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Susan Avila

@noinjury.bsky.social

Retried nurse and health activist

26 Followers  |  61 Following  |  6 Posts  |  Joined: 08.01.2025
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People, armed only with whistle & conscience, are putting our bodies where our beliefs are not because someone told us about egg prices (we shop, we know) but because of moral imperative to stop evil.

01.02.2026 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 88    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
MAHA Wins

MAHA Wins

21.12.2025 02:01 β€” πŸ‘ 8696    πŸ” 3576    πŸ’¬ 240    πŸ“Œ 146
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"when residents of Cook County are being violently abused by cowardly masked federal agents...and access to emergency departments & health care services is reduced because of the justified fear of residents...it is your duty to lead." To Cook County Health bit.ly/dec19statement @hmprg.bsky.social

19.12.2025 22:52 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Chicago is choosing justice over fear, as it has in the past (1).pdf

Here is the link to the PDF verison of the OP ED in case you can't get full access to the article. drive.google.com/file/d/10ZRO...

14.10.2025 03:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ“» Listen to @wbez.org! Dr. Claudia M. Fegan & Dr. Linda Rae Murray have been invited to speak with 91.5 WBEZ's Sasha-Ann Simons on her show, In the Loop, Tues 10/14, ~9:20-9:40 am CT. @sashaannsimons.bsky.social

14.10.2025 00:53 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Chicago is choosing justice over fear, as it has in the past In 1850, the federal government deputized local officials to enforce slavery. In 2025, it demands cooperation in deportation. Chicago resisted nearly two centuries ago, and it still is today.

🧊 ICE is going after sick or injured patients in Chicago hospitals!

πŸ₯ We need a model citywide policy to protect patients, families, and staff from harassment or unlawful detention + rebuild public trust in our health institutions as safe havens FOR ALL.

Read Dr Claudia Fegan & Dr Linda Murray ‡️

14.10.2025 00:41 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet wings back landing on a Jack Pine.

Ruby-crowned Kinglet wings back landing on a Jack Pine.

White-throated Sparrow perched on a branch facing towards the viewer.

White-throated Sparrow perched on a branch facing towards the viewer.

Northern House Wren on a dried Cup Plant leaf

Northern House Wren on a dried Cup Plant leaf

Northern House Wren on a stump

Northern House Wren on a stump

LBJ* season begins at Jarvis Bird Sanctuary, Chicago. 9/30/2025
#Birds

*LBJ = Little Brown Jobs

30.09.2025 23:20 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Families Are Beautiful
YouTube video by National Education Association Families Are Beautiful

Families Make America Beautiful.
Please share widely and see you out this weekend! #NoKingsDay

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B8X...

13.06.2025 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 88    πŸ” 49    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 5

Americans across races, backgrounds, and parties value our freedoms. But this MAGA regime of the bullies for the billionaires unleashed military & police on American families & turned our government into a weapon against our people.

08.06.2025 23:42 β€” πŸ‘ 325    πŸ” 91    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

We must join together to demand our leaders stop this assault on our freedoms, our families, and our futures.
#FreeAmerica

08.06.2025 23:42 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Free America from wages we can't live on & rent we can't pay.
Free America from this regime of the bullies, for the billionaires, by the bribes.
Free America from the hate they peddle to divide us.
Free America from the abductions, tearing apart families.

08.06.2025 23:47 β€” πŸ‘ 55    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Disappeared In America A mother and her three children were seized by ICE in a pre-dawn raid near Trump’s border czar Tom Homan’s home, despite deep roots in their community. After ten days in a Texas detention center and a...

#DisappearedInAmerica Immigrants embody the best of America. Yet today, they are being targeted, detained, and disappeared in plain sight. If we stay silent, we risk far more than the lives of those being taken
theimmigrationhub.shorthandstories.com/disappeared-...

05.06.2025 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

CHICAGOIANS STANDING UP TO ICE!! Don’t let them erase this. Share this everywhere!

