Native Ginger (Lee T)
@nativeginger.bsky.social
Girl attorney, redhead mom, GenX, Mvskoke, Boomer Sooner, OK always in my heart, resistance always on my mind, (@69destinychoice on X), dog lover, golf lover, sarcasm is the air I breathe
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"The evil Jew is funding the entire US left" is a piece of rank, obvious antisemitism that we have just collectively decided to accept in public, because IOKYR.
Ernst: "I think it is extremely important that we look at who is funding these protests. We have to get to the bottom of this. It could be the usual suspect -- George Soros."
October 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM
"The evil Jew is funding the entire US left" is a piece of rank, obvious antisemitism that we have just collectively decided to accept in public, because IOKYR.
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Tens of thousands of senior Massachusetts residents may find that Medicare Advantage plans are charging higher premiums, shrinking provider networks, covering fewer drugs, and offering fewer perks as Medicare’s open enrollment period gets underway.
The Medicare Advantage ecosystem is changing, and patients are caught in the middle - The Boston Globe
The popular plans covering tens of thousands of elderly Mass. residents are charging higher premiums, shrinking provider networks, and covering fewer drugs.
trib.al
October 20, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Tens of thousands of senior Massachusetts residents may find that Medicare Advantage plans are charging higher premiums, shrinking provider networks, covering fewer drugs, and offering fewer perks as Medicare’s open enrollment period gets underway.
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Harris County Attorney @CDMenefee.bsky.social is running in the Special Election for Congress District TX18
He knows the values of service, hard work, and stands up for what’s right. Menefee is a fighter for the rights of the community
#LiveBlue #ResistanceUnited #ONEV1
He knows the values of service, hard work, and stands up for what’s right. Menefee is a fighter for the rights of the community
#LiveBlue #ResistanceUnited #ONEV1
October 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Harris County Attorney @CDMenefee.bsky.social is running in the Special Election for Congress District TX18
He knows the values of service, hard work, and stands up for what’s right. Menefee is a fighter for the rights of the community
#LiveBlue #ResistanceUnited #ONEV1
He knows the values of service, hard work, and stands up for what’s right. Menefee is a fighter for the rights of the community
#LiveBlue #ResistanceUnited #ONEV1
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Republicans own this shutdown and are directly responsible for hurting federal employees and their families.
The workers keeping our Social Security checks coming don’t stop getting bills. They’ve still got to pay rent, put food on the table, and fill their kids’ prescriptions.
The workers keeping our Social Security checks coming don’t stop getting bills. They’ve still got to pay rent, put food on the table, and fill their kids’ prescriptions.
October 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Republicans own this shutdown and are directly responsible for hurting federal employees and their families.
The workers keeping our Social Security checks coming don’t stop getting bills. They’ve still got to pay rent, put food on the table, and fill their kids’ prescriptions.
The workers keeping our Social Security checks coming don’t stop getting bills. They’ve still got to pay rent, put food on the table, and fill their kids’ prescriptions.
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Over 7M people marched Saturday in 2700 locations and no one broke windows, wiped feces on walls, stole laptops, or beat police with the American flag; as opposed to the couple thousand MAGAs who stormed the Capitol.
Championing democracy, free speech, and equality brings out the best in people🩷
Championing democracy, free speech, and equality brings out the best in people🩷
October 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Over 7M people marched Saturday in 2700 locations and no one broke windows, wiped feces on walls, stole laptops, or beat police with the American flag; as opposed to the couple thousand MAGAs who stormed the Capitol.
Championing democracy, free speech, and equality brings out the best in people🩷
Championing democracy, free speech, and equality brings out the best in people🩷
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One sign really caught my attention at the #NoKingsMarch. An autistic boy about 12 with grandma was holding a sign he made: “Tylenol doesn’t cause autism.” With a hand-drawn picture of a Tylenol bottle. He was chatting up people wearing inflatables, a T-Rex and a frog #Voices4Victory #ProudBlue
October 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
One sign really caught my attention at the #NoKingsMarch. An autistic boy about 12 with grandma was holding a sign he made: “Tylenol doesn’t cause autism.” With a hand-drawn picture of a Tylenol bottle. He was chatting up people wearing inflatables, a T-Rex and a frog #Voices4Victory #ProudBlue
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Can you imagine the outrage, the riots, if President Obama had done such a thing?!!
