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The name is Lori. As in Lorimar Productions. And yes. I'm that old. 😝 She/Her | lbrass3 on Spill
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This comes hours, weeks and months after multiple business deals were announced between the Saudi global wealth fund and Trump Org worth several billion dollars. The Saudis are one of the Trump family’s biggest business partners.
November 17, 2025 at 9:42 PM
This comes hours, weeks and months after multiple business deals were announced between the Saudi global wealth fund and Trump Org worth several billion dollars. The Saudis are one of the Trump family’s biggest business partners.
Gary: “Look, all I need to know is who’s in charge of feeding me? Otherwise, I really don’t care.” 🐱
After two former roommates in Philadelphia couldn't agree on who should keep the cat, Gary, the matter went to civil court.
🔗 www.inquirer.com/news/gary-ca...
🔗 www.inquirer.com/news/gary-ca...
November 17, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Gary: “Look, all I need to know is who’s in charge of feeding me? Otherwise, I really don’t care.” 🐱
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In our magazine: After a hate incident, about 100 trans and gender nonbinary people flooded the spillway of Austin's most popular swimming spot to celebrate queer joy and show that they won't back down.
At Barton Springs, Trans Existence Becomes Resistance
Following a transphobic incident earlier this year, community members gathered to "protect trans joy."
www.texasobserver.org
November 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
In our magazine: After a hate incident, about 100 trans and gender nonbinary people flooded the spillway of Austin's most popular swimming spot to celebrate queer joy and show that they won't back down.
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Bay Area: PUPPIES!!!! 🐶
Reminder: puppies are up for adoption, which you can see in the thread I'm quoting here, but in the meantime some more photos. They play a lot and they sleep a lot.
That last photo I'll explain below in this thread...
That last photo I'll explain below in this thread...
November 16, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Bay Area: PUPPIES!!!! 🐶
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Reminder that Trump policies from his 1st term attributed to increased ACA Premiums
His “concepts of a plan” have always been about harming the vulnerable and every day folks trying to make ends meet.
He cut Cost-Sharing Reduction (CSR) payments and stopped making CSR payments to insurers.
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His “concepts of a plan” have always been about harming the vulnerable and every day folks trying to make ends meet.
He cut Cost-Sharing Reduction (CSR) payments and stopped making CSR payments to insurers.
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![• A proposed rule that will cut premium tax credits and raise premiums or out-of-pocket costs for millions of people (January 2019). [12]A seemingly minor change included in the Administration's recently released proposed rule setting ACA marketplace standards for 2020 would raise premiums for at least 7.3 million marketplace consumers by cutting their premium tax credits. The higher premiums - for example, $196 more for a family of four with income of $80,000 - would cause 100,000 people to drop marketplace coverage each year, according to the Administration's estimates.
The same proposal would also raise the ACA's limits on total out-of-pocket costs (deductibles, co-payments, and co-insurance); such limits apply to employer as well as individual market plans and disproportionately protect people with pre-existing conditions, who are more likely to have health care costs high enough to reach the out-of-pocket limit.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ifnxpomraswgy6t34nrwqqgd/bafkreidvppst7zazloj5rbjvsapmtijxqt4wrtkxsijepilaskrpjnn6qe@jpeg)
November 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Reminder that Trump policies from his 1st term attributed to increased ACA Premiums
His “concepts of a plan” have always been about harming the vulnerable and every day folks trying to make ends meet.
He cut Cost-Sharing Reduction (CSR) payments and stopped making CSR payments to insurers.
🧵…
His “concepts of a plan” have always been about harming the vulnerable and every day folks trying to make ends meet.
He cut Cost-Sharing Reduction (CSR) payments and stopped making CSR payments to insurers.
🧵…
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SNAP is a lifeline for workers in low-wage jobs.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
November 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
SNAP is a lifeline for workers in low-wage jobs.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
I also recall a few instances in Mississippi where some local agencies found notifying their next of kin as burdensome as well. 😒
No one knows how many people die in Mississippi's jails, in part, because many of the state’s hundreds of local law enforcement agencies find reporting requirements burdensome, state officials say
No One Knows How Many People Die in Mississippi’s Jails. Here’s Why.
