ReubenKincaid
@reubenkincaid.bsky.social
Indiana native - I love libraries, local music, cats & journalism. Ball State grad. Blue dot in a red state. Ally 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Opinions my own, and not my employer’s. Gen X
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ReubenKincaid
@reubenkincaid.bsky.social
· Nov 15
I brought my favorite Jim Banks deleted tweet with me #Indiana
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In case you need a positive reminder:
How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very
From emancipation to women’s suffrage, civil rights and BLM, mass movement has shaped the arc of US history
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:51 AM
In case you need a positive reminder:
How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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He let loose almost 200 unhinged posts on Christmas Day.
You’d think someone would have wrestled his phone away after 20, 40 or even a hundred posts.
They know he’s too far gone.
They also know he won’t escape the Epstein fallout.
They’re letting him make his case for the 25th amendment.
You’d think someone would have wrestled his phone away after 20, 40 or even a hundred posts.
They know he’s too far gone.
They also know he won’t escape the Epstein fallout.
They’re letting him make his case for the 25th amendment.
December 26, 2025 at 6:13 AM
He let loose almost 200 unhinged posts on Christmas Day.
You’d think someone would have wrestled his phone away after 20, 40 or even a hundred posts.
They know he’s too far gone.
They also know he won’t escape the Epstein fallout.
They’re letting him make his case for the 25th amendment.
You’d think someone would have wrestled his phone away after 20, 40 or even a hundred posts.
They know he’s too far gone.
They also know he won’t escape the Epstein fallout.
They’re letting him make his case for the 25th amendment.
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‘Tis the season to …
Trump says US struck Islamic State targets in Nigeria after group targeted Christians
President Donald Trump says he launched a “powerful and deadly" U.S. strike against Islamic State forces in Nigeria, after spending weeks accusing the government there of failing to rein in the persec...
apnews.com
December 26, 2025 at 12:45 AM
‘Tis the season to …
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Test your knowledge with our annual quiz and feel free to ask your loved ones for help. But no Google searches or AI prompts allowed. Friends don’t let friends use ChatGPT.
The Great 2025 Chicago Tribune holiday news quiz
Think you know everything that went on this year? Get together with your loved ones this Christmas and have fun with our annual year-end news quiz.
trib.al
December 26, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Test your knowledge with our annual quiz and feel free to ask your loved ones for help. But no Google searches or AI prompts allowed. Friends don’t let friends use ChatGPT.
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INDIANA - Republican senate majority floor leader Sen. Chris Garten posts AI slop pics of himself beating up Santa Claus. On Christmas.
Your GOP, folks. 🎅
Your GOP, folks. 🎅
December 26, 2025 at 4:22 AM
INDIANA - Republican senate majority floor leader Sen. Chris Garten posts AI slop pics of himself beating up Santa Claus. On Christmas.
Your GOP, folks. 🎅
Your GOP, folks. 🎅
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Signaling their bold new commitment to AI, Purdue is changing its mascot from the Boilermakers to the Bullshitters.
It’s been fun while it lasted: “Purdue University will begin requiring that all of its undergraduate students demonstrate basic competency in artificial intelligence starting with freshmen who enter the university in 2026.”
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
Purdue University Approves New AI Requirement For All Undergrads
Purdue University will begin requiring that all of its undergraduate students meet an AI competency requirement starting with freshmen who enter the university in 2026.
www.forbes.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Signaling their bold new commitment to AI, Purdue is changing its mascot from the Boilermakers to the Bullshitters.
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nothing makes women feel safe like receiving ocular patdowns from guys who look like this btw
In order to "protect women" Texas made it so that women have to go through armed guards with an ID check. They literally created a potty police.
December 14, 2025 at 4:54 PM
nothing makes women feel safe like receiving ocular patdowns from guys who look like this btw
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Heather Cox Richardson offers the most lucid explanation(s) of the way Trump and his cronies are taking a hammer to our beautiful America. Get her daily letter wherever you get your podcasts.
December 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Heather Cox Richardson offers the most lucid explanation(s) of the way Trump and his cronies are taking a hammer to our beautiful America. Get her daily letter wherever you get your podcasts.
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UPDATE: Another Chicago-area church has put up an immigration-themed Nativity scene.
