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jnnielsen.bsky.social
global public health professional by day, climate activist all other times
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Bravery and honesty live

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"Puppets on a Kremlin String?" - Marsh Family adaptation of Coldplay's "Viva la Vida" on Trump/Vance www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvT3...

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Journalists are shining a light on projects of Helen Keller Intl amputated by the closure of USAID. Our work combatting malnutrition in Bangladesh, Nepal and Nigeria and combatting cruel diseases across West Africa will continue. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/o...

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The office of disgrace.

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I'm so ashamed of our government. I'm so in awe of the courage and righteousness of President Zelensky.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Please write your representatives! go.bread.org/page/80018/a...

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I call on my fellow democratic candidates to denounce any county endorsement made without democratic process. I will participate but I won’t stay silent in a broken system. www.nj.com/politics/202...

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www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/o... Dr. Varmus won the Nobel prize for his contributions to the discovery of cancer genes

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www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/o... ….so far what these two billionaires have achieved is to crush the world’s poorest children in a cauldron of confusion and cruelty.

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How beautiful an aspiration is this?

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Maybe some good news? abcnews.go.com/US/judge-tem...

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“We are witnessing one of the worst and most costly foreign policy blunders in U.S. history.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/o...

submitted 24 days ago • 5 comments

This is what Christianity really means. www.christianitytoday.com/2025/02/usai...

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

Shame. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...

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"Elon Musk’s opposition to USAID seems unhinged, like a drunken fool trying to launch rockets at perceived monsters under his own bed. The casual observer might wonder why, what’s so special about USAID to the man throwing Hitler salutes at his political rallies?" ... www.flyingpenguin.com?p=65793

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

USAID isn't charity. It's a foreign policy tool with bipartisan origins that is critical in this dangerous global environment. Gutting it means gutting our ability to compete and keep America safe.

submitted 27 days ago • 65 comments

"A viral claim, spread and amplified by Elon Musk...is a wildly incorrect and misleading interpretation of a different statistic—that 10 percent of USAID payments are made directly to organizations in the developing world." We must debunk [Musk's] claim! www.cgdev.org/blog/no-90-p...

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

Elon Musk's wrecking ball now swings at USAID, vaporizing humanitarian assistance, putting countless lives at risk, threatening to topple America's economic and moral standing and emboldening autocrats around the world. Stand strong for our top humanitarian aid agency.

submitted 28 days ago • 613 comments

Let's make it enormous

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The first segment on the DC plane crash is straight fire from @jonfavs.bsky.social youtu.be/KF-IU6IhH-o?...

submitted 31 days ago • 3 comments

I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world. Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO

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Useful ideas for focusing on how to fight back. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

George Will on “the degree of abject devotion, or paralyzing fear, that Senate Republicans feel regarding Trump. Spines of Foam?      www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

submitted 29 days ago • 86 comments

Listen to this wisdom ! He will lose podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed. open.substack.com/pub/insideme...

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

10 days in to the Trump Admin…and it’s chaos. Congressionally-approved funding for domestic & foreign aid has been FROZEN by Donald Trump. This includes money for fighting infectious diseases that could threaten Americans to global humanitarian aid like FOOD & WATER that saves countless lives.

submitted 30 days ago • 269 comments

Illegal www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

Again thank you Senator Booker for courageously defending the value of foreign aid to our nation and the world

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

Thank you @booker.senate.gov for standing courageously and in a bipartisan manner to defend foreign assistance and it’s immeasurable value to our country and the world

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🔐Foreign assistance is not charity—it is an investment in stability, diplomacy, and American interests. Let your representatives know that you stand for America’s safety. usaidstopwork.com #usaidstopwork

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

Trump’s rapid assault on the international aid system is quickly becoming the most consequential and far-reaching shift in U.S. humanitarian policy since the Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe after World War II, aid groups and government officials warned.

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www.propublica.org/article/trum...

submitted 31 days ago • 1 comment

Also exactly and terrifyingly true www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/o...

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

If it's illegal for the Executive Branch to freeze domestic grants programs appropriated by Congress, isn't it equally illegal to freeze foreign development and humanitarian grants appropriated by Congress? www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/u...

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

Brilliantly said, @agawande.bsky.social, I hope many Americans read your piece and understand what a catastrophe is unfolding for the most vulnerable in the world....and Americans www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

This WSJ Opinion piece is exactly right RFK Jr. has financially benefitted enormously from his antivax activities He is disingenuous about the evidence on vaccines and medical treatments And is dangerous to the health of American children www.wsj.com/opinion/rfk-...

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment