Amy Leibrock
@amyleibrock.bsky.social
She/her. Writer, knitter, mom, 🏳️🌈/🏳️⚧️ ally.
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I know that Medicare/ Medicaid is Democrats’ native language & what they’re happiest speaking but I’d love for SOME prominent person to try the line “they increased the debt limit by $5 trillion in order to triple size of ICE & make its detention center bigger than the whole federal prison system.”
July 1, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I know that Medicare/ Medicaid is Democrats’ native language & what they’re happiest speaking but I’d love for SOME prominent person to try the line “they increased the debt limit by $5 trillion in order to triple size of ICE & make its detention center bigger than the whole federal prison system.”
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Viktor Orban tried to ban the Budapest Pride parade. He got the biggest one yet. Steve Hendrix reports from the Hungarian capital
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June 28, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Viktor Orban tried to ban the Budapest Pride parade. He got the biggest one yet. Steve Hendrix reports from the Hungarian capital
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🚨 Ohioans deserve lower energy bills & a fair energy system! HB 15 will help by ending costly coal bailouts & improving grid reliability. Tell Gov. DeWine: No more OVEC subsidies—restore energy efficiency programs! Act now: theoecactionfund.org/take-action
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May 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
🚨 Ohioans deserve lower energy bills & a fair energy system! HB 15 will help by ending costly coal bailouts & improving grid reliability. Tell Gov. DeWine: No more OVEC subsidies—restore energy efficiency programs! Act now: theoecactionfund.org/take-action
"Put up in court or shut up." --Senator Van Hollen
April 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
"Put up in court or shut up." --Senator Van Hollen
I’m a German Citizen in 1933, and Is It Just Me or Is It Really Hard to Get Any Work Done Right Now? www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/im-...
I’m a German Citizen in 1933, and Is It Just Me or Is It Really Hard to Get Any Work Done Right Now?
Guten tag. I’m just wondering if anybody else can relate to this feeling I’ve been having that I just can’t shake. It’s only Tuesday, but what a we...
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April 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I’m a German Citizen in 1933, and Is It Just Me or Is It Really Hard to Get Any Work Done Right Now? www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/im-...
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🧪 #ScienceSky and #AcademicSky: We’re trying to learn more about the real-life scope and impact of the Trump administration terminating NIH grants.
Here's how you can help our reporting 👇
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Did You Work on a Terminated NIH Grant? ProPublica Wants to Hear From You.
The National Institutes of Health is canceling grants that are seen as conflicting with the Trump administration’s priorities. We want to hear from researchers who have been affected.
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April 3, 2025 at 3:00 AM
🧪 #ScienceSky and #AcademicSky: We’re trying to learn more about the real-life scope and impact of the Trump administration terminating NIH grants.
Here's how you can help our reporting 👇
Here's how you can help our reporting 👇
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Not getting much attention, but the Senate GOP is about to start voting - to make sure banks can charge higher overdraft fees. Seriously.
Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.
Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.
March 27, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Not getting much attention, but the Senate GOP is about to start voting - to make sure banks can charge higher overdraft fees. Seriously.
Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.
Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.
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The latest crazy just proves what we all know. They are discussing everything on Signal to avoid any discovery or FOIA or archival laws. So illegal but here we are.
March 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The latest crazy just proves what we all know. They are discussing everything on Signal to avoid any discovery or FOIA or archival laws. So illegal but here we are.
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Librarians in Cincinnati got a shock recently when an overdue book was returned 98 years late. "Wild West" by Bertrand W. Sinclair was due back on Nov. 23, 1926.
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This Cincinnati Library book was returned nearly a century after its due date
"Wild West" by Bertrand W. Sinclair was checked out in 1926.
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March 24, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Librarians in Cincinnati got a shock recently when an overdue book was returned 98 years late. "Wild West" by Bertrand W. Sinclair was due back on Nov. 23, 1926.
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What he said about Social Security payments has been repeatedly debunked - so the question isn’t whether he’s lying about this, the question is why.
What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?
What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?
March 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
What he said about Social Security payments has been repeatedly debunked - so the question isn’t whether he’s lying about this, the question is why.
What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?
What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?
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Mike Waltz, Little Marco, and “I was a Fox News Host” Hegseth are sure singing a different tune than they were not that long ago.
February 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Mike Waltz, Little Marco, and “I was a Fox News Host” Hegseth are sure singing a different tune than they were not that long ago.
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Excellent/terrifying breakdown of what's happening to biomedical research from @davidpepperoh.bsky.social
"They are strangling scientific research": The Backdoor NIH Freeze
An Insider Explains How Trump Is Evading the Court Order, and the Price We Pay
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February 25, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Excellent/terrifying breakdown of what's happening to biomedical research from @davidpepperoh.bsky.social
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🗣️Ohio already has the strictest voter ID law in the country, but HB 54 aims to make participation in our elections even more difficult.
