Ann Davis Garvin
@amdg7.bsky.social
Coloradoan by birth, Michigander by choice. #Hufflepuff, ENTJ, feminist, nurse-midwife, Episcopalian, advocate for peace and social justice #PublicHealth
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Pretty notable that Republicans in a deep-red state declined to go along with a partisan power grab specifically because of the toxic, violent culture Trump encourages. www.cnn.com/2025/12/11/p...
The deeply personal reasons why many Indiana Senate Republicans said no to Trump | CNN Politics
Jean Leising spoke at a breakfast this fall at her 8th grade grandson’s school. Hours later, when she was set to give him a ride home from basketball practice, he bashfully told her that his entire te...
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December 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Pretty notable that Republicans in a deep-red state declined to go along with a partisan power grab specifically because of the toxic, violent culture Trump encourages. www.cnn.com/2025/12/11/p...
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December 11, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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In fairness he is a huge liar
Trump sent Vance there twice. He threatened to cut off all federal spending to the state. He vowed to back primary challengers of any Republican who voted against him here. He posted their names online, prompting his fans to send them death threats.
But all that failed, so now he wasn't involved.
But all that failed, so now he wasn't involved.
Reporter: The senate in Indiana voted against the redistricting effort.
Trump: I wasn't working on it very hard. I wasn't very much involved
Trump: I wasn't working on it very hard. I wasn't very much involved
December 12, 2025 at 5:04 AM
In fairness he is a huge liar
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Let Rep. Thompson give a lesson in Reporting 101 to about half the DC press corps.
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Let Rep. Thompson give a lesson in Reporting 101 to about half the DC press corps.
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"At this point, I strongly urge any current ACA enrollees who've been holding out on actively re-enrolling in hopes of there being a last-minute deal to extend the enhanced subsidies to stop waiting, ACTIVELY shop around and ACTIVELY select your 2026 policy."
December 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
"At this point, I strongly urge any current ACA enrollees who've been holding out on actively re-enrolling in hopes of there being a last-minute deal to extend the enhanced subsidies to stop waiting, ACTIVELY shop around and ACTIVELY select your 2026 policy."
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Talk about the feds trying to boss the states around and commandeer them, which the Supreme Court has made clear violates the 10th Am. This is a down-the-middle state function that the feds have no business monkeying in, let alone trying to control.
and by the way, Cong has the funding authority.
and by the way, Cong has the funding authority.
Republicans announce the entire state of Indiana will be defunded if they do not obey Trump by gerrymandering their state.
“Roads will not be paved. Guard bases will close. Major projects will stop.”
“Roads will not be paved. Guard bases will close. Major projects will stop.”
December 11, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Talk about the feds trying to boss the states around and commandeer them, which the Supreme Court has made clear violates the 10th Am. This is a down-the-middle state function that the feds have no business monkeying in, let alone trying to control.
and by the way, Cong has the funding authority.
and by the way, Cong has the funding authority.
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Only way this could have been more effective is if they said, "Let's now go to Twitch where your boyfriend Corey Lewandowski and Dr. Phil are deporting nine Navy SEALs."
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Only way this could have been more effective is if they said, "Let's now go to Twitch where your boyfriend Corey Lewandowski and Dr. Phil are deporting nine Navy SEALs."
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In a normal administration, this would be a career-ending, weeks-long scandal
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
In a normal administration, this would be a career-ending, weeks-long scandal
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I have more respect for the Iraqi journalist who threw a shoe at George W Bush than any of the cowards in the current White House press pool.
December 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I have more respect for the Iraqi journalist who threw a shoe at George W Bush than any of the cowards in the current White House press pool.
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It’s not that I have a problem with them living in their own weird nonsensical universe.
I do have a problem when they force their weird nonsensical universe onto the rest of the normal world.
I do have a problem when they force their weird nonsensical universe onto the rest of the normal world.
December 9, 2025 at 7:29 PM
It’s not that I have a problem with them living in their own weird nonsensical universe.
I do have a problem when they force their weird nonsensical universe onto the rest of the normal world.
I do have a problem when they force their weird nonsensical universe onto the rest of the normal world.
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I'm sure the 64-yr old couple in his home state earning slightly more than 400% FPL whose premiums are about to jump from $638/month to over $3,000/month will appreciate being told that they've been getting "Biden Covid Bonuses" the past few years.
