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Healthcare advocate. Nonprofit director. Poll-working childless cat lady.๐Ÿ—ณ๏ธ๐Ÿˆ News, politics, elections, democracy, public health, reproductive rights, climate, social justice, feminism, cats. โ€œWomen donโ€™t owe you shit.โ€ ๐Ÿ“Milwaukee, WI ๐Ÿง€

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๐ŸšจBREAKING: Ex CIA officer Joel Willet tells a story that Vladimir Putin sent armed guards to shut down a puppet show for mocking him.

That sounds a lot like Donald Trump using his FCC to pressure ABC into suspending Jimmy Kimmel.

19.09.2025 01:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 970    ๐Ÿ” 380    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 32    ๐Ÿ“Œ 18

Okay, *now you can start to worry about data being manipulated.

01.08.2025 18:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3695    ๐Ÿ” 953    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 134    ๐Ÿ“Œ 62
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced today that it will begin an orderly wind-down of its operations following the passage of a federal rescissions package and the release of the Senate Appropriations Committeeโ€™s FY 2026 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-H) appropriations bill, which excludes funding for CPB for the first time in more than five decades.

For nearly 60 years, CPB has carried out its Congressional mission to build and sustain a trusted public media system that informs, educates, and serves communities across the country. Through partnerships with local stations and producers, CPB has supported educational content, locally relevant journalism, emergency communications, cultural programming, and essential services for Americans in every community.

โ€œDespite the extraordinary efforts of millions of Americans who called, wrote, and petitioned Congress to preserve federal funding for CPB, we now face the difficult reality of closing our operations,โ€ said CPB President and CEO Patricia Harrison. โ€œCPB remains committed to fulfilling its fiduciary responsibilities and supporting our partners through this transition with transparency and care.โ€

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced today that it will begin an orderly wind-down of its operations following the passage of a federal rescissions package and the release of the Senate Appropriations Committeeโ€™s FY 2026 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-H) appropriations bill, which excludes funding for CPB for the first time in more than five decades. For nearly 60 years, CPB has carried out its Congressional mission to build and sustain a trusted public media system that informs, educates, and serves communities across the country. Through partnerships with local stations and producers, CPB has supported educational content, locally relevant journalism, emergency communications, cultural programming, and essential services for Americans in every community. โ€œDespite the extraordinary efforts of millions of Americans who called, wrote, and petitioned Congress to preserve federal funding for CPB, we now face the difficult reality of closing our operations,โ€ said CPB President and CEO Patricia Harrison. โ€œCPB remains committed to fulfilling its fiduciary responsibilities and supporting our partners through this transition with transparency and care.โ€

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is shutting down operations after loss of federal funding:

01.08.2025 17:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3466    ๐Ÿ” 1876    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 263    ๐Ÿ“Œ 606

The overarching goal is reversing the 1960s in every way; civil rights, immigration, public media, and more.

17.07.2025 12:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3068    ๐Ÿ” 1006    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 106    ๐Ÿ“Œ 40

Abrego is the *only* prisoner ever released from CECOT, so this is the sole account we have of the horrifying conditions in the prison in El Salvador where Trump has sent over 260 people from the US.

03.07.2025 06:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3565    ๐Ÿ” 1417    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 38    ๐Ÿ“Œ 28
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here's a new nightmare if anyone was looking for a new one!

03.07.2025 05:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 483    ๐Ÿ” 26    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

far be it from me to tell scientists how to do their jobs but i feel like there might be value in surveying the <365 hot dogs per year demographic

03.07.2025 03:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6627    ๐Ÿ” 1058    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 316    ๐Ÿ“Œ 265

Big Bill designed to effectively end Obamacare

A rise of 16 million in uninsured would led to 42.2 million uninsured in 2034.

Total uninsured was 45.2m in 2013 before ACA

Thus Big Bill would erase almost all (84%) of decline in uninsured since 2013, and raise uninsured number by 60%.

03.07.2025 04:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The thing that is so frustrating about congressional Republicans is theyโ€™re acting like anyone would do the same in their position.

Thatโ€™s simply not true. There are other, better, people, who would risk losing their job in order to do the right thing and protect others. Lots of them.

