JC
@middlejac.bsky.social
Occasionally, I say or write something clever enough to earn a living. Otter enthusiast, gravitationally challenged, born w/o a paddle. The older I get, the less I know. I share science and trustworthy information. | Pacific NW | No DMs unless invited.
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Even if they get a vote, big deal. Republicans are going to kill the ACA because John McCain is dead and your health insurance is going to be canceled for ** any excuse the insurance company can find as soon as you become a liability **.
You didn't get a vote. You got a "promise" of a vote. From a party who is disappearing nannies & gardeners and zip-tying children. A party who has flushed Due Process in America down the toilet. Who has subjugated its Congressional duties to an autocrat. That's what everybody sees, Tim.
Kaine on why he thinks just getting a vote on healthcare is a win: "We're the minority party, but everybody will get to see who is standing for them when it comes to lowering their healthcare costs"
November 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Even if they get a vote, big deal. Republicans are going to kill the ACA because John McCain is dead and your health insurance is going to be canceled for ** any excuse the insurance company can find as soon as you become a liability **.
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One of the most widely prescribed drugs in the U.S. is the generic version of Lipitor.
FDA inspectors have found safety and quality violations at about half of the plants approved to produce it, records show.
FDA inspectors have found safety and quality violations at about half of the plants approved to produce it, records show.
Is Your Medication Made in a Contaminated Factory? The FDA Won’t Tell You.
The agency’s decision to conceal drug names on inspection reports has prevented doctors, pharmacists and patients from knowing whether medications made overseas are tainted by manufacturing failures t...
www.propublica.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:40 AM
One of the most widely prescribed drugs in the U.S. is the generic version of Lipitor.
FDA inspectors have found safety and quality violations at about half of the plants approved to produce it, records show.
FDA inspectors have found safety and quality violations at about half of the plants approved to produce it, records show.
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Do people understand that insurance is pooling risk? That we pay in knowing we may never financially benefit? That healthcare is a bastard insurance? That we don’t pool our risk with all Blue Cross customers, but only fellow employees? That on ACA we pool our risk with no one?
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Do people understand that insurance is pooling risk? That we pay in knowing we may never financially benefit? That healthcare is a bastard insurance? That we don’t pool our risk with all Blue Cross customers, but only fellow employees? That on ACA we pool our risk with no one?
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“A Reagan-appointed federal judge resigned from the lifetime position so he can speak out against what he believes are abject derelictions of duty and abuses of power within the Trump administration.” lawandcrime.com/high-profile...
November 11, 2025 at 12:26 AM
“A Reagan-appointed federal judge resigned from the lifetime position so he can speak out against what he believes are abject derelictions of duty and abuses of power within the Trump administration.” lawandcrime.com/high-profile...
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Before Obamacare
We were worse off
After Obamacare
We were better off
Obamacare saved lives
FACTS on Obamacare
We were worse off
After Obamacare
We were better off
Obamacare saved lives
FACTS on Obamacare
November 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Before Obamacare
We were worse off
After Obamacare
We were better off
Obamacare saved lives
FACTS on Obamacare
We were worse off
After Obamacare
We were better off
Obamacare saved lives
FACTS on Obamacare
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I've defended establishment democrats a lot, as a lot of what they do has some justification, but this is my own breaking point. There is literally no good reason to cave now after holding on for so long. Either cave right away so people don't suffer for no reason, or ACTUALLY hold the damn line.
Glad we've taught the Trump administration that starving 42 million people and disrupting air travel is how they get whatever they want, though. Good precedent with 3 years left in this nightmare.
November 10, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I've defended establishment democrats a lot, as a lot of what they do has some justification, but this is my own breaking point. There is literally no good reason to cave now after holding on for so long. Either cave right away so people don't suffer for no reason, or ACTUALLY hold the damn line.
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Donald Trump's authoritarianism is happening in plain sight.
November 9, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Donald Trump's authoritarianism is happening in plain sight.
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You didn't get a vote. You got a "promise" of a vote. From a party who is disappearing nannies & gardeners and zip-tying children. A party who has flushed Due Process in America down the toilet. Who has subjugated its Congressional duties to an autocrat. That's what everybody sees, Tim.
Kaine on why he thinks just getting a vote on healthcare is a win: "We're the minority party, but everybody will get to see who is standing for them when it comes to lowering their healthcare costs"
November 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
You didn't get a vote. You got a "promise" of a vote. From a party who is disappearing nannies & gardeners and zip-tying children. A party who has flushed Due Process in America down the toilet. Who has subjugated its Congressional duties to an autocrat. That's what everybody sees, Tim.
@democrats.senate.gov Two points:
1. By agreeing to a deal with Rs, you essentially took responsibility/blame for the shutdown.
2. By caving, you have put your names and stamp of approval on the big ugly bill. You own that shit now.
Bonus point: We won’t forget.
1. By agreeing to a deal with Rs, you essentially took responsibility/blame for the shutdown.
2. By caving, you have put your names and stamp of approval on the big ugly bill. You own that shit now.
Bonus point: We won’t forget.
