Pollyanna Thibodeau
@pollyannat.bsky.social
Like gardening ,my dogs, reading and baking. I'm a blue dot in a red state.
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Please understand that "reward people for being healthy", in health insurance, also translates to "punish people for being disabled."
The people who are most vulnerable, most in need, will be asked to bear higher costs, in many cases, pricing them out of accessing health care, into early graves.
The people who are most vulnerable, most in need, will be asked to bear higher costs, in many cases, pricing them out of accessing health care, into early graves.
Markwayne Mullin: "Reward people for being healthy. Think about this. Healthcare is the only industry that you're not rewarded for taking care of your responsibility. If you think about homeowners insurance, if you're within 500 feet of a fire hydrant, your insurance goes down."
November 19, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Please understand that "reward people for being healthy", in health insurance, also translates to "punish people for being disabled."
The people who are most vulnerable, most in need, will be asked to bear higher costs, in many cases, pricing them out of accessing health care, into early graves.
The people who are most vulnerable, most in need, will be asked to bear higher costs, in many cases, pricing them out of accessing health care, into early graves.
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House and Senate Republicans, killing small business growth and destroying the livelihoods of self-employed people in the gig economy.
Trump is too stupid and self-centered to care, but anyone hoping to get elected or re-elected better damn well learn to.
Trump is too stupid and self-centered to care, but anyone hoping to get elected or re-elected better damn well learn to.
The Americans who will pay most if health care costs rise
Many Americans are set to see huge increases in their health insurance costs, although some will be more affected than others.
www.newsweek.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:57 AM
House and Senate Republicans, killing small business growth and destroying the livelihoods of self-employed people in the gig economy.
Trump is too stupid and self-centered to care, but anyone hoping to get elected or re-elected better damn well learn to.
Trump is too stupid and self-centered to care, but anyone hoping to get elected or re-elected better damn well learn to.
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This guy loved the Patriot Act when it was for EVERYONE ELSE....but didnt like that it applied to himself too
November 19, 2025 at 10:33 PM
This guy loved the Patriot Act when it was for EVERYONE ELSE....but didnt like that it applied to himself too
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New: Prosecutors suspended for mentioning Jan. 6 riot in sentencing memo.
"The depravity of the Trump administration is already well documented, but each day brings more evidence of the moral and ethical vacuity of this president and his Republican enablers."
All links/subscriptions are free.
"The depravity of the Trump administration is already well documented, but each day brings more evidence of the moral and ethical vacuity of this president and his Republican enablers."
All links/subscriptions are free.
Are we supposed to remove Jan. 6 from our calendars?
Two prosecutors suspended for mentioning the riot in sentencing memo for armed man stalking Obama
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October 30, 2025 at 9:46 PM
New: Prosecutors suspended for mentioning Jan. 6 riot in sentencing memo.
"The depravity of the Trump administration is already well documented, but each day brings more evidence of the moral and ethical vacuity of this president and his Republican enablers."
All links/subscriptions are free.
"The depravity of the Trump administration is already well documented, but each day brings more evidence of the moral and ethical vacuity of this president and his Republican enablers."
All links/subscriptions are free.
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It's so obvious that Pam Bondi was lying through her teeth. When asked, "what changed," she stumbled over words, she simply couldn't get the lie out without stammering and stumbling over her words.
Investigation Pam? You said there was no one else to charge yesterday.
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Investigation Pam? You said there was no one else to charge yesterday.
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
WATCH: Bondi sidesteps questions about Epstein files at press conference
Asked at a press conference Wednesday about the Epstein files, Attorney General Pam Bondi repeatedly said the Justice Department would “continue to follow the law with maximum transparency.”
www.pbs.org
November 20, 2025 at 1:06 AM
It's so obvious that Pam Bondi was lying through her teeth. When asked, "what changed," she stumbled over words, she simply couldn't get the lie out without stammering and stumbling over her words.
Investigation Pam? You said there was no one else to charge yesterday.
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Investigation Pam? You said there was no one else to charge yesterday.
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
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Let the SHAME GAME BEGIN
He's ashamed of his Epstein involvement
Harvard why are you still letting him teach?
Once again
We don't care if you're Royalty, Republican, or Democrat
HOLD THEM ALL ACCOUNTABLE
#EpsteinFiles
Let the SHAME GAME BEGIN
He's ashamed of his Epstein involvement
Harvard why are you still letting him teach?
Once again
We don't care if you're Royalty, Republican, or Democrat
HOLD THEM ALL ACCOUNTABLE
#EpsteinFiles
Larry Summers resigns from OpenAI board, Harvard launches probe after release of Epstein emails
Summers has been in the spotlight following the publication of more than 20,000 documents from Epstein's estate, including email exchanges between the two men.
www.nbcnews.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
Let the SHAME GAME BEGIN
He's ashamed of his Epstein involvement
Harvard why are you still letting him teach?
Once again
We don't care if you're Royalty, Republican, or Democrat
HOLD THEM ALL ACCOUNTABLE
#EpsteinFiles
Let the SHAME GAME BEGIN
He's ashamed of his Epstein involvement
Harvard why are you still letting him teach?
