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Lyn Gerfin
@lyngerfin.bsky.social
· Aug 1
"And when memory failed and written records were falsified—when that happened, the claim of the Party to have improved the conditions of human life had got to be accepted, because there did not exist, and never again could exist, any standard against which it could be tested."
~George Orwell, 1984
~George Orwell, 1984
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NEWS: Senate Republicans are threatening to block the extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies—unless Democrats agree to tougher abortion restrictions.
Republicans demand tougher abortion restrictions to extend Obamacare funds
Democrats say that’s a nonstarter, arguing there are already limits on abortion access. The dispute could torpedo a deal, leading to higher health insurance premiums for millions.
www.nbcnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:18 PM
NEWS: Senate Republicans are threatening to block the extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies—unless Democrats agree to tougher abortion restrictions.
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Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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After yesterday’s surrender, we’re launching the largest Democratic primary program that we’ve ever run.
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
Democratic leaders have failed us again. It's time to get new leaders.
After yet another capitulation by Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats, it's clear we need new leadership capable of mounting a serious opposition to Trump's authoritarian regime. We're launching our la...
www.indivisible2026.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
After yesterday’s surrender, we’re launching the largest Democratic primary program that we’ve ever run.
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
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I got back to my office after the vote last night and recorded this. There's no way to sugarcoat what happened. And my fear is that Trump gets stronger, not weaker, because of this acquiescence. I'm angry - like you. But I choose to keep fighting.
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I got back to my office after the vote last night and recorded this. There's no way to sugarcoat what happened. And my fear is that Trump gets stronger, not weaker, because of this acquiescence. I'm angry - like you. But I choose to keep fighting.
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No, menopause does not kill women or cause divorce.
The many problems with the FDA’s big menopause announcement
No, it doesn't kill women or cause divorce.
www.motherjones.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:02 PM
No, menopause does not kill women or cause divorce.
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This isn’t just about the eight Senate Democrats who surrendered. 👇
November 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
This isn’t just about the eight Senate Democrats who surrendered. 👇
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This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
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Schumer put the nail in his own coffin and the Democratic Leadership. It's done. Just a matter of time. Ditto Centrists.
They have misread the moment and the rage of the people.
Trump and MAGA will continue playing them because they know they are weak.
They have misread the moment and the rage of the people.
Trump and MAGA will continue playing them because they know they are weak.
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Schumer put the nail in his own coffin and the Democratic Leadership. It's done. Just a matter of time. Ditto Centrists.
They have misread the moment and the rage of the people.
Trump and MAGA will continue playing them because they know they are weak.
They have misread the moment and the rage of the people.
Trump and MAGA will continue playing them because they know they are weak.
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The Trump administration is using NSPM-7 to compile the names of alleged domestic terror groups. It won’t tell us who’s on the list.
Are You on Trump’s List of Domestic Terrorists? There’s No Way to Know.
The Trump administration is using NSPM-7 to compile the names of alleged domestic terror groups. It won’t tell us who’s on the list.
interc.pt
November 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The Trump administration is using NSPM-7 to compile the names of alleged domestic terror groups. It won’t tell us who’s on the list.
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It's Time for White Moderates To Become White Radicals
MLK Jr warned about the danger of "white moderates" who prefer civility to justice and are perfectly fine telling the rest of us to "wait." Well, it's time for white moderates to radicalize.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
MLK Jr warned about the danger of "white moderates" who prefer civility to justice and are perfectly fine telling the rest of us to "wait." Well, it's time for white moderates to radicalize.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
October 1, 2025 at 11:01 PM
It's Time for White Moderates To Become White Radicals
MLK Jr warned about the danger of "white moderates" who prefer civility to justice and are perfectly fine telling the rest of us to "wait." Well, it's time for white moderates to radicalize.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
MLK Jr warned about the danger of "white moderates" who prefer civility to justice and are perfectly fine telling the rest of us to "wait." Well, it's time for white moderates to radicalize.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
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NEW: THREAD: Just a small collection of propaganda emails sent by the regime to federal employees who have sent them to me on the condition of anonymity. First, we all saw the HUD banner from Tuesday morning. 1/
October 2, 2025 at 1:38 AM
NEW: THREAD: Just a small collection of propaganda emails sent by the regime to federal employees who have sent them to me on the condition of anonymity. First, we all saw the HUD banner from Tuesday morning. 1/
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The incredible Dr. Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social is out with a new piece about the impact of having a charlatan in charge of science and healthcare.
As usual he pulls no punches.
As usual he pulls no punches.
Trump and RFK Are Presiding Over a Massacre of the Innocents
The president’s dangerous misinformation about Tylenol is only the latest threat this government poses to infant and maternal mortality.
www.thenation.com
September 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The incredible Dr. Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social is out with a new piece about the impact of having a charlatan in charge of science and healthcare.