I cannot imagine the damage beyond repair of so many Americans if they think this gross stunt of Trump is funny, or in any way above reproach. Dumping on America, literally.
We have to undo EVERY SINGLE THING.
I cannot imagine the damage beyond repair of so many Americans if they think this gross stunt of Trump is funny, or in any way above reproach. Dumping on America, literally.
We have to undo EVERY SINGLE THING.
President Denies Reality Of Massive Nationwide Protests While Posting Videos of Himself Dumping Shit On Citizens
"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command…. And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed–if all records…
"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command…. And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed–if all records…
President Denies Reality Of Massive Nationwide Protests While Posting Videos of Himself Dumping Shit On Citizens
"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command…. And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed–if all records told the same tale–then the lie passed into history and became truth." —George Orwell, 1984 This past weekend witnessed what may have been the largest single-day political protest in American history.
www.techdirt.com
October 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Can you imagine the outrage, the riots, if President Obama had done such a thing?!!
I cannot imagine the damage beyond repair of so many Americans if they think this gross stunt of Trump is funny, or in any way above reproach. Dumping on America, literally.
We have to undo EVERY SINGLE THING.
I cannot imagine the damage beyond repair of so many Americans if they think this gross stunt of Trump is funny, or in any way above reproach. Dumping on America, literally.
We have to undo EVERY SINGLE THING.
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Criminal prosecution of all right-wing nuts has to be carried out in state courts so Trump cannot pardon his fellow freaks.
October 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Criminal prosecution of all right-wing nuts has to be carried out in state courts so Trump cannot pardon his fellow freaks.
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You know it’s bad when the Dept of Labor says immigration raids are “threatening the stability of domestic food production and prices for US consumers.”
@opinion.bloomberg.com #CPI
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@opinion.bloomberg.com #CPI
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October 20, 2025 at 11:48 AM
You know it’s bad when the Dept of Labor says immigration raids are “threatening the stability of domestic food production and prices for US consumers.”
@opinion.bloomberg.com #CPI
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@opinion.bloomberg.com #CPI
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What GOP Lawmakers Are Costing the US Economy to Avoid Funding Healthcare talkingpointsmemo.com/news/governm...
What GOP Lawmakers Are Costing the US Economy to Avoid Funding Healthcare
Trump administration officials have been parrotting a $15 billion-per-week figure to estimate...
talkingpointsmemo.com
October 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
What GOP Lawmakers Are Costing the US Economy to Avoid Funding Healthcare talkingpointsmemo.com/news/governm...
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Trump, a seemingly demented 79, invented a bizarre claim that Senator Mazie Hirono wants to build a railroad from the continental US to the archipelago.
Honestly I can never tell anymore if he's really this dumb and insane, or just making dumb stuff up as usual.
newrepublic.com/post/201961/...
Honestly I can never tell anymore if he's really this dumb and insane, or just making dumb stuff up as usual.
newrepublic.com/post/201961/...
Cognitive Decline? Trump Whines About “Train to Hawaii” in Wild Rant
Donald Trump invented a Democratic lawmaker who wanted to build a train to Hawaii.
newrepublic.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Trump, a seemingly demented 79, invented a bizarre claim that Senator Mazie Hirono wants to build a railroad from the continental US to the archipelago.
Honestly I can never tell anymore if he's really this dumb and insane, or just making dumb stuff up as usual.
newrepublic.com/post/201961/...
Honestly I can never tell anymore if he's really this dumb and insane, or just making dumb stuff up as usual.
newrepublic.com/post/201961/...
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Hey hey - sorry to interrupt the doom scroll but this thread by @altssa.altgov.info has critical info regarding your future application for SS benefits.
You're gonna want to get educated about the less than ethical changes King Trump has allowed to happen.
You're gonna want to get educated about the less than ethical changes King Trump has allowed to happen.
‼️‼️‼️ Got word of a new way the billionaire in charge of SSA is fucking over the American people!!!! TLDR: This will definitely lead to people applying for benefits losing out on money, and probably some hefty lawsuits for attorneys that know what’s up. The long version is gonna be long so let’s go.
