Lynne in Victoria
@gr8fulgal.bsky.social
Retired RN/JD, mother of 3, Grandmother of 6.
Proponent of N95 masks, science, reproductive rights, democracy, voting rights & gun control
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Proponent of N95 masks, science, reproductive rights, democracy, voting rights & gun control
She/her, No DM's please
Ugh - thank goodness for Senator Warren and Wyden!
Reports suggest UnitedHealth gave BONUSES to nursing homes for sending fewer people to the hospital, even if they were sick.
Senator Ron Wyden and I are pressing for answers. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Senator Ron Wyden and I are pressing for answers. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
US Senators Wyden, Warren launch probe into UnitedHealth's nursing home practices
U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Elizabeth Warren are launching an investigation into UnitedHealth Group related to allegations that the company secretly paid nursing homes thousands in bonuses to cut hospital transfers of sick residents.
www.reuters.com
August 8, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Ugh - thank goodness for Senator Warren and Wyden!
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I sounded the alarm about UnitedHealth's attempt to purchase this home health giant years ago.
This is another half-baked merger settlement by the Trump DOJ—this time at the expense of the most vulnerable.
The public deserves to know if this deal is based on political favors.
This is another half-baked merger settlement by the Trump DOJ—this time at the expense of the most vulnerable.
The public deserves to know if this deal is based on political favors.
August 7, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I sounded the alarm about UnitedHealth's attempt to purchase this home health giant years ago.
This is another half-baked merger settlement by the Trump DOJ—this time at the expense of the most vulnerable.
The public deserves to know if this deal is based on political favors.
This is another half-baked merger settlement by the Trump DOJ—this time at the expense of the most vulnerable.
The public deserves to know if this deal is based on political favors.
What to do when you know you'll lose if the voters have their way
🚨BREAKING: Florida Republicans have opened the door to redrawing the state’s congressional map mid-decade — joining Texas and potentially other GOP-led states in a national push to secure more Republican House seats ahead of 2026. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Florida Expected to Follow Texas GOP’s Lead on Mid-Decade Redistrict Power Grab
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
August 7, 2025 at 11:21 PM
What to do when you know you'll lose if the voters have their way
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Things Trump Has Lied to You About:
His family was originally from Sweden.
Mexico will pay for the wall.
E. Jean Carroll was not his type.
He won the 2020 election.
He was a success in real estate.
He’s lost money being president.
He will not cut Medicaid.
He's not in the Epstein files.
His family was originally from Sweden.
Mexico will pay for the wall.
E. Jean Carroll was not his type.
He won the 2020 election.
He was a success in real estate.
He’s lost money being president.
He will not cut Medicaid.
He's not in the Epstein files.
July 26, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Things Trump Has Lied to You About:
His family was originally from Sweden.
Mexico will pay for the wall.
E. Jean Carroll was not his type.
He won the 2020 election.
He was a success in real estate.
He’s lost money being president.
He will not cut Medicaid.
He's not in the Epstein files.
His family was originally from Sweden.
Mexico will pay for the wall.
E. Jean Carroll was not his type.
He won the 2020 election.
He was a success in real estate.
He’s lost money being president.
He will not cut Medicaid.
He's not in the Epstein files.
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Reposted by Lynne in Victoria
No, this is not a joke. This is real.
North Carolina Republicans have introduced a sweeping elections bill that, among other steps, would bar election officials from encouraging or promoting voter turnout. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/don...
North Carolina Republicans have introduced a sweeping elections bill that, among other steps, would bar election officials from encouraging or promoting voter turnout. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/don...
Don’t Say Vote: NC GOPers Want to Bar Election Officials From Encouraging Turnout
Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.
www.democracydocket.com
July 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
No, this is not a joke. This is real.
North Carolina Republicans have introduced a sweeping elections bill that, among other steps, would bar election officials from encouraging or promoting voter turnout. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/don...
