Catherine Belgarde
@ulticat44.bsky.social
Geologist. Ultimate Player. Mother. Feminist.
“But as it turns out, the parents most likely to apply for these vouchers are the ones who were already sending their kids to private school or homeschooling. They use the dollars to subsidize what they were already paying for. The result is new money coming out of the state budget.”
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it faced hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects last year.
(Published July 2024)
(Published July 2024)
School Vouchers Were Supposed to Save Taxpayer Money. Instead They Blew a Massive Hole in Arizona’s Budget.
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, has spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it’s now facing hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state program...
www.propublica.org
December 16, 2025 at 4:59 AM
“But as it turns out, the parents most likely to apply for these vouchers are the ones who were already sending their kids to private school or homeschooling. They use the dollars to subsidize what they were already paying for. The result is new money coming out of the state budget.”
Reposted by Catherine Belgarde
Cancer drug Revlimid is one of the bestselling pharmaceutical products of all time, with total sales of over $100 billion.
It’s also extraordinarily expensive, costing nearly $1,000 for each pill, even though that pill costs just 25 cents to make.
By @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social
It’s also extraordinarily expensive, costing nearly $1,000 for each pill, even though that pill costs just 25 cents to make.
By @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social
The Price of Remission: This Cancer Drug Saves Lives — but Costs a Fortune. I Wanted to Know Why.
When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked ...
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November 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Cancer drug Revlimid is one of the bestselling pharmaceutical products of all time, with total sales of over $100 billion.
It’s also extraordinarily expensive, costing nearly $1,000 for each pill, even though that pill costs just 25 cents to make.
By @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social
It’s also extraordinarily expensive, costing nearly $1,000 for each pill, even though that pill costs just 25 cents to make.
By @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social
I’ve studied rocks for 20+ years and every single one of them has a better story to tell than this waste of space on the taxpayer dole.
Sean Duffy: "Dressing with respect -- whether it's a pair of jeans and a decent shirt, I would encourage people to maybe dress a little better which encourages us to maybe behave a little better. Let's try not to wear slippers and pajamas as we come to the airport."
November 25, 2025 at 4:26 AM
I’ve studied rocks for 20+ years and every single one of them has a better story to tell than this waste of space on the taxpayer dole.
No WMD to see here…just oil, lots of (heavy) oil that is not ours to take.
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 25, 2025 at 4:16 AM
No WMD to see here…just oil, lots of (heavy) oil that is not ours to take.
The bullshit meter is at 1000000000000000%
WELKER: If tariffs help consumers, why is the administration rolling them back?
BESSENT: You know how much you weigh. You get on the scale every morning. Inflation is a composite number and we look at everything. We try to push down the things we can control.
BESSENT: You know how much you weigh. You get on the scale every morning. Inflation is a composite number and we look at everything. We try to push down the things we can control.
November 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The bullshit meter is at 1000000000000000%
Turning Point is not a government agency. Why are we even talking about trump supporting or the GOP supporting this. Yes, he looks like a rich, dangerous toddler. The point is our government doesn’t work for the people, they spend their time fueling the dark money orgs that brainwash our kids.
dude looks like he goes to my son's preschool
Trump promotes Brilyn Hollyhand, the GOP establishment’s pick to replace Charlie Kirk
November 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Turning Point is not a government agency. Why are we even talking about trump supporting or the GOP supporting this. Yes, he looks like a rich, dangerous toddler. The point is our government doesn’t work for the people, they spend their time fueling the dark money orgs that brainwash our kids.
Dems, stop negotiating with terrorists.
November 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Dems, stop negotiating with terrorists.
@captmarkkelly.bsky.social @gallego.senate.gov don’t give in. They are NOT going to give you a vote!!!!
Q: Will you assure House Democrats they'll get a vote on ACA subsidies by a date certain?
MIKE JOHNSON: Ah -- no. I'm not promising anyone anything.
MIKE JOHNSON: Ah -- no. I'm not promising anyone anything.
November 10, 2025 at 2:00 AM
@captmarkkelly.bsky.social @gallego.senate.gov don’t give in. They are NOT going to give you a vote!!!!
@gallego.senate.gov @captmarkkelly.bsky.social
Please do not vote to for the CR without extending ACA subsidies. No promises of a vote. They’ve waited this long to even consider it, they can wait for the negotiation to happen before you vote.
Please do not vote to for the CR without extending ACA subsidies. No promises of a vote. They’ve waited this long to even consider it, they can wait for the negotiation to happen before you vote.
November 9, 2025 at 10:13 PM
@gallego.senate.gov @captmarkkelly.bsky.social
Please do not vote to for the CR without extending ACA subsidies. No promises of a vote. They’ve waited this long to even consider it, they can wait for the negotiation to happen before you vote.
Please do not vote to for the CR without extending ACA subsidies. No promises of a vote. They’ve waited this long to even consider it, they can wait for the negotiation to happen before you vote.
No Kings in Oro Valley! Lots of honking horns and only 5 middle fingers. Wake up!
FYI, this is a red district on the Keith side of Tucson. Protesters reflected the demographics - lots of older folks, but also some families like mine - stood next to a grandma who brought her grandchildren!