October 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Hey hey - sorry to interrupt the doom scroll but this thread by @altssa.altgov.info has critical info regarding your future application for SS benefits.
You're gonna want to get educated about the less than ethical changes King Trump has allowed to happen.
You're gonna want to get educated about the less than ethical changes King Trump has allowed to happen.
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The Supreme Court appears ready to hobble a landmark civil-rights law. For Radio Atlantic, Hanna Rosin speaks with voting-rights activist Stacey Abrams about how the potential ruling might ensure "one-party rule” going forward. https://theatln.tc/EhJHby2b
📸: Stefani Reynolds / Bloomberg / Getty
📸: Stefani Reynolds / Bloomberg / Getty
October 17, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The Supreme Court appears ready to hobble a landmark civil-rights law. For Radio Atlantic, Hanna Rosin speaks with voting-rights activist Stacey Abrams about how the potential ruling might ensure "one-party rule” going forward. https://theatln.tc/EhJHby2b
📸: Stefani Reynolds / Bloomberg / Getty
📸: Stefani Reynolds / Bloomberg / Getty
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"This isn’t just political posturing—it’s punishment. It’s retaliation against any American who dares to expect fairness or accountability."
HARRY DUNN/STANDING OUR GROUND
OCTOBER 16, 2025
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HARRY DUNN/STANDING OUR GROUND
OCTOBER 16, 2025
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A Government Shutdown for Loyalty, While Working Families Suffer
I spent years working in this building, protecting the people who walk through these halls seeking solutions—yet all we get is political games at their expense.
open.substack.com
October 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
"This isn’t just political posturing—it’s punishment. It’s retaliation against any American who dares to expect fairness or accountability."
HARRY DUNN/STANDING OUR GROUND
OCTOBER 16, 2025
open.substack.com/pub/harrydun...
HARRY DUNN/STANDING OUR GROUND
OCTOBER 16, 2025
open.substack.com/pub/harrydun...
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NEW: Federal courts are increasingly distrustful of the Trump administration, upending decades of assumptions that the Executive Branch approaches the courts in good faith. My observations in West Wing Playbook:
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
October 17, 2025 at 9:16 PM
NEW: Federal courts are increasingly distrustful of the Trump administration, upending decades of assumptions that the Executive Branch approaches the courts in good faith. My observations in West Wing Playbook:
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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I would like to thank Mike Johnson, House Republican leadership, and Karoline Leavitt for all the free publicity this week promoting our rallies tomorrow. Find one near you here. www.nokings.org
No Kings
As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...
www.nokings.org
October 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I would like to thank Mike Johnson, House Republican leadership, and Karoline Leavitt for all the free publicity this week promoting our rallies tomorrow. Find one near you here. www.nokings.org
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Froggie vs. ICE: The asymmetrical symbol of a failing authoritarian state.
You’ve seen the video.
An inflatable frog at a Portland protest.
Unarmed. Unbothered. Unapologetically absurd.
And ICE panics.
They fire pepper spray up a frog caricature's ass.
The frog wins.
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Froggie vs. ICE: The asymmetrical symbol of a failing authoritarian state.
You’ve seen the video.
An inflatable frog at a Portland protest.
Unarmed. Unbothered. Unapologetically absurd.
And ICE panics.
They fire pepper spray up a frog caricature's ass.
The frog wins.
October 8, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Froggie vs. ICE: The asymmetrical symbol of a failing authoritarian state.
You’ve seen the video.
An inflatable frog at a Portland protest.
Unarmed. Unbothered. Unapologetically absurd.
And ICE panics.
They fire pepper spray up a frog caricature's ass.
The frog wins.
🧵
Froggie vs. ICE: The asymmetrical symbol of a failing authoritarian state.
You’ve seen the video.
An inflatable frog at a Portland protest.
Unarmed. Unbothered. Unapologetically absurd.
And ICE panics.
They fire pepper spray up a frog caricature's ass.
The frog wins.
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While Americans lose their health care, Trump has increased his family’s net worth by $3 BILLION.
The President doesn’t care about suffering Americans.
He’s using his office to enrich himself.
The President doesn’t care about suffering Americans.
