KT
@kmelbt.bsky.social
Mom, daughter, sister, aunt, and Amma. Nurse, educator, jewelry maker, gardener, and painter.
Tell Congress: Stop Trump's Plan to Let AI Deny Medicare Coverage act.indivisible.org/sign/trump-o...
Tell Congress: Stop Trump's Plan to Let AI Deny Medicare Coverage
Donald Trump and Dr. Oz want to let Artificial Intelligence (AI) choose which procedures Medicare will cover for individual patients -- with AI companies being paid based on how much money they save b...
act.indivisible.org
September 4, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Tell Congress: Stop Trump's Plan to Let AI Deny Medicare Coverage act.indivisible.org/sign/trump-o...
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Netanyahu’s illegal, unilateral attack on Iran is just his latest violation of international law.
The United States must not be a part of this war.
My full statement:
The United States must not be a part of this war.
My full statement:
June 16, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Netanyahu’s illegal, unilateral attack on Iran is just his latest violation of international law.
The United States must not be a part of this war.
My full statement:
The United States must not be a part of this war.
My full statement:
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Justice Jackson nails where we are right now:
“Your argument turns our justice system into a catch me if you can kind of regime from the standpoint of the Executive where everybody has to have a lawyer and file a lawsuit in order for the government to stop violating people’s rights.”
🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯
“Your argument turns our justice system into a catch me if you can kind of regime from the standpoint of the Executive where everybody has to have a lawyer and file a lawsuit in order for the government to stop violating people’s rights.”
🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯
May 15, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Justice Jackson nails where we are right now:
“Your argument turns our justice system into a catch me if you can kind of regime from the standpoint of the Executive where everybody has to have a lawyer and file a lawsuit in order for the government to stop violating people’s rights.”
🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯
“Your argument turns our justice system into a catch me if you can kind of regime from the standpoint of the Executive where everybody has to have a lawyer and file a lawsuit in order for the government to stop violating people’s rights.”
🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯
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They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
April 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
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Protesters at Senator Thom Tillis' office in Raleigh NC today:
So many people came out to protest at Tillis' Raleigh office! Amazing signs and chants! Tillis wants to claim we're silent, we've been filling his voicemails and are at his office! Can't hide from your state! #voughtNO #Indivisible @bullcityindivisi.bsky.social @democracyoutloud.bsky.social
February 4, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Protesters at Senator Thom Tillis' office in Raleigh NC today:
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Some federally funded community health centers — which serve rural areas with limited access to medical care — are still unable to access grant funding and are shutting down because of Trump's spending freeze.
We are witnessing an attack on America's most vulnerable people.
We are witnessing an attack on America's most vulnerable people.
Community health centers are closing amid funding confusion
Community health centers are facing a potential federal freeze on their grants and funding following orders from Trump.
www.newsweek.com
February 6, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Some federally funded community health centers — which serve rural areas with limited access to medical care — are still unable to access grant funding and are shutting down because of Trump's spending freeze.
We are witnessing an attack on America's most vulnerable people.
We are witnessing an attack on America's most vulnerable people.
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House Republicans in competitive districts warned GOP leaders Thursday: We could lose our seats if you gut Obamacare to pay for a massive border, energy and tax bill.
www.politico.com/live-updates...
www.politico.com/live-updates...
Vulnerable House Republicans warn leaders against cutting Obamacare
The group of centrists also said the party needed to be careful about deep cuts to social safety net programs.
www.politico.com
January 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
House Republicans in competitive districts warned GOP leaders Thursday: We could lose our seats if you gut Obamacare to pay for a massive border, energy and tax bill.
www.politico.com/live-updates...
www.politico.com/live-updates...
open.substack.com/pub/rhizosph...
A good and helpful read.
A good and helpful read.
How We Lie and How We're Lied To
Dealing with floods of political lies.
open.substack.com
January 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
open.substack.com/pub/rhizosph...
A good and helpful read.
A good and helpful read.
Anyone have actual experience with keyhole gardening in WNC?
January 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Anyone have actual experience with keyhole gardening in WNC?
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In first Trump admin, EPA rejected advice of its own scientists to ban chlorpyrifos, a pesticide linked to brain damage in kids. The Biden admin is again trying to limit its use.
What would RFK Jr, who pledged to clean up our food supply “poisoning” children, do? www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/h...
What would RFK Jr, who pledged to clean up our food supply “poisoning” children, do? www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/h...
E.P.A. Again Seeks Limits on a Harmful Pesticide
After a court overturned a ban, the agency has proposed restricting chlorpyrifos to 11 food crops, illustrating the limits of federal regulation.
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2024 at 1:10 PM
In first Trump admin, EPA rejected advice of its own scientists to ban chlorpyrifos, a pesticide linked to brain damage in kids. The Biden admin is again trying to limit its use.
What would RFK Jr, who pledged to clean up our food supply “poisoning” children, do? www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/h...
What would RFK Jr, who pledged to clean up our food supply “poisoning” children, do? www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/h...