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Interests: Music, science fiction, books, sports (LSU Tigers, Bruins πŸ’, Bengals 🏈, Yankees ⚾️) Hobbies: Photography, astrophotography, cycling, ice skating, playing drums, learning piano Blue dot in a red state Banner pic: Horsehead Nebula from my yard

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They have to research who they voted for in the last 3 presidential elections before deciding whether to render aid or not.

13.10.2025 17:37 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Will we even be getting a cost of living increase? After all, inflation is 0%. Gas is below $2/gallon. In come cases prices have dropped by over 100% so that retailers are paying us to take their products. "People are saying" prescription drug prices are going to fall by 1000%. 😜

07.10.2025 14:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Luckily we're in a position to be able to afford it, but it was still quite a shock to see.

07.10.2025 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, and I’m expecting the medicare premium to rise significantly next year, too. Will be very surprised if it doesn’t.

07.10.2025 01:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

My MA plan is making the following changes for next year, among others:
Specialist office visit increases from $35 to $70
Physical therapy increases from $35 to $70
Some dental procedures previously covered with 50% copay are no longer covered at all

06.10.2025 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ”₯MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PLANS UPDATEπŸ”₯

1) Some MA Providers are leaving marketplace.
2) No auto-enrollment if YOUR plan is dropped, you'll have until 12/31 to sign-up OR in 2026 have 80% Medicare Coverage & NO RX PLAN!
3) 1M+ which is an estimated 3% on MA will LOSE their plans.

PLEASE REPOST & SHARE!πŸ”₯

06.10.2025 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 361    πŸ” 344    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 26
Screenshot from article linked below.

Screenshot from article linked below.

β€œThe position of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine is to scrap Daylight Saving Time and permanently stick to Standard Time.” Remind your state and federal lawmakers!

02.10.2025 20:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3171    πŸ” 839    πŸ’¬ 203    πŸ“Œ 74

I’ve never thought Fallon is the least bit funny and whatever interview skills he has are downgraded by his often unclear/mumbling way of speaking.

01.10.2025 22:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a dalek is standing in a room next to a chair ALT: a dalek is standing in a room next to a chair
30.09.2025 19:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Somewhere, George Blanda is lamenting that he was born too soon.

30.09.2025 15:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is the moment Donald Trump became....Marie Antoinette?

29.09.2025 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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For migrants, Dallas attack β€” and Trump response β€” marks another indignity In the hours after the shooting, Trump officials cast law enforcement officers as the victims and asked people to pray for them β€” seldom mentioning the migrant victims.

After the Dallas ICE facility attack, Trump officials cast officers as the victims, seldom mentioning the migrants who were shot.

For some immigrants in Dallas, the response felt like another indignity in President Trump's mass deportation campaign.

26.09.2025 21:30 β€” πŸ‘ 91    πŸ” 42    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 2
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If you don’t think it’s fair to call Trump/MAGA fascists read this and then get back to me

26.09.2025 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 362    πŸ” 110    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 7

I read it several years ago. The parallels are, to say the least, alarming.

26.09.2025 18:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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As Texas flooded, key staff say FEMA’s leader could not be reached The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s acting administrator, David Richardson, is often inaccessible, several current and former officials say, raising concerns within the agency.

www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...

24.09.2025 23:21 β€” πŸ‘ 4639    πŸ” 1748    πŸ’¬ 285    πŸ“Œ 83

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Knife-Edge

23.09.2025 04:00 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Netanyahu: β€˜These So-Called Genocide Experts Have Probably Never Committed A Genocide In Their Lives’ JERUSALEMβ€”In response to an independent United Nations inquiry concluding that Israel is committing an ongoing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a defiant...

Netanyahu: β€˜These So-Called Genocide Experts Have Probably Never Committed A Genocide In Their Lives’

21.09.2025 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3651    πŸ” 661    πŸ’¬ 45    πŸ“Œ 41

This is a great account to follow to see what the rest of the world is saying about the U.S. and Trump, plus just a global perspective in general.

21.09.2025 16:26 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

Uh huh.
The numbers are officially meaningless now. The regime is just making them up for dear leader and every foreign investor should reconsider the credit risk US debt poses.

19.09.2025 23:11 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Environmental Exclusions Proposed for U.S. Satellite Industry In a move that’s concerning astronomers, the FCC has proposed reducing environmental oversight of space-based operations.

This administration cares about nothing but money, for themselves and for their oligarch pals.
skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...
#space #astronomy #science

19.09.2025 21:41 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Rant warning. I have seen a number of large accounts who are whining because they keep reciting the law and responses to their pronouncement are basically, the rule of law is dead or does not matter anymore. So the whining has become that somehow knowing that the rule of law
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19.09.2025 15:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

ICE continues to assault us.

We are peacefully protesting. They are kidnapping and hurting us.

19.09.2025 12:01 β€” πŸ‘ 15398    πŸ” 5738    πŸ’¬ 948    πŸ“Œ 601

Unfamiliar with The Giver and The Lottery, but I've read the rest, and you couldn't be more right.

18.09.2025 21:42 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Tara Show with Dublin and Devlin - 9.18.25! YouTube video by Political Voices Network

#TheTaraShow is coming up LIVE at the top of the hour!

@tarabuster.bsky.social & I will be boosting @jimmykimmel.com & dragging global embarrassment Donald Trump, join the chat and be a part of the conversation!

www.youtube.com/live/3r4gxUk...

18.09.2025 17:41 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

"This isn't who we are," says nation whose history books are a bunch of redactions

18.09.2025 03:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2999    πŸ” 647    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

The remarks weren’t β€œabout Charlie Kirk,” they were about how this administration is using Kirk’s death as an excuse to shut down critics … and they responded by proving him completely correct.

17.09.2025 22:42 β€” πŸ‘ 15571    πŸ” 5576    πŸ’¬ 263    πŸ“Œ 124

So basically Kimmel made Trump look bad by showing that he was more interested in showing off his ballroom than in Kirk's death and now he's banned

This is going to be a really fun country

18.09.2025 03:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1535    πŸ” 436    πŸ’¬ 94    πŸ“Œ 12
The right to speak our minds and to disagree with each other - to disturb, even - is at the very heart of what it means to be a free people. It is not to be denied. Not by violence, not by the abuse of governmental power, nor by acts of corporate cowardice.
As a Guild, we stand united in opposition to anyone who uses their power and influence to silence the voices of writers, or anyone who speaks in dissent. If free speech applied only to ideas we like, we needn't have bothered to write it into the Constitution. What we have signed on to - painful as it may be at times - is the freeing agreement to disagree.
Shame on those in government who forget this founding truth. As for our employers, our words have made you rich.
Silencing us impoverishes the whole world.
The WA stands with Jimmy Kimmel and his writers.

The right to speak our minds and to disagree with each other - to disturb, even - is at the very heart of what it means to be a free people. It is not to be denied. Not by violence, not by the abuse of governmental power, nor by acts of corporate cowardice. As a Guild, we stand united in opposition to anyone who uses their power and influence to silence the voices of writers, or anyone who speaks in dissent. If free speech applied only to ideas we like, we needn't have bothered to write it into the Constitution. What we have signed on to - painful as it may be at times - is the freeing agreement to disagree. Shame on those in government who forget this founding truth. As for our employers, our words have made you rich. Silencing us impoverishes the whole world. The WA stands with Jimmy Kimmel and his writers.

WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!

18.09.2025 02:41 β€” πŸ‘ 26803    πŸ” 8858    πŸ’¬ 868    πŸ“Œ 508

Since when does this regime worry about proof?

18.09.2025 03:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man with a beard says amen in front of a green background ALT: a man with a beard says amen in front of a green background
18.09.2025 01:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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