From medical neglect to suicide, the lack of information on jail deaths can allow the same deadly problems to lead to more deaths.
www.themarshallproject.org
November 17, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I also recall a few instances in Mississippi where some local agencies found notifying their next of kin as burdensome as well. 😒
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No one knows how many people die in Mississippi's jails, in part, because many of the state’s hundreds of local law enforcement agencies find reporting requirements burdensome, state officials say
No One Knows How Many People Die in Mississippi’s Jails. Here’s Why.
From medical neglect to suicide, the lack of information on jail deaths can allow the same deadly problems to lead to more deaths.
www.themarshallproject.org
November 17, 2025 at 9:37 PM
No one knows how many people die in Mississippi's jails, in part, because many of the state’s hundreds of local law enforcement agencies find reporting requirements burdensome, state officials say
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From two years ago: "The third part of Mr. Trump’s authoritarian blueprint is to create a legal framework that would allow him to use govt resources to protect himself, attack his political enemies & force through his policy goals w/o congressional approval."
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-i-wro...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-i-wro...
What I wrote in the New York Times about Trump's authoritarian plans
The stakes are high, and so are the odds
donmoynihan.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:25 PM
From two years ago: "The third part of Mr. Trump’s authoritarian blueprint is to create a legal framework that would allow him to use govt resources to protect himself, attack his political enemies & force through his policy goals w/o congressional approval."
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-i-wro...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-i-wro...
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Trump will not just be four years of bad management. The culture of these organizations will be fucked for a long time. The pressure to retaliate and clean house will be strong, and no-one wants to work in a war zone.
November 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Trump will not just be four years of bad management. The culture of these organizations will be fucked for a long time. The pressure to retaliate and clean house will be strong, and no-one wants to work in a war zone.
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"defense attorneys are telling us they can’t get their clients to take good or reasonable plea offers because they felt they’re better off spending their money on a political donation, drawing Trump’s attention, and getting the case dismissed or going to trial and getting a pardon."
November 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
"defense attorneys are telling us they can’t get their clients to take good or reasonable plea offers because they felt they’re better off spending their money on a political donation, drawing Trump’s attention, and getting the case dismissed or going to trial and getting a pardon."
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🍆🥔 Day 48
The most terrifying thing to a fascist is a faithful public servant, which is why they will go miles out of their way to attack us. People with code/conscience are an unacceptable liability for fascists, and they try to make it expensive for everyone in order to effectively eradicate us.
The most terrifying thing to a fascist is a faithful public servant, which is why they will go miles out of their way to attack us. People with code/conscience are an unacceptable liability for fascists, and they try to make it expensive for everyone in order to effectively eradicate us.
The DOJ ordered US Marshals to the house of the pardon attorney who refused to sign off on a pardon to give Mel Gibson back his guns. Big law firms told her they supported her but did not want to be seen representing her.
This is the use of government-sponsored fear to silence dissent.
This is the use of government-sponsored fear to silence dissent.
November 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
🍆🥔 Day 48
The most terrifying thing to a fascist is a faithful public servant, which is why they will go miles out of their way to attack us. People with code/conscience are an unacceptable liability for fascists, and they try to make it expensive for everyone in order to effectively eradicate us.
The most terrifying thing to a fascist is a faithful public servant, which is why they will go miles out of their way to attack us. People with code/conscience are an unacceptable liability for fascists, and they try to make it expensive for everyone in order to effectively eradicate us.
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The DOJ ordered US Marshals to the house of the pardon attorney who refused to sign off on a pardon to give Mel Gibson back his guns. Big law firms told her they supported her but did not want to be seen representing her.
This is the use of government-sponsored fear to silence dissent.
This is the use of government-sponsored fear to silence dissent.
November 17, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The DOJ ordered US Marshals to the house of the pardon attorney who refused to sign off on a pardon to give Mel Gibson back his guns. Big law firms told her they supported her but did not want to be seen representing her.
