Michael O’Brien, Pediatrician
@drobrienmd.bsky.social
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Pediatrician • former child • he/him 🏳️🌈
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I just gave $500 to support my friend Dr. Annie Andrews, who is running for US Senate against Lindsey Graham — who wants to match me?!
@drannieandrews.com
for the win!
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I just gave to Dr. Annie Andrews!
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11 months ago
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South Carolina is facing further restrictions on abortion, again… This time, Senate Bill 1095 (S.1095) seeks to remove exemptions for rape & incest, and would criminalize providers, parents, and friends who help a patient obtain care out of state.
scwren.quorum.us/campaign/159...
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OPPOSE S.1095 - Total Abortion Ban
Contact your legislators today and urge them to oppose Senate Bill 1085
https://scwren.quorum.us/campaign/159836/
15 days ago
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Michael O’Brien, Pediatrician
WatchYourRepsSC&TN
15 days ago
Get LOUD! Call your SC State Senators and Reps.
#VOTENO
www.wistv.com/2026/04/15/n...
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New proposal would leave few abortion exceptions in SC, eliminating state’s ‘heartbeat law’
South Carolina lawmakers are considering another effort to strengthen the state’s abortion laws, with a proposal that would go beyond the current six‑week ban and introduce new criminal and civil pena...
https://www.wistv.com/2026/04/15/new-proposal-would-leave-few-abortion-exceptions-sc-eliminating-states-heartbeat-law/
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My friend
@drannieandrews.com
held an event in Greenville, SC where so many people turned out that they had to move the event to the venue’s parking lot!! 🔥 In GREENVILLE!!! People are fired up! There’s a fiery little pediatrician in that sea of people!
29 days ago
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Happy peak bloom weekend in DC! 🌸
about 1 month ago
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I believe in
@drannieandrews.com
🇺🇸 2026 is not 2024, it’s not 2022, and it ain’t 2020 either. Annie has more fight in her, a more powerful ground game, and Lindsey is an old war hawk more vulnerable than ever before. Naysayers gonna naysay, but while I breathe, I hope.
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about 1 month ago
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Michael O’Brien, Pediatrician
Annie Andrews, MD
about 1 month ago
ICYMI yesterday, our latest poll shows we are up 19 points with independent voters. 🇺🇸 This is within reach, y’all.
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Michael O’Brien, Pediatrician
Annie Andrews, MD
2 months ago
Blank checks for war. Budget cuts for healthcare. November is coming.
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I’m sick of the endless wars and I’m sick of us funding bombs while budgeting kids and I’m sick of our money going to the slaughter of innocent children abroad just because old balding men decided their lives weren’t worthy of peace.
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Measles is spreading in South Carolina. Could it make people vote for a pediatrician?
19thnews.org/2026/02/anni...
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@19thnews.org
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Measles is spreading in South Carolina. Could it make people vote for a pediatrician?
Dr. Annie Andrews is running for Lindsey Graham's Senate seat. She's one of several doctors seeking office during an election midterm year where health care issues are front and center.
https://19thnews.org/2026/02/annie-andrews-south-carolina-measles-pediatrician-senate/?&utm_campaign=19th-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
3 months ago
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Michael O’Brien, Pediatrician
Shematologist, MD
3 months ago
As a physician I can say with utmost confidence that the biggest threat to public health in our country at this point is our own fucking government.
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Dear America: 'Not Okay' Is No Longer Strong Enough Language Here we consider children to be human beings. History is very clear about how it judges societies that normalize cruelty toward children. There is no neutral position here.
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Dear America: 'Not Okay' Is No Longer Strong Enough Language
And it hasn't been for a good while...
https://open.substack.com/pub/drobrien/p/dear-america-not-okay-is-no-longer?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
3 months ago
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ANNIE ANDREWS OUTRAISED LINDSEY GRAHAM HALF A YEAR BEFORE IT’S EVEN TIME FOR HER PRIMARY!!! This woman works harder than anyone else in the game… Doctor, Mom, and next U.S. Senator for South Carolina!
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I just gave to Dr. Annie Andrews!
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7 months ago
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“South Carolina Democrats can’t even win a 2nd house seat, how can they win statewide?” The SC map is so gerrymandered that statewide races range D40-45% while the Dems in congressional races get 28-42% (yikes). Believe it or not, statewide SC races may be more viable than SC01 or SC02.
7 months ago
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Michael O’Brien, Pediatrician
Drew Harwell
8 months ago
A National Guard report accidentally emailed to the Post says veterans and active-duty troops view the D.C. deployment with "shame and alarm"
@alexhorton.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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National Guard documents show public ‘fear,’ troops’ ‘shame’ over D.C. presence
Internal documents reviewed by The Post reveal, with rare candor, how domestic missions rooted in politics risk damaging Americans’ trust in the military.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/09/10/national-guard-trump-dc/
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Michael O’Brien, Pediatrician
Emily Mayer
8 months ago
Team Lisa forever and ever.
