@freelib.bsky.social
Husband, dad, liberal independent. Scientist/Clinician - research, education, clinical service, program administration for people with disabilities, chronic pain, and other medical issues. Semi-retired, some consulting. Love music, sci fi, history, travel.
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My constituent, Vicente Ventura Aguilar, has been missing for over a month after being snatched by immigration officials in South Los Angeles.
Yet, CBP and ICE claim he was never in their custody. I’m demanding answers. Please share this—we must find Vicente.
Yet, CBP and ICE claim he was never in their custody. I’m demanding answers. Please share this—we must find Vicente.
November 21, 2025 at 7:40 PM
My constituent, Vicente Ventura Aguilar, has been missing for over a month after being snatched by immigration officials in South Los Angeles.
Yet, CBP and ICE claim he was never in their custody. I’m demanding answers. Please share this—we must find Vicente.
Yet, CBP and ICE claim he was never in their custody. I’m demanding answers. Please share this—we must find Vicente.
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Ok, pretty funny of Zohran’s people to put out the absolute model of the sort of statement that drives Bluesky absolutely *insane* to be studiously ignored On Here because of the source
November 22, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Ok, pretty funny of Zohran’s people to put out the absolute model of the sort of statement that drives Bluesky absolutely *insane* to be studiously ignored On Here because of the source
Tell you what, Sean, you get airlines to return to the seat size, leg room, and service of the 60s, and we’ll consider adopting the dress code of the 60s.
Hard to dress up for a flight when you need to squeeze into sardine-can seats.
Fuckwit.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/t...
Hard to dress up for a flight when you need to squeeze into sardine-can seats.
Fuckwit.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/t...
Sean Duffy Wants You to Stop Wearing PJs on the Plane
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Tell you what, Sean, you get airlines to return to the seat size, leg room, and service of the 60s, and we’ll consider adopting the dress code of the 60s.
Hard to dress up for a flight when you need to squeeze into sardine-can seats.
Fuckwit.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/t...
Hard to dress up for a flight when you need to squeeze into sardine-can seats.
Fuckwit.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/t...
What the actual f-ck?!!
Now RFKJr is actually posting anti-vax propaganda on the CDC site.
Where TF are Cassidy & Barassos?! Too busy working in a plan to undermine our health insurance plan to attend to the little JFKJr disaster they enabled?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/h...
Now RFKJr is actually posting anti-vax propaganda on the CDC site.
Where TF are Cassidy & Barassos?! Too busy working in a plan to undermine our health insurance plan to attend to the little JFKJr disaster they enabled?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/h...
C.D.C. Changes Website to Reflect Kennedy’s Vaccine Skepticism
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM
What the actual f-ck?!!
Now RFKJr is actually posting anti-vax propaganda on the CDC site.
Where TF are Cassidy & Barassos?! Too busy working in a plan to undermine our health insurance plan to attend to the little JFKJr disaster they enabled?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/h...
Now RFKJr is actually posting anti-vax propaganda on the CDC site.
Where TF are Cassidy & Barassos?! Too busy working in a plan to undermine our health insurance plan to attend to the little JFKJr disaster they enabled?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/h...
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ICE never left L.A. The military did but they aren't the ones terrorizing the city. Please don't ignore L.A.
ICE has been raiding my neighborhood and surrounding ones for the last couple of weeks now. They commandeered my local church (against the pastor's will) for a staging site and raided supermarkets, parks, Goodwills, bus stops, you name it.
The national media's been silent. So has @mayor.lacity.gov.
The national media's been silent. So has @mayor.lacity.gov.
Engagement on our updates re: ICE kidnappings/fed siege of Los Angeles is significantly lower on Bluesky compared to Twitter. Do ppl on here not care about LA anymore? Are feeds being taken over by liberal commentators? What's going on?
Community members on the ground can't do it all. We need help.
Community members on the ground can't do it all. We need help.
November 19, 2025 at 12:06 AM
ICE never left L.A. The military did but they aren't the ones terrorizing the city. Please don't ignore L.A.
So, for THIS we need to write a big story, but let’s not look “over there” where trump administration officials and family are engaging in open graft and corruption.
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Former Fed Governor Kugler's trading activity scrutinized, documents show — Reuters
Adriana Kugler, a Federal Reserve governor who abruptly resigned her position in August, filed a financial disclosure form for investments that the central bank’s ethics officer declined to certify.
apple.news
November 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM
So, for THIS we need to write a big story, but let’s not look “over there” where trump administration officials and family are engaging in open graft and corruption.
