@lisabaertlein.bsky.social

634 Followers 1,062 Following 15 Posts Joined Oct 2024
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Texas Latinos turned out in massive numbers for Democrats In multiple Latino-majority counties, more people cast Democratic votes on Tuesday than voted for Kamala Harris in 2024.

Source: www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

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Democratic voters in Texas scramble to find polling place amid precinct voting switch Early voting had been countywide and saw record Democratic turnout, but the switch to precinct-only locations left many voters showing up at the wrong spot and being turned away.

🚨BREAKING: Hundreds of Democratic voters in Dallas and Williamson Counties, Texas scrambled to find their polling places Tuesday after the local Republican parties refused to hold a joint primary — ending more than a decade of convenient countywide voting. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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BLM Announces Plan to Fell Oregon's Last Great Forests One billion board feet per year... 30 days to make your voice heard.

morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/blm-announ... there's info on who to complain to to try to stop this at the end of the article, lets share this message and try our best to stop it.

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Oil jumps 10% on Iran conflict and could spike to $100 a barrel, analysts say Most tanker owners, big oil companies and trading houses suspended crude oil, fuel and liquefied natural gas shipments via the Strait of Hormuz after Tehran warned ships against moving through the wat...

Oil prices spiked by 10%. War risk insurers pulled ship coverage within hours of Trump bombing. Airlines may bleed, gas, then food jumps even higher, inflation roars back. Hormuz moves ~20M barrels a day. If the math doesn’t close, the global economy pays.

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This is what they’re up to..We must stop them!

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Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera. Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...

John Gai carried his sick father to a nearby clinic in a wheelbarrow, but he died from cholera on the way.

Gai then pushed the wheelbarrow for hours through the camp to take him to the cemetery: “Nobody should have to carry a dead body among the living.”

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Love that monument ❤️❤️❤️

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They don’t give AF 🤓

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'Smiling' fossil discovered in Northumberland The unusual looking fossil is estimated to be a few hundred million years old dating to the Carboniferous period.

Put it back put it back put it back

www.bbc.com/news/article...

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While this Freedom[dot]Gov domain now shows a holding page—saying "reclaim your human right to free expression"—it also appears to be the same US government domain that was used for a 'Victory in Iraq' site more than two decades ago

Archived version: web.archive.org/web/20040110...

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1 month ago

US sending world’s biggest aircraft carrier to Middle East as tensions with Iran increase https://twp.ai/9PbM0e

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Opinion | Trump Says He Wants to Cancel Elections, but Here Is the Real Threat

Presidents can't cancel elections. But the administration can attempt to undermine the midterms, @seanmorales-doyle.bsky.social warns in @nytopinion.nytimes.com. It's up to voters, election officials, state law enforcement and advocates to ensure our elections are free and fair.

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They are stunning

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Excellent video by a top notch public health department, @durhamhealthnc.bsky.social. You can't hand sanitize your way out of catching an airborne illness. Respirator masks like CAN99s, N95s, KN95s & KF94s along with clean air can help lessen the risk, though. #CovidIsAirborne #MaskUp #WearAMask

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👀Now that ICE/DHS are planning to buy ‘mega’ warehouse detention centers across the US to house human beings you might want to listen to this gentleman’s history lesson that he delivered at a city council meeting in AZ. Congress needs to have hearings on this like yesterday.

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😢

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California?!?

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If you changed your last name after marriage and don’t have an updated US passport or birth certificate, the SAVE Act (aka SAVE 2.0) will stop you from voting. Millions of women lack these docs. Call your Senators—VOTE NO (202) 224-3121

If you changed your last name after marriage and don’t have an updated US passport or birth certificate, the SAVE Act (aka SAVE 2.0) will stop you from voting. Millions of women lack these docs. Call your Senators to VOTE NO (202) 224-3121

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UK loses measles elimination status Decision made after outbreaks in 2024, when there were nearly 3,000 cases in England and Wales.

*hisses like a cat* BAD www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95 ALEXANDRIA, VA — Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She passed away

Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.

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One of the most astonishing and damning visual renderings of American violence.

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Food bank director: “for every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There’s no way we can meet that gap.”

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BREAKING🚨: The strongest wind gust EVER recorded in a hurricane has been recorded by specialist aircraft in Hurricane Melissa: 241mph.

Climate Change FAFO

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“Walmart was the top employer of SNAP recipients in five states and one of the top four employers in the remaining four states. McDonald’s was among the top five employers of Medicaid enrollees in five of six states and SNAP recipients in eight of nine states.”

www.cnbc.com/2020/11/19/w...

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5 months ago

Just FYI, I once got into making my own pasta. People will tell you it’s really easy and satisfying and fun. They lie.

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Another tragic accident.

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Wondered same

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Two-thirds of National Park Service employees have been furloughed during the ongoing government shutdown, worsening an already severe staffing shortage. With limited personnel remaining, essential maintenance, law enforcement, and visitor services are significantly reduced.

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Why your health insurance may soon cost a lot more Millions will be paying substantially more for health insurance next year, according to multiple surveys. Insurers cited tariffs and demand for obesity drugs.

“Health insurance costs in the United States are on track for their biggest jump in at least five years…

“For the 24 million enrollees of Affordable Care Act insurance plans, costs are expected to rise by more than 75 percent next year…”

www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

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