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My latest with Don’t Tread On Kids… I read Project 2025 so you don’t have to (though I recommend everyone should), and defunding Medicaid is only the beginning.

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MAGA stealing Medicaid and SNAP isn't cutting costs for the middle class. MAGA ending tax breaks for families isn't cutting costs for the middle class. MAGA forcing states to raise state taxes to fund programs and services eliminated at the federal level isn't cutting costs for the middle class.

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I got a bit personal this morning, talking about my own journey with depression and why RFK Jr and Donald Trump’s attack on antidepressants is unfounded & dangerous. My latest w/ @donttreadonkids.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/donttrea...

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As I sat and typed my notes, I couldn’t help but wonder… When was the last time anyone asked ME about how MY tummy feels?

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

IMPORTANT: Look 👀 at this new leaf!!!

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

This is arguably the most important article I wish I didn’t have to write.

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Parents: What You Need to Know About Measles @drobrienmd.bsky.social dispels myths and gets into the real talk about how you can protect your little ones from measles! open.substack.com/pub/donttrea...

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I can’t help but pose the question: What is the opposite of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion? A thesaurus would tell us: Uniformity, Inequity, and Omission. That doesn’t sound very American to me.

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Being anti-diversity, anti-equity, and anti-inclusion is literally the same as being racist & pro-segregation. These programs and initiatives and research all exist to make sure equal opportunity is based on merit for all. IT IS LITERALLY THE OPPOSITE OF THE REPUBLICAN ARGUMENT

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Hell isn’t hot enough for Nancy Mace’s wretched excuse of a soul. Sorry.

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Okay maybe this is the best piece I’ve written so far for DTOK @donttreadonkids.bsky.social … it’s comical yet deadly serious. Donald Trump: A Real Life Farquaad? open.substack.com/pub/donttrea...

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Selena Gomez spoke up for “children” and “my people” …and the president is using mourning mothers to attack her and demonize all immigrants. Disgusting.

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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Donald Trump is and always will be a racist piece of shit.

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

They’re stopping WIC payments. WIC provides nutrition (& healthcare) to pregnant women & children under 5. Despite being massively underutilized, >50% of all US babies rely on WIC. Every $1 spent on prenatal WIC benefits saves >$3 in healthcare expenses (mostly to taxpayers) in the 1st yr of life

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I think we are all learning disturbingly quickly how many people in our lives would have done absolutely nothing to prevent the holocaust if we had lived in 1930s Germany…

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I poured a piece of my heart into this one. If it helps just one single reader, it was worth it! Love y’all 🩷

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Don’t Give Up: Michael’s Sunday Sermon — @drobrienmd.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/donttrea...

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What I needed to hear yesterday. @drobrienmd.bsky.social @donttreadonkids.bsky.social

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Trump’s Immigration Policy: An Assault on the Well-Being of Children. @annieandrewsmd.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/donttrea...

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Nancy Mace doesn’t want to talk about how she sleeps with her staffers, sends men to intimidate women who criticize her, calls Capital Police on people who start polite conversation, and is buddies with a literal pedophile… so she bullies trans kids & pediatricians instead.

submitted 37 days ago • 4 comments

The climate crisis is insidious, yes, but we don’t have to lose the plot. The fight isn’t just on Capitol Hill—it’s in our backyards. Read my piece via DontTreadOnKids.org

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Yesterday Donald Trump pulled the United States from the Paris Climate Accords and proclaimed “drill baby drill”. Read ‘Insidious: The Climate Crisis & the Lost Plot’ by @drobrienmd.bsky.social. open.substack.com/pub/donttrea...

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So far I haven’t seen Trump do anything he didn’t promise on the campaign trail. This is what America voted for. It’s still horrific… in fact, maybe it makes it all MORE horrific.

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What could go wrong

submitted 38 days ago • 13 comments

Trump has withdrawn the United States from the World Health Organization. We knew it was coming… still awful. t.co/A2H3dJ1eKX

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So the people screaming about “biology” who clearly know nothing about biology, have now banned the government from recognizing that intersex people exist… when about 1 in 1,500 newborns are intersex. May the dipshittery begin I guess.

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Yeah, so, I hate Christian Nationalism

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Donald Trump says he will sign an EO today that will define some of the most masculine men in my life with beards fuller than my own as women (not even a self own… you should see these dudes) The “what is a woman” crowd is so goddam stupid it is absurd.

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Anyone cheering for mass deportation is cheering for the separation of families… the use of force to remove people from the only home they know… the uprooting of children, of the vulnerable, the elderly. So if you are cheering for mass deportation, kindly fuck off.

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Trans kids in sports should be a nonissue. Total trans athletes per state are in the single digits in 2/3 of states, and the majority of these kids aren’t in contact sports. Meanwhile, an average of 12 kids die from a firearm injury and 32 more survive a gunshot wound DAILY.

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Derek, absolutely!!! There is so much joy and hope to be found through remembering our childhood and empathizing with the world’s current kids.

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We were all kids once, and America’s kids are in the trenches right now. They NEED our help!

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@drobrienmd.bsky.social writes: “Even though you’ve traded in your composition notebooks for an overbooked Outlook calendar, I need you to care about kids.” Read more and subscribe: open.substack.com/pub/donttrea...

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LAUNCHING NOW 🚀— Don’t Tread On Kids, a substack and podcast hosted by @annieandrewsmd.bsky.social & @drobrienmd.bsky.social, dedicated to keeping you informed about all the ways politics continue to impact America’s kids! Go to DontTreadOnKids.org to subscribe and stay up to date!

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👀 @annieandrewsmd.bsky.social

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Got to be blizzard buddies with @annieandrewsmd.bsky.social ❄️

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I feel like my confidence-versus-skill-level for driving in the snow is dangerous… Grew up in Syracuse, NY… Learned to drive in Charleston, SC

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Doing urgent care in Maryland while the Ravens are playing is wild because without looking I could’ve told you exactly when they hit halftime and when the game ended.

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2024 started ROUGH but ended up pretty fantastic… and I’m taking all the good vibes into 2025! I started my first big boy job and moved to a big city by myself, became an obsessive plant parent, and I have the BEST friends supporting me along the way, old & new alike! Cheers!

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My little patient just gave me this adorable drawing of a panda in a Santa hat dangling from a crescent moon and I’m OBSESSED!

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Me in May: “I’m not dating again seriously for at least a year” Me today: picking up a cute man from the airport with a whole stack of Christmas presents for him

submitted 59 days ago • 3 comments

Talk to any physician and they will tell you this is 100% true. There are many times I have to fight with insurance companies to get the safest, most appropriate care for my patients.

submitted 61 days ago • 8 comments

Welp… make that 107 patients in 2 days. The joys of pediatric urgent care during winter break 💀

submitted 61 days ago • 1 comment

Saw 52 patients in 12 hours, stayed an hour after clinic closing, haven’t finished my notes, and I have work again at 10am … y’all ever think maybe you’re working too hard?

submitted 62 days ago • 2 comments