URGENT! Today the pedal hits the metal. Democrats have to play hardball to protect public health, healthcare and science. Write to your Senators and Representatives and share this post! actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

If public outrage can restore a talk show host in days, then surely we can summon that same energy for safe schools. The task ahead is to make the prevention of needless deaths just as urgent as the defense of free expression. relentlessschoolnurse.com/2025/09/30/t...

Thank you, #DavidRiedman @k12ssdb.bsky.social for tracking gun violence in schools, even though I so wish it was not needed, ever...but here we are in 2025 America. I shared your most recent week of school shootings that must not go unnoticed or normalized. relentlessschoolnurse.com/2025/09/28/t...

Going to the store 🏬 Add postcard to your list. Click on link for instructions. Call ☎️ a friend and elicit their help. Democracy requires participation. #StopRFKJR

NEW: @repdangoldman.bsky.social and I are referring the ICE officer who assaulted an individual yesterday for felony prosecution. Shoving a bereft woman to the ground causing injuries is a criminal act and should be investigated as such. We demand accountability and an end to this lawless policy.

Get out your pens, friends & send a postcard to @wyden.senate.gov to fill his mailbag. RFK Jr challenged him to see whose mailbag is bigger...let's join the effort. Thank you @nurseteria.bsky.social for sharing the campaign with me! relentlessschoolnurse.com/2025/09/26/t...

Since Lindsey Halligan personally indicted Comey she should personally try the case and not hand it off to someone else. She can show us how competent and qualified she is for this job in front of a jury.

Revisiting the quotes from the worst presidential news conference in my lifetime. garyschwitzer.substack.com/p/a-strange-...

There are moments when we come across a story so deeply rooted in compassion that it leaves a lasting imprint. Philawell.org is one of those stories. relentlessschoolnurse.com/2025/09/24/t...

Kamala Harris: "It feels chaotic, but what I would offer you is what we are witnessing is the swift implementation of a plan that was decades in the making. Project 2025 didn't just drop out of thin air. That's a product of decades of work. Federalist Society, Heritage Foundation ... "

Gupta: It is safe. That’s what the best-quality research shows. And how irresponsible, using the podium of the WH to put this out there when you’re not even offering an alternative. That is dangerous. An untreated fever is dangerous. Untreated pain in pregnancy is dangerous.

relentlessschoolnurse.com/2025/09/22/t... Later today, the White House is expected to announce that they have “identified the cause of autism in children.” Reports indicate they will blame Tylenol use during pregnancy for autism—a claim that is not supported by science and is deeply harmful.

There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.

Good point.

Disney, a famously litigious corporation, should handle the Jimmy Kimmel situation the same way they handle every other legal matter: Nexstar and Sinclair for breach of contract until Kimmel is back on the air and sue the FCC into submission.

The need to silence your critics only reveals how weak and fragile you are.

I have a counter conspiracy of my own re Candace Owens. While researching Natacha Rey, who originated the lies about Brigitte Macron, I could not find her at all. No pictures. No video. No digital footprint. Didn’t appear in court. I’m not sure the woman at the heart of Owens’ claims even exists.

I just love Jimmy Fallon. He always makes me laugh. This is brilliant.

Imagine weaponizing the Justice Department to chase phantom crimes against your political opponents… then punishing prosecutors for not making them up. That’s not America, that’s authoritarianism.

While we focus a lot on how to help patients, we need to also talk about how we can protect ourselves and our fellow clinicians. Yesterday was Physician Suicide Prevention day — Checking in on colleagues, discussing mental health resources, and talking about firearm access help prevent crises.

Don’t comply in advance. Exercise your freedom of speech or else they’ll strip this from us, too.

What's happening with Jimmy Kimmel is about politics and power.

They’re going to fire a US attorney because they couldn’t find evidence for a crime that was manufactured by the administration? Banana republic shit

STEWART: “Comedy doesn’t change the world, but it’s a bellwether— we’re the banana peel in the coal mine… authoritarians are the threat to comedy, music, art, thought… progress.” Nailed it.

The REMS (Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools) Technical Assistance Center was forced to close its doors after nearly two decades of providing free, high-quality training, tools, and resources to K-12 schools. relentlessschoolnurse.com/2025/09/18/t...

Our democracy is not self-executing. It depends on us all as citizens, regardless of our political affiliations, to stand up and fight for the core values that have made this country the envy of the world.

The Pursuit of Student Mental Health - A Podcast Conversation Thank you, #MHANJ for the invitation to share a school nursing perspective on this important topic. relentlessschoolnurse.com/2025/09/17/t...

