@hmergie.bsky.social
Love nature, hiking, photography, my fur babies, science and public health. Happily married. Detest anything MAGA. No DM please!
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This is a hell NO! He just became a Dem so he can try to win this seat. CA 26 beware! He’s a total MAGA! This may be Republicans new game to win seats. Please know who you’re voting for.
Pro-Auschwitz Republican flips to Democrat in bid to win after California redistricting
A Republican candidate for governor in California will instead run for Congress as a Democrat despite floating Auschwitz, the infamous Nazi concentration camp, as an "unemployment plan."In paperwork f...
www.rawstory.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:47 AM
This is a hell NO! He just became a Dem so he can try to win this seat. CA 26 beware! He’s a total MAGA! This may be Republicans new game to win seats. Please know who you’re voting for.
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🚨 The White House is now actively covering up a murder.
January 8, 2026 at 4:25 PM
🚨 The White House is now actively covering up a murder.
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The danger of this moment cannot be overstated. Trump/Noem's vile defense of the killing shows that the heavily-armed government agents roaming our cities are unbound/unaccountable even when they kill Americans.
On the pod, @felipedlh.bsky.social and I dig into this:
newrepublic.com/article/2050...
On the pod, @felipedlh.bsky.social and I dig into this:
newrepublic.com/article/2050...
Trump’s ICE Agents Killed a Citizen. Then Damning New Details Emerged.
As the ICE shooting horror in Minneapolis gets worse, a writer who focuses on ICE accountability explains why the government’s cover story is full of holes—and what recourse we have now.
newrepublic.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:40 PM
The danger of this moment cannot be overstated. Trump/Noem's vile defense of the killing shows that the heavily-armed government agents roaming our cities are unbound/unaccountable even when they kill Americans.
On the pod, @felipedlh.bsky.social and I dig into this:
newrepublic.com/article/2050...
On the pod, @felipedlh.bsky.social and I dig into this:
newrepublic.com/article/2050...
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Cryer, who had more success at CBS than Weiss will ever dream, makes a good point.
Bari Weiss’ rebrand of CBS News as “Fox News but way less successful!” is coming along apace.
Incredible. CBS Evening News announces five new “simple values” — instead of their “38-page handbook” — as they roll out Tony Dokoupil is lead anchor.
One of those values is simply: “We love America and make no apologies for saying so.”
One of those values is simply: “We love America and make no apologies for saying so.”
January 2, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Cryer, who had more success at CBS than Weiss will ever dream, makes a good point.
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Thank you to all the performers who are canceling their events at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
December 30, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Thank you to all the performers who are canceling their events at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
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"Researchers found that withdrawing support for rapidly advancing mRNA vaccine technology could result in over 49,000 preventable deaths annually among patients diagnosed with four major cancers..."
Pro-death administration.
Pro-death administration.
A new report from researchers at the Yale School of Public Health warns that the U.S. government’s abrupt cancellation of funding for mRNA vaccine research could have devastating health and economic consequences for the nation.
New report sounds alarm on health fallout from mRNA vaccine funding cuts
A new report from the Yale School of Public Health warns that the U.S. government’s abrupt cancellation of funding for mRNA vaccine research could have
ysph.yale.edu
December 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
"Researchers found that withdrawing support for rapidly advancing mRNA vaccine technology could result in over 49,000 preventable deaths annually among patients diagnosed with four major cancers..."
Pro-death administration.
Pro-death administration.
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New legislation from Rep. April McClain Delaney (D-MD) would "require the immediate removal of Donald Trump’s name from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and to prevent future actions to rename it or other historic landmarks or memorials."
December 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM
New legislation from Rep. April McClain Delaney (D-MD) would "require the immediate removal of Donald Trump’s name from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and to prevent future actions to rename it or other historic landmarks or memorials."