03.07.2025 03:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 326    ๐Ÿ” 45    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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From Lollapalooza to Detention Camps: Meet the Tent Company Making a Fortune Off Trumpโ€™s Deportation Plans The privately held company Deployed Resources has made billions running tent detention facilities to hold immigrants entering the U.S. at the border. Now it is cashing in again on Trumpโ€™s plan toโ€ฆ

Over the past two decades, this little-known tent company went from helping to support music festivals like Lollapalooza to building camps for a completely different use: detaining immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Now it's hoping to cash in on Trumpโ€™s deportation plans.

(Published April)

03.07.2025 03:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 896    ๐Ÿ” 434    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 51    ๐Ÿ“Œ 37

Republicansโ€™ comical inability to govern would be a lot more entertaining if the healthcare of 17M people was not at stake.

03.07.2025 03:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 361    ๐Ÿ” 54    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a man sits at a desk with a stack of books ALT: a man sits at a desk with a stack of books
03.07.2025 03:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is why they didnโ€™t want him back: He is a witness.

02.07.2025 22:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16876    ๐Ÿ” 6050    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 419    ๐Ÿ“Œ 180
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Trumpโ€™s Team Is Lying About Iranโ€™s WMD He savaged Bush for distorting intelligence and overselling the militaryโ€™s initial success in Iraq. Now Trump and his team are doing the same in Iran.

"He has launched a preemptive military strike. He has defended the strike by misrepresenting intelligence. He has prematurely declared the mission a total victory. And he is impugning the patriotism of anyone who challenges his lies."

02.07.2025 21:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 494    ๐Ÿ” 149    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 34    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

We're going to need Nuremberg trials when this is over, yes, and to send a significant number of people currently in the federal government to prison. But we're going to need an unwavering commitment to ostracizing the supporters of it, as well. Never accept them again in polite society.

02.07.2025 22:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9856    ๐Ÿ” 3114    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 29    ๐Ÿ“Œ 254
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Top F.D.A. Official Overrode Scientists on Covid Shots

The Food and Drug Administrationโ€™s top vaccine official rejected broad uses of two Covid vaccines, citing unknown risks or injuries despite assurances of safety from dozens of staff experts, newly released documents show. @by-cjewett.bsky.social

03.07.2025 03:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 40    ๐Ÿ” 26    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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The One Big Beautiful Bill Is a Big Corporate Cash Grab Hereโ€™s a look at the industries that won in the โ€œOne Big Beautiful Bill,โ€ and one that didnโ€™t quite get everything it wanted.

Good rundown of corporate pork in the Big Bad Bill

substack.perfectunion.us/p/the-one-bi...

02.07.2025 22:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1693    ๐Ÿ” 591    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 70    ๐Ÿ“Œ 20
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lol

02.07.2025 00:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22152    ๐Ÿ” 3899    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 461    ๐Ÿ“Œ 238

the president just opened a concentration camp

02.07.2025 13:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7948    ๐Ÿ” 2341    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 110    ๐Ÿ“Œ 23
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It never stopped being birtherism Donald Trump is repackaging a familiar smear against Zohran Mamdani.

Attacking peopleโ€™s citizenship and identity as punishment for their politics is a fascist move.

"Democrats should be manning the barricades against this stuff because the menace on the other side of the line is a far greater threat than a few negative ads in 2026."

02.07.2025 14:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 758    ๐Ÿ” 241    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 28    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
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Are we great yet?

02.07.2025 15:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15658    ๐Ÿ” 5664    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1657    ๐Ÿ“Œ 452

MADISON, Wis. (AP) โ€” Wisconsin Supreme Court's liberal majority strikes down the stateโ€™s 176-year-old abortion ban.

02.07.2025 13:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17580    ๐Ÿ” 3019    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 201    ๐Ÿ“Œ 350
According to the forecasting models, the current steep funding cutsโ€” coupled with the potential dissolution of the agencyโ€”could lead to more than 14 million additional deaths by 2030, averaging more than 2ยท4 million deaths per year. These deaths include 4ยท5 million among children younger than 5 years, or more than 700โ€‰000 deaths annually.

According to the forecasting models, the current steep funding cutsโ€” coupled with the potential dissolution of the agencyโ€”could lead to more than 14 million additional deaths by 2030, averaging more than 2ยท4 million deaths per year. These deaths include 4ยท5 million among children younger than 5 years, or more than 700โ€‰000 deaths annually.

