Jackie Yerby
@jyypdx.bsky.social
Seeker of God. Not always nice, but usually kind. Still believes in goodness, community, connection, building power, and mutual aid. Not here for bullshit. Personal account She/her
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At least some part of this is due to plain old professional class solidarity: they seem to think that the courtesy due someone in your own field is more important than the dangers of the ideas and policies they push. These people should be shunned from academia, but I dont think it will happen.
So, to all the "RFK's got some good ideas" folks (Rachael Bedard, Leana Wen) and Jay Bhattacharya is "an excellent choice for NIH" (Steven Macedo, Frances Lee) and Vinay Prasad "will bring a breath of fresh air to FDA" (Adam Cifu, John Mandrola) groupies--you own this now too.
I think the *speed* at which RFK Jr and his Great Barrington Declaration/anti-vaxx/Brownstone wrecking crew have been dismantling the US public health system has been really astonishing
December 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
At least some part of this is due to plain old professional class solidarity: they seem to think that the courtesy due someone in your own field is more important than the dangers of the ideas and policies they push. These people should be shunned from academia, but I dont think it will happen.
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That little under lip pout is killing me
Good morning from Bruce, who has arranged his feet in an even more ridiculous manner than usual
December 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
That little under lip pout is killing me
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“After they broke up, Ferreira said in court records that Michael Leavitt had in the past threatened to try to get her deported.”
EXCLUSIVE:
Mom of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew rejects White House narrative of her ICE arrest
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Mom of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew rejects White House narrative of her ICE arrest
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Mom of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew rejects White House narrative of her ICE arrest
In an interview, Bruna Ferreira, who chose the White House press secretary as her son’s godmother, contested the portrayal of her as a criminal, absentee mom.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
“After they broke up, Ferreira said in court records that Michael Leavitt had in the past threatened to try to get her deported.”
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Home health workers and caregivers fill a critical role in the health care ecosystem as America ages and demand for caregivers soars.
But government funding cuts, a caregiver shortage and immigration limits are layering new strains on the industry.
But government funding cuts, a caregiver shortage and immigration limits are layering new strains on the industry.
The business of caring for older Americans is in a deepening crisis
Government funding cuts, caregiver shortages and immigration limits are adding new strains to an industry that’s already hard-pressed to meet demand.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Home health workers and caregivers fill a critical role in the health care ecosystem as America ages and demand for caregivers soars.
But government funding cuts, a caregiver shortage and immigration limits are layering new strains on the industry.
But government funding cuts, a caregiver shortage and immigration limits are layering new strains on the industry.
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One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.
December 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.
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I literally can't leave the United States & live elsewhere because I'm too disabled & poor right now, but right now I wouldn't. And things are very bad & I anticipate ways they can get worse. But this feels like where I'm supposed to be to fight.
December 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I literally can't leave the United States & live elsewhere because I'm too disabled & poor right now, but right now I wouldn't. And things are very bad & I anticipate ways they can get worse. But this feels like where I'm supposed to be to fight.
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this has become a very important video to me
December 7, 2025 at 4:29 AM
this has become a very important video to me
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#MedicareAdvantage
#FoodAllowance
Check to see if your Medicare Advantage Plan offers Food Allowance cards.
What Is the Medicare Grocery Allowance? share.google/PewdMyUMzUEm...
#MedicareAdvantage
#FoodAllowance
Check to see if your Medicare Advantage Plan offers Food Allowance cards.
What Is the Medicare Grocery Allowance? share.google/PewdMyUMzUEm...
What Is the Medicare Grocery Allowance?
You may be eligible for a grocery allowance if you enroll in certain Medicare plans and programs, such as a C-SNP, a D-SNP, or PACE.
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December 3, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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#MedicareAdvantage
#FoodAllowance
Check to see if your Medicare Advantage Plan offers Food Allowance cards.
What Is the Medicare Grocery Allowance? share.google/PewdMyUMzUEm...
#MedicareAdvantage
#FoodAllowance
Check to see if your Medicare Advantage Plan offers Food Allowance cards.
What Is the Medicare Grocery Allowance? share.google/PewdMyUMzUEm...
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A member of the House Republican caucus said this.
Oh. So things are BAD bad.
Oh. So things are BAD bad.
December 4, 2025 at 5:00 AM
A member of the House Republican caucus said this.
Oh. So things are BAD bad.
Oh. So things are BAD bad.
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As I have been lamenting for years, the clear erroneous standard for District Court findings of fact has been rendered null & void by this Court.
Justice Kagan in dissent:
“We are a higher court than the District Court, but we are not a better one when it comes to making such a fact-based decision.”
Justice Kagan in dissent:
“We are a higher court than the District Court, but we are not a better one when it comes to making such a fact-based decision.”
December 5, 2025 at 12:19 AM
As I have been lamenting for years, the clear erroneous standard for District Court findings of fact has been rendered null & void by this Court.
Justice Kagan in dissent:
“We are a higher court than the District Court, but we are not a better one when it comes to making such a fact-based decision.”
Justice Kagan in dissent:
“We are a higher court than the District Court, but we are not a better one when it comes to making such a fact-based decision.”
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Unbelievable.
“There was no boat. There was wreckage. There was no radio. There were two guys clinging to a tiny non-awash portion of the keel of a capsized boat,” said one lawmaker
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“There was no boat. There was wreckage. There was no radio. There were two guys clinging to a tiny non-awash portion of the keel of a capsized boat,” said one lawmaker
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Video shows second strike hit before survivors could flip boat, lawmakers say
The footage was shown on Capitol Hill, where Adm. Frank M. Bradley, who oversaw a deadly attack on alleged drug smugglers, faced a day of difficult questions about the operation.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Unbelievable.