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
December 7, 2025 at 10:31 PM
UPDATE: Another Chicago-area church has put up an immigration-themed Nativity scene.
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
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RFK Jr.'s claim that COVID vaccines are deadly? Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. In this new extraordinarily large study, vaccinated individuals had a 74% lower risk of death from severe COVID-19 and a 25% lower risk of all-cause mortality compared to those unvaccinated. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination and 4-Year All-Cause Mortality Among Adults in France
This cohort study uses the data from all adults aged 18 to 59 years living in France on November 1, 2021, to evaluate whether there is an association of receipt of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine with long-t...
jamanetwork.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM
RFK Jr.'s claim that COVID vaccines are deadly? Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. In this new extraordinarily large study, vaccinated individuals had a 74% lower risk of death from severe COVID-19 and a 25% lower risk of all-cause mortality compared to those unvaccinated. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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“No human being is garbage, Mr. President, and shame on you for saying so,” said the Lutheran pastor.“In the name of Jesus, I rebuke those hateful words.The Somali community in Minnesota are our neighbors, brothers and sisters, children of God, fellow Americans.”
www.startribune.com/twin-cities-...
www.startribune.com/twin-cities-...
Twin Cities religious leaders unite to support Somali community and condemn Trump attacks
Religious leaders from churches, Jewish temples and mosques from across the state opposed remarks from President Donald Trump that included calling Somalis “garbage.”
www.startribune.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:39 PM
“No human being is garbage, Mr. President, and shame on you for saying so,” said the Lutheran pastor.“In the name of Jesus, I rebuke those hateful words.The Somali community in Minnesota are our neighbors, brothers and sisters, children of God, fellow Americans.”
www.startribune.com/twin-cities-...
www.startribune.com/twin-cities-...
REMINDER
We (Citizens Action Coalition) are now tracking more than 10,000 MW of data centers being planned and constructed in Indiana by the Big 4 tech companies. These facilities could use more than 80% of our electricity.
Dozens of additional large data centers have also been proposed by others.
Dozens of additional large data centers have also been proposed by others.
December 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
REMINDER
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"The group rallied amid frigid conditions at the Target store on East Lake Street, alleging it allowed agents to stage raids in the parking lot.
'You cannot celebrate our communities on your commercials while letting ICE stalk them in your parking lot'...”
www.startribune.com/twin-cities-...
'You cannot celebrate our communities on your commercials while letting ICE stalk them in your parking lot'...”
www.startribune.com/twin-cities-...
December 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
"The group rallied amid frigid conditions at the Target store on East Lake Street, alleging it allowed agents to stage raids in the parking lot.
'You cannot celebrate our communities on your commercials while letting ICE stalk them in your parking lot'...”
www.startribune.com/twin-cities-...
'You cannot celebrate our communities on your commercials while letting ICE stalk them in your parking lot'...”
www.startribune.com/twin-cities-...
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‘Sort of blackmail’: Billions in rural health funding hinge on states passing Trump-backed policies
‘Sort of blackmail’: Billions in rural health funding hinge on states passing Trump-backed policies
Democrats and health advocates described the strategy as highly unusual, and some fear it could be wielded to favor political allies.
dlvr.it
December 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
‘Sort of blackmail’: Billions in rural health funding hinge on states passing Trump-backed policies
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📣 UPDATED: Since I've been shouting from the rooftops about the importance of #ACA enrollees NOT letting themselves be passively re-enrolled, here's an update to my own family's situation (we went ahead & pulled the trigger this morning):
acasignups.net/25/12/07/sig...
acasignups.net/25/12/07/sig...
(Sigh) OK, here goes: How about my own family? (updated)
Originally posted 11/03/25 For nearly a year now, I've been writing about the upcoming expiration of the enhanced ACA premium tax credits (eAPTC) which have been in place for the past five years. They...
acasignups.net
December 7, 2025 at 6:38 PM
📣 UPDATED: Since I've been shouting from the rooftops about the importance of #ACA enrollees NOT letting themselves be passively re-enrolled, here's an update to my own family's situation (we went ahead & pulled the trigger this morning):
acasignups.net/25/12/07/sig...
acasignups.net/25/12/07/sig...
