So'Westerner gone AWOL
@3elo.bsky.social
Well-published author, healthcare wonk, policy wonk. Southwesterner gone AWOL to Blue Yonder. Liberal Forever. Admires Voltaire & Sam Adams. Alas, too near-sighted to become an astronaut. Possessed by felines & hummingbirds.
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"The cooks—soldiers trained in the military occupation called “food service specialists”—stand ready in chef’s whites, quietly proud. Their message to their fellow soldiers and their families is unspoken: We did this for you. You matter. You are seen." lnk.thebulwark.com/3KixnOD
November 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
"The cooks—soldiers trained in the military occupation called “food service specialists”—stand ready in chef’s whites, quietly proud. Their message to their fellow soldiers and their families is unspoken: We did this for you. You matter. You are seen." lnk.thebulwark.com/3KixnOD
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If you live in TN-07, early voting for @aftynbehn.bsky.social ends TODAY.
There’s no time like the present to vote. Head to IWillVote.com/TN to find your polling place.
There’s no time like the present to vote. Head to IWillVote.com/TN to find your polling place.
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
If you live in TN-07, early voting for @aftynbehn.bsky.social ends TODAY.
There’s no time like the present to vote. Head to IWillVote.com/TN to find your polling place.
There’s no time like the present to vote. Head to IWillVote.com/TN to find your polling place.
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The 66-page ruling Tuesday by Senior U.S. District Judge R. Brooke Jackson of Colorado is a comprehensive rejection of a tactic regularly used by ICE to meet quotas set by the Trump administration. (via @cprnews.bsky.social)
Court demands end to unjustified warrantless arrests, restricting a tool ICE frequently uses to detain immigrants
Unless reversed on appeal, it is likely to place a severe restriction on ICE’s operations in Colorado.
n.pr
November 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The 66-page ruling Tuesday by Senior U.S. District Judge R. Brooke Jackson of Colorado is a comprehensive rejection of a tactic regularly used by ICE to meet quotas set by the Trump administration. (via @cprnews.bsky.social)
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Join us online for Belonging Forum presents The Walrus Talks at Home: Aging and Belonging, a conversation that invites us to rethink what it means to belong at every stage of life. www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-walru...
November 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Join us online for Belonging Forum presents The Walrus Talks at Home: Aging and Belonging, a conversation that invites us to rethink what it means to belong at every stage of life. www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-walru...
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A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping at Target, Amazon, and Home Depot during the holiday weekend over their support for Trump's authoritarian policies.
I encourage you to join — and shop small. https://weaintbuyingit.com/
I encourage you to join — and shop small. https://weaintbuyingit.com/
November 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping at Target, Amazon, and Home Depot during the holiday weekend over their support for Trump's authoritarian policies.
I encourage you to join — and shop small. https://weaintbuyingit.com/
I encourage you to join — and shop small. https://weaintbuyingit.com/
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Lower Thanksgiving costs won’t cut it. Trump has a bigger food problem.
Lower Thanksgiving costs won’t cut it. Trump has a bigger food problem.
The president is struggling to find a winning message on grocery prices before the holidays.
dlvr.it
November 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Lower Thanksgiving costs won’t cut it. Trump has a bigger food problem.
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This is ridiculous!! Pete Skandalakis and the other prosecuting attorneys in GA are cowards. They should be disbarred!! I don’t care if Fani Willis did go on vacation or out to eat with her co-worker. At least she had guts. Republicans in GA have to go!!!
www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump's Georgia election interference case dropped by new prosecutor
Pete Skandalakis, executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, took over the case last month.
www.newsweek.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:41 PM
This is ridiculous!! Pete Skandalakis and the other prosecuting attorneys in GA are cowards. They should be disbarred!! I don’t care if Fani Willis did go on vacation or out to eat with her co-worker. At least she had guts. Republicans in GA have to go!!!
www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
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“You will be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits
The three spirits
November 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
“You will be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits
The three spirits
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Bolsonaro to jail for 27 years. Trump completely free 🤡
Other, more serious countries, etc. etc.
Other, more serious countries, etc. etc.
Breaking News: The last pending criminal prosecution against President Trump was dismissed by a judge in Georgia, effectively ending efforts to hold Trump criminally responsible for attempts to overturn the 2020 election. trib.al/EnJu57H
November 26, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Bolsonaro to jail for 27 years. Trump completely free 🤡
Other, more serious countries, etc. etc.
Other, more serious countries, etc. etc.
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Senator Mark Kelly: "Trump essentially said loyalty to the Constitution is punishable by death. Those are dangerous words coming from the President of the United States, but I’m not going to be intimidated."
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpisaNationalDisgrace
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpisaNationalDisgrace
November 26, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Senator Mark Kelly: "Trump essentially said loyalty to the Constitution is punishable by death. Those are dangerous words coming from the President of the United States, but I’m not going to be intimidated."
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpisaNationalDisgrace
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpisaNationalDisgrace
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DOGE was always about wrecking federal programs and hoovering up as much citizen data as possible. And in that, they were wildly successful.
November 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
DOGE was always about wrecking federal programs and hoovering up as much citizen data as possible. And in that, they were wildly successful.
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We all believe in improving efficiency, and a team genuinely focused on that could do a world of good.
But the DOGE we could have had is a far cry from the DOGE we actually got.
But the DOGE we could have had is a far cry from the DOGE we actually got.
November 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
We all believe in improving efficiency, and a team genuinely focused on that could do a world of good.
But the DOGE we could have had is a far cry from the DOGE we actually got.
But the DOGE we could have had is a far cry from the DOGE we actually got.
