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Lynne Ballard

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Retired higher education leader. Blue dot in red state. ๐Ÿ˜ซ Learning is everythingโ€™s. Science. Other ways of knowing. ๐Ÿซ˜ Dogs. ๐Ÿฅฐ Pls: no DMs.

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No one deserves $100,000 a day when it comes from Bankrupting people with medical debt.

03.02.2026 15:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

They also need to be ready to sue on behalf of people hurt by ICE!

16.01.2026 17:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

True, but the average American misses the message. Maybe the audience was the econ community. I hope the media interprets it for what it is - a stark unified warning that Trumpโ€™s behavior is extremely DANGEROUS economically, too.

12.01.2026 16:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And this statement goes over the heads of the average American. Wish they had been direct. Trumpโ€™s actions are akin to those in shit hole countries that are poor. Beware folks. Heโ€™s taking us down.

12.01.2026 16:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Smashing car windows, beating protestors, ramming their vehicles into others on active roadwaysโ€ฆ.

This a citizen. A Marine.

12.01.2026 03:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 429    ๐Ÿ” 217    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Yearโ€™s Eve. And like Renรฉe Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.

I need yโ€™all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.

10.01.2026 15:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 43151    ๐Ÿ” 22841    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1422    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1095
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Incredible @statuscoupnews.bsky.social interview with Skye, who says sheโ€™s a Marine Corps vet and appears to have just been released from Whipple. She says she was trapped by ICE, yanked out of her car and stomped on.

1/2

12.01.2026 02:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4775    ๐Ÿ” 2237    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 73    ๐Ÿ“Œ 162
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Let us all stand with Chairman Powell.

12.01.2026 02:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 33448    ๐Ÿ” 8726    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 990    ๐Ÿ“Œ 571

Itโ€™s Miller instigated. Trump knows zero about what is going onโ€ฆ

10.01.2026 18:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Disagree. Course outcomes drive the design of the course and what learning is assessed. Otherwise itโ€™s the blind leading the blind. ๐Ÿ˜‚

09.01.2026 17:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Trump DOJ PANICS as MILLIONS OF NEW Epstein Files SURFACE?!?!
YouTube video by Katie Phang Trump DOJ PANICS as MILLIONS OF NEW Epstein Files SURFACE?!?!

And the lies just keep rolling out. Now claiming a โ€œmillion more documentsโ€ have suddenly been discovered, the DOJ warns itโ€™ll take weeks to turn over everything.

I connect the document dots & track the lies back to Jan of 2025, proving the obstruction is the point.

youtu.be/oO1x1Q9nxkA?...

26.12.2025 20:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1486    ๐Ÿ” 377    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 47    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10

ARGH. My feed is almost all quotes, snippets and videos of JDVance. Go away! ๐Ÿคฎ

21.12.2025 21:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿคฎ

18.12.2025 20:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The horrific tragedy at Brown University is the 389th mass shooting this year and the 230th gun incident on school grounds so far this year.

This is not normal and we don't have to live this way.

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14.12.2025 01:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2552    ๐Ÿ” 969    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 83    ๐Ÿ“Œ 49

Oh there had better be a law suit. Somebody reach out to this woman. OMG!

10.12.2025 22:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

OMG this makes me SICK.

09.12.2025 22:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yep

06.12.2025 20:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And the sick fuckers in charge just watched them there, suffering, and then, after almost an hour of premeditation and deliberations, murdered them too.

There is no context, no explanation, no rationalization that will ever make this anything other than a My Lai level event.

05.12.2025 03:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 175    ๐Ÿ” 30    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Imagine what those two men must have been feeling in the 41 minutes where they were shirtless, clinging to the hull of a severed boat with the body parts of their friends in the water around them, no means of communication, in the middle of the ocean. The terror of it.

05.12.2025 03:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 239    ๐Ÿ” 51    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

@vinguptamd.bsky.social Is it possible to do a report with evidence that Ivermectin is, or is not, effective fighting Covid, cold viruses, or other viruses? Social media is flooded with anecdotal โ€œevidenceโ€ that it is. *Flooded.* Without access to medical databases, how can we figure this out??? ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ’™

03.12.2025 16:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Every other FBI director let the agent in charge speak to the press and they monitored from their office.

01.12.2025 18:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Trump betrayed Ukraine, secretly colluded with Russians against Europe, and has a secret line with the Kremlin outside of official overview, hidden from everyone including US spy / national security agencies. These are the reddest of flags. A spy sits at the White House.

29.11.2025 04:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1930    ๐Ÿ” 631    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 76    ๐Ÿ“Œ 39

Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesnโ€™t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.

29.11.2025 15:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19310    ๐Ÿ” 5057    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 452    ๐Ÿ“Œ 173

If this were my daughter, I would be terrified for her. Anyone who has raised a 19 year old knows she is a child/adult. What recourse do these families have?

28.11.2025 19:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I keep thinking weโ€™ve hit the stupidly low with many of the Trump administrationโ€™s decisions but this one is REALLY STUPID!!!!!!!

25.11.2025 15:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This is badass!
Protesters at Lincoln Memorial yesterday.
Vรญa @johnnypalmadessa.bsky.social on IG
#Pinks

23.11.2025 18:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2758    ๐Ÿ” 757    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 45    ๐Ÿ“Œ 27

non-paywalled link: archive.ph/5QJRc

22.11.2025 17:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Stopping cancer research and longitudinal studies with years of resource investment is freaking UNFORGIVABLE!!! ๐Ÿ˜ค๐Ÿ˜ก

23.11.2025 14:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Pelosi is spot on again!

20.11.2025 19:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Whaaat? If swastikas and nooses arenโ€™t a hate symbol, what the hell IS? The military is on the way to ruin, too. Ugh.

20.11.2025 19:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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