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Cat enthusiast, Nerd-lady, mid-westerner
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ohiocapitaljournal.com
Ohio GOP U.S. Sen. Jon Husted has taken at least $75,000 in campaign contributions from Centene, including more than $29,000 after the company paid $88.3 million to settle allegations that it had fraudulently extracted tens of millions from Ohio Medicaid. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/01/16/h...
Husted took thousands from company that paid Ohio $88 million to settle Medicaid fraud allegations • Ohio Capital Journal
U.S. Sen. Jon Husted says fraud is a reason he's against ACA insurance subsidies. But a big contributor allegedly defrauded Ohio Medicaid.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:42 PM
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corybooker.com
Live long and be merry.

op: omegaparticlepodcast via IG
December 21, 2025 at 1:06 AM
amers42.bsky.social
I had the SAME QUESTION!
thedanrather.bsky.social Dan Rather @thedanrather.bsky.social · Oct 28
If Trump says he can run for a third term, does that mean Obama can run again too? Just asking.
Seriously?
Talk of another Trump term won’t go away
steady.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:07 PM
amers42.bsky.social
😢
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Oct 22
a live look at the demolition of the White House's East Wing for Trump's ballroom
October 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
amers42.bsky.social
How have we fallen so far?
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Oct 19
Trump posts AI video showing him literally dumping shit on America
October 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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heartlandsignal.bsky.social
BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.
October 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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govpritzker.illinois.gov
I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.
October 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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chicago.suntimes.com
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
trib.al
October 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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npr.org
President Trump and his administration claim there could be a link between autism and acetaminophen and vaccines. We asked a researcher who has studied autism for decades for her thoughts.
3 thoughts from an autism researcher on Trump's acetaminophen and vaccine claims
President Trump and his administration claim there could be a link between autism and acetaminophen and vaccines. We asked a researcher who has studied autism for decades for her thoughts.
n.pr
September 23, 2025 at 9:06 PM
amers42.bsky.social
Absolute garbage by my rep
clevelandscene.bsky.social Cleveland Scene @clevelandscene.bsky.social · Sep 17
Max Miller claims suburbanites are afraid to visit Cleveland.

The U.S. House member also asserted “small businesses are being boarded up” in an op-ed calling for the National Guard to be deployed to the city. www.clevescene.com/news/max-mil...
Max Miller Claims Suburbanites Are Afraid to Visit Cleveland - Cleveland Scene
The U.S. House member also asserted "small businesses are being boarded up" in an op-ed calling for the National Guard to be deployed to the city.
www.clevescene.com
September 17, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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folktunes.bsky.social
This one's maybe a little on the ling side, but trust me, it's worth it. I've cried reading it multiple times.

(1/3)
mylordshesacactus Carpathia received Titanic's distress signal at 12:20am, April 15th, 1912. She was 58 miles away, a distance that absolutely could not be covered in less than four hours. (Californian's exact position at the time is... controversial. She was close enough to have helped. By all accounts she was close enough to see Titanic's distress rockets. It's uncertain to this day why her crew did not respond, or how many might not have been lost if she had been there. This is not the place for what-ifs. This is about what was done.) Carpathia's Captain Rostron had, yes, rolled out of bed instantly when woken by his radio operator, ordered his ship to Titanic's aid and confirmed the signal before he was fully dressed. The man had never in his life responded to an emergency call. His goal tonight was to make sure nobody who heard that fact would ever believe it. All of Carpathia's lifeboats were swung out ready for deployment. Oil was set up to be poured off the side of the ship in case the sea turned choppy; oil would coat and calm the water near Carpathia if that happened, making it safer for lifeboats to draw up alongside her. He ordered lights to be rigged along the side of the ship so survivors could see it better, and had nets and ladders rigged along her sides ready to be dropped when they arrived, in order to let as many survivors as possible climb aboard at once. I don't know if his making provisions for there still being survivors in the water was optimism or not. I think he knew they were never going to get there in time for that. I think he did it anyway because, god, you have to hope. Carpathia had three dining rooms, which were immediately converted into triage and first aid stations. Each had a doctor assigned to it. Hot soup, coffee, and tea were prepared in bulk in each dining room, and blankets and warm clothes were collected to be ready to hand out. By this time, many of the passengers were awake-prepping a ship for disaster relief isn't quiet-and all of them stepped up to help, many donating their own clothes and blankets. And then he did something I tend to refer to as diverting all power from life support. Here's the thing about steamships: They run on steam. Shocking, I know; but that steam powers everything on the ship, and right now, Carpathia needed power. So Rostron turned off hot water and central heating, which bled valuable steam power, to everywhere but the dining rooms-which, of course, were being used to make hot drinks and receive survivors. He woke up all the engineers, all the stokers and firemen, diverted all that steam back into the engines, and asked his ship to go as fast as she possibly could. And when she'd done that, he asked her to go faster. I need you to understand that you simply can't push a ship very far past its top speed. Pushing that much sheer tonnage through the water becomes harder with each extra knot past the speed it was designed for. Pushing a ship past its rated speed is not only reckless-it's difficult to maneuver-but it puts an incredible amount of strain on the engines. Ships are not designed to exceed their top speed by even one knot. They can't do it. It can't be done. Carpathia's absolute do-or-die, the-engines-can't-take-this-forever top speed was fourteen knots. Dodging icebergs, in the dark and the cold, surrounded by mist, she sustained a speed of almost seventeen and a half. No one would have asked this of them. It wasn't expected. They were almost sixty miles away, with icebergs in their path. They had a responsibility to respond; they did not have a responsibility to do the impossible and do it well. No one would have faulted them for taking more time to confirm the severity of the issue. No one would have blamed them for a slow and cautious approach. No one but themselves.
September 11, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
MUST-WATCH: “When you live here it feels like a poor country— you’re so reasonable. They painted you in a bad light. It makes me angry.”

