Deb Brinker
@deb-brinker.bsky.social
Environmentalist, activist, nature and animal lover, wildlife rehabber. Retired MD. #climate #guncontrol #reproductivefreedom #democracy #science#publichealth#vaccineaccess VACCINES SAVE LIVES
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Every senator who voted to confirm RFK Jr owns this tragedy. Every single one.
February 27, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Every senator who voted to confirm RFK Jr owns this tragedy. Every single one.
Casey Means is not qualified to be surgeon general. She did not complete a residency and never practiced medicine. She believes and profits from fringe ideas.
Means flat out REFUSED to answer whether she believes there is “no evidence that flu vaccine prevents disease or prevents hospitalization or death in children”, as RFK Jr. said.
The answer is that there is voluminous evidence that it does.
This is quite simply disqualifying.
The answer is that there is voluminous evidence that it does.
This is quite simply disqualifying.
February 25, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Casey Means is not qualified to be surgeon general. She did not complete a residency and never practiced medicine. She believes and profits from fringe ideas.
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Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice
Singing through the bloody mist
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
Directed by Thom Zimny
Edited by Thom Zimny and Samuel Shapiro
Production Footage: Pam Springsteen and Thom Zimny
Singing through the bloody mist
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
Directed by Thom Zimny
Edited by Thom Zimny and Samuel Shapiro
Production Footage: Pam Springsteen and Thom Zimny
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 29, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice
Singing through the bloody mist
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
Directed by Thom Zimny
Edited by Thom Zimny and Samuel Shapiro
Production Footage: Pam Springsteen and Thom Zimny
Singing through the bloody mist
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
Directed by Thom Zimny
Edited by Thom Zimny and Samuel Shapiro
Production Footage: Pam Springsteen and Thom Zimny
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This is what happens when your MAHA policies interfere with your MAGA activities. Shameful all around.
ICE halts "all movement" at Texas detention facility due to measles infections
The measles cases at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center were detected Friday, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to CBS News.
www.cbsnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:39 PM
This is what happens when your MAHA policies interfere with your MAGA activities. Shameful all around.
The senseless killing of an ICU nurse and then smearing his name should attract condemnation from every lawmaker and citizen with a conscience. Enough! Republicans can stop this now!
January 31, 2026 at 6:24 PM
The senseless killing of an ICU nurse and then smearing his name should attract condemnation from every lawmaker and citizen with a conscience. Enough! Republicans can stop this now!
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THEY DID IT. EVERY SENATE DEMOCRAT just voted on an amendment to DEFUND ICE (rescind the BBB slush fund that keeps ICE open during a shutdown.) This amendment failed, but it shows broad support! KEEP CALLING and make it a demand to vote for the DHS funding bill!!
👀 Every Senate Democrat + Collins and Murkowski just voted for the Bernie Sanders amendment to repeal the $75 billion in additional ICE funding under Trump’s “big beautiful bill.” The measure failed 49-51.
January 31, 2026 at 12:23 AM
THEY DID IT. EVERY SENATE DEMOCRAT just voted on an amendment to DEFUND ICE (rescind the BBB slush fund that keeps ICE open during a shutdown.) This amendment failed, but it shows broad support! KEEP CALLING and make it a demand to vote for the DHS funding bill!!
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👀 Every Senate Democrat + Collins and Murkowski just voted for the Bernie Sanders amendment to repeal the $75 billion in additional ICE funding under Trump’s “big beautiful bill.” The measure failed 49-51.
January 30, 2026 at 11:05 PM
👀 Every Senate Democrat + Collins and Murkowski just voted for the Bernie Sanders amendment to repeal the $75 billion in additional ICE funding under Trump’s “big beautiful bill.” The measure failed 49-51.
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January 31, 2026 at 11:53 AM
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Bruce Springsteen in Minneapolis earlier today. Please share and let this ring out from sea to shining sea. ICE out now!
Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Minneapolis live from First Ave, Minneapolis, Jan 30th 2026
YouTube video by Christopher Bungert
www.youtube.com
January 31, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Bruce Springsteen in Minneapolis earlier today. Please share and let this ring out from sea to shining sea. ICE out now!
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Some anti-vaxeers think polio isn’t a big deal.
In the US 1950s, it caused ~20,000 cases of paralysis per year. Iron lungs, crutches, and braces were everyday sites.
