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Scotty P @scottdirects.bsky.social · 5d

Omg. This is amazing. AMAZING!

Scotty P @scottdirects.bsky.social · 16d

Measles can cause a fatal brain disease years after initial infection, wipe out the body’s immune memory, making people vulnerable to other infections, and can cause permanent hearing loss, blindness, or brain injury from encephalitis.

WE ARE AT A 33 YEAR HIGH.

www.npr.org/2025/10/12/n...

U.S. measles cases continue to climb, with outbreaks across the country

In South Carolina, more than 150 unvaccinated schoolkids are under quarantine after being exposed to measles. Across the U.S., total case counts could be even higher than the official number.

www.npr.org

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Scotty P @scottdirects.bsky.social · 20d

Listening to oral arguments on conversion therapy at SCOTUS and it is pretty clear to me that Republicans don’t necessarily want to kill us….they just want us to kill ourselves. #SCOTUS #ConversionTherapyKills

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Scotty P @scottdirects.bsky.social · 21d

With listening to “Worlds Beyond Number,” re-watching “Escape from the Bloodkeep” and my hubby playing Ghost of Yōtei, it feels like @erikaishii.bsky.social has moved in with us! (Not complaining!!!)

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Scotty P @scottdirects.bsky.social · 26d

This Planned Parenthood clinic in eastern Oregon is a lifeline for its community and now Medicaid cuts might force it to close. People will lose access to basic care, especially in places already under-served. #HealthEquity #RuralCare #Medicaid

oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/10/01/o...

One eastern Oregon clinic is a health care ‘lifeline.’ Medicaid cuts threaten its existence • Oregon Capital Chronicle

Oregon Planned Parenthood affiliates depended on about $17 million in Medicaid funding in the 2024 fiscal year.

oregoncapitalchronicle.com

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Scotty P @scottdirects.bsky.social · 27d

Trump and RFK are pushing junk science to shame and control pregnant people—reviving old tactics to criminalize women’s bodies. Fear and misinformation aren’t harmless; they’re political weapons. #ReproJustice #ScienceMatters

msmagazine.com/2025/10/02/t...

Trump and RFK’s Pseudoscience Is Another Tool to Control Women

From Tylenol fear-mongering to criminalizing pregnancy, Trump's junk science is fueling new attacks on women’s health and autonomy.

msmagazine.com

Scotty P @scottdirects.bsky.social · 28d

The VA just told its doctors they can’t even refer trans vets to outside providers for gender-affirming care. That’s not a small change, it's intentionally cutting people off from care they need to survive. #ProtectTransVets

www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/10/va-b...

VA bans doctors from referring trans veterans to private gender-affirming care providers - LGBTQ Nation

The cost of this new policy will be measured in human lives.

www.lgbtqnation.com

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sirosenbaum.bsky.social @sirosenbaum.bsky.social · Aug 18

fun fact: the "gauntlet" that you run is not the same "gauntlet" that you throw down. Etymologically unrelated but became the same word with two meanings when both were borrowed into English bc they sounded alike.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · Aug 18

You ‘run the gamut’ and ‘run the gauntlet.’

You don’t ‘run the gambit.’

gamut = entire range or series

gauntlet = severe trial

Gambit = Alpha-level mutant who can convert potential energy to kinetic energy

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jflem2.bsky.social @jflem2.bsky.social · Aug 18

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Rolling Back Roe v. Wade Is a Conservative Blueprint to Strip Away Other Fundamental Rights (Splinter)

Since the Supreme Court's 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization overturned Roe v. Wade, a tightly knit ecosystem of conservative liti...

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Scotty P @scottdirects.bsky.social · Jul 27

#FantasticFourFirstSteps was brilliant! Loved it, no notes (other than wanting to see more fighting…)

a poster for fantastic four shows a man covered in flames

ALT: a poster for fantastic four shows a man covered in flames

media.tenor.com

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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · Jul 14

I was told that the 'woke' politics of Superman would hurt it at the box office.

Turns out people actually *like* it when their superheroes are 'woke'.

www.cnn.com/2025/07/12/b...

