Kristin Wubbena
@kwubbles.bsky.social
Slightly diminish a band: The All American Waitlisters
Slightly diminish a band:
Anxiety! At the Disco
Anxiety! At the Disco
Slightly diminish a band:
Half & Half
Half & Half
August 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Slightly diminish a band: The All American Waitlisters
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RFK Jr. says Idaho is "the home of medical freedom."
Tell that to the women forced to flee the state for emergency care.
Tell that to the women forced to flee the state for emergency care.
July 24, 2025 at 11:12 PM
RFK Jr. says Idaho is "the home of medical freedom."
Tell that to the women forced to flee the state for emergency care.
Tell that to the women forced to flee the state for emergency care.
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"Understanding" is a pretty beautiful compound word...in this case "under" has a somewhat archaic meaning of "among" (also still present in "under these circumstances.")
So understanding is "Standing among" as-in a mind that figuratively shares space with the concepts in question.
So understanding is "Standing among" as-in a mind that figuratively shares space with the concepts in question.
July 23, 2025 at 5:58 PM
"Understanding" is a pretty beautiful compound word...in this case "under" has a somewhat archaic meaning of "among" (also still present in "under these circumstances.")
So understanding is "Standing among" as-in a mind that figuratively shares space with the concepts in question.
So understanding is "Standing among" as-in a mind that figuratively shares space with the concepts in question.
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Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans just made it more expensive to become a doctor, dentist, or lawyer for working-class students.
You shouldn’t have to be from a wealthy family to get an education in America.
You shouldn’t have to be from a wealthy family to get an education in America.
Trump made it more expensive to become a doctor, dentist, or lawyer?!
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
www.youtube.com
July 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans just made it more expensive to become a doctor, dentist, or lawyer for working-class students.
You shouldn’t have to be from a wealthy family to get an education in America.
You shouldn’t have to be from a wealthy family to get an education in America.
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Next up: sue this administration!
A disabled vet says he was wrongfully detained in last week’s Camarillo raid, despite being a U.S. citizen.
• Reporting for his security job at Glass House Farms
• Told them he was a citizen
• No charges. No phone call. No lawyer.
• No care after chemical exposure
A disabled vet says he was wrongfully detained in last week’s Camarillo raid, despite being a U.S. citizen.
• Reporting for his security job at Glass House Farms
• Told them he was a citizen
• No charges. No phone call. No lawyer.
• No care after chemical exposure
July 16, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Next up: sue this administration!
A disabled vet says he was wrongfully detained in last week’s Camarillo raid, despite being a U.S. citizen.
• Reporting for his security job at Glass House Farms
• Told them he was a citizen
• No charges. No phone call. No lawyer.
• No care after chemical exposure
A disabled vet says he was wrongfully detained in last week’s Camarillo raid, despite being a U.S. citizen.
• Reporting for his security job at Glass House Farms
• Told them he was a citizen
• No charges. No phone call. No lawyer.
• No care after chemical exposure
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This administration is defunding our after school programs. I will fight this.
July 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
This administration is defunding our after school programs. I will fight this.
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You can’t shrink government to the size where you can drown it in a bathtub and then be surprised when it can’t rescue people from a flood.
July 10, 2025 at 10:55 AM
You can’t shrink government to the size where you can drown it in a bathtub and then be surprised when it can’t rescue people from a flood.
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There are 100k students in med school each year. Room and board is about 100k per year. For 10b a year, med school could be free. We would see a wholesale change in the profession, career paths and the cost of care.
It would change the economics for every financial decision doctors
It would change the economics for every financial decision doctors
Republican plans to cap student borrowing could shatter an everyday profession
One GOP senator said anyone paying more than $100K to go to med school is "making a huge mistake." But the median cost of attending one is more than double that for the class of 2025.
www.politico.com
June 22, 2025 at 1:05 AM
There are 100k students in med school each year. Room and board is about 100k per year. For 10b a year, med school could be free. We would see a wholesale change in the profession, career paths and the cost of care.
It would change the economics for every financial decision doctors
It would change the economics for every financial decision doctors
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Now that the Big Atrocious Bill has passed, let’s consider some of its social and business impacts:
✅ Any categories having to do with babies and kids will decline. Gen Z was hesitant to have kids before due to climate change, now they can’t afford it. 1/x
✅ Any categories having to do with babies and kids will decline. Gen Z was hesitant to have kids before due to climate change, now they can’t afford it. 1/x
July 6, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Now that the Big Atrocious Bill has passed, let’s consider some of its social and business impacts:
✅ Any categories having to do with babies and kids will decline. Gen Z was hesitant to have kids before due to climate change, now they can’t afford it. 1/x
✅ Any categories having to do with babies and kids will decline. Gen Z was hesitant to have kids before due to climate change, now they can’t afford it. 1/x
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As is, there’s a predicted shortage of 80,000 US physicians by the end of the decade.
