Michelle Rathman 🧡💙🌻☮️🎙️
@mrbimpact.bsky.social
Podcasting about policy and the impact on quality of life. (TheRuralImpact.com) 30+years in health care (urban and rural.) Speaker, strategist, writer, collaborator solving complex issues, passion for cooking, grand mothering, dog mothering & golfing.
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The Power of Acknowledging the Taken-for-Granted: A 2025 Reflection
The distinction you draw between simply listing what we are thankful for and reflecting on what we have allowed to slip into the realm of the "taken-for-granted" is profound. While expressing gratitud...
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As we head into the Thanksgiving holiday, I've been thinking a lot about what we take for granted. Maybe this will resonate with you. www.linkedin.com/pulse/power-...
In every department of the U.S. Government - EVERY- criminal activity run-amok, epic squandering of taxpayer dollars, sinister intentions and acts of betrayal while Congress has tied their own hands turning their backs on We the People.
How sad is this? The CDC closed its FOIA office, so this story could only be published because a Danish journalist provided Rolling Stone with the documents, after obtaining them through a freedom of information request to the University of Southern Denmark
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HHS Gave a $1.6 Million Grant to a Controversial Vaccine Study. These Emails Show How That Happened
Two Danish researchers faced accusations of “questionable research practices” as RFK Jr.’s top appointees made their study a “funding priority.”
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January 18, 2026 at 5:47 PM
In every department of the U.S. Government - EVERY- criminal activity run-amok, epic squandering of taxpayer dollars, sinister intentions and acts of betrayal while Congress has tied their own hands turning their backs on We the People.
Coexisting respectfully. 😄
January 18, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Coexisting respectfully. 😄
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We already have complete access to Greenland, including unfettered freedom of navigation into the Arctic.
We have a military base. We have early warning radar systems in place that will integrate with the “dome.”
And we have allies to help defend it. We don’t need Greenland.
We have a military base. We have early warning radar systems in place that will integrate with the “dome.”
And we have allies to help defend it. We don’t need Greenland.
January 17, 2026 at 8:30 PM
We already have complete access to Greenland, including unfettered freedom of navigation into the Arctic.
We have a military base. We have early warning radar systems in place that will integrate with the “dome.”
And we have allies to help defend it. We don’t need Greenland.
We have a military base. We have early warning radar systems in place that will integrate with the “dome.”
And we have allies to help defend it. We don’t need Greenland.
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I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
January 16, 2026 at 10:15 PM
I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
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The Nobel Peace Prize Medal Has Been Sold Before for Millions
The Nobel Peace Prize Medal Has Been Sold Before for Millions
The Nobel Committee has said the prize cannot be transferred, but it has been sold in a few auctions over the award’s history.
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January 16, 2026 at 12:47 AM
The Nobel Peace Prize Medal Has Been Sold Before for Millions
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@mrbimpact.bsky.social kicks off our "Tracking Transformation" series, following $50B taxpayer fund for rural health. Stay connected on how this policy is lifting up or letting down and how shifts in other policies could add more roadblocks to better health. Listen & subscribe! tinyurl.com/36hu3ws3
January 15, 2026 at 8:36 PM
@mrbimpact.bsky.social kicks off our "Tracking Transformation" series, following $50B taxpayer fund for rural health. Stay connected on how this policy is lifting up or letting down and how shifts in other policies could add more roadblocks to better health. Listen & subscribe! tinyurl.com/36hu3ws3
Hello early birds. Here’s our first in our “tracking transformation” series. Want to know where $50B is going and how it’s being used? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Tracking Transformation: Funding Awarded. Now What? with Bob Atlas and Kevin Bennett
Podcast Episode · The Rural Impact · 01/15/2026 · 58m
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January 15, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Hello early birds. Here’s our first in our “tracking transformation” series. Want to know where $50B is going and how it’s being used? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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ICE is a lawless, heavily armed, well funded, state sponsored gang, whose mission is to inflict trauma and violence upon the people, and places, Trump sees as his adversaries.
Feds Shoot Another Person in Minneapolis: What to Know - TIME
Feds Shoot Another Person in Minneapolis: What to Know - TIME
January 15, 2026 at 12:11 PM
ICE is a lawless, heavily armed, well funded, state sponsored gang, whose mission is to inflict trauma and violence upon the people, and places, Trump sees as his adversaries.
Feds Shoot Another Person in Minneapolis: What to Know - TIME
Feds Shoot Another Person in Minneapolis: What to Know - TIME
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Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
January 15, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
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To balance the state’s budget, Idaho Gov. Brad Little’s plan says the state could cut Medicaid services for dental care and people with disabilities.
via @idahocapitalsun.com
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To cut Medicaid budget, governor says Idaho could remove disability, dental services
To balance the state’s budget, Idaho Gov. Brad Little’s plan says the state could cut Medicaid services for dental care and people with disabilities.
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January 14, 2026 at 6:00 PM
To balance the state’s budget, Idaho Gov. Brad Little’s plan says the state could cut Medicaid services for dental care and people with disabilities.
via @idahocapitalsun.com
via @idahocapitalsun.com
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These faces are nonprofit leaders, and their work is made possible, in part, by policy. Whether it's access to food, housing, transportation, or healthcare, their work is transformational. Before our next episode drops, we invite you to meet them! 🎧📺https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyB0dlMC4DQ
January 13, 2026 at 8:50 PM
These faces are nonprofit leaders, and their work is made possible, in part, by policy. Whether it's access to food, housing, transportation, or healthcare, their work is transformational. Before our next episode drops, we invite you to meet them! 🎧📺https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyB0dlMC4DQ
To anyone who lives in rural KY, are you prepared for a Plan B? Gas up the car, expect to travel. | A Rural Hospital in Kentucky Prepares for Medicaid Losses tradeoffs.org/2025/07/24/r...
