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If the U.S. government is going to take the position that, once removed from the United States, folks can’t be brought back, then it sure seems to me that federal courts should be reflexively and categorically barring *all* removals until they’re 100 percent certain that the removals are lawful.

"The notion that taxing Lesotho gemstones is necessary for the U.S. to add steel jobs in Ohio is so absurd that I briefly lost consciousness in the middle of writing this sentence." @dkthomp.bsky.social with keen observations. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Susan Crawford won her seat despite Musk trying to buy it and today @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social launched her Senate Campaign with a viscerally powerful ad about what is possible. Watch this launch video and you will feel the same. youtu.be/p6jOsZPk7pQ

AMAZING NEWS FOR MICHIGAN: Mallory McMorrow @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social is running for Senate!!! mcmorrowformichigan.com

Same. Even folks who knew they were likely going to lose their jobs are shocked at how many others were let go as well.

BREAKING: A federal court ruled that Alabama cannot prosecute people for helping others travel across state lines to access abortion care. This is a win for our freedom of speech and our right to travel freely.

That Pitt episode hit me in my gut. Even if Noah Wyle never wins an award for this role, he will have my enduring admiration for showing the world who we are- and what we have been through. Thank you to everyone to made this show happen.

988 Lifeline - the National suicide and crisis hotline, is supported by SAMHSA at HHS Local treatment for drug addiction is supported by SAMHSA at HHS. Yesterday Trump/Musk/Kennedy cut a BILLION dollars of SAMHSA funding. They say they care mental health and drug addiction. Is that a lie too?

Listening to this in advance of reading their book Abundance. @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social and @dkthomp.bsky.social are so spot on. I am hopeful this helps people crack the code on pragmatic and effective progressivism. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

I just watched this week’s episode of the Pitt. Yes, this is what we do. Yes, this is how we do it. IMHO this one of the most important shows on TV right now. The only way out is through. Let’s start solving these problems together.

There is zero objective evidence so far that any law was broken - but a lot of objective evidence that these clinics were serving the prenatal needs of pregnant patients in Texas. How pro-life….

Did you know @petebuttigieg.bsky.social has a substack? You should subscribe and read- it’s free and it will be good for your blood pressure. petebuttigieg.substack.com/p/im-not-run...

Really proud of the work we are doing at FemInEM to get all EM docs on the same page for reproductive health care. Our resources page is live. Here is our miscarriage management page. Take a look! feminem.org/resources/ea...

Not all heroes wear capes- some wear stethoscopes. www.propublica.org/article/st-l...

That artificial line is also known as a border. So much for strong borders….

"My mom lit up when she saw how it accurately, or at least semi-accurately, depicted what she did," Charles said. "And honestly, it gave me a lot more appreciation for what her and other emergency medicine physicians do on a daily basis." www.medpagetoday.com/popmedicine/...

Still waiting to hear what crime he committed. And I say this as someone who does not in any way remotely hold common political views as Khalil when it comes to Israel.

I will disagree with much of what Mr. Khalil has said publicly and vehemently defend his right to due process. I have listened to much of what he has said with nausea and disgust- and still I will call this out as unacceptable and anti-American.

"Mom, I need to you do a doctor thing for me." 5 minutes later I removed a plastic earbud from my son's ear at our kitchen table. Storyline coming to The Pitt next season...

Really looking forward to the discussion today at 11:40am between @petebuttigieg.bsky.social and @rieckhoff.bsky.social in IG

Trump blames Joe Biden for letting egg prices get out of control and says he's doing his best to bring them back. The girls are not impressed.

The ironic thing is by not providing life saving terminations in the state, doctors in Idaho will transfer all their sick pregnant patients to Washington State, the exact kind of patient dumping EMTALA was enacted to prevent. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

“In its 60 years, Medicaid has swelled from a small program that provided medical care to poor Americans receiving cash assistance to the largest source of public insurance.” An important look into who suffers most from potential Medicaid cuts. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Just posted by President Zelenskyy

A 4-year-old boy died from Ebola in Uganda on Monday, according to a State Department cable viewed by The New York Times. His death comes as the Trump administration has canceled at least four of the five contracts with organizations that helped manage the outbreak in the country.

Asks a senior on Medicare if they want the US to abandon our ability to negotiate drug prices.....

In case you are wondering, my doctor social media is blowing up with updates on measles cases, discussions of all the ways cuts to Medicaid or Medicare will hurt people and the realization that our patients do not understand enough about how they get their healthcare to be prepared for this moment.

With all the chaos, I worry this critically important article will get lost. For decades, fairness has been the guiding principle of the American organ transplant system. But today, officials regularly ignore the rankings. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...