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Barbara Othmer

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International free spirit. My whole world revolves around words. Wife of Torsten - the love of my life, Mother, Christian, pro choice, best friend ๐Ÿ’™

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Why do they never read and then blame others

04.06.2025 15:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Annie Andrews Launch Video: "Unafraid"
YouTube video by Annie Andrews Annie Andrews Launch Video: "Unafraid"

I'm Dr. Annie Andrews. Iโ€™m a pediatrician, not a politician. But either way I know how to handle people who are full of sh*t.

Today I am announcing my campaign for US Senate to replace Lindsey Graham. Share this if you're with me.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8wM...

29.05.2025 11:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20795    ๐Ÿ” 8063    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1112    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1094
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Big Trump admin report is 'rife with errors' and non-existent sources: analysis A "Make America Healthy Again"(MAHA) report submitted by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as representing the "gold-standardโ€ of health science is anything but.That is the co...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. just released the MAHA report, blaming everything from Wi-Fi to wheat for America's health woes. Critics argue it's less of a scientific study and more of a conspiracy smoothie, blending pseudoscience with a dash of political theater.
www.rawstory.com/rfk-jr-repor...

29.05.2025 14:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Denver air traffic controllers had 2-minute communications outage, FAA official says The outage in Colorado comes amid increasing scrutiny on the nation's main aviation agency following outages at Newark Liberty International Airport just a few weeks ago.

The outage in Colorado comes amid increasing scrutiny on the nation's main aviation agency following outages at Newark Liberty International Airport just a few weeks ago.

15.05.2025 21:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2633    ๐Ÿ” 960    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 219    ๐Ÿ“Œ 107
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Jordy Meiselas: Americans are resilient, and itโ€™s not going to be easy over the next couple of yearsโ€”but democracy will prevail. I genuinely have hope. This is the greatest country in the world. Americans want it to succeed...

15.05.2025 18:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4090    ๐Ÿ” 781    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 232    ๐Ÿ“Œ 48
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Keep banging that drum folks! โœŠ

16.05.2025 07:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15930    ๐Ÿ” 3096    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 43    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

do any of these people actually know what medicaid is?

16.05.2025 15:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20490    ๐Ÿ” 3602    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1374    ๐Ÿ“Œ 366

Treasonous
Unconstitutional

15.05.2025 22:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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If this person sat next to you on a bus or train and started ranting about Bruce Springsteen in this way, you would get up and move to a different seat.

In the United States, we have him the nuclear codes.

16.05.2025 14:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 32718    ๐Ÿ” 7147    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3834    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1061

Despicable

16.05.2025 16:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Wall Street sign with American flags near the New York Stock Exchange

Wall Street sign with American flags near the New York Stock Exchange

Good morning New York. While you were sleeping, this was the most-read story www.ft.com/content/9019...

15.05.2025 11:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3542    ๐Ÿ” 1696    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 420    ๐Ÿ“Œ 284
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American-born Cardinal Robert F. Prevost is elected pope The โ€œLatin Yankee,โ€ as he is known in Rome, worked 20 years in Peruโ€™s poorest enclave and even became a naturalized citizen there.

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, a native of Chicago who is now the first American-born pope, has spent most of his career outside of the U.S, ministering to the dispossessed and marginalized.

The โ€œLatin Yankee,โ€ as he is known in Rome, worked 20 years in Peru.

08.05.2025 17:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12315    ๐Ÿ” 2173    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 493    ๐Ÿ“Œ 237
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โ€œI think this says that they will not tolerate us being active participants in our democracyโ€”they want an autocracy,โ€ Emily Feiner told Mother Jones.

Meet the 64-year-old retired social worker who went viral after being forcibly removed from her representative's town hall.

06.05.2025 20:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24627    ๐Ÿ” 8235    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1001    ๐Ÿ“Œ 641
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To be effective, our opposition to today's abuses must run alongside a clear picture of what we are actually for - and how everyday life could be better with different leadership.

07.05.2025 15:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22346    ๐Ÿ” 5032    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 712    ๐Ÿ“Œ 371
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Orlando City Commissioner Tony Ortiz just switched from Republican to Democratic.

โ€œThe Republican Party is not the party I signed up with... The marginalization of Latinos and immigrantsโ€”many of whom have helped build this countryโ€”is not leadership. Itโ€™s fear-based politics.โ€

07.05.2025 16:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27118    ๐Ÿ” 5102    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1304    ๐Ÿ“Œ 546
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42 YEARS AGO TODAY on April 30, 1983, "Beat It" by Michael Jackson reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

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I love you my Canadian brothers and sisters. Thank you for showing up. You give us decent Americans hope.

29.04.2025 04:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20595    ๐Ÿ” 2809    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 397    ๐Ÿ“Œ 106
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My takeaway from this: He is so fucked.

29.04.2025 03:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 32266    ๐Ÿ” 5382    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2289    ๐Ÿ“Œ 522
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How psychiatric patients get caught in a cycle of homelessness and spotty care Montana is investing $300 million to help those with severe mental illness from cycling through ERs, state psychiatric facilities, jails and homelessness. Advocates say they also need stable housing.

Montana is investing $300 million to help those with severe mental illness from cycling through ERs, state psychiatric facilities, jails and homelessness. Advocates say they also need stable housing.

16.04.2025 22:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1810    ๐Ÿ” 332    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 60    ๐Ÿ“Œ 30

Tomorrow Iโ€™ll be calling all of my representatives to demand that they call for RFK jrโ€™s immediate resignation.

17.04.2025 03:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10667    ๐Ÿ” 2414    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 340    ๐Ÿ“Œ 180
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In the middle of a hepatitis outbreak, U.S. shutters the one CDC lab that could help All 27 scientists at this CDC lab were told their duties were "unnecessary," and now viral outbreak investigations have been halted

All 27 scientists at this CDC lab were told their duties were "unnecessary," and now viral outbreak investigations have been halted.

16.04.2025 18:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12882    ๐Ÿ” 5851    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 595    ๐Ÿ“Œ 530
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All of these men are being illegally detained in a foreign gulag. They weren't deported. They were illegally imprisoned.

This is the face of fascism. Look at it.

16.04.2025 09:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9371    ๐Ÿ” 3733    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 360    ๐Ÿ“Œ 221
Headline: ICE came for their neighbor so these Tennesseans formed a human chain to protect him

Headline: ICE came for their neighbor so these Tennesseans formed a human chain to protect him

I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article

16.04.2025 02:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 68966    ๐Ÿ” 22540    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 793    ๐Ÿ“Œ 888

Cruelty is the point and she is just like that cruel school teacher we have all known at some point in our lives

Abhorrent

16.04.2025 11:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Be careful and thank you

16.04.2025 11:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
TACO TUESDAY IT IS
EAT TACOS WE MUST

TACO TUESDAY IT IS EAT TACOS WE MUST

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09.04.2025 01:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you for including me in such a wonderful group of people. Followed all new friends and reposted

09.04.2025 03:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Pic of about 50 protesters in Keyser,WV, pop 4850. The deepest of red territory.

Pic of about 50 protesters in Keyser,WV, pop 4850. The deepest of red territory.

Love seeing all the people who care. Big cities are amazing, but this bravery is what makes my heart burst.

06.04.2025 11:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20747    ๐Ÿ” 3080    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 372    ๐Ÿ“Œ 194

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