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Thinking Munk @thinkingmunk.bsky.social · Jun 20

🤣🤣🤣

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Wizards-Lady @wizards-lady.bsky.social · Jun 5

Former Senator Jon Testor says that every hospital in Montana depends on Medicaid & Medicare payments. Nearly every hospital in MT would close. That means that even those with private health insurance WILL HAVE NO PLACE TO GO!
This is true in many states with majority rural citizens.
Mostly🎈states.

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WWR @wwr.bsky.social · Jun 4

🙏🙏🙏

WWR @wwr.bsky.social · Jun 3

Dozens upon dozens of shoes

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Jennifer Harris @jwharris.bsky.social · Jun 3

Infrastructure Week from Trump 1.0 is back but now called Trade Deal Week

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jun 3

Q: Do you still expect a flurry of trade deals in the next 36 days?

LEAVITT: The plan is for the announcement of these deals to be made very, very soon. Yes.

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Fourth Crown War FPV Drone Operator 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @dov.bsky.social · Jun 3

It is not too late for a negotiated solution to the Russo-Ukrainian War. For instance, Russia could arrest Putin and withdraw all of its forces to 2013 borders.

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Eric Boo-erg 👻 @lawliberg.bsky.social · Jun 2

@samwang.bsky.social & @davedaley.bsky.social on why this primary shows that NJ needs ranked-choice voting 🎁🔗

N.J.'s crowded primary field signals the need for ranked choice voting | Opinion

With five Republican candidates and six Democrats, a relatively small number of voters can determine the nominees from each party. But what if voters could rank the field in order?

share.inquirer.com

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Shelby Kent-Stewart @shelbykstewart.bsky.social · Jun 1

For the people in the back.

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Joe is my president @meomy179.bsky.social · Jun 1

They always project their next move! Pay attention!

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WWR @wwr.bsky.social · Jun 1

Have to know
Have to know
Have I been guilty all this time?

WWR @wwr.bsky.social · Jun 1

Thank you. I’ve had Wallner stashed on the DL, and just picked up Addison on your cue.

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earthbound420.bsky.social @earthbound420.bsky.social · May 30

If anyone doubts this lunatic is a heartless POS🙄

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Action Together New Jersey @atnj.org · May 31

1 year ago.

trump found guilty on 34 felony charges.

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earthbound420.bsky.social @earthbound420.bsky.social · May 31

Taco salad 🤣🌮

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gcassady.bsky.social @gcassady.bsky.social · May 30

Enrage… incite, react, declare an emergency.. take complete control… that’s the endgame

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · May 30

Trump's eruption at Leonard Leo is deranged but the really bad part is where Trump basically says straight out that he should be allowed to disregard Congress when he decrees there's an emergency. He's laying the whole tyrant thing bare.

New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1959...

Trump’s Angry New Tirade over Tariff Ruling Accidentally Says Too Much

In suggesting that Congress is a mere nuisance that shouldn’t shape trade policy, Trump revealed his true, unspoken ambitions.

newrepublic.com

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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · May 30

"Some references include 'oaicite' attached to URLs — a definitive sign that the research was collected using artificial intelligence. The presence of 'oaicite' is a marker indicating use of OpenAI, a U.S. artificial intelligence company."

White House MAHA Report may have garbled science by using AI, experts say

The report, led by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., was intended to address the reasons for the decline in Americans’ life expectancy.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Red Lori Bright Eyes Pissed Off American @redloribrighteyes.bsky.social · May 30

new nickname drop -

Taco 2 Weeks

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · May 29

It’s always “two weeks”

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WWR @wwr.bsky.social · May 30

Most of us are.

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Lesley Ryder @lesleyryder.bsky.social · May 29

Curt Johnson, named in the 2022 Sally Yates report for his role in hiring Paul Riley in North Carolina despite being aware of allegations against Riley for bringing players to his apartment to drink, and suggesting those two players kiss, has been named the first GM of NWSL Denver.

Denver Summit FC @denversummitfc.bsky.social · May 29

A new leader in the Mile High City 🏔️

We’re excited to welcome Curt Johnson as our first General Manager. With 7 major NWSL trophies under his belt, Johnson brings proven championship experience to Denver. 👏 denvernwsl.com/blogs/news/c...

Curt Johnson Named General Manager of Denver NWSL

Denver NWSL announced today that Curt Johnson has been named the club’s first General Manager, bringing more than 25 years of executive experience across all levels of American professional soccer.

denvernwsl.com

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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · May 29

Homicide rates: NY 4.5, FL 7.2
Life expectancy: NY 79, FL 76.1
Uninsured rate: NY 4.8, FL 10.7

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · May 29

Bessent: "We want the US to be more like Florida and less like New York"

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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · May 28

“Everything he says is insane and dangerous but ya gotta admit he says it a lot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Fuck off you toadies

Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · May 28

The Trump regime has gutted the govt; assaulted the constitution; apprehended immigrants off streets w/o due process sending them to foreign gulags; blown up alliances as economy hurtles towards uncertainty.

Yet here is POLITICO fawning over his media appearances while throwing shade at Biden.

Politico screenshot:

“By the numbers: A quick trawl through the archives suggests Trump 2.0 has done media on 111 of his 138 days back in office — an 80 percent hit rate that includes weekends and must put him on course to being just about the most-accessible president in modern history. And aside from the lamentable attempt to ban AP, he’s basically taken questions from all-comers. It’s impressive stuff.

And it matters: In case anyone still needs this hammering home for them, the Joe Biden experience shows just how important it is that leaders are held up to regular scrutiny. Trump’s answers may sometimes be rambling, erratic — or even downright unpleasant — but every American voter can see where he’s at.”

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · May 27

"Literacy tests" weren't about determining if an applicant could read at X grade level. They enabled local registrars -- some illiterate themselves -- to turn away any applicant they wanted by pronouncing them ignorant.

So ask yourself: Who would a MAGA registrar see as "informed about issues"?

Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · May 27

“People who aren’t informed about issues or platforms — especially when it is so easy to become informed these days — have no business voting, which is why I propose state-administered literacy tests," wrote Divine, Trump’s nominee to a lifetime judgeship on a U.S. district court.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · May 26

Narrator: he didn’t

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · May 24

Took me a bit to process how big a deal this report actually is--its thus far the only review to look at the entire body of currently available research. It took two years to conduct, stands at 1,000 pages, and completely contradicts the Cass Review and the common arguments for bans on this care.

Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · May 24

Republicans in Utah commissioned an investigation into gender-affirming care for trans youth after banning it in 2023.

They're now rejecting the findings of that investigation which showed access to care reduced suicides and improved "positive mental health and psychosocial functioning outcomes."

Utah lawmakers’ own study found gender-affirming care benefits trans youth. Will they lift the treatment ban?

The Utah Legislature's own newly-released study found that gender-affirming care benefits trans youth. Now, will lawmakers lift the treatment ban?

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · May 23

2/3 Before Flores, children were jailed in horrific conditions—strip-searched, denied medical care, crammed into filthy cells. That history is why Flores exists. Ending it now would drag us back to an era of systemic abuse. Experts warn: children will suffer. youthlaw.org/news/trump-a...

Trump administration moves to end settlement that protects immigrant children; Flores counsel vow to defend vital safeguards | National Center for Youth Law

Today, the Trump administration filed a motion to terminate the Flores Settlement Agreement, which for years has set the standards for the humane treatment of immigrant children in government custody,...

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