November 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
@democrats.senate.gov Two points:
1. By agreeing to a deal with Rs, you essentially took responsibility/blame for the shutdown.
2. By caving, you have put your names and stamp of approval on the big ugly bill. You own that shit now.
Bonus point: We won’t forget.
1. By agreeing to a deal with Rs, you essentially took responsibility/blame for the shutdown.
2. By caving, you have put your names and stamp of approval on the big ugly bill. You own that shit now.
Bonus point: We won’t forget.
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If you think the people throwing Great Gatsby-esque parties for themselves, while millions were denied their food assistance, are all of a sudden going to grow a conscience and save affordable healthcare, you clearly have not been paying attention.
November 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
If you think the people throwing Great Gatsby-esque parties for themselves, while millions were denied their food assistance, are all of a sudden going to grow a conscience and save affordable healthcare, you clearly have not been paying attention.
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The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.
November 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.
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When politicians say that they want a "mature" or "sensible" or "reasoned" discussion about something, they are saying that if you disagree with their pov, you are being immature, foolish and unreasonable.
November 10, 2025 at 7:17 AM
When politicians say that they want a "mature" or "sensible" or "reasoned" discussion about something, they are saying that if you disagree with their pov, you are being immature, foolish and unreasonable.
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getting two pinky swears from Republicans, including one that they will merely follow the law, is laughably thin gruel
My statement on the funding deal to reopen government, protect federal employees, and vote to protect health care:
November 10, 2025 at 1:19 AM
getting two pinky swears from Republicans, including one that they will merely follow the law, is laughably thin gruel
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Why I Am Resigning
A federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench.
“What Nixon did episodically and covertly, knowing it was illegal or improper, Trump now does routinely and overtly”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
A federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench.
“What Nixon did episodically and covertly, knowing it was illegal or improper, Trump now does routinely and overtly”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why I Am Resigning
A federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench.
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Why I Am Resigning
A federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench.
“What Nixon did episodically and covertly, knowing it was illegal or improper, Trump now does routinely and overtly”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
A federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench.
“What Nixon did episodically and covertly, knowing it was illegal or improper, Trump now does routinely and overtly”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Baby formula recall: Product linked to potentially fatal illness in 10 states.
www.al.com/news/2025/11...
www.al.com/news/2025/11...
Baby formula recall: Product linked to potentially fatal illness in 10 states
According to the FDA, 83 cases of infant botulism have been reported nationwide since August.
www.al.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Baby formula recall: Product linked to potentially fatal illness in 10 states.
www.al.com/news/2025/11...
www.al.com/news/2025/11...
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Good Morning! On this day, (Sun) Nov 9 in 1913 Hedy Lamarr was born. She may be best known for her roles in the 1940s Oscar-nominated films ‘Algiers’ and ‘Sampson and Delilah.’ But it is her technical mind that is her greatest legacy, including inventing the basis for WiFi.
#WomeninSTEM 🧪 #Herstory
#WomeninSTEM 🧪 #Herstory
November 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Good Morning! On this day, (Sun) Nov 9 in 1913 Hedy Lamarr was born. She may be best known for her roles in the 1940s Oscar-nominated films ‘Algiers’ and ‘Sampson and Delilah.’ But it is her technical mind that is her greatest legacy, including inventing the basis for WiFi.
#WomeninSTEM 🧪 #Herstory
#WomeninSTEM 🧪 #Herstory
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American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
March 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
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One of the talking points I keep seeing from Democrats is that part of the deal is that it will "ensure federal workers receive back pay" but that's the existing law!
That's not something you've won in negotiations. That's just the letter of the law. You don't get to claim that as a win.
That's not something you've won in negotiations. That's just the letter of the law. You don't get to claim that as a win.
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 AM
One of the talking points I keep seeing from Democrats is that part of the deal is that it will "ensure federal workers receive back pay" but that's the existing law!
That's not something you've won in negotiations. That's just the letter of the law. You don't get to claim that as a win.
That's not something you've won in negotiations. That's just the letter of the law. You don't get to claim that as a win.
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The Trump regime is looking for new ways to kill people.
Trump officials set to approve ‘forever chemical’ as pesticide ingredient
Critics say that fifth Pfas Trump’s EPA has proposed for approval this year would put food and water supply at risk
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The Trump regime is looking for new ways to kill people.
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You have power to make change. Use it. Share this video on every platform(link below) & Call Congress at 202-224-3121 & demand they stop the #ICELawlessness.
It only takes 2 minutes to call.
Remember, if it can happen to them, it can happen to you!
Indifference is complicity.
It only takes 2 minutes to call.
Remember, if it can happen to them, it can happen to you!
Indifference is complicity.
November 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
You have power to make change. Use it. Share this video on every platform(link below) & Call Congress at 202-224-3121 & demand they stop the #ICELawlessness.
It only takes 2 minutes to call.
Remember, if it can happen to them, it can happen to you!
Indifference is complicity.
It only takes 2 minutes to call.
Remember, if it can happen to them, it can happen to you!
Indifference is complicity.
