Lwrnz
@srlz.bsky.social
In a partnership. We have 4 children and 6 grandchildren!
Retired civil rights attorney.
Like to dance, & walk, preferably in nature; play chess and pool.
Working on the man in the mirror...👊🏾🙂
Retired civil rights attorney.
Like to dance, & walk, preferably in nature; play chess and pool.
Working on the man in the mirror...👊🏾🙂
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Lwrnz
@srlz.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Hi folks, I am new to this social network. I'm a retired attorney, currently residing in St Louis, MO.
I'm a student of ACIM. I attend most frequently Unity churches.
I'm not registered to any political party. I'm a self-described Social Democrat.
I'm a student of ACIM. I attend most frequently Unity churches.
I'm not registered to any political party. I'm a self-described Social Democrat.
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It was never about states' rights. They didn't just want the right in Texas to refuse the expansion of Medicaid under the ACA.
Now that they have power, they want to cut the Medicaid expansion for EVERYONE! Just like abortion rights. Just like LGBTQ+ rights. Just like voting rights.
Gift article:
Now that they have power, they want to cut the Medicaid expansion for EVERYONE! Just like abortion rights. Just like LGBTQ+ rights. Just like voting rights.
Gift article:
A ‘historic battle’: Mass pols protest Medicaid cuts in ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ | John L. Micek
The Republican-authored bill will cost the state's health care system $1.75 billion and take away health care for 250,000 people, the Healey administration said.
www.masslive.com
May 28, 2025 at 1:43 PM
It was never about states' rights. They didn't just want the right in Texas to refuse the expansion of Medicaid under the ACA.
Now that they have power, they want to cut the Medicaid expansion for EVERYONE! Just like abortion rights. Just like LGBTQ+ rights. Just like voting rights.
Gift article:
Now that they have power, they want to cut the Medicaid expansion for EVERYONE! Just like abortion rights. Just like LGBTQ+ rights. Just like voting rights.
Gift article:
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ICYMI: Dan Deacon @dtdeacon.bsky.social & I wrote a piece in The Atlantic about how the Trump admin uses the language of the law as cover to claim it is complying with court orders - when in fact it's not. And how courts respond.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
How to Hide a Constitutional Crisis
The executive branch is relying on the language of the law as cover to claim that it is complying with court orders when in fact it is not.
www.theatlantic.com
May 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
ICYMI: Dan Deacon @dtdeacon.bsky.social & I wrote a piece in The Atlantic about how the Trump admin uses the language of the law as cover to claim it is complying with court orders - when in fact it's not. And how courts respond.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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what i like about this is that politico doesn’t ask whether trump is actually doing the job of president. the frequency with which trump is on tv suggests not!
The Trump regime has gutted the govt; assaulted the constitution; apprehended immigrants off streets w/o due process sending them to foreign gulags; blown up alliances as economy hurtles towards uncertainty.
Yet here is POLITICO fawning over his media appearances while throwing shade at Biden.
Yet here is POLITICO fawning over his media appearances while throwing shade at Biden.
May 28, 2025 at 12:59 PM
what i like about this is that politico doesn’t ask whether trump is actually doing the job of president. the frequency with which trump is on tv suggests not!
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1/4 Tucked into the Republicans’ bad budget bill is a major change that could quietly destabilize Medicaid in Ohio and across the country. They’re targeting provider taxes—a key funding tool states use to support Medicaid and bring in essential federal dollars.
ohiocapitaljournal.com/briefs/repub...
ohiocapitaljournal.com/briefs/repub...
Republicans target a tax that keeps state Medicaid programs running • Ohio Capital Journal
The tax and spending bill U.S. House Republicans approved last week would cap or freeze the taxes states levy on medical providers, potentially leaving states with major holes in their Medicaid budget...
ohiocapitaljournal.com
May 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
1/4 Tucked into the Republicans’ bad budget bill is a major change that could quietly destabilize Medicaid in Ohio and across the country. They’re targeting provider taxes—a key funding tool states use to support Medicaid and bring in essential federal dollars.
ohiocapitaljournal.com/briefs/repub...
ohiocapitaljournal.com/briefs/repub...
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Republicans couldn't pass their own "big, beautiful bill" out of the House Budget Committee.
Why? Because it doesn't cut spending enough.
The cruel and devastating cuts to programs that millions of people rely on apparently need to be even MORE cruel and devastating.
Why? Because it doesn't cut spending enough.
The cruel and devastating cuts to programs that millions of people rely on apparently need to be even MORE cruel and devastating.
May 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Republicans couldn't pass their own "big, beautiful bill" out of the House Budget Committee.
Why? Because it doesn't cut spending enough.
The cruel and devastating cuts to programs that millions of people rely on apparently need to be even MORE cruel and devastating.
Why? Because it doesn't cut spending enough.
The cruel and devastating cuts to programs that millions of people rely on apparently need to be even MORE cruel and devastating.
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What is happening in this country? The Department of Homeland Security is reportedly considering a reality show where immigrants compete in challenges for a shot at U.S. citizenship. Officials claim, “This isn’t The Hunger Games for immigrants.”
May 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
What is happening in this country? The Department of Homeland Security is reportedly considering a reality show where immigrants compete in challenges for a shot at U.S. citizenship. Officials claim, “This isn’t The Hunger Games for immigrants.”
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Sorry but this whole thing is a farce! This woman plainly does not run the organization, THE GUY WHO CAME UP WITH THE NAME AND WHO THE PRESIDENT SAYS RUNS IT RUNS IT
JUST IN: In new sworn declaration, DOGE administrator Amy Gleason says DOGE has 89 employees and no “formal front office or organizational chart.”
March 20, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Sorry but this whole thing is a farce! This woman plainly does not run the organization, THE GUY WHO CAME UP WITH THE NAME AND WHO THE PRESIDENT SAYS RUNS IT RUNS IT
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DOGE has attacked life-saving programs, including:
-Malaria & HIV/AIDS prevention
-NOAA forecasting & FEMA disaster response
-USDA food safety
-FAA aviation safety
-FDA flu vaccine research
This will result in needless suffering — all to pave the way for billionaire tax cuts.
-Malaria & HIV/AIDS prevention
-NOAA forecasting & FEMA disaster response
-USDA food safety
-FAA aviation safety
-FDA flu vaccine research
This will result in needless suffering — all to pave the way for billionaire tax cuts.
DOGE Is Going to Kill a Lot of Americans
The Democratic Party could spell this out clearly and consistently for voters.
prospect.org
March 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
DOGE has attacked life-saving programs, including:
-Malaria & HIV/AIDS prevention
-NOAA forecasting & FEMA disaster response
-USDA food safety
-FAA aviation safety
-FDA flu vaccine research
This will result in needless suffering — all to pave the way for billionaire tax cuts.
-Malaria & HIV/AIDS prevention
-NOAA forecasting & FEMA disaster response
-USDA food safety
-FAA aviation safety
-FDA flu vaccine research
This will result in needless suffering — all to pave the way for billionaire tax cuts.
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“These are the times that try men souls: the summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country. But he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered,”
The Crisis, Thomas Paine
The Crisis, Thomas Paine
March 19, 2025 at 1:46 PM
“These are the times that try men souls: the summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country. But he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered,”
The Crisis, Thomas Paine
The Crisis, Thomas Paine
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One of my Radical Leftist opinions is the government shouldn't be able to deprive anyone of life, liberty, or property without due process of law
March 20, 2025 at 12:21 AM
One of my Radical Leftist opinions is the government shouldn't be able to deprive anyone of life, liberty, or property without due process of law
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Donald Trump keeps saying he has no intention of slashing Social Security, but…
he and his mini-me, Elon Musk, won’t stop making outlandish claims about the program and appear to be setting the table for cuts that they will try to call something other than “cuts.”
he and his mini-me, Elon Musk, won’t stop making outlandish claims about the program and appear to be setting the table for cuts that they will try to call something other than “cuts.”
Trump and Musk are running a disinformation campaign on Social Security
Why are they telling so many lies about this program?
www.motherjones.com
March 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Donald Trump keeps saying he has no intention of slashing Social Security, but…
he and his mini-me, Elon Musk, won’t stop making outlandish claims about the program and appear to be setting the table for cuts that they will try to call something other than “cuts.”
he and his mini-me, Elon Musk, won’t stop making outlandish claims about the program and appear to be setting the table for cuts that they will try to call something other than “cuts.”
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When I looked out across the room, I saw several women wiping their eyes. They were silently crying while listening to me speak. Now, I can hype up a crowd, but I have never induced such raw emotion in my life.
I don’t think it had much to do with me… open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
I don’t think it had much to do with me… open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
You Are Going to Have to Tell Them the Truth
Speaking in the Heartland
open.substack.com
March 19, 2025 at 7:41 PM
When I looked out across the room, I saw several women wiping their eyes. They were silently crying while listening to me speak. Now, I can hype up a crowd, but I have never induced such raw emotion in my life.
I don’t think it had much to do with me… open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
I don’t think it had much to do with me… open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
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At Republican Congressman Mike Flood's town hall last night in Nebraska, the crowd broke out in chants of "tax the rich."
They're right. Here's why.
They're right. Here's why.