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Cartoon by Matt Davies | Andrews McMeel
November 25, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Cartoon by Matt Davies | Andrews McMeel
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#BlueSkyVets Charges of sedition leveled by Trump & Hegseth against six Democratic lawmakers represent a brazenly hypocritical & dangerous political maneuver.
Becoming deeply disturbing when juxtaposed with Trump's own history of pardoning insurrectionists.
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1
Becoming deeply disturbing when juxtaposed with Trump's own history of pardoning insurrectionists.
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1
November 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
#BlueSkyVets Charges of sedition leveled by Trump & Hegseth against six Democratic lawmakers represent a brazenly hypocritical & dangerous political maneuver.
Becoming deeply disturbing when juxtaposed with Trump's own history of pardoning insurrectionists.
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1
Becoming deeply disturbing when juxtaposed with Trump's own history of pardoning insurrectionists.
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1
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LAST DAY TO EARLY VOTE!!!!!
Woke up with the energy of 1,000 Dolly Partons 💅🏼✨ A new poll has us just 2 points behind. It’s the LAST day to early vote! COLLEGE KIDS COMING HOME: hug your fam, kiss the dog, then find your polling place at iwillvote.com?utm_so.... Let’s flip TN-07!
Woke up with the energy of 1,000 Dolly Partons 💅🏼✨ A new poll has us just 2 points behind. It’s the LAST day to early vote! COLLEGE KIDS COMING HOME: hug your fam, kiss the dog, then find your polling place at iwillvote.com?utm_so.... Let’s flip TN-07!
November 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
LAST DAY TO EARLY VOTE!!!!!
Woke up with the energy of 1,000 Dolly Partons 💅🏼✨ A new poll has us just 2 points behind. It’s the LAST day to early vote! COLLEGE KIDS COMING HOME: hug your fam, kiss the dog, then find your polling place at iwillvote.com?utm_so.... Let’s flip TN-07!
Woke up with the energy of 1,000 Dolly Partons 💅🏼✨ A new poll has us just 2 points behind. It’s the LAST day to early vote! COLLEGE KIDS COMING HOME: hug your fam, kiss the dog, then find your polling place at iwillvote.com?utm_so.... Let’s flip TN-07!
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This is it, folks.
The final day of EARLY VOTING in #TN07.
Republicans are acting like this is a close race.
Polls are showing this is a close race.
THIS RACE MAY COME DOWN TO A HANDFUL OF BALLOTS!
Bank your vote today!
The final day of EARLY VOTING in #TN07.
Republicans are acting like this is a close race.
Polls are showing this is a close race.
THIS RACE MAY COME DOWN TO A HANDFUL OF BALLOTS!
Bank your vote today!
LAST DAY TO EARLY VOTE!!!!!
Woke up with the energy of 1,000 Dolly Partons 💅🏼✨ A new poll has us just 2 points behind. It’s the LAST day to early vote! COLLEGE KIDS COMING HOME: hug your fam, kiss the dog, then find your polling place at iwillvote.com?utm_so.... Let’s flip TN-07!
Woke up with the energy of 1,000 Dolly Partons 💅🏼✨ A new poll has us just 2 points behind. It’s the LAST day to early vote! COLLEGE KIDS COMING HOME: hug your fam, kiss the dog, then find your polling place at iwillvote.com?utm_so.... Let’s flip TN-07!
November 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
This is it, folks.
The final day of EARLY VOTING in #TN07.
Republicans are acting like this is a close race.
Polls are showing this is a close race.
THIS RACE MAY COME DOWN TO A HANDFUL OF BALLOTS!
Bank your vote today!
The final day of EARLY VOTING in #TN07.
Republicans are acting like this is a close race.
Polls are showing this is a close race.
THIS RACE MAY COME DOWN TO A HANDFUL OF BALLOTS!
Bank your vote today!
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“Michael Leavitt won $1 million in a DraftKings contest in 2014, according to The North Andover Eagle Tribune. At the time, the story said, Leavitt and Ferreira were engaged and their son was 8 months old.”
November 26, 2025 at 4:31 AM
“Michael Leavitt won $1 million in a DraftKings contest in 2014, according to The North Andover Eagle Tribune. At the time, the story said, Leavitt and Ferreira were engaged and their son was 8 months old.”
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Someone check whether Karoline’s brother is behind on child support.
Just a hunch.
Just a hunch.
November 26, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Someone check whether Karoline’s brother is behind on child support.
Just a hunch.
Just a hunch.
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Bingo. No child support
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Bingo. No child support
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I never expected the leopards to eat the Leavitts' faces.
November 26, 2025 at 5:22 AM
I never expected the leopards to eat the Leavitts' faces.
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My first thought. Clean, if horrifically brutal way to win a custody battle.
November 26, 2025 at 4:24 AM
My first thought. Clean, if horrifically brutal way to win a custody battle.
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If they’re estranged, did the Trump Administration do Leavitt’s brother a favor and get rid of her? An appalling suggestion, but these people are appalling.
November 26, 2025 at 4:15 AM
If they’re estranged, did the Trump Administration do Leavitt’s brother a favor and get rid of her? An appalling suggestion, but these people are appalling.
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Originally posted this as "Leavitt's sister-in-law," but there's some strained language in there that makes it pretty pretty clear they're estranged, which could make this story even gnarlier. Either way, this woman appears to be the mom of Karoline Leavitt's nephew.
November 26, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Originally posted this as "Leavitt's sister-in-law," but there's some strained language in there that makes it pretty pretty clear they're estranged, which could make this story even gnarlier. Either way, this woman appears to be the mom of Karoline Leavitt's nephew.
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Outbreaks | NEJM
www.nejm.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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