Now add in new restrictions to foreign grads, federal loan caps, declining salaries, increasing demands, disrespect, and moral injury.
Nutrition, exercise, and supplements can only do so much.
Now add in new restrictions to foreign grads, federal loan caps, declining salaries, increasing demands, disrespect, and moral injury.
Nutrition, exercise, and supplements can only do so much.
July 7, 2025 at 12:55 PM
As is, there’s a predicted shortage of 80,000 US physicians by the end of the decade.
Now add in new restrictions to foreign grads, federal loan caps, declining salaries, increasing demands, disrespect, and moral injury.
Nutrition, exercise, and supplements can only do so much.
Now add in new restrictions to foreign grads, federal loan caps, declining salaries, increasing demands, disrespect, and moral injury.
Nutrition, exercise, and supplements can only do so much.
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A provision tucked inside a sweeping bill signed into law by President Trump last week will make it harder for thousands of aspiring doctors to finance their education as the country faces a growing shortage in that profession.
Medical students fret over the new student loan cap in the 'big, beautiful bill'
The bill will cap total medical loans at $200,000 — far below the more than $300,000 median cost of attending medical school.
nbcnews.to
July 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM
A provision tucked inside a sweeping bill signed into law by President Trump last week will make it harder for thousands of aspiring doctors to finance their education as the country faces a growing shortage in that profession.
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I haven’t seen a lot of people speak about this, but snuck into the big beautiful bill included a section capping student loan allowances at $200,000.
This will largely be impacting those looking to borrow money for doctoral degrees - PHD, JD, MD, DO.
This will largely be impacting those looking to borrow money for doctoral degrees - PHD, JD, MD, DO.
July 6, 2025 at 10:21 AM
I haven’t seen a lot of people speak about this, but snuck into the big beautiful bill included a section capping student loan allowances at $200,000.
This will largely be impacting those looking to borrow money for doctoral degrees - PHD, JD, MD, DO.
This will largely be impacting those looking to borrow money for doctoral degrees - PHD, JD, MD, DO.
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The path is very clear: Republicans are creating a system to allow anybody—you, me, whoever—to have their citizenship revoked, sent to a prison camp in the Everglades, then exported to a labor camp in a third-world country. That entire pipeline could be in place in 24 hours.
Trump calls for deporting US citizens: "We also have a lot of bad people that have been here for a long time ... many of them were born in our country. I think we ought to get them the hell out of here too, if you want to know the truth. So maybe that'll be the next job."
July 1, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The path is very clear: Republicans are creating a system to allow anybody—you, me, whoever—to have their citizenship revoked, sent to a prison camp in the Everglades, then exported to a labor camp in a third-world country. That entire pipeline could be in place in 24 hours.
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trump’s big beautiful bill is designed to family annihilate the united states
My FYP is video after video of pre-med students explaining how the big bill’s student loan cap will make it impossible for them to afford med school. Experts were already predicting a doctor shortage to the tune of 86k by 2036. This will make it exponentially worst. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8hFxfBL/
The government just ended my ability to even apply to medical school, it’s no longer an option because private student loans would lead to absolute financial ruin. All of my work for the past 5-8 year...
TikTok video by Lauren Steiner, MS
www.tiktok.com
July 6, 2025 at 12:44 AM
trump’s big beautiful bill is designed to family annihilate the united states
Glad someone is seeing this. I, as a premed without wealth, am among the affected. Not only does this hamper your ability to matriculate with an acceptance, it makes it harder to apply. If you turn down an acceptance, schools will blacklist you, so it’s not worth the risk if you know you can’t pay.
My FYP is video after video of pre-med students explaining how the big bill’s student loan cap will make it impossible for them to afford med school. Experts were already predicting a doctor shortage to the tune of 86k by 2036. This will make it exponentially worst. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8hFxfBL/
The government just ended my ability to even apply to medical school, it’s no longer an option because private student loans would lead to absolute financial ruin. All of my work for the past 5-8 year...
TikTok video by Lauren Steiner, MS
www.tiktok.com
July 7, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Glad someone is seeing this. I, as a premed without wealth, am among the affected. Not only does this hamper your ability to matriculate with an acceptance, it makes it harder to apply. If you turn down an acceptance, schools will blacklist you, so it’s not worth the risk if you know you can’t pay.
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Reports that a Canadian citizen who has resided in the US since age 10 was abducted at a green card interview.
Her husband is begging ICE to let him fly her back to Canada and they refuse to release her.
