Laura JB
@dream-snake.bsky.social
Re-“tired” Family Medicine doctor. Retired Informaticist. Mom. Enjoyed teaching science, scientific thinking. Feminist, humanist. Dabble in photography. Love reading, jewelry making, houseplants.
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Headline should read: Antivax-led FDA attributes 10 child deaths to COVID shots, offers no proof
November 29, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Headline should read: Antivax-led FDA attributes 10 child deaths to COVID shots, offers no proof
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Six Indiana state senators who have refused to go along with Trump’s redistricting scheme have been subjected to swatting incidents. This is mob rule and it has to end.
November 29, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Six Indiana state senators who have refused to go along with Trump’s redistricting scheme have been subjected to swatting incidents. This is mob rule and it has to end.
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
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I can't tell you how many interviews I've done where I've been asked: If Trump's policies are so problematic, why are U.S. stocks rising so rapidly.
A bit of international context illustrates the real issue here.
U.S. stocks have dramatically underperformed other advanced economies.
A bit of international context illustrates the real issue here.
U.S. stocks have dramatically underperformed other advanced economies.
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I can't tell you how many interviews I've done where I've been asked: If Trump's policies are so problematic, why are U.S. stocks rising so rapidly.
A bit of international context illustrates the real issue here.
U.S. stocks have dramatically underperformed other advanced economies.
A bit of international context illustrates the real issue here.
U.S. stocks have dramatically underperformed other advanced economies.
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Fresh insights from my colleagues @brookings.edu: fraud under universal vote-by-mail is extremely low
They find that mail voting has substantial benefits 4 the election administration & millions of voters
Find out more👇 –TN
www.brookings.edu/articles/mai...
They find that mail voting has substantial benefits 4 the election administration & millions of voters
Find out more👇 –TN
www.brookings.edu/articles/mai...
Mail voting fraud: Data points to low risk and high benefits for voters | Brookings
Analysis finds mail voting fraud in the U.S. is exceedingly rare and shows universal vote-by-mail boosts access, turnout, and cost efficiency.
www.brookings.edu
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Fresh insights from my colleagues @brookings.edu: fraud under universal vote-by-mail is extremely low
They find that mail voting has substantial benefits 4 the election administration & millions of voters
Find out more👇 –TN
www.brookings.edu/articles/mai...
They find that mail voting has substantial benefits 4 the election administration & millions of voters
Find out more👇 –TN
www.brookings.edu/articles/mai...
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👀 “Hey Matt, Aftyn says Speaker Johnson’s plan is to stall seating @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social until you cancel out her vote to the release the Epstein files. Is that true?”
We bumped into Matt Van Epps at BNA ✈️- He again stayed silent 🤐when we asked about what @aftynbehn.bsky.social told us🤷🏼♀️
We bumped into Matt Van Epps at BNA ✈️- He again stayed silent 🤐when we asked about what @aftynbehn.bsky.social told us🤷🏼♀️
November 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
👀 “Hey Matt, Aftyn says Speaker Johnson’s plan is to stall seating @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social until you cancel out her vote to the release the Epstein files. Is that true?”
We bumped into Matt Van Epps at BNA ✈️- He again stayed silent 🤐when we asked about what @aftynbehn.bsky.social told us🤷🏼♀️
We bumped into Matt Van Epps at BNA ✈️- He again stayed silent 🤐when we asked about what @aftynbehn.bsky.social told us🤷🏼♀️
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Bernie said: “What this Senate is about to do is make a horrific situation even … worse ... we are on a pathway to throw 15,000,000 Americans off of Medicaid and off the Affordable Care Act … It would be a policy and political disaster for Democrats to cave.”
Bernie Pummels Bogus Shutdown Deal, While Trump Booed Loudly Along With Some Senate Dems Who Made Bogus Deal With The Devil
Mobilizing to push back against no extension to ACA subsidies
www.dworkinsubstack.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Bernie said: “What this Senate is about to do is make a horrific situation even … worse ... we are on a pathway to throw 15,000,000 Americans off of Medicaid and off the Affordable Care Act … It would be a policy and political disaster for Democrats to cave.”
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While Trump murders people on boats for supposedly trafficking drugs, Jonathan Braun, a convicted drug trafficker serving a 10 year sentence he pardoned in 2021, will be sentenced in court today after he sexually assaulted a woman after Trump freed him from prison.
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
While Trump murders people on boats for supposedly trafficking drugs, Jonathan Braun, a convicted drug trafficker serving a 10 year sentence he pardoned in 2021, will be sentenced in court today after he sexually assaulted a woman after Trump freed him from prison.
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“The billionaire class has sought to convince those making $30-an-hour that their enemies are those earning $20-an-hour. They want the people to fight amongst ourselves so that we remain distracted from the work of remaking a long, broken system.”
-Zohran Mamdani
-Zohran Mamdani
November 6, 2025 at 5:31 PM
“The billionaire class has sought to convince those making $30-an-hour that their enemies are those earning $20-an-hour. They want the people to fight amongst ourselves so that we remain distracted from the work of remaking a long, broken system.”
-Zohran Mamdani
-Zohran Mamdani
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The media tends to regurgitate Trump’s words as if they were news.
They aren’t news. They’re postures. His words and thoughts add nothing to our understanding of anything. Yet the media reproduces them as if they did.
Memo to the media: Give us the news.
They aren’t news. They’re postures. His words and thoughts add nothing to our understanding of anything. Yet the media reproduces them as if they did.