Many forget the damage done by diseases like whooping cough, measles and rubella. Not these families apnews.com/article/vacc...

Cause, effect and consequences--and this is where RFK, Jr. is taking us: The 2019 measles outbreak in Samoa followed a drop in vax rates that was encouraged by RFK, Jr. More than one in 150 babies age 6 to 11 months died from the measles during the outbreak. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Re: Where anti-vaxxers want to take us, we've already been, Samoa & Covid. The "Past is Prologue" The US Covid mortality rate per 100,000 people was 2.5 times higher than Canada's. If the US had simply matched Canada's Covid mortality rate, we would have had about 650,000 fewer Covid deaths.

GrandparentsForVaccines has a website now. This is a fantastic organization doing great work! 💕 @nurseteria.bsky.social

Never thought I'd have to sign up for something like this 😭 But here we are

Thank you Robin for writing this important piece. @theprogressivemag.bsky.social @donnagaffney.bsky.social @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social @nursesforamerica.bsky.social @nurseswhovax.bsky.social @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social @gregggonsalves.bsky.social @defendpublichealth.bsky.social

GrandparentsForVaccines.com is LIVE! The site is now open and ready to welcome every grandparent, caregiver, and loved one who believes in protecting children through the power of science, love, and community. @nurseteria.bsky.social relentlessschoolnurse.com/2025/09/16/t...

relentlessschoolnurse.com/2025/09/15/t... Lately, I have been struck by a simmering and troubling pattern: school nurses are increasingly being questioned about the scope of our practice, our judgment, and even our right to speak out when we see health threats...

COVID keeps mutating. Measles is roaring back. One scientist refuses to quit: Dr. Peter Hotez.🔥👇 www.jackhopkinsnow.com

GrandparentsForVaccines.com is LIVE! The site is now open and ready to welcome every grandparent, caregiver, and loved one who believes in protecting children through the power of science, love, and community. @nurseteria.bsky.social relentlessschoolnurse.com/2025/09/16/t...

relentlessschoolnurse.com/2025/09/12/t... In this week’s guest blog, The Relentless School Nurse welcomes back Meg Jenkins, a deeply respected school nursing colleague and advocate from New Hampshire whose unwavering compassion and insight have shaped school health policy across the Northeast.

relentlessschoolnurse.com/2025/09/15/t... Lately, I have been struck by a simmering and troubling pattern: school nurses are increasingly being questioned about the scope of our practice, our judgment, and even our right to speak out when we see health threats...

"Every day, I stand at this intersection of policy failure and human suffering." - @josephsakran.bsky.social Gun Violence Survivor, Trauma Surgeon, @bradyunited.org Board Chair & Medical Director shares price of inaction! @usatoday.com & @cnn.com relentlessschoolnurse.com/2025/09/13/t...

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"Every day, I stand at this intersection of policy failure and human suffering." - @josephsakran.bsky.social Gun Violence Survivor, Trauma Surgeon, @bradyunited.org Board Chair & Medical Director shares price of inaction! @usatoday.com & @cnn.com relentlessschoolnurse.com/2025/09/13/t...

Appreciated the chance to join Boris on @cnn to discuss the danger of normalizing political violence. I also wrote about this in my latest USA TODAY op-ed: bit.ly/4gizduq

relentlessschoolnurse.com/2025/09/12/t... In this week’s guest blog, The Relentless School Nurse welcomes back Meg Jenkins, a deeply respected school nursing colleague and advocate from New Hampshire whose unwavering compassion and insight have shaped school health policy across the Northeast.

You can't tell us not to be afraid of going to school when we see this in the headlines every day. Yet our leaders fail to act. Our fear is valid. Your excuses are not.

Applause for Sheena Williams, RN, on PBS Vitals for showing gun violence as a preventable health crisis. From defining the problem to testing interventions and engaging communities, this public health approach shows how data, strategy, and society working together can save lives.

Political violence has no place in America. As a trauma surgeon and survivor, I condemn the attack on Charlie Kirk and send my deepest condolences to his family. Coming soon after the shooting of Minnesota legislators, this is a sobering reminder: violence must never become our political language.

The Trump administration has made drastic cuts and layoffs impacting public health approaches to gun violence. Now, federal funding for research is also at risk. Here's a breakdown of what the Trump administration has targeted so far.

A new survey shows 85% of adults agree it’s appropriate to ask about unlocked guns where kids play. Clinicians can normalize these conversations and guide parents on ways to ask this life-saving question.