NatalieM
@nimibug.bsky.social
Solo childless cat lady just trying to resist and persevere through the end times fuckery as a chronically-ill caregiver. Politics • COVID-19 & H5N1 • KPop&KDrama • Birds&Nature • Music • Poetry • survival gardens
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The parents of an unvaccinated 6-year-old girl who just died from measles in Texas say they have no regrets for refusing to vaccinate their child.
“The measles are good for the body... She’s better off where she is now.”
“The measles are good for the body... She’s better off where she is now.”
Parents of Texas child who died of measles stand by decision to not vaccinate
The measles vaccine has been proven to be safe and effective against the disease, which is highly contagious and can be life threatening.
www.texastribune.org
March 21, 2025 at 11:04 PM
The parents of an unvaccinated 6-year-old girl who just died from measles in Texas say they have no regrets for refusing to vaccinate their child.
“The measles are good for the body... She’s better off where she is now.”
“The measles are good for the body... She’s better off where she is now.”
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This was always where it was going to go: when the President claims it can detain and remove anyone without judicial review or due process, they will try to deport and remove people without judicial review and due process.
Straight up authoritarian dictator stuff.
Straight up authoritarian dictator stuff.
Trump threatens to put American citizens on deportation flights to a slave prison in El Salvador
March 21, 2025 at 12:53 PM
This was always where it was going to go: when the President claims it can detain and remove anyone without judicial review or due process, they will try to deport and remove people without judicial review and due process.
Straight up authoritarian dictator stuff.
Straight up authoritarian dictator stuff.
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“Anyone who likes or replies to the photos will be treated as a terrorist sympathizer. If you possess these images, delete them now. Elon Musk is a patriot with a great American hairline.”
theonion.com/doj-des...
theonion.com/doj-des...
DOJ Designates Posting Photos Of Balding Elon Musk As Domestic Terrorism
WASHINGTON—Warning that the charge carried a five-year mandatory minimum sentence, the U.S. Department of Justice declared Friday that the distribution of images featuring a balding Elon Musk constituted an act of domestic terrorism. “For the benefit of all Americans, anyone who posts or reposts photos from Mr. Musk’s PayPal days will be prosecuted for terrorism,” […]
theonion.com
March 21, 2025 at 11:45 PM
“Anyone who likes or replies to the photos will be treated as a terrorist sympathizer. If you possess these images, delete them now. Elon Musk is a patriot with a great American hairline.”
theonion.com/doj-des...
theonion.com/doj-des...
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If you want to know what Democrats *are* doing to fight back, you should read @jbendery.bsky.social's excellent new piece on @democracyforward.org www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...
March 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
If you want to know what Democrats *are* doing to fight back, you should read @jbendery.bsky.social's excellent new piece on @democracyforward.org www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...
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Apparently the El Salvadoran government, which operates a slave camp, actually has more integrity than the U.S. Justice Dept. under the Musk/Trump Administration.
"We'll enslave & torture possibly innocent *men,* but not the women!"
"We'll enslave & torture possibly innocent *men,* but not the women!"
ACLU attorney Gelernt says there were people who were returned from El Salvador after the flights because they either weren't Venezuelan or were women and the El Salvadoran government declined to take them.
BOASBERG vows to get to the bottom of whether his order was violated.
BOASBERG vows to get to the bottom of whether his order was violated.
March 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Apparently the El Salvadoran government, which operates a slave camp, actually has more integrity than the U.S. Justice Dept. under the Musk/Trump Administration.
"We'll enslave & torture possibly innocent *men,* but not the women!"
"We'll enslave & torture possibly innocent *men,* but not the women!"
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Internal documents and former company executives reveal how Cigna doctors reject patients’ claims without opening their files.
“We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
(Published March 2023 with @capitolforum.bsky.social)
“We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
(Published March 2023 with @capitolforum.bsky.social)
How Cigna Saves Millions by Having Its Doctors Reject Claims Without Reading Them
Internal documents and former company executives reveal how Cigna doctors reject patients’ claims without opening their files. “We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
propub.li
March 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Internal documents and former company executives reveal how Cigna doctors reject patients’ claims without opening their files.
“We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
(Published March 2023 with @capitolforum.bsky.social)
“We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
(Published March 2023 with @capitolforum.bsky.social)
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This isn’t legal, Elon.
Musk steps up calls to impeach judges, offering $100 to voters who join in. America PAC is paying registered Wisconsin voters to sign its petition against “activist judges.” Talk about paid protesters. Now, judges are receiving violent threats online.
