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@terg.bsky.social
Leftist, progressive. Retired Special Ed Teacher. Love my daughter and dogs. No DM unless I know you. No porn, no sales.
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Visual description of our
authoritarian slide.
That will blow your mind!
Oy veh! A conservative dem is a crook. And a felon. And he's pulling a Trump.

www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Pardoned Democrat Henry Cuellar wants GOP to probe his prosecutors
The Texas lawmaker said in an interview he'd be willing to cooperate with a House Judiciary "weaponization" probe.
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December 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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December 6, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Of course he wants to opt us into a federal voucher system. He has a charter school. We have to call him on this. He backs down if enough of us protest.

Colorado governor plans to opt into Trump-endorsed initiative that some fear will lead to voucher program share.google/x0PGiNoQc7I1...
Colorado governor plans to opt into Trump-endorsed initiative that some fear will lead to voucher program
The federal program would dole out scholarships to both public and private school students through donations from taxpayers in exchange for federal tax credits
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December 6, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I hope this can be undone by most states. Thousands of lives and suffering. Liver failure and cancer have to be prevented.

CDC Panel Of Vaccine Skeptics Votes To Delay Hepatitis B Shot For Most Babies
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CDC Panel Of Vaccine Skeptics Votes To Delay Hepatitis B Shot For Most Babies
Public health officials warned that the decision by advisers picked by RFK Jr. will result in more infants being infected and experiencing lifelong liver diseases.
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December 5, 2025 at 10:40 PM
We're upping our game some.

Source: The Colorado Sun
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Colorado plans to phase out natural gas heating in homes, prompting many reader questions. We have answers.
When Colorado decided to phase out natural gas use to stop fossil fuel emissions, readers had questions.
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December 5, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Great start to looking at reform. Long but worth it. MJ-F is brilliant.
December 5, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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Well done! A Massachusetts church displayed an “ICE was here” sign in its Nativity scene.
December 4, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Much of what T2 has done to control the "deep state" and cut federal jobs. Is hurting the development of AI.

www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Trump Is Taking 3 Steps Backward in the AI Race
The administration needs to shift focus away from providing chips and datacenters to the world’s richest companies.
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December 4, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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To be very clear, Kennedy's team is messing with a vaccine which has led to a 99 percent drop in the incidence of hepatitis B, which kills, early and painfully, 25 percent of the people who get it as children. lnk.thebulwark.com/3Xt957M
RFK’s Anti-Vax Team Readies Its Next Moves
“Their game is, let’s really destabilize trust in the vaccine, and make people really anxious about it.”
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December 4, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Repubs are putting in proposals that would allow groups to break the basic rules of the ACA. Likely on preexisting conditions and lifelong limits. We can't go backwards.

www.politico.com/live-updates...
Mike Johnson races to finalize elusive GOP health care plan
The speaker said he expects to release a framework next week.
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December 4, 2025 at 9:33 PM
We do this right in Colorado.
NEW: Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold (D) is the latest state election leader to reject a request from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to share private, unredacted voter data with the federal government. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Colorado Tells DOJ ‘Take a Hike’ as It Rejects Demand for Statewide Voter Data
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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ATTN GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES: The VA sent out an announcement with a link for employees to self-report their disabilities. I wouldn’t do this if I were you. They’ll likely use it to discriminate against you.
December 3, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Two conservative city council lost their race in a CO city. One official refuses to certify. This is going to happen all over in 26. How do we prepare for it?

Arapahoe County Republican official refuses to certify election results | FOX31 Denver share.google/Hibf0RZ0H50e...
Arapahoe County Republican official refuses to certify election results
The election results in Arapahoe County were certified last week by the county’s canvass board, but not with apparent approval of the county’s Republican Party designee.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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Here’s my Wrapped for the year.
December 3, 2025 at 2:20 PM
When they tried this in 2016. It was all over the news
December 3, 2025 at 7:27 PM
But what about food and medical care?

Michael and Susan Dell donate $6.25 billion to encourage families to claim 'Trump Accounts' - ABC News share.google/DpMccJWNno6l...
Michael and Susan Dell donate $6.25B to encourage families to claim 'Trump Accounts'
Billionaires Michael and Susan Dell pledged a historic $6.25 billion on Tuesday to provide an incentive to families to adopt new investment accounts for children
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December 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
CO state law says gov officials can't hand info on individuals to ICE. Unless it's for a criminal investigation. Polis keeps trying anyways.

Lawsuit challenging Colorado governor’s compliance with ICE subpoena can move forward, judge rules - The Colorado Sun share.google/8TEoBSRW79aF...
Lawsuit challenging Colorado governor’s compliance with ICE subpoena can move forward, judge rules
A state judge dismissed Gov. Jared Polis’ request to throw out the case
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December 3, 2025 at 9:45 AM
A popular authoritarian has run India. This is how 2 news organizations fought back.

www.politico.com/news/magazin...
News Organizations Are Bowing to Trump. This Small Magazine Knows How to Resist.
U.S. media outlets could learn some lessons from The Caravan.
www.politico.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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CARTOON OF THE DAY
December 2, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Teaching and Nursing are no longer professional degrees. This limits the loans you can take. I bet it messes with the 10 year repayment plans too.

Architecture at Risk of Not Being Considered a Professional Degree share.google/q4DDX5MxHt43...
U.S. Government Will No Longer Regard Architecture, Education, and Nursing as Professional Degrees
“Should this proposal be finalized, the impact on our already-challenged nursing workforce would be devastating.”
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December 2, 2025 at 9:54 PM
At the end of this story, JP Morgan explains why they're not donating to the ballroom. They're thinking about the next DOJ.

www.thedailybeast.com//donald-trum...
Trump Posts Cryptic Ballroom Message After Major Building Setbacks
The president and his handpicked architect have clashed over the supersized construction project.
www.thedailybeast.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:45 AM