Becca
@wander-sip-eat.bsky.social
Healthcare professional with a passion for food.café.wine.travel, WSET3 certified. SdC pilgrim x2 . Trying to keep my sanity in an 🍊 🎪 world.
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Among the likely side effects from the cuts in Medicaid: fewer services and doctors for treating sick children.
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Trump's Medicaid cuts will hit some children's hospitals
The GOP said its overhaul of Medicaid was aimed at reducing fraud and getting more adult beneficiaries to work. Among the likely side effects: fewer services and doctors for treating sick children.
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September 10, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Among the likely side effects from the cuts in Medicaid: fewer services and doctors for treating sick children.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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VIDEO | Manifestantes propalestinas abuchearon a Donald Trump cuando acudió a cenar a un restaurante en Washington, coreando consignas contra él y ondeando banderas palestinas.
September 10, 2025 at 10:34 AM
VIDEO | Manifestantes propalestinas abuchearon a Donald Trump cuando acudió a cenar a un restaurante en Washington, coreando consignas contra él y ondeando banderas palestinas.
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ICE has resumed doing business with a controversial hacking company that had been dropped for running afoul of a Biden-era executive order against dealings with unethical spyware vendors.
ICE reactivates contract with previously banned spyware vendor
The Biden administration had barred Paragon Solutions from U.S. government use after finding that the company’s software had been used unethically elsewhere.
wapo.st
September 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM
ICE has resumed doing business with a controversial hacking company that had been dropped for running afoul of a Biden-era executive order against dealings with unethical spyware vendors.
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Trump is going to announce he's going to do that Doctor Who thing where he gets a new body isn't he
September 2, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Trump is going to announce he's going to do that Doctor Who thing where he gets a new body isn't he
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After the pardons came the purge: The people who beat police officers and tried to block the democratic transfer of power were spared. The people who did their jobs by prosecuting them for their crimes were punished. Dan Barry @alanfeuer.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/n...
Reframing Jan. 6: After the Pardons, the Purge
www.nytimes.com
August 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
After the pardons came the purge: The people who beat police officers and tried to block the democratic transfer of power were spared. The people who did their jobs by prosecuting them for their crimes were punished. Dan Barry @alanfeuer.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/n...
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The Trump administration is preparing to lower the recruitment standards for FBI agents, eliciting alarm from many agents who worry that the move will undermine the agency’s primary mission of conducting complex investigations and tracking threats to national security.
F.B.I. Plans to Lower Recruiting Standards, Alarming Agents
The plan appears to be part of a broader effort to shift the agency’s focus from tracking national security threats to fighting crime.
nyti.ms
August 22, 2025 at 2:40 AM
The Trump administration is preparing to lower the recruitment standards for FBI agents, eliciting alarm from many agents who worry that the move will undermine the agency’s primary mission of conducting complex investigations and tracking threats to national security.
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People are constantly asking me — what can I do?
Between now and the 2026 midterm elections, here are five practical steps you can take to make a difference.
Between now and the 2026 midterm elections, here are five practical steps you can take to make a difference.
How YOU Can Fight Back Against Trump
Robert Reich
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August 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
People are constantly asking me — what can I do?
Between now and the 2026 midterm elections, here are five practical steps you can take to make a difference.
Between now and the 2026 midterm elections, here are five practical steps you can take to make a difference.
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Exclusive: An internal planning road map obtained by The Post shows the strategy behind ICE’s breakneck expansion, a chaotic effort that has already triggered lawsuits and accusations of cruelty. wapo.st/41FWkck
August 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Exclusive: An internal planning road map obtained by The Post shows the strategy behind ICE’s breakneck expansion, a chaotic effort that has already triggered lawsuits and accusations of cruelty. wapo.st/41FWkck
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Emergencias pide a los peregrinos que no continúen su Camino de Santiago por los incendios
https://www.diaridetarragona.com/espana/237965/emergencias-pide-peregrinos-continuen-camino-santiago-incendios.html
... Camino de Santiago para que no continúen con la …#caminodesantiago #camino #buencamino
https://www.diaridetarragona.com/espana/237965/emergencias-pide-peregrinos-continuen-camino-santiago-incendios.html
... Camino de Santiago para que no continúen con la …#caminodesantiago #camino #buencamino
Emergencias pide a los peregrinos que no continúen su Camino de Santiago por los incendios
La Junta de Castilla y León ha pedido a estas personas que sigan las instrucciones de las autoridades para no poner en riesgo su vida
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August 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Emergencias pide a los peregrinos que no continúen su Camino de Santiago por los incendios
https://www.diaridetarragona.com/espana/237965/emergencias-pide-peregrinos-continuen-camino-santiago-incendios.html
... Camino de Santiago para que no continúen con la …#caminodesantiago #camino #buencamino
https://www.diaridetarragona.com/espana/237965/emergencias-pide-peregrinos-continuen-camino-santiago-incendios.html
... Camino de Santiago para que no continúen con la …#caminodesantiago #camino #buencamino
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The lesson here is to litigate, not cower.
August 13, 2025 at 7:33 PM
The lesson here is to litigate, not cower.
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It’s hard to overstate the perils that await the economy following President Trump’s decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, says @kedseconomist.com
The Bureau of Labor Statistics Is Not the Problem
Losing highly reliable, accurate and transparent data on the health of the world’s largest economy would be perilous.
www.bloomberg.com
August 2, 2025 at 12:25 PM
It’s hard to overstate the perils that await the economy following President Trump’s decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, says @kedseconomist.com
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“No estoy empezando de cero. Estoy continuando una historia”. Más de un millón de españoles emigraron a América Latina tras la Guerra Civil. Ahora, los nietos latinos de los emigrantes españoles regresan a Madrid social.elpais.com/ozm484
Cien años de camino de vuelta: cuando los nietos latinos de los emigrantes españoles regresan a Madrid
Más de un millón de españoles emigraron a América Latina tras la Guerra Civil. Nietos suyos con doble nacionalidad son hoy vecinos de la capital
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August 2, 2025 at 9:43 AM
“No estoy empezando de cero. Estoy continuando una historia”. Más de un millón de españoles emigraron a América Latina tras la Guerra Civil. Ahora, los nietos latinos de los emigrantes españoles regresan a Madrid social.elpais.com/ozm484
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In a discussion with @garrykasparov.bsky.social, former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton, Trump’s onetime national security adviser, calls isolationism a “knee-jerk reaction” to the world—and a threat to American democracy.
Listen to the “Autocracy in America” podcast:
Listen to the “Autocracy in America” podcast:
How American Power Should Be Deployed
America’s retreat and its threat to democracy
bit.ly
August 2, 2025 at 10:15 AM
In a discussion with @garrykasparov.bsky.social, former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton, Trump’s onetime national security adviser, calls isolationism a “knee-jerk reaction” to the world—and a threat to American democracy.
Listen to the “Autocracy in America” podcast:
Listen to the “Autocracy in America” podcast:
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NEW: Nathan Albers once co-owned a company that schemed to hire and conceal undocumented workers.
Now his company could make hundreds of millions from work on the nation's largest detention camp.
“The irony is thick,” said a former DHS official.
Now his company could make hundreds of millions from work on the nation's largest detention camp.
“The irony is thick,” said a former DHS official.
His Former Company Got Caught Employing Undocumented Workers. Now He’s Profiting Off an Immigrant Detention Camp.
Disaster Management Group is one contractor behind the nation’s largest detention camp, to be built at Fort Bliss. It’s run by Nathan Albers, who previously co-owned a company that pleaded guilty to a...
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July 25, 2025 at 11:15 AM
NEW: Nathan Albers once co-owned a company that schemed to hire and conceal undocumented workers.
Now his company could make hundreds of millions from work on the nation's largest detention camp.
“The irony is thick,” said a former DHS official.
Now his company could make hundreds of millions from work on the nation's largest detention camp.
“The irony is thick,” said a former DHS official.
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MAGA gets their panties in a twist about Epstein and Trump and the possibilities Trump was on "the plane".....and yet 27 women come forward and say Trump assaulted them,
and
they
ignore
it.
and
they
ignore
it.
July 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
MAGA gets their panties in a twist about Epstein and Trump and the possibilities Trump was on "the plane".....and yet 27 women come forward and say Trump assaulted them,
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they
ignore
it.
