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Two very different Christmas messages
December 25, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Two very different Christmas messages
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It's VERY likely hospitals are going to comply (further) in advance now and start cutting off adult care, knowing that's next.
Can’t stop thinking about this. The Trump administration is essentially extorting hospitals into dropping gender-affirming care—without Medicare or Medicaid they’d go bankrupt. It’s akin to a backdoor ban even for people with private insurance, a proposal that wouldn’t pass Congress.
Under the proposed rule issued by the Trump Administration today, any Medicare- or Medicaid-participating hospital would be barred from providing gender-affirming care to *any child*, even if the care is not paid for by Medicare or Medicaid.
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-23465.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-23465.pdf
December 20, 2025 at 12:14 AM
It's VERY likely hospitals are going to comply (further) in advance now and start cutting off adult care, knowing that's next.
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Full on neo-Nazi conspiracy theories from the president tonight — the very same invasion and replacement conspiracy theories that have fueled a cycle of deadly violence targeting so many communities including immigrants, Jews, Latinos, the Black community, Muslims, and more.
Trump’s primetime diatribe against immigrants is straight up unvarnished Nazi stuff
December 18, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Full on neo-Nazi conspiracy theories from the president tonight — the very same invasion and replacement conspiracy theories that have fueled a cycle of deadly violence targeting so many communities including immigrants, Jews, Latinos, the Black community, Muslims, and more.
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13 years ago today.
December 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
13 years ago today.
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Here is what Trump and his enablers fail to understand: Immigrants love this country deeply. We love democracy. We cherish the rule of law, the promise of due process and the idea that our diversity is a strength, not a threat.
My op-ed:
My op-ed:
Opinion | Rep. Ilhan Omar: Trump's slurs seek to cast suspicion on anyone who isn't white
The president's attacks and ICE activity in Minnesota are weaponizing fear against me and other immigrants.
www.ms.now
December 14, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Here is what Trump and his enablers fail to understand: Immigrants love this country deeply. We love democracy. We cherish the rule of law, the promise of due process and the idea that our diversity is a strength, not a threat.
My op-ed:
My op-ed:
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"Every lockdown drill is a confession of failure. Every barricaded classroom is an indictment. Every child taught to hide is proof that the adults in charge have surrendered."
What Are We Doing to Our Children?
We taught kids to read, write, and dream; then trained them to hide, barricade, and bleed quietly while adults chose guns, cowardice, and silence over their future.
www.meidasplus.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:52 PM
"Every lockdown drill is a confession of failure. Every barricaded classroom is an indictment. Every child taught to hide is proof that the adults in charge have surrendered."
A national shame.
We need to teach our young men about misogyny so they don't think it's okay to become like him.
December 12, 2025 at 12:46 AM
A national shame.
@adamsmith.house.gov I am represented by you. Why did you vote against the articles of Impeachment against Trump?
December 11, 2025 at 11:44 PM
@adamsmith.house.gov I am represented by you. Why did you vote against the articles of Impeachment against Trump?
@jayapal.house.gov Why did you vote against the articles of Impeachment against Trump?
December 11, 2025 at 11:42 PM
@jayapal.house.gov Why did you vote against the articles of Impeachment against Trump?
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🎯 @robsandia.bsky.social on Private School Vouchers (for the wealthy) — “CALL THEIR BLUFF… if they want public dollars, they should have to follow the same rules as public schools… it’s not a ‘COMPETITION’ when not everyone is playing by the same rules.”
(cc: Speaker Sexton)
(cc: Speaker Sexton)
November 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
🎯 @robsandia.bsky.social on Private School Vouchers (for the wealthy) — “CALL THEIR BLUFF… if they want public dollars, they should have to follow the same rules as public schools… it’s not a ‘COMPETITION’ when not everyone is playing by the same rules.”
(cc: Speaker Sexton)
(cc: Speaker Sexton)
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A note on SaneWashing: I read part of this post to family (all liberal Democrats who consume a lot of news, but not social media), and it blew their mind. They all thought it was parody: if Corporate Media did not SaneWash, it would shock US, his approval would plummet from low (30s) to lower(20s).
November 29, 2025 at 12:52 AM
A note on SaneWashing: I read part of this post to family (all liberal Democrats who consume a lot of news, but not social media), and it blew their mind. They all thought it was parody: if Corporate Media did not SaneWash, it would shock US, his approval would plummet from low (30s) to lower(20s).
