Barbara Othmer
@bothmer.bsky.social
International free spirit. My whole world revolves around words. Wife of Torsten - the love of my life, Mother, Christian, pro choice, best friend 💙
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Barbara Othmer
@bothmer.bsky.social
· Feb 7
Charlotte Knobloch: "Ich stehe vor Ihnen als stolze Deutsche".
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You (AFD) have lost the fight 76 years ago
Why do they never read and then blame others
June 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Why do they never read and then blame others
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I'm Dr. Annie Andrews. I’m a pediatrician, not a politician. But either way I know how to handle people who are full of sh*t.
Today I am announcing my campaign for US Senate to replace Lindsey Graham. Share this if you're with me.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8wM...
Today I am announcing my campaign for US Senate to replace Lindsey Graham. Share this if you're with me.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8wM...
Annie Andrews Launch Video: "Unafraid"
YouTube video by Annie Andrews
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May 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I'm Dr. Annie Andrews. I’m a pediatrician, not a politician. But either way I know how to handle people who are full of sh*t.
Today I am announcing my campaign for US Senate to replace Lindsey Graham. Share this if you're with me.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8wM...
Today I am announcing my campaign for US Senate to replace Lindsey Graham. Share this if you're with me.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8wM...
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. just released the MAHA report, blaming everything from Wi-Fi to wheat for America's health woes. Critics argue it's less of a scientific study and more of a conspiracy smoothie, blending pseudoscience with a dash of political theater.
www.rawstory.com/rfk-jr-repor...
www.rawstory.com/rfk-jr-repor...
Big Trump admin report is 'rife with errors' and non-existent sources: analysis
A "Make America Healthy Again"(MAHA) report submitted by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as representing the "gold-standard” of health science is anything but.That is the co...
www.rawstory.com
May 29, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. just released the MAHA report, blaming everything from Wi-Fi to wheat for America's health woes. Critics argue it's less of a scientific study and more of a conspiracy smoothie, blending pseudoscience with a dash of political theater.
www.rawstory.com/rfk-jr-repor...
www.rawstory.com/rfk-jr-repor...
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The outage in Colorado comes amid increasing scrutiny on the nation's main aviation agency following outages at Newark Liberty International Airport just a few weeks ago.
Denver air traffic controllers had 2-minute communications outage, FAA official says
The outage in Colorado comes amid increasing scrutiny on the nation's main aviation agency following outages at Newark Liberty International Airport just a few weeks ago.
www.npr.org
May 15, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The outage in Colorado comes amid increasing scrutiny on the nation's main aviation agency following outages at Newark Liberty International Airport just a few weeks ago.
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Jordy Meiselas: Americans are resilient, and it’s not going to be easy over the next couple of years—but democracy will prevail. I genuinely have hope. This is the greatest country in the world. Americans want it to succeed...
May 15, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Jordy Meiselas: Americans are resilient, and it’s not going to be easy over the next couple of years—but democracy will prevail. I genuinely have hope. This is the greatest country in the world. Americans want it to succeed...
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Keep banging that drum folks! ✊
May 16, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Keep banging that drum folks! ✊
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do any of these people actually know what medicaid is?
Rep. Dan Crenshaw on Medicaid: "The person we're taking it away from is the able-bodied adult with no children who refuses to work."
May 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
do any of these people actually know what medicaid is?
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Treasonous
Unconstitutional
Unconstitutional
May 15, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Treasonous
Unconstitutional
Unconstitutional
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If this person sat next to you on a bus or train and started ranting about Bruce Springsteen in this way, you would get up and move to a different seat.
In the United States, we have him the nuclear codes.
In the United States, we have him the nuclear codes.
May 16, 2025 at 2:47 PM
If this person sat next to you on a bus or train and started ranting about Bruce Springsteen in this way, you would get up and move to a different seat.
In the United States, we have him the nuclear codes.
In the United States, we have him the nuclear codes.
Despicable
Yes, this is real. Kristi Noem’s DHS is exploring a reality show where immigrants compete for U.S. citizenship. It’s called The American. Think “Survivor,” but for naturalization.
Deportation agenda on one channel, game show citizenship on the other. What are we doing?
Deportation agenda on one channel, game show citizenship on the other. What are we doing?
May 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Despicable
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Good morning New York. While you were sleeping, this was the most-read story www.ft.com/content/9019...
May 15, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Good morning New York. While you were sleeping, this was the most-read story www.ft.com/content/9019...
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Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, a native of Chicago who is now the first American-born pope, has spent most of his career outside of the U.S, ministering to the dispossessed and marginalized.
The “Latin Yankee,” as he is known in Rome, worked 20 years in Peru.
