Barbara Ruge
@bbcr.bsky.social
Overprotective grandma. Democratic super voter, Growing older and grumpier. Sigh..
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It’s inevitable that at some point, people get sick or injured. What isn’t inevitable is the sick and injured being unable to afford needed treatments. That’s a policy choice. I’m fighting to keep health care costs from surging, and I urge my colleagues to do the same.
October 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
It’s inevitable that at some point, people get sick or injured. What isn’t inevitable is the sick and injured being unable to afford needed treatments. That’s a policy choice. I’m fighting to keep health care costs from surging, and I urge my colleagues to do the same.
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It's no longer left versus right or even Democrat versus Republican.
It’s now democracy versus oligarchy. Freedom versus dictatorship. Right versus wrong.
Millions hit the streets this weekend in solidarity with each other and to affirm the foundations of the common good.
It’s now democracy versus oligarchy. Freedom versus dictatorship. Right versus wrong.
Millions hit the streets this weekend in solidarity with each other and to affirm the foundations of the common good.
October 20, 2025 at 4:32 PM
It's no longer left versus right or even Democrat versus Republican.
It’s now democracy versus oligarchy. Freedom versus dictatorship. Right versus wrong.
Millions hit the streets this weekend in solidarity with each other and to affirm the foundations of the common good.
It’s now democracy versus oligarchy. Freedom versus dictatorship. Right versus wrong.
Millions hit the streets this weekend in solidarity with each other and to affirm the foundations of the common good.
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If South Africa is a sovereign nation, how are we able to send our own planes we paid for to transport white Afrikaners to the U.S., but simultaneously unable to send a plane to return Abrego Garcia et al?
May 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
If South Africa is a sovereign nation, how are we able to send our own planes we paid for to transport white Afrikaners to the U.S., but simultaneously unable to send a plane to return Abrego Garcia et al?
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Just got off the phone with Mrs Sicknick and just more slaps in the face with this settlement. She asked "why did my son die" (in response to all the whitewashing that is being done about January 6th) if it was a day of love, why is my son dead"
Total miscarriage of justice
Total miscarriage of justice
May 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Just got off the phone with Mrs Sicknick and just more slaps in the face with this settlement. She asked "why did my son die" (in response to all the whitewashing that is being done about January 6th) if it was a day of love, why is my son dead"
Total miscarriage of justice
Total miscarriage of justice
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Louder for the voters in the back!
May 5, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Louder for the voters in the back!
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On Thursday, immigrant workers plan to walk out in hundreds of cities across the United States.
The mainstream media is ignoring this movement.
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April 29, 2025 at 11:28 PM
On Thursday, immigrant workers plan to walk out in hundreds of cities across the United States.
The mainstream media is ignoring this movement.
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Your kids get a max of two toys and then grow up to work in the same factory as their father and grandfather screwing in tiny screws. It’s called The American Dream.
April 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Your kids get a max of two toys and then grow up to work in the same factory as their father and grandfather screwing in tiny screws. It’s called The American Dream.
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Two headlines in the New York Times today.
April 22, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Two headlines in the New York Times today.
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Francis was the best Pope of my lifetime. He occupied the top of a powerful hierarchy while still challenging it. He provided a moral reminder of the values of decency, humility and empathy towards the vulnerable in a role, and at a time, where it easy to lose sight of those values.
April 21, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Francis was the best Pope of my lifetime. He occupied the top of a powerful hierarchy while still challenging it. He provided a moral reminder of the values of decency, humility and empathy towards the vulnerable in a role, and at a time, where it easy to lose sight of those values.
