@marydimmock.bsky.social
US ME patient advocate. Mother of a son and his wife who have ME and Long COVID. My other focus is on US politics and what's coming
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Breaking News: The Supreme Court denied a request to consider overturning its landmark decision to legalize same-sex marriage a decade ago. nyti.ms/3Ju2Ayd
November 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Breaking News: The Supreme Court denied a request to consider overturning its landmark decision to legalize same-sex marriage a decade ago. nyti.ms/3Ju2Ayd
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November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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No one is covering the GOP's scheme to rig congressional maps for 2026 and how Democrats are fighting back as closely as Democracy Docket. From Texas to North Carolina to California and Virginia it's providing the critical information you need.
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October 30, 2025 at 2:41 AM
No one is covering the GOP's scheme to rig congressional maps for 2026 and how Democrats are fighting back as closely as Democracy Docket. From Texas to North Carolina to California and Virginia it's providing the critical information you need.
Support its work by subscribing now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
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It’s Halloween-time, but we shouldn’t actually be living in a horror movie.
Congress is fighting over healthcare cuts that will make access to medical care a nightmare for working families, small businesses & people with disabilities.
Call Congress: www.meaction.net/medicaid
#SaveMedicaid #ACA
Congress is fighting over healthcare cuts that will make access to medical care a nightmare for working families, small businesses & people with disabilities.
Call Congress: www.meaction.net/medicaid
#SaveMedicaid #ACA
October 30, 2025 at 6:45 PM
It’s Halloween-time, but we shouldn’t actually be living in a horror movie.
Congress is fighting over healthcare cuts that will make access to medical care a nightmare for working families, small businesses & people with disabilities.
Call Congress: www.meaction.net/medicaid
#SaveMedicaid #ACA
Congress is fighting over healthcare cuts that will make access to medical care a nightmare for working families, small businesses & people with disabilities.
Call Congress: www.meaction.net/medicaid
#SaveMedicaid #ACA
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Modern authoritarians seldom cancel elections, because they prefer the veneer of democratic choice that voting provides, and because they can tilt the playing field toward themselves. “No one likes an election better than Vladimir Putin,” the Democratic election lawyer Marc Elias told me.
North Carolina Is the Canary in the Election Coal Mine
Americans don’t have to imagine what attempts to subvert an election could look like, because it’s already happening in one state.
www.theatlantic.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Modern authoritarians seldom cancel elections, because they prefer the veneer of democratic choice that voting provides, and because they can tilt the playing field toward themselves. “No one likes an election better than Vladimir Putin,” the Democratic election lawyer Marc Elias told me.
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This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.
October 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.
Wake up!
Why would ICE ever need chemical weapons and guided missile warheads?
Why would they need a 700% increase in spending?
And how do they justify spending more on ICE than the militaries of all but 15 countries?
Why would ICE ever need chemical weapons and guided missile warheads?
Why would they need a 700% increase in spending?
And how do they justify spending more on ICE than the militaries of all but 15 countries?
ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
October 22, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Wake up!
Why would ICE ever need chemical weapons and guided missile warheads?
Why would they need a 700% increase in spending?
And how do they justify spending more on ICE than the militaries of all but 15 countries?
Why would ICE ever need chemical weapons and guided missile warheads?
Why would they need a 700% increase in spending?
And how do they justify spending more on ICE than the militaries of all but 15 countries?
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“We found over 35 cases in which the judges have specifically said what the government is providing…false information. It might be intentionally false information, including false sworn declarations time and again," says Ryan Goodman, law professor at New York University.
October 19, 2025 at 11:43 PM
“We found over 35 cases in which the judges have specifically said what the government is providing…false information. It might be intentionally false information, including false sworn declarations time and again," says Ryan Goodman, law professor at New York University.
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Imagine being the largest newspaper in Washington, DC with the motto "Democracy Dies in Darkness" and thinking to publish this today.
You might think WaPo editors would look out the window and realize something more important is happening. But perhaps democracy already died over there.
You might think WaPo editors would look out the window and realize something more important is happening. But perhaps democracy already died over there.
October 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Imagine being the largest newspaper in Washington, DC with the motto "Democracy Dies in Darkness" and thinking to publish this today.
You might think WaPo editors would look out the window and realize something more important is happening. But perhaps democracy already died over there.
You might think WaPo editors would look out the window and realize something more important is happening. But perhaps democracy already died over there.
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You need to see this:
“The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social
“The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 3:36 AM
You need to see this:
“The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social
“The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social
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The is literally nothing more American and patriotic than declaring: No Kings.
October 14, 2025 at 1:50 AM
The is literally nothing more American and patriotic than declaring: No Kings.
