@historycoder.bsky.social
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As Republicans are ripping away health care, reporters are being detained for reporting the news!
#FreedomToDissent
#FreedomToDissent
June 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
As Republicans are ripping away health care, reporters are being detained for reporting the news!
#FreedomToDissent
#FreedomToDissent
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The PERA and PREVAIL Acts would revive invalid software patents and cripple our best tools for fighting patent trolls.
Don’t Let Congress Bring Back the Worst Patents
Two dangerous patent bills—PERA and PREVAIL—are back in Congress. These bills would revive harmful patents and make it harder for the public to fight back.
The Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA...
act.eff.org
June 3, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The PERA and PREVAIL Acts would revive invalid software patents and cripple our best tools for fighting patent trolls.
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“The conventional wisdom among non-experts has long been that there are limited data," on trans pediatric care write the study authors. “However, results from our exhaustive literature searches have lead us to the opposite conclusion.”
The Republican legislators who ordered the study are not happy.
The Republican legislators who ordered the study are not happy.
Utah study on trans youth care extremely inconvenient for politicians who ordered it
The state's ban on gender-affirming pediatric care "cannot be justified" by science, a two-year review concluded.
www.motherjones.com
May 28, 2025 at 5:56 PM
“The conventional wisdom among non-experts has long been that there are limited data," on trans pediatric care write the study authors. “However, results from our exhaustive literature searches have lead us to the opposite conclusion.”
The Republican legislators who ordered the study are not happy.
The Republican legislators who ordered the study are not happy.
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If you want elected Democrats to "fight" you best understand that it will be *Black* Democrats on those front lines. And so you best have their backs when they're unconstitutionally asked to suffer the consequences.
Defend Rep @replamonica.bsky.social
My latest in @thenation.com
Defend Rep @replamonica.bsky.social
My latest in @thenation.com
Progressives Need to Stand Up for LaMonica McIver
The charges against McIver are a form of political intimidation—one directed with particular force against Black politicians—but that intimidation will only work if the people don’t have McIver’s back...
www.thenation.com
May 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
If you want elected Democrats to "fight" you best understand that it will be *Black* Democrats on those front lines. And so you best have their backs when they're unconstitutionally asked to suffer the consequences.
Defend Rep @replamonica.bsky.social
My latest in @thenation.com
Defend Rep @replamonica.bsky.social
My latest in @thenation.com
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Congressional Republicans will vote on legislation that would strip federal funding from Planned Parenthood, possibly forcing the closure of 200 health centers across the US and cutting off essential medical services for millions.
The impact in Ohio would be devastating.
Read more: bit.ly/4ky6p2e
The impact in Ohio would be devastating.
Read more: bit.ly/4ky6p2e
May 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Congressional Republicans will vote on legislation that would strip federal funding from Planned Parenthood, possibly forcing the closure of 200 health centers across the US and cutting off essential medical services for millions.
The impact in Ohio would be devastating.
Read more: bit.ly/4ky6p2e
The impact in Ohio would be devastating.
Read more: bit.ly/4ky6p2e
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ICYMI - Congratulations to New York state Senator-elect Sam Sutton on his huge upset victory in the New York Senate District 22 race, in a district that Trump won by 55 points in November.
Read more here: bit.ly/4mzoFdp
#ResistTrump
Read more here: bit.ly/4mzoFdp
#ResistTrump
May 22, 2025 at 11:16 AM
ICYMI - Congratulations to New York state Senator-elect Sam Sutton on his huge upset victory in the New York Senate District 22 race, in a district that Trump won by 55 points in November.
Read more here: bit.ly/4mzoFdp
#ResistTrump
Read more here: bit.ly/4mzoFdp
#ResistTrump
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Democratic state lawmakers said Wednesday they will roll out three bills targeting bribes and other forms of political corruption post-House Bill 6, the law tied to a nuclear power bailout scandal that resulted in numerous federal convictions and indictments.
www.ideastream.org/2025-05-21/o...
www.ideastream.org/2025-05-21/o...
Ohio House Democrats again push anti-corruption bills
Democratic state lawmakers said Wednesday they are rolling out three bills targeting bribes and other forms of political corruption post-House Bill 6.
www.ideastream.org
May 22, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Democratic state lawmakers said Wednesday they will roll out three bills targeting bribes and other forms of political corruption post-House Bill 6, the law tied to a nuclear power bailout scandal that resulted in numerous federal convictions and indictments.
www.ideastream.org/2025-05-21/o...
www.ideastream.org/2025-05-21/o...
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How high school students made an impact by becoming non-voting members of their city councils
by Krizia Williams
www.wcpo.com/news/local-n...
by Krizia Williams
www.wcpo.com/news/local-n...
How high school students made an impact by becoming non-voting members of their city councils
In a packed Wyoming City Council chambers on Monday night, the 21 students attended their last council meeting as the first high school students to serve on the council.
www.wcpo.com
May 22, 2025 at 11:18 AM
How high school students made an impact by becoming non-voting members of their city councils
by Krizia Williams
www.wcpo.com/news/local-n...
by Krizia Williams
www.wcpo.com/news/local-n...
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‘A cruel distraction’: Ohio Senate Democrats move to eliminate proposed anti-LGBTQ+ items in state budget.
‘Culture war’ language calls for withholding money from youth shelters, censoring LGBTQ+ library books, banning Medicaid for certain mental health services & other restrictions.
#LGBTQ #Ohio
‘Culture war’ language calls for withholding money from youth shelters, censoring LGBTQ+ library books, banning Medicaid for certain mental health services & other restrictions.
#LGBTQ #Ohio
‘A cruel distraction’: Ohio Senate Democrats move to eliminate proposed anti-LGBTQ+ items in state budget
‘Culture war’ language calls for withholding money from youth shelters, banning Medicaid for mental health services and other restrictions.
thebuckeyeflame.com
May 22, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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Ominous: "When I contacted the FDA seeking clarification on whether kids will continue to have access to their first COVID vaccines, I did not receive a response."
I need every single journalist covering vaccine stuff at the FDA to be explicit about this. Thank you @katherinejwu.com.
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
There is a genuine open question regarding the degree of benefit for otherwise healthy kids to get seasonal COVID-19 boosters.
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
There is a genuine open question regarding the degree of benefit for otherwise healthy kids to get seasonal COVID-19 boosters.
May 22, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Ominous: "When I contacted the FDA seeking clarification on whether kids will continue to have access to their first COVID vaccines, I did not receive a response."
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“My head exploded,” he said. “I didn’t get a text or an email. I did what I was supposed to, but that wasn’t good enough.”
www.propublica.org/article/geor...
www.propublica.org/article/geor...
He Became the Face of Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement. Now He’s Fed Up With It.
A 54-year-old mechanic called Pathways to Coverage a “great program” at the governor’s press conference. But after getting kicked off the health insurance program for low-income Georgians twice, burea...
www.propublica.org
May 22, 2025 at 1:07 AM
“My head exploded,” he said. “I didn’t get a text or an email. I did what I was supposed to, but that wasn’t good enough.”
www.propublica.org/article/geor...
www.propublica.org/article/geor...
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We should be investing in rural communities and making them better places to build a life & raise a family - not shutting down rural hospitals by choking off their funding.
Saving rural hospitals is one more reason to call your Representative and speak out against this GOP attempt to cut Medicaid.
Saving rural hospitals is one more reason to call your Representative and speak out against this GOP attempt to cut Medicaid.
Hundreds of rural hospitals are at risk of closing, threatening critical care
Hospital officials told CBS News the closure was driven by the same factors that have closed other rural hospitals: low reimbursement rates.
www.cbsnews.com
May 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
We should be investing in rural communities and making them better places to build a life & raise a family - not shutting down rural hospitals by choking off their funding.
Saving rural hospitals is one more reason to call your Representative and speak out against this GOP attempt to cut Medicaid.
Saving rural hospitals is one more reason to call your Representative and speak out against this GOP attempt to cut Medicaid.
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We want to hear from you! If you’re taking political action in your community or have a story to share, leave us a voicemail at 530-POD-CAST, or 530-763-2278. You may hear yourself on a future episode of The Intercept Briefing.
The Intercept Briefing
© THE INTERCEPT
interc.pt
May 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM
We want to hear from you! If you’re taking political action in your community or have a story to share, leave us a voicemail at 530-POD-CAST, or 530-763-2278. You may hear yourself on a future episode of The Intercept Briefing.
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Commentary: Ultraconservatives are moving to call a U.S. Constitutional convention to remake the U.S. government in support of right-wing beliefs. So far, 19 states have called for a convention. Ohio Republican lawmakers are trying to add to that total buff.ly/Ta7mS3w
Rewriting America: The Constitution under siege • Ohio Capital Journal
A movement is afoot by ultraconservatives to call a U.S. Constitutional convention to remake the U.S. government in support of right-wing beliefs. So far, 19 states have called for a convention. Ohio…
buff.ly
May 22, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Commentary: Ultraconservatives are moving to call a U.S. Constitutional convention to remake the U.S. government in support of right-wing beliefs. So far, 19 states have called for a convention. Ohio Republican lawmakers are trying to add to that total buff.ly/Ta7mS3w
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When opposition to “nationwide injunctions” becomes a rightwing article of faith then SCOTUS takes inappropriate vehicles to try and end it (birthright citizenship case) and Republican members of Congress write ham-fisted bills.
Watch @joeneguse.bsky.social go to work on Rep. Jim Jordan.
Watch @joeneguse.bsky.social go to work on Rep. Jim Jordan.
Neguse was grilling Jim Jordan so hard this morning over language in the reconciliation bill to restrict federal judges' ability to enforce court penalties that Jordan had to consult with his lawyers
May 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
When opposition to “nationwide injunctions” becomes a rightwing article of faith then SCOTUS takes inappropriate vehicles to try and end it (birthright citizenship case) and Republican members of Congress write ham-fisted bills.
Watch @joeneguse.bsky.social go to work on Rep. Jim Jordan.
Watch @joeneguse.bsky.social go to work on Rep. Jim Jordan.
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INBOX: Bloomberg publishes an “atlas” to the Trump family’s “money-making machine”:
“.. In any other era, this scale of presidential moneymaking would threaten to be the story of the year, but political uproar has hogged most of the attention.”
@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
“.. In any other era, this scale of presidential moneymaking would threaten to be the story of the year, but political uproar has hogged most of the attention.”
@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
May 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
INBOX: Bloomberg publishes an “atlas” to the Trump family’s “money-making machine”:
“.. In any other era, this scale of presidential moneymaking would threaten to be the story of the year, but political uproar has hogged most of the attention.”
@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
“.. In any other era, this scale of presidential moneymaking would threaten to be the story of the year, but political uproar has hogged most of the attention.”
@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
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⚠️BIG NEWS⚠️ The #Ohio Senate Finance Committee will hold public hearings on the state budget:
▪️Tues 5/27 at 9 AM
▪️Wed 5/28 at 9 AM
▪️Thurs 5/29 at 9 AM
▪️Fri 5/30 at 1:30 PM
YOU can testify on ANY of those days on ANY piece of the budget you choose!
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▪️Tues 5/27 at 9 AM
▪️Wed 5/28 at 9 AM
▪️Thurs 5/29 at 9 AM
▪️Fri 5/30 at 1:30 PM
YOU can testify on ANY of those days on ANY piece of the budget you choose!
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May 22, 2025 at 12:51 AM
⚠️BIG NEWS⚠️ The #Ohio Senate Finance Committee will hold public hearings on the state budget:
▪️Tues 5/27 at 9 AM
▪️Wed 5/28 at 9 AM
▪️Thurs 5/29 at 9 AM
▪️Fri 5/30 at 1:30 PM
YOU can testify on ANY of those days on ANY piece of the budget you choose!
🧵 1/
▪️Tues 5/27 at 9 AM
▪️Wed 5/28 at 9 AM
▪️Thurs 5/29 at 9 AM
▪️Fri 5/30 at 1:30 PM
YOU can testify on ANY of those days on ANY piece of the budget you choose!
🧵 1/
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The Congressional Budget Office estimated that the measure would increase the federal deficit by $2.3 trillion over 10 years, triggering automatic cuts to Medicare absent congressional action. https://trib.al/xgs8MTc
May 22, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The Congressional Budget Office estimated that the measure would increase the federal deficit by $2.3 trillion over 10 years, triggering automatic cuts to Medicare absent congressional action. https://trib.al/xgs8MTc
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“To reduce residents’ hospital visits, UnitedHealth has offered nursing homes an array of financial sweeteners that sounded more like they came from stockbrokers than medical professionals.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Revealed: UnitedHealth secretly paid nursing homes to reduce hospital transfers
A Guardian investigation finds insurer quietly paid facilities that helped it gain Medicare enrollees and reduce hospitalizations. Whistleblowers allege harm to residents
www.theguardian.com
May 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
“To reduce residents’ hospital visits, UnitedHealth has offered nursing homes an array of financial sweeteners that sounded more like they came from stockbrokers than medical professionals.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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You have three days, starting today, to leave a public comment with the FDA about, say, why COVID-19 boosters should remain available to everyone and also free. "Individual consumer" is the category you most likely want (unless you are one of the other categories; if so, choose that).
Regulations.gov
www.regulations.gov
May 20, 2025 at 11:59 PM
You have three days, starting today, to leave a public comment with the FDA about, say, why COVID-19 boosters should remain available to everyone and also free. "Individual consumer" is the category you most likely want (unless you are one of the other categories; if so, choose that).
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Please share this link to post a comment regarding the anti-science “policy” to restrict COVID vaccines this fall and to waste time and our taxpayer money with unethical trials.
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
Regulations.gov
www.regulations.gov
May 21, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Please share this link to post a comment regarding the anti-science “policy” to restrict COVID vaccines this fall and to waste time and our taxpayer money with unethical trials.
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
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Dallas-based Half-Price Books spoke out against the bill, which would expose booksellers to lawsuits over materials deemed inappropriate for minors.
Bill making bookstores liable for 'obscene displays' appears dead in Texas House
www.tpr.org
May 21, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Dallas-based Half-Price Books spoke out against the bill, which would expose booksellers to lawsuits over materials deemed inappropriate for minors.
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Here are the 16 Dems. I don't know what to tell you, folks. It's bad.
Alsobrooks
Blunt Rochester
Booker
Cortez Masto
Fetterman
Gallego
Gillibrand
Hassan
Heinrich
Lujan
Ossoff
Padilla
Rosen
Schiff
Slotkin
Warner
Alsobrooks
Blunt Rochester
Booker
Cortez Masto
Fetterman
Gallego
Gillibrand
Hassan
Heinrich
Lujan
Ossoff
Padilla
Rosen
Schiff
Slotkin
Warner
Unbelievable. With Dem support, the senate passes an industry-friendly crypto bill that does nothing about Trump's crypto corruption.
Ignore these Dems' speeches. Watch their votes. They're telling you they don't get it. And then they spam you to say Trump is bad so please donate more money.
Ignore these Dems' speeches. Watch their votes. They're telling you they don't get it. And then they spam you to say Trump is bad so please donate more money.
Update: I'm hearing the senate vote on this stupid crypto bill could come tonight.
This week should be about the despicable GOP reconciliation bill. The few Dems on this crypto bill aren't just wrong on policy, they're fracturing the party at a time we should be unified against GOP corruption.
This week should be about the despicable GOP reconciliation bill. The few Dems on this crypto bill aren't just wrong on policy, they're fracturing the party at a time we should be unified against GOP corruption.
May 20, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Here are the 16 Dems. I don't know what to tell you, folks. It's bad.
Alsobrooks
Blunt Rochester
Booker
Cortez Masto
Fetterman
Gallego
Gillibrand
Hassan
Heinrich
Lujan
Ossoff
Padilla
Rosen
Schiff
Slotkin
Warner
Alsobrooks
Blunt Rochester
Booker
Cortez Masto
Fetterman
Gallego
Gillibrand
Hassan
Heinrich
Lujan
Ossoff
Padilla
Rosen
Schiff
Slotkin
Warner