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Ray Pierson MD

@rpierson.bsky.social

Proud to be from Pittsfield, MA. Dad, grandpa, physician, engineer and fan of all Boston and UMass teams!

241 Followers  |  92 Following  |  107 Posts  |  Joined: 10.11.2024  |  1.75

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I really hope Leflar had a long term contract signed! These young women are good and their effort and playing style is super!!

19.11.2025 01:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.

A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.

www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...

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Kristi Noem-Tied Firm Secretly Got Piece of $220 Million DHS Campaign The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the β€œemergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for the taxpayer-funded campaign.

NEW: DHS invoked the β€œnational emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for a $220 million taxpayer-funded ad campaign.

We found that a firm with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly benefited from the deal.

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that the left wing talks "only about identity" (he means trans people) is a right wing propaganda and demonization effort he and Newsom are actively choosing to validate and elevate because a six-figure consultant told them to

it would be so easy to instead go on offense and focus on corruption

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Republicans BLOCKED an amendment would redirect $40 BILLION from Argentina to fund the ACA subsidies for two years.

Why do we have money for Argentina while our own people lose their health care? How does this make us great?

13.11.2025 14:26 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

UMass WBB is extremely well coached. Really solid in all aspects of the game. Keep getting better!!

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🚨 BREAKING: New large-scale review involving hundreds of thousands of pregnancies has concluded that Tylenol use during pregnancy is not linked to autism or ADHD in children

10.11.2025 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 250    πŸ” 56    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 2
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Hey MAGA: why would Ghislane Maxwell be receiving β€œconcierge style treatment?”

WHY?

10.11.2025 14:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1356    πŸ” 423    πŸ’¬ 87    πŸ“Œ 23
Joyce Carol Oates
@Joyce... 17h O
So curious that such a wealthy man never posts anything that indicates that he enjoys or is even aware of what virtually everyone appreciatesβ€” scenes from nature, pet dog or cat, praise for a movie, music, a book (but doubt that he reads); pride in a friend's or relative's accomplishment; condolences for someone who has died; pleasure in sports, acclaim for a favorite team; references to history. In fact he seems totally uneducated, uncultured. The poorest persons on Twitter may have access to more beauty & meaning in life than the
"most wealthy person in the world."

Joyce Carol Oates @Joyce... 17h O So curious that such a wealthy man never posts anything that indicates that he enjoys or is even aware of what virtually everyone appreciatesβ€” scenes from nature, pet dog or cat, praise for a movie, music, a book (but doubt that he reads); pride in a friend's or relative's accomplishment; condolences for someone who has died; pleasure in sports, acclaim for a favorite team; references to history. In fact he seems totally uneducated, uncultured. The poorest persons on Twitter may have access to more beauty & meaning in life than the "most wealthy person in the world."

Elon Musk ' @elonmusk
X.com
Oates is a liar and delights in being mean.
Not a good human.

Elon Musk ' @elonmusk X.com Oates is a liar and delights in being mean. Not a good human.

lol she got his ass and he knows it

09.11.2025 15:36 β€” πŸ‘ 29235    πŸ” 6386    πŸ’¬ 471    πŸ“Œ 768
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#ProudBlue

Trump wants Senate Republicans to remain firm on not extending the ACA subsidies to Americans

If Republicans had negotiated with Democrats, we wouldn't be in this crisis

Midterms will determine if Democrats can install strong leadership, in Congress, who can handle Trump's cruelty

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Trump just pardoned former Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada and his former chief of staff, Cade Cothren, who were convicted on federal corruption charges. Both are Republicans.

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Tariffs are taxes. The power to tax is a power vested in Congressβ€”not the Presidentβ€”that’s rooted in the history and founding of the U.S. back to the revolution.

More on oral argument in the cases challenging Trump’s illegal tariffs on @meidastouch.com’s Legal AF:

m.youtube.com/watch?v=uLUp...

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The move here for democrats is to make this the campaign ad for every single election but then also actually make it come true

KEY PART

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Been a UMass fan for 60 years plus. My babysitter was a cheerleader. Proud alum. I’ve never been more embarrassed and disappointed by the current state of the football and hoops programs. I’m not giving up but I really hope the level of urgency is off the charts. No money again until we get back!!!

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OMG. This is NOT UMass football.

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#ProudBlue

Democrat Senators must remain strong until Republicans meet their demands to help the people

It's the Republicans who must blink

Trump is demanding that Democrats cave; He’s the one who refused to negotiate

Republicans own this situation and they must meet Americans’ needs

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Opinion | How the Supreme Court Paved the Way for Revenge Prosecutions

Must read piece by @weissmann.substack.com & Mary McCord: In the year since, rather than preventing the weaponization of prosecutions, the court has unleashed it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/o...

01.11.2025 16:50 β€” πŸ‘ 803    πŸ” 277    πŸ’¬ 34    πŸ“Œ 5
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@adamkinzinger.substack.com
Watched The Last Republican.
In closing Adam stated he didnt believe he was 'courageous' for speaking up agnst Trump...

But rather, Adam stated 'he was surrounded by (GOP) cowards'

Adam,
Any person who speaks up when surrounded by complicit Cowards is COURAGEOUS πŸ’™

01.11.2025 00:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1106    πŸ” 137    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 3

They literally ruin everything they touch

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Trump is holding a Great Gatsby/Roaring 20s-themed party at his private club in Palm Beach tonight as he tries to withhold SNAP and health care subsidies from millions of Americans. (via Kellie Meyer)

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So wait, Trump β€œcut a deal” with China to: buy the soybeans they were already buying before the trade war, but now China gets advanced AI chips too?? Where is the win??

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Imagine thinking billionaires are fighting for your best interest merely because they pretend to hate the people you do so you become puddy in their hands

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β€œThey’re playing fast and loose with people eating!”—Rep. Rosa DeLauro.

40% of the people on SNAP benefits are children.

The richest people in the United States are taking food away from the poorest children before thanksgiving, let that sink in. #Resist

#Pinks #ProudBlue #StrongerTogether #SNAP

29.10.2025 12:37 β€” πŸ‘ 497    πŸ” 250    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 7
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Trump and Republicans are deliberately choosing to let children go hungry to force Democrats into submission, all while spending billions of our tax dollars on themselves.

Don't cave Democrats!
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice

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Trump Is Stealing from the Poor to Feed the Rich When Republicans call hunger β€œa choice,” what they really mean is poverty is a punishment.

Trump Is Stealing from the Poor to Feed the Rich
40M Americans rely on SNAP to eat including 16M children.
MAGA’s β€œChristian values” are to starve families?

All While Trump gives $40B to Argentina & blows $300M on his Epstein Ballroom.

READ MORE πŸ‘‡ open.substack.com/pub/mjfree/p...

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