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I’m a geriatrician and palliative medicine specialist and a firm believer in democracy.
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The Bulwark
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Why has today’s Senate, individually and collectively, surrendered its free will, backbone, and constitutional duties? The key is Trump.
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Worst. Senate. Ever.
Republican senators surrendered to Trump, and now they own this catastrophe.
https://lnk.thebulwark.com/48UgS3H
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Keri Crewson, M.D.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers
3 days ago
Musk is, apparently, unimpressed with Doge's success. Well, if the objective was to make government more efficient, he is right. But if Doge's objective was to kill hundreds of thousands of adults and children overseas, it was a brilliant success!
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Musk calls Doge only ‘somewhat successful’ and says he would not do it again
Speaking on a rightwing podcast, the billionaire said he would not go back and lead the job-cutting program again
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/10/elon-musk-doge-reflections?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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As a geriatrician, I know some other words for the weave, like tangentiality and circumlocution.
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Stephen King
5 days ago
Heather Cox Richardson offers the most lucid explanation(s) of the way Trump and his cronies are taking a hammer to our beautiful America. Get her daily letter wherever you get your podcasts.
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Don’t they all?
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Bill Grueskin
5 days ago
1) Impose massive tariffs on China 2) China retaliates by ending its soybean imports 3) Cut deal w/ China so they'll buy our soybeans 4) China buys only 20%, so far, of what it agreed to purchase 5) Offer $12 billion to US farmers so they don't go bankrupt
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Trump to Unveil $12 Billion Bailout for Farmers
The financial aid comes as the agriculture sector grapples with the fallout from the president’s tariffs.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-to-unveil-12-billion-bailout-for-farmers-064eb1de?st=Ac7rZg&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
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Happy Birthday Professor!! Enjoy your day!
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If you follow discussions of hepatitis B immunization of infants on social media, you’ll come to 2 conclusions: 1) none of those who agree with the ACIP’s new changes have read any experts’ comments about why they’re bad; and, 2) it wouldn’t matter if they had.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers
10 days ago
Tennessee right now in a district that was Trump +22:
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Mrs. Betty Bowers
11 days ago
"These people are garbage." —Donald Trump, while being garbage. “They took billions of dollars.” —Donald Trump, while taking billions of dollars. "They accomplish nothing." —Donald Trump, while accomplishing nothing. "All they do is complain." —Donald Trump, while complaining.
#Projection
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The Bulwark
12 days ago
Sen. Kelly: “[Trump] is ignorant to the Constitution and has no regard for the rule of law…I will not be intimidated by this president. I am not going to be silenced by this president or the people around him because I've given too much in service to this country to back down to this guy.”
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Mrs. Betty Bowers
12 days ago
“I have absolutely no idea which part of my body the MRI was looking at. BUT I’M 1000% SURE IT WASN’T THE BRAIN!!!” It was the brain, if only to see if he has one.
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George Takei
13 days ago
He doesn’t care about you.
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The Tennessee Holler
15 days ago
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The Tennessee Holler
16 days ago
WATCH: “ICE has become a fascist institution and should be abolished in its current form.”
@timmiller.bsky.social
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tells 20 Gen Z conservatives why masked ICE agents going after brown people and attacking even 🇺🇸 citizens is un-American Full:
www.instagram.com/reel/DRjAzHR...
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Mrs. Betty Bowers
17 days ago
The Three Stooges of Justice
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Tom Nichols
18 days ago
Pete Hegseth is right: Mark Kelly shouldn't be a senator. He should take Hegseth's job and be SECDEF. I'll be on MSNOW at 4pm to talk more about it.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Senator Mark Kelly Is in the Wrong Job
He should be secretary of defense.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/11/mark-kelly-military-trump/685065/?gift=_IXYI0Wrwnxuvm7JZ0fMfKKMsro3NkTZXHdLRHwQ0Sc&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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David Simon
18 days ago
True tale: A Baltimore police colonel called a rival at 3 a.m. from a crime scene: "Leon, I got you now. You fucked up. You wrote "POLICE" backwards on the front of the EVU truck." "Eddie, that's so it reads correctly in a rear view mirror." Long pause. "Aw Leon, you got an answer for everything."
