Merle222
@merle222.bsky.social
Retired reading specialist and classroom teacher, cat lover, climate and social justice activist, wife, mother and grandmother
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Merle222
@merle222.bsky.social
· Jun 20
Can this be appealed?
Support Crucial Pediatric Cancer Legislation www.congressweb.com/PBTF/4?frame...
Support Crucial Pediatric Cancer Legislation
Act Now for Our Kids' Health!
Join us in supporting the Accelerating Kids' Access to Care Act and the Give Kids A Chance Act—critical pieces of legislation that pave the way for timely access to ca...
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November 19, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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they're going after holocaust survivors
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
they're going after holocaust survivors
If the Dems cave tonight without getting an extension on the Obamacare subsidies and instead agree to the Republican plan to let them have a vote a YEAR FROM NOW I think we should start a new political party and get behind Zohran!
November 9, 2025 at 11:49 PM
If the Dems cave tonight without getting an extension on the Obamacare subsidies and instead agree to the Republican plan to let them have a vote a YEAR FROM NOW I think we should start a new political party and get behind Zohran!
@marcelias.bsky.social Thanks so much for your post about 60 Minutes this morning! I watched only the first 5 minutes and got so nauseous I had to turn it off. We have lost another gem to the bloated oligarchs who now run all the major networks. Mike Wallace must be turning in his grave!
November 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
@marcelias.bsky.social Thanks so much for your post about 60 Minutes this morning! I watched only the first 5 minutes and got so nauseous I had to turn it off. We have lost another gem to the bloated oligarchs who now run all the major networks. Mike Wallace must be turning in his grave!
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McDonald’s Roiling Inside?
October 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
McDonald’s Roiling Inside?
The Man Who Wants You Dead
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The Man Who Wants You Dead
Trump’s Golem Stephen Miller Wants to See Your Blood in the Streets. Can We Stop Him?
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October 21, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The Man Who Wants You Dead
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I'm attending No Kings's event, “Mass Call: What's Next After No Kings?” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
Mass Call: What's Next After No Kings? · No Kings
No Kings will be massive, powerful, and meaningful - but it won’t be the end of our work. Join movement leaders and fellow local activists after the big day to come together, celebrate what we accompl...
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October 17, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Tell Congress How Dangerous RFK Jr. is to Nurses and Patients Today! act.medicare4all.org/letter/rfk-v...
Tell Congress How Dangerous RFK Jr. is to Nurses and Patients Today!
Send a virtual postacrd to Congress: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services, must go!
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September 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Tell Congress How Dangerous RFK Jr. is to Nurses and Patients Today! act.medicare4all.org/letter/rfk-v...
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BREAKING NEWS: The group voted to require people who want a shot to be briefed on harms and benefits and tried but failed to pass a requirement for a prescription.
CDC advisers vote to add new COVID vaccines rules that could discourage uptake
The group voted to require people who want a shot to be briefed on harms and benefits and tried but failed to pass a requirement for a prescription.
n.pr
September 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM
BREAKING NEWS: The group voted to require people who want a shot to be briefed on harms and benefits and tried but failed to pass a requirement for a prescription.
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ABC has pulled Jimmy Kimmel Live! off the air.
This comes after Trump's FCC Chair Brendan Carr threatened to revoke ABC's broadcast licenses over Kimmel's monologue on Charlie Kirk.
This comes after Trump's FCC Chair Brendan Carr threatened to revoke ABC's broadcast licenses over Kimmel's monologue on Charlie Kirk.
September 18, 2025 at 12:11 AM
ABC has pulled Jimmy Kimmel Live! off the air.
This comes after Trump's FCC Chair Brendan Carr threatened to revoke ABC's broadcast licenses over Kimmel's monologue on Charlie Kirk.
This comes after Trump's FCC Chair Brendan Carr threatened to revoke ABC's broadcast licenses over Kimmel's monologue on Charlie Kirk.
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Watch this. Apparently, police followed Rep Collier into the bathroom and threatened her with a FELONY for being on a press call with Senator Corey Booker and Governor Newsom.
Authoritarianism in plain sight.
Texas Rep. Nicole Collier was forced by police to hang up on a press call after being threatened with a felony arrest—for daring to speak.
She can’t be in the bathroom, can’t be on the floor, can’t even talk to the press without GOP cops breathing down her neck.
Texas Rep. Nicole Collier was forced by police to hang up on a press call after being threatened with a felony arrest—for daring to speak.
She can’t be in the bathroom, can’t be on the floor, can’t even talk to the press without GOP cops breathing down her neck.
August 20, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Watch this. Apparently, police followed Rep Collier into the bathroom and threatened her with a FELONY for being on a press call with Senator Corey Booker and Governor Newsom.
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The Trump administration cancelled about $500 million for research into mRNA vaccines. The move slows progress in using the technology to prevent a future pandemic or treat disease, experts say.
