Lynn McClain
@pinderbriggs.bsky.social
Retired attorney (healthcare regulation, advocacy, constitutional law) Grandmother, Quaker education
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Went back to the history of the Sicilian Mafia to illustrate something obvious but worth stating explicitly: The Trump administration behaves like an organized crime syndicate running a protection racket, not a representative government www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 8, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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The world would be immensely better if more religions and their believers had even a tenth of the dedication the Sikhs do to doing good for people with no gatekeeping or expectations of anything other than "you are a fellow human in need and we can help you"
Folks, if you are hungry, please contact your local Sikh gurdwara. Or just show up for langar, which most gurdwaras do several times a week, for a free meal. Lots also do weekly or monthly drives giving out groceries.
No conversion necessary. Feeding anyone who is hungry is a key part of Sikhism.
No conversion necessary. Feeding anyone who is hungry is a key part of Sikhism.
A lady on TikTok has been calling churches pretending to be a mother with a baby who needs formula and several churches turned her away. But wouldn’t you know that when she called a Mosque (Islamic Center of Charlotte) they immediately said yes.
[Source: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMpoxsaW/ ]
[Source: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMpoxsaW/ ]
November 8, 2025 at 4:42 AM
The world would be immensely better if more religions and their believers had even a tenth of the dedication the Sikhs do to doing good for people with no gatekeeping or expectations of anything other than "you are a fellow human in need and we can help you"
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I just did an internet search for “Trump falls asleep in Oval Office” and found a couple stories from small left-leaning outlets and some foreign press.
Major American corporate media outlets or local news? Not so much.
Major American corporate media outlets or local news? Not so much.
November 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I just did an internet search for “Trump falls asleep in Oval Office” and found a couple stories from small left-leaning outlets and some foreign press.
Major American corporate media outlets or local news? Not so much.
Major American corporate media outlets or local news? Not so much.
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The Speaker of the House isn't allowed to give that answer. He's not some guy who missed the local news that night.
Anyone not following up with "isn't it your job to know? What were you doing instead of paying attention to services being cut for American children" isn't a journalist
Anyone not following up with "isn't it your job to know? What were you doing instead of paying attention to services being cut for American children" isn't a journalist
REPORTER: We know the president moved forward with mass layoffs. We're also learning there were significant cuts to staff at special education services. Are you comfortable with those cuts?
MIKE JOHNSON: I haven't seen the specifics of that and I don't know
MIKE JOHNSON: I haven't seen the specifics of that and I don't know
October 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The Speaker of the House isn't allowed to give that answer. He's not some guy who missed the local news that night.
Anyone not following up with "isn't it your job to know? What were you doing instead of paying attention to services being cut for American children" isn't a journalist
Anyone not following up with "isn't it your job to know? What were you doing instead of paying attention to services being cut for American children" isn't a journalist
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What shocking news!! Who can be surprised? His family warned us. His actions warned us.
The 17 experts who were ousted from an HHS vaccine committee have published a commentary on Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, saying that Robert Kennedy, Jr., and his self-picked panel are abandoning rigorous scientific review and open deliberation.
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
August 1, 2025 at 8:23 AM
What shocking news!! Who can be surprised? His family warned us. His actions warned us.
The Path Forward for Vaccine Policy in the United States | New England Journal of Medicine www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
The Path Forward for Vaccine Policy in the United States | NEJM
The former members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices consider paths forward for U.S. vaccine policy in the wake of their dismissal by the Secretary of Health and Human Services in...
www.nejm.org
July 31, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The Path Forward for Vaccine Policy in the United States | New England Journal of Medicine www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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Marco Rubio, Stephen Miller, Kirsti Noem, Joseph Mazzara, Emil Bove, Drew Sargent, and everyone else involved in planning, executing, and obstructing justice around the CECOT imprisonments are responsible for Andry's torture and rape.
Each bears a share of the blame. Don't ever let them forget it.
Each bears a share of the blame. Don't ever let them forget it.
July 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Marco Rubio, Stephen Miller, Kirsti Noem, Joseph Mazzara, Emil Bove, Drew Sargent, and everyone else involved in planning, executing, and obstructing justice around the CECOT imprisonments are responsible for Andry's torture and rape.
