VegasKiwi
@vegaskiwi.bsky.social
Escapee from Twitter, 💙💙💙
Former CVICU RN, now educating new nurses in a hospital-based program. EKG obsession, VGK fan ⚔️🏒🥅🤠 🌊🌊🌊 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️Ally! No DMs
Former CVICU RN, now educating new nurses in a hospital-based program. EKG obsession, VGK fan ⚔️🏒🥅🤠 🌊🌊🌊 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️Ally! No DMs
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Trump announces his golden ballroom may now cost $400 million, which is double the original estimate of $200 million.
This comes as Americans’ health care premiums are set to triple in the next few weeks.
This comes as Americans’ health care premiums are set to triple in the next few weeks.
December 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Trump announces his golden ballroom may now cost $400 million, which is double the original estimate of $200 million.
This comes as Americans’ health care premiums are set to triple in the next few weeks.
This comes as Americans’ health care premiums are set to triple in the next few weeks.
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I don’t know who made this, but it’s spot on!!
December 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I don’t know who made this, but it’s spot on!!
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Even worse, Musk the wealthiest man in the world- removed food aide from the 40 million of the globes poorest. Then he cut food aide & school lunches from the poorest Americans! NEVER did this man give a penny to help the needy. Never did he use his money to build hospitals, libraries, parks
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December 17, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Even worse, Musk the wealthiest man in the world- removed food aide from the 40 million of the globes poorest. Then he cut food aide & school lunches from the poorest Americans! NEVER did this man give a penny to help the needy. Never did he use his money to build hospitals, libraries, parks
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Read this. Then read it again.
December 17, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Read this. Then read it again.
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The former Justice Department special counsel told the House Judiciary Committee that his team developed "proof beyond a reasonable doubt" that Trump took part in a criminal scheme to overturn the 2020 election. n.pr/3N5wwln
Jack Smith defends his prosecutions of Trump in closed-door session in Congress
The former Justice Department special counsel told the House Judiciary Committee that his team developed "proof beyond a reasonable doubt" that Trump took part in a criminal scheme to overturn the 2020 election.
n.pr
December 17, 2025 at 8:11 PM
The former Justice Department special counsel told the House Judiciary Committee that his team developed "proof beyond a reasonable doubt" that Trump took part in a criminal scheme to overturn the 2020 election. n.pr/3N5wwln
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After Charlie Kirk’s murder, Rob Reiner responded with empathy and grace.
After Rob Reiner’s murder, MAGA and their felon celebrated it.
That’s the difference.
After Rob Reiner’s murder, MAGA and their felon celebrated it.
That’s the difference.
December 15, 2025 at 7:53 PM
After Charlie Kirk’s murder, Rob Reiner responded with empathy and grace.
After Rob Reiner’s murder, MAGA and their felon celebrated it.
That’s the difference.
After Rob Reiner’s murder, MAGA and their felon celebrated it.
That’s the difference.
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The is a declaration and act of war without congressional approval, and imperialistic jingoism.
December 16, 2025 at 11:56 PM
The is a declaration and act of war without congressional approval, and imperialistic jingoism.
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If it is not clear to everyone in the US THAT the GQP has no clue what this country’s problems are they are clueless and not paying ATTENTION!!! #ChuckandJim
December 16, 2025 at 6:53 PM
If it is not clear to everyone in the US THAT the GQP has no clue what this country’s problems are they are clueless and not paying ATTENTION!!! #ChuckandJim
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#ProudBlue
House Speaker Mike Johnson says he won't call a vote to extend enhanced subsidies under the ACA, effectively guaranteeing they will expire at the end of this month.”
Congress has 💯 free healthcare BUT will continue to deny healthcare to the 🇺🇸 people
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House Speaker Mike Johnson says he won't call a vote to extend enhanced subsidies under the ACA, effectively guaranteeing they will expire at the end of this month.”
Congress has 💯 free healthcare BUT will continue to deny healthcare to the 🇺🇸 people
🖕🏾🖕🏾🖕🏾
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House Republican leaders ditch vote on ACA funding, all but ensuring premiums will rise — NBC News
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said Republicans worked on the issue throughout the weekend but could not come to an agreement with a group of members who want the funds extended.
apple.news
December 16, 2025 at 5:27 PM
#ProudBlue
House Speaker Mike Johnson says he won't call a vote to extend enhanced subsidies under the ACA, effectively guaranteeing they will expire at the end of this month.”
Congress has 💯 free healthcare BUT will continue to deny healthcare to the 🇺🇸 people
🖕🏾🖕🏾🖕🏾
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House Speaker Mike Johnson says he won't call a vote to extend enhanced subsidies under the ACA, effectively guaranteeing they will expire at the end of this month.”
Congress has 💯 free healthcare BUT will continue to deny healthcare to the 🇺🇸 people
🖕🏾🖕🏾🖕🏾
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I am convinced America crossed an event horizon thirteen years ago, when even the deaths of elementary school aged children at the hands of a monster weren't enough for their government to say "enough is enough". Hard not to think that Americans would rather have their guns over their children.
December 15, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I am convinced America crossed an event horizon thirteen years ago, when even the deaths of elementary school aged children at the hands of a monster weren't enough for their government to say "enough is enough". Hard not to think that Americans would rather have their guns over their children.
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Undecided voter: “How can someone like you convince me that my vote matters”
James Talarico: “They wouldn't be trying so hard to stop you from voting if your vote didn't matter — Texas is one of the hardest places to vote in the entire country. That is by design”
James Talarico: “They wouldn't be trying so hard to stop you from voting if your vote didn't matter — Texas is one of the hardest places to vote in the entire country. That is by design”
December 15, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Undecided voter: “How can someone like you convince me that my vote matters”
James Talarico: “They wouldn't be trying so hard to stop you from voting if your vote didn't matter — Texas is one of the hardest places to vote in the entire country. That is by design”
James Talarico: “They wouldn't be trying so hard to stop you from voting if your vote didn't matter — Texas is one of the hardest places to vote in the entire country. That is by design”
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Any Port in a Storm
When the storm is so full on that a mere 6 seconds is bordering on over-exposing the image!