Memo to the media: Give us the news.
What's the "news" under Trump?
Friends,
robertreich.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The media tends to regurgitate Trump’s words as if they were news.
They aren’t news. They’re postures. His words and thoughts add nothing to our understanding of anything. Yet the media reproduces them as if they did.
Memo to the media: Give us the news.
They aren’t news. They’re postures. His words and thoughts add nothing to our understanding of anything. Yet the media reproduces them as if they did.
Memo to the media: Give us the news.
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Mother speaks out after ICE raids #Chicago day care center.
“They are coming for all our children!”
#immigration
“They are coming for all our children!”
#immigration
November 6, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Mother speaks out after ICE raids #Chicago day care center.
“They are coming for all our children!”
#immigration
“They are coming for all our children!”
#immigration
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Not enough people are talking about this:
Even before Trump cut off SNAP funding, he and Republicans in Congress made the biggest cuts to food assistance in U.S. history.
Even before Trump cut off SNAP funding, he and Republicans in Congress made the biggest cuts to food assistance in U.S. history.
November 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Not enough people are talking about this:
Even before Trump cut off SNAP funding, he and Republicans in Congress made the biggest cuts to food assistance in U.S. history.
Even before Trump cut off SNAP funding, he and Republicans in Congress made the biggest cuts to food assistance in U.S. history.
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From nationalizing voter suppression to flooding the streets with federal agents, the president and his allies are using all the tricks in the authoritarian playbook to tilt the midterms in their favor.
Project 2026: Trump's plan to rig the next election
From nationalizing voter suppression to flooding the streets with federal agents, the president and his allies are using all the tricks in the authoritarian playbook to tilt the midterms in their…
www.motherjones.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:28 PM
From nationalizing voter suppression to flooding the streets with federal agents, the president and his allies are using all the tricks in the authoritarian playbook to tilt the midterms in their favor.
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SNAP has existed for 60 years. Benefits have gone out every single month over those six decades, including during government shutdowns. Until now.
Make no mistake: The money is available to fund SNAP during this shutdown. Trump is making a choice to withhold it.
Don’t forget this.
Make no mistake: The money is available to fund SNAP during this shutdown. Trump is making a choice to withhold it.
Don’t forget this.
November 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
SNAP has existed for 60 years. Benefits have gone out every single month over those six decades, including during government shutdowns. Until now.
Make no mistake: The money is available to fund SNAP during this shutdown. Trump is making a choice to withhold it.
Don’t forget this.
Make no mistake: The money is available to fund SNAP during this shutdown. Trump is making a choice to withhold it.
Don’t forget this.
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Per independent experts, layoffs last month were over 153K — the worst October in 22 years.
Over 1 million workers have been laid off this year, partially because of AI and chaotic mismanagement of the economy.
Welcome to Trump's "New Golden Age."
Over 1 million workers have been laid off this year, partially because of AI and chaotic mismanagement of the economy.
Welcome to Trump's "New Golden Age."
November 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Per independent experts, layoffs last month were over 153K — the worst October in 22 years.
Over 1 million workers have been laid off this year, partially because of AI and chaotic mismanagement of the economy.
Welcome to Trump's "New Golden Age."
Over 1 million workers have been laid off this year, partially because of AI and chaotic mismanagement of the economy.
Welcome to Trump's "New Golden Age."
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An immigration enforcement officer who shot a US citizen in Chicago last month bragged about the incident in texts afterwards, according to court documents filed in federal court on Wednesday.
A Border Patrol agent bragged about shooting someone, texts show
"Sweet. My fifteen mins of fame. Lmao."
www.motherjones.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:02 PM
An immigration enforcement officer who shot a US citizen in Chicago last month bragged about the incident in texts afterwards, according to court documents filed in federal court on Wednesday.
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On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
October 31, 2025 at 5:57 PM
On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
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Medicare for All would save $450B a year.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
October 31, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Medicare for All would save $450B a year.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
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Everything the “don’t tread on me” folks claimed to care about is being done by the people they now blindly support
October 31, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Everything the “don’t tread on me” folks claimed to care about is being done by the people they now blindly support
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On day 31 of the government shutdown, Trump parties at Mar-a-Lago with his wealthy friends instead of working to reach a deal with Democrats to reopen the government.
November 1, 2025 at 2:43 AM
On day 31 of the government shutdown, Trump parties at Mar-a-Lago with his wealthy friends instead of working to reach a deal with Democrats to reopen the government.
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The richest administration in American history and they’re keeping snap hostage
October 31, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The richest administration in American history and they’re keeping snap hostage
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Immigration enforcement officers are sometimes forgoing license plates or otherwise masking their cars while apprehending migrants across the U.S.
Camouflaging cars and swapping license plates: How agents make immigration arrests
Immigration enforcement officers are sometimes forgoing license plates or otherwise masking their cars while apprehending migrants across the U.S.
n.pr
November 1, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Immigration enforcement officers are sometimes forgoing license plates or otherwise masking their cars while apprehending migrants across the U.S.
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Sen. Shaheen: I had a meeting with some constituents last Friday. One was a small business owner who had cancer. He said, 'If I didn't have that insurance through the ACA, I would not have gotten my cancer treated, and I would be dead by now.' That's what this fight is about.
November 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Sen. Shaheen: I had a meeting with some constituents last Friday. One was a small business owner who had cancer. He said, 'If I didn't have that insurance through the ACA, I would not have gotten my cancer treated, and I would be dead by now.' That's what this fight is about.