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Marcella Dawn Smithson, M.S., MPH, LMFT. Dharma practitioner, Buddhist, Psychotherapist LMFT #111164, Public Health Professional MPH international health & development, mom to chihuahuas🐶and a once feral🐈⬛married to Dr. Jim Lipot, EdD
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Today, the right-wing justices on the anti-choice Supreme Court denied millions of South Carolinians the right to choose their doctor for physicals, cancer screenings and other health care. The war on choice is a war on women’s health.
Supreme Court says states can block Medicaid money for health care at Planned Parenthood
The Supreme Court says Planned Parenthood says states can block the country’s biggest abortion provider, Planned Parenthood, from receiving Medicaid money for health services such as contraception and...
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June 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Today, the right-wing justices on the anti-choice Supreme Court denied millions of South Carolinians the right to choose their doctor for physicals, cancer screenings and other health care. The war on choice is a war on women’s health.
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Let’s be clear: gender-affirming care saves lives. Their move to block it is a deliberate, ideological attack on trans youth — not science. It’s cruelty dressed up as policy. Kids will suffer.
Trump’s health agency urges therapy for transgender youth, not broader gender-affirming health care - The Boston Globe
The lengthy review advocates for a greater reliance on behavioral therapy rather than broad gender-affirming medical care for youths with gender dysmorphia.
www.bostonglobe.com
May 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Let’s be clear: gender-affirming care saves lives. Their move to block it is a deliberate, ideological attack on trans youth — not science. It’s cruelty dressed up as policy. Kids will suffer.
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I have decided to cancel my show at The Kennedy Center on May 11, 2025 and move it to The Anthem.
February 26, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I have decided to cancel my show at The Kennedy Center on May 11, 2025 and move it to The Anthem.
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I owe the television part of my career to @joyannreid.bsky.social, as do so many other Black voices y'all never would have heard of if not for her.
And *that's* why she's gone. They can treat black folks as interchangeable, but everybody Black knows that Joy was indispensable.
And *that's* why she's gone. They can treat black folks as interchangeable, but everybody Black knows that Joy was indispensable.
February 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I owe the television part of my career to @joyannreid.bsky.social, as do so many other Black voices y'all never would have heard of if not for her.
And *that's* why she's gone. They can treat black folks as interchangeable, but everybody Black knows that Joy was indispensable.
And *that's* why she's gone. They can treat black folks as interchangeable, but everybody Black knows that Joy was indispensable.
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This was always about cutting the federal government so the tax cuts for the very wealthy don’t expire. This was never about “efficacy.”
February 23, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This was always about cutting the federal government so the tax cuts for the very wealthy don’t expire. This was never about “efficacy.”
February 22, 2025
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February 22, 2025
Last night’s Friday Night News Dump was a doozy: Trump has purged the country’s military leadership.
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February 23, 2025 at 7:05 AM
February 22, 2025
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February 20, 2025
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February 20, 2025
On Monday, James Marriott of The Times, published in London, noted that the very stability and comfort of the post–World War II liberal order has permitted the seeds of its own destruction to flourish...
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February 21, 2025 at 5:52 AM
February 20, 2025
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Make your calls. Go to your town halls. Ask your state and local officials what they are doing under state and local law. Rest. Hydrate. Make soup for the hungry. Don’t let people tell you that you’re doing it wrong. Not a sprint. Not a marathon. A relay. Find your team. Thank you.
February 15, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Make your calls. Go to your town halls. Ask your state and local officials what they are doing under state and local law. Rest. Hydrate. Make soup for the hungry. Don’t let people tell you that you’re doing it wrong. Not a sprint. Not a marathon. A relay. Find your team. Thank you.
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Mandatory reading from @hcrichardson.bsky.social: open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
January 24, 2025
“NUTS!”
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January 25, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Mandatory reading from @hcrichardson.bsky.social: open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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I kept this screenshot assuming someday we might be asked to forget.