A Rural Hospital in Kentucky Prepares for Medicaid Losses
Harrison Memorial Hospital in Cynthiana is already taking a hard look at its budget in light of Republican cuts to Medicaid.
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January 13, 2026 at 7:27 PM
To anyone who lives in rural KY, are you prepared for a Plan B? Gas up the car, expect to travel. | A Rural Hospital in Kentucky Prepares for Medicaid Losses tradeoffs.org/2025/07/24/r...
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It would take a two-word amendment to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to subject ICE agents and other federal law enforcement officers to the same liability for constitutional violations that local and state officers currently face.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
January 12, 2026 at 10:56 PM
It would take a two-word amendment to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to subject ICE agents and other federal law enforcement officers to the same liability for constitutional violations that local and state officers currently face.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
They can remove the reference but the toxic stain is permanent. | Smithsonian Removes Label Noting Trump Impeachments www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/a...
Smithsonian Removes Label Noting Trump Impeachments
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January 11, 2026 at 4:29 PM
They can remove the reference but the toxic stain is permanent. | Smithsonian Removes Label Noting Trump Impeachments www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/a...
To excuse this is telling. The worst and deranged among us have weapons, wear masks,are illiterate in law and life. Brutality and pain is their programming. It’s past time to defund the entire operation and demand ⚖️
DHS was created to FIGHT terrorists, not to BE terrorists. It needs to be defunded by congress in 2027, and we should select candidates who run on that platform.
January 11, 2026 at 4:48 AM
To excuse this is telling. The worst and deranged among us have weapons, wear masks,are illiterate in law and life. Brutality and pain is their programming. It’s past time to defund the entire operation and demand ⚖️
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our first #WTHealth podcast of 2026 now up! @alicemiranda.bsky.social, @laurenweberhp.bsky.social and @sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.social join me to break down the latest on the ACA fight, changes to the vaccine schedule and food pyramid, and more.
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New Year, Same Health Fight - KFF Health News
Congress returned from its break facing a familiar question: whether to extend the expanded subsidies for Affordable Care Act health plans that expired at the end of 2025. Meanwhile, HHS Secretary Rob...
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January 8, 2026 at 9:29 PM
our first #WTHealth podcast of 2026 now up! @alicemiranda.bsky.social, @laurenweberhp.bsky.social and @sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.social join me to break down the latest on the ACA fight, changes to the vaccine schedule and food pyramid, and more.
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I’m re-upping this because we need to focus.No country should allow masked enforcement officers to terrorize communities. But this country’s history makes this practice ESPECIALLY repugnant. So long as we allow anonymity & impunity there will be brutality.
NO MASKS
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NO MASKS
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Masked Terror
At this point, we have all seen the videos.
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January 8, 2026 at 8:26 PM
I’m re-upping this because we need to focus.No country should allow masked enforcement officers to terrorize communities. But this country’s history makes this practice ESPECIALLY repugnant. So long as we allow anonymity & impunity there will be brutality.
NO MASKS
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NO MASKS
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There’s a special kind of grief many of us are feeling tonight. Because it didn’t have to be like this.
January 8, 2026 at 3:08 AM
There’s a special kind of grief many of us are feeling tonight. Because it didn’t have to be like this.
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Walz: "Do you have no decency? We have someone dead in their car for no reason whatsoever. I don't want to be right about this, but I said if they do this they're gonna create a chaotic situation where someone innocent is gonna get killed. And they did it."
January 7, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Walz: "Do you have no decency? We have someone dead in their car for no reason whatsoever. I don't want to be right about this, but I said if they do this they're gonna create a chaotic situation where someone innocent is gonna get killed. And they did it."
Things are a mess.
January 5, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Things are a mess.
Rise up good people.
January 4, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Rise up good people.
The United States Congress should be meeting at this moment to put an end to this crime ring mob rule invasion of a sovereign nation. There is zero excuse for this act of aggression. The motive is clear and unquestionably illegal.
January 3, 2026 at 11:56 PM
The United States Congress should be meeting at this moment to put an end to this crime ring mob rule invasion of a sovereign nation. There is zero excuse for this act of aggression. The motive is clear and unquestionably illegal.
Took one of my grands for a bday lunch & watched 😊his little freckled-nose self eat an entire grown-up cheeseburger & slurp a vanilla shake w/sprinkles! My heart was also aching for the mess we are leaving for he and his brothers to deal with because of corruption & an enabling cowardly Congress.
January 3, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Took one of my grands for a bday lunch & watched 😊his little freckled-nose self eat an entire grown-up cheeseburger & slurp a vanilla shake w/sprinkles! My heart was also aching for the mess we are leaving for he and his brothers to deal with because of corruption & an enabling cowardly Congress.
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An undeclared, unprovoked, and illegal war designed to, well, we can only guess—though Donald Trump and JD Vance have seemed to concede this was a war for oil—puts the United States on the same moral and legal footing as Russia, which invaded its neighbor in a war of pure aggression.
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Headfirst Into War
The horrific attack on Venezuela overnight puts the U.S. in the same camp as Russia.
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January 3, 2026 at 3:19 PM
An undeclared, unprovoked, and illegal war designed to, well, we can only guess—though Donald Trump and JD Vance have seemed to concede this was a war for oil—puts the United States on the same moral and legal footing as Russia, which invaded its neighbor in a war of pure aggression.