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yelling that Trump is doing something "against the law" is meaningless if there are no consequences
December 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
yelling that Trump is doing something "against the law" is meaningless if there are no consequences
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Republican says Trump DOJ's Epstein files dump 'grossly fails to comply' with his law
www.alternet.org
Republican says Trump DOJ's Epstein files dump 'grossly fails to comply' with his law
twp.ai
December 19, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Republican says Trump DOJ's Epstein files dump 'grossly fails to comply' with his law
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This Epstein files "release" is the most disgusting cover up in American history
December 19, 2025 at 9:54 PM
This Epstein files "release" is the most disgusting cover up in American history
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Tapper: This is one of the documents the DOJ released. It’s 100 pages. It’s all black. That’s the transparency we’re getting.
December 19, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Tapper: This is one of the documents the DOJ released. It’s 100 pages. It’s all black. That’s the transparency we’re getting.
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It’s time to speak up while you still can.
December 16, 2025 at 10:29 AM
It’s time to speak up while you still can.
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Earlier this year, ProPublica found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% under Texas’ abortion ban.
Here’s how we did our analysis.
(Published Feb. 2025)
Here’s how we did our analysis.
(Published Feb. 2025)
Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did
Since Texas banned abortion, no one has studied the statewide effects on pregnant women experiencing complications. Here’s how we sifted through data on millions of pregnancy hospitalizations and anal...
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Earlier this year, ProPublica found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% under Texas’ abortion ban.
Here’s how we did our analysis.
(Published Feb. 2025)
Here’s how we did our analysis.
(Published Feb. 2025)
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Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Global Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
ProPublica uncovered that after USAID funding cuts, cases of cholera in South Sudan spiked.
ProPublica uncovered that after USAID funding cuts, cases of cholera in South Sudan spiked.
Trump officials celebrated with cake after slashing aid. Then people died of cholera.
ProPublica uncovered that after USAID funding cuts, cases of cholera in South Sudan spiked.
www.motherjones.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Global Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
ProPublica uncovered that after USAID funding cuts, cases of cholera in South Sudan spiked.
ProPublica uncovered that after USAID funding cuts, cases of cholera in South Sudan spiked.
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When you do stuff like this and it isn't covered as the massive scandal it should be, the permission structure to do equally awful stuff is quite high.
December 17, 2025 at 9:36 AM
When you do stuff like this and it isn't covered as the massive scandal it should be, the permission structure to do equally awful stuff is quite high.
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The U.S. Coast Guard "new workplace harassment policy ... downgrades the definition of swastikas and nooses from overt hate symbols to 'potentially divisive' despite an uproar over the new language that forced the service’s top officer to declare that both would remain prohibited."
Coast Guard enacts policy calling swastikas, nooses ‘potentially divisive’
The Coast Guard’s workplace harassment manual that downgrades the definition of swastikas and nooses quietly went into effect this week.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The U.S. Coast Guard "new workplace harassment policy ... downgrades the definition of swastikas and nooses from overt hate symbols to 'potentially divisive' despite an uproar over the new language that forced the service’s top officer to declare that both would remain prohibited."
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BREAKING: Mike Johnson just said he won't call a vote this year to extend enhanced subsidies under the Affordable Care Act — effectively guaranteeing they will expire at the end of this month.
December 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
BREAKING: Mike Johnson just said he won't call a vote this year to extend enhanced subsidies under the Affordable Care Act — effectively guaranteeing they will expire at the end of this month.
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CBS went from the home of "The most trusted man in America" to Bari Weiss & her fascist agenda.
People are rejecting corporate billionaire owned outlets.
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December 16, 2025 at 10:31 PM
CBS went from the home of "The most trusted man in America" to Bari Weiss & her fascist agenda.
People are rejecting corporate billionaire owned outlets.
My human rights platform—Let's Address This—has no paywall & being a paying sub is optional. Join 150K+ readers: www.qasimrashid.com/subscribe
People are rejecting corporate billionaire owned outlets.
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