Stephanie
@steph-d-anie.bsky.social
Scientist, Feminist, Jewish. Childless cat-lady. Currently adrift in life, fostering kittens and figuring out what the hell to do next.
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Trump lost his trade war in every possible sense. It hurt the economy; it made us look ludicrous and lawless; and it gave Beijing a chance to reach for world power. And there is nothing Trump can do about any of this except back down and blame others. (1/2)
November 17, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Trump lost his trade war in every possible sense. It hurt the economy; it made us look ludicrous and lawless; and it gave Beijing a chance to reach for world power. And there is nothing Trump can do about any of this except back down and blame others. (1/2)
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They’re using American tax dollars to fund infrastructure in Argentina because that’s where they’re all going to flee when we kick them out of office
After announcing a $20 billion bailout of Argentina, the White House now says it's pausing $18 billion in funding for NYC infrastructure projects
Russ Vought would love nothing more than to tear this country down to its studs
Russ Vought would love nothing more than to tear this country down to its studs
October 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
They’re using American tax dollars to fund infrastructure in Argentina because that’s where they’re all going to flee when we kick them out of office
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let the gourd times roll
October 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
let the gourd times roll
SO WEIRD HOW MY MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT PRE-AUTHORIZATION WAS DECLINED BY CIGNA THIS YEAR
Internal documents and former company executives revealed how Cigna doctors rejected patients’ claims without opening their files.
“We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
(Published March 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)
“We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
(Published March 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)
How Cigna Saves Millions by Having Its Doctors Reject Claims Without Reading Them
Internal documents and former company executives reveal how Cigna doctors reject patients’ claims without opening their files. “We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
www.propublica.org
October 1, 2025 at 4:19 AM
SO WEIRD HOW MY MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT PRE-AUTHORIZATION WAS DECLINED BY CIGNA THIS YEAR
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"It is useful to imagine what your reaction would have been, on November 5, 2024, if I described our current reality to you." www.thebulwark.com/p/we-are-in-...
We Are in the Worst-Case Scenario
The November 2024 version of you would be shocked at what the September 2025 version accepts as reality.
www.thebulwark.com
September 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
"It is useful to imagine what your reaction would have been, on November 5, 2024, if I described our current reality to you." www.thebulwark.com/p/we-are-in-...
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Algorithms are "destroying us" — learning our political leanings and then attacking like a "pack of wolves," Utah Gov. Spencer Cox says.
"We have this collective problem... that we can't solve because we're all sucked in, and we don't know how to get out." www.cbsnews.com/news/charlie...
"We have this collective problem... that we can't solve because we're all sucked in, and we don't know how to get out." www.cbsnews.com/news/charlie...
After Charlie Kirk's killing, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox says we must "stop hating our fellow Americans"
After the assassination of Charlie Kirk in Utah, that state's governor, Spencer Cox, called for an end to political violence and urged healthier political discourse.
www.cbsnews.com
September 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Algorithms are "destroying us" — learning our political leanings and then attacking like a "pack of wolves," Utah Gov. Spencer Cox says.
"We have this collective problem... that we can't solve because we're all sucked in, and we don't know how to get out." www.cbsnews.com/news/charlie...
"We have this collective problem... that we can't solve because we're all sucked in, and we don't know how to get out." www.cbsnews.com/news/charlie...
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Just five media companies control 90% of our media market.
But it’s not just media. In 75% of U.S. industries, fewer companies now control more of their markets than they did 20 years ago – leaving us vulnerable to higher prices and lower wages.
Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains.
But it’s not just media. In 75% of U.S. industries, fewer companies now control more of their markets than they did 20 years ago – leaving us vulnerable to higher prices and lower wages.
Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains.
The Illusion of Choice: How Big Business Controls Your Life (ft. Lina Khan)
Robert Reich
youtu.be
September 29, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Just five media companies control 90% of our media market.
But it’s not just media. In 75% of U.S. industries, fewer companies now control more of their markets than they did 20 years ago – leaving us vulnerable to higher prices and lower wages.
Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains.
But it’s not just media. In 75% of U.S. industries, fewer companies now control more of their markets than they did 20 years ago – leaving us vulnerable to higher prices and lower wages.
Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains.
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Earlier this year, ProPublica found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% under Texas’ abortion ban.
Here’s how we did our analysis.
(Published Feb. 2025)
Here’s how we did our analysis.
(Published Feb. 2025)
Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did
Since Texas banned abortion, no one has studied the statewide effects on pregnant women experiencing complications. Here’s how we sifted through data on millions of pregnancy hospitalizations and anal...
www.propublica.org
September 21, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Earlier this year, ProPublica found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% under Texas’ abortion ban.
Here’s how we did our analysis.
(Published Feb. 2025)
Here’s how we did our analysis.
(Published Feb. 2025)
OKAY BUT AREN'T THEY THE CUTEST?!
September 18, 2025 at 4:20 AM
OKAY BUT AREN'T THEY THE CUTEST?!
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General pattern in regime change: the comedy gets better and then it gets banned.
September 18, 2025 at 12:05 AM
General pattern in regime change: the comedy gets better and then it gets banned.
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Ahead of today’s hearing, let’s take a look back at when RFK Jr. promised Sen. Cassidy he wouldn’t cut vaccine funding
September 4, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Ahead of today’s hearing, let’s take a look back at when RFK Jr. promised Sen. Cassidy he wouldn’t cut vaccine funding
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"This is all the same project: attacking the government and re-engineering it to serve as a weapon against the American people. It’s the greatest act of civilizational self-mutilation since the First World War."
The CDC. The Fed. The FBI. The National Guard. Do you get it now?
Trump is waging war against the American government. When he’s done, he’ll use his government to wage war against Americans.
www.thebulwark.com
September 4, 2025 at 3:01 AM
"This is all the same project: attacking the government and re-engineering it to serve as a weapon against the American people. It’s the greatest act of civilizational self-mutilation since the First World War."
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@jvl.bsky.social: "We are close to a tipping point where even if a significant majority of Americans decide that they want to change course, they won’t be able to. The cascade will have doomed liberal democracy."
Debate in the comments @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/democracy-...
Debate in the comments @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/democracy-...
Democracy, Simple-Complex Systems, and ‘The Cascade’
Things fall apart.
www.thebulwark.com
August 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
@jvl.bsky.social: "We are close to a tipping point where even if a significant majority of Americans decide that they want to change course, they won’t be able to. The cascade will have doomed liberal democracy."
Debate in the comments @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/democracy-...
Debate in the comments @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/democracy-...
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Oh, goodie! Just like the Nuremberg Rallies.
President Trump suggested on Thursday that the Republican Party should host an unusual national convention ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, a day after reports that the chairman of the Democratic National Committee had been discussing a possible convention in 2026.
Trump and Democrats Float Unusual Midterm Conventions
Both parties appear to be weighing gatherings that would gin up excitement for candidates in 2026 — and give a major platform for ambitious politicians hoping to lead the parties in 2028.
nyti.ms
August 28, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Oh, goodie! Just like the Nuremberg Rallies.
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@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social: It's not backsliding, it's a march to dictatorship.
Only @thebulwark.com
Only @thebulwark.com
August 25, 2025 at 1:47 PM
@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social: It's not backsliding, it's a march to dictatorship.
Only @thebulwark.com
Only @thebulwark.com
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The account that made this viral post uses a AI-generated stock photo as their profile picture, and the main claim that Big Balls "was harassing and trying to pick up the 15-year-old girl" is not in the article.
We are not immune from disinformation.
We are not immune from disinformation.
August 25, 2025 at 2:36 AM
The account that made this viral post uses a AI-generated stock photo as their profile picture, and the main claim that Big Balls "was harassing and trying to pick up the 15-year-old girl" is not in the article.
We are not immune from disinformation.
We are not immune from disinformation.
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Honestly, this may be one of the most important media graphs I've ever seen.
The claim: Democrats keep using annoying words.
The data: Republicans CLAIMS Democrats use them, which then becomes the narratives.
Then centrists attack DEMS for things GOPer CLAIM they say, not GOP for making stuff up.
The claim: Democrats keep using annoying words.
The data: Republicans CLAIMS Democrats use them, which then becomes the narratives.
Then centrists attack DEMS for things GOPer CLAIM they say, not GOP for making stuff up.
August 24, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Honestly, this may be one of the most important media graphs I've ever seen.
The claim: Democrats keep using annoying words.
The data: Republicans CLAIMS Democrats use them, which then becomes the narratives.
Then centrists attack DEMS for things GOPer CLAIM they say, not GOP for making stuff up.
The claim: Democrats keep using annoying words.
The data: Republicans CLAIMS Democrats use them, which then becomes the narratives.
Then centrists attack DEMS for things GOPer CLAIM they say, not GOP for making stuff up.
There goes Biscuit sunning his bits again.
August 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
There goes Biscuit sunning his bits again.
United Healthcare is a jooooooooooke. Rampant dysfunction.
August 11, 2025 at 7:39 PM
United Healthcare is a jooooooooooke. Rampant dysfunction.
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You know how people called women hysterical for predicting the right wing would take down Roe v. Wade (which they've done) and then attack access to birth control (which they're doing)?
Hear me when I say that women's very right to vote is next.
www.npr.org/2025/08/09/n...
Hear me when I say that women's very right to vote is next.
www.npr.org/2025/08/09/n...
August 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
You know how people called women hysterical for predicting the right wing would take down Roe v. Wade (which they've done) and then attack access to birth control (which they're doing)?
Hear me when I say that women's very right to vote is next.
www.npr.org/2025/08/09/n...
Hear me when I say that women's very right to vote is next.
www.npr.org/2025/08/09/n...
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"Dude's wife died of cancer last month. And you're firing him because he did his job? You're firing him without eligibility for retirement benefits? And you think that you're the ones that back the blue?" If that sounds crazy to you, you're not Kash Patel. @timmiller.bsky.social:
August 7, 2025 at 11:15 PM
"Dude's wife died of cancer last month. And you're firing him because he did his job? You're firing him without eligibility for retirement benefits? And you think that you're the ones that back the blue?" If that sounds crazy to you, you're not Kash Patel. @timmiller.bsky.social:
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The IRS's free Direct File tool is now "gone," according to Trump's IRS chief.
This comes after tax prep companies like Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, lobbied the for years to block it.
Intuit donated $1M to Trump’s inauguration.
See how this works?
This comes after tax prep companies like Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, lobbied the for years to block it.
Intuit donated $1M to Trump’s inauguration.
See how this works?
'I don't care about Direct File': IRS chief says agency plans to end free filing program
Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Bill Long said the agency will end its Direct File program.
www.cnbc.com
August 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The IRS's free Direct File tool is now "gone," according to Trump's IRS chief.
This comes after tax prep companies like Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, lobbied the for years to block it.
Intuit donated $1M to Trump’s inauguration.
See how this works?
This comes after tax prep companies like Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, lobbied the for years to block it.
Intuit donated $1M to Trump’s inauguration.
See how this works?
Me trying to get through most days lately
August 1, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Me trying to get through most days lately
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NEW: We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office.
ICE claims officers use a “minimum amount of force.”
You can judge for yourself.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social @mckenziefunk.com
ICE claims officers use a “minimum amount of force.”
You can judge for yourself.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social @mckenziefunk.com
Bloodied Faces, Sobbing Children: Immigration Officers Smash Car Windows to Speed Up Arrests
We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “mini...
projects.propublica.org
July 31, 2025 at 10:40 AM
NEW: We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office.
ICE claims officers use a “minimum amount of force.”
You can judge for yourself.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social @mckenziefunk.com
ICE claims officers use a “minimum amount of force.”
You can judge for yourself.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social @mckenziefunk.com