MandaKate
@mandakate.bsky.social
Recovering attorney. Political junkie. Mom. Diehard Wisconsin sports fan.
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Mass shooters since 2018 who were transgender — 4.
Mass shooters since 2018 who were not transgender — 4,193.
Hope that helps.
Mass shooters since 2018 who were not transgender — 4,193.
Hope that helps.
August 29, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Mass shooters since 2018 who were transgender — 4.
Mass shooters since 2018 who were not transgender — 4,193.
Hope that helps.
Mass shooters since 2018 who were not transgender — 4,193.
Hope that helps.
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Many millions of vulnerable Americans are due to needlessly suffer because of the unbridled greed of the Republican Party and their billionaire benefactors. And trust in our government and this economic system will continue to erode. Mark today as key in the decline of America.
July 3, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Many millions of vulnerable Americans are due to needlessly suffer because of the unbridled greed of the Republican Party and their billionaire benefactors. And trust in our government and this economic system will continue to erode. Mark today as key in the decline of America.
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Medicaid does the following:
-Provides 1 in 2 kids health insurance
-Keeps the majority of rehab and skilled nursing facilities open nationwide
-Until today, had a rule in place to ensure minimum nurse staffing for patient safety
This is the program the party of “MAHA” wants to gut.
-Provides 1 in 2 kids health insurance
-Keeps the majority of rehab and skilled nursing facilities open nationwide
-Until today, had a rule in place to ensure minimum nurse staffing for patient safety
This is the program the party of “MAHA” wants to gut.
July 3, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Medicaid does the following:
-Provides 1 in 2 kids health insurance
-Keeps the majority of rehab and skilled nursing facilities open nationwide
-Until today, had a rule in place to ensure minimum nurse staffing for patient safety
This is the program the party of “MAHA” wants to gut.
-Provides 1 in 2 kids health insurance
-Keeps the majority of rehab and skilled nursing facilities open nationwide
-Until today, had a rule in place to ensure minimum nurse staffing for patient safety
This is the program the party of “MAHA” wants to gut.
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every state needs to immediately make it illegal to claim law enforcement status without self identifying & providing ID and badge and make it a very very serious offense to do so. If they don't there will be anarchy, people are already not sure who is a fake and if the fakes are out killing ppl??
June 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
every state needs to immediately make it illegal to claim law enforcement status without self identifying & providing ID and badge and make it a very very serious offense to do so. If they don't there will be anarchy, people are already not sure who is a fake and if the fakes are out killing ppl??
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Ghouls
The GOP budget reconciliation bill is flailing at the moment because - and I am not making this up - hardliners are FURIOUS the bill, which has both the largest Medicaid cuts and largest SNAP cuts in history, doesn’t do even more to cut Medicaid
May 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Ghouls
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Its just fascinating to me that Medicaid fraud is treated like its SNAP fraud or benefits fraud when its one of the few welfare cases in which the person doesn't receive the cash from the government, the -provider- does, but all of the cuts are -patient- centric
May 17, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Its just fascinating to me that Medicaid fraud is treated like its SNAP fraud or benefits fraud when its one of the few welfare cases in which the person doesn't receive the cash from the government, the -provider- does, but all of the cuts are -patient- centric
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•INSPIRING AMERICA•
A man stood outside the courthouse of Judge Hannah Dugan and spoke of the horrors that befell his family in Poland and Germany at the hands of the Nazis during WWII — and how we must fight to stop and eradicate fascism in America NOW.
“We know what fascism looks like…
A man stood outside the courthouse of Judge Hannah Dugan and spoke of the horrors that befell his family in Poland and Germany at the hands of the Nazis during WWII — and how we must fight to stop and eradicate fascism in America NOW.
“We know what fascism looks like…
April 26, 2025 at 6:20 AM
•INSPIRING AMERICA•
A man stood outside the courthouse of Judge Hannah Dugan and spoke of the horrors that befell his family in Poland and Germany at the hands of the Nazis during WWII — and how we must fight to stop and eradicate fascism in America NOW.
“We know what fascism looks like…
A man stood outside the courthouse of Judge Hannah Dugan and spoke of the horrors that befell his family in Poland and Germany at the hands of the Nazis during WWII — and how we must fight to stop and eradicate fascism in America NOW.
“We know what fascism looks like…
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All disabled people are deserving of life, love & care.
The narrative that “low functioning” people who don’t pay taxes, won’t serve in the military & can’t live independently are somehow expendable is deeply rooted in eugenics.
A person’s worth isn’t tied to their health or economic contribution
The narrative that “low functioning” people who don’t pay taxes, won’t serve in the military & can’t live independently are somehow expendable is deeply rooted in eugenics.
A person’s worth isn’t tied to their health or economic contribution
April 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
All disabled people are deserving of life, love & care.