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Mueller, She Wrote
19 days ago
Or you could stay, impeach him, and then leave.
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Kaitlin Sundling
20 days ago
Any vaccine related social media posts through Monday 11/24 need to let people know public comments to the CDC are open. We need comments from everyone who supports vaccines.
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Maryland launches free vaccine program for uninsured adults - yes! More of this please.
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The Bulwark
21 days ago
"Ukraine is fighting for the values we claim as our own: freedom, sovereignty, human dignity, democratic self-determination....If we fail to support that, we are not merely abandoning Ukraine. We are abandoning ourselves."
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David Simon
22 days ago
Goddam right. You do the right thing -- which this republic desperately needs done -- and they pull your credentials. So what? You have a phone and your have your sources. or you should. And you continue to report on this presidency as your colleagues now do outside the Pentagon. Enough dishonor.
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The Bulwark
22 days ago
Politicians exaggerate, distort, and lie all the time. This is—however regrettable—an accepted part of our democratic politics. But until 2025, it was assumed that important, apolitical government agencies did *not* lie.
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What If the Most Dangerous Man in the Administration Isn’t Donald Trump?
The U.S. government is now pushing misinformation.
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/is-rfk-jr-worse-than-trump-vaccine?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=The+Bulwark&utm_campaign=publer
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Mike Masnick
22 days ago
If you're trying to convince your friends to spend time on Bluesky rather than X, maybe show them this. X is not "the public town square" or about "free speech." It's "just what Elon Musk wants you to see." If you see stuff he doesn't like he'll step in to make sure you don't see it for long.
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The Bulwark
23 days ago
The CDC rewrote its vaccine guidance to suggest infant vaccines may cause autism. The federal government is no longer a reliable source of truth. And that’s what authoritarianism looks like; when science becomes political messaging. @jvl.bsky.social in The Triad:
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Sarah Longwell
23 days ago
It’s quaint, I know, but the President of the United States calling for the hanging of Democratic service members for saying that no one should follow an illegal order should inspire a conversation about the 25th Amendment.
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Sarah Longwell
23 days ago
"Kids will get sick because of what the CDC just did. Some of them will die. But the even bigger story is that the U.S. government is no longer a reliable source of information"
@jvl.bsky.social
's latest Triad on RFK Jr. and his cranks. Only
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What If the Most Dangerous Man in the Administration Isn’t Donald Trump?
The U.S. government is now pushing misinformation.
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/is-rfk-jr-worse-than-trump-vaccine
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Paul Offit
23 days ago
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RFK Jr. just reversed the CDC's position on vaccines and autism.
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CDC 1946-2025: R.I.P.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has now weaponized the CDC website to promote his anti-vaccine views
https://open.substack.com/pub/pauloffit/p/cdc-1946-2025-rip?r=272lq3&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
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The Bulwark
23 days ago
Is it better described as Lucy and the football or "we've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas"?
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The Not-So-Impressive “New” Health Care Ideas Republicans Want to Rush Out
What GOP leaders are missing in their mad scramble to remake health care policy.
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/not-so-impressive-new-health-care-policy-ideas-republicans-rush-out?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=The+Bulwark&utm_campaign=publer
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Dan Lamothe
23 days ago
WAPO SCOOP: U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
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U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
https://wapo.st/3Mbd9a6
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The Bulwark
23 days ago
"The wind moves across the ridge, brushing the flags and passing across the graves. And if you stand there long enough, you can almost hear his words carried back through time—not as history, but as instruction."
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‘The Great Task Remaining Before Us’: Lincoln’s Vision at Gettysburg
On the anniversary of his address, a reminder that democracy requires dedication.
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-great-task-remaining-before-us-lincoln-at-gettysburg?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=The+Bulwark&utm_campaign=publer
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The Bulwark
23 days ago
"One of the things that we have to do in a post-Trump era is return to a place where we think dictators are bad."
