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birdonce.bsky.social

I’d really just like a cuppa (since i’m cutting back on the wine) and my snuggle pups and my tsunami of unread books and for dystopia to go back to being a genre

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In Kentucky, 34% of Planned Parenthood’s patients rely on Medicaid for screenings, prenatal care, and more. Trump's budget puts their health care at risk. bit.ly/3SBMt2t

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“A succession of top agents, all women, were given an ultimatum: Take a different post or be asked to retire.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/u...

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President Trump has promised to attack drug gangs and called for the death penalty for street dealers. But he has also pardoned more than 20 people serving time for serious drug crimes, some involving violence.

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At least seven of the cited sources in the ‘MAHA report’ do not even actually exist. For example, the document listed epidemiologist Katherine Keyes as first author of a study on anxiety in adolescents… “The paper cited is not a real paper that I or my colleagues were involved with,” Keyes said.

submitted 7 days ago • 30 comments

I’ve cared for numerous undocumented immigrants with breast disease and cancer; they are all Ms. Hui.

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“The King mentioned that when his mother …opened Parliament in 1957, it was … in the midst of the Cold War. The world faces a different threat with democratic pluralism, the rule of law and freedom under assault, he said.” www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/a8e29b0...

submitted 9 days ago • 83 comments

There are a LOT of sickening revelations about Blue Cross in here but I want to highlight that they found while Blue Cross denied payments for thousands of breast reconstruction procedures they approved special deals on those procedures for executives’ wives.

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STUDY: “When a state made cuts to Medicaid, depriving people of access to health insurance, the crime rate increased… cuts to Medicaid hurt public safety.” Don’t tell us you care about crime then slash Medicaid by $1 Trillion, underfund education, etc. boltsmag.org/medicaid-cov...

submitted 13 days ago • 101 comments

What is a nation supposed to do when its leader is publicly committing impeachable offenses on a daily basis and the impeachment process is utterly broken due to slightly more than half of the nation's Congress being members of a cult dedicated to destroying rule of law

submitted 13 days ago • 605 comments

Keep asking these questions, Peter Alexander. Bravo.

submitted 13 days ago • 399 comments

Watch what they do, not what they say.

submitted 14 days ago • 818 comments

This is what an authoritarian regime would do. Hidden deep in Trump’s 1,100-page bill that passed the House today is a provision that would block federal courts from enforcing contempt charges against government officials who violate court orders.

submitted 14 days ago • 220 comments

I don't want this to get lost: after RFK Jr. finished with his tantrum, he ADMITTED he is blocking BILLIONS in federal child care funding. That needs to change IMMEDIATELY.

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Rosen to Rubio: "I'm not even mad anymore about your complicity in this administration's destruction of US global leadership. I'm simply disappointed. And I wonder if your proud of yourself in this moment when you go home to your family ... I know you know this in your heart."

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Northwestern has not received any NIH funds since March. No written communication about why or what can be done. Thank you Ben Singer for raising awareness at #ATS2025

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I have a higher credit score than the USA 🇺🇸

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Bessent dismisses the US credit rating being downgraded: "I don't put much credence in the Moody's"

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At least 27 are dead in Missouri in Kentucky after severe weather alerts were delayed overnight because of DOGE cuts. www.mesoscalenews.com/p/tornado-wa...