So bright. Soooo bright.
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#Twizel, #NewZealand.
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"Look with your eyes. See with your Soul."
#Aurora #Night #Stunday #Scape #EastCoastKin #Landscape #Nightscape #Bucketlist #Travel
When the storm is so full on that a mere 6 seconds is bordering on over-exposing the image!
So bright. Soooo bright.
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#Twizel, #NewZealand.
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"Look with your eyes. See with your Soul."
#Aurora #Night #Stunday #Scape #EastCoastKin #Landscape #Nightscape #Bucketlist #Travel
December 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Any Port in a Storm
When the storm is so full on that a mere 6 seconds is bordering on over-exposing the image!
So bright. Soooo bright.
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#Twizel, #NewZealand.
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"Look with your eyes. See with your Soul."
#Aurora #Night #Stunday #Scape #EastCoastKin #Landscape #Nightscape #Bucketlist #Travel
When the storm is so full on that a mere 6 seconds is bordering on over-exposing the image!
So bright. Soooo bright.
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#Twizel, #NewZealand.
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"Look with your eyes. See with your Soul."
#Aurora #Night #Stunday #Scape #EastCoastKin #Landscape #Nightscape #Bucketlist #Travel
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Rest in Peace Rob & Michele Reiner
December 15, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Rest in Peace Rob & Michele Reiner
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Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
December 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
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In a world where fewer and fewer people concern themselves with the plight of others, the loss of Rob Reiner, who cared deeply about humanitarian causes, feels that much more devastating. RIP: 1947-1925.
[Selfie: July 2022, NYC]
[Selfie: July 2022, NYC]
December 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
In a world where fewer and fewer people concern themselves with the plight of others, the loss of Rob Reiner, who cared deeply about humanitarian causes, feels that much more devastating. RIP: 1947-1925.
[Selfie: July 2022, NYC]
[Selfie: July 2022, NYC]
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Sounds about right.
December 15, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Sounds about right.
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Brutal but effective public health messaging from New York Public Health.
The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.
They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.
Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air
Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr
The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.
They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.
Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air
Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr
December 13, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Brutal but effective public health messaging from New York Public Health.
The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.
They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.
Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air
Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr
The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.
They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.
Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air
Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr
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This is absolutely amazing. #Science 🧪
The proteasome, cleaving proteins into antimicrobial peptides. Biology is a amazing
“There’s something that we thought is so familiar and so well understood, and then boom — something totally unexpected and exciting comes out of it.” — Medzhitov
The proteasome, cleaving proteins into antimicrobial peptides. Biology is a amazing
“There’s something that we thought is so familiar and so well understood, and then boom — something totally unexpected and exciting comes out of it.” — Medzhitov
This scientist found a new trick of the immune system by digging through cellular rubbish
Yifat Merbl is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025.
www.nature.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:04 AM
This is absolutely amazing. #Science 🧪
The proteasome, cleaving proteins into antimicrobial peptides. Biology is a amazing
“There’s something that we thought is so familiar and so well understood, and then boom — something totally unexpected and exciting comes out of it.” — Medzhitov
The proteasome, cleaving proteins into antimicrobial peptides. Biology is a amazing
“There’s something that we thought is so familiar and so well understood, and then boom — something totally unexpected and exciting comes out of it.” — Medzhitov
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"..When the Secretary of Homeland Security can’t stay in a hearing long enough to answer basic questions and when the public trusts the protesters more than the person running the agency, you don’t have a messaging problem. You have a legitimacy crisis.."
#BlueCrew
"..When the Secretary of Homeland Security can’t stay in a hearing long enough to answer basic questions and when the public trusts the protesters more than the person running the agency, you don’t have a messaging problem. You have a legitimacy crisis.."
#BlueCrew
ICE Melts Under Noem’s Shadow
ICE isn’t just losing support; it’s imploding under its own cruelty, incompetence, and Kristi Noem’s vanishing act, leaving America questioning who the real threat is.
open.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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"..When the Secretary of Homeland Security can’t stay in a hearing long enough to answer basic questions and when the public trusts the protesters more than the person running the agency, you don’t have a messaging problem. You have a legitimacy crisis.."
#BlueCrew
"..When the Secretary of Homeland Security can’t stay in a hearing long enough to answer basic questions and when the public trusts the protesters more than the person running the agency, you don’t have a messaging problem. You have a legitimacy crisis.."
#BlueCrew
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It wasn’t even close.
December 11, 2025 at 10:51 PM
It wasn’t even close.
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Everything Trump touches is transactional.
We now learn that Fifa had a very specific "ask" in exchange for its "Peace Award" to Trump, with loads of gold trinkets, and that was dismissal of a criminal corruption case against senior Fifa officials. And Trump granted it. Another corrupt bargain, barely noticed (and ignored by US media).
December 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Everything Trump touches is transactional.
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“He is not unstoppable and you are not without power”
Remind yourself of this every day.
Especially on the bad days.
Remind yourself of this every day.
Especially on the bad days.
Buttigieg on Indiana: "The big part of how Trumpism works is to make you feel totally disempowered. To make him feel inevitable. And yet the clear takeaway from this is he is not unstoppable and you are not without power."
December 12, 2025 at 12:55 PM
“He is not unstoppable and you are not without power”
Remind yourself of this every day.
Especially on the bad days.
Remind yourself of this every day.
Especially on the bad days.
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ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:16 AM
ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”