Lou Giordano
@lougiordano.bsky.social
In defeat defiance!
Love policy and politics, progressive causes are my passion.
Love policy and politics, progressive causes are my passion.
Getting a ventilator can be a nightmare. Medicaid cuts may make it worse : Shots - Health News
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They need a ventilator to stay alive. Getting one can be a nightmare
Few nursing homes can care for people who need help breathing with a ventilator because of ALS and other conditions. Insurers often deny payment for the best at-home machines, and innovative solutions...
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November 30, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Getting a ventilator can be a nightmare. Medicaid cuts may make it worse : Shots - Health News
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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The crisis of affordability is a crisis of debt. Public goods that should be public and reparative are so costly and expensive that we're going into debt for things that are free in other nations — education, health care, school lunch, expensive rents, even going into debt for our own incarceration.
November 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The crisis of affordability is a crisis of debt. Public goods that should be public and reparative are so costly and expensive that we're going into debt for things that are free in other nations — education, health care, school lunch, expensive rents, even going into debt for our own incarceration.
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"A few high-profile people got shaken down and everyone else got the message.
A general chill spread over the country’s media, but it took a while to entirely freeze over."
www.thenextmove.org/p/i-saw-how-...
A general chill spread over the country’s media, but it took a while to entirely freeze over."
www.thenextmove.org/p/i-saw-how-...
I Saw How Russia Killed Media Freedom
Censorship is central to the story of Russia’s descent into KGB dictatorship.
www.thenextmove.org
September 19, 2025 at 1:44 AM
"A few high-profile people got shaken down and everyone else got the message.
A general chill spread over the country’s media, but it took a while to entirely freeze over."
www.thenextmove.org/p/i-saw-how-...
A general chill spread over the country’s media, but it took a while to entirely freeze over."
www.thenextmove.org/p/i-saw-how-...
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STEWART: “Comedy doesn’t change the world, but it’s a bellwether— we’re the banana peel in the coal mine… authoritarians are the threat to comedy, music, art, thought… progress.”
Nailed it.
Nailed it.
September 19, 2025 at 1:51 AM
STEWART: “Comedy doesn’t change the world, but it’s a bellwether— we’re the banana peel in the coal mine… authoritarians are the threat to comedy, music, art, thought… progress.”
Nailed it.
Nailed it.
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He’s right
September 19, 2025 at 2:24 AM
He’s right
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
-FDR, 1937
-FDR, 1937
July 15, 2025 at 6:15 PM
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
-FDR, 1937
-FDR, 1937
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Rand Paul (R-KY) going off on his own party.
May 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Rand Paul (R-KY) going off on his own party.
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Rick and Morty has been washed for a while, but a line that runs back into my head often is “your boos mean nothing to me, I’ve seen what makes you cheer!”
January 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Rick and Morty has been washed for a while, but a line that runs back into my head often is “your boos mean nothing to me, I’ve seen what makes you cheer!”
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"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all."
Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke
December 25, 2024 at 4:05 PM
"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all."
Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke
Trump’s HUD Secretary Pick Has a History of Fighting Housing Assistance truthout.org/articles/tru...
Trump’s HUD Secretary Pick Has a History of Fighting Housing Assistance
Texas state legislator Scott Turner opposed protections for poor tenants and called public assistance “destructive.”…
truthout.org
December 26, 2024 at 12:59 AM
Trump’s HUD Secretary Pick Has a History of Fighting Housing Assistance truthout.org/articles/tru...
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It also makes it harder for them to ban books.
December 22, 2024 at 11:58 PM
It also makes it harder for them to ban books.