The Trump administration wants us back in the 1950s. We can’t forget what that means.
www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...
In the US 1950s, it caused ~20,000 cases of paralysis per year. Iron lungs, crutches, and braces were everyday sites.
The Trump administration wants us back in the 1950s. We can’t forget what that means.
www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...
Polio Was That Bad
One of RFK Jr.’s vaccine advisers recently floated the idea of stopping vaccination against the virus. It would be catastrophic.
www.theatlantic.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Some anti-vaxeers think polio isn’t a big deal.
In the US 1950s, it caused ~20,000 cases of paralysis per year. Iron lungs, crutches, and braces were everyday sites.
The Trump administration wants us back in the 1950s. We can’t forget what that means.
www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...
In the US 1950s, it caused ~20,000 cases of paralysis per year. Iron lungs, crutches, and braces were everyday sites.
The Trump administration wants us back in the 1950s. We can’t forget what that means.
www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...
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When we can get bipartisan support to critically address ICE this is big
Keep the pressure on - call your Senators at 202-224-3121 and tell them to block ICE funding
Or text "SIGN PUXXNZ" to 50409 to send letter, fax or email
Keep the pressure on - call your Senators at 202-224-3121 and tell them to block ICE funding
Or text "SIGN PUXXNZ" to 50409 to send letter, fax or email
January 29, 2026 at 5:50 PM
When we can get bipartisan support to critically address ICE this is big
Keep the pressure on - call your Senators at 202-224-3121 and tell them to block ICE funding
Or text "SIGN PUXXNZ" to 50409 to send letter, fax or email
Keep the pressure on - call your Senators at 202-224-3121 and tell them to block ICE funding
Or text "SIGN PUXXNZ" to 50409 to send letter, fax or email
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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Friends: While ICE leaves cities reeling and families scarred by their violence, Republicans want to fund trump's gestapo instead of funding healthcare for millions.
Let's get 1,000 quick reposts and replies with #FundHealthcareStopICE to make it trend.
Please and thank you! 🙏💪
Let's get 1,000 quick reposts and replies with #FundHealthcareStopICE to make it trend.
Please and thank you! 🙏💪
January 27, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Friends: While ICE leaves cities reeling and families scarred by their violence, Republicans want to fund trump's gestapo instead of funding healthcare for millions.
Let's get 1,000 quick reposts and replies with #FundHealthcareStopICE to make it trend.
Please and thank you! 🙏💪
Let's get 1,000 quick reposts and replies with #FundHealthcareStopICE to make it trend.
Please and thank you! 🙏💪
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Michael & Susan Pretti's statement on their son #AlexPretti 💔💔💔
January 26, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Michael & Susan Pretti's statement on their son #AlexPretti 💔💔💔
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Walz: "I don't care if you are conservative are flying a Donald Trump flag, a libertarian 'Don't Treat on Me,' a Democratic Socialist -- this an inflection point. If we cannot all agree that the smearing of a citizen and besmirching everything they stood for -- someone has to be accountable."
January 25, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Walz: "I don't care if you are conservative are flying a Donald Trump flag, a libertarian 'Don't Treat on Me,' a Democratic Socialist -- this an inflection point. If we cannot all agree that the smearing of a citizen and besmirching everything they stood for -- someone has to be accountable."
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Two statements that are compatible.
a. I don't think concealed carry is a good policy.
b. I do not believe that someone carrying a gun in compliance with a state's gun laws gives federal law enforcement the right to murder them.
a. I don't think concealed carry is a good policy.
b. I do not believe that someone carrying a gun in compliance with a state's gun laws gives federal law enforcement the right to murder them.
January 25, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Two statements that are compatible.
a. I don't think concealed carry is a good policy.
b. I do not believe that someone carrying a gun in compliance with a state's gun laws gives federal law enforcement the right to murder them.
a. I don't think concealed carry is a good policy.
b. I do not believe that someone carrying a gun in compliance with a state's gun laws gives federal law enforcement the right to murder them.
