Director of content strategy & digital engagement, Oregon Health & Science University. Ex-politics editor. Coffee, candor, delete key. Opinions mine.
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Michelle Brence retweeted
Please let this be true today:
“There was always just enough virtue in this Republic to save it; sometimes none to spare, but still enough to meet the emergency.” —William Seward, Secretary of State during the civil war.
Michelle Brence retweeted
A courageous and selfless decision. The President did what he’s done for the last four years - he listened to the American people and put the country’s interests ahead of his own.
The exact opposite of Donald Trump.
Michelle Brence retweeted
.@JoeBiden has served our country with all his heart and great distinction for more than half a century. History will honor him for his many extraordinary accomplishments as president AND for the terribly difficult and selfless decision he made today.
He understands what Donald Trump does not.
Our country is bigger than any one person--even the president of the United States.
Michelle Brence retweeted
The number of guns in America has tripled since 1970 to 400,000,000. And over two dozen states have stripped permitting requirements. Now the US has a 26 times higher gun homicide rate than any peer nation.
So when do the guns start making us safer? abc11.com/gun-violence-stati…
Michelle Brence retweeted
OHA issues statement on federal decisions regarding medication abortion drug mifepristone.
To read OHA’s statement, visit ow.ly/v1wo50NEs7V
ALT Abortion and mifepristone remain safe, legal and available in Oregon.
Michelle Brence retweeted
Weapons of war used to hunt human beings have no place in a civilized society.
Michelle Brence retweeted
If more guns in more places made us safer, America would be the safest country on earth. Instead, the U.S. gun homicide rate is 26 times that of other peer nations.
Text ACT to 644-33 to join @MomsDemand or @StudentsDemand.
Michelle Brence retweeted
With 2 ER physicians as parents, none of my 4 children will ever play tackle football. I said what I said. And I live in Texas where they’re in full pads by age 7.
Michelle Brence retweeted
The number of children with RSV in Oregon hospitals more than tripled between Oct. 29 and Nov. 5, according to @OHAOregon. Experts at OHSU expect RSV cases to keep rising in Oregon through January.
Learn more about #RSV including symptoms and care: bit.ly/3EwGWUE
ALT photo of a mother, in profile, holding her baby and kissing the baby's head.
Michelle Brence retweeted
If you live in #CO03 and voted for @AdamForColorado in his race against Lauren Boebert, please check the status of your ballot. Ballots are still being cured-- and yours could make the difference in this race. Check here: Colorado.ballottrax.net
Michelle Brence retweeted
We continue to get lucky. If not for Scalise's detail, a dozen House Rs get slaughtered on that ballfield. If Cap Police doesn't show crazy restraint, they open fire and kill scores of citizens. If Pelosi is home, the 2nd-in-succession gets assassinated. This luck WILL run out.
Michelle Brence retweeted
NY Times: “Solitary confinement is torture. If we a long time ago accepted that torture is unacceptable in our jails and prisons, then we really have to take this issue seriously.”nytimes.com/2022/08/11/us/ca…
Michelle Brence retweeted
Brian Kemp rejected $12 billion in federal funding that could have saved jobs and Georgians' lives. Six hospitals have closed, 19 additional are on the brink of closing .
His refusal to act is disqualifying. But his callousness is terrifying.
Michelle Brence retweeted
The first Assault Weapons Ban was signed into law 28 years ago today.
@GiffordsCourage estimates that the ban lowered the likelihood of mass shooting deaths by 70%.
The Senate must do its part to send the @HouseDemocrats-passed Assault Weapons Ban to the President’s desk.
Michelle Brence retweeted
everyone should read the September cover story by @itscaitlinhd, an excruciating tick-tock which names all the names responsible for separating thousands of children from their parents
theatlantic.com/magazine/arc…
Michelle Brence retweeted
We’re 100 days out from the 2022 midterm elections—and that means it's time to check and update your voter registration! Text VOTE to 56005 to check yours today.
Want to do more? Volunteer to register voters with @WhenWeAllVote at weall.vote/volunteer.
Michelle Brence retweeted
I love these Epstein people who SHOULD Have helped this cause that @MiamiHerald started YEARS — YEARS ago. It’s ok to wake up like Rip Van winkle folks —but don’t act like you own an idea that we have already spent almost a million dollars on. – at Hollywood, FL
The @MiamiHerald and others have been fighting for years to have documents unsealed from the case, which was settled in 2017