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December 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I'm sure the 64-yr old couple in his home state earning slightly more than 400% FPL whose premiums are about to jump from $638/month to over $3,000/month will appreciate being told that they've been getting "Biden Covid Bonuses" the past few years.
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#FunFact: 20% MORE #ACA enrollees live in red House districts than blue ones.
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December 9, 2025 at 7:54 PM
#FunFact: 20% MORE #ACA enrollees live in red House districts than blue ones.
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Feeble Attraction
December 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Feeble Attraction
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One theme here is the speed of American institutional collapse.
“It took Erdoğan 15 years to do what Trump did in 100 days. If [Americans] do not accept the fact that this is a long game, and it will be brutal, I think you won’t have the patience and stamina to bear it.”
“It took Erdoğan 15 years to do what Trump did in 100 days. If [Americans] do not accept the fact that this is a long game, and it will be brutal, I think you won’t have the patience and stamina to bear it.”
We asked activists from authoritarian regimes what they wish they’d known sooner. Here’s what they said www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
We asked activists from authoritarian regimes what they wish they’d known sooner. Here’s what they said
Activists from Hungary, El Salvador and Turkey offer advice to the US about what they’ve learned about authoritarians
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December 9, 2025 at 12:19 PM
One theme here is the speed of American institutional collapse.
“It took Erdoğan 15 years to do what Trump did in 100 days. If [Americans] do not accept the fact that this is a long game, and it will be brutal, I think you won’t have the patience and stamina to bear it.”
“It took Erdoğan 15 years to do what Trump did in 100 days. If [Americans] do not accept the fact that this is a long game, and it will be brutal, I think you won’t have the patience and stamina to bear it.”
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🚨 UPDATED: Senate Republicans come up with one big pile of Crapo (updated with additional insight based on the actual legislative text: Spoiler: It's even worse than you probably already thought)
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UPDATED: Senate Republicans come up with one big pile of Crapo.
(sigh) Via Peter Sullivan & Stef Kight of Axios: Scoop: Senate GOP chairs circulate health plan as clock ticks on ACA subsidies Two key Senate Republican chairmen are circulating the outline of a heal...
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December 9, 2025 at 2:10 AM
🚨 UPDATED: Senate Republicans come up with one big pile of Crapo (updated with additional insight based on the actual legislative text: Spoiler: It's even worse than you probably already thought)
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my measured contribution to a discussion of @umich.edu’s data center.
December 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
my measured contribution to a discussion of @umich.edu’s data center.
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PIERS: “You’re not gay?”
FUENTES: “No. But women are very difficult to be around.”
P: “Should they vote?”
F: “No.”
PIERS: “They should stay home?”
FUENTES: “Yeah.”
PIERS: “So you’re just a misogynistic dinosaur. Have you ever had sex?”
FUENTES: “No.”
PIERS: “Wow. Says the guy who never got laid.”
FUENTES: “No. But women are very difficult to be around.”
P: “Should they vote?”
F: “No.”
PIERS: “They should stay home?”
FUENTES: “Yeah.”
PIERS: “So you’re just a misogynistic dinosaur. Have you ever had sex?”
FUENTES: “No.”
PIERS: “Wow. Says the guy who never got laid.”
December 9, 2025 at 1:34 PM
PIERS: “You’re not gay?”
FUENTES: “No. But women are very difficult to be around.”
P: “Should they vote?”
F: “No.”
PIERS: “They should stay home?”
FUENTES: “Yeah.”
PIERS: “So you’re just a misogynistic dinosaur. Have you ever had sex?”
FUENTES: “No.”
PIERS: “Wow. Says the guy who never got laid.”
FUENTES: “No. But women are very difficult to be around.”
P: “Should they vote?”
F: “No.”
PIERS: “They should stay home?”
FUENTES: “Yeah.”
PIERS: “So you’re just a misogynistic dinosaur. Have you ever had sex?”
FUENTES: “No.”
PIERS: “Wow. Says the guy who never got laid.”
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Preparing for ICE agents' presence in the city, an interfaith coalition shared best practices for dealing with law enforcement at houses of worship.
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In Minneapolis, clergy mobilize to manage ICE raids targeting Somali immigrants
(RNS) — Preparing for ICE agents' presence in the city, an interfaith coalition shared best practices for dealing with law enforcement at houses of worship.
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December 9, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Preparing for ICE agents' presence in the city, an interfaith coalition shared best practices for dealing with law enforcement at houses of worship.
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