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2 Children Are Dead and 2 Are in Critical Condition in Texas Shooting

2 Children Are Dead and 2 Are in Critical Condition in Texas Shooting www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/u...

Joseph McNeil, Young Spark in a Civil Rights Battle, Dies at 83

We have lost a true American hero. A profile in courage. Rest in power, Joseph McNeil. Joseph McNeil, Young Spark in a Civil Rights Battle, Dies at 83 www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is handing more of his office’s work to costly private lawyers Despite having an office with hundreds of attorneys, Ken Paxton frequently opts to hire private lawyers. One cost taxpayers more than $24,000 in one day.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is handing more of his office’s work to costly private lawyers www.texastribune.org/2025/07/24/k... via @texastribune.org

I am proud to be a member of the American College of Physicians “The time is always right to do what is right.” Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Louisiana hospitals warn Mike Johnson of 'devastation' from megabill

Every major health system in Louisiana is warning Speaker Mike Johnson and the rest of the state's congressional delegation that the Senate GOP's Medicaid cuts "would be historic in their devastation."
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We will not stay silent on vaccines, say leaders of five major U.S. medical associations “We cannot and will not gamble with our patients’ health or the health of our communities,” write the presidents of the AAFP, AAP, ACP, ACOG, and IDSA.

“We will not stay silent on vaccines. We cannot and will not gamble with our patients’ health or the health of communities.” America’s primary care physicians & infectious disease docs speak. @https//www.statnews.com/2025/06/26/vaccine-policy-us-aafp-aap-acp-acog-idsa-presidents/?utm_source=threads

University at Buffalo Hosts Remembrance Conference to Address Gun Violence as a Public Health Crisis - Prime Time Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — From June 6 to 8, 2025, the University at Buffalo’s Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences hosted the third annual Remembrance Conference, a national gathering focused…

Dean ‪@meganranney.bsky.social‬ gave a keynote address at the Remembrance Conference. The event originated from a partnership between the University at Buffalo and Michigan State University, both of which experienced mass shootings near their campuses in recent years.

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Bill Moyers, Presidential Aide and Veteran of Public TV, Dies at 91

Hearkening back to when our leaders had a strong moral compass and true convictions. Well done, Bill Moyers. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/b...

The report, Gun Violence in the United States 2023: Examining the Gun Suicide Epidemic, reveals:
-27,300 firearm suicides
-Rising gun suicide rates among Black & Hispanic youth
-Firearms remain the leading cause of death overall for young people (1–17)

🔗 Report: publichealth.jhu.edu/sites/defaul...

From Temple Emanuel Dallas Senior Rabbi David Stern's Pride Shabbat sermon last Friday: "We are commanded to love the stranger, to love what even might be strange to us — not to endorse, not to understand, but simply to treat with dignity the people God puts in our path. ”

40% of homes have a firearm.

Kids know where they are.

Asking “are they locked up” can save lives.

At least 4 people detained by plainclothes agents Thursday at Dallas immigration court Reporters with The Dallas Morning News on Thursday witnessed agents detain four individuals, including at least two people whose immigration cases were...

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Way to go, Rep. Julie Johnson! Proud you are my representative.

Well done @ejnes.net

Hard to put outrage on a scale but this has to be near the very top. Why? Just why? Dishonoring the memories of the 48,000 Americans who did from gun violence this year and all the years before. Shameful.

HHS plans to cut the national suicide hotline’s program for LGBTQ youth In February, the program received an average of 2,100 contacts per day.

Shameful. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Most school shooters don’t get guns from strangers. They get them from home.

We can change that—by locking up firearms and demanding safe storage.

Because one locked gun could save a life. #ProtectOurChildren

Do you own a gun?

✅ Lock It Up.
✅ Store Ammo Separately.

A basic gun storage measure could save lives. Texas lawmakers should pass it | Opinion Among gun-owning parents who said their children never handled firearms at home, 22% of the children, questioned separately, said they actually had.

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Trump is spending billions on border security. Some residents living there lack basic resources. The president has reportedly urged Congress to pass $175 billion for border security. But residents of Del Rio, Texas, and Douglas, Arizona, say basic needs — like safe drinking water and hospital acc...

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The U.S. Founding Fathers Recognized the Benefits of Immunization—We Need That Same Recognition Today | Annals of Internal Medicine

*Must read. Immunization against infectious organisms has a long tradition in America. To keep our country healthy and safe, we must honor and continue that wise tradition. www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...

“Folks acquire and use firearms against themselves and others, because they’re afraid and hopeless. If we can address the root cause, we can make huge progress.”

@meganranney.bsky.social shares her perspective while attending #JAMASummit.

Opinion | Science Won't Save Itself — We Have to Make It Personal What will it take to convince those who don't spend their lives in hospitals or labs?

*Must read: “if we want others to defend science with us, we must stop relying on rational argument alone and instead acknowledge the human emotions and biases that shape how people view it.” www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...

Where is the dislike intensely button when you need it?

Job well done @billfoxmd.bsky.social Enjoy every moment!

Trump’s immigration crackdown brings throng of protesters to downtown Dallas Thousands of people convened in downtown Dallas on a sunny and warm Sunday afternoon to protest President Donald Trump’s immigration policies in the 2025 Mega...

Proud of my hometown today www.dallasnews.com/news/immigra...

All I can say is that I hope I live long enough for our country to recover from the damage being inflicted by this administration every day.

This will have HUGE consequences for people’s health & wellbeing across the country:

It hamstrings health data systems;
It will cut community support for mental health, substance use, etc;
It hurts our ability to monitor emerging outbreaks;

& more 🛟🩺🧪

BREAKING: SCOTUS has upheld the federal rule on ghost guns in a 7–2 decision—a major win for public safety and common-sense gun laws. Ghost guns have fueled gun violence and evaded accountability for too long.

Today’s decision affirms that these weapons should be regulated like any other firearm.

Supreme Court allows Biden-era regulations for hard-to-trace ghost guns The Supreme Court ruling impacts ghost guns, the largely untraceable firearms used in a growing number of crimes over the past decade.

Much needed abd welcome great news! www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...