“There was no boat. There was wreckage. There was no radio. There were two guys clinging to a tiny non-awash portion of the keel of a capsized boat,” said one lawmaker
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“There was no boat. There was wreckage. There was no radio. There were two guys clinging to a tiny non-awash portion of the keel of a capsized boat,” said one lawmaker
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino now admits that when he peddled bogus conspiracy theories about the pipe-bombs case, he didn’t know what he was talking about.
“I was paid in the past for my opinions,” he said.
I’m not sure if he’s fully thought this through. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
“I was paid in the past for my opinions,” he said.
I’m not sure if he’s fully thought this through. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
FBI’s Bongino tries to explain his discredited conspiracy theory in pipe-bombs case
Why did the FBI deputy director get the pipe-bombs case wrong? He has an answer, but it isn’t a good one.
www.ms.now
December 5, 2025 at 3:22 PM
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino now admits that when he peddled bogus conspiracy theories about the pipe-bombs case, he didn’t know what he was talking about.
“I was paid in the past for my opinions,” he said.
I’m not sure if he’s fully thought this through. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
“I was paid in the past for my opinions,” he said.
I’m not sure if he’s fully thought this through. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Video of U.S. Military Killing Boat Strike Survivors Is Horrifying, Lawmakers Reveal
theintercept.com/2025/12/04/b...
theintercept.com/2025/12/04/b...
Video of U.S. Military Killing Boat Strike Survivors Is Horrifying, Lawmakers Reveal
“What I saw in that room is one of the most troubling scenes I’ve ever seen in my time in public service.”
theintercept.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Video of U.S. Military Killing Boat Strike Survivors Is Horrifying, Lawmakers Reveal
theintercept.com/2025/12/04/b...
theintercept.com/2025/12/04/b...
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@npr it’s not a principle. It is a constitutional guarantee.
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration. n.pr/48E1oko
Supreme Court agrees to hear arguments in birthright citizenship challenge
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration.
n.pr
December 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
@npr it’s not a principle. It is a constitutional guarantee.
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Jesus healed someone he wasn't supposed to. Therefore it's okay to murder people you're not supposed to. Solid grasp of faith, literacy, and logic we've got here
She compares the boat strikes to Jesus breaking the sabbath to heal someone.
December 6, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Jesus healed someone he wasn't supposed to. Therefore it's okay to murder people you're not supposed to. Solid grasp of faith, literacy, and logic we've got here
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This is great. Very few people want to go to jail, get disbarred or die for this regime. Make them fight you. They will cave.
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
www.ms.now
December 6, 2025 at 1:51 PM
This is great. Very few people want to go to jail, get disbarred or die for this regime. Make them fight you. They will cave.
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
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anyway my answer to every single person who wants armed conflict is no you don’t
sometimes it is the only option but it it sure worth exploring everything else before you get there because it is always, always bad
sometimes it is the only option but it it sure worth exploring everything else before you get there because it is always, always bad
December 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM
anyway my answer to every single person who wants armed conflict is no you don’t
sometimes it is the only option but it it sure worth exploring everything else before you get there because it is always, always bad
sometimes it is the only option but it it sure worth exploring everything else before you get there because it is always, always bad
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I recommend that this is how people of color should respond to Stephen Miller and MAGA from now on. Don't be afraid. Don't be silent. And challenge them head-on. Clearly, they hate America and the Constitution. Why are they here? Go to Hungary or Russia.
December 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I recommend that this is how people of color should respond to Stephen Miller and MAGA from now on. Don't be afraid. Don't be silent. And challenge them head-on. Clearly, they hate America and the Constitution. Why are they here? Go to Hungary or Russia.
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This man ripped off teachers, nurses, small business owners - people from all walks of life and professions. Some lost their life savings. Not only did Trump let him out of prison, he also doesn’t have to pay back the victims.
December 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
This man ripped off teachers, nurses, small business owners - people from all walks of life and professions. Some lost their life savings. Not only did Trump let him out of prison, he also doesn’t have to pay back the victims.
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Remember: Trump or Russian propagandists might say otherwise, but Putin is not winning, and the Ukrainians are not losing.
I am told that internal Ukrainian army information shows that more than 26,000 Russian soldiers were killed or critically wounded in the month of November. Confirmed by videos. No wonder Putin wants to get Trump to give him territory for free
one.no
December 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Remember: Trump or Russian propagandists might say otherwise, but Putin is not winning, and the Ukrainians are not losing.
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The new National Security Strategy is a propaganda document, designed to be widely read. It is also a performative suicide. Hard to think of another great power ever abdicating its influence so quickly and so publicly. It will be worth following the reactions around the world, not just in Europe.
Trump's national security strategy is out and some of the Europe sections are shocking. "...the growing influence of patriotic European parties indeed
gives cause for great optimism."
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
gives cause for great optimism."
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December 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The new National Security Strategy is a propaganda document, designed to be widely read. It is also a performative suicide. Hard to think of another great power ever abdicating its influence so quickly and so publicly. It will be worth following the reactions around the world, not just in Europe.
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A vote for children to get sick www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
Panel Votes to End Recommendation for Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
A vote for children to get sick www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
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Trump said last year that he would focus on deporting immigrants who were violent criminals. But a study of arrests in major operations in DC, LA, Illinois and Massachusetts shows that the vast majority of those swept up by ICE have no criminal record.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
ICE Arrest Data Shows Many Immigrants With No Criminal Record
In high-profile operations, more than half of those arrested had no criminal record, an analysis shows.
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Trump said last year that he would focus on deporting immigrants who were violent criminals. But a study of arrests in major operations in DC, LA, Illinois and Massachusetts shows that the vast majority of those swept up by ICE have no criminal record.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...