Ashleigh Parsons
@ashleighparsons.bsky.social
59 yr old Native American transgender woman. Independent. Progressive. IT services business owner. Critical thought practitioner.
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Revealed: UnitedHealth is strategically limiting access to critical treatment for kids with autism (AlterNet)
These highlights were written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story. There was a time when Sharelle Menard thought her son would never be abl...
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After reading this article on United Healthcare's Bible on denying care for increased profits authored by their whole owned subsidiary for prescription coverage, Optum - I have my own story to tell about dealing with them.
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Early Tomorrow morning I will drive 233 miles to the southeast to say goodbye to my mom who is tired of battling Alzheimer's at 83. By the morning it will be day 16 without eating for her. My little sister called me from Mom's side earlier this afternoon. She needed to
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Trump’s Health TAKES TURN for the WORSE with STUNNING ADMISSION
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November 15, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Early Tomorrow morning I will drive 233 miles to the southeast to say goodbye to my mom who is tired of battling Alzheimer's at 83. By the morning it will be day 16 without eating for her. My little sister called me from Mom's side earlier this afternoon. She needed to
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If you’re looking for something powerful to watch, I hope you’ll check out Bring Them Home — a beautiful film about the Blackfeet Nation’s return of the buffalo, narrated and executive produced by @lilygladstone.bsky.social
Here’s the trailer:
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Here’s the trailer:
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November 15, 2025 at 3:17 PM
If you’re looking for something powerful to watch, I hope you’ll check out Bring Them Home — a beautiful film about the Blackfeet Nation’s return of the buffalo, narrated and executive produced by @lilygladstone.bsky.social
Here’s the trailer:
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Here’s the trailer:
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“They departed Trieste for a manhunt. And then they came home and continued their normal lives, they were respectable in the opinion of those who knew them,” he said.
This is just so sickening.
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This is just so sickening.
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Wealthy foreigners ‘paid £80k for weekend safaris to kill civilians’ in Sarajevo (The Telegraph)
Wealthy foreigners paid tens of thousands of pounds to become “weekend...
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November 15, 2025 at 11:56 AM
“They departed Trieste for a manhunt. And then they came home and continued their normal lives, they were respectable in the opinion of those who knew them,” he said.
This is just so sickening.
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This is just so sickening.
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Barry Goldwater predicting the rise of Trump 60 years ago
November 14, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Barry Goldwater predicting the rise of Trump 60 years ago
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A former client of mine shared some transphobic bullshit from Gays Against Groomers and I couldn’t let it slide. Her response was that the person was “entitled to their belief” as I am mine. Reminder - your children are safer with trans people than male teachers - and men in general.
November 14, 2025 at 11:16 PM
A former client of mine shared some transphobic bullshit from Gays Against Groomers and I couldn’t let it slide. Her response was that the person was “entitled to their belief” as I am mine. Reminder - your children are safer with trans people than male teachers - and men in general.
V8 Chainsaw! Buckley log show
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November 14, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Mark Wolf, a federal judge appointed by Reagan, is resigning after 40 years on the bench.
In an essay published by The Atlantic this week, he wrote, “The White House’s assault on the rule of law is so deeply disturbing to me that I feel compelled to speak out. Silence, for me, is now intolerable.”
In an essay published by The Atlantic this week, he wrote, “The White House’s assault on the rule of law is so deeply disturbing to me that I feel compelled to speak out. Silence, for me, is now intolerable.”
November 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Mark Wolf, a federal judge appointed by Reagan, is resigning after 40 years on the bench.
In an essay published by The Atlantic this week, he wrote, “The White House’s assault on the rule of law is so deeply disturbing to me that I feel compelled to speak out. Silence, for me, is now intolerable.”
In an essay published by The Atlantic this week, he wrote, “The White House’s assault on the rule of law is so deeply disturbing to me that I feel compelled to speak out. Silence, for me, is now intolerable.”
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Starbucks workers are striking for Red Cup Day.
Starbucks has refused to negotiate with the 12,000 workers who voted to unionize.
Instead, it writes off union-busting efforts on its taxes and paid its CEO $96 MILLION in his first year.
I stand with striking Starbucks workers.
Starbucks has refused to negotiate with the 12,000 workers who voted to unionize.
Instead, it writes off union-busting efforts on its taxes and paid its CEO $96 MILLION in his first year.
I stand with striking Starbucks workers.
