sstrumello
@sstrumello.bsky.social
I’m a former Twitter user, person living w autoimmune Type 1 diabetes (T1D), and am pro-democracy and I am anti-monopoly.
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@sstrumello.bsky.social
· Feb 1
So, I've created a list of people and entities I find useful to follow for T1D news without too much addiction to corporate media. My list can be found at bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Another bombshell! WSJ reporting that Hegseth pushed Adm. Alvin Holsey to resign because of his belief that the strikes Trump ordered were illegal.
I gitted this so you can read it
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
I gitted this so you can read it
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Exclusive | Hegseth Asked Top Admiral to Resign After Months of Discord
The relationship between the Pentagon chief and Adm. Alvin Holsey had been rocky since Trump’s inauguration.
www.wsj.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Another bombshell! WSJ reporting that Hegseth pushed Adm. Alvin Holsey to resign because of his belief that the strikes Trump ordered were illegal.
I gitted this so you can read it
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
I gitted this so you can read it
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
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Re: As The FDA Turns, there was a long-running soap opera on CBS called As The World Turns. The Carol Burnett Show did a parody called As The Stomach Turns which would also be an appropriate name for Kennedy's FDA
This is an Axios story on As The FDA Turns (moniker by @endpts.com John Carroll). Anonymous HHS or FDA sources spoke to Axios re: Kennedy doing exit interview w/Pazdur. My guess is that someone on Team Kennedy leaked this to throw Makary under the bus: www.axios.com/2025/12/03/r... #medsky
Scoop: Kennedy gets personally involved in FDA personnel drama
He met with the FDA's departing top drug regulator amid concerns the agency is in turmoil, two sources familiar with the situation told Axios.
www.axios.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Re: As The FDA Turns, there was a long-running soap opera on CBS called As The World Turns. The Carol Burnett Show did a parody called As The Stomach Turns which would also be an appropriate name for Kennedy's FDA
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Can I let you in on a little secret?
Billionaire philanthropy isn’t charity.
It’s PR to distract you from low wages, labor exploitation, and a tax system that’s rigged for the rich.
Billionaire philanthropy isn’t charity.
It’s PR to distract you from low wages, labor exploitation, and a tax system that’s rigged for the rich.
December 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Can I let you in on a little secret?
Billionaire philanthropy isn’t charity.
It’s PR to distract you from low wages, labor exploitation, and a tax system that’s rigged for the rich.
Billionaire philanthropy isn’t charity.
It’s PR to distract you from low wages, labor exploitation, and a tax system that’s rigged for the rich.
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That’s Trump’s message to millions of struggling families. Your suffering isn't real. It's a hoax, just like the Epstein files!
December 3, 2025 at 11:30 PM
That’s Trump’s message to millions of struggling families. Your suffering isn't real. It's a hoax, just like the Epstein files!
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The GOP is pretending there’s no affordability crisis, and they hope you’ll pretend with them.
December 3, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The GOP is pretending there’s no affordability crisis, and they hope you’ll pretend with them.
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The fact Democrats turned a special election in a deep-red district into a nail-bitter is a bad sign for Republicans ahead of the 2026 midterms.
Republicans barely won in a Trump-friendly Tennessee district. Here’s what it means for Pennsylvania and 2026.
www.inquirer.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The fact Democrats turned a special election in a deep-red district into a nail-bitter is a bad sign for Republicans ahead of the 2026 midterms.
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The Heritage Foundation’s recent decision to hire Scott Yenor, a family-policy scholar, “poses serious questions about the institution’s beliefs concerning the equality of women in the workplace and perhaps even as citizens,” Henry Olsen argues:
Does Heritage Support Discrimination Against Women?
The organization’s recent hiring reveals a willingness to countenance views decisively outside the American mainstream.