January 24, 2025 at 11:25 AM
I kept this screenshot assuming someday we might be asked to forget.
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I know you all already know this, but this is going to get really bad.
January 25, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I know you all already know this, but this is going to get really bad.
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disinformation is intentional lying, so it comprises a kind of break in the informal social contract by which we have conversations, what the linguist H. P. Grice called "conversational maxims"
I think that means that means despite the range of what we call disinformation, lies tend to recur in it
I think that means that means despite the range of what we call disinformation, lies tend to recur in it
January 25, 2025 at 2:46 AM
disinformation is intentional lying, so it comprises a kind of break in the informal social contract by which we have conversations, what the linguist H. P. Grice called "conversational maxims"
I think that means that means despite the range of what we call disinformation, lies tend to recur in it
I think that means that means despite the range of what we call disinformation, lies tend to recur in it
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One thing about me is that I will fight Nazis until I’m six feet in the ground.
January 24, 2025 at 1:24 AM
One thing about me is that I will fight Nazis until I’m six feet in the ground.
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“Incredibly enough, my career seems to be going better now that I’m older and wrinkled and fatter. So go figure it out.” Isabella Rossellini talks to Michael Schulman about aging, feminism, and why she never got plastic surgery.
For Isabella Rossellini, Acting Goes Beyond Words
The actress is touring a one-woman show about how animals express themselves. She’s also getting Oscar buzz for “Conclave,” a film in which she hardly speaks.
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January 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
“Incredibly enough, my career seems to be going better now that I’m older and wrinkled and fatter. So go figure it out.” Isabella Rossellini talks to Michael Schulman about aging, feminism, and why she never got plastic surgery.
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the first hopeful thing I've read in a minute
January 21, 2025 at 4:48 AM
the first hopeful thing I've read in a minute
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This is perfect explanation
January 23, 2025 at 6:22 AM
This is perfect explanation
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“Pam Bondi is a Donald Trump loyalist. And, if you won’t say no to Donald Trump when it comes to the Big Lie, what will you say no to him about?” joycevance.substack.com/p/pam-bondi
January 16, 2025 at 12:28 PM
“Pam Bondi is a Donald Trump loyalist. And, if you won’t say no to Donald Trump when it comes to the Big Lie, what will you say no to him about?” joycevance.substack.com/p/pam-bondi
The Mump Oligarchy -- A Glossary
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The Mump Oligarchy -- A Glossary
Ten Words for the Wise
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December 29, 2024 at 3:14 PM
The Mump Oligarchy -- A Glossary
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She took it back, but when Sec Def Hegseth's own Mom writes him an email in the middle of a "difficult" divorce accusing him of abusing "many" women, how does the Senate confirm him? Do GOP Senators have any character left, or are they just going to bend the knee? www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/u...
Pete Hegseth’s Mother Accused Her Son of Mistreating Women for Years (Gift Article)
Penelope Hegseth made the accusation in an email to her son in 2018, amid his contentious divorce. She said on Friday that she regretted the email and had apologized to him.
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2024 at 3:09 AM
She took it back, but when Sec Def Hegseth's own Mom writes him an email in the middle of a "difficult" divorce accusing him of abusing "many" women, how does the Senate confirm him? Do GOP Senators have any character left, or are they just going to bend the knee? www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/u...
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In New Caledonia, mining companies extract nickel for electric car batteries from the soil by razing the forests that evolved on it. Ben Crair writes about how the engines of the so-called green transition could leave Earth’s most verdant corner in tatters.
The Island Where Environmentalism Implodes
New Caledonia is home to thousands of species found nowhere else—and to nickel that companies like Tesla desperately need.
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November 23, 2024 at 8:57 PM
In New Caledonia, mining companies extract nickel for electric car batteries from the soil by razing the forests that evolved on it. Ben Crair writes about how the engines of the so-called green transition could leave Earth’s most verdant corner in tatters.