for migrants. His argument is riddled with deceptions, bad faith, and embarrassingly awful logic. I think it needs a real response, so here's what I put up over there. First, his 20 million number is fiction. 1/

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NEW: Alliance Defending Freedom is urging Trump to cut ties with the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists, org that helps recommend which women's preventive services to cover—including birth control. Letter cites "items that can prevent the implantation of embryos after conception"

jezebel.comFar-Right Group That Helped Overturn 'Roe' Is Officially Going After Birth ControlAlliance Defending Freedom is urging the Trump administration to cut ties with a top gynecologist group that recommends insurance has to cover IUDs and emergency contraception.

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I’ve said this repeatedly but I’ll say it again: if you’re able, get an IUD. it’s easily removed but otherwise lasts for years. (voice of experience here: ask for a paracervical block pre-insertion, and if they refuse, find another dr)

Susan Rinkunas@susanrinkunas.com

NEW: Alliance Defending Freedom is urging Trump to cut ties with the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists, org that helps recommend which women's preventive services to cover—including birth control. Letter cites "items that can prevent the implantation of embryos after conception"

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"With Sadness and Resolve: Why I Resigned as Chief Medical Officer of an #NIH Institute and What Comes Next" www.atsjournals.org/doi/10.1513/... [open access @annalsats.bsky.social ] Powerful essay, including resignation letter by Dr Josh Fessel in the tradition of www.linkedin.com/posts/nathan...

atsjournals.orgWith Sadness and Resolve: Why I Resigned as Chief Medical Officer of an NIH Institute and What Comes Next | Annals of the American Thoracic Society | Articles in Press

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Brilliant protest. Yosemite National Park workers hung an upside-down American flag — traditionally a symbol of distress or a national threat — thousands of feet off the ground on the side of El Capitan.

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