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Elon Musk’s DOGE has:
❌ Forced out 7,000 of the Social Security Administration workers
❌ Abused the Social Security database to falsely mark people as dead
❌ Put the entire Social Security database on an insecure server
❌ Forced out 7,000 of the Social Security Administration workers
❌ Abused the Social Security database to falsely mark people as dead
❌ Put the entire Social Security database on an insecure server
January 23, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Elon Musk’s DOGE has:
❌ Forced out 7,000 of the Social Security Administration workers
❌ Abused the Social Security database to falsely mark people as dead
❌ Put the entire Social Security database on an insecure server
❌ Forced out 7,000 of the Social Security Administration workers
❌ Abused the Social Security database to falsely mark people as dead
❌ Put the entire Social Security database on an insecure server
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I was not prepared for footage of secret police chasing children in their fucking pajamas through the streets and shoving their little faces into snowbanks in subzero temperatures as they handcuff them.
This has to stop.
We have to make this stop.
This has to stop.
We have to make this stop.
ICE detain yet another minor child—chase him down his own street and tackle him to pavement.
"I am legal! I am legal!" he cries over and over in Spanish.
Agent pins the boy down in snow—he desperately tries to keep his exposed hands from freezing at -25°F wind chill temperature.
Minneapolis, MN
"I am legal! I am legal!" he cries over and over in Spanish.
Agent pins the boy down in snow—he desperately tries to keep his exposed hands from freezing at -25°F wind chill temperature.
Minneapolis, MN
January 23, 2026 at 5:59 PM
I was not prepared for footage of secret police chasing children in their fucking pajamas through the streets and shoving their little faces into snowbanks in subzero temperatures as they handcuff them.
This has to stop.
We have to make this stop.
This has to stop.
We have to make this stop.
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We need a full and complete investigation into Renee Good’s death. The DOJ is refusing to do so. It’s yet another disgraceful cover-up.
January 22, 2026 at 12:30 AM
We need a full and complete investigation into Renee Good’s death. The DOJ is refusing to do so. It’s yet another disgraceful cover-up.
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I haven't been back from Texas for 24 hours, and there's 3 new reminders why we shouldn't fund DHS without reforms to force them to obey the law.
1. The arrest of little Liam Ramos
2. More brutal treatment of protesters in Minnesota
3. ICE claiming the power to enter our homes
1. The arrest of little Liam Ramos
2. More brutal treatment of protesters in Minnesota
3. ICE claiming the power to enter our homes
January 22, 2026 at 11:32 PM
I haven't been back from Texas for 24 hours, and there's 3 new reminders why we shouldn't fund DHS without reforms to force them to obey the law.
1. The arrest of little Liam Ramos
2. More brutal treatment of protesters in Minnesota
3. ICE claiming the power to enter our homes
1. The arrest of little Liam Ramos
2. More brutal treatment of protesters in Minnesota
3. ICE claiming the power to enter our homes
She had a pulse for 8 minutes and was denied medical attention by a physician on the scene. Inexcusable.
If this is accurate, Good was killed by a bullet fired after there was any conceivable argument Agent Ross was in the path of her vehicle, which means there was no legal justification for using deadly force. But DOJ says there’s no reason to investigate.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...
Private Autopsy Shows Renee Good Was Shot at Least 3 Times, Lawyers Say
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 10:38 PM
She had a pulse for 8 minutes and was denied medical attention by a physician on the scene. Inexcusable.
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This week’s revelations are just the tip of the iceberg.
We need to know exactly who has our Social Security data and what they are doing with it. And those who have committed illegal acts must be prosecuted.
We need to know exactly who has our Social Security data and what they are doing with it. And those who have committed illegal acts must be prosecuted.
January 22, 2026 at 8:59 PM
This week’s revelations are just the tip of the iceberg.
We need to know exactly who has our Social Security data and what they are doing with it. And those who have committed illegal acts must be prosecuted.
We need to know exactly who has our Social Security data and what they are doing with it. And those who have committed illegal acts must be prosecuted.
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BREAKING: The House passed H.J. Res. 140—stripping protections from the Boundary Waters and handing 225,000 acres to a Chilean mining corp. The Senate is our last chance. 📞 Call: (202) 224-3121, say "Vote NO on H.J. Res. 140." Final stand.
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January 21, 2026 at 10:10 PM
BREAKING: The House passed H.J. Res. 140—stripping protections from the Boundary Waters and handing 225,000 acres to a Chilean mining corp. The Senate is our last chance. 📞 Call: (202) 224-3121, say "Vote NO on H.J. Res. 140." Final stand.
friends-bwca.org/get-involved/take-legislative-action
friends-bwca.org/get-involved/take-legislative-action
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Abolish ICE.
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
January 21, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Abolish ICE.
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This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...