#scpol
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I doubt there is anyone out there with intentions more pure than my buddy Annie Andrews, who is the smartest, strongest, and wittiest person I know. She will change the country & the world if we give her the chance 🩷
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8 months ago
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LISA ELLIS IS RUNNING AGAIN!!!!! Lisa Ellis outperformed EVERY statewide Democrat in 2022, a notoriously awful election year in SC. I just sent $250 her way because I believe in her! Who will join me?
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Donate to Lisa Ellis
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https://secure.actblue.com/donate/lisa-ellis-relaunch
8 months ago
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I actually think at this time in America when our president is terrorizing his own citizens to distract from the fact that his best friend ran the most notorious child s*x rings of all time is a phenomenal time to elect a pediatrician to the U.S. Senate.
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I just gave to Dr. Annie Andrews!
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8 months ago
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Lindsey Graham is obsessed with being Trump’s loyal boy toy, and he’s addicted to supporting predators. It’s way past the time to send him packing and put
@drannieandrews.com
in the U.S. Senate!
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I just gave to Dr. Annie Andrews!
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8 months ago
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My hot take about 107 days: Kamala Harris tried her hardest to save us from fascism and the American people chose tyranny instead. Let that woman get her bag!
8 months ago
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Michael O’Brien, Pediatrician
Annie Andrews, MD
9 months ago
There are a lot of new folks here so I wanted to reintroduce myself. 👋 I’m a mom, a pediatrician, and person who is willing to say what needs to be said. And I am a Democrat running to send Lindsey Graham home.
youtu.be/OEBFi3kxNP4
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Annie Andrews Launch Video: "Unafraid" (Captioned)
YouTube video by Annie Andrews
https://youtu.be/OEBFi3kxNP4
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Trump is losing his mind, Elon Musk is in a K-hole, Lindsey Graham’s approval is at 34%, and 2026 is about to be totally unpredictable… so I just gave $500 more to my friend US Senate candidate @AnnieAndrews.com to send Graham packing! Who is with me?
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11 months ago
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I am so proud of my friend, mentor, confidant
@drannieandrews.com
… she is moving full steam ahead in her run to unseat Lindsey Graham, who *must* be retired after 2 decades of flip-flopping and lining his own pockets! For the kids, and for South Carolina ❤️
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11 months ago
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Michael O’Brien, Pediatrician
PoliticsGirl
11 months ago
I don’t usually weigh in for primaries, but this one is really important to me.
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Michael O’Brien, Pediatrician
ABC News 4 - WCIV
11 months ago
Dr. Annie Andrews has officially announced her bid for South Carolina Senate Thursday morning, preparing to run against current Republican senator Lindsey Graham.
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Dr. Annie Andrews announces South Carolina senate bid, set to challenge Lindsey Graham
Dr. Annie ANdrews
https://bit.ly/3HiMjul
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Michael O’Brien, Pediatrician
Ryan Marino, MD
11 months ago
At least seven of the cited sources in the ‘MAHA report’ do not even actually exist. For example, the document listed epidemiologist Katherine Keyes as first author of a study on anxiety in adolescents… “The paper cited is not a real paper that I or my colleagues were involved with,” Keyes said.
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Michael O’Brien, Pediatrician
Annie Andrews, MD
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I'm Dr. Annie Andrews. I’m a pediatrician, not a politician. But either way I know how to handle people who are full of sh*t. Today I am announcing my campaign for US Senate to replace Lindsey Graham. Share this if you're with me.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8wM...
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Annie Andrews Launch Video: "Unafraid"
YouTube video by Annie Andrews
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8wMNLaSNW4
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I just gave $500 to support my friend Dr. Annie Andrews, who is running for US Senate against Lindsey Graham — who wants to match me?!
@drannieandrews.com
for the win!
secure.actblue.com/donate/drobr...
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I just gave to Dr. Annie Andrews!
Show your support with a contribution.
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11 months ago
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Michael O’Brien, Pediatrician
Bruce Lesley
11 months ago
The "debate" on the big, awful budget bill being debated in the House, which will be changed by a leadership amendment nobody has seen, makes the Senate filibuster process look much better. Why Progressives Should Support Senate Filibuster Reform and Not Abolition
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Why Progressives Should Support Senate Filibuster Reform and Not Abolition
We should all be concerned about the state of our democracy in this country.
https://open.substack.com/pub/brucelesley/p/why-progressives-should-support-senate-filibuster-reform-and-not-abolition-a7be4888a813?r=f8l9&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
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I’m having a hard time processing the level of both idiocy and malicious trolling being used by over 50% of the people who are supposed to care about this country and everyone in it.
about 1 year ago
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I think this is my dream ticket (at the moment)
about 1 year ago
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This is so awful from Nancy Mace on her vote against allowing new mom’s to utilize proxy voting for 12 weeks after birth… “As a woman and a mom I think making duly elected women choose between the wellbeing of their infant and their duty to vote is just wonderful” like WTF?
about 1 year ago
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“Mike Johnson, Donald Trump, and even Anna Paulina Luna should be ashamed of themselves. Congress came close to solving a real problem to help moms and their newborns, and GOP leadership fully tanked it. We all deserve better.”
