Helen Cooke
@unleashpotential.bsky.social
Cat (and dog) lady in NJ. 🩵💙 Horrified that this country re-elected him.
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Please ALWAYS remember that SSDI/SSI & Spouse/Children Survivors in ADDITION to Seniors RECEIVE Social Security Benefits. I hear about it in reporting as Seniors & while they make up the majority of beneficiaries, we count too. It's IMPORTANT to my disability population that we're seen. Thank you.🙏💜
October 7, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Please ALWAYS remember that SSDI/SSI & Spouse/Children Survivors in ADDITION to Seniors RECEIVE Social Security Benefits. I hear about it in reporting as Seniors & while they make up the majority of beneficiaries, we count too. It's IMPORTANT to my disability population that we're seen. Thank you.🙏💜
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Since foreign students typically pay full freight this will raise tuitions or cut aide to American students
International student arrivals to the US dropped 19% this year, the biggest drop on record aside from the 2020 pandemic low.
The decline is occurring as the Trump administration has delayed visa processing, instituted travel bans or restrictions for 19 countries, threatened to deport international students for pro-Palestinian speech, and heightened the vetting of student visa applicants.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
October 7, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Since foreign students typically pay full freight this will raise tuitions or cut aide to American students
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How many games is the Chiefs' resident incel podcaster/kicker going to have blow out of nowhere for them to realize he shouldn't be in the league anymore?
October 7, 2025 at 3:10 AM
How many games is the Chiefs' resident incel podcaster/kicker going to have blow out of nowhere for them to realize he shouldn't be in the league anymore?
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Please bring attention to: Medicare (both Traditional & Medicare Advantage), Medicaid Cuts, SNAP cuts along with ACA Tax Subsidies & PRIVATE insurance. They will all go up due to the instability in the insurance marketplace. The time to prevent this was back in March. So many will end up uninsured.😢
October 7, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Please bring attention to: Medicare (both Traditional & Medicare Advantage), Medicaid Cuts, SNAP cuts along with ACA Tax Subsidies & PRIVATE insurance. They will all go up due to the instability in the insurance marketplace. The time to prevent this was back in March. So many will end up uninsured.😢
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"We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine, and remember that we are not descended from fearful men — not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate and to defend causes that were, for the moment, unpopular.” - Edward R Murrow
January 20, 2025 at 3:12 PM
"We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine, and remember that we are not descended from fearful men — not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate and to defend causes that were, for the moment, unpopular.” - Edward R Murrow
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One person having the power to upend entire industries and economic sectors on a whim every day that puts companies out of business and workers out of jobs with no legislative input is an autocracy, regardless of whether that person initially acquired power through an election.
September 29, 2025 at 1:59 PM
One person having the power to upend entire industries and economic sectors on a whim every day that puts companies out of business and workers out of jobs with no legislative input is an autocracy, regardless of whether that person initially acquired power through an election.
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Sandra Day O'Connor retiring shifted the court from conservative to ultra- conservative, but Kennedy could have kept it from going full fascist and he chose not to, so I don't really care if he regrets that now.
Justice Anthony Kennedy tells @npr.org's @ninatotenberg.bsky.social "very worried" about our country, and that "Democracy is not guaranteed to survive."
Kennedy wrote Citizens United and was the fifth vote in the rest of the Roberts Court's anti-democratic decisions.
www.npr.org/2025/09/27/n...
Kennedy wrote Citizens United and was the fifth vote in the rest of the Roberts Court's anti-democratic decisions.
www.npr.org/2025/09/27/n...
September 28, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Sandra Day O'Connor retiring shifted the court from conservative to ultra- conservative, but Kennedy could have kept it from going full fascist and he chose not to, so I don't really care if he regrets that now.
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Do we say a man is sane when he calls in the military to fight a war when there is no war? If such a man is not sane, do we have a solution to stop the madness if he’s in the White House?
September 28, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Do we say a man is sane when he calls in the military to fight a war when there is no war? If such a man is not sane, do we have a solution to stop the madness if he’s in the White House?
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I get it that there are some interesting sports going on in America. Except your country is going down the tubes in real time to fascist dictator. Like stay focussed!
a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a table with his hands up
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a table with his hands up
media.tenor.com
September 28, 2025 at 2:57 AM
I get it that there are some interesting sports going on in America. Except your country is going down the tubes in real time to fascist dictator. Like stay focussed!
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@timdickinson.bsky.social a national political correspondent for @rollingstone.com (and @motherjones.com alum)—is a great follow at any moment, but especially right now.
September 27, 2025 at 10:07 PM
@timdickinson.bsky.social a national political correspondent for @rollingstone.com (and @motherjones.com alum)—is a great follow at any moment, but especially right now.
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👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
September 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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Even in his most fevered, drunken dreams, Richard Milhous Nixon couldn't possibly have even imagined doing a tenth of this shit.
September 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Even in his most fevered, drunken dreams, Richard Milhous Nixon couldn't possibly have even imagined doing a tenth of this shit.
