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gretchenpatrick.bsky.social
Native Washingtonian, dog lover, wife, mother of daughters. Retired RN/public health nurse. Knitter, spinner, wannabe weaver. Fan of British mystery shows, books, museums, and sunshine. Science is real and doesn't care about your opinions.
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Start with them.

submitted 13 hours ago • 315 comments

The CDC all-hands was supposed to be now. To CDC leadership: RFK Jr. is waging war on public health. He doesn’t value science—or you. You have power. Use it. When your grandkids ask, “What did you do during the Trump regime?” What will you say?

submitted 12 hours ago • 3 comments

They all knew he was a lying nutcase.

submitted 12 hours ago • 0 comments

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem called Los Angeles a “city of criminals” and not a city of immigrants. But like its name, Los Angeles is a city of angels. We protect and look out for one another, especially the most vulnerable.

submitted 14 hours ago • 1031 comments

Why are we so concerned that all 17 members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) were fired at the same time? ✅ Loss of top-notch vaccine experts ✅ Unchecked power for 🧠🪱 to appoint grifters and charlatans who will make America sicker

submitted 1 day ago • 15 comments

Marine veterans are speaking out against the troop deployment in Los Angeles. Across the country, they’re taking down their American flags that have flown in front of their homes for years. Remember, we have friends everywhere.

submitted 1 day ago • 760 comments

Health insurance companies have lost the trust of the American people, and for good reason. They can begin to restore it by ensuring that access to vaccines remains covered and ignoring the quackery and utter nonsense likely to come from Kennedy’s new vaccine committee.

submitted 18 hours ago • 32 comments

It’s Taco Tuesday.

submitted 7 days ago • 164 comments

Here is an otter learning to get your day off to the right start.

submitted 7 days ago • 204 comments

submitted 16 days ago • 150 comments

Start every day with this reality: EVERY HOUSE SEAT and 33 Senate seats are up for election in 2026. THAT must be the focus. Let’s get disciplined. #LeaveNoPowerOnTheTable ballotpedia.org/United_State...

submitted 17 days ago • 630 comments

Taken hostage, against her will, is really what is happening. 🤬🤬🤬😭💔🙏🏼 We besss get busy.

submitted 17 days ago • 14 comments

So the MAGA Murder Budget passed. Get ready y’all. They’re coming for you.

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

Coward. Hold her accountable.

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

As always, all the Trump administration puffery about "peace" just distracts from the real story: they have done just what Putin wanted and ended arms supplies to Ukraine.

submitted 21 days ago • 15 comments

Deep breath, everyone.

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

Never forget the Kushner family “special relationship” is friendly with the people who murdered and dismembered a journalist. @booker.senate.gov needs to be held accountable for what at the very least is an appalling lack of honor.

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

So Cory Booker can be bought. His votes to confirm R nominees have been frustrating but this one shows more than a lack of judgement. I’ve been a Democrat for decades and understand the value of bipartisan when it’s warranted. Right now we need solid opposition to fascism.

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

Republicans want to kick millions off their health care, but they also want to shut down Planned Parenthood, an essential health care provider. We're speaking out. NO to Medicaid cuts. NO to closing hospitals. NO to kicking kids off health care. And—NO to DEFUNDING PLANNED PARENTHOOD.

submitted 26 days ago • 12 comments

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submitted 29 days ago • 18 comments

Serious question for the people still flying…do you feel safe? Or just playing the odds? Or have no choice but to take the risk? I know pilots would never knowingly fly an unsafe plane, but Doge, Musk, and whoever now controls the FAA don’t care if we live or die.

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

Now, the Yakama Nation will co-own and co-manage parts of the 3,600-acre Springwood Ranch with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. This will be the first land in Washington to be co-owned and co-managed by a tribe and the state.

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

So let me get this straight: masks are bad and un-American if worn to fight a pandemic, but good if worn by people claiming to be government agents when they kidnap people off the street

submitted 31 days ago • 1027 comments

Yes, there will be a test. Every single day. Let's not fail.

submitted 36 days ago • 21 comments

Well, I had an interesting Sunday night, how 'bout you?

submitted 37 days ago • 1732 comments

And that all was before the lunacy we saw this morning.

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

Ex-Washington Post editorial cartoonist @anntelnaes.bsky.social, who quit her job because the paper killed her cartoon mocking billionaires - including Post owner Jeff Bezos - for bowing to Trump, just won the Pulitzer Prize.

submitted 36 days ago • 9 comments