Once again
We don't care if you're Royalty, Republican, or Democrat
HOLD THEM ALL ACCOUNTABLE
#EpsteinFiles
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ICE AGENT ARRESTED in Minnesota
Told police
"I'm ICE, boys"
Please join me in calling your Representatives and 202 224-3121
ICE must be stopped
Trafficking investigation that targeted to solicit a minor for sex
ICE AGENT ARRESTED in Minnesota
Told police
"I'm ICE, boys"
Please join me in calling your Representatives and 202 224-3121
ICE must be stopped
Trafficking investigation that targeted to solicit a minor for sex
ICE agent arrested in sex trafficking sting told police, "I’m ICE, boys"
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges said.
www.newsweek.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:26 PM
www.newsweek.com/ice-agent-ar...
ICE AGENT ARRESTED in Minnesota
Told police
"I'm ICE, boys"
Please join me in calling your Representatives and 202 224-3121
ICE must be stopped
Trafficking investigation that targeted to solicit a minor for sex
ICE AGENT ARRESTED in Minnesota
Told police
"I'm ICE, boys"
Please join me in calling your Representatives and 202 224-3121
ICE must be stopped
Trafficking investigation that targeted to solicit a minor for sex
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Texas maps on SCOTUS DOOR STEPS ?
Check out what the trump appointed judge put in his brief bracing for the high Court review
Message to Chief Justice Roberts
His own words
"The way to stop discrimination "⬇️⬇️
Texas maps on SCOTUS DOOR STEPS ?
Check out what the trump appointed judge put in his brief bracing for the high Court review
Message to Chief Justice Roberts
His own words
"The way to stop discrimination "⬇️⬇️
November 19, 2025 at 7:24 PM
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Texas maps on SCOTUS DOOR STEPS ?
Check out what the trump appointed judge put in his brief bracing for the high Court review
Message to Chief Justice Roberts
His own words
"The way to stop discrimination "⬇️⬇️
Texas maps on SCOTUS DOOR STEPS ?
Check out what the trump appointed judge put in his brief bracing for the high Court review
Message to Chief Justice Roberts
His own words
"The way to stop discrimination "⬇️⬇️
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Republicans are careening to a Healthcare Cliff with NO SOLUTION IN HAND
An estimated 22 million are about to see their Health Insurance premiums soar
Senator Rick Scott, FL said
"It's going to end "
4.6 million people in Florida
#StopRepublicanPremiumHikes
Republicans are careening to a Healthcare Cliff with NO SOLUTION IN HAND
An estimated 22 million are about to see their Health Insurance premiums soar
Senator Rick Scott, FL said
"It's going to end "
4.6 million people in Florida
#StopRepublicanPremiumHikes
Obamacare tax credits look likely to expire as Trump rules out an extension
Trump told Republicans not to "waste" their time on extending the enhanced ACA subsidies set to expire, saying he'd only support "sending the money directly back to the people."
www.nbcnews.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:22 PM
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Republicans are careening to a Healthcare Cliff with NO SOLUTION IN HAND
An estimated 22 million are about to see their Health Insurance premiums soar
Senator Rick Scott, FL said
"It's going to end "
4.6 million people in Florida
#StopRepublicanPremiumHikes
Republicans are careening to a Healthcare Cliff with NO SOLUTION IN HAND
An estimated 22 million are about to see their Health Insurance premiums soar
Senator Rick Scott, FL said
"It's going to end "
4.6 million people in Florida
#StopRepublicanPremiumHikes
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SCOOP: Notes obtained exclusively by Democracy Docket reveal Cleta Mitchell, leading anti-voting activists, and right-wing lawmakers met to discuss plans to limit early and mail voting — returning us to one-day elections and radically restricting ballot access.
Exclusive: Cleta Mitchell, Activists Scheme to Bring Back One-Day Elections
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:46 PM
SCOOP: Notes obtained exclusively by Democracy Docket reveal Cleta Mitchell, leading anti-voting activists, and right-wing lawmakers met to discuss plans to limit early and mail voting — returning us to one-day elections and radically restricting ballot access.
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Katrina was not a “natural disaster” — it was 300 years of choices that put profit and extraction ahead of the land. From plantations to oil canals, the catastrophe was built long before the storm hit.
Read how New Orleans was set up to fail:
populareducationblog.substack.com/p/new-orlean...
Read how New Orleans was set up to fail:
populareducationblog.substack.com/p/new-orlean...
New Orleans: Geography, Growth, & Environmental Risk
The growth of New Orleans reveals how strategic geography encouraged expansion despite inherent environmental risks.
populareducationblog.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Katrina was not a “natural disaster” — it was 300 years of choices that put profit and extraction ahead of the land. From plantations to oil canals, the catastrophe was built long before the storm hit.
Read how New Orleans was set up to fail:
populareducationblog.substack.com/p/new-orlean...
Read how New Orleans was set up to fail:
populareducationblog.substack.com/p/new-orlean...
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This should be a given. Why the hell would they think they would be privileged to do insider trading without repercussions? Anyone who did this should immediately be charged, just like us.
Where the hell are the morals and ethics? This shouldn’t even have to be heard. Such corruption.
Where the hell are the morals and ethics? This shouldn’t even have to be heard. Such corruption.
A House panel is holding a hearing on a proposed ban on Congressional stock trading.
This ban is long overdue. Why should members of Congress be able to use privileged information to make money on the stock market, while they’re supposed to be working for you?
This ban is long overdue. Why should members of Congress be able to use privileged information to make money on the stock market, while they’re supposed to be working for you?
November 19, 2025 at 10:39 PM
This should be a given. Why the hell would they think they would be privileged to do insider trading without repercussions? Anyone who did this should immediately be charged, just like us.
Where the hell are the morals and ethics? This shouldn’t even have to be heard. Such corruption.
Where the hell are the morals and ethics? This shouldn’t even have to be heard. Such corruption.
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Add this to vaccines make you magnetic, cause AIDS, and measles is not a big deal.
The anti-vax movement's wildest claim yet: Polio wasn't so bad
Add this to vaccines make you magnetic, cause AIDS, and measles is not a big deal.
www.motherjones.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Add this to vaccines make you magnetic, cause AIDS, and measles is not a big deal.
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New column at Fight the Fire, where all links/subscriptions are free:
The artistic flair of the short-fingered vulgarian at the Kennedy Center, where ticket sales have plummeted since his hostile takeover.
"For a guy who detests 'losers,' Trump certainly does a lot of losing."
The artistic flair of the short-fingered vulgarian at the Kennedy Center, where ticket sales have plummeted since his hostile takeover.
"For a guy who detests 'losers,' Trump certainly does a lot of losing."
The artistic flair of the short-fingered vulgarian
Even these weeping willows got the chainsaw at the Kennedy Center
fightthefire.substack.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
New column at Fight the Fire, where all links/subscriptions are free:
The artistic flair of the short-fingered vulgarian at the Kennedy Center, where ticket sales have plummeted since his hostile takeover.
"For a guy who detests 'losers,' Trump certainly does a lot of losing."
The artistic flair of the short-fingered vulgarian at the Kennedy Center, where ticket sales have plummeted since his hostile takeover.
"For a guy who detests 'losers,' Trump certainly does a lot of losing."
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Immigrants help feed and build our communities, they enrich our lives. I agree with Rep Swalwell (D-CA) we don’t need a Ivy League, investment banker nepo congressman like Rep Gill (R-TX) telling us we need more laws to deport people when DHS already doesn’t follow the law.
November 19, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Immigrants help feed and build our communities, they enrich our lives. I agree with Rep Swalwell (D-CA) we don’t need a Ivy League, investment banker nepo congressman like Rep Gill (R-TX) telling us we need more laws to deport people when DHS already doesn’t follow the law.
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Reminder that Trump’s guest at the White House the Saudi prince MBS is not only involved in the murder of a US journalist but he is also part of the Jeffrey Epstein Network.
November 19, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Reminder that Trump’s guest at the White House the Saudi prince MBS is not only involved in the murder of a US journalist but he is also part of the Jeffrey Epstein Network.
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“Epstein donated to Democrats prior to 2015!!”
So did Donald Fucking Trump.
So did Donald Fucking Trump.
November 19, 2025 at 11:34 PM
“Epstein donated to Democrats prior to 2015!!”
So did Donald Fucking Trump.
So did Donald Fucking Trump.
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Today is a good day to remember the love that murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi shared with his children and his grandchildren.
November 19, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Today is a good day to remember the love that murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi shared with his children and his grandchildren.
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Epstein
Epstein
Senate: 99 yea, 1 nay.
House: Unanimous Consent.
Have fun twisting yourselves in knots rationalizing this, MAGA!
Epstein
Epstein
Epstein
Senate: 99 yea, 1 nay.
House: Unanimous Consent.
Have fun twisting yourselves in knots rationalizing this, MAGA!
Epstein
Epstein
November 19, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Epstein
Epstein
Senate: 99 yea, 1 nay.
House: Unanimous Consent.
Have fun twisting yourselves in knots rationalizing this, MAGA!
Epstein
Epstein
Epstein
Senate: 99 yea, 1 nay.
House: Unanimous Consent.
Have fun twisting yourselves in knots rationalizing this, MAGA!
Epstein
Epstein
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The 5 year old orange King rumpee show's his true personality, to the world ! ...
The 5 year old orange King rumpee show's his true personality, to the world ! ...
Trump lashes out at ABC reporter over Epstein question, threatens to revoke network's license
President Donald Trump berated an ABC reporter Tuesday after she asked a question about the release of the Epstein files, calling her "a terrible person and a terrible reporter" and threatening to hav...
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November 19, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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The 5 year old orange King rumpee show's his true personality, to the world ! ...
The 5 year old orange King rumpee show's his true personality, to the world ! ...
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He's always been a vile piece of shit. Nothing he says surprises me. What does surprise me is that people are still giving his vile ass a pass.
November 19, 2025 at 2:55 AM
He's always been a vile piece of shit. Nothing he says surprises me. What does surprise me is that people are still giving his vile ass a pass.
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