@sandycap.bsky.social
Finance, politics, history. Mom to 2 teen girls and a loyal doodle. Currently a member of the sandwich generation.
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I just keep thinking about the first guy to put on the frog costume reading the news today and seeing frogs literally all over the world
what a fucking thing, man
that 25 year old did more for the country in a week than most of the NYT op-ed section in a lifetime
what a fucking thing, man
that 25 year old did more for the country in a week than most of the NYT op-ed section in a lifetime
October 18, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I just keep thinking about the first guy to put on the frog costume reading the news today and seeing frogs literally all over the world
what a fucking thing, man
that 25 year old did more for the country in a week than most of the NYT op-ed section in a lifetime
what a fucking thing, man
that 25 year old did more for the country in a week than most of the NYT op-ed section in a lifetime
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Donald Trump cut funding for cancer research by 31% in the first three months of his term.
This is an attack on every American family who has loved someone with cancer.
This is an attack on every American family who has loved someone with cancer.
May 16, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Donald Trump cut funding for cancer research by 31% in the first three months of his term.
This is an attack on every American family who has loved someone with cancer.
This is an attack on every American family who has loved someone with cancer.
Federal funding for medical research is vital. Please read the story about the baby's life who was saved by decades of investment across the public and private sector. We need to make sure we don't stifle medical research in this country.
Breaking News: A baby with a rare disorder made medical history by receiving the first custom gene-editing treatment. The technique used has the potential to help people with thousands of other uncommon genetic diseases. nyti.ms/4j49xBy
May 16, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Federal funding for medical research is vital. Please read the story about the baby's life who was saved by decades of investment across the public and private sector. We need to make sure we don't stifle medical research in this country.
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A decades-long effort at Cornell University to build a medical device to save the lives of babies with heart conditions was thrown on the trash heap by the Trump regime.
There's a death toll attached to the recklessness of Trump and Musk.
There's a death toll attached to the recklessness of Trump and Musk.
The administration pulled funding for research on devices for babies with heart conditions.
www.nytimes.com
May 13, 2025 at 11:25 PM
A decades-long effort at Cornell University to build a medical device to save the lives of babies with heart conditions was thrown on the trash heap by the Trump regime.
There's a death toll attached to the recklessness of Trump and Musk.
There's a death toll attached to the recklessness of Trump and Musk.
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I’m starting to think it MIGHT have been a mistake to put the dumbest motherfuckers alive in charge of the United States government.
April 3, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I’m starting to think it MIGHT have been a mistake to put the dumbest motherfuckers alive in charge of the United States government.
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Senator Bill Cassidy, MD, should never get another full night of sleep
SCOOP: The CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations @sheinvestigates.bsky.social
The CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations
The move — along with the CDC’s explanation — is a sign that the nation’s top public health agency may be falling in line under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime critic of vaccines.
www.propublica.org
March 29, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Senator Bill Cassidy, MD, should never get another full night of sleep
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Four Seasons Total Warplanning
March 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Four Seasons Total Warplanning
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Too many Democratic Senators are complicit with the oligarchs. Fact.
March 13, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Too many Democratic Senators are complicit with the oligarchs. Fact.
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"Why SHOULDN'T government be run like a business?"
Because the goals are diametrically opposed and mutually exclusive. Businesses exist to make money. Governments exist to make people's lives better.
You ask if the fire dept is successful at putting out fires and saving people, not the $ it makes
Because the goals are diametrically opposed and mutually exclusive. Businesses exist to make money. Governments exist to make people's lives better.
You ask if the fire dept is successful at putting out fires and saving people, not the $ it makes
March 9, 2025 at 4:20 PM
"Why SHOULDN'T government be run like a business?"
Because the goals are diametrically opposed and mutually exclusive. Businesses exist to make money. Governments exist to make people's lives better.
You ask if the fire dept is successful at putting out fires and saving people, not the $ it makes
Because the goals are diametrically opposed and mutually exclusive. Businesses exist to make money. Governments exist to make people's lives better.
You ask if the fire dept is successful at putting out fires and saving people, not the $ it makes
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An important statement from the American Bar Association. www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
March 3, 2025 at 11:35 PM
An important statement from the American Bar Association. www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
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“Friday, February 28, 2025, will go into the history books as one of the grimmest days in American diplomacy,” writes @radiofreetom.bsky.social.
Now “Putin, along with other dictators around the world, can finally look at Trump with confidence and think: one of us”: theatln.tc/FHJeRVAj
Now “Putin, along with other dictators around the world, can finally look at Trump with confidence and think: one of us”: theatln.tc/FHJeRVAj
One of the Grimmest Days in American Diplomacy
At an Oval Office meeting, the president of the United States ambushed a loyal ally.
theatln.tc
February 28, 2025 at 10:06 PM
“Friday, February 28, 2025, will go into the history books as one of the grimmest days in American diplomacy,” writes @radiofreetom.bsky.social.
Now “Putin, along with other dictators around the world, can finally look at Trump with confidence and think: one of us”: theatln.tc/FHJeRVAj
Now “Putin, along with other dictators around the world, can finally look at Trump with confidence and think: one of us”: theatln.tc/FHJeRVAj
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Democrats should be shouting Trumpcession from the rooftops
JFC. The US Economic Policy Uncertainty Index is at its highest level since 2000, higher than during the Financial Crisis, higher than during COVID
February 27, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Democrats should be shouting Trumpcession from the rooftops
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Seems like the relevance of this Reagan-era Herblock cartoon has risen by 200%. Washington Post, 12/22/1988.
February 26, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Seems like the relevance of this Reagan-era Herblock cartoon has risen by 200%. Washington Post, 12/22/1988.
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Really important piece here by @svdate.bsky.social.👇 www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
Opinion: The American Press Corps Is Not Equipped For This Moment
We’ve never had to contend with a determined autocrat in this country, and it shows.
www.huffpost.com
February 27, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Really important piece here by @svdate.bsky.social.👇 www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
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Nothing tells its own story! Voters won't know what's happening, why it's bad, and who's responsible unless SOMEONE TELLS THEM, and that someone isn't going to be our supine media, so it's got to be Dems.
No political strategy is self-executing. You have to act.
No political strategy is self-executing. You have to act.
February 25, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Nothing tells its own story! Voters won't know what's happening, why it's bad, and who's responsible unless SOMEONE TELLS THEM, and that someone isn't going to be our supine media, so it's got to be Dems.
No political strategy is self-executing. You have to act.
No political strategy is self-executing. You have to act.
"There is perhaps no more reliable indicator of a society’s ripeness for a mass movement than the prevalence of unrelieved boredom."
Eric Hoffer, "The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements", 1951
www.goodreads.com/book/show/15...
Eric Hoffer, "The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements", 1951
www.goodreads.com/book/show/15...
February 24, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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It's really disappointing to see that the ideological purity police have descended on Bluesky as well. Folks, you need to learn to not attack people who are on your side, even if they don't agree with you 100%. The other side manages to have a big tent somehow, we should give it a try.
February 23, 2025 at 8:07 PM
It's really disappointing to see that the ideological purity police have descended on Bluesky as well. Folks, you need to learn to not attack people who are on your side, even if they don't agree with you 100%. The other side manages to have a big tent somehow, we should give it a try.
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This is the ultimate dick boss move from Musk - except he isn’t even the boss, he’s just a dick.
February 23, 2025 at 12:41 AM
This is the ultimate dick boss move from Musk - except he isn’t even the boss, he’s just a dick.
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So when exactly do the ‘checks’ and ‘balances’ part kick in?
Or is that just a fun little slogan like
‘thoughts and prayers’?
So when exactly do the ‘checks’ and ‘balances’ part kick in?
Or is that just a fun little slogan like
‘thoughts and prayers’?
February 3, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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So when exactly do the ‘checks’ and ‘balances’ part kick in?
Or is that just a fun little slogan like
‘thoughts and prayers’?
So when exactly do the ‘checks’ and ‘balances’ part kick in?
Or is that just a fun little slogan like
‘thoughts and prayers’?
Well America, we had a good run
February 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Well America, we had a good run