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An X user asks Elon Musk why they’re seeing tweets from left-wing lawmakers.
Musk: “Because we are failing very badly with the recommendations algorithm. Doing my best to address this.”
Musk: “Because we are failing very badly with the recommendations algorithm. Doing my best to address this.”
November 21, 2025 at 12:34 AM
An X user asks Elon Musk why they’re seeing tweets from left-wing lawmakers.
Musk: “Because we are failing very badly with the recommendations algorithm. Doing my best to address this.”
Musk: “Because we are failing very badly with the recommendations algorithm. Doing my best to address this.”
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Nothing is a better demonstration of the anti-scientific nature of banning trans women from sports than the fact that the IOC's OWN STUDY found no evidence trans women have any advantage over cis women in sports, but they're planning on going ahead with banning us anyways
IOC edges closer to ban on transgender women in female Olympic events
IOC edges closer to ban on transgender women in female Olympic events
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Sources expect ban within next six to 12 months
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IOC president wants to protect the female category
The International Olympic Committee is edging closer towards implementing a ban on transgender women competing in the female category in time for the Los Angeles Olympics.
Multiple sources expect such a ban to come into effect over the next six to 12 months with the new IOC president, Kirsty Coventry, making clear she wants to drive through her campaign pledge to protect the female category. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Nothing is a better demonstration of the anti-scientific nature of banning trans women from sports than the fact that the IOC's OWN STUDY found no evidence trans women have any advantage over cis women in sports, but they're planning on going ahead with banning us anyways
"The loss of knowledge from a disrupted trial can reverberate for years as a missed opportunity to improve patient care."
Such cruel stupidity, and for what?
And even if some trials' funding is restored, the trials can't just pick up where they left off.
How can we recover from this?
Such cruel stupidity, and for what?
And even if some trials' funding is restored, the trials can't just pick up where they left off.
How can we recover from this?
The second Trump administration’s deep federal spending cuts, including at the NIH, have halted at least 383 clinical trials, affecting more than 74,000 patients, according to a new analysis.
www.fiercebiotech.com/research/nih...
www.fiercebiotech.com/research/nih...
NIH grant cuts have disrupted hundreds of clinical trials, study finds
The second Trump administration has been defined by widespread cuts to federal spending, including at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). | The second Trump administration has been defined by wid...
www.fiercebiotech.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
"The loss of knowledge from a disrupted trial can reverberate for years as a missed opportunity to improve patient care."
Such cruel stupidity, and for what?
And even if some trials' funding is restored, the trials can't just pick up where they left off.
How can we recover from this?
Such cruel stupidity, and for what?
And even if some trials' funding is restored, the trials can't just pick up where they left off.
How can we recover from this?
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So, I think there's a slight chance that MAYBE Donald Trump isn't the best person to be president of America.
TRUMP: You have to bring in talent
INGRAHAM: Well, we have plenty of talented people in America
TRUMP: No you don't. No.
INGRAHAM: We don't have talented people here?
November 12, 2025 at 2:38 AM
So, I think there's a slight chance that MAYBE Donald Trump isn't the best person to be president of America.
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SNAP has existed for 60 years. Benefits have gone out every single month over those six decades, including during government shutdowns. Until now.
Make no mistake: The money is available to fund SNAP during this shutdown. Trump is making a choice to withhold it.
Don’t forget this.
Make no mistake: The money is available to fund SNAP during this shutdown. Trump is making a choice to withhold it.
Don’t forget this.
November 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
SNAP has existed for 60 years. Benefits have gone out every single month over those six decades, including during government shutdowns. Until now.
Make no mistake: The money is available to fund SNAP during this shutdown. Trump is making a choice to withhold it.
Don’t forget this.
Make no mistake: The money is available to fund SNAP during this shutdown. Trump is making a choice to withhold it.
Don’t forget this.
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The people: turning out by the millions at thousands of protests to say No Kings.
Donald Trump: posting AI slop and knocking down White House walls for a $250 million ballroom.
Donald Trump: posting AI slop and knocking down White House walls for a $250 million ballroom.
Large crowds rallied against Trump at ‘No Kings’ protests across the US. Here’s why protesters say they attended | CNN
CNN field teams spoke with attendees at “No Kings” rallies across the country. Here’s what protesters had to say.
www.cnn.com
October 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The people: turning out by the millions at thousands of protests to say No Kings.
Donald Trump: posting AI slop and knocking down White House walls for a $250 million ballroom.