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Saturday is going to be huge, boisterous and joyful: “It doesn’t matter if you’ve never protested before. This is a place for you if you believe we don’t do kings in this country.” - @ezralevin.bsky.social to @maddow.msnbc.com
Please join us on No Kings Day: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
Please join us on No Kings Day: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
October 14, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Saturday is going to be huge, boisterous and joyful: “It doesn’t matter if you’ve never protested before. This is a place for you if you believe we don’t do kings in this country.” - @ezralevin.bsky.social to @maddow.msnbc.com
Please join us on No Kings Day: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
Please join us on No Kings Day: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
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“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”
apnews.com/article/pope...
apnews.com/article/pope...
Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths
Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.
apnews.com
October 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”
apnews.com/article/pope...
apnews.com/article/pope...
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"There is nothing beautiful about shifting the burden onto those least able to bear it. But this is precisely what our nation is now poised to do."
ME/CFS and long COVID advocate Laurie Jones writes on Medicaid work requirements. https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/117839?trw=no
ME/CFS and long COVID advocate Laurie Jones writes on Medicaid work requirements. https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/117839?trw=no
Opinion | Medicaid Work Requirements Will Devastate People With Invisible Disabilities
ME/CFS and long COVID patients must qualify as 'medically frail'
www.medpagetoday.com
October 8, 2025 at 9:09 PM
"There is nothing beautiful about shifting the burden onto those least able to bear it. But this is precisely what our nation is now poised to do."
ME/CFS and long COVID advocate Laurie Jones writes on Medicaid work requirements. https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/117839?trw=no
ME/CFS and long COVID advocate Laurie Jones writes on Medicaid work requirements. https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/117839?trw=no
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ICE agents shot a U.S. citizen Saturday on Chicago’s South Side
They are creating chaos
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
They are creating chaos
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
Federal agents shoot woman in Chicago neighborhood after allegedly being rammed, boxed in by cars, DHS says
The woman, as well as a man whom authorities say was involved in the chaos, were facing charges Sunday morning.
www.cbsnews.com
October 6, 2025 at 8:06 AM
ICE agents shot a U.S. citizen Saturday on Chicago’s South Side
They are creating chaos
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
They are creating chaos
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
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Pope Leo: It's not "pro-life" to be anti-abortion but support
"the inhuman treatment of immigrants"
"the inhuman treatment of immigrants"
October 4, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Pope Leo: It's not "pro-life" to be anti-abortion but support
"the inhuman treatment of immigrants"
"the inhuman treatment of immigrants"
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The healthcare service and delivery system is crushingly difficult to navigate now. We're seeing entire organizations cancel telehealth visits because of the impending-gov-shutdown-Medicare-telehealth-expiration
Those healthcare orgs aren't willing to accept *any* risk they won't get paid.
Those healthcare orgs aren't willing to accept *any* risk they won't get paid.
September 29, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The healthcare service and delivery system is crushingly difficult to navigate now. We're seeing entire organizations cancel telehealth visits because of the impending-gov-shutdown-Medicare-telehealth-expiration
Those healthcare orgs aren't willing to accept *any* risk they won't get paid.
Those healthcare orgs aren't willing to accept *any* risk they won't get paid.
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Nothing says “land of the free” like armed agents of the state saying “show me your papers if you want your daughter back” bsky.app/profile/nbcb...
September 23, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Nothing says “land of the free” like armed agents of the state saying “show me your papers if you want your daughter back” bsky.app/profile/nbcb...
The future of electricity is being discussed in terms of how we make it... Read more here: www.creators.com/read/Llewell...
This Isn't the Time To Politicize Electricity Again, by Llewellyn King
The future of electricity is being discussed in terms of how we make it: whether it should be generated by nuclear, wind and solar or by coal and natural gas. Nuclear is favored by the utilities and...
www.creators.com
September 23, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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NYT: 'What Do You Want to Read About Disability?'
'Input from readers will help shape our coverage'
'What is our coverage missing? Do you have a story that you want to share? Let us know.'
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/u...
'Input from readers will help shape our coverage'
'What is our coverage missing? Do you have a story that you want to share? Let us know.'
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/u...
What Do You Want to Read About Disability?
www.nytimes.com
August 22, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Breaking News: The Trump administration ordered construction to stop on a $4 billion wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island that has already mostly been built.
Trump Administration Orders Work Halted on Wind Farm That Is Nearly Built
The order to stop construction on Revolution Wind off the coast of Rhode Island is part of a campaign against renewable energy.
nyti.ms
August 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Breaking News: The Trump administration ordered construction to stop on a $4 billion wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island that has already mostly been built.
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BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
August 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
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An entire team of journalists, outside a hospital in a tent for journalists, killed by Israel. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Anas al-Sharif: Four Al Jazeera journalists killed in Israeli strike near Al-Shifa hospital
Al Jazeera had condemned a "campaign of incitement" by the IDF against its reporters, but the military claims one of the journalists was part of Hamas.
www.bbc.com
August 10, 2025 at 11:43 PM
An entire team of journalists, outside a hospital in a tent for journalists, killed by Israel. www.bbc.com/news/article...