Deborah Nicholas MD

@dnicholasmd.bsky.social

Anesthesiologist, retired. Pro-democracy. Anti-fascism. Header: Santa Fe, NM. Red or green? 🌶️ Profile pic: Atropa Belladonna, Gabriel von Max

No more 'duty to retreat'? People do not merely own more guns in America. They now have more ways to justify using one to kill another person, simply by invoking an often inchoate sense of fear. This marks a new era of defensible homicides. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/m...

Using a Gun to Defend Yourself? The Right to Kill Is Growing. (Gift Article)

States are pushing to pass laws sanctioning more reasons to use lethal violence in self-defense, a distinctly American tradition.

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Santa Fe Opera: The rejection and hostility that Lili received in some quarters is all too common today, making the new opera by librettist Aryeh Lev Stollman and composer Tobias Picker a much-needed commentary on how far we haven’t come. www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_n...

Santa Fe Opera review: American premiere of 'Lili Elbe' offers much to appreciate

The opera is based-on-real-life story of Einar Wegener, a Danish man who underwent pioneering gender-reassignment surgery more than a century ago.

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Pakman then noted a study during the 2024 presidential campaign finding that former President Joe Biden's vocabulary only diminished slightly from years ago, and former Vice President Kamala Harris' didn't at all — but Trump's diminished significantly. www.rawstory.com/trump-cognit...

Trump's 'twitches and glitches' alarm expert amid fresh health concerns

Speech-language pathologist Hillary Shea is seeing a number of red flags indicating President Donald Trump's cognitive decline is getting worse.She elaborated on what she could see, in her expertise a...

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Trump is a cancer on the country. 'He is also absolutely collapsing by many metrics involving personal traits, from his mental state to his disconnectedness from ordinary people to his fondness for building monuments to himself.' newrepublic.com/article/2137... via @newrepublic.com

We’ve Officially Entered the Twilight of Late-Stage Trumpism

It’s all there in a new CNN poll, and it’s heartening to see: Large majorities are sick of Donald Trump’s vanity, venality, and megalomania.

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The nation’s crisis in maternity care and newborn health is concentrated in the countryside—and federal policy is about to make that crisis significantly worse. Giving birth in a rural county is going to become an even more dangerous prospect. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Rural America’s Maternal-Health Crisis Is About to Get Much Worse

Care will be in shorter supply, travel distances will stretch farther, and high-risk situations will more likely result in tragedy.

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"Major hospital officials expressed growing unease over lost revenues amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars across the country’s vast health systems." Expect significant changes from hospital management; e.g., closing departments or facilities, cutting staff. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/b...

After Obamacare Cuts, Hospitals Are Treating More Uninsured Patients (Gift Article)

More people who lost coverage after congressional Republicans ended enhanced federal subsidies are now seeking care in emergency rooms and unable to pay bills.

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"Trump is so far gone at this point, both physically and mentally, that anyone with eyes can see it for themselves. And yet, there’s an entire political party keeping its head in the sand rather than admit to what we’ve all been subjected to for the last 11 years." www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...

A lone wolf finally told Trump what nobody else has the guts to say

There are plenty of things I’ve never understood about the people who’ve chosen loyalty to Donald Trump over the United States of America. I don’t have the space to list every single reason he never s...

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Santa Fe County has a different idea: “Whether you live in a rural community, reside in a senior facility, or face barriers getting to a traditional polling place, our goal is to meet you where you are and ensure your voice can be heard.” www.santafenewmexican.com/news/electio...

The Roundhouse Report: Santa Fe County to roll out voting vehicle to expand access

The vehicle will function "as a self-contained election command center ready to operate almost anywhere in the county."

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Trump voter suppression: "Greg Palast has documented — using nothing but official government figures — that the 2024 Republican voter suppression efforts prevented around 4 million American citizens from either voting or having their votes counted." – Thom Hartmann www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...

Trump's on course to crash and burn — and his actions show he knows it

Trump, his billionaire buddies, and his Republican lickspittles appear to be setting up a possible massive fraud with regard to this fall’s election. It could signal the end of American democracy.We d...

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