Musk steps up calls to impeach judges, offering $100 to voters who join in. America PAC is paying registered Wisconsin voters to sign its petition against “activist judges.” Talk about paid protesters. Now, judges are receiving violent threats online.
March 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This isn’t legal, Elon.
Musk steps up calls to impeach judges, offering $100 to voters who join in. America PAC is paying registered Wisconsin voters to sign its petition against “activist judges.” Talk about paid protesters. Now, judges are receiving violent threats online.
Musk steps up calls to impeach judges, offering $100 to voters who join in. America PAC is paying registered Wisconsin voters to sign its petition against “activist judges.” Talk about paid protesters. Now, judges are receiving violent threats online.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board — "New York doesn’t need a mask ban: Hochul and the state Legislature shouldn’t bother"
"Hochul and other supporters of a mask ban are quick to point out that any ban includes health and religious exemptions. But how on earth would those work in practice?"
THIS!
"Hochul and other supporters of a mask ban are quick to point out that any ban includes health and religious exemptions. But how on earth would those work in practice?"
THIS!
March 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
New York Daily News Editorial Board — "New York doesn’t need a mask ban: Hochul and the state Legislature shouldn’t bother"
"Hochul and other supporters of a mask ban are quick to point out that any ban includes health and religious exemptions. But how on earth would those work in practice?"
THIS!
"Hochul and other supporters of a mask ban are quick to point out that any ban includes health and religious exemptions. But how on earth would those work in practice?"
THIS!
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JUST IN: Judge Hollander has issued a *second* letter today warning Social Security acting commissioner Dudek not to shut down all operations over her order barring DOGE's access to sensitive systems. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
March 22, 2025 at 3:09 AM
JUST IN: Judge Hollander has issued a *second* letter today warning Social Security acting commissioner Dudek not to shut down all operations over her order barring DOGE's access to sensitive systems. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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The way I see it, Paul Weiss opened the floodgates.
Explain to me how you didn’t betray the legal profession. I read your letter. I read the Times. I’m not buying it.
Explain to me how you didn’t betray the legal profession. I read your letter. I read the Times. I’m not buying it.
UPDATE: I obtained a copy of the firm-wide email and attachment that Brad Karp, the chairman of Paul Weiss, sent to employees on Thursday evening.
The documents detail the agreement Karp reached with the White House before Trump rescinded his executive order targeting the firm.
The documents detail the agreement Karp reached with the White House before Trump rescinded his executive order targeting the firm.
March 22, 2025 at 3:45 AM
The way I see it, Paul Weiss opened the floodgates.
Explain to me how you didn’t betray the legal profession. I read your letter. I read the Times. I’m not buying it.
Explain to me how you didn’t betray the legal profession. I read your letter. I read the Times. I’m not buying it.
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Omg this is insane. I'm immunocompromised and mask *everywhere* esp cuz I live in TX where so many people don't care anymore. Really don't wanna have to deal with this bullshit when we move to NY later this year.
If you want to help disabled people fight New York's proposed mask ban... wear a mask.
If more people would mask up in solidarity, these important accessibility tools would be harder to ban.
Help us normalize masking and protect your health in the process!
If more people would mask up in solidarity, these important accessibility tools would be harder to ban.
Help us normalize masking and protect your health in the process!
March 22, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Omg this is insane. I'm immunocompromised and mask *everywhere* esp cuz I live in TX where so many people don't care anymore. Really don't wanna have to deal with this bullshit when we move to NY later this year.
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I spoke with Rachel Cohen, the Skadden Arps associate whose resignation letter went viral. Her message for those in positions of power who are still staying mum:
“Their silence is not only not going to protect them, it is going to kill people.”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
“Their silence is not only not going to protect them, it is going to kill people.”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
March 22, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I spoke with Rachel Cohen, the Skadden Arps associate whose resignation letter went viral. Her message for those in positions of power who are still staying mum:
“Their silence is not only not going to protect them, it is going to kill people.”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
“Their silence is not only not going to protect them, it is going to kill people.”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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We're in late-stage authoritarian consolidation, not early-stage, because the political and civil resistance is minimal.
Outlawing lawyers and universities and disappearing people to gulags means we're far along.
Outlawing lawyers and universities and disappearing people to gulags means we're far along.
March 21, 2025 at 2:08 PM
We're in late-stage authoritarian consolidation, not early-stage, because the political and civil resistance is minimal.
Outlawing lawyers and universities and disappearing people to gulags means we're far along.
Outlawing lawyers and universities and disappearing people to gulags means we're far along.
