Lintee Bean, aka Lynette
@linteebean.bsky.social
I love cats, dogs, and numbers. I’m a liberal snowflake and vote progressive. Former Midwestern (Nebraska, Iowa, Chicago) turned PNW (WA state).
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MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
On September 25, Donald Trump signed a presidential order called NSPM-7, a sweeping attack on free speech that targets progressive organizations and individuals for prosecution for “domestic terrorism.”
December 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
On September 25, Donald Trump signed a presidential order called NSPM-7, a sweeping attack on free speech that targets progressive organizations and individuals for prosecution for “domestic terrorism.”
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The five-year Rural Health Transformation Program was approved by Congress in a law — the One Big Beautiful Bill Act — that also drastically cuts Medicaid spending, on which rural providers heavily depend.
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Feds Promised ‘Radical Transparency’ but Are Withholding Rural Health Fund Applications - KFF Health News
Proposals from states that have shared their applications to a new $50 billion rural health program include using drones to deliver medication, installing refrigerators to expand access to healthy pro...
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December 5, 2025 at 11:18 PM
The five-year Rural Health Transformation Program was approved by Congress in a law — the One Big Beautiful Bill Act — that also drastically cuts Medicaid spending, on which rural providers heavily depend.
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NEW: Pope Leo XIV will share a meal this Sunday with Alessia Nobile and four fellow transgender Catholic activists, during the Vatican’s Jubilee of the Poor — marking the most significant public encounter shared between a pope and the trans community.
NEW: Transgender Activists to Dine with Pope Leo XIV during Sunday's Jubilee for the Poor
Papal luncheon with trans advocate Alessia Nobile set for Sunday at Vatican’s Jubilee of the Poor, highlighting a legacy of outreach and hopes for continued inclusion.
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November 14, 2025 at 1:05 AM
NEW: Pope Leo XIV will share a meal this Sunday with Alessia Nobile and four fellow transgender Catholic activists, during the Vatican’s Jubilee of the Poor — marking the most significant public encounter shared between a pope and the trans community.
Despite repeatedly promising not to cut Social Security, the Trump Administration is reportedly preparing a proposed rule that could reduce the share of applicants who qualify for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) by up to 20 percent
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Trump Administration Plans Deep Cuts to Social Security Disability Insurance, Particularly for Older Workers
Despite repeatedly promising not to cut Social Security, the Trump Administration is reportedly preparing a proposed rule that could reduce the share of applicants who qualify for Social Security...
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October 17, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Despite repeatedly promising not to cut Social Security, the Trump Administration is reportedly preparing a proposed rule that could reduce the share of applicants who qualify for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) by up to 20 percent
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[Flooding] isn’t a peril covered under standard home insurance policies in Washington state.
Note: The National Flood Insurance Program is not writing or renewing policies while the federal government is shut down. Our Oct. 1 blog post has more information.
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Note: The National Flood Insurance Program is not writing or renewing policies while the federal government is shut down. Our Oct. 1 blog post has more information.
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What to know about your flood insurance during the government shutdown
Around two-thirds of the flood insurance policies in Washington state are underwritten by the National Flood Insurance Program.
medium.com
October 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
[Flooding] isn’t a peril covered under standard home insurance policies in Washington state.
Note: The National Flood Insurance Program is not writing or renewing policies while the federal government is shut down. Our Oct. 1 blog post has more information.
medium.com/commissioner...
Note: The National Flood Insurance Program is not writing or renewing policies while the federal government is shut down. Our Oct. 1 blog post has more information.
medium.com/commissioner...
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Q&A on Trump’s Attempt to Deploy National Guard to Portland and Chicago
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Q&A on Trump's Attempt to Deploy National Guard to Portland and Chicago - FactCheck.org
While President Donald Trump's rhetoric regarding Portland and Chicago has largely focused on overall crime, National Guard deployments are specifically targeted at protecting federal immigration oper...
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October 17, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Q&A on Trump’s Attempt to Deploy National Guard to Portland and Chicago
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Using helicopters and chemical agents, immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago
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Using helicopters and chemical agents, immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago
Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest cit...
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October 6, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Using helicopters and chemical agents, immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago
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Armed federal agents in military fatigues busted down their doors overnight, pulling men, women and children from their apartments, some of them naked, residents and witnesses said.
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Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
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October 3, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Armed federal agents in military fatigues busted down their doors overnight, pulling men, women and children from their apartments, some of them naked, residents and witnesses said.
www.wbez.org/immigration/...
www.wbez.org/immigration/...