🗓️A hearing + vote are scheduled for tomorrow.
✏️Tell lawmakers to reject the anti-voter provisions in HB 54: action.aclu.org/send-message...
🗓️A hearing + vote are scheduled for tomorrow.
✏️Tell lawmakers to reject the anti-voter provisions in HB 54: action.aclu.org/send-message...
February 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
🗣️Ohio already has the strictest voter ID law in the country, but HB 54 aims to make participation in our elections even more difficult.
🗓️A hearing + vote are scheduled for tomorrow.
✏️Tell lawmakers to reject the anti-voter provisions in HB 54: action.aclu.org/send-message...
🗓️A hearing + vote are scheduled for tomorrow.
✏️Tell lawmakers to reject the anti-voter provisions in HB 54: action.aclu.org/send-message...
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U.S. Senate Democrats on Wednesday urged Americans throughout the country who rely on Medicaid for their or a family member’s health care to call up GOP members of Congress and urge them not to cut benefits.
U.S. Senate Dems issue warning on ‘massive cuts’ to Medicaid predicted in GOP budget • Ohio Capital Journal
U.S. Senate Democrats on Wednesday urged Americans throughout the country who rely on Medicaid for their or a family member’s health care to call up GOP members of Congress and urge them not to cut…
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February 20, 2025 at 3:00 AM
U.S. Senate Democrats on Wednesday urged Americans throughout the country who rely on Medicaid for their or a family member’s health care to call up GOP members of Congress and urge them not to cut benefits.
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If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
February 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
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Think firing the entire federal workforce will save America money?
Federal civilian employees account for just 4% of the federal budget. Even if someone like Musk—or any president—fired all of us, it wouldn’t make much of a dent in government spending. Don’t fall for it.
Federal civilian employees account for just 4% of the federal budget. Even if someone like Musk—or any president—fired all of us, it wouldn’t make much of a dent in government spending. Don’t fall for it.
February 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Think firing the entire federal workforce will save America money?
Federal civilian employees account for just 4% of the federal budget. Even if someone like Musk—or any president—fired all of us, it wouldn’t make much of a dent in government spending. Don’t fall for it.
Federal civilian employees account for just 4% of the federal budget. Even if someone like Musk—or any president—fired all of us, it wouldn’t make much of a dent in government spending. Don’t fall for it.
“The health center…offers health care to people experiencing homelessness and those with low incomes who may have trouble accessing health care.”
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Elon Musk targets Lutheran groups' federal funding. Here's how the money is used in Columbus
Lutheran Social Services of Central Ohio was one of several nonprofit organizations that was called out on X by Elon Musk and Mike Flynn over the weekend.
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February 4, 2025 at 11:15 PM
“The health center…offers health care to people experiencing homelessness and those with low incomes who may have trouble accessing health care.”
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I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
January 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
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I just heard from a nonprofit in Massachusetts that helps veterans with transitional housing.
Trump's shutdown of gov funding hurts their ability to buy and prepare food for 100+ veterans.
Rent is due in 5 days. The loss of funds could mean some veterans face eviction.
Trump's shutdown of gov funding hurts their ability to buy and prepare food for 100+ veterans.
Rent is due in 5 days. The loss of funds could mean some veterans face eviction.
January 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I just heard from a nonprofit in Massachusetts that helps veterans with transitional housing.
Trump's shutdown of gov funding hurts their ability to buy and prepare food for 100+ veterans.
Rent is due in 5 days. The loss of funds could mean some veterans face eviction.
Trump's shutdown of gov funding hurts their ability to buy and prepare food for 100+ veterans.
Rent is due in 5 days. The loss of funds could mean some veterans face eviction.
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Transgender youth deserve to live their lives without politicians getting in the way of their freedom and happiness.
📸 Will Martinez
📸 Will Martinez
January 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Transgender youth deserve to live their lives without politicians getting in the way of their freedom and happiness.
📸 Will Martinez
📸 Will Martinez
This is devastating. If you can justify this, you will justify just about anything.
“One study estimated that if PEPFAR were to end, as many as 600,000 lives would be lost over the next decade in South Africa alone.”
“One study estimated that if PEPFAR were to end, as many as 600,000 lives would be lost over the next decade in South Africa alone.”
Trump Administration Halts H.I.V. Drug Distribution in Poor Countries (Gift Article)
PEPFAR’s computer systems also are being taken offline, a sign that the program may not return, as Republican critics had hoped.
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January 28, 2025 at 12:28 AM
This is devastating. If you can justify this, you will justify just about anything.
“One study estimated that if PEPFAR were to end, as many as 600,000 lives would be lost over the next decade in South Africa alone.”
“One study estimated that if PEPFAR were to end, as many as 600,000 lives would be lost over the next decade in South Africa alone.”
Here we go again...
November 22, 2024 at 7:40 PM
Here we go again...