Her husband is begging ICE to let him fly her back to Canada and they refuse to release her.
July 7, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Reports that a Canadian citizen who has resided in the US since age 10 was abducted at a green card interview.
Her husband is begging ICE to let him fly her back to Canada and they refuse to release her.
Her husband is begging ICE to let him fly her back to Canada and they refuse to release her.
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It's not just Zohran Mamdani in New York. Democrats are having a big moment with young voters again.
Here's a recent FL special. Enthusiasm among 18-30 year olds is off the charts for those registered as Dems, but not for young Republicans.
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-number...
Here's a recent FL special. Enthusiasm among 18-30 year olds is off the charts for those registered as Dems, but not for young Republicans.
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-number...
July 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
It's not just Zohran Mamdani in New York. Democrats are having a big moment with young voters again.
Here's a recent FL special. Enthusiasm among 18-30 year olds is off the charts for those registered as Dems, but not for young Republicans.
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-number...
Here's a recent FL special. Enthusiasm among 18-30 year olds is off the charts for those registered as Dems, but not for young Republicans.
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-number...
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Protecting his stock portfolio while ripping away health care from 17 million Americans.
This is Washington at its worst.
We need to ban Congressional stock trading.
This is Washington at its worst.
We need to ban Congressional stock trading.
July 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Protecting his stock portfolio while ripping away health care from 17 million Americans.
This is Washington at its worst.
We need to ban Congressional stock trading.
This is Washington at its worst.
We need to ban Congressional stock trading.
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House Republicans are trying to gut the Government Accountability Office—the nonpartisan agency that’s spent decades exposing waste, fraud, and abuse across the federal government.
GAO has worked with Congress for years to make government more efficient and accountable. (1/2)
GAO has worked with Congress for years to make government more efficient and accountable. (1/2)
GAO is targeted by House Republicans in new spending bill
The Legislative Branch appropriations subcommittee aims to cut Congress’ own budget by $51 million.
www.politico.com
June 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
House Republicans are trying to gut the Government Accountability Office—the nonpartisan agency that’s spent decades exposing waste, fraud, and abuse across the federal government.
GAO has worked with Congress for years to make government more efficient and accountable. (1/2)
GAO has worked with Congress for years to make government more efficient and accountable. (1/2)
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Every machine in a Hospital that diagnoses your body without cutting you open is based on a principle of Physics, discovered by a Physicist who had no interest in Medicine.
If you think the world doesn’t need Basic Science, or that somehow Science has failed you, think again.
If you think the world doesn’t need Basic Science, or that somehow Science has failed you, think again.
June 17, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Every machine in a Hospital that diagnoses your body without cutting you open is based on a principle of Physics, discovered by a Physicist who had no interest in Medicine.
If you think the world doesn’t need Basic Science, or that somehow Science has failed you, think again.
If you think the world doesn’t need Basic Science, or that somehow Science has failed you, think again.
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A top staffer to Sen. Tina Smith emailed Sen. Mike Lee’s top staffers on Monday about “how much additional pain you’ve caused on an unspeakably horrific weekend”
Full emails below
Full emails below
June 16, 2025 at 10:44 PM
A top staffer to Sen. Tina Smith emailed Sen. Mike Lee’s top staffers on Monday about “how much additional pain you’ve caused on an unspeakably horrific weekend”
Full emails below
Full emails below
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“We take vaccines so for granted in the United States” ...“Women in the developing world know the power of [vaccines]. They will walk 10 kilometers in the heat with their child and line up to get a vaccine because they have seen death.”
Melinda Gates
Melinda Gates
May 23, 2025 at 8:53 PM
“We take vaccines so for granted in the United States” ...“Women in the developing world know the power of [vaccines]. They will walk 10 kilometers in the heat with their child and line up to get a vaccine because they have seen death.”
Melinda Gates
Melinda Gates
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Another big FU from Harvard… free online courses on the US government, the US constitution, civic engagement, and more.
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pll.harvard.edu/subject/gove...
Government | Harvard University
Browse the latest Government courses from Harvard University.
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May 24, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Another big FU from Harvard… free online courses on the US government, the US constitution, civic engagement, and more.
pll.harvard.edu/subject/gove...
pll.harvard.edu/subject/gove...
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All of NIH funding to Northwestern University is frozen. This pause includes noncompeting approved funding, new and competing grants with fundable scores. No reimbursements for money already spent have been received since March. This situation is rarely reported so please Please get the word out!
May 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
All of NIH funding to Northwestern University is frozen. This pause includes noncompeting approved funding, new and competing grants with fundable scores. No reimbursements for money already spent have been received since March. This situation is rarely reported so please Please get the word out!