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December 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The Heritage Foundation’s recent decision to hire Scott Yenor, a family-policy scholar, “poses serious questions about the institution’s beliefs concerning the equality of women in the workplace and perhaps even as citizens,” Henry Olsen argues:
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As RFK Jr.'s new vaccine panel ponders changing the hepatitis B vaccination schedule, some doctors recall past patients, including children, who died painful deaths before there was a vaccine. n.pr/3McwKqG
Doctors warn delaying hepatitis B shot for newborns could revive a deadly threat
As RFK Jr.'s new vaccine panel ponders changing the hepatitis B vaccination schedule, some doctors recall past patients, including children, who died painful deaths before there was a vaccine.
n.pr
December 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM
As RFK Jr.'s new vaccine panel ponders changing the hepatitis B vaccination schedule, some doctors recall past patients, including children, who died painful deaths before there was a vaccine. n.pr/3McwKqG
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We too often look at prices when talking about affordability & not enough at wages. As Harold Meyerson explains, had the bottom 90% earned the same share of national income they did in 1975, by 2023 they would have made an additional $79 trillion!
prospect.org/2025/12/03/7...
prospect.org/2025/12/03/7...
The $79 Trillion Heist - The American Prospect
We’re in an affordability crisis because workers aren’t being paid at the same levels they earned in the past.
prospect.org
December 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
We too often look at prices when talking about affordability & not enough at wages. As Harold Meyerson explains, had the bottom 90% earned the same share of national income they did in 1975, by 2023 they would have made an additional $79 trillion!
prospect.org/2025/12/03/7...
prospect.org/2025/12/03/7...
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Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos will not live forever, so perhaps they are contemplating how to deploy their billions in the long term. What can the descendants of the aristocracy that dominated Britain from the Middle Ages to the first world war teach them? on.ft.com/447ztrr
December 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos will not live forever, so perhaps they are contemplating how to deploy their billions in the long term. What can the descendants of the aristocracy that dominated Britain from the Middle Ages to the first world war teach them? on.ft.com/447ztrr
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Affordable Care Act tax credits are set to expire at the end of this year, unless they’re renewed or replaced.
Here's how health insurance premiums are estimated to rise across the region, depending on where someone lives, how old they are, and what they earn.
Here's how health insurance premiums are estimated to rise across the region, depending on where someone lives, how old they are, and what they earn.
ACA premiums could increase fivefold across the region unless tax credits are extended
www.inquirer.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Affordable Care Act tax credits are set to expire at the end of this year, unless they’re renewed or replaced.
Here's how health insurance premiums are estimated to rise across the region, depending on where someone lives, how old they are, and what they earn.
Here's how health insurance premiums are estimated to rise across the region, depending on where someone lives, how old they are, and what they earn.
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Breaking: The US lost 32,000 jobs in November, far worse than expected.
Small businesses were the hardest hit.
Small businesses were the hardest hit.
December 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Breaking: The US lost 32,000 jobs in November, far worse than expected.
Small businesses were the hardest hit.
Small businesses were the hardest hit.
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Swiss voters are casting ballots to decide whether women, like men, must do national service in the military, civil protection teams or in other forms.
Swiss voters consider whether women, like all male citizens, must do national service
Swiss voters are deciding whether women should be required to do national service like men. Supporters of the “citizen service initiative” hope it will boost social cohesion by adding jobs in areas like environmental prevention and elderly care.
bit.ly
November 30, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Swiss voters are casting ballots to decide whether women, like men, must do national service in the military, civil protection teams or in other forms.
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Lawmakers from both parties want reviews of U.S. strikes on suspected drug-smuggling vessels after a report that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered all crew members killed in a Sept. 2 attack.
Lawmakers voice support for congressional reviews of Trump's military strikes on boats
Lawmakers from both parties say they support congressional reviews of U.S. military strikes against vessels suspected of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea.
bit.ly
November 30, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Lawmakers from both parties want reviews of U.S. strikes on suspected drug-smuggling vessels after a report that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered all crew members killed in a Sept. 2 attack.
Is it just me, or does anyone else think Susan Dell as gone a little too far on the facial treatments?
Billionaires Michael and Susan Dell pledged $6.25 billion to provide 25 million American children an incentive to claim the new investment accounts for children created as part of President Donald Trump’s tax and spending legislation.
Michael and Susan Dell donate $6.25 billion to encourage families to claim 'Trump Accounts'
Billionaires Michael and Susan Dell pledged a historic $6.25 billion on Tuesday to provide an incentive to families to adopt new investment accounts for children.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Is it just me, or does anyone else think Susan Dell as gone a little too far on the facial treatments?
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Former CDC official Demetre Daskalakis is taking his skills back to New York, where they were honed in HIV clinics and the city health department
www.statnews.com/2025/12/03/f...
www.statnews.com/2025/12/03/f...