Bernie wins over WV Trump voters, shows how @marshablackburn & Trump use averages to lie to us + help the rich.

Full: www.youtube.com/watch?v
September 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
“I was kidnapped. The conditions are inhumane. Packed like sardines. A man dropped dead and they just moved us aside… It’s not just criminals. I had all my papers in order. They’re just looking for numbers.”

Watch. Share.
September 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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joshtpm.bsky.social
Don't just read the headline. Take a moment to watch the video. It's short.
cwebbonline.com Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Sep 10
One day after the Supreme Court lifted the ban on racial profiling, federal agents swarmed a car in Van Nuys.

Four masked agents with guns drawn yanked people out, slammed them to the ground, and pointed a weapon at a pregnant woman.

There is no justification for this. None.
September 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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atrupar.com
New in PN: Brett Kavanaugh explains that SCOTUS really IS doing racism

"Five justices calculated that it was better to remain silent and be thought of as a bunch of racist hacks than to speak out and remove all doubt. But Kavanaugh, channeling his inner Col. Jessup, refused to sign on to the plan."
Brett Kavanaugh explains that SCOTUS really IS doing racism
He showed his whole hood.
www.publicnotice.co
September 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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whodat35.bsky.social
Kavanaugh explains that SCOTUS really IS doing racism.

"5 justices calculated it's best to stay silent and be thought of as racist hacks than to speak out and remove all doubt. But Kavanaugh, channeling his inner Col. Jessup, had other ideas." | PN

www.publicnotice.co/p/kavanaugh-...
Brett Kavanaugh explains that SCOTUS really IS doing racism
He showed his whole hood.
www.publicnotice.co
September 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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rollingstone.com
BREAKING: Senate Republicans Pass ‘Big, Beautiful’ Bill to Strip Health Care From Millions

The legislation to cut taxes for the rich at the expense of the less fortunate will now head back to the House, and then to Trump's desk.

Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
July 1, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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juddlegum.bsky.social
7 things everyone should know about Trump's megabill:

Cuts $930 billion from Medicaid

16 million lose health care

Slashes nutrition aid by $186 billion

Less income for bottom 40% of families

Increases debt by $3.3 trillion

$45 billion for immigration jails

Billions for defense contractors
7 things everyone should know about Trump's megabill
The Republican reconciliation legislation, which Trump calls his "big, beautiful bill," is massive.
popular.info
June 30, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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emptywheel.bsky.social
Bc the left has (justifiably) vacated Elon's Nazi bar, they're missing some world class trolling @gavinnewsom.bsky.social has been doing, particularly of Stephen Miller.

I share a selection of that in this post.

www.emptywheel.net/2025/06/20/g...
Gavin Newsom's Troll Wars as a Check against "Usurpation or Wanton Tyranny" - emptywheel
Gavin Newsom's legal challenge to Donald Trump's invasion of California has gotten most of the press attention. But he has also been waging a pretty funny trolling challenge as well.
www.emptywheel.net
June 20, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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officialmelbrooks.bsky.social
I told you we’d be back
June 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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wired.com
they're absolutely right
March 20, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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maddow.bsky.social
Trump closing Social Security field offices in:

Alabama

Arkansas

Colorado

Florida

Georgia

Kentucky

Louisiana

Mississippi

Montana

N. Carolina

N. Dakota

Nevada

New York

Ohio

Oklahoma

Texas

West Virginia

Wyoming

Mississippi, NC hardest hit. Full list here:
apnews.com/article/soci...
A list of the Social Security offices across the US expected to close this year
Twenty-six Social Security Administration offices across the country are expected to close this year, due to actions taken by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.
apnews.com
March 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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jbpritzker.bsky.social
Texas’s abortion ban is one of the most strict in the country. Now they’ve taken the disturbing step of arresting a midwife for helping women who sought reproductive care. Abortion bans were never about protecting women, they were always about control. www.dailykos.com/story/2025/3...
Texas makes first arrest under state’s terrifying abortion ban
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton released a statement Monday boasting about the arrest of a Houston-area midwife for illegally performing an abortion, marking the state’s first criminal charge for ab...
www.dailykos.com
March 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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www.cbsnews.com/news/concert...
What musicians did after an executive order on DEI led to the cancellation of U.S. Marine Band collaboration
After an executive order ending DEI initiatives, the U.S. Marine Band canceled a concert featuring young musicians of color. Veterans stepped in to mentor the aspiring musicians.
www.cbsnews.com
March 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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markzaidesq.bsky.social
All American eyes and ears should be on this today.

Frankly, all lovers of democracy anywhere.
klasfeldreports.com Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · Mar 17
Judge Boasberg orders a hearing today at 4 p.m. ET in the case challenging Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act.

The judge also orders the Trump admin to answer these questions about the deportation flights and his order.
MINUTE ORDER: The Court ORDERS that the parties shall appear in person (or by Zoom if necessary) for a hearing at 4:00 p.m. today regarding the 19 Notice and 21 Response. The Government shall be prepared to provide answers to the questions raised by Plaintiffs on page 6 of their Response. So ORDERED by Chief Judge James E. Boasberg on 3/17/2025.
March 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM