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Retta HB
@rettahb.bsky.social
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Lucky in life. Opinionated old school lefty. Artistically oriented. Strong maternal instincts, most days happy to be alive.
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The Five ingredients of Zorhan's Secret Sauce
Anyone who wants to lead America out of the Trumpian darkness can do so with these
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October 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Trump’s speech to the generals and admirals: I don’t even know where to begin
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Trump’s speech to the generals and admirals: I don’t even know where to begin
“Unhinged” is one word I heard on the news shows describing Trump’s speech this morning.
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October 1, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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A majority of US children rely on Medicaid or CHIP, new study finds kansasreflector.com/2025/09/27/r...
A majority of US children rely on Medicaid or CHIP, new study finds • Kansas Reflector
A majority of children in the United States rely on Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program at some point by their 18th birthday, and many experience periods of coverage loss, according to...
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September 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Warning to you and your loved ones
None of us is safe when Trump acts as judge and jury.
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September 25, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Kimmel's Thoughtful Monologue
And the darkness of Trump
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September 25, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Is the Jimmy Kimmel Saga a Sign that the Tide is Turning?
Why we may not be Russia or Hungary
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September 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Trump’s Plot to Kill State Government
Republicans call it “beautiful.” Voters will call it what it is: sabotage that guts health care, starves families, and bankrupts the states.
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September 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Great headline.
Sitting All Day Can Cause Dead Butt Syndrome (Published 2024)
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September 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Breaking News: Dead Kennedys Schedule Press Conference at Arlington
FROM THE GRAVE WE CRY: HOW DID OUR FAMILY BLEED FOR JUSTICE ONLY TO GIVE BIRTH TO THIS FOOL?
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September 5, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Holy Smokes! THIS Is How You Do an Ad
YouTube video by The Bulwark
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September 3, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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They hate voters and jurors and, you know, people who make their own fucking choices.
September 2, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Damn got read…..
There is no shame worse than poor teeth in a rich world | Aeon Essays
If you have a mouthful of teeth shaped by a childhood in poverty, don’t go knocking on the door of American privilege
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September 1, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Opinion | America First? Not When It Comes to Your Health.
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August 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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August 22, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Grifters
He Asked Tiffany Trump to Marry Him. Then the Deals Started Coming.
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August 21, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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ICEing the U.S. Economy
Mass deportations will hurt more than people realize
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August 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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August 19, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Trump's Adoration Of Putin
Zelensky's trip to Washington, with major support
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August 18, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Kansas lawmakers in D.C. would rather work the refs than answer tough questions back home kansasreflector.com/2025/08/18/k...
Kansas lawmakers in D.C. would rather work the refs than answer tough questions back home • Kansas Reflector
Republicans across the country want to persuade voters that they have delivered. Unfortunately for them, the bill polls terribly.
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August 18, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Sunday thought: America without a president
Friends,
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August 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Eric Cartman, Welcome (for Now) to the Resistance
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August 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Ugh!
Ultraprocessed Foods Make Up More Than 50% of American Calories
But the CDC says people are eating fewer than in the past.
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August 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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August 6, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Thomas Chatterton Williams on the Age of False Certainty
Yascha Mounk and Thomas Chatterton Williams explore what the summer of 2020 showed about America.
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August 6, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Trump illegally froze 1,800 NIH medical research grants, Congress’ watchdog says • Kansas Reflector
President Donald Trump’s freeze on $8 billion of congressionally appropriated funding to the National Institutes of Health was illegal, the Government Accountability Office reported Tuesday.
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August 6, 2025 at 12:21 PM