‘Superman’ smashes box office expectations, soaring towards $130 million opening | CNN Business

It’s not a bird or a plane — it’s the latest “Superman” movie soaring towards the top of the box office.

www.cnn.com

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Scotty P @scottdirects.bsky.social · Jul 12

#superman hey comics friends. I saw a post a few days ago (Clark Kent sitting in an office chair, messy desk behind him, costume peaking out of his white shirt…) and I can’t find it or the artist!!! Help? #comics #comicbookart

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Scotty P @scottdirects.bsky.social · Jul 9

I'm attending John Lewis Actions's event, “GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON IN HILLSBORO” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/john-lewis-a...

GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON IN HILLSBORO · John Lewis Actions

Good Trouble Lives On is a national day of nonviolent action to respond to the attacks posed on our civil and human rights by the Trump administration and to remind them that in America, the power lie...

www.mobilize.us

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Scotty P @scottdirects.bsky.social · Jul 3

They are gonna pass this abomination.

a blue dumpster is on fire and smoke is coming out of it with a sign on the side that says " no smoking "

ALT: a blue dumpster is on fire and smoke is coming out of it with a sign on the side that says " no smoking "

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Scotty P @scottdirects.bsky.social · Jul 2

📞 Want to tell Congress to #VoteNo?
If you're in Oregon’s 2nd Congressional District, that means Rep. Cliff Bentz is your guy—and yes, he needs to hear from you. #Oregon

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · Jul 2

You heard Patty. For the sake of women's health and so much more, kill this bill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...

Sen. Patty Murray: The GOP provision to DEFUND Planned Parenthood is staying in the Big Ugly bill. Clinics will shutter. Women will lose access to cancer screenings, birth control, and basic care. I will be forcing a vote to try to strip it out. Fight like hell. We need to kill this bill.

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Scotty P @scottdirects.bsky.social · Jul 2

Sitting in Baker City, Oregon where 7 out of 10 kids rely on Medicaid for their health insurance and the only thing on every news channel is the abhorrent Combs verdict. We are fiddling while Rome burns, y’all. #wearesoscrewed

Scotty P @scottdirects.bsky.social · Jul 2

Preparing for a rally in Baker City, Oregon tomorrow. Baker County has a population of about 16,500. Of those, about 6,000 rely on Medicaid. This community is going to be decimated by the Trump Admin. #BigUglyBill #HandsOffMedicaid

Scotty P @scottdirects.bsky.social · Jul 2

Cowards. Absolutely disgraceful. Pointless, spineless, shameful. @upenn.edu

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John Lipponen 🇫🇮 🇦🇹 @lippoenen.bsky.social · Jul 2

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · Jun 26

Unions are how we accomplish together what is impossible alone. They help us make sure every worker has safe working conditions, fair compensation, and a voice on the job. I’m glad federal judges blocked Trump’s attempts to strip rights from millions of federal workers. www.cnn.com/2025/06/24/p...

Federal judge halts Trump’s order to end collective bargaining rights for many federal workers | CNN Politics

A federal judge on Tuesday indefinitely blocked President Donald Trump’s effort to terminate the collective bargaining rights for more than a million federal employees.

www.cnn.com

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AFT @aft.org · Jun 26

Trump’s plan is more than bad policy—it’s a full-scale attack on union members, our jobs, our families and our future.

We won’t stand by while the Trump administration punishes us for being working-class.

Read more & spread the word here: aftvotes.org/reconciliation

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Scotty P @scottdirects.bsky.social · Jun 26

apnews.com/article/supr... States can cut off Planned Parenthood’s Medicaid funds, Supreme Court says | AP News

States can cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, the Supreme Court rules

A divided Supreme Court is allowing states to cut off Medicaid money for Planned Parenthood amid a wider Republican-backed push to defund the organization, the country’s largest abortion provider.

apnews.com

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Scotty P @scottdirects.bsky.social · Jun 26

thehill.com/homenews/sen...

Thune says he won’t overrule Senate referee on Medicaid cuts

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) on Thursday said he will not overrule the parliamentarian after she rejected key Medicaid provisions in the GOP’s tax and spending megabill, dealing…

thehill.com