Each bears a share of the blame. Don't ever let them forget it.
Each bears a share of the blame. Don't ever let them forget it.
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This is true. He’s also a rapist and doesn’t want to release a list of pedos he is on.
The two most unAmerican things about Trump are that he doesn’t drink beer and he doesn’t like dogs
July 16, 2025 at 8:54 PM
This is true. He’s also a rapist and doesn’t want to release a list of pedos he is on.
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Dersh himself was a passenger multiple times between 1998 and 2005 on the Lolita Express. He even got a massage once at Epstein's home in Palm Beach.
Given that he's a lawyer, he of all people may want to exercise his right to remain silent.
Given that he's a lawyer, he of all people may want to exercise his right to remain silent.
July 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Dersh himself was a passenger multiple times between 1998 and 2005 on the Lolita Express. He even got a massage once at Epstein's home in Palm Beach.
Given that he's a lawyer, he of all people may want to exercise his right to remain silent.
Given that he's a lawyer, he of all people may want to exercise his right to remain silent.
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Nearly all of USAID's 10,000 employees were fired, placed on indefinite leave, or otherwise removed.
US based organizations stand to lose $28.9 billion from domestic contracts and assistance.
US based organizations stand to lose $28.9 billion from domestic contracts and assistance.
DOGE’s big illusion: the heavy costs of the Trump administration’s so-called efficiency - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
CREW’s review of some of the programs targeted for cuts by DOGE and the Trump admin found that the elimination or reduction of these programs have directly cost over 50,000 people their jobs. DOGE’s c...
www.citizensforethics.org
July 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Nearly all of USAID's 10,000 employees were fired, placed on indefinite leave, or otherwise removed.
US based organizations stand to lose $28.9 billion from domestic contracts and assistance.
US based organizations stand to lose $28.9 billion from domestic contracts and assistance.
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At yesterday's protests in Atlanta, police arrested the respected journalist Mario Guevara—clearly ID'd as press and, crucially, known for tirelessly documenting ICE abuses—for livestreaming their crackdown.
He was booked on charges of "obstruction" and "pedestrian walking on or along" a roadway.
He was booked on charges of "obstruction" and "pedestrian walking on or along" a roadway.
Mario Guevara, reporter who covers ICE raids, arrested at metro Atlanta protest
DeKalb County police charged Spanish-language immigration reporter Mario Guevara with obstruction of law enforcement officers and pedestrian walking on or along a roadway.
www.ajc.com
June 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
At yesterday's protests in Atlanta, police arrested the respected journalist Mario Guevara—clearly ID'd as press and, crucially, known for tirelessly documenting ICE abuses—for livestreaming their crackdown.
He was booked on charges of "obstruction" and "pedestrian walking on or along" a roadway.
He was booked on charges of "obstruction" and "pedestrian walking on or along" a roadway.
W.E.B. Du Bois on Robert E. Lee:
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
June 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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We will be spending $134 million to deploy Marines following a five-block street protest in downtown LA. We'll offset the cost by forbidding military libraries from buying books by Black authors.
by Pete Hegseth
by Pete Hegseth
June 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
We will be spending $134 million to deploy Marines following a five-block street protest in downtown LA. We'll offset the cost by forbidding military libraries from buying books by Black authors.
by Pete Hegseth
by Pete Hegseth
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Robert E. Lee and his men killed over 110,000 US Army soldiers. Here's why that same Army must rename its military bases after him.
by Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth
by Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth
June 12, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Robert E. Lee and his men killed over 110,000 US Army soldiers. Here's why that same Army must rename its military bases after him.
by Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth
by Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth
Healthcare for seniors is *not* waste, fraud, or abuse.
Food for hungry kids is *not* waste, fraud, or abuse.
A $45 military parade for a draft dodging felon *is* waste, fraud, and abuse.
Paying the National Guard to attack US citizens *is* waste, fraud, and abuse.
Food for hungry kids is *not* waste, fraud, or abuse.
A $45 military parade for a draft dodging felon *is* waste, fraud, and abuse.
Paying the National Guard to attack US citizens *is* waste, fraud, and abuse.
June 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM