JohnBoles
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The broken American healthcare system drives grandfather back into the workforce:
Although Philip Rivers made a return to pursue individual achievements, he also did something very useful for his big family in the process:
He extended his NFL-sponsored health insurance.
He extended his NFL-sponsored health insurance.
December 16, 2025 at 12:35 AM
The broken American healthcare system drives grandfather back into the workforce:
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NEW: You've read a lot about immigrants kidnapped, forcibly detained, and held in ICE facilities -- what about the immigrants *trying* to leave the country? Turns out its wildly difficult for them too.
don't miss this from @telliotter.bsky.social:
don't miss this from @telliotter.bsky.social:
The Trump Administration Wants Immigrants to Self-Deport. It’s a Shit Show
The Trump administration has been virtually begging immigrants in the US to self-deport, even offering money. But some immigrants say it’s been nearly impossible.
www.wired.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:22 PM
NEW: You've read a lot about immigrants kidnapped, forcibly detained, and held in ICE facilities -- what about the immigrants *trying* to leave the country? Turns out its wildly difficult for them too.
don't miss this from @telliotter.bsky.social:
don't miss this from @telliotter.bsky.social:
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Remember to call and urge others to call these hotlines if they see something they suspect to be related to immigration enforcement actions. In Charlotte, Carolina Migrant Network at (704) 740-7737.
November 17, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Remember to call and urge others to call these hotlines if they see something they suspect to be related to immigration enforcement actions. In Charlotte, Carolina Migrant Network at (704) 740-7737.
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Normal people are just sick to fucking death of the cruelty and meanness
BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power
One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.
bit.ly
November 5, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Normal people are just sick to fucking death of the cruelty and meanness
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This is literally Nazi shit. This is what the Nazis did. If you support this, you are a Nazi, and if that makes you upset, then STOP BEING A FUCKING NAZI
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too. n.pr/4qFa1mY
Trump pushes an end to medical care for transgender youth nationally
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too.
n.pr
October 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
This is literally Nazi shit. This is what the Nazis did. If you support this, you are a Nazi, and if that makes you upset, then STOP BEING A FUCKING NAZI
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Over the past week, the president said the DOJ should pay him a quarter billion dollars, bulldozed half the White House to build himself a gaudy ballroom, bragged about murdering civilians in international waters, pardoned some more criminals, directed federal prosecutors to indict his opponents ...
October 23, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Over the past week, the president said the DOJ should pay him a quarter billion dollars, bulldozed half the White House to build himself a gaudy ballroom, bragged about murdering civilians in international waters, pardoned some more criminals, directed federal prosecutors to indict his opponents ...
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Important 🧵, North Carolina, please share 🙏
👨🏽⚕️⚕️Former NC Gov. Roy Cooper unveiled a first-of-its-kind program in 2024 that, as of today, has wiped out $6.5 billion in medical debt, state leaders say.
Keep reading the thread to find out what to know. 👇
👨🏽⚕️⚕️Former NC Gov. Roy Cooper unveiled a first-of-its-kind program in 2024 that, as of today, has wiped out $6.5 billion in medical debt, state leaders say.
Keep reading the thread to find out what to know. 👇
October 15, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Important 🧵, North Carolina, please share 🙏
👨🏽⚕️⚕️Former NC Gov. Roy Cooper unveiled a first-of-its-kind program in 2024 that, as of today, has wiped out $6.5 billion in medical debt, state leaders say.
Keep reading the thread to find out what to know. 👇
👨🏽⚕️⚕️Former NC Gov. Roy Cooper unveiled a first-of-its-kind program in 2024 that, as of today, has wiped out $6.5 billion in medical debt, state leaders say.
Keep reading the thread to find out what to know. 👇
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I drew this cartoon in 2005. Two thousand freaking five. Twenty years ago.
September 28, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I drew this cartoon in 2005. Two thousand freaking five. Twenty years ago.
This is some real unhinged, Nazi shit. And this is supposed to be a memorial service?!
“What do YOU HAVE? You have NOTHING, you are nothing. You are wickedness, you are jealousy, you are hatred, YOU ARE NOTHING. You can build nothing, produce nothing, create nothing."
September 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM
This is some real unhinged, Nazi shit. And this is supposed to be a memorial service?!
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Hello! I am trying something new! In addition to the newsletter, I also made a YouTube video about the lawyer who brought a bag of weed to the North Carolina Supreme Court. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVfj...
This lawyer brought a baggie of cannabis to the NC Supreme Court | North Carolina Rabbit Hole
YouTube video by North Carolina Rabbit Hole
www.youtube.com
September 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Hello! I am trying something new! In addition to the newsletter, I also made a YouTube video about the lawyer who brought a bag of weed to the North Carolina Supreme Court. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVfj...
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Political violence and threats are not the answer.
This is a watershed moment — we can choose to stay silent and live in fear, or we can choose to be loud for peace and compassion.
We must work together to stop this crisis, and it should start from the top with the President.
This is a watershed moment — we can choose to stay silent and live in fear, or we can choose to be loud for peace and compassion.
We must work together to stop this crisis, and it should start from the top with the President.
September 16, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Political violence and threats are not the answer.
This is a watershed moment — we can choose to stay silent and live in fear, or we can choose to be loud for peace and compassion.
We must work together to stop this crisis, and it should start from the top with the President.
This is a watershed moment — we can choose to stay silent and live in fear, or we can choose to be loud for peace and compassion.
We must work together to stop this crisis, and it should start from the top with the President.
They’ve done it before and were 1 or 2 votes short (Manchin (+ Sinema)) the last two times they were in power. This is the dumbest circular firing squad.
Thinking about the times Dems refused to do this. Wouldn't be sporting, or whatever they said at the time.
Once again, whatever the GOP does is seen as the norm and acceptable, and anything Dems do is seen as a transgressive overreach.
Once again, whatever the GOP does is seen as the norm and acceptable, and anything Dems do is seen as a transgressive overreach.
NEW: Senate Republicans trigger 'nuclear option,' changing rules to speed up Trump nominees
The vote is 53-45, with all GOP senators voting in alignment.
Details on the new rule, and what it means >> www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
The vote is 53-45, with all GOP senators voting in alignment.
Details on the new rule, and what it means >> www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
September 12, 2025 at 3:44 AM
They’ve done it before and were 1 or 2 votes short (Manchin (+ Sinema)) the last two times they were in power. This is the dumbest circular firing squad.
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I said something last week that is more broadly applicable today:
Calling for empathy is not neutral or apolitical when only one group of people have been socialized and brutalized into having empathy.
Calling for empathy is not neutral or apolitical when only one group of people have been socialized and brutalized into having empathy.
September 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I said something last week that is more broadly applicable today:
Calling for empathy is not neutral or apolitical when only one group of people have been socialized and brutalized into having empathy.
Calling for empathy is not neutral or apolitical when only one group of people have been socialized and brutalized into having empathy.
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Just tried watching Ezra Klein’s latest NYT podcast episode on how the U.S. got to this point where vaccines are so politicized.
It’s pretty clear that Klein and his guests—David Wallace Wells and Rachael Bedard—really do not understand why/how the political right turned on vaccines.
It’s pretty clear that Klein and his guests—David Wallace Wells and Rachael Bedard—really do not understand why/how the political right turned on vaccines.
August 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Just tried watching Ezra Klein’s latest NYT podcast episode on how the U.S. got to this point where vaccines are so politicized.
It’s pretty clear that Klein and his guests—David Wallace Wells and Rachael Bedard—really do not understand why/how the political right turned on vaccines.
It’s pretty clear that Klein and his guests—David Wallace Wells and Rachael Bedard—really do not understand why/how the political right turned on vaccines.
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In most of the U.S., formaldehyde contributes more to outdoor cancer risk than any other toxic air pollutant.
Look up your address to see risks from the chemical on your block and where it comes from:
(Published Dec. 2024)
Look up your address to see risks from the chemical on your block and where it comes from:
(Published Dec. 2024)
Map: What's the Cancer Risk From Formaldehyde Where I Live? — ProPublica
In most of the country, formaldehyde contributes more to outdoor cancer risk than any other toxic air pollutant. Look up your address to see risks from the chemical on your block and where it comes fr...
projects.propublica.org
August 29, 2025 at 3:00 AM
In most of the U.S., formaldehyde contributes more to outdoor cancer risk than any other toxic air pollutant.
Look up your address to see risks from the chemical on your block and where it comes from:
(Published Dec. 2024)
Look up your address to see risks from the chemical on your block and where it comes from:
(Published Dec. 2024)
“Democrats are refusing to perform their duties in a manner that amounts to abandonment of office,” [Paxton] said in a statement announcing his intention to seek court intervention. “If you don’t show up to work, you get fired.”
This is rich considering the House GOP is playing hooky bc Epstein.
This is rich considering the House GOP is playing hooky bc Epstein.
August 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM
“Democrats are refusing to perform their duties in a manner that amounts to abandonment of office,” [Paxton] said in a statement announcing his intention to seek court intervention. “If you don’t show up to work, you get fired.”
This is rich considering the House GOP is playing hooky bc Epstein.
This is rich considering the House GOP is playing hooky bc Epstein.
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I'm feeling grumpy, so in an attempt to change that I am posting these old fake Antiques Roadshow pictures that make me laugh
July 18, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I'm feeling grumpy, so in an attempt to change that I am posting these old fake Antiques Roadshow pictures that make me laugh
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1/ I represent 5 anti-zionist students and faculty challenging the outrageous claim that the Palestine Solidarity Encampment was a "Jew exclusion zone". UCLA refused to defend. Today they agreed to pay millions instead. I can't overstate how dangerous this is. 🧵
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
UCLA to pay $6.45 million to settle suit by Jewish students over pro-Palestinian protests
UCLA agreed to settle a lawsuit by Jewish students who alleged the university aided a 2024 pro-Palestinian encampment, which the lawsuit alleged illegally discriminated against Jewish people.
www.latimes.com
July 29, 2025 at 9:35 PM
1/ I represent 5 anti-zionist students and faculty challenging the outrageous claim that the Palestine Solidarity Encampment was a "Jew exclusion zone". UCLA refused to defend. Today they agreed to pay millions instead. I can't overstate how dangerous this is. 🧵
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
What a disappointment. With bonus xenophobia / racism points
Mecklenburg Democrat Carla Cunningham says she voted to overturn Gov. Stein's veto of House Bill 318 because "all cultures are not equal."
The bill requires NC sheriffs to do more to cooperate with ICE. She didn't discuss crime, jails, or detainers.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3SW...
The bill requires NC sheriffs to do more to cooperate with ICE. She didn't discuss crime, jails, or detainers.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3SW...
Rep. Carla Cunningham (D-Mecklenburg) on why she's voting to override the governor's veto on HB 318
YouTube video by NC Newsline
www.youtube.com
July 29, 2025 at 9:02 PM
What a disappointment. With bonus xenophobia / racism points