This is the use of government-sponsored fear to silence dissent.
This is the use of government-sponsored fear to silence dissent.
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Bedside clinical skills have been diminished by an overreliance on technology. A new Review Article presents educational strategies for reinvigorating the bedside encounter and shows how much can be learned from it. Learn more: nej.md/4nUirnP
#MedSky #MedEd
#MedSky #MedEd
November 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Bedside clinical skills have been diminished by an overreliance on technology. A new Review Article presents educational strategies for reinvigorating the bedside encounter and shows how much can be learned from it. Learn more: nej.md/4nUirnP
#MedSky #MedEd
#MedSky #MedEd
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#MustRead
"Decreased bedside clinical skills lead to diagnostic error, poor clinical outcomes, increased health care costs, and physician burnout"
"Decreased bedside clinical skills lead to diagnostic error, poor clinical outcomes, increased health care costs, and physician burnout"
Bedside clinical skills have been diminished by an overreliance on technology. A new Review Article presents educational strategies for reinvigorating the bedside encounter and shows how much can be learned from it. Learn more: nej.md/4nUirnP
#MedSky #MedEd
#MedSky #MedEd
November 17, 2025 at 2:11 PM
#MustRead
"Decreased bedside clinical skills lead to diagnostic error, poor clinical outcomes, increased health care costs, and physician burnout"
"Decreased bedside clinical skills lead to diagnostic error, poor clinical outcomes, increased health care costs, and physician burnout"
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Republicans are trying to permanently block central bank digital currencies that would create an alternative to profit-seeking companies.
You Will Never Send Money Digitally Without a Private Company — If the GOP Gets Its Way
Republicans are trying to permanently block central bank digital currencies that would create an alternative to profit-seeking companies.
interc.pt
November 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Republicans are trying to permanently block central bank digital currencies that would create an alternative to profit-seeking companies.
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Don’t miss a moment this holiday season. Get your annual flu shot and COVID-19 vaccines now, then relax and make memories with loved ones. Learn more: health.maryland.gov/vaccines.
November 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Don’t miss a moment this holiday season. Get your annual flu shot and COVID-19 vaccines now, then relax and make memories with loved ones. Learn more: health.maryland.gov/vaccines.
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The Bari Weiss Newsmaxification of @CBSNews is a sight to behold, and marg brennan seems content to go right along with it
November 17, 2025 at 4:53 AM
The Bari Weiss Newsmaxification of @CBSNews is a sight to behold, and marg brennan seems content to go right along with it
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Also: not anywhere is there any independent assessment of SNAP fraud alleged here by a spokesperson to be “rampant."
the article has descriptions of how it “can” occur, quotes claims about how many deceased people were receiving benefits.
whatever happened to “get both sides of the story”?
the article has descriptions of how it “can” occur, quotes claims about how many deceased people were receiving benefits.
whatever happened to “get both sides of the story”?
one of the crueler cases of #AdministrativeBurden I’ve heard in a long time...
and also a good example of how much easier it is to cause harm once these essential services have been “paused."
this is abominable.
www.newsweek.com/snap-benefit...
and also a good example of how much easier it is to cause harm once these essential services have been “paused."
this is abominable.
www.newsweek.com/snap-benefit...
SNAP benefits update: Trump admin says ‘everyone’ will have to reapply
Agriculture secretary Brooke Rollins told Newsmax on Thursday the plan is to “have everyone reapply for their benefits."
www.newsweek.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Also: not anywhere is there any independent assessment of SNAP fraud alleged here by a spokesperson to be “rampant."
the article has descriptions of how it “can” occur, quotes claims about how many deceased people were receiving benefits.
whatever happened to “get both sides of the story”?
the article has descriptions of how it “can” occur, quotes claims about how many deceased people were receiving benefits.
whatever happened to “get both sides of the story”?
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one of the crueler cases of #AdministrativeBurden I’ve heard in a long time...
and also a good example of how much easier it is to cause harm once these essential services have been “paused."
this is abominable.
www.newsweek.com/snap-benefit...
and also a good example of how much easier it is to cause harm once these essential services have been “paused."
this is abominable.
www.newsweek.com/snap-benefit...