@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social
revisits the moment Trump sided with Putin over U.S. intelligence in Helsinki, and how he’s now dropped the pretense of pretending dictators are bad.
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The Bulwark
23 days ago
Do you think a president who incited a riot to overturn an election he lied about losing is going to acknowledge that grocery prices are not in fact going down?
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Trump Tells Voters: Don’t Believe Your Lying Wallets
From elections to the economy, he keeps denying reality.
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-tells-voters-dont-believe-your-lying-wallets?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=The+Bulwark&utm_campaign=publer
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David Simon
24 days ago
One is reminded of the crowds growing thinner during that legendary, if ill-fated North American tour of Spinal Tap: "Their appeal has become more selective."
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https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-his-approval-ratings-are-down-except-with-smart-people-2025-11-19/
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Tom Nichols
24 days ago
Usually, JVL is the prince of darkness, but I have to agree with him that we may be seeing the high water mark of Trump here. Consider his evidence:
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The Bulwark
25 days ago
If Trump can't even make sense talking about one of his favorite things, his mind must really be deteriorating. Today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social:
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The Bulwark
26 days ago
Epstein survivors just demanded the release of the files in this new PSA. Watch it here.
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Paula Vergara
27 days ago
Sen. Cassidy is putting our health at risk b/c he trusted a deranged, drug-addicted idiot, who spouts off medical conspiracy theories as if they are facts. This man is up for re-election in 2026, and the good people of Louisiana should vote him OUT in favor of a Dem who exercises better judgement.
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The Bulwark
27 days ago
Rep. Thomas Massie: "I would remind my Republican colleagues who are deciding how to vote that Donald Trump can protect you in red districts right now by giving you an endorsement. But in 2030, he's not gonna be the president and you will have voted to protect pedophiles."
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God
27 days ago
If you call yourself a follower of Jesus Christ but support the pepper-spraying and arresting ministers, then thou art staggeringly full of crap.
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Please read this thread - it will reduce your doomscrolling and suggest actions citizens (that is all of us) can take.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸
28 days ago
IT WAS THE BEST MRI OF WHATEVER EVER IT WAS SO AMAZING IT EVEN HAD DR. LECTER IN TEARS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
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Mrs. Betty Bowers
28 days ago
"I've known Jeff [Epstein] for 15 years. Terrific guy. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side." --Donald Trump in 2002 to New York magazine.
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Mueller, She Wrote
29 days ago
NEW: The DOJ is in settlement talks with Mike Flynn for $50M. They're robbing us blind.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Michael Flynn, DOJ in Settlement Talks Over $50 Million Claim
The Justice Department has been discussing settlements with two former officials from Donald Trump’s first term who — like the president — claim they’re owed major payouts from the US government as vi...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-14/michael-flynn-doj-in-settlement-talks-over-50-million-claim?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc2MzEyOTY1OCwiZXhwIjoxNzYzNzM0NDU4LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUNUlNM1NHUEZITzEwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiI1NkY0MDI2RTJDMDU0OTAyQUU5NTQwMkVCODZDREI1RCJ9.eumMDzfUHik236WD2937RF5FwYOifZUajl0JBrZXp7k&leadSource=uverify%20wall
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I’ve been injured by this administration. Where do I go for my settlement?
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Fetterman, Senator Who Survived Stroke, Hospitalized After Fall
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
- so concerning. Other reports have stated that the Senator doesn’t keep appointments with his doctors and is not compliant with his medicines. I hope he gets the help he needs.
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Fetterman, Senator Who Survived Stroke, Hospitalized After Fall
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸
about 1 month ago
If **Jeffrey Epstein** thinks you're a evil and demented sociopath, the odds are overwhelming that you are, in fact, an evil and demented sociopath.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸
about 1 month ago
An important side note about today's Epstein/Trump revelations. They show that Todd Blanche's questioning of Maxwell was either (a) completely incompetent; or (b) intentionally crafted not to elicit facts incriminating Trump. Either way, he is not fit to serve as Deputy Attorney General.
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