Former CDC official returns to local health care after resigning
Former CDC official Demetre Daskalakis is taking his skills back to New York, where they were honed in HIV clinics and the city health department
www.statnews.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Former CDC official Demetre Daskalakis is taking his skills back to New York, where they were honed in HIV clinics and the city health department
www.statnews.com/2025/12/03/f...
www.statnews.com/2025/12/03/f...
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Democrats are united around extending enhanced ACA tax credits.
Republicans have a four dimensional puzzle to solve around opposition to the ACA, federal spending, insurance regulation, and abortion. It's hard to solve for all that, plus avoid big cost increases for enrollees.
Republicans have a four dimensional puzzle to solve around opposition to the ACA, federal spending, insurance regulation, and abortion. It's hard to solve for all that, plus avoid big cost increases for enrollees.
December 3, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Democrats are united around extending enhanced ACA tax credits.
Republicans have a four dimensional puzzle to solve around opposition to the ACA, federal spending, insurance regulation, and abortion. It's hard to solve for all that, plus avoid big cost increases for enrollees.
Republicans have a four dimensional puzzle to solve around opposition to the ACA, federal spending, insurance regulation, and abortion. It's hard to solve for all that, plus avoid big cost increases for enrollees.
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In trying to come up with a health care proposal right now, Republicans face the same dilemma as with any health reform plan. Laying out the details will make clear who wins, but also who loses.
December 3, 2025 at 12:54 AM
In trying to come up with a health care proposal right now, Republicans face the same dilemma as with any health reform plan. Laying out the details will make clear who wins, but also who loses.
The CDC's next anti-vaccine clown show is coming. Take your seats. @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | The CDC’s next anti-vaccine clown show is coming. Take your seats.
Delaying hepatitis B shots would be RFK Jr.’s most disruptive change yet to immunization policy.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The CDC's next anti-vaccine clown show is coming. Take your seats. @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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It doesn’t really feel like Christmas until that red nose lights up the sky.
Here’s every single time ‘Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer’ airs on TV in 2025
It doesn’t really feel like Christmas until that red nose lights up the sky.
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December 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
It doesn’t really feel like Christmas until that red nose lights up the sky.
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Trump promised you a fairer economy and the truth about Epstein. Then he used your money to hide the truth. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fbi-overtime-redact-epstein-files/
FBI paid nearly $1M in overtime to redact Epstein files, documents show
Bloomberg reporter Jason Leopold sued the FBI and DOJ for the files as part of a Freedom of Information Act request.
www.snopes.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Trump promised you a fairer economy and the truth about Epstein. Then he used your money to hide the truth. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fbi-overtime-redact-epstein-files/
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This is the most consequential story for the 2026 midterms. Yet, I cannot find it anywhere on legacy media. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Sues Six More States in Sweeping Push to Obtain Unredacted Voter Rolls
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This is the most consequential story for the 2026 midterms. Yet, I cannot find it anywhere on legacy media. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Translation: "The report doesn't exonerate Trump"
December 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Translation: "The report doesn't exonerate Trump"
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Excellent analysis today from @atrupar.com in PN:
The GOP "has done untold damage to the nation over the past two and a half decades, particularly during its domination by Trump. America would probably be far better off sending it into the dustbin of history."
www.publicnotice.co/p/late-trump...
The GOP "has done untold damage to the nation over the past two and a half decades, particularly during its domination by Trump. America would probably be far better off sending it into the dustbin of history."
www.publicnotice.co/p/late-trump...
Republicans in the era of Late Trumpism
The end is in sight — and it's not pretty for the GOP.
www.publicnotice.co
December 3, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Excellent analysis today from @atrupar.com in PN:
The GOP "has done untold damage to the nation over the past two and a half decades, particularly during its domination by Trump. America would probably be far better off sending it into the dustbin of history."
www.publicnotice.co/p/late-trump...
The GOP "has done untold damage to the nation over the past two and a half decades, particularly during its domination by Trump. America would probably be far better off sending it into the dustbin of history."
www.publicnotice.co/p/late-trump...
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The "Tonight Show" host presented a dictionary-ready diagnosis for what could be bothering the president.
Jimmy Fallon Adds New Word To Donald Trump's Ailments
The "Tonight Show" host presented a dictionary-ready diagnosis for what could be bothering the president.
www.huffpost.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The "Tonight Show" host presented a dictionary-ready diagnosis for what could be bothering the president.