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Republican Stunts Screw Over New Parents in Congress
Listen, if you know me, you know that I am not impressed with the Republican Party’s treatment of children.
https://open.substack.com/pub/donttreadonkids/p/republican-stunts-screw-over-new?r=171wi5&utm_medium=ios
about 1 year ago
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Fresh cut from my gay barber who threatened to b*tch slap me??? My powers are FULLY recharged!!!
about 1 year ago
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Barely 3 months into 2025 and we have exceeded the total number of cases of measles in 2024. Meanwhile, Trump & RFK Jr’s CDC seems to be downplaying the outbreak’s dire status — as well as downplaying the best way to combat it: The MMR vaccine.
www.propublica.org/article/meas...
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The CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations
The move — along with the CDC’s explanation — is a sign that the nation’s top public health agency may be falling in line under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime critic of vaccines.
https://www.propublica.org/article/measles-vaccine-rfk-cdc-report?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1743285605&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
about 1 year ago
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This combo is *chef’s kiss* I love my neighborhood 🥰
about 1 year ago
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“In short, the Trump administration, Elon Musk’s DOGE, and RFK Jr. are halting lifesaving funds for babies, and Black babies and their moms will be disproportionately harmed.” Please read my latest for
@donttreadonkids.bsky.social
and call your representative.
open.substack.com/pub/donttrea...
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Black Infant Mortality Continues to Worsen as Trump Halts Reproductive Healthcare Funds Over DEI Concerns
Today I awoke to two different headlines in my inbox:
https://open.substack.com/pub/donttreadonkids/p/black-infant-mortality-continues?r=171wi5&utm_medium=ios
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Make America Cruel Again: Deporting a U.S. Citizen — a Child with Brain Cancer
This headline will haunt me for the rest of my life:
https://open.substack.com/pub/donttreadonkids/p/make-america-cruel-again-deporting?r=171wi5&utm_medium=ios
about 1 year ago
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My latest for Don’t Tread On Kids —
open.substack.com/pub/donttrea...
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Can the United States Ever Become a World Leader for Children Again?
…and were we ever one to begin with?
https://open.substack.com/pub/donttreadonkids/p/can-the-united-states-ever-become?r=171wi5&utm_medium=ios
about 1 year ago
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Michael O’Brien, Pediatrician
about 1 year ago
Can the United States Ever Become a World Leader for Children Again? (and were we ever one to begin with…?)
@drobrienmd.bsky.social
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Can the United States Ever Become a World Leader for Children Again?
…and were we ever one to begin with?
https://open.substack.com/pub/donttreadonkids/p/can-the-united-states-ever-become?r=171wi5&utm_medium=ios
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My latest with Don’t Tread On Kids… I read Project 2025 so you don’t have to (though I recommend everyone should), and defunding Medicaid is only the beginning.
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about 1 year ago
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I got a bit personal this morning, talking about my own journey with depression and why RFK Jr and Donald Trump’s attack on antidepressants is unfounded & dangerous. My latest w/
@donttreadonkids.bsky.social
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Taking Away My Antidepressant (and yours) Won’t ‘Make America Healthy Again
You may be sick of it, but we need to keep talking about Robert F.
https://open.substack.com/pub/donttreadonkids/p/taking-away-my-antidepressant-and?r=171wi5&utm_medium=ios
about 1 year ago
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As I sat and typed my notes, I couldn’t help but wonder… When was the last time anyone asked ME about how MY tummy feels?
about 1 year ago
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IMPORTANT: Look 👀 at this new leaf!!!
about 1 year ago
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This is arguably the most important article I wish I didn’t have to write.
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about 1 year ago
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Michael O’Brien, Pediatrician
about 1 year ago
Parents: What You Need to Know About Measles
@drobrienmd.bsky.social
dispels myths and gets into the real talk about how you can protect your little ones from measles!
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Parents: What You Need to Know About Measles
File this one under articles I hoped I’d never have to write.
https://open.substack.com/pub/donttreadonkids/p/parents-what-you-need-to-know-about?r=171wi5&utm_medium=ios
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I can’t help but pose the question: What is the opposite of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion? A thesaurus would tell us: Uniformity, Inequity, and Omission. That doesn’t sound very American to me.
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about 1 year ago
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Being anti-diversity, anti-equity, and anti-inclusion is literally the same as being racist & pro-segregation. These programs and initiatives and research all exist to make sure equal opportunity is based on merit for all. IT IS LITERALLY THE OPPOSITE OF THE REPUBLICAN ARGUMENT
about 1 year ago
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Hell isn’t hot enough for Nancy Mace’s wretched excuse of a soul. Sorry.
about 1 year ago
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