As usual he pulls no punches.
As usual he pulls no punches.
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Goebbles or Miller?
September 23, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Goebbles or Miller?
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Meltdown on "Truth" Social in 5... 4... 3... 2...
September 22, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Meltdown on "Truth" Social in 5... 4... 3... 2...
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Charlie Kirk is nothing more than something truly America. Gun violence. Just like my daughter and so many others. He is not a martyr or more.
This grotesque display for him today is an insult and worse to every victim of gun violence and their families.
This grotesque display for him today is an insult and worse to every victim of gun violence and their families.
September 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Charlie Kirk is nothing more than something truly America. Gun violence. Just like my daughter and so many others. He is not a martyr or more.
This grotesque display for him today is an insult and worse to every victim of gun violence and their families.
This grotesque display for him today is an insult and worse to every victim of gun violence and their families.
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Andor would want you to cancel your Disney+ subscription.
It's the least you can do for the Rebellion.
It's the least you can do for the Rebellion.
September 20, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Andor would want you to cancel your Disney+ subscription.
It's the least you can do for the Rebellion.
It's the least you can do for the Rebellion.
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So if anti-fascists are Trump’s political enemies, what does that make Trump?
September 19, 2025 at 12:02 AM
So if anti-fascists are Trump’s political enemies, what does that make Trump?
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Disney learned nothing from Andor.
September 18, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Disney learned nothing from Andor.
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After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel
Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.
www.yahoo.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
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Stop the rhetoric responsible for the terrorism, he says, while using rhetoric that will incite more terrorism.
Trump: "For years those on the radical left have compared wonderful Americans like Charlie to Nazis. This kind of rhetoric is directly responsible for the terrorism we're seeing in our country & it must stop right now. My admin will find each and every one of those who contributed to this atrocity"
September 11, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Stop the rhetoric responsible for the terrorism, he says, while using rhetoric that will incite more terrorism.
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A report that health secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has promised will come out this month will look at the causes of autism. Many worry it will have claims unsupported by science.
HHS responds to report about autism and acetaminophen
A report that health secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has promised will come out this month will look at the causes of autism. Many worry it will have claims unsupported by science.
n.pr
September 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
A report that health secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has promised will come out this month will look at the causes of autism. Many worry it will have claims unsupported by science.
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More from me soon, but I wrote earlier about this. RFK's definition of "health" is about how people look. As is typical with nostalgia, he thinks his childhood was a peak era.
Unsurprisingly, he tends to use photos only of white people from the era to make this point.
www.salon.com/2025/09/02/t...
Unsurprisingly, he tends to use photos only of white people from the era to make this point.
www.salon.com/2025/09/02/t...
September 4, 2025 at 8:05 PM
More from me soon, but I wrote earlier about this. RFK's definition of "health" is about how people look. As is typical with nostalgia, he thinks his childhood was a peak era.
Unsurprisingly, he tends to use photos only of white people from the era to make this point.
www.salon.com/2025/09/02/t...
Unsurprisingly, he tends to use photos only of white people from the era to make this point.
www.salon.com/2025/09/02/t...
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In a marathon hearing on Thursday before the Senate Finance Committee, RFK Jr. faced a barrage of questions from senators who were outraged by his recent actions.
In some cases, Kennedy appeared to promote flat-out lies.
In some cases, Kennedy appeared to promote flat-out lies.
RFK Jr. is living in a pretend anti-vax world
Unfortunately, he is wreaking havoc in the real one.
www.motherjones.com
September 4, 2025 at 8:44 PM
In a marathon hearing on Thursday before the Senate Finance Committee, RFK Jr. faced a barrage of questions from senators who were outraged by his recent actions.
In some cases, Kennedy appeared to promote flat-out lies.
In some cases, Kennedy appeared to promote flat-out lies.
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Bless all the people who ripped RFK Jr. a new asshole today.
September 5, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Bless all the people who ripped RFK Jr. a new asshole today.
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Dear Americans who voted for Trump and the Republican Congress,
When your insurance won’t pay for cancer screenings anymore;
When the only medical center in a 50-mile radius of you closes;
When your child gets polio;
This is what you voted for.
When your insurance won’t pay for cancer screenings anymore;
When the only medical center in a 50-mile radius of you closes;
When your child gets polio;
This is what you voted for.
September 3, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Dear Americans who voted for Trump and the Republican Congress,
When your insurance won’t pay for cancer screenings anymore;
When the only medical center in a 50-mile radius of you closes;
When your child gets polio;
This is what you voted for.
When your insurance won’t pay for cancer screenings anymore;
When the only medical center in a 50-mile radius of you closes;
When your child gets polio;
This is what you voted for.