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Mixed Methods Researcher: Health Comm, Narrative Persuasion, & Media Studies | Ph.D. in Comm, Culture & Media Newsletter Editor - Commission on the Status of Women at AEJMC *Views are my own* Website: https://bio.site/AbbyMayer

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When they tell you they plan on throwing out the constitution, believe them.

13.10.2025 02:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15451    ๐Ÿ” 7242    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1167    ๐Ÿ“Œ 492
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Dr. Jane Goodall was a gift to humanity

02.10.2025 13:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 631    ๐Ÿ” 214    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 29    ๐Ÿ“Œ 15
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It turns out that the "Kennedy Curse" was not to have so many die, but to have the stupidest survive.

03.09.2025 16:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2240    ๐Ÿ” 420    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 81    ๐Ÿ“Œ 30
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De Georgiou: And to be clear, the only motive for opposing this bill would be to conceal wrongdoing. You have a choice: stand with the truth or with the lies that have protected predators for decades.

03.09.2025 15:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14488    ๐Ÿ” 4518    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 271    ๐Ÿ“Œ 159

The largest SNAP cuts in history went into effect yesterday, eliminating or drastically cutting food assistance for millions of Americans.

And itโ€™s all to pay for more tax cuts that primarily benefit the super-rich.

Trickle-down economics isn't just a hoax โ€” it's cruel.

02.09.2025 19:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17949    ๐Ÿ” 6707    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 533    ๐Ÿ“Œ 332
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RFK Jr. Vowed to Find the Environmental Causes of Autism. Then He Shut Down Research Trying to Do Just That. While touting a $50 million initiative to identify the causes of autism, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is helping lead an administration that is rolling back protections against pollution and toxic chemicals,...

Epidemiologist Erin McCanlies spent much of the past two decades studying the environmental causes of autism.

Under the leadership of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has promised to find a cause for the condition, her entire division was cut.

30.08.2025 14:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1573    ๐Ÿ” 795    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 58    ๐Ÿ“Œ 50

Seriously.

30.08.2025 02:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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It doesnโ€™t matter whether Joni Ernst is running or anyone else.

I know where I stand, and when I'm in the Senate, I'll never forget about Iowa.

29.08.2025 20:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 340    ๐Ÿ” 85    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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28.08.2025 20:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country โ€“ I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story."

Governor JB Pritzker

25.08.2025 21:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9408    ๐Ÿ” 2456    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 138    ๐Ÿ“Œ 83
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Being against vaccines when diseases are rampant (measles, Covid) is like adding chlorine to the gene pool. Darwin is watching.

19.08.2025 00:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12245    ๐Ÿ” 3063    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 317    ๐Ÿ“Œ 120

๐Ÿ’ฏ

12.08.2025 14:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Kennedy is killing science.

That will end up killing people.

11.08.2025 23:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 599    ๐Ÿ” 164    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 36    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

๐Ÿงช RFK Jr recently said that doctors profit off of vaccines.

The CDC was a target of shooting by a man who blames his health issues on the Covid vaccine. This administration does not believe in real innovation.

This MAHA rhetoric is taking us back decades.

He needs to be removed. Sign and share.

09.08.2025 16:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 130    ๐Ÿ” 53    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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The launch of an important new public resource.

The Anti-Corruption Tracker: Mapping the Erosion of Oversight and Accountability
www.justsecurity.org/117267/anti-...

The Tracker is a living document that will be continually updated.

A screenshot below gives you a sense of the Chart and its data.

23.07.2025 14:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 501    ๐Ÿ” 237    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 13

Seriously. Vance has that circling vulture energy.

21.07.2025 01:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just watched #Sirens. The characters were amusing for sure.

I'm originally from #Buffalo, though; they made Buffalo seem too dysfunctional, IMHO.

Sure, the city has issues, but it's been experiencing an ongoing renaissance during the last decade.

I โค๏ธ ๐Ÿฆฌ

20.07.2025 05:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Reflections on Mentorship CSW AEJMC Survey We are compiling a special feature for our next newsletter, focusing on experiences of mentoring women and non-binary scholars within the AEJMC community. Whether youโ€™ve been a mentor, a mentee, or ha...

#AEJMC & #ComSky, Iโ€™d love your brief (anonymous) reflections on mentoring women & non-binary scholars!

If youโ€™ve been a mentor, mentee, or witnessed positive mentorship, please share: forms.gle/wXydW9if7LdB....

I'm collecting these for the @aejmc-csw.bsky.social newsletter.
@aejmc.bsky.social

19.07.2025 18:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

RFK Jr., is that you? ๐Ÿง

16.07.2025 21:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The Trump regime is about to burn 500 tons of USAID emergency food. Why?
Because it expired after its shipment was delayed.

1.5 million children could have eaten for a week. Now,ย taxpayers will spend $130K for it to be destroyed.

This isnโ€™t just inefficient โ€“ itโ€™s cruel.

15.07.2025 21:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6078    ๐Ÿ” 2471    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 253    ๐Ÿ“Œ 143
Andrea Gibson's, "Birthday"
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๐Ÿ’” Andrea Gibson. Gone way too soon.

youtu.be/ftc46KYnQWE

15.07.2025 19:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm dying. ๐Ÿคฃ I just commented on a post that Cuomo looks like he has hired actors to play New Yorkers as he engages in awkwardly staged and forced conversations with them. Too funny.

15.07.2025 16:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Agreed. Mamdani feels like he is authentically engaged in the community. Cuomo, on the other hand, looks like he has hired actors to play New Yorkers as he engages in awkwardly staged and forced conversations with them. ๐Ÿฅด

15.07.2025 16:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Was that his attempt to copy Mamdaniโ€™s campaign style? Hard pass. These scenes felt like they were straight out of a pharmaceutical ad. ๐Ÿ˜‘

14.07.2025 20:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Pneumonic Plague has returned to the USA.

U.S. Department of "Health" and Human Services, how long before you suggest we pass out plague masks? #antihealth

12.07.2025 15:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Accurate vibe check.

12.07.2025 12:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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BREAKING: Scientists are staging a โ€œscience fairโ€ in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.

08.07.2025 15:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 40582    ๐Ÿ” 11373    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1093    ๐Ÿ“Œ 864

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