SNAP benefits update: Trump admin says ‘everyone’ will have to reapply
Agriculture secretary Brooke Rollins told Newsmax on Thursday the plan is to “have everyone reapply for their benefits."
www.newsweek.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:55 PM
one of the crueler cases of #AdministrativeBurden I’ve heard in a long time...
and also a good example of how much easier it is to cause harm once these essential services have been “paused."
this is abominable.
www.newsweek.com/snap-benefit...
and also a good example of how much easier it is to cause harm once these essential services have been “paused."
this is abominable.
www.newsweek.com/snap-benefit...
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You guys realize that taxing people to pay for services isn't socialism, right? This is just how governments work.
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
You guys realize that taxing people to pay for services isn't socialism, right? This is just how governments work.
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I cannot express how important it is for anyone going through a secured checkpoint like TSA to make sure thier phone is in BFU (Before First Unlock) mode. To enter this state: reboot your phone and don't unlock it.
In BFU mode all data is encrypted and your phone requires a passcode to unlock.
In BFU mode all data is encrypted and your phone requires a passcode to unlock.
I was just asked for my phone (to swipe the outside for whatever) for the 1st time during a “random” TSA extra screening for a domestic flight - i told them i didn’t consent to a search of the phone, made sure there were no notifications visible & it was locked and didn’t let it out of my sight…
November 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I cannot express how important it is for anyone going through a secured checkpoint like TSA to make sure thier phone is in BFU (Before First Unlock) mode. To enter this state: reboot your phone and don't unlock it.
In BFU mode all data is encrypted and your phone requires a passcode to unlock.
In BFU mode all data is encrypted and your phone requires a passcode to unlock.
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What is really going on in this society that elected Donald Trump president a second time?
I wrote about three stubborn myths about Trump’s support – and why America has experienced a de-alignment rather than a rightward realignment.
My new piece for @zeit.de – and some thoughts in English:
I wrote about three stubborn myths about Trump’s support – and why America has experienced a de-alignment rather than a rightward realignment.
My new piece for @zeit.de – and some thoughts in English:
Unterstützung von Donald Trump: Die Irrtümer über Donald Trumps Rückhalt
Rechtsruck, multiethnische Koalition, Held einfacher Leute: Trump gilt als fest verankert. Doch diese Überzeugung beruht auf drei großen Missverständnissen.
www.zeit.de
November 17, 2025 at 2:46 PM
What is really going on in this society that elected Donald Trump president a second time?
I wrote about three stubborn myths about Trump’s support – and why America has experienced a de-alignment rather than a rightward realignment.
My new piece for @zeit.de – and some thoughts in English:
I wrote about three stubborn myths about Trump’s support – and why America has experienced a de-alignment rather than a rightward realignment.
My new piece for @zeit.de – and some thoughts in English:
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"There are about a thousand of us."
Yes, because the thing about girls is that they don't stay girls for very long. Which makes them disposable. And which means that men like Epstein need a huge supply.
Yes, because the thing about girls is that they don't stay girls for very long. Which makes them disposable. And which means that men like Epstein need a huge supply.
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 17, 2025 at 12:42 AM
"There are about a thousand of us."
Yes, because the thing about girls is that they don't stay girls for very long. Which makes them disposable. And which means that men like Epstein need a huge supply.
Yes, because the thing about girls is that they don't stay girls for very long. Which makes them disposable. And which means that men like Epstein need a huge supply.
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Yeah, they finished removing his name from every page, so why not?
Trump now says Republicans can vote to release the Epstein files.
He never urged Republicans to support the discharge petition. He never demanded Mike Johnson swear in Adelita Grijalva. But now, after reports indicate 100+ GOPers are planning to support their release, he caves.
He never urged Republicans to support the discharge petition. He never demanded Mike Johnson swear in Adelita Grijalva. But now, after reports indicate 100+ GOPers are planning to support their release, he caves.
November 17, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Yeah, they finished removing his name from every page, so why not?