05.06.2025 03:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1789    πŸ” 778    πŸ’¬ 90    πŸ“Œ 45
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Joni Ernst posts sarcastic apology video following comments that 'we all are going to die' Ernst, a Republican, posted a video to her Instagram story on Saturday, May 31, where she spoke directly to camera about the incident

It’s in the Des Moines Register. I was certain that it had to be a deep fake, but it’s real. Unbelievable.

www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/p...

31.05.2025 23:14 β€” πŸ‘ 517    πŸ” 119    πŸ’¬ 81    πŸ“Œ 11
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The Global North is increasingly unsafe for global health meetings American civil rights activist Maya Angelou once wrote, β€œprejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future, and renders the present inaccessible”.1 At a time of unprecedented national...

This is a piece that I wished @shashikalb.bsky.social , Nhial Deng, and I did not have to write

The Global North is increasingly unsafe for global health meetings

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... via @thelancet.bsky.social

03.05.2025 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 167    πŸ” 94    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4
The $140 Billion A Year of Waste That DOGE Won't Touch
Dr. Mehmet Oz, the recently-confirmed administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. says that he wants to expand Medicare Advantage β€” a prog... The $140 Billion A Year of Waste That DOGE Won't Touch

youtu.be/IzapflBvR9A

21.04.2025 18:02 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Corporate health insurance is a scam.

Instead of cutting hundreds of billions of dollars from Medicaid, Congress should tackle a *real* source of waste: the so-called β€œMedicare Advantage” program.

Take action: pnhp.org/SaveMedicaid

21.04.2025 18:02 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Home care worker from Central IL Jenny: Our nation’s veterans rely on Medicaid health care when their VA doesn’t cover it. I know how devastating cuts to home services would be. Loss of food and transportation. Voters want to see Medicaid protected not cut. Darin LaHood needs to hear our voices.

21.04.2025 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ashley is here to hold Cong Darin LaHood accountable for attacking #Medicaid and not holding a town Hall mtg. Andrew’s history perspective makes him concerned about who has power in the US. #Bloomington IL #SaveMedicaidLahoood

21.04.2025 17:21 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The faces of real people who will be hurt if Medicaid is cut are being taped to the office of LaHood. Rep LaHood keeps saying no one will be hurt. @apha.org #saveMedicaidLahood

21.04.2025 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Elijahβ€”As a case worker, β€œtax the rich if you want to balance the budget. We stand with you.”

21.04.2025 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Today 4/21 12:30 pm CT Action in Illinois to defend Medicaid and hold Cong Darin LaHood accountable for his brutal attack on health care especially for people with disabilities, seniors, & providers. @apha.org @gregggonsalves.bsky.social @profe-ornelas.bsky.social @defendpublichealth.bsky.social

21.04.2025 15:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@wesleyepplin.bsky.social

07.04.2025 04:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We stand up for each other @checookcounty.bsky.social

07.04.2025 02:57 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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CHECookCounty.org leaders and friends rallied and joined the massive march starting at standing room only and into the streets Daley Plaza #Chicago #HealthEquity #organize #TeslaTakedown @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social

05.04.2025 19:32 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Eliesmash

21.02.2025 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 328    πŸ” 97    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4
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How Trump β€œWon” The Anesthetized Anti-MAGA Majority

My new deep dive on how Trump β€œwon” the popular vote.

I put β€œwon” in quotes because it wasn’t his win, but Harris’s loss. The results were not a β€œswing right” embracing Trump/MAGA, but a vote of no confidence in Democrats (and in our system as a whole).

www.weekendreading.net/p/how-trump-...

04.01.2025 17:59 β€” πŸ‘ 938    πŸ” 360    πŸ’¬ 93    πŸ“Œ 116
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🚨 BREAKING: After torpedoing yesterday’s meeting with Zelensky, JD Vance fled to Vermont for vacationβ€”only to be met by hundreds of furious protesters.

Couldn’t have happened to a better guy!

01.03.2025 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 16364    πŸ” 3037    πŸ’¬ 671    πŸ“Œ 651
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American people protest at JD Vance’s vacation spot where he headed after Zelenskyy meeting.

β€œVance is a traitor, go ski in Russia”

Concerning…

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