The narrative that “low functioning” people who don’t pay taxes, won’t serve in the military & can’t live independently are somehow expendable is deeply rooted in eugenics.
A person’s worth isn’t tied to their health or economic contribution
The narrative that “low functioning” people who don’t pay taxes, won’t serve in the military & can’t live independently are somehow expendable is deeply rooted in eugenics.
A person’s worth isn’t tied to their health or economic contribution
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RFK Jr wants us to believe that chronic illness is a moral failing. That people should “try harder” to be healthy.
He doesn’t want us to realize that poverty, food insecurity, lack of universal healthcare, poor public health and other government failures cause more disease than lifestyle ever will.
He doesn’t want us to realize that poverty, food insecurity, lack of universal healthcare, poor public health and other government failures cause more disease than lifestyle ever will.
April 24, 2025 at 3:45 AM
RFK Jr wants us to believe that chronic illness is a moral failing. That people should “try harder” to be healthy.
He doesn’t want us to realize that poverty, food insecurity, lack of universal healthcare, poor public health and other government failures cause more disease than lifestyle ever will.
He doesn’t want us to realize that poverty, food insecurity, lack of universal healthcare, poor public health and other government failures cause more disease than lifestyle ever will.
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Sen. Van Hollen: "I don't think it's ever wrong to fight for the constitutional rights of one person because if we give up on one person's rights, we threaten everybody's rights...Anyone who is not prepared to stand up and fight for the Constitution doesn't deserve to lead."
April 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Sen. Van Hollen: "I don't think it's ever wrong to fight for the constitutional rights of one person because if we give up on one person's rights, we threaten everybody's rights...Anyone who is not prepared to stand up and fight for the Constitution doesn't deserve to lead."
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Q: "How do you respond to Governor Newsom?"
Sen. Van Hollen: "I think Americans are tired of elected officials or politicians who are all finger to the wind...Anybody who can't stand up for the Constitution and the right of due process doesn't deserve to lead."
Sen. Van Hollen: "I think Americans are tired of elected officials or politicians who are all finger to the wind...Anybody who can't stand up for the Constitution and the right of due process doesn't deserve to lead."
April 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Q: "How do you respond to Governor Newsom?"
Sen. Van Hollen: "I think Americans are tired of elected officials or politicians who are all finger to the wind...Anybody who can't stand up for the Constitution and the right of due process doesn't deserve to lead."
Sen. Van Hollen: "I think Americans are tired of elected officials or politicians who are all finger to the wind...Anybody who can't stand up for the Constitution and the right of due process doesn't deserve to lead."
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"If you can purchase US citizenship for $5 million, the “illegals” are only guilty of being poor." -Feminist News
April 17, 2025 at 12:48 AM
"If you can purchase US citizenship for $5 million, the “illegals” are only guilty of being poor." -Feminist News
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Here is a reminder - the cuts to SNAP and Medicaid the House voted to support are not a done deal yet. This thread is an excellent tutorial on how we can still stop this.
The House just passed its budget resolution, so reconciliation is now officially underway. This is their bill to destroy Medicaid and SNAP while cutting taxes disproportionately for the rich.
THIS IS VERY REAL and can be enacted even if all Ds vote no.
Thread on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT.
THIS IS VERY REAL and can be enacted even if all Ds vote no.
Thread on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT.
April 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Here is a reminder - the cuts to SNAP and Medicaid the House voted to support are not a done deal yet. This thread is an excellent tutorial on how we can still stop this.
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If I had to reregister to vote, post SAVE Act, I'd need:
a $25 copy of my birth certificate,
a $5 copy of my name change,
a $3 copy of my marriage license,
and an $89 drivers license.
OR a $165 passport.
Not only is it a poll tax, it's also a pink tax.
a $25 copy of my birth certificate,
a $5 copy of my name change,
a $3 copy of my marriage license,
and an $89 drivers license.
OR a $165 passport.
Not only is it a poll tax, it's also a pink tax.
April 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
If I had to reregister to vote, post SAVE Act, I'd need:
a $25 copy of my birth certificate,
a $5 copy of my name change,
a $3 copy of my marriage license,
and an $89 drivers license.
OR a $165 passport.
Not only is it a poll tax, it's also a pink tax.
a $25 copy of my birth certificate,
a $5 copy of my name change,
a $3 copy of my marriage license,
and an $89 drivers license.
OR a $165 passport.
Not only is it a poll tax, it's also a pink tax.
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Hey, @schumer.senate.gov :: you better not be playing cute with your language about stopping the SAVE Act. I hope you intend to VOTE NO ON CLOTURE, as opposed to what you did with the CR when you told us you'd vote no on the bill, but still voted YES on cloture. We are in no mood for games.
April 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Hey, @schumer.senate.gov :: you better not be playing cute with your language about stopping the SAVE Act. I hope you intend to VOTE NO ON CLOTURE, as opposed to what you did with the CR when you told us you'd vote no on the bill, but still voted YES on cloture. We are in no mood for games.