North Carolina Republicans have introduced a sweeping elections bill that, among other steps, would bar election officials from encouraging or promoting voter turnout. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/don...
Canceled my Paramount subscription for a couple of reasons - their craven caving to Trump and then final straw was canceling of the Colbert Show.
July 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Canceled my Paramount subscription for a couple of reasons - their craven caving to Trump and then final straw was canceling of the Colbert Show.
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Jair Bolsonaro, the corrupt former President of Brazil, is about to stand trial over an alleged coup attempt.
Trump is pressuring Brazil in an effort to protect him, but Brazil’s Supreme Court is standing firm.
They have FAR more integrity than SCOTUS.
apple.news/A-katPPH7S4u...
Trump is pressuring Brazil in an effort to protect him, but Brazil’s Supreme Court is standing firm.
They have FAR more integrity than SCOTUS.
apple.news/A-katPPH7S4u...
Brazil’s Former President Jair Bolsonaro Ordered to Wear Ankle Monitor After Police Raid — Bloomberg
Brazil’s Supreme Court sent police to raid the home of former President Jair Bolsonaro and to attach a monitor to his ankle just hours after Donald Trump piled pressure on the South American nation to...
apple.news
July 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Jair Bolsonaro, the corrupt former President of Brazil, is about to stand trial over an alleged coup attempt.
Trump is pressuring Brazil in an effort to protect him, but Brazil’s Supreme Court is standing firm.
They have FAR more integrity than SCOTUS.
apple.news/A-katPPH7S4u...
Trump is pressuring Brazil in an effort to protect him, but Brazil’s Supreme Court is standing firm.
They have FAR more integrity than SCOTUS.
apple.news/A-katPPH7S4u...
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The Trump admin's new talking point on the Big Beautiful Bill: we're going to deport all the farm laborers and make people on Medicaid work in the fields to earn their health insurance.
Brooke Rollins on farm laborers: "There will be no amnesty. The mass deportations continue, but in a strategic way. And we move the workforce toward automation and 100% American participation, which with 34 million able-bodied on Medicaid we should be able to do fairly quickly."
July 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The Trump admin's new talking point on the Big Beautiful Bill: we're going to deport all the farm laborers and make people on Medicaid work in the fields to earn their health insurance.
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Priscilla Chan’s decision to stop funding the school she opened to help struggling families shows the risks for communities reliant on wealthy private donors.
The Chan-Zuckerbergs stopped funding social causes. 400 kids lost their school.
Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg’s retreat from funding social issues forced the closure of a school Chan opened for disadvantaged families in Silicon Valley.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 30, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Priscilla Chan’s decision to stop funding the school she opened to help struggling families shows the risks for communities reliant on wealthy private donors.
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“De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd.’s twin-engine firefighter planes are renowned for their manoeuvrability, for expertly skimming along bodies of water to fill up with large volumes to dump on infernos– & do it repeatedly.”
🇨🇦 icons, even if a climate emergency makes them more necessary than ever
🇨🇦 icons, even if a climate emergency makes them more necessary than ever
July 2, 2025 at 10:21 AM
“De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd.’s twin-engine firefighter planes are renowned for their manoeuvrability, for expertly skimming along bodies of water to fill up with large volumes to dump on infernos– & do it repeatedly.”
🇨🇦 icons, even if a climate emergency makes them more necessary than ever
🇨🇦 icons, even if a climate emergency makes them more necessary than ever
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Reposted by Lynne in Victoria
Dubbed “No Kings Day,” the over 2,000 planned demonstrations are set to kick off Saturday morning, June 14. The protests have been organized by hundreds of organizations and grass-roots groups, including the ACLU, Public Citizen, Indivisible and 50501. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
What to Know About June 14 “No Kings Day” Protests
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
June 13, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Dubbed “No Kings Day,” the over 2,000 planned demonstrations are set to kick off Saturday morning, June 14. The protests have been organized by hundreds of organizations and grass-roots groups, including the ACLU, Public Citizen, Indivisible and 50501. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
NEW: The first U.S. bishop appointed by Pope Leo XIV—a refugee himself—is mobilizing priests to accompany migrants at immigration court on June 20.
