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FB is too easy and addictive. I just can't figure out how to switch to here or maybe use it less and here at least some.

@neurodivergentrebel.substack.com I wonder if here or FB you might make a post for advice for anyone worrying about living uninsured after the new year thanks to ACA subsidies going bye bye. Or maybe you have already but it crossed my mind and I wanted to ask.

Indigenous leaders saved Guatemala’s fragile democracy More than 100 days of Indigenous-led protests played a key role in defending Guatemala’s democracy, but the struggle continues.

More than a hundred days of Indigenous-led protest played a key role in defending Guatemala’s democracy, but the struggle continues.
Jeff Abbott January 25, 2024

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Protesters unite against Trump in hundreds of rallies across the U.S. A grassroots-led campaign organized hundreds of protests and events across the U.S. Organizers say the momentum built on resistance against the Trump administration has not slowed.

Story: www.npr.org/2025/04/19/n...

Isn't it great being woman enough that sharing it doesn't make us feel like less?

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Ohio private school vouchers get double increase in funding over public schools in House budget • Ohio Capital Journal The Ohio House's proposed budget increases the private school voucher system by $500 million and only gives half of that much of an increase to public schools.

Ohio private school vouchers get double increase in funding over public schools in House budget
The budget will likely be passed out of the House this week, but it still has to go through the Senate.
by Morgan Trau
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/04/08/v...

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Ohio House Committee makes last-minute changes to K-12 education funding in its budget The change involved a small tweak to the plan to give property tax relief to people in Ohio school districts that lawmakers think have too much reserve money in their operating budgets.

The Ohio House Finance Committee passed its version of the state budget Tuesday
The budget proposal passed out of committee without a single Democrat voting for it.
It will go up for a vote in the full House on Wednesday
by Jo Ingles
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Did you know that before the Dept of Ed was created, only 1 of every 5 kids with disabilities received a public education. So when people ask why do we need a Dept of Ed, you can tell them it ensures ALL children have access to education. Learn more on this week's podcast: pod.redwine.blue/OBW

Republicans accuse Democrat Jasmine Crockett of inciting Tesla attacks, call for FBI investigation A group of House Republicans on Friday called on FBI Director Kash Patel to investigate acts of domestic terrorism committed by the “radical Left” against Tesla owners and dealerships - and whether a ...

Republicans say that Ms. Crockett “has joined those who are fomenting the violence by encouraging her followers to ‘take down’ Elon Musk and Tesla.”

Story: www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/ma...

Accusation in a mirror yet again

Get the report.

You know all those book bans and school board fights that have been happening?Well, this new report shows that they cost our schools $3.2 BILLION just last year!!! 🤯Our kids and teachers deserve better. Read the report for yourself at the link! social.redwine.blue/s/ibsOFK3e

Trying to check gender maybe?

Advocates worry National Fire Academy closing will have ‘foundational’ impact A week after FEMA abruptly canceled classes, no word on the future of the Emmitsburg facility for firefighters.

fun fact

NHTSA the agency that sets traffic safety standards that Musk gutted also sets standards for EMS

Trump doesn’t care about community safety

#50501movement
#TeslaTakedown
#ImpeachTrump
#Resist

National Fire Academy closing will have impact
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A research scientist at a major university who voted for Trump: I am an NIH-funded biomedical scientist with conservative leanings. I know at least a dozen scientists (a small closeted minority) who voted for Trump, largely because of frustrations with DEl and extreme wokeness that had permeated every aspect of University life. Each one of us deeply regrets their vote for Trump and are utterly ashamed of it. We are absolutely horrified at how mindlessly destructive this admin has been to scientific institutions. They are single-handedly destroying the STEM dominance US established over decades. Average Americans simply do not realize that we are now on the verge of a precipitous decline in STEM. We all admit that the warnings about Trump/MAGA were on target, and the thing we argue about now is whether the damage is even reversible. All the Lefty overreach was annoying as hell but the MAGA disdain for science is 100X worse.

"I am an NIH-funded biomedical scientist with conservative leanings. I know at least a dozen scientists who voted for Trump, largely because of frustrations with DEl and extreme wokeness that had permeated every aspect of University life.
Each of us deeply regrets their vote..."

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He loves them so much. I know he isn't the one killing them. He's just the one helping them be killed.

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Maria Ressa's 'How to Stand Up to a Dictator' is a memoir and manifesto In 2013, Ressa laid out her forward-looking vision for the future of public service journalism to me. Her book traces a humbling, harrowing journey from social media advocate to democracy defender.

An article from 2022 on what I'm reading currently

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Senate Democrats who voted YES on cloture for the CR:

Schumer
Gillibrand
Fetterman
Schatz
Durbin
King
Shaheen
Hassan
Peters
Cortez Masto

More than 700 people submitted opponent testimony against controversial Ohio higher education bill • Ohio Capital Journal More than 700 Ohio college students, faculty and staff have submitted opponent testimony against a massive higher education bill that would significantly change universities by banning diversity effor...

More than 700 college students, faculty, and staff submitted opponent testimony against a massive Ohio higher education bill that would significantly change colleges and universities.

@ohiocapitaljournal.com bit.ly/4ioXzTy

I suspect some of them may have a human involved somewhere perhaps with canned responses to choose from. Totally just my guess though. I'm sure I've also seen some of them interact with each other.

They are so condescending. I love how stupid and bossy and overpowering they are. Big bullies. I'm so angry.

Have you looked into Jitsi? I don't know enough to know for sure if it fits all your needs but I think it's worth looking into. Jitsi is open source but there's a relationship there with a company called 8 x 8.

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If Elon does for the US what he did for X what will the US look like when he's done?

Also will we become the United States of X and then be called Xians because that's kinda funny. Almost like Christians

Cartoon of orange pill bottle labeled “It’s okay if your serotonin is store bought”

The Make American Healthy Again EO says our kids’ health is in crisis. It’s not (although without vaccines it will be). Yes, there have been relative increases in some diagnoses (like autism and obesity) and our food needs reform. But that doesn’t mean we should stop making meds available to people.

I feel like they're turning me into them with the stuff I read on what's going on but I think that's because of a phenomenon where people accuse others of what they themselves are doing or would do. So much sounds so far fetched but it's true as far as I know and I hear it from reliable sources.

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