Donald Trump: posting AI slop and knocking down White House walls for a $250 million ballroom.
The sitting president posted a video of himself dumping shit on America's own citizens for the "crime" of protesting his administration. This didn't dominate news headlines. Mainstream media danced around it. Republicans are silent.
October 20, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The sitting president posted a video of himself dumping shit on America's own citizens for the "crime" of protesting his administration. This didn't dominate news headlines. Mainstream media danced around it. Republicans are silent.
Jesus Christ
“You’re funny, bro,” one officer says to another, apparently the one who used the stun gun. The officers laugh.
Another says, “They’re starting to resist more now,” to which an officer replies: “We’re going to end up shooting some of them.”
“You’re funny, bro,” one officer says to another, apparently the one who used the stun gun. The officers laugh.
Another says, “They’re starting to resist more now,” to which an officer replies: “We’re going to end up shooting some of them.”
July 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Jesus Christ
“You’re funny, bro,” one officer says to another, apparently the one who used the stun gun. The officers laugh.
Another says, “They’re starting to resist more now,” to which an officer replies: “We’re going to end up shooting some of them.”
“You’re funny, bro,” one officer says to another, apparently the one who used the stun gun. The officers laugh.
Another says, “They’re starting to resist more now,” to which an officer replies: “We’re going to end up shooting some of them.”
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As Trump closes LGBTQ+ suicide prevention hotline, here’s where you can still find help
As Trump closes LGBTQ+ hotline, here’s where you can still find help
As of Thursday, July 17, a federal program that provides emergency crisis support to LGBTQ+ youth at risk of suicide will be shut down.
www.thepinknews.com
July 18, 2025 at 11:20 PM
As Trump closes LGBTQ+ suicide prevention hotline, here’s where you can still find help
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Because of DOGE, the Trump Administration is going to spend $130,000 to burn $800,000 of food that USAID intended for starving children overseas but couldn't deliver due to the massive cuts to staff and services.
DOGE isn't eliminating waste; they're literally creating it.
DOGE isn't eliminating waste; they're literally creating it.
July 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Because of DOGE, the Trump Administration is going to spend $130,000 to burn $800,000 of food that USAID intended for starving children overseas but couldn't deliver due to the massive cuts to staff and services.
DOGE isn't eliminating waste; they're literally creating it.
DOGE isn't eliminating waste; they're literally creating it.
Correct.
July 16, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Correct.
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It's utterly bizarre that the President's own daughter-in-law, who he is pushing for a Senate seat, is conducting an "interview" and it's treated like "journalism" by a major news outlet.
Trump on the Texas flood response: "Maybe they should've had bells or something go off."
July 13, 2025 at 1:57 AM
It's utterly bizarre that the President's own daughter-in-law, who he is pushing for a Senate seat, is conducting an "interview" and it's treated like "journalism" by a major news outlet.
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The president of the United States is threatening to strip the citizenship away from an American who says things he does not like.
And our media will invariably present this not as a major crisis, an impeachable offense that must lead to his immediate removal, but as “a spat” between Don & Rosie
And our media will invariably present this not as a major crisis, an impeachable offense that must lead to his immediate removal, but as “a spat” between Don & Rosie
July 12, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The president of the United States is threatening to strip the citizenship away from an American who says things he does not like.
And our media will invariably present this not as a major crisis, an impeachable offense that must lead to his immediate removal, but as “a spat” between Don & Rosie
And our media will invariably present this not as a major crisis, an impeachable offense that must lead to his immediate removal, but as “a spat” between Don & Rosie
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WATCH THIS SHIT: Donald Trump flat-out admitted he hates Democrats and has zero interest in being President for anyone but his cult.
“I hate them. I can’t stand them.”
You cannot run a country when your entire personality is revenge. He’s not a leader. He’s a petty tyrant.
“I hate them. I can’t stand them.”
You cannot run a country when your entire personality is revenge. He’s not a leader. He’s a petty tyrant.
July 4, 2025 at 4:45 AM
WATCH THIS SHIT: Donald Trump flat-out admitted he hates Democrats and has zero interest in being President for anyone but his cult.
“I hate them. I can’t stand them.”
You cannot run a country when your entire personality is revenge. He’s not a leader. He’s a petty tyrant.
“I hate them. I can’t stand them.”
You cannot run a country when your entire personality is revenge. He’s not a leader. He’s a petty tyrant.