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"The Trump regime is explicitly saying...America is not about freedom of thought. America is about the power of America, worshiping America," Univ. of Toronto Philosophy Prof. Jason Stanley says about America's authoritarian slide. #Velshi
How authoritarian states get private citizens to be ‘complicit in their crimes’
By asking people to submit tips about their fellow citizens and instances that are not in line with its ideology or agenda, the Trump administration is creating a permission structure for the public to monitor and report one another – and there’s a reason for that. “Authoritarianism is a mafia state,” University of Toronto Philosophy Professor Jason Stanley tells Ali Velshi. “And how does the mafia operate? The mafia operates by getting you to be complicit in their crimes.”
www.msnbc.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:41 PM
"The Trump regime is explicitly saying...America is not about freedom of thought. America is about the power of America, worshiping America," Univ. of Toronto Philosophy Prof. Jason Stanley says about America's authoritarian slide. #Velshi
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Trump is angry that Dem Congressman Henry Cuellar, whom he just pardoned, has decided to run for reelection.
A reminder: Trump didn’t even give Speaker Johnson a heads-up before issuing the pardon, and that the GOP had a chance at picking up this seat had Cuellar continued to face federal charges.
A reminder: Trump didn’t even give Speaker Johnson a heads-up before issuing the pardon, and that the GOP had a chance at picking up this seat had Cuellar continued to face federal charges.
December 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Trump is angry that Dem Congressman Henry Cuellar, whom he just pardoned, has decided to run for reelection.
A reminder: Trump didn’t even give Speaker Johnson a heads-up before issuing the pardon, and that the GOP had a chance at picking up this seat had Cuellar continued to face federal charges.
A reminder: Trump didn’t even give Speaker Johnson a heads-up before issuing the pardon, and that the GOP had a chance at picking up this seat had Cuellar continued to face federal charges.
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Our longest episode ever on the theater at the FDA and why we should be very skeptical that antivaxx disinformation doctors suddenly “discovered” the vaccine killed 10 kids.
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The Prasad Memo and the FDA Meltdown No One's Addressing
Podcast Episode · We Want Them Infected Podcast · 12/07/2025 · 1h 53m
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December 7, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Our longest episode ever on the theater at the FDA and why we should be very skeptical that antivaxx disinformation doctors suddenly “discovered” the vaccine killed 10 kids.
@wendyorent.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
@wendyorent.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
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“There's every reason to believe that the US military has been conducting illegal strikes” on alleged drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean, @mawaldman.bsky.social tells @cbssundaymorning.bsky.social. "It's a very serious thing, because we are not at war."
December 7, 2025 at 3:11 PM
“There's every reason to believe that the US military has been conducting illegal strikes” on alleged drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean, @mawaldman.bsky.social tells @cbssundaymorning.bsky.social. "It's a very serious thing, because we are not at war."
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Woke up to a “fog of war” warning
December 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Woke up to a “fog of war” warning
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If they pretend they haven’t heard about the story of the day, end the interview right there.
“I’m sorry, Senator, we wanted to get your perspective on this story, but it seems you’re not fully aware of what’s going on.”
“I’m sorry, Senator, we wanted to get your perspective on this story, but it seems you’re not fully aware of what’s going on.”
December 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
If they pretend they haven’t heard about the story of the day, end the interview right there.
“I’m sorry, Senator, we wanted to get your perspective on this story, but it seems you’re not fully aware of what’s going on.”
“I’m sorry, Senator, we wanted to get your perspective on this story, but it seems you’re not fully aware of what’s going on.”
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December 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
🥸
WELKER: You're talking about Trump protecting Arkansas from drugs, yet he pardoned the former president of Honduras who trafficked more than 500 tons of cocaine into the US. How does that make us safer?
COTTON: I haven't spoken to POTUS about that pardon. I have to know more about the circumstances
COTTON: I haven't spoken to POTUS about that pardon. I have to know more about the circumstances
December 7, 2025 at 4:09 PM
🥸
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Freudian slip from Tom Cotton: "I think President Bush has every power under the Constitution to strike boats in international waters"
December 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Freudian slip from Tom Cotton: "I think President Bush has every power under the Constitution to strike boats in international waters"