FYI, this is a red district on the Keith side of Tucson. Protesters reflected the demographics - lots of older folks, but also some families like mine - stood next to a grandma who brought her grandchildren!
October 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
No Kings in Oro Valley! Lots of honking horns and only 5 middle fingers. Wake up!
FYI, this is a red district on the Keith side of Tucson. Protesters reflected the demographics - lots of older folks, but also some families like mine - stood next to a grandma who brought her grandchildren!
FYI, this is a red district on the Keith side of Tucson. Protesters reflected the demographics - lots of older folks, but also some families like mine - stood next to a grandma who brought her grandchildren!
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October 11, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Our president said that it’s ok to be violent if we’re reducing crime. This is the logical result. Homeless people = criminals in their minds. We are almost at the bottom of our ride down the slippery slope of righteous killing.
this is fucking horrifying
Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
September 13, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Our president said that it’s ok to be violent if we’re reducing crime. This is the logical result. Homeless people = criminals in their minds. We are almost at the bottom of our ride down the slippery slope of righteous killing.
Reposted by Catherine Belgarde
September 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The price of my morning coffee went up over $1 since last month. My plan to buy powdered protein coffee to save money (and sugar) has also been thwarted by tariffs. $3 increase in the price. $16 for a bottle of spray sunscreen. There’s no way the trumpers are not feeling this.
August 15, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The price of my morning coffee went up over $1 since last month. My plan to buy powdered protein coffee to save money (and sugar) has also been thwarted by tariffs. $3 increase in the price. $16 for a bottle of spray sunscreen. There’s no way the trumpers are not feeling this.
Dropped my child off at summer camp and there were at least 5 cops cars in the parking lot and some special unit folks in green camo loaded up with like 3 guns each and then a long gun as well. Apparently to protect kids who are competing here from the around the world from anti-Semitic attacks
July 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Dropped my child off at summer camp and there were at least 5 cops cars in the parking lot and some special unit folks in green camo loaded up with like 3 guns each and then a long gun as well. Apparently to protect kids who are competing here from the around the world from anti-Semitic attacks
Reposted by Catherine Belgarde
Last week
Q: Did Bondi tell you your name appeared in the Epstein files?
Trump: No, no. These files were made up by Comey, Obama, made up by Biden
Q: Did Bondi tell you your name appeared in the Epstein files?
Trump: No, no. These files were made up by Comey, Obama, made up by Biden
July 23, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Last week
Q: Did Bondi tell you your name appeared in the Epstein files?
Trump: No, no. These files were made up by Comey, Obama, made up by Biden
Q: Did Bondi tell you your name appeared in the Epstein files?
Trump: No, no. These files were made up by Comey, Obama, made up by Biden
What the actual fuck. How does anyone support his soulless piece of shit?
REPORTER: Families are upset because warnings didn't go out in time. What do you say to those families?
TRUMP: Well I think everyone did an incredible job under the circumstances. Only a bad person would ask a question like that. Only an evil person would ask a question like that.
TRUMP: Well I think everyone did an incredible job under the circumstances. Only a bad person would ask a question like that. Only an evil person would ask a question like that.
July 12, 2025 at 1:36 AM
What the actual fuck. How does anyone support his soulless piece of shit?
"Cruz inserted language into the reconciliation bill that eliminates a $150m fund to 'accelerate advances & improvements in research, observation systems, modeling, forecasting, and dissemination of info to the public' around weather forecasting."
Ted Cruz ensured Trump spending bill slashed weather forecasting funding
Senator on vacation abroad while Texas was hit by deadly floods, a disaster worsened by forecasting cuts, critics say
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July 11, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Reposted by Catherine Belgarde
“.. Noem didn’t authorize FEMA’s deployment of Urban Search and Rescue teams until Monday, more than 72 hours after the flooding began, multiple sources told CNN.”
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July 10, 2025 at 11:38 AM
“.. Noem didn’t authorize FEMA’s deployment of Urban Search and Rescue teams until Monday, more than 72 hours after the flooding began, multiple sources told CNN.”
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Reposted by Catherine Belgarde
“family members identified the victim as Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all U.S. Marines”
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June 22, 2025 at 11:45 PM
“family members identified the victim as Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all U.S. Marines”
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Reposted by Catherine Belgarde
Reminder: the Trump admin put a 22-year-old in charge of the country’s domestic terrorism prevention office.
He graduated college last year. And has no known national security expertise.
But he did work for the Trump campaign.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
He graduated college last year. And has no known national security expertise.
But he did work for the Trump campaign.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
“The Intern in Charge”: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention
One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating v...
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June 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Reminder: the Trump admin put a 22-year-old in charge of the country’s domestic terrorism prevention office.
He graduated college last year. And has no known national security expertise.
But he did work for the Trump campaign.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
He graduated college last year. And has no known national security expertise.
But he did work for the Trump campaign.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Reposted by Catherine Belgarde
President Trump stumbles while attempting to board Air Force One
June 8, 2025 at 8:43 PM
President Trump stumbles while attempting to board Air Force One
Screaming into the void this morning. Fuck trump and all of his enablers. We will not let them win.
June 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Screaming into the void this morning. Fuck trump and all of his enablers. We will not let them win.