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Babette 101
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Humanist, Environmentalist, Pro-Choice Activist, World Traveler, Retired Nurse, CLL Thriver, Forever BLUE
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Hell yeah. Congratulations, @abigailspanberger.com and congratulations to the Commonwealth of Virginia.
November 5, 2025 at 1:32 AM
We need to save Medicare, Medicaid, and affordable care, the cost of not saving these programs is incomprehensible...
May 27, 2025 at 8:08 PM
RESIST!! Let's all participate in "collective stubbornness"

www.newyorker.com/news/the-wee...
So You Want to Be a Dissident?
A practical guide to courage in Trump’s age of fear.
www.newyorker.com
April 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
April 4, 2025 at 12:49 AM
April 1, 2025 at 9:32 PM
He's embarrassing on every level...
March 6, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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🧪 Arghhh!
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/h...
As Measles Spreads, Kennedy Embraces Remedies Like Cod Liver Oil (Gift Article)
In an interview, the H.H.S. secretary claimed that unconventional treatments were helping patients but did not mention vaccination.
www.nytimes.com
March 5, 2025 at 7:50 PM
March 1, 2025 at 5:25 PM
February 28, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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February 23, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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February 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM
It's real, let's all get REAL, STAND UP, and STOP THIS...
February 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Ooo this is a good one ☺️
February 8, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I just burst into tears during the ABC Nightly News. RFK jr. was asked about Medicaid...it's obvious he does not understand the first thing about health care, or how it is paid for. As a nurse who worked in home care for part of my career, I am so terrified for our most vulnerable people...😢
January 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
The Chaos? It's here.... welcome to disfunction at levels never previously experienced by most Americans www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-f...
Judge blocks Trump federal funding freeze on all public loans, grants and more aid
The memo from the White House budget office called for a spending freeze on federal assistance, which could affect everything from aid to nonprofits, universities, small business loans and state and l...
www.cbsnews.com
January 28, 2025 at 10:23 PM
NSF funding freeze, RFK Jr., and now this... we'll see our national life expectancy stats fall back to levels last seen in the 1800's...
Withdrawing US funding from the World Health Organization is a potential disaster for public health worldwide, due to the impact it will have on the important work the WHO does. Preventing the CDC from even *talking* with WHO personnel is a step much farther toward undermining global health & safety
CDC ordered to stop working with WHO immediately, upending expectations of an extended withdrawal
U.S. public health officials have been told to stop working with the World Health Organization, effective immediately. The surprise decision is focused on the U.S.
apnews.com
January 28, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Put your money where your values are! If you shop on Google this is a useful extension, lots of info about the donation distribution both from the company and employees, also gives you a rundown on the issues.
chromewebstore.google.com/detail/progr...
Progressive Shopper - Chrome Web Store
Progressive Shopper
chromewebstore.google.com
January 27, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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January 25, 2025 at 1:05 AM
So what will you be doing tomorrow to avoid the celebration of....
January 20, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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Mark Cuban is ready to fund a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s AT Protocol
Mark Cuban is ready to fund a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s AT Protocol
Entrepreneur and investor Mark Cuban is ready to fund a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s AT Protocol, he shared in a TikTok video posted on Wednesday. In anticipation of the coming U.S. TikTok ban, which will go through on Sunday unless paused by the…
tcrn.ch
January 16, 2025 at 6:44 PM
There is no limit to the upcoming ignorance that will LITERALLY make people sick....🤧

#WEARAMASK
Next Indiana lieutenant governor says 'don't comply' with hospital mask directives
"Do not listen to any 'official' who tries to force you to mask up again," said Lt. Gov.-elect Micah Beckwith. "Don’t comply!"
www.nwitimes.com
January 4, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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 From Mars to Manhattan, we've been covering the biggest science stories of the year.

In today's episode, we revisit some of the   biggest science stories of 2024.

Listen here 🎧: https://buff.ly/3Mut28J
December 30, 2024 at 9:00 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanation, no reviews, just covers.

#books

#booksky

#bookchallenge
December 26, 2024 at 1:24 AM