@tsunamivani
She/Her. Pediatrician. UTSW grad. FIU alumna. Doing my best to protect kids. Proud ally. Mami of 3, married to my best friend . South Texan. Veg food, music & nature lover. Practices Evidence-based medicine. Fluent in movie quotes. Believes in science.
“I’m a Republican. It isn’t just people on the left who oppose this… it goes against Republican ideals & the constitution. Punishing children and not educating them does not make Tennessee safer.”
William Lamberth & Bo Watson’s anti-immigrant bill was met with loud pushback
nikita gill poem
this poem by the lovely @nikitagill.bsky.social always hits me right in the heart ❤️🩹
Cover of The Lancet:
@thelancet.com
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NEW: Guards have taken away crayons, colored pencils & paper during recent room searches at Dilley, according to detainees and others. After one inspection, the children just “cried and cried and cried,” a mother said. The facility denies the claims.
By @mckenziefunk.com @micarosenberg.bsky.social
A Child's Struggle: Sometimes it's so much more than just a pencil. Cause I Ain't Got a Pencil by Joshua T. Dickerson I woke myself up Because we ain't got an alarm clock Dug in the dirty clothes basket, Cause ain't nobody washed my uniform Brushed my hair and teeth in the dark, Cause the lights ain't on Even got my baby sister ready, Cause my mama wasn't home. Got us both to school on time, To eat us a good breakfast. Then when I got to class the teacher fussed Cause I ain't got a pencil.
Good Morning ✏️📝
No child should have to worry about the basics in life, yet too many do 💔😞
#SheShed
The desks of Harper Moyski and Fletcher Merkel - two students killed in the shooting at Annunciation Catholic School - sit empty in the Capitol this week as a reminder of the horror of gun violence.
The majority of Minnesotans agree, it’s time to ban assault weapons.
Measles. Mumps. Also polio. Do you see a pattern here?
There is no cure for polio; treatment for acute cases involves supportive care.
Between a quarter and a half of patients develop post-polio syndrome.
🧪 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Done
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🔥 REP. @votebo.com MITCHELL: “I just get so sick of over and over the hate… I chose to run for office to help people. I didn’t come here to say who can I poke in the eye today.”
Mitchell lights up Bully Bulso for the Pride flag ban, one of his many anti-🏳️🌈 bills.
H/T @tndemocrats.bsky.social
Black graphic with a photo of a young Rev. Jesse Jackson in a suit speaking into a set of microphones with his fist in the air and white text reads "Hold your head high, stick your chest out. It gets dark sometimes, but morning comes. Keep hope alive." The quote is attributed to Reverend Jesse Jackson, civil rights activist
We mourn the loss of the Reverend Jesse Jackson, who played an extraordinarily consequential role not in only advancing our nation’s civil rights, but also strengthening our democracy.
I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
Terrorizing families. www.instagram.com/reel/DUt7lFk...
Today I asked Trump’s ICE Director about the harm being done to the thousands of children they’ve detained.
Kids like Gaby and Ariana should be at school in their communities, not locked up and used as pawns in Stephen Miller’s sick and twisted game.
💯!!!
❤️👏
Shot from the stands of the Bad Bunny halftime show.
What a moment.
“And what do you want to be when you grow up?”
Every American needs to watch this:
AFT agrees with @ameracadpeds.bsky.social! 21st century digital ecosystems call on parents, educators and healthcare providers to team up in promoting kids' well-being. publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...
Putting kids first! ❤️
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
Imagine your sweet, little 9-year-old girl was abducted and taken to a torture mill.
This is happening in our name on our dime.
Children are being abducted, detained, deprived of medical care & given moldy or worm infested food & foul water.
#FundHealthcareOverICE
Congress: 202-224-3121
Every child deserves safety, dignity, and the chance to thrive. No one should ever feel as though they don't belong.
Thank you, sister Marcie!
Do you think we need to ABOLISH ICE?
If so, post a 🚫 in the replies.
Do you think we should ask Democratic leadership to use this language? If not, why?
#ICE is kidnapping, torturing & murdering people including US Citizens & they're destroying communities!
Call & tell Congress
202-224-3121