The “Latin Yankee,” as he is known in Rome, worked 20 years in Peru.
American-born Cardinal Robert F. Prevost is elected pope
The “Latin Yankee,” as he is known in Rome, worked 20 years in Peru’s poorest enclave and even became a naturalized citizen there.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, a native of Chicago who is now the first American-born pope, has spent most of his career outside of the U.S, ministering to the dispossessed and marginalized.
The “Latin Yankee,” as he is known in Rome, worked 20 years in Peru.
The “Latin Yankee,” as he is known in Rome, worked 20 years in Peru.
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“I think this says that they will not tolerate us being active participants in our democracy—they want an autocracy,” Emily Feiner told Mother Jones.
Meet the 64-year-old retired social worker who went viral after being forcibly removed from her representative's town hall.
Meet the 64-year-old retired social worker who went viral after being forcibly removed from her representative's town hall.
May 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
“I think this says that they will not tolerate us being active participants in our democracy—they want an autocracy,” Emily Feiner told Mother Jones.
Meet the 64-year-old retired social worker who went viral after being forcibly removed from her representative's town hall.
Meet the 64-year-old retired social worker who went viral after being forcibly removed from her representative's town hall.
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To be effective, our opposition to today's abuses must run alongside a clear picture of what we are actually for - and how everyday life could be better with different leadership.
May 7, 2025 at 3:19 PM
To be effective, our opposition to today's abuses must run alongside a clear picture of what we are actually for - and how everyday life could be better with different leadership.
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Orlando City Commissioner Tony Ortiz just switched from Republican to Democratic.
“The Republican Party is not the party I signed up with... The marginalization of Latinos and immigrants—many of whom have helped build this country—is not leadership. It’s fear-based politics.”
“The Republican Party is not the party I signed up with... The marginalization of Latinos and immigrants—many of whom have helped build this country—is not leadership. It’s fear-based politics.”
May 7, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Orlando City Commissioner Tony Ortiz just switched from Republican to Democratic.
“The Republican Party is not the party I signed up with... The marginalization of Latinos and immigrants—many of whom have helped build this country—is not leadership. It’s fear-based politics.”
“The Republican Party is not the party I signed up with... The marginalization of Latinos and immigrants—many of whom have helped build this country—is not leadership. It’s fear-based politics.”
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42 YEARS AGO TODAY on April 30, 1983, "Beat It" by Michael Jackson reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
April 30, 2025 at 12:39 PM
42 YEARS AGO TODAY on April 30, 1983, "Beat It" by Michael Jackson reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
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I love you my Canadian brothers and sisters. Thank you for showing up. You give us decent Americans hope.
April 29, 2025 at 4:08 AM
I love you my Canadian brothers and sisters. Thank you for showing up. You give us decent Americans hope.
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My takeaway from this: He is so fucked.
April 29, 2025 at 3:16 AM
My takeaway from this: He is so fucked.
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Montana is investing $300 million to help those with severe mental illness from cycling through ERs, state psychiatric facilities, jails and homelessness. Advocates say they also need stable housing.
How psychiatric patients get caught in a cycle of homelessness and spotty care
Montana is investing $300 million to help those with severe mental illness from cycling through ERs, state psychiatric facilities, jails and homelessness. Advocates say they also need stable housing.
www.npr.org
April 16, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Montana is investing $300 million to help those with severe mental illness from cycling through ERs, state psychiatric facilities, jails and homelessness. Advocates say they also need stable housing.
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Tomorrow I’ll be calling all of my representatives to demand that they call for RFK jr’s immediate resignation.
WATCH | RFK Jr claims autistic children will never go on dates or pay taxes
Read the recent CDC autism report here: www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Read the recent CDC autism report here: www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
April 17, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Tomorrow I’ll be calling all of my representatives to demand that they call for RFK jr’s immediate resignation.
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All 27 scientists at this CDC lab were told their duties were "unnecessary," and now viral outbreak investigations have been halted.
In the middle of a hepatitis outbreak, U.S. shutters the one CDC lab that could help
All 27 scientists at this CDC lab were told their duties were "unnecessary," and now viral outbreak investigations have been halted
www.npr.org
April 16, 2025 at 6:43 PM
All 27 scientists at this CDC lab were told their duties were "unnecessary," and now viral outbreak investigations have been halted.
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All of these men are being illegally detained in a foreign gulag. They weren't deported. They were illegally imprisoned.
This is the face of fascism. Look at it.
This is the face of fascism. Look at it.
April 16, 2025 at 9:30 AM
All of these men are being illegally detained in a foreign gulag. They weren't deported. They were illegally imprisoned.
This is the face of fascism. Look at it.
This is the face of fascism. Look at it.
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I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article
April 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article