This is the kind of leadership Leo’s picking.
This is the kind of leadership Leo’s picking.
June 13, 2025 at 4:37 PM
NEW: The first U.S. bishop appointed by Pope Leo XIV—a refugee himself—is mobilizing priests to accompany migrants at immigration court on June 20.
This is the kind of leadership Leo’s picking.
This is the kind of leadership Leo’s picking.
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June 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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In April, we took to the streets for the biggest day of civic protest in years.
No Kings Day on June 14 is going to be even bigger, with more events in more places to reject Trump’s authoritarianism.
Please join us at your local No Kings Day event in two weeks: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
No Kings Day on June 14 is going to be even bigger, with more events in more places to reject Trump’s authoritarianism.
Please join us at your local No Kings Day event in two weeks: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
May 31, 2025 at 1:32 PM
In April, we took to the streets for the biggest day of civic protest in years.
No Kings Day on June 14 is going to be even bigger, with more events in more places to reject Trump’s authoritarianism.
Please join us at your local No Kings Day event in two weeks: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
No Kings Day on June 14 is going to be even bigger, with more events in more places to reject Trump’s authoritarianism.
Please join us at your local No Kings Day event in two weeks: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
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Trump hands Dept of Interior to Russia-linked oil exec:
"... given sweeping powers to overhaul the department that manages public lands
"...hasn’t divested his investments or filed an ethics commitment to break ties with companies that pose a conflict of interest"
apnews.com/article/hass...
"... given sweeping powers to overhaul the department that manages public lands
"...hasn’t divested his investments or filed an ethics commitment to break ties with companies that pose a conflict of interest"
apnews.com/article/hass...
Here's what a Texas oil executive from DOGE is doing inside the Interior Department
A Texas oil executive from Elon Musk’s government efficiency team has been tasked with overhauling the federal agency that manages vast tracts of public lands.
apnews.com
May 31, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Trump hands Dept of Interior to Russia-linked oil exec:
"... given sweeping powers to overhaul the department that manages public lands
"...hasn’t divested his investments or filed an ethics commitment to break ties with companies that pose a conflict of interest"
apnews.com/article/hass...
"... given sweeping powers to overhaul the department that manages public lands
"...hasn’t divested his investments or filed an ethics commitment to break ties with companies that pose a conflict of interest"
apnews.com/article/hass...
Word!
Interesting that the administration that claims to dislike it when refugees seek residency *illegally* is arresting refugees in *courts* when the seek immigration legally.
MAGAs are just xenophobic white supremacist bigots.
MAGAs are just xenophobic white supremacist bigots.
May 30, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Word!
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Democrats seem at a loss for a punchy message that easily conveys how horrible Trump has been.
How about "So far, Donald Trump has killed 300,000 people, mostly children, just so billionaires can pay less taxes"?
How about "So far, Donald Trump has killed 300,000 people, mostly children, just so billionaires can pay less taxes"?
May 30, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Democrats seem at a loss for a punchy message that easily conveys how horrible Trump has been.
How about "So far, Donald Trump has killed 300,000 people, mostly children, just so billionaires can pay less taxes"?
How about "So far, Donald Trump has killed 300,000 people, mostly children, just so billionaires can pay less taxes"?
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Celebrate the contribution of women to war efforts.
Julia Parsons, a U.S. Navy code breaker during World War II who was among the last survivors of a top-secret team of women that unscrambled messages to and from German U-boats, has died at 104.
Julia Parsons, U.S. Navy Code Breaker During World War II, Dies at 104
Soon after her officer training in Washington, she was recruited to a classified code-breaking team. She kept her work secret for decades, even from her family.
www.nytimes.com
May 2, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Celebrate the contribution of women to war efforts.
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