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The historic Ennis House, a Mayan-influenced Frank Lloyd Wright gem is perched in the hills of Los Feliz high above Los Angeles
This week they joined the resistance: standing up to lawless & fascism in this moment of constitutional crisis
This week they joined the resistance: standing up to lawless & fascism in this moment of constitutional crisis
April 22, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The historic Ennis House, a Mayan-influenced Frank Lloyd Wright gem is perched in the hills of Los Feliz high above Los Angeles
This week they joined the resistance: standing up to lawless & fascism in this moment of constitutional crisis
This week they joined the resistance: standing up to lawless & fascism in this moment of constitutional crisis
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UK-born Steve Hilton, a Fox News personality, has thrown his hat in the race to succeed CA Gov Gavin Newsom and it looks like Huntington Beach, CA, a town WSJ calls 'America's Trumpiest City' is getting ready to host Hilton's first campaign event
April 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
UK-born Steve Hilton, a Fox News personality, has thrown his hat in the race to succeed CA Gov Gavin Newsom and it looks like Huntington Beach, CA, a town WSJ calls 'America's Trumpiest City' is getting ready to host Hilton's first campaign event
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Harvard has some of the best scientists inventing new ways to early detect and cure cancer. But Trump’s ICE locks them in a detention center— for 2 months!
April 22, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Harvard has some of the best scientists inventing new ways to early detect and cure cancer. But Trump’s ICE locks them in a detention center— for 2 months!
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I don't understand how some folks are unable to see that the illegal disappearing of people is a class issue. The wealthy and well-connected get due process. The rest of us don't. This is part of the oligarchy, not a distraction from it.
April 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I don't understand how some folks are unable to see that the illegal disappearing of people is a class issue. The wealthy and well-connected get due process. The rest of us don't. This is part of the oligarchy, not a distraction from it.
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Not a single word to help the 33m small businesses in this country. Not from anyone in the administration.
So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives.
So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory
So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives.
So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory
April 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Not a single word to help the 33m small businesses in this country. Not from anyone in the administration.
So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives.
So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory
So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives.
So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory
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Delaware Democrats just caved to corporations and billionaire CEOs.
SB 21, ghostwritten by Tesla and Meta lawyers, makes it harder to hold corporations accountable for a range of misconduct.
As billionaires destroys the federal government, why are state Dems playing along?
SB 21, ghostwritten by Tesla and Meta lawyers, makes it harder to hold corporations accountable for a range of misconduct.
As billionaires destroys the federal government, why are state Dems playing along?
March 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Delaware Democrats just caved to corporations and billionaire CEOs.
SB 21, ghostwritten by Tesla and Meta lawyers, makes it harder to hold corporations accountable for a range of misconduct.
As billionaires destroys the federal government, why are state Dems playing along?
SB 21, ghostwritten by Tesla and Meta lawyers, makes it harder to hold corporations accountable for a range of misconduct.
As billionaires destroys the federal government, why are state Dems playing along?
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AOC: If you are an LGBTQ kid or family, we cannot throw you under the bus in order to win an election. In this house, we stand together
March 22, 2025 at 12:07 AM
AOC: If you are an LGBTQ kid or family, we cannot throw you under the bus in order to win an election. In this house, we stand together
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BREAKING: 34,000 people have showed up in Denver, Colorado this evening to see Bernie Sanders and AOC fight oligarchy and authoritarianism.
March 22, 2025 at 12:46 AM
BREAKING: 34,000 people have showed up in Denver, Colorado this evening to see Bernie Sanders and AOC fight oligarchy and authoritarianism.
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I’m tellin ya. It’s AOC. 34,000 people today in Denver.
March 22, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I’m tellin ya. It’s AOC. 34,000 people today in Denver.
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Yesterday afternoon, Trump revoked the humanitarian parole program for Cuba, Nicaragua, Haiti, and Venezuela.
After April 24th, you will be considered an “illegal” because he made you one.
If you voted for him to get rid of “illegals,” and now you have a relative being deported, this is on you.
After April 24th, you will be considered an “illegal” because he made you one.
If you voted for him to get rid of “illegals,” and now you have a relative being deported, this is on you.
March 22, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Yesterday afternoon, Trump revoked the humanitarian parole program for Cuba, Nicaragua, Haiti, and Venezuela.
After April 24th, you will be considered an “illegal” because he made you one.
If you voted for him to get rid of “illegals,” and now you have a relative being deported, this is on you.
After April 24th, you will be considered an “illegal” because he made you one.
If you voted for him to get rid of “illegals,” and now you have a relative being deported, this is on you.