Starting next year, the extra catch-up contributions that those workers use to stow money in their 401(k)s will have to go into their accounts after tax for high earners.
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High Earners Age 50 and Older Are About to Lose a Major 401(k) Tax Break
The option to make pretax catch-up retirement contributions is going away for some savers age 50 and older.
www.wsj.com
October 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Starting next year, the extra catch-up contributions that those workers use to stow money in their 401(k)s will have to go into their accounts after tax for high earners.
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Ex-FBI Director James Comey indicted after Trump pushes for prosecution of longtime foe
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Ex-FBI Director James Comey indicted after Trump pushes for prosecution of longtime foe
James Comey has been charged with making a false statement to Congress and obstruction of a criminal proceeding.
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September 27, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Ex-FBI Director James Comey indicted after Trump pushes for prosecution of longtime foe
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Parents Fear Losing Disability Protections as Trump Slashes Civil Rights Office
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Parents Fear Losing Disability Protections as Trump Slashes Civil Rights Office - KFF Health News
The Education Department’s civil rights office often intervenes when students face discrimination based on race, sex, religion, or disability and their families can’t resolve complaints locally. Paren...
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September 19, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Parents Fear Losing Disability Protections as Trump Slashes Civil Rights Office
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Trump asks the Supreme Court to allow him to enforce transgender and nonbinary passport policy
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Trump asks the Supreme Court to allow him to enforce transgender and nonbinary passport policy
President Donald Trump’s administration is asking the Supreme Court to let it enforce a passport policy for transgender and nonbinary people requiring male or female sex designations based on birth ce...
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September 19, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Trump asks the Supreme Court to allow him to enforce transgender and nonbinary passport policy
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No one with a history of domestic violence should be allowed firearms.
Prosecutor says stalking suspect ambushed Pennsylvania police officers, killing 3
A prosecutor says a suspected stalker armed with a rifle hid inside his ex-girlfriend’s home in Pennsylvania and ambushed police officers who came to arrest him, killing three of them.
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September 19, 2025 at 3:50 AM
No one with a history of domestic violence should be allowed firearms.
FACT FOCUS: Assassination of Charlie Kirk prompts flood of false and misleading claims online
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FACT FOCUS: Assassination of Charlie Kirk prompts flood of false and misleading claims online
This is false. Utah records say Robinson was registered as a voter, but not affiliated with either political party.
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September 14, 2025 at 3:17 PM
FACT FOCUS: Assassination of Charlie Kirk prompts flood of false and misleading claims online
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In our new polling, we find that a Democratic candidate running on a populist message (fight corruption, costs, and billionaires) beats a Republican by 15 points — compared to just 6 points for a candidate running on a more generic Democratic message.
www.dataforprogress.org/insights/202...
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Representative Greg Casar: The Path to Victory in 2026 — a Popular, Populist Agenda That Delivers for Working People
Across party lines, income levels, and education levels, bold economic populism inspires Americans.
www.dataforprogress.org
September 13, 2025 at 10:33 PM
In our new polling, we find that a Democratic candidate running on a populist message (fight corruption, costs, and billionaires) beats a Republican by 15 points — compared to just 6 points for a candidate running on a more generic Democratic message.
www.dataforprogress.org/insights/202...
www.dataforprogress.org/insights/202...
I can’t be the only one frustrated at so much more news coverage of the Kirk shooting compared yet another school shooting.
Radicalized 16-year-old Colorado school student fired revolver and wounded 2 teens, authorities say
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Radicalized 16-year-old Colorado school student fired revolver and wounded 2 teens, authorities say
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Radicalized 16-year-old Colorado school student fired revolver and wounded 2 teens, authorities say
Authorities say a 16-year-old boy who had been radicalized by an unspecified extremist network fired multiple shots with a revolver during an attack at a suburban Denver school.
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September 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I can’t be the only one frustrated at so much more news coverage of the Kirk shooting compared yet another school shooting.
Radicalized 16-year-old Colorado school student fired revolver and wounded 2 teens, authorities say
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Radicalized 16-year-old Colorado school student fired revolver and wounded 2 teens, authorities say
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US tech companies enabled the surveillance and detention of hundreds of thousands in China
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US tech companies enabled the surveillance and detention of hundreds of thousands in China
U.S. technology firms such as IBM, Dell and Cisco largely designed and built China’s surveillance state, an AP investigation finds. The tech companies deny wrongdoing.
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September 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
US tech companies enabled the surveillance and detention of hundreds of thousands in China
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"We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job. Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost, I dissent." —Justice Sonia Sotomayor
September 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM
"We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job. Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost, I dissent." —Justice Sonia Sotomayor