November 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Starbucks workers are striking for Red Cup Day.
Starbucks has refused to negotiate with the 12,000 workers who voted to unionize.
Instead, it writes off union-busting efforts on its taxes and paid its CEO $96 MILLION in his first year.
I stand with striking Starbucks workers.
Starbucks has refused to negotiate with the 12,000 workers who voted to unionize.
Instead, it writes off union-busting efforts on its taxes and paid its CEO $96 MILLION in his first year.
I stand with striking Starbucks workers.
I'm fired up! Just sent a piece of my mind to the Michigan Department of Transportation in an email about their newly proposed rules against free speech and freedom of assembly. Fuck that noise!
November 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I'm fired up! Just sent a piece of my mind to the Michigan Department of Transportation in an email about their newly proposed rules against free speech and freedom of assembly. Fuck that noise!
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Same here in Australia. But any digital story about climate change will be swamped with comments about wokeness and "it was always this hot/wet when I was a kid". Meanwhile, the same people bitterly lament the massive rise in their home insurance premiums, and completely fail to make the connection.
June 18, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Same here in Australia. But any digital story about climate change will be swamped with comments about wokeness and "it was always this hot/wet when I was a kid". Meanwhile, the same people bitterly lament the massive rise in their home insurance premiums, and completely fail to make the connection.
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📍Senator Fetterman had a VFIB—the leading cause of cardiac arrest—he almost died if not for his implanted defibrillator, which can cost $34,000 to over $51,000. Days ago, he also just voted with GOP to gut health insurance tax credits for millions. Hope he has a change of heart.
November 14, 2025 at 12:07 PM
📍Senator Fetterman had a VFIB—the leading cause of cardiac arrest—he almost died if not for his implanted defibrillator, which can cost $34,000 to over $51,000. Days ago, he also just voted with GOP to gut health insurance tax credits for millions. Hope he has a change of heart.
As if the homeless need any more challenges, the GOP goons in Lansing have found another scapegoat for their frustrations at attempted and failed leadership. Unless you're toting around a Bushmaster AR-15 and wearing a ridiculous red ball cap, these fuckers don't want
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Critics say proposed MDOT rules attack First Amendment rights, homeless individuals - NewsBreak
Mary Johns doesn’t want to go to jail. On the other hand, at 71, she notes, “Who cares if I have a misdemeanor?” Johns, a grandmother and retiree from Troy
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November 14, 2025 at 2:42 PM
As if the homeless need any more challenges, the GOP goons in Lansing have found another scapegoat for their frustrations at attempted and failed leadership. Unless you're toting around a Bushmaster AR-15 and wearing a ridiculous red ball cap, these fuckers don't want
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Cosplay Barbie has been funneling public cash for pet projects towards a sweetheart, no-bid contracts for years as governor of South Dakota so doing this at DHS is old hat for her. She even gets to start in the commercials herself. Either she can't decide what it is
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Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts (ProPublica)
On Oct. 2, the second day of the government shutdown, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem arrived at Mount Rushmore to shoot a television ad. Sitting on ...
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November 14, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Cosplay Barbie has been funneling public cash for pet projects towards a sweetheart, no-bid contracts for years as governor of South Dakota so doing this at DHS is old hat for her. She even gets to start in the commercials herself. Either she can't decide what it is
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Carl Sagan on star wars in 1978.
November 14, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Carl Sagan on star wars in 1978.
Why do we spend more than the next 10 countries combined on defense? So we can blow up fishing boats like pirates on the open sea?
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Your political polarization is the reason for our $38 trillion national debt, top economist says: ‘it’s deeply debilitating’ for ‘consensus and stability and productive policy results’ (Fortune)
America’s $38 trillion national debt isn’t really because of bad math or budgeting, top economist Barry Eichengreensays. It is...
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November 14, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Why do we spend more than the next 10 countries combined on defense? So we can blow up fishing boats like pirates on the open sea?
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I love pitbulls. They are perfect dogs
November 14, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I love pitbulls. They are perfect dogs
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He can call it a hoax all he wants. The Epstein files are sticking to Trump like a bad rash that he will never get rid of.
This is brilliant 🏆
This is brilliant 🏆
November 14, 2025 at 4:46 AM
He can call it a hoax all he wants. The Epstein files are sticking to Trump like a bad rash that he will never get rid of.
This is brilliant 🏆
This is brilliant 🏆