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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 9h

Our plane to Spain is in the air!

🙌🙌

Thank you so much to the countless people supporting us in every way and in particular all of the Rutgers students and faculty who have supported us every step of the way.

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Rhonda @rhondakaye.bsky.social · 9h

😂😂

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Underdog KC @realunderogkc.bsky.social · 9h

Spit take.

netsematary @netsematary.bsky.social · 10h

Calm down. I didn't send you a "dick pic", I was just proving that I'm autistic.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 20h

@drannieandrews.com

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Rhonda @rhondakaye.bsky.social · 11h

Where is this text sourced from?

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 11h

Insurance companies can often be aggressive with their denials because “they don’t expect people to come back,” one health care advocate said.

The lesson is simple, another expert told us: “Appeal, appeal, appeal, appeal. That’s all you have.”

By @deldeib.bsky.social

This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.

When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...

www.propublica.org

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 11h

All year long, Christophe Waggoner scours Texas thrift stores for children’s Halloween costumes.

His hard work is worth it in the fall when he hosts an event in which anyone can pick out a costume — for free.

This man thrifts all year to create free Halloween costumes for kids

Christophe Waggoner hosts a yearly event for kids — plus adults and dogs — to pick out free Halloween costumes he gathers and mends.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Rhonda @rhondakaye.bsky.social · 11h

Another banger, I really enjoyed the video on how to rat out your neighbors if they look darker than yourself.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 11h

Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile starts... now.

The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein

YouTube video by The Onion

www.youtube.com

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Rhonda @rhondakaye.bsky.social · 13h

But most Americans are absolutely zombie walking through this nightmare. Something has to give.

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Rhonda @rhondakaye.bsky.social · 13h

The only good thing I've read here all day.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 1d

If we are taking in “trillion” of dollars in tariffs:

1. Why haven’t we paid down a cent of the debt?

2. Why can’t we afford to not fuck millions of people over with expiring insurance subsidies?

3. Why is none of it being used to help the abysmal job market?

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Rhonda @rhondakaye.bsky.social · 15h

I love Chicago so much.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 23h

ICE getting tailed like it’s a heist movie. Chicago is turning the tables.

Rhonda @rhondakaye.bsky.social · 17h

There is so much potential opposition content in every speech he makes, and yet we have like two Dems who even give a shit.

Rhonda @rhondakaye.bsky.social · 21h

Oh WOW.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d

What Governor Pritzker is doing is right for his state, but it is vital for the Republic.

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Rhonda @rhondakaye.bsky.social · 1d

Jesus she should have her license revoked.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

Updated COVID shot led to less severe illness, fewer hospitalizations last year, US study finds reut.rs/3KEOvOE

Updated COVID shot led to less severe illness, fewer hospitalizations last year, US study finds

Last year's updated COVID-19 vaccines helped prevent severe outcomes including hospitalizations and deaths, according to data from a large study of U.S. military veterans published on Wednesday.

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Devin Nunes' Alt-Mom @nunesalt.bsky.social · 1d

He just said it. 100% unironically and unmistakably.

“We took the freedom of speech away.”

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d

More good work by Greg Sargent

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

JB Pritzker and Gavin Newsom are doing something new and important: They understand Stephen Miller's theory of fascist power politics, and they've developed a theory on how to combat it. More Dems need to reckon with Miller's understanding of the moment.

New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2014...

Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan to Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule

He wants to supercharge searing civil tensions to get low-information voters to embrace their inner authoritarian. Exactly two Democrats appear to fully grasp this.

newrepublic.com

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

Relatedly, this @brianbeutler.bsky.social idea of the "median experience of tyranny" is a good way to say that while majorities oppose the lawbreaking/abuses of power, Miller is banking on the middle lacking deep conviction about all of it (as I suggest)

www.offmessage.net/p/the-median...

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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 1d

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 1d

JUST IN: A federal judge has granted the New York Times’ demand for a list of Elon Musk’s security clearances. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

I'm on the slowest bus line in the city with the slowest buses in the nation to talk to New Yorkers about what it would mean for their lives if we made them fast and free.

Zohran sits on a bus talking to a rider sitting behind him.

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Rhonda @rhondakaye.bsky.social · 1d

Pardon me? I have no idea what you're trying to say. I don't have a choice in dealing with him, that was my response.

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Black. Bitch. Purple. Kunt. (aka David) @ncred.bsky.social · 3d

"How does it feel to be locked up unlawfully" 🤣🤣🤣🤣 My kinda carrying on! Keep it up.

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