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they
ignore
it.
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Head of FEMA Urban Search and Rescue branch resigns.
He told colleagues that TX delay was tipping point after months of admin efforts to dismantle the agency. DHS Sec Noem took 72 hours after TX flooding to authorize the deployment of FEMA’s search and rescue network
www.cnn.com/2025/07/21/p...
He told colleagues that TX delay was tipping point after months of admin efforts to dismantle the agency. DHS Sec Noem took 72 hours after TX flooding to authorize the deployment of FEMA’s search and rescue network
www.cnn.com/2025/07/21/p...
FEMA search and rescue chief resigns after frustration with Texas flood response | CNN Politics
The head of FEMA’s Urban Search and Rescue branch, which runs a network of teams stationed across the country that can swiftly respond to natural disasters, resigned on Monday.
www.cnn.com
July 22, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Head of FEMA Urban Search and Rescue branch resigns.
He told colleagues that TX delay was tipping point after months of admin efforts to dismantle the agency. DHS Sec Noem took 72 hours after TX flooding to authorize the deployment of FEMA’s search and rescue network
www.cnn.com/2025/07/21/p...
He told colleagues that TX delay was tipping point after months of admin efforts to dismantle the agency. DHS Sec Noem took 72 hours after TX flooding to authorize the deployment of FEMA’s search and rescue network
www.cnn.com/2025/07/21/p...
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The White House's war on disabled Americans continues, going above and beyond Project 2025—now with attacks on a popular hiring program no one even lobbied against.
Labor Department moves to end disability hiring goal for federal contractors
Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer plans to axe a longstanding, successful incentive program for disabled workers.
www.motherjones.com
July 17, 2025 at 10:04 PM
The White House's war on disabled Americans continues, going above and beyond Project 2025—now with attacks on a popular hiring program no one even lobbied against.
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A new analysis shows that health insurance premiums for Obamacare are set to soar next year, as financial help that subsidized the cost expires. Congress is not likely to extend the subsidies.
ACA health insurance will cost the average person 75% more next year, research shows
A new analysis shows that health insurance premiums for Obamacare are set to soar next year, as financial help that subsidized the cost expires. Congress is not likely to extend the subsidies.
n.pr
July 18, 2025 at 1:26 PM
A new analysis shows that health insurance premiums for Obamacare are set to soar next year, as financial help that subsidized the cost expires. Congress is not likely to extend the subsidies.
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Tiny Chef began as a passion project. Now, fans are rallying to revive it after Nickelodeon canceled the show.
Can Tiny Chef fans get his show back on Nickelodeon?
Tiny Chef began as a passion project. Now, fans are rallying to revive it after Nickelodeon canceled the show.
n.pr
July 2, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Tiny Chef began as a passion project. Now, fans are rallying to revive it after Nickelodeon canceled the show.
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When I reached out to the new president of the National Sheriffs' Association to ask about his Facebook posts that seemed to include conspiracies and calls for FBI agents to be prosecuted, at least one was suddenly deleted. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/the-new...
The New President Of The National Sheriff’s Association Participated In The Jan. 6 Protests
Chris West was sworn in as the president of the National Sheriff’s...
talkingpointsmemo.com
July 1, 2025 at 8:21 PM
When I reached out to the new president of the National Sheriffs' Association to ask about his Facebook posts that seemed to include conspiracies and calls for FBI agents to be prosecuted, at least one was suddenly deleted. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/the-new...
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Breaking News: Iran suspended cooperation with the UN’s nuclear watchdog. The decision means that international inspectors will not be able to oversee sites, as experts warn that Tehran could revive plans to build a bomb.
Iran Suspends Cooperation With U.N. Nuclear Watchdog
The decision means that international inspectors will not be able to oversee sites, as experts warn that Tehran could revive plans to build a bomb.
trib.al
July 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Breaking News: Iran suspended cooperation with the UN’s nuclear watchdog. The decision means that international inspectors will not be able to oversee sites, as experts warn that Tehran could revive plans to build a bomb.
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Republicans may lie about what's in their budget bill but the numbers sure don't.
June 29, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Republicans may lie about what's in their budget bill but the numbers sure don't.
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If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
June 22, 2025 at 2:47 AM
If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.