Roffer
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Roffer
@melbournemitch.bsky.social
Birder, gardener, fisherman, marine biologist, biodiversity conservation, remote sensing, wildlife photography, exploration, traveler, anti-fascist, support education and science, kayaking, hiking, love to laugh, like people with brains who use them.
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Constituent: You talked about abuses in the medicare and medicaid system and I found interesting that the president pardoned someone that defrauded the medicaid system for $1.3 billion
August 26, 2025 at 1:08 AM
August 29, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Lulu the Long-tailed Tit. The red upper eyelid would suggest this is one of this year's new crop. #birds #ukbirds #wildlife #nature
August 7, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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The Trump administration is unilaterally, unconstitutionally, and unlawfully dismantling our government — from Cabinet-level departments in Washington, D.C., to smaller agencies as they do the routine, unheralded work that makes for a functioning country.
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July 29, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Yes … what have we become?
July 24, 2025 at 9:03 PM
July 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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HAPPENING NOW: Judge Xinis comes in hot this morning after DOJ fails to produce the ICE detainer to keep Kilmar Abrego Garcia locked up.

She won't take DOJ's word for it that it exists.

"You have taken the presumption of regularity and you’ve destroyed it in my view," she says.
July 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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An attorney representing victims of Jeffrey Epstein accused the government of holding back information on his associates. She said the government has yet to disclose information collected from Epstein’s computers and said there’s been a lack of accountability for the financier’s lawyer & accountant.
thehill.com
July 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Opinion | Xi Adopts the ‘Putin Doctrine,’ at Russia’s Peril - The Wall Street Journal

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Opinion | Xi Adopts the ‘Putin Doctrine,’ at Russia’s Peril — The Wall Street Journal
China seeks to undo the ‘Century of Humiliation’ in which it ceded great territory to Moscow.
apple.news
July 9, 2025 at 12:44 PM
“The U.S. and its allies should contribute to undermining the Putin doctrine and its adoption by China by helping Ukraine in its battle against Russia.
July 9, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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ICE just raided our local Home Depot in Orlando. Of course, the masked thugs didn’t pick up any members of MS-13 — just a few hardworking immigrants trying to put food on the table for their families.
July 6, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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The people who lost children and other loved ones in the Texas floods are owed honest answers from officials. They should be told why flash flood warnings issued hours earlier were not conveyed to people in the path of the water. They don’t need more prayers from politicians. They need answers.
July 6, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Why are folks mad at the working mom with kids on Medicaid and SNAP rather than companies like Walmart that refuse to pay her a living wage and provide health insurance?
July 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Today’s ruling is another important step forward in protecting and expanding access to abortion in Wisconsin. Since the overturning of Roe, Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin has maintained that Wis. Stat. 940.04 could not be enforced against abortion providers. This final ruling again confirms this.
July 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Sometimes it’s permissible to hate.
July 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The measly amount in the grand scheme amounts to 0.0004% of the total budget. It's shameful.

Aging Matters feeds hungry Brevard seniors. Gov. DeSantis axed state money to help | Opinion

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Aging Matters feeds hungry Brevard seniors. Gov. DeSantis axed state money to help | Opinion
Despite $15.7 billion, yes billion with a 'B,' in reserves, Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed $500,000 for local seniors.
www.floridatoday.com
July 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
June 29, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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It's no wonder that 1984 has jumped onto the bestseller list www.amazon.com/1984-Signet-...
June 28, 2025 at 2:21 PM