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I think there are 8 senators who owe snap recipients a big f’ing apology.
1st, republicans reply to the passage of the CR by proposing the ACA should bar abortion.
Now, they’re torturing the snap recipients dems caved to “save”.
We could never have predicted this!
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
1st, republicans reply to the passage of the CR by proposing the ACA should bar abortion.
Now, they’re torturing the snap recipients dems caved to “save”.
We could never have predicted this!
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump administration will require SNAP participants to reapply for benefits
Food aid recipients are already required to recertify their information regularly. But the move is part of USDA chief Brooke Rollins’ effort to overhaul the program.
www.politico.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:13 AM
I think there are 8 senators who owe snap recipients a big f’ing apology.
1st, republicans reply to the passage of the CR by proposing the ACA should bar abortion.
Now, they’re torturing the snap recipients dems caved to “save”.
We could never have predicted this!
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
1st, republicans reply to the passage of the CR by proposing the ACA should bar abortion.
Now, they’re torturing the snap recipients dems caved to “save”.
We could never have predicted this!
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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UPDATE: Person infected with bird flu in Washington state has H5N5. It's the first time H5N5 has been found in a human
November 15, 2025 at 2:55 AM
UPDATE: Person infected with bird flu in Washington state has H5N5. It's the first time H5N5 has been found in a human
The math on the republicans’ stupid ACA alternative proposal doesn’t really “math”.
What about PE conditions, older insureds, sex differences, etc…?
And the “high risk pool” shit didn’t work before the ACA, won’t work now.
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What about PE conditions, older insureds, sex differences, etc…?
And the “high risk pool” shit didn’t work before the ACA, won’t work now.
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Republicans’ Plan To Redirect Obamacare Subsidies Takes Shape — Forbes
If implemented, a Republican plan to redirect Affordable Care Act subsidies to individuals who can use them for health savings accounts could erode the law's foundation.
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November 14, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The math on the republicans’ stupid ACA alternative proposal doesn’t really “math”.
What about PE conditions, older insureds, sex differences, etc…?
And the “high risk pool” shit didn’t work before the ACA, won’t work now.
apple.news/AZX8b4xTpTuS...
What about PE conditions, older insureds, sex differences, etc…?
And the “high risk pool” shit didn’t work before the ACA, won’t work now.
apple.news/AZX8b4xTpTuS...
Republicans have used this legislation to bypass the civil court system that would make a lawsuit - the way their constituents would have to challenge something like this - untenable.
In other words , “the legal system is for thee and not for me”.
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In other words , “the legal system is for thee and not for me”.
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Senators distance themselves from controversial payout provision — POLITICO
Only one Republican senator has public plans to sue under new legislative language House Republicans are now seeking to scrap.
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November 14, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Republicans have used this legislation to bypass the civil court system that would make a lawsuit - the way their constituents would have to challenge something like this - untenable.
In other words , “the legal system is for thee and not for me”.
apple.news/AIryf-JEKQg6...
In other words , “the legal system is for thee and not for me”.
apple.news/AIryf-JEKQg6...
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After 15 years of whining and ranting about, & trying to repeal, the ACA, & here’s the the current state of Republican thinking:
“We’re pulling together the best ideas that we can, in the quickest fashion, to bring premiums down,” Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters Wednesday night.”
Pathetic.
“We’re pulling together the best ideas that we can, in the quickest fashion, to bring premiums down,” Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters Wednesday night.”
Pathetic.
November 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM
After 15 years of whining and ranting about, & trying to repeal, the ACA, & here’s the the current state of Republican thinking:
“We’re pulling together the best ideas that we can, in the quickest fashion, to bring premiums down,” Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters Wednesday night.”
Pathetic.
“We’re pulling together the best ideas that we can, in the quickest fashion, to bring premiums down,” Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters Wednesday night.”
Pathetic.
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Speak Out
Speak Out
November 12, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Baltimore Veterans
Speak Out
Speak Out
If republicans want to “bypass” “greedy insurance companies” then democrats need to take that pledge & use it to argue for universal single payer coverage.
For instance, Medicare for All would address the republicans’ claimed (and totally inauthentic) concern about insurers profiting from patients
For instance, Medicare for All would address the republicans’ claimed (and totally inauthentic) concern about insurers profiting from patients
November 12, 2025 at 12:43 AM
If republicans want to “bypass” “greedy insurance companies” then democrats need to take that pledge & use it to argue for universal single payer coverage.
