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🦇Miss Hell Batkeeper🦇 @mishellbaker.bsky.social · 8h

Breaking,from the White House:

It's been determined that January causes autism, so starting in 2026 January is illegal and will be replaced by TWO new months: Trumpuary and Trumptember, 45 and 47 days long, respectively.

Don't worry about the math, math is fake news

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unicorncancer159.bsky.social @unicorncancer159.bsky.social · 3h

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unicorncancer159.bsky.social @unicorncancer159.bsky.social · 3h

My husband has been told to use them by medical providers since he is severely underweight. When he was in the nursing home, they added protein powder to the desserts for all the residents.

He is elderly. He can barely raise his right arm or walk. Not a body builder.

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unicorncancer159.bsky.social @unicorncancer159.bsky.social · 3h

I have been using protein powders for about two years. Anemic husband, cancer patient myself. We are not body builders but sick old people.

Usage of these products is pretty common in nursing homes too.

unicorncancer159.bsky.social @unicorncancer159.bsky.social · 4h

Another Trumpian vanity projects funded by "private donations". www.axios.com/2025/10/15/t...

unicorncancer159.bsky.social @unicorncancer159.bsky.social · 4h

I went looking for a print version. Then I looked up the arch in Paris. it's a tourist attraction where a tour costs $40 on average.

I detect another grift somehow.

thenationaldesk.com/news/america...

Trump plans monumental arch replica at DC entrance, inspired by Paris' Arc de Triomphe

Trump wants to build a giant arch, welcoming people into Washington D.C. from Arlington National Cemetery as they travel across the Memorial Bridge.

thenationaldesk.com

unicorncancer159.bsky.social @unicorncancer159.bsky.social · 4h

Sure, let's cancel all those schools being built and creating more affordable housing and build a monument to MAGA.

I've never been to DC. Why do they need an arch? Aren't there plenty of monuments already?

unicorncancer159.bsky.social @unicorncancer159.bsky.social · 4h

Hair salons, restaurants, insurance agencies, tax preparers, artists, boutique owners, home building professions won't be able to be small businesses anymore. Who really wants a hair cut from Great Clips? Or having H & R Block be your only option?

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 7h

Reminder that any political party trying to make it harder to vote is sending a clear message: they can't win on their ideas alone.

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unicorncancer159.bsky.social @unicorncancer159.bsky.social · 5h

Need more gold leaf in the right hand panel of this cartoon.

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unicorncancer159.bsky.social @unicorncancer159.bsky.social · 5h

There are a number of crimes that come to mind here. Bribery? Influence peddling? Impeachable offenses?

We'd be here for a month listing them all.

unicorncancer159.bsky.social @unicorncancer159.bsky.social · 5h

Wanna see Rep. Mike Bost ignore a Dem's attempt to get the troops paid? It's on video.
www.c-span.org/congress/?ch...

Congressional Chronicle - Members of Congress, Hearings and More | C-SPAN.org | C-SPAN.org

www.c-span.org

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unicorncancer159.bsky.social @unicorncancer159.bsky.social · 7h

Plaques are a nice way to show support too.

Never hurts to be nice to people who help keep you safe in the workplace.

unicorncancer159.bsky.social @unicorncancer159.bsky.social · 7h

Yeah, I'd hide your fiance somewhere safe.

unicorncancer159.bsky.social @unicorncancer159.bsky.social · 8h

It's quitting time. No meaningful response over that bill that I don't owe.

That's okay. There are regulatory agencies in the State of IL for this kind of problem and I have no problem with asking for assistance.

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unicorncancer159.bsky.social @unicorncancer159.bsky.social · 9h

Spaghetti served "en casserole" isn't a bad idea for a messy kid trying to eat pasta from a plate.

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unicorncancer159.bsky.social @unicorncancer159.bsky.social · 9h

I once bought crunchy PB since a dog biscuit recipe called for it.

My husband told me it's grounds for divorce. He had an ample supply of creamy.

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unicorncancer159.bsky.social @unicorncancer159.bsky.social · 9h

Update this afternoon. Trump and Bessent want to double that handout to Argentina after they double crossed the US and sold out US farmers.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Bessent says US considers doubling aid to Argentina to $40B

The assistance is aimed at bolstering the country's collapsing currency and calming economic unrest before Oct. 26 midterm elections.

www.politico.com

unicorncancer159.bsky.social @unicorncancer159.bsky.social · 9h

Given my condition, I don't think I'm going to risk getting run over by a MAGA prick. Parking is going to be problematic too.

I'll cheer them on from home.

unicorncancer159.bsky.social @unicorncancer159.bsky.social · 9h

The bad driver with the bad temper was granted a continuance yesterday. By a MAGA judge.

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unicorncancer159.bsky.social @unicorncancer159.bsky.social · 9h

The last protest, some good old MAGA white boy drove his truck into the protesters. The good old MAGA boy sprayed pepper spray into the face of someone who told him to be a better driver.

I just checked and the judge on the case is the son of MAGA Rep. Mike Bost.

www.wsiltv.com/news/crime/7...

78-year-old arrested, accused of spraying victim with pepper spray during protest in Carbondale

CARBONDALE, Ill. (WSIL) -- Carbondale police arrested a local man after an incident involving a vehicle and pepper spray during a protest on West Main Street.

www.wsiltv.com

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unicorncancer159.bsky.social @unicorncancer159.bsky.social · 10h

Or grossly incompetent.

unicorncancer159.bsky.social @unicorncancer159.bsky.social · 14h

Anthem's online claims processing keeps EOBs and claims for two years. The dispute is over events that happened in October 2023. Thankfully, we got the EOBs by mail so I have the documentation.

I took it to the corporate level. If the bitch who turned me away is fired, she deserves it.

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unicorncancer159.bsky.social @unicorncancer159.bsky.social · 14h

What's the real shame in all this is this facility denied me admission when I needed skilled nursing after my surgery a year later. I had to heal from the amputation and fracture at home with a caregiver who was healing from a spinal cord injury.

I called the corporate office.

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unicorncancer159.bsky.social @unicorncancer159.bsky.social · 16h

I counted seven errors on this invoice from skilled nursing for service in 2023. Seven! If I had produced an invoice like this working as a paralegal, my ass would be fired.

Wrong ins company, wrong claim number, no procedure codes, the invoice doesn't add up to the services billed to insurance.

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