Public health experts dismayed by RFK Jr.'s defunding of mRNA vaccine research
The Trump administration cancelled about $500 million for research into mRNA vaccines. The move slows progress in using the technology to prevent a future pandemic or treat disease, experts say.
n.pr
August 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The Trump administration cancelled about $500 million for research into mRNA vaccines. The move slows progress in using the technology to prevent a future pandemic or treat disease, experts say.
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Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert should move their shows to YouTube!
July 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert should move their shows to YouTube!
@stephenking.bsky.social I can only afford to subscribe to 4 streaming services, none of which are MGM+. Prime is hooking us with the first episode of the Institute free! What’s wrong with Hulu, Netflix, Prime or Apple? I LOVED the book!
July 13, 2025 at 9:19 PM
@stephenking.bsky.social I can only afford to subscribe to 4 streaming services, none of which are MGM+. Prime is hooking us with the first episode of the Institute free! What’s wrong with Hulu, Netflix, Prime or Apple? I LOVED the book!
I'm attending No Kings's event, “One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism · No Kings
Across the country, authoritarian forces are getting bolder and more dangerous. Trump and his allies are not hiding their agenda: mass deportations, rollbacks of civil rights, weaponized courts, and f...
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July 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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I think that Dems need to hire talented creators with large followings on all social media to slam this monstrous bill instead of political operatives. Kamala was floating in cash and lost because of bad advice about publicity.
July 3, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I think that Dems need to hire talented creators with large followings on all social media to slam this monstrous bill instead of political operatives. Kamala was floating in cash and lost because of bad advice about publicity.
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🚨MAJOR BREAKING: Sen. Elizabeth Warren just revealed to me that the bill is even WORSE than we thought:
“They've revised (it). It’s not 16 million who lose their healthcare…it's 20 MILLION. That’s the price Republicans are willing to pay for billionaire tax cuts.” Share this everywhere!
“They've revised (it). It’s not 16 million who lose their healthcare…it's 20 MILLION. That’s the price Republicans are willing to pay for billionaire tax cuts.” Share this everywhere!
June 30, 2025 at 6:28 PM
🚨MAJOR BREAKING: Sen. Elizabeth Warren just revealed to me that the bill is even WORSE than we thought:
“They've revised (it). It’s not 16 million who lose their healthcare…it's 20 MILLION. That’s the price Republicans are willing to pay for billionaire tax cuts.” Share this everywhere!
“They've revised (it). It’s not 16 million who lose their healthcare…it's 20 MILLION. That’s the price Republicans are willing to pay for billionaire tax cuts.” Share this everywhere!
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Six months ago, the US economy was stable.
NATO was united.
Our personal data was secure.
And our military bases weren’t under attack.
Maybe Jake Tapper could write a book about that.
NATO was united.
Our personal data was secure.
And our military bases weren’t under attack.
Maybe Jake Tapper could write a book about that.
June 23, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Six months ago, the US economy was stable.
NATO was united.
Our personal data was secure.
And our military bases weren’t under attack.
Maybe Jake Tapper could write a book about that.
NATO was united.
Our personal data was secure.
And our military bases weren’t under attack.
Maybe Jake Tapper could write a book about that.
Hold Your Republican Representative Accountable For Voting to Slash Medicaid & SNAP act.indivisible.org/sign/no-cutt...
Hold Your Republican Representative Accountable For Voting to Slash Medicaid & SNAP
House Republicans just passed the Trump Tax Scam, legislation that makes extreme cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, and other essential programs to pay for tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy. This bill will make b...
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June 23, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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An ultra-conservative federal judge in Texas has lobbed another hand grenade in his long-running battle to limit access to reproductive healthcare around the country—this time by vacating a privacy rule intended to shield abortion seekers and providers from criminal and civil state investigations.
Texas judge throws out Biden rule protecting medical privacy on abortion
The HIPAA decision opens the floodgates for law enforcement to use patient records to investigate any type of reproductive care.
www.motherjones.com
June 20, 2025 at 8:48 PM
An ultra-conservative federal judge in Texas has lobbed another hand grenade in his long-running battle to limit access to reproductive healthcare around the country—this time by vacating a privacy rule intended to shield abortion seekers and providers from criminal and civil state investigations.
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Today marks five years since George Floyd was killed by police. Our June 22, 2020 cover “Say Their Names,” by Kadir Nelson, illustrated how Floyd’s murder embodies the history of violence inflicted upon Black people in America. nyer.cm/UmfefJw
May 25, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Today marks five years since George Floyd was killed by police. Our June 22, 2020 cover “Say Their Names,” by Kadir Nelson, illustrated how Floyd’s murder embodies the history of violence inflicted upon Black people in America. nyer.cm/UmfefJw