Jennifer Zick Pollock
@jlzslp.bsky.social
Mom, pediatric SLP, trash book reader, travel lover, compulsive volunteer
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This is the only logo that matters
August 27, 2025 at 12:20 PM
This is the only logo that matters
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August 7, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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In 2021, Biden admin awarded Kerr County TX $10m in American Rescue Plan Act funds, which could have been used for flood prevention infrastructure. But commissioners, facing political pressure from conservative residents, opted not to pursue warning system. www.texastribune.org/2025/07/10/t...
July 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
In 2021, Biden admin awarded Kerr County TX $10m in American Rescue Plan Act funds, which could have been used for flood prevention infrastructure. But commissioners, facing political pressure from conservative residents, opted not to pursue warning system. www.texastribune.org/2025/07/10/t...
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Elon Musk’s mission of transparency was, of course, completely disingenuous.
He fired a DOGE staffer for publicly saying that federal waste, fraud & abuse were “relatively nonexistent www.npr.org/2025/06/02/n...
He fired a DOGE staffer for publicly saying that federal waste, fraud & abuse were “relatively nonexistent www.npr.org/2025/06/02/n...
Former DOGE engineer says federal waste and fraud were 'relatively nonexistent'
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Sahil Lavingia, who worked for the Department of Government Efficiency as a software engineer assigned to the Department of Veterans Affairs, about his experience.
www.npr.org
June 25, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Elon Musk’s mission of transparency was, of course, completely disingenuous.
He fired a DOGE staffer for publicly saying that federal waste, fraud & abuse were “relatively nonexistent www.npr.org/2025/06/02/n...
He fired a DOGE staffer for publicly saying that federal waste, fraud & abuse were “relatively nonexistent www.npr.org/2025/06/02/n...
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Senate Republicans' one-finger salute to rural America:
"Hospital networks said they may reduce pediatric, maternity or behavioral health services; end telehealth programs; close rural facilities; or enact layoffs if the Medicaid cuts become law..."
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
"Hospital networks said they may reduce pediatric, maternity or behavioral health services; end telehealth programs; close rural facilities; or enact layoffs if the Medicaid cuts become law..."
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Senate Republicans propose deeper Medicaid cuts. Here’s what that means.
Senate Republicans are taking Medicaid cuts even further than their House counterparts with legislation that targets hospital payments.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Senate Republicans' one-finger salute to rural America:
"Hospital networks said they may reduce pediatric, maternity or behavioral health services; end telehealth programs; close rural facilities; or enact layoffs if the Medicaid cuts become law..."
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
"Hospital networks said they may reduce pediatric, maternity or behavioral health services; end telehealth programs; close rural facilities; or enact layoffs if the Medicaid cuts become law..."
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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The proposed Trump budget is brutal, unless you’re the military or Homeland Security.
Here’s what gets cut:
- State Department: -84%
- National Science Foundation: -56%
- EPA: -54%
- HUD (housing): -44%
- Labor: -35%
- Interior: -30%
- Health & Human Services: -26%
- NASA: -24%
- Education: -15%
Here’s what gets cut:
- State Department: -84%
- National Science Foundation: -56%
- EPA: -54%
- HUD (housing): -44%
- Labor: -35%
- Interior: -30%
- Health & Human Services: -26%
- NASA: -24%
- Education: -15%
May 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The proposed Trump budget is brutal, unless you’re the military or Homeland Security.
Here’s what gets cut:
- State Department: -84%
- National Science Foundation: -56%
- EPA: -54%
- HUD (housing): -44%
- Labor: -35%
- Interior: -30%
- Health & Human Services: -26%
- NASA: -24%
- Education: -15%
Here’s what gets cut:
- State Department: -84%
- National Science Foundation: -56%
- EPA: -54%
- HUD (housing): -44%
- Labor: -35%
- Interior: -30%
- Health & Human Services: -26%
- NASA: -24%
- Education: -15%
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April 9, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Productivity requirements in healthcare are breaking my spirit. Costs of everything including healthcare & college are breaking my bank account. Trump & his junk drawer of horrors are breaking fking everything. I hate it here.
April 4, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Productivity requirements in healthcare are breaking my spirit. Costs of everything including healthcare & college are breaking my bank account. Trump & his junk drawer of horrors are breaking fking everything. I hate it here.
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Added medical bills up that we paid in deductibles/coinsurance for 2024= $6189.99 + the $7500+ for the premiums+ 8k for home & 4 cars. And my kid still only got 10k in unsubsidized student loans and we got 16k in Plus loans for her freshman year fall 25 financial aid. I hate billionaires.
February 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Added medical bills up that we paid in deductibles/coinsurance for 2024= $6189.99 + the $7500+ for the premiums+ 8k for home & 4 cars. And my kid still only got 10k in unsubsidized student loans and we got 16k in Plus loans for her freshman year fall 25 financial aid. I hate billionaires.
Was off last week and read Fourth Wing and have almost finished Iron Flame. Now I gotta go back when I should be on my couch reading Onyx Storm. Responsibilities....Boo!!!
January 26, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Was off last week and read Fourth Wing and have almost finished Iron Flame. Now I gotta go back when I should be on my couch reading Onyx Storm. Responsibilities....Boo!!!
One of my teen cheerleaders just asked me if I can still have a baby. I'm 52 & my tubes are tied. Besides that, in this economy and sociopolitical climate?! Not just naw, but helllll naw!!!
January 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM
One of my teen cheerleaders just asked me if I can still have a baby. I'm 52 & my tubes are tied. Besides that, in this economy and sociopolitical climate?! Not just naw, but helllll naw!!!
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#booksky Reading The Lost Apothecary (and every type of trash you can probably imagine) currently. Much as I hate to support billionaire tax dodgers, my vision is worsening, so Kindle it is.
January 20, 2025 at 2:23 PM
#booksky Reading The Lost Apothecary (and every type of trash you can probably imagine) currently. Much as I hate to support billionaire tax dodgers, my vision is worsening, so Kindle it is.
Yeah I'll keep fking meta because I have so many years of memories there and I have the fam there. But I'm attempting to find a new home that will not piss me off daily in this next 4+ years, so if I follow you, know I value you and see honor in you. ❤️
January 20, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Yeah I'll keep fking meta because I have so many years of memories there and I have the fam there. But I'm attempting to find a new home that will not piss me off daily in this next 4+ years, so if I follow you, know I value you and see honor in you. ❤️