12 Myths About Taxing the Rich | Robert Reich
Robert Reich debunks 12 misconceptions about tax policy in America. Watch More: Do Corporate Tax Cuts Actually Help Americans? ►► https://youtu.be/srJZHQHHT8g Citations: http://bit.ly/12mythscitations
www.youtube.com
March 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
At Republican Congressman Mike Flood's town hall last night in Nebraska, the crowd broke out in chants of "tax the rich."
They're right. Here's why.
They're right. Here's why.
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March 19, 2025
March 19, 2025
On the Fox News Channel’s The Five yesterday, the panel of Fox personalities expressed outrage that federal judge James Boasberg had ordered the Trump administration to stop its deportation of migrant...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
March 20, 2025 at 5:06 AM
March 19, 2025
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These are e most important #s for the Dems. They should be tracking all local media and influencers in these states and reposting it everywhere
The economic pain tariffs can indlict on red states need to be talked about more than anything else right now. It will flip voters.
The economic pain tariffs can indlict on red states need to be talked about more than anything else right now. It will flip voters.
March 16, 2025 at 10:46 PM
These are e most important #s for the Dems. They should be tracking all local media and influencers in these states and reposting it everywhere
The economic pain tariffs can indlict on red states need to be talked about more than anything else right now. It will flip voters.
The economic pain tariffs can indlict on red states need to be talked about more than anything else right now. It will flip voters.
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“The US spent 8 decades building an international system of rules, norms and values that has produced the longest period of great power peace and global prosperity in human history.” Fareed Zakaria on how upending the world order will only weaken America: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Trump upending world order will cost America dearly
The decline of American influence is a gift to Russia and China.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
“The US spent 8 decades building an international system of rules, norms and values that has produced the longest period of great power peace and global prosperity in human history.” Fareed Zakaria on how upending the world order will only weaken America: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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More of this, please. A LOT more of this, please.
Chatterbox Jazz Club in Indianapolis is the place to be! Be certain you stop by and support them!
chatterboxjazz.com
chatterboxjazz.com
March 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
More of this, please. A LOT more of this, please.
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“Elon Musk called Social Security a Ponzi scheme and Donald Trump called it a scam. Make no mistake - they want to slash & privatize Americans' benefits.”
“My resolution compels them to provide answers, but Republicans are trying to stop it from even coming to a vote in the House.”
WOW.
“My resolution compels them to provide answers, but Republicans are trying to stop it from even coming to a vote in the House.”
WOW.
March 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
“Elon Musk called Social Security a Ponzi scheme and Donald Trump called it a scam. Make no mistake - they want to slash & privatize Americans' benefits.”
“My resolution compels them to provide answers, but Republicans are trying to stop it from even coming to a vote in the House.”
WOW.
“My resolution compels them to provide answers, but Republicans are trying to stop it from even coming to a vote in the House.”
WOW.
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“we have to be able to commit war crimes to win wars” is the type of thing a 16-year-old dumbass says and — well, yeah, hegseth is basically a 16-year-old dumbass
NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is expected to start a sweeping overhaul of military lawyers to make the US less restricted by the laws of armed conflict, per ppl familiar @theguardian.com exclusive www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Pete Hegseth to overhaul US military lawyers in effort to relax rules of war
The defense secretary has empowered his lawyer Tim Parlatore to remake the judge advocate general’s corps
www.theguardian.com
March 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
“we have to be able to commit war crimes to win wars” is the type of thing a 16-year-old dumbass says and — well, yeah, hegseth is basically a 16-year-old dumbass
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“Somebody has to stay to help clean up the mess that they’re most likely going to make,” a public health advisor on infectious diseases at the CDC said. “If you want to get rid of me, you’re basically going to drag me kicking and screaming out of here.”
‘Health Security Is At Risk’: Inside the Purge of HHS
Employees are grappling with buyout offers as public health crises mount. “Somebody has to stay to help clean up the mess that they’re most likely going to make,” one said.
www.motherjones.com
March 12, 2025 at 11:10 PM
“Somebody has to stay to help clean up the mess that they’re most likely going to make,” a public health advisor on infectious diseases at the CDC said. “If you want to get rid of me, you’re basically going to drag me kicking and screaming out of here.”
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The current moment – the shifting ground, how unsettled and insecure everything feels, how we're clamoring for footing – reminded me of a story about a pirate city. And another about Trump Tower. And Bernie Sanders. And a Lutheran hymn.
So I wrote about it.
So I wrote about it.
Shifting Ground and Bedrock
Pirates, Trump Tower, Bernie Sanders, and a Lutheran Hymn
open.substack.com
March 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The current moment – the shifting ground, how unsettled and insecure everything feels, how we're clamoring for footing – reminded me of a story about a pirate city. And another about Trump Tower. And Bernie Sanders. And a Lutheran hymn.
So I wrote about it.
So I wrote about it.