For instance, Medicare for All would address the republicans’ claimed (and totally inauthentic) concern about insurers profiting from patients
For instance, Medicare for All would address the republicans’ claimed (and totally inauthentic) concern about insurers profiting from patients
Yet another example of liberal “strategy” f’ed up. She thought she could avoid delays with her initial decision?
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Supreme Court extends temporary pause on $4 billion in SNAP payments for November — NBC News
A deal in Congress to end the government shutdown includes full SNAP funding through September and could mean the Supreme Court will not have to issue a ruling later.
apple.news
November 11, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Yet another example of liberal “strategy” f’ed up. She thought she could avoid delays with her initial decision?
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As republicans talk about “giving the ACA funds back” to “voters”, have they talked about how to handle the parts of the ACA that essentially run our entire health system? Virtually everything is tied into the ACA. If they drop that it will mean (more) chaos in our ailing healthcare system.
November 11, 2025 at 11:16 PM
As republicans talk about “giving the ACA funds back” to “voters”, have they talked about how to handle the parts of the ACA that essentially run our entire health system? Virtually everything is tied into the ACA. If they drop that it will mean (more) chaos in our ailing healthcare system.
What if, after winning the key battle of Gettysburg, Lincoln had decided to surrender to the Confederacy?
That’s kind of how the democrats’ deal to open government after last Tuesday’s electoral victories feels…
That’s kind of how the democrats’ deal to open government after last Tuesday’s electoral victories feels…
November 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
What if, after winning the key battle of Gettysburg, Lincoln had decided to surrender to the Confederacy?
That’s kind of how the democrats’ deal to open government after last Tuesday’s electoral victories feels…
That’s kind of how the democrats’ deal to open government after last Tuesday’s electoral victories feels…
So, it took democrats about 5 days to pry a defeat out of the voters’ hard work and major electoral victories on Election Day.
Good work!(?)
Good work!(?)
November 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
So, it took democrats about 5 days to pry a defeat out of the voters’ hard work and major electoral victories on Election Day.
Good work!(?)
Good work!(?)
So after Tuesday’s rout of republicans at polls, democrats apparently decided winning is too hard & they need to destroy their momentum for the 2026 midterms as quickly as possible.
Republicans were struggling to “fix” the midterms, but I think dems may have made that unnecessary.
Way to lose!
Republicans were struggling to “fix” the midterms, but I think dems may have made that unnecessary.
Way to lose!
November 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM
So after Tuesday’s rout of republicans at polls, democrats apparently decided winning is too hard & they need to destroy their momentum for the 2026 midterms as quickly as possible.
Republicans were struggling to “fix” the midterms, but I think dems may have made that unnecessary.
Way to lose!
Republicans were struggling to “fix” the midterms, but I think dems may have made that unnecessary.
Way to lose!
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New WTF just dropped.
NEW: @govpritzker.illinois.gov's office says 3 masked ICE agents stopped & questioned an IL Department of Transportation employee working in Park Ridge about his immigration status & whether he had traveled to New York and his awareness of NYC Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social before leaving.
November 8, 2025 at 3:32 AM
New WTF just dropped.
So, Schumer sold out - offering republicans cover for the consequences of their votes with a 1 year ACA extension. Even if they decline, that a-hole needs to go.
November 8, 2025 at 1:42 AM
So, Schumer sold out - offering republicans cover for the consequences of their votes with a 1 year ACA extension. Even if they decline, that a-hole needs to go.
WTF!?
Schumer is offering a “compromise” of extending ACA subsidies for a year, & an agreement for a group to “negotiate” with republicans to do nothing to support the ACA. Which, of course, will protect republicans from the consequences of their cuts through the midterms.
This is unbelievable.
Schumer is offering a “compromise” of extending ACA subsidies for a year, & an agreement for a group to “negotiate” with republicans to do nothing to support the ACA. Which, of course, will protect republicans from the consequences of their cuts through the midterms.
This is unbelievable.
November 7, 2025 at 9:15 PM
WTF!?
Schumer is offering a “compromise” of extending ACA subsidies for a year, & an agreement for a group to “negotiate” with republicans to do nothing to support the ACA. Which, of course, will protect republicans from the consequences of their cuts through the midterms.
This is unbelievable.
Schumer is offering a “compromise” of extending ACA subsidies for a year, & an agreement for a group to “negotiate” with republicans to do nothing to support the ACA. Which, of course, will protect republicans from the consequences of their cuts through the midterms.
This is unbelievable.