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Reminder to refer to old snapshots of these federal government websites that have critical health information just in case they get replaced with misinformation/disinformation @charlesgaba.com @angierasmussen.bsky.social github.com/Niema-Lab/Go...
March 22, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Reminder to refer to old snapshots of these federal government websites that have critical health information just in case they get replaced with misinformation/disinformation @charlesgaba.com @angierasmussen.bsky.social github.com/Niema-Lab/Go...
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Story: www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/03/...
Trump floats sending Tesla attackers to El Salvador prisons as White House rallies to defend Musk
Tesla and SpaceX boss Elon Musk, the world's richest man, donated more than $250 million toward President Donald Trump's successful presidential campaign.
www.cnbc.com
March 22, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Story: www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/03/...
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No, not Democrats being “bused in”—just regular Nebraskans waking up to the fact that their Social Security is on the chopping block to fund tax cuts for billionaires.
Great piece by PBS.
Great piece by PBS.
March 22, 2025 at 1:34 AM
No, not Democrats being “bused in”—just regular Nebraskans waking up to the fact that their Social Security is on the chopping block to fund tax cuts for billionaires.
Great piece by PBS.
Great piece by PBS.
This is part of their plan.
March 22, 2025 at 12:12 AM
This is part of their plan.
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Call and complain...loudly. They WANT to silence us. Don't let them.
Trump’s commerce secretary Howard Lutnick says if Social Security skipped a check, his mother-in-law wouldn’t complain—and if you would, it indicates you are probably a fraudster. Insane.
March 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Call and complain...loudly. They WANT to silence us. Don't let them.
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I'm reminded of the inquiry scene after the Jallianwala Bagh massacre from "Gandhi."
"What provision had you made for the wounded?"
"I was ready to help any who applied."
"General...how does a child...shot with a 303 Lee-Enfield...'apply' for help?"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Lao...
"What provision had you made for the wounded?"
"I was ready to help any who applied."
"General...how does a child...shot with a 303 Lee-Enfield...'apply' for help?"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Lao...
March 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I'm reminded of the inquiry scene after the Jallianwala Bagh massacre from "Gandhi."
"What provision had you made for the wounded?"
"I was ready to help any who applied."
"General...how does a child...shot with a 303 Lee-Enfield...'apply' for help?"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Lao...
"What provision had you made for the wounded?"
"I was ready to help any who applied."
"General...how does a child...shot with a 303 Lee-Enfield...'apply' for help?"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Lao...
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“‘Lake Como brings over 200,000 visitors annually. And we’ve heard that we’ve lost permanent employees that service Lake Como and over 1,800 miles of trail. Those employees have been let go as well in the Bitterroot National Forest,’ Pruitt said.”
This article is about my little Trump voting town. It highlights cuts to the Forest Service and the NIH lab to which my dad dedicated his career and that supports my household. It's the largest employer in the area, providing over 1500 full-time jobs.
www.kpax.com/news/ravalli...
www.kpax.com/news/ravalli...
Hamilton bracing for possible impacts from federal job cuts
Both the science and tourism industries in Ravalli County could be heavily impacted by federal job cuts.
www.kpax.com
March 1, 2025 at 12:41 AM
“‘Lake Como brings over 200,000 visitors annually. And we’ve heard that we’ve lost permanent employees that service Lake Como and over 1,800 miles of trail. Those employees have been let go as well in the Bitterroot National Forest,’ Pruitt said.”
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Great job explaining why the economy could contract
Trade data from this morning has driven a huge drop in the Atlanta Fed GDPNow real-time tracker for Q1 GDP. Today's data took it from 2.321% to -1.477%. What's going on? Let's do a little thread explaining.
March 1, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Great job explaining why the economy could contract
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We want to send a message to the world: what has happened today is an absolute disgrace. It is completely un-American.
February 28, 2025 at 8:41 PM
We want to send a message to the world: what has happened today is an absolute disgrace. It is completely un-American.
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It has happened. Traitors in the White House. michaeldsellers.substack.com/p/a-deeper-l...
A Deeper Look at Claims by KGB Officer that Trump was Recruited by Soviet Intelligence in the 1980s
I'm a Former CIA Russia Specialist -- Here's My Take
michaeldsellers.substack.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:30 PM
It has happened. Traitors in the White House. michaeldsellers.substack.com/p/a-deeper-l...
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At Least Now We Know the Truth
The truth is ugly, but it’s necessary to face it.
www.theatlantic.com
February 28, 2025 at 7:31 PM