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In 2016, JD Vance mused that Trump might be "America's Hitler"
September 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
In 2016, JD Vance mused that Trump might be "America's Hitler"
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JUST IN: The Trump administration's bid to coerce states to comply with immigration enforcement in order to receive disaster aid is illegal and unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled today. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
September 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
JUST IN: The Trump administration's bid to coerce states to comply with immigration enforcement in order to receive disaster aid is illegal and unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled today. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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On one hand, I get tired of making rapture jokes about once a year. On the other hand, I
September 22, 2025 at 12:41 PM
On one hand, I get tired of making rapture jokes about once a year. On the other hand, I
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(1,3) This morning, the first thing that I will do is run out and BUY SOME TYLENOL!!!
Second thing I will do this morning is think about national economic boycotts. The Kimmel reinstatement proves the power that we have.
Second thing I will do this morning is think about national economic boycotts. The Kimmel reinstatement proves the power that we have.
September 23, 2025 at 12:08 PM
(1,3) This morning, the first thing that I will do is run out and BUY SOME TYLENOL!!!
Second thing I will do this morning is think about national economic boycotts. The Kimmel reinstatement proves the power that we have.
Second thing I will do this morning is think about national economic boycotts. The Kimmel reinstatement proves the power that we have.
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Charlie Kirk called me a ‘lunatic’ and a ‘prostitute’ and demanded I be deported.
Nothing, *nothing*, justifies killing him, or robbing his kids of their dad.
We don’t know the identity or motive of the shooter but murder can *never* be the response to political disagreements.
Nothing, *nothing*, justifies killing him, or robbing his kids of their dad.
We don’t know the identity or motive of the shooter but murder can *never* be the response to political disagreements.
September 10, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Charlie Kirk called me a ‘lunatic’ and a ‘prostitute’ and demanded I be deported.
Nothing, *nothing*, justifies killing him, or robbing his kids of their dad.
We don’t know the identity or motive of the shooter but murder can *never* be the response to political disagreements.
Nothing, *nothing*, justifies killing him, or robbing his kids of their dad.
We don’t know the identity or motive of the shooter but murder can *never* be the response to political disagreements.
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This afternoon, in addition to Charlie Kirk, there was a school shooting. Bullets don't know and don't care if you are a Republican or Democrat. It is time for Republicans and Democrats to find a way to work together to reduce gun violence.
www.wcpo.com/us-news/crim...
www.wcpo.com/us-news/crim...
At least 2 students shot at high school in Colorado, authorities say
At least two students have been shot at Evergreen High School in Colorado, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office.
www.wcpo.com
September 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
This afternoon, in addition to Charlie Kirk, there was a school shooting. Bullets don't know and don't care if you are a Republican or Democrat. It is time for Republicans and Democrats to find a way to work together to reduce gun violence.
www.wcpo.com/us-news/crim...
www.wcpo.com/us-news/crim...
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Hannah Arendt said 'The death of human empathy is one of the earliest & most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism'
We saw the recent cruelty of MAGA denying empathy to Melissa Hortman
Empathy for Kirk—not because he ever acted like a decent human—but because we are decent humans
We saw the recent cruelty of MAGA denying empathy to Melissa Hortman
Empathy for Kirk—not because he ever acted like a decent human—but because we are decent humans
September 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Hannah Arendt said 'The death of human empathy is one of the earliest & most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism'
We saw the recent cruelty of MAGA denying empathy to Melissa Hortman
Empathy for Kirk—not because he ever acted like a decent human—but because we are decent humans
We saw the recent cruelty of MAGA denying empathy to Melissa Hortman
Empathy for Kirk—not because he ever acted like a decent human—but because we are decent humans
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I oppose just about everything Charlie Kirk stands for but his shooting is reprehensible and should be condemned by every decent human being. I hope he pulls through.
Gun violence is a threat to all of us.
We all deserve better.
Gun violence is a threat to all of us.
We all deserve better.
September 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I oppose just about everything Charlie Kirk stands for but his shooting is reprehensible and should be condemned by every decent human being. I hope he pulls through.
Gun violence is a threat to all of us.
We all deserve better.
Gun violence is a threat to all of us.
We all deserve better.
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In light of today’s SCOTUS decision, every person of color with an accent in the US should probably carry proof of citizenship with them at all times - while working and everywhere they go. If you don’t want to be in a detention facility awaiting a friend or relative to bring it.
September 8, 2025 at 6:18 PM
In light of today’s SCOTUS decision, every person of color with an accent in the US should probably carry proof of citizenship with them at all times - while working and everywhere they go. If you don’t want to be in a detention facility awaiting a friend or relative to bring it.
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“There is a nearly fourfold difference between the rate of COVID deaths in the best-performing U.S. state and the worst-performing U.S. states. And the biggest difference was vaccination.”
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
RFK Jr.’s Dangerous Rewriting of the COVID Pandemic
The health secretary had some whoppers during his hearing last week—but one in particular caught our eye.
open.substack.com
September 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM
“There is a nearly fourfold difference between the rate of COVID deaths in the best-performing U.S. state and the worst-performing U.S. states. And the biggest difference was vaccination.”
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...