He’s using his office to enrich himself.
October 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
While Americans lose their health care, Trump has increased his family’s net worth by $3 BILLION.
The President doesn’t care about suffering Americans.
He’s using his office to enrich himself.
The President doesn’t care about suffering Americans.
He’s using his office to enrich himself.
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Fuck you, MIKE.
My mother was in the hospital until yesterday, and I thought about healthcare a FUCKING LOT.
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES, you callow excuse for a vertebrate.
My mother was in the hospital until yesterday, and I thought about healthcare a FUCKING LOT.
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES, you callow excuse for a vertebrate.
Mike Johnson: "Let me predict what Sen. Kelly is gonna say on the show. He's gonna give you a long, impassioned speech about healthcare and how the subsidies are so important to make sure people don't die and all of this. Let me tell you something. This is not a healthcare fight."
October 16, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Fuck you, MIKE.
My mother was in the hospital until yesterday, and I thought about healthcare a FUCKING LOT.
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES, you callow excuse for a vertebrate.
My mother was in the hospital until yesterday, and I thought about healthcare a FUCKING LOT.
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES, you callow excuse for a vertebrate.
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Justice Brett Kavanaugh: “If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U.S. citizen...they promptly let the individual go."
The reality: Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
A must read from the very talented @nicolefoy.bsky.social:
The reality: Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
A must read from the very talented @nicolefoy.bsky.social:
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Justice Brett Kavanaugh: “If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U.S. citizen...they promptly let the individual go."
The reality: Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
A must read from the very talented @nicolefoy.bsky.social:
The reality: Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
A must read from the very talented @nicolefoy.bsky.social:
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Today, I convened a group of former military generals and veterans to hear perspectives on deploying troops in American cities.
Their commitment is to our nation. That’s why they’re speaking out against what the President's doing as uncalled-for, unprecedented, and un-American.
Their commitment is to our nation. That’s why they’re speaking out against what the President's doing as uncalled-for, unprecedented, and un-American.
October 16, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Today, I convened a group of former military generals and veterans to hear perspectives on deploying troops in American cities.
Their commitment is to our nation. That’s why they’re speaking out against what the President's doing as uncalled-for, unprecedented, and un-American.
Their commitment is to our nation. That’s why they’re speaking out against what the President's doing as uncalled-for, unprecedented, and un-American.
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More Than 170 US Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents So Far This Year
truthout.org
More Than 170 US Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents So Far This Year
twp.ai
October 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
More Than 170 US Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents So Far This Year
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Massive conservative group takes Trump to court for 'cost-prohibitive' move for businesses
www.rawstory.com
Massive conservative group takes Trump to court for 'cost-prohibitive' move for businesses
twp.ai
October 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Massive conservative group takes Trump to court for 'cost-prohibitive' move for businesses
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Remember all the people on the right bitching about how much money we’ve spent in Ukraine? Where are they now that we’re throwing $40B at Argentina and getting nothing in return while making deep cuts to services here?
October 16, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Remember all the people on the right bitching about how much money we’ve spent in Ukraine? Where are they now that we’re throwing $40B at Argentina and getting nothing in return while making deep cuts to services here?
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Mike Johnson sent everyone home & refuses to talk to Democrats.
“There’s absolutely no reason for the House to be out of session,” said GOP Rep. Kevin Kiley.
He’s stalling Adelita Grivalja’s swearing in to avoid a vote on the Epstein files.
Most people get fired for not doing their job.
“There’s absolutely no reason for the House to be out of session,” said GOP Rep. Kevin Kiley.
He’s stalling Adelita Grivalja’s swearing in to avoid a vote on the Epstein files.
Most people get fired for not doing their job.
October 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Mike Johnson sent everyone home & refuses to talk to Democrats.
“There’s absolutely no reason for the House to be out of session,” said GOP Rep. Kevin Kiley.
He’s stalling Adelita Grivalja’s swearing in to avoid a vote on the Epstein files.
Most people get fired for not doing their job.
“There’s absolutely no reason for the House to be out of session,” said GOP Rep. Kevin Kiley.
He’s stalling Adelita Grivalja’s swearing in to avoid a vote on the Epstein files.
Most people get fired for not doing their job.