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This is a big deal. Spread the word. But it’s tiny compared to the totality of what’s happening at NIH. Cure Research for all cancers, Alzheimer’s, everything is being gutted. Intentionally. It’s all getting burned to the ground but the news isn’t getting out. The new cures won’t be there for you.
I would be making a big deal out of this if I were an elected Democrat
NIH scientists have a cancer breakthrough. Layoffs are delaying it.
A big step forward in cancer therapy has been slowed by layoffs and new restrictions at the National Institutes of Health, where it was developed.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 7, 2025 at 2:59 AM
This is a big deal. Spread the word. But it’s tiny compared to the totality of what’s happening at NIH. Cure Research for all cancers, Alzheimer’s, everything is being gutted. Intentionally. It’s all getting burned to the ground but the news isn’t getting out. The new cures won’t be there for you.
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If they can illegally send anyone to an El Salvador prison illegally and not bring them back, they can illegally send you to an El Salvador prison and not bring you back.
How can anyone defend this?
How can anyone defend this?
April 6, 2025 at 7:22 PM
If they can illegally send anyone to an El Salvador prison illegally and not bring them back, they can illegally send you to an El Salvador prison and not bring you back.
How can anyone defend this?
How can anyone defend this?
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Up against the richest man in the world spending more than anyone's ever spent in a judicial race, Susan Crawford never wavered. Never cowered. Kept fighting.
A lesson, there.
A lesson, there.
April 2, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Up against the richest man in the world spending more than anyone's ever spent in a judicial race, Susan Crawford never wavered. Never cowered. Kept fighting.
A lesson, there.
A lesson, there.
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"On October 8, 1931, a law went into effect requiring every Italian university professor to sign an oath pledging their loyalty to the government of Benito Mussolini. Out of over 1,200 professors in the country, only 12 refused. All of them were immediately fired." www.chronicle.com/article/what...
Opinion | What Autocrats Want From Academics: Servility
In 1931, Italian scholars were made to take loyalty oaths. Will that happen to us?
www.chronicle.com
March 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
"On October 8, 1931, a law went into effect requiring every Italian university professor to sign an oath pledging their loyalty to the government of Benito Mussolini. Out of over 1,200 professors in the country, only 12 refused. All of them were immediately fired." www.chronicle.com/article/what...
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SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, FETTERMAN
(@fetterman.senate.gov @schumer.senate.gov)
Worst. Senators. Alive.
Fetterman, you horrific asshole.
I think I hate you most. I sent you MONEY, you douchebag.
You FAKE FUCKING POPULIST.
Eat shit, all of you.
I can't wait to see you ALL lose your primaries.
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, FETTERMAN
(@fetterman.senate.gov @schumer.senate.gov)
Worst. Senators. Alive.
Fetterman, you horrific asshole.
I think I hate you most. I sent you MONEY, you douchebag.
You FAKE FUCKING POPULIST.
Eat shit, all of you.
I can't wait to see you ALL lose your primaries.
March 14, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, FETTERMAN
(@fetterman.senate.gov @schumer.senate.gov)
Worst. Senators. Alive.
Fetterman, you horrific asshole.
I think I hate you most. I sent you MONEY, you douchebag.
You FAKE FUCKING POPULIST.
Eat shit, all of you.
I can't wait to see you ALL lose your primaries.
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, FETTERMAN
(@fetterman.senate.gov @schumer.senate.gov)
Worst. Senators. Alive.
Fetterman, you horrific asshole.
I think I hate you most. I sent you MONEY, you douchebag.
You FAKE FUCKING POPULIST.
Eat shit, all of you.
I can't wait to see you ALL lose your primaries.
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The way people act like they won’t actually cut Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security gives similar vibes to when they acted like they wouldn’t actually overturn Roe
Stop underestimating them
Stop underestimating them
March 11, 2025 at 12:55 AM
The way people act like they won’t actually cut Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security gives similar vibes to when they acted like they wouldn’t actually overturn Roe
Stop underestimating them
Stop underestimating them
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Yes. If DHS can barge in, say your visa was revoked, be told you have a green card, say it's revoked too, and then disappear you so that neither your lawyer nor your family can find you, then all the guardrails are gone. There is no policy, practice, or law protecting anyone.
re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens
March 9, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Yes. If DHS can barge in, say your visa was revoked, be told you have a green card, say it's revoked too, and then disappear you so that neither your lawyer nor your family can find you, then all the guardrails are gone. There is no policy, practice, or law protecting anyone.
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Medicaid covers about one-fifth of all hospital spending. There's a hospital in pretty much every Congressional district, and it's often one of the biggest employers.
www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...
www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...
March 5, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Medicaid covers about one-fifth of all hospital spending. There's a hospital in pretty much every Congressional district, and it's often one of the biggest employers.
www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...
www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...