There is not a single person in the Democratic Party who is treating the death of USAID with the gravity it deserves. Thereโ€™s no political issue more important than the death of 14 million people, but theyโ€™re just delivering boilerplate condemnations and nothing more.

02.07.2025 05:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4571    ๐Ÿ” 1220    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 108    ๐Ÿ“Œ 69
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i would like to start one day without something completely fucking insane.

02.07.2025 13:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7093    ๐Ÿ” 921    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 345    ๐Ÿ“Œ 251

No notes. Not one word is exaggerated.

01.07.2025 14:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1560    ๐Ÿ” 436    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 31    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

Final vote. 50-50. VP breaks the tie.

One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears.

They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.

01.07.2025 16:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34998    ๐Ÿ” 10997    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2641    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1168

I work as an elder and hospice caregiver, which I am oddly passionate about. I can love on them shamelessly and no one complains about my codependence. It's a win-win situation. 

Many of my caregiving colleagues complain about the repetitive questions and, sometimes reactions, of the elderly, especially when those patients happen to read the newspaper, especially with the current downward spiral of our country โ€” as if these people haven't lived through enough horror...

I love my dementia peeps, but sometimes wonder if there's a Guinness Book World Record for how many times an hour a dementia patient can repeat the same question โ€” it's got to be in the hundreds. At least with small children, they ask different questions. Dementia patients will get stuck on one short question and ask it until you can interrupt their train(carousel) of thought and successfully redirect their attention. That carousel is pretty manic sometimes. 

A couple days ago, I picked up my mail from the post office and drove over to the nursing home to take (let's call her "Miss Daisy") Miss Daisy out for a drive. Before we took off on our road trip, to the end of The Road and back, in our landlocked little town (Juneau, Alaska), I set my copy of The Onion down in front of her. 

Over our two-hour excursion, tiny Miss Daisy read that front page at least a dozen times and each time she would snicker, giggle, and guffaw, then put it down on the dash board and, a minute later, discover it anew. I think it was the best afternoon of my life. We don't often hear them laugh and when they do, it's the sweetest thing you've ever heard. 

...

Thank you, thank you, thank you, for the really important work all of you do. You make the world a better place.

I work as an elder and hospice caregiver, which I am oddly passionate about. I can love on them shamelessly and no one complains about my codependence. It's a win-win situation. Many of my caregiving colleagues complain about the repetitive questions and, sometimes reactions, of the elderly, especially when those patients happen to read the newspaper, especially with the current downward spiral of our country โ€” as if these people haven't lived through enough horror... I love my dementia peeps, but sometimes wonder if there's a Guinness Book World Record for how many times an hour a dementia patient can repeat the same question โ€” it's got to be in the hundreds. At least with small children, they ask different questions. Dementia patients will get stuck on one short question and ask it until you can interrupt their train(carousel) of thought and successfully redirect their attention. That carousel is pretty manic sometimes. A couple days ago, I picked up my mail from the post office and drove over to the nursing home to take (let's call her "Miss Daisy") Miss Daisy out for a drive. Before we took off on our road trip, to the end of The Road and back, in our landlocked little town (Juneau, Alaska), I set my copy of The Onion down in front of her. Over our two-hour excursion, tiny Miss Daisy read that front page at least a dozen times and each time she would snicker, giggle, and guffaw, then put it down on the dash board and, a minute later, discover it anew. I think it was the best afternoon of my life. We don't often hear them laugh and when they do, it's the sweetest thing you've ever heard. ... Thank you, thank you, thank you, for the really important work all of you do. You make the world a better place.

I got permission to share this, and I'm extremely grateful for that.

The Onion got this letter from one of our subscribers in Alaska. She works with dementia patients and decided to leave a copy in the car for each one.

This email made my year. Read it and you'll see what I mean. People are good.

01.07.2025 18:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 37281    ๐Ÿ” 6821    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 643    ๐Ÿ“Œ 507

No money for Medicaid or SNAP or museums or schools or sidewalks or gun violence prevention or art or libraries.

Always money for war.

22.06.2025 16:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25377    ๐Ÿ” 6995    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 716    ๐Ÿ“Œ 262

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