TinaB
@drivebyfluting.bsky.social
Retired professor, musician, mother, partner, and Nana. We must fight for human rights, voting rights, healthcare for all, and animal rescue. No kings, no hate, No PMs. 🌈💙
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This kind of dataset is a clear indicator that propaganda plays a big role in people's political positions and acting like people are unshiftable is just completely detached from reality
Republicans increasingly oppose requiring healthy kids to get MMR vaccines to attend public schools
2016 19%
2019 20%
2023 42%
2025 47%
www.pewresearch.org/science/2025... 🧪
2016 19%
2019 20%
2023 42%
2025 47%
www.pewresearch.org/science/2025... 🧪
December 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This kind of dataset is a clear indicator that propaganda plays a big role in people's political positions and acting like people are unshiftable is just completely detached from reality
Maybe all this backward movement will offer a ray of hope. Can we last until the midterms?
December 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Maybe all this backward movement will offer a ray of hope. Can we last until the midterms?
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The circus that is ACIP is meeting to review Hepatitis B vaccine policies. My uncle (a non drinker) died of liver cirrhosis.
I will never forget how his belly looked towards end of his life. There is no cure for Hep B infections.
25% of children who develop chronic Hep B infections will die.
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I will never forget how his belly looked towards end of his life. There is no cure for Hep B infections.
25% of children who develop chronic Hep B infections will die.
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Hepatitis B: What parents should know about the virus and the vaccine
For decades, newborns in the U.S. have been given the hepatitis B vaccine. This could change. A CDC vaccine advisory panel may vote to end that routine vaccination. Here's what parents should know.
www.npr.org
December 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The circus that is ACIP is meeting to review Hepatitis B vaccine policies. My uncle (a non drinker) died of liver cirrhosis.
I will never forget how his belly looked towards end of his life. There is no cure for Hep B infections.
25% of children who develop chronic Hep B infections will die.
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I will never forget how his belly looked towards end of his life. There is no cure for Hep B infections.
25% of children who develop chronic Hep B infections will die.
🧪
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The Trump administration indicates that it will begin withholding SNAP benefits from recipients in most Democratic-led states starting next week after those states refused to provide the Agriculture Department with data, including recipients’ names and immigration statuses.
Trump administration threatens to withhold SNAP benefits from blue states over immigration data
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins made the remarks after a judge ruled that the administration couldn't withhold food assistance funds over the requested data.
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December 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The Trump administration indicates that it will begin withholding SNAP benefits from recipients in most Democratic-led states starting next week after those states refused to provide the Agriculture Department with data, including recipients’ names and immigration statuses.
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About that phone call being perfect…
If this were your dad, you’d be texting the siblings: “We need to talk.”
December 1, 2025 at 1:09 PM
About that phone call being perfect…
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"Trump has been functioning as a dictator...but it’s a vulnerable dictatorship. Virtually none of these abuses are popular with the American people...and it’s coming home to roost for Trump."
On the pod, @davidrlurie.com is good on Trump as weak, failing autocrat:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
On the pod, @davidrlurie.com is good on Trump as weak, failing autocrat:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
Trump’s Fury at NYT Explodes amid Fresh Concerns about Mental Decline
As Trump’s rage at the paper of record reveals too much, the author of piece on Trump as “lame duck dictator” explains how devastating it is for him that his carefully-cultivated illusion of strength ...
newrepublic.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:46 PM
"Trump has been functioning as a dictator...but it’s a vulnerable dictatorship. Virtually none of these abuses are popular with the American people...and it’s coming home to roost for Trump."
On the pod, @davidrlurie.com is good on Trump as weak, failing autocrat:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
On the pod, @davidrlurie.com is good on Trump as weak, failing autocrat:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
Are you old enough to remember when the news was actually news and you didn't have to pay for it? Trust Walter Cronkite to deliver. I am dismayed at how vetted information is now for sale (as are lies, of course). What you think is true is based on the media you buy. No wonder we're a mess.
December 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Are you old enough to remember when the news was actually news and you didn't have to pay for it? Trust Walter Cronkite to deliver. I am dismayed at how vetted information is now for sale (as are lies, of course). What you think is true is based on the media you buy. No wonder we're a mess.
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Yes we have a problem with it along with members of your own party.
November 30, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Yes we have a problem with it along with members of your own party.
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"… in the present instance, it was perfectly clear to the accused that killing defenceless people in the life-boats could be nothing else but a breach of the law. As naval officers by profession they were well aware …."
December 1, 2025 at 12:38 AM
"… in the present instance, it was perfectly clear to the accused that killing defenceless people in the life-boats could be nothing else but a breach of the law. As naval officers by profession they were well aware …."
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Money…
How much he charged for 🇭🇳 former president pardon?
It’s not about drugs.
It’s all about the money.
How much he charged for 🇭🇳 former president pardon?
It’s not about drugs.
It’s all about the money.
November 29, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Money…
How much he charged for 🇭🇳 former president pardon?
It’s not about drugs.
It’s all about the money.
How much he charged for 🇭🇳 former president pardon?
It’s not about drugs.
It’s all about the money.
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Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
November 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
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This week on SHIFT KEY:
@robinsonmeyer.bsky.social talks with Dan Stein of @givinggreen.earth about where climate progress comes from, the Gates memo, and how to make your Giving Tuesday dollars count:
heatmap.news/podcast/givi...
@robinsonmeyer.bsky.social talks with Dan Stein of @givinggreen.earth about where climate progress comes from, the Gates memo, and how to make your Giving Tuesday dollars count:
heatmap.news/podcast/givi...
How to Make Your Climate Giving Count, According to an Expert
Rob preps for Giving Tuesday with Giving Green’s Dan Stein.
heatmap.news
November 26, 2025 at 3:52 PM
This week on SHIFT KEY:
@robinsonmeyer.bsky.social talks with Dan Stein of @givinggreen.earth about where climate progress comes from, the Gates memo, and how to make your Giving Tuesday dollars count:
heatmap.news/podcast/givi...
@robinsonmeyer.bsky.social talks with Dan Stein of @givinggreen.earth about where climate progress comes from, the Gates memo, and how to make your Giving Tuesday dollars count:
heatmap.news/podcast/givi...
Someone is unhappy about this article. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Someone is unhappy about this article. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Devastating news out of Hong Kong. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
At least 13 dead after fire engulfs residential tower blocks in Hong Kong
Several people reportedly trapped inside burning towers as firefighters tackle huge blaze in Tai Po district
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Devastating news out of Hong Kong. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Heather Cox Richardson is always wise. I'm grateful for her! Today's talk feels extra relevant. www.youtube.com/live/J7shUFd...
Politics Chat, November 25, 2025
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Heather Cox Richardson is always wise. I'm grateful for her! Today's talk feels extra relevant. www.youtube.com/live/J7shUFd...
Danielle Bensky, 39, who was abused by Epstein as a teenager, said: “[Trump] made something very political out of something that could have been really a beautiful moment for our history and for women and for survivors everywhere. (The Guardian, November 23, 2025)
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November 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Danielle Bensky, 39, who was abused by Epstein as a teenager, said: “[Trump] made something very political out of something that could have been really a beautiful moment for our history and for women and for survivors everywhere. (The Guardian, November 23, 2025)
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Mike Johnson is big mad that we forced through a petition and forced a vote on releasing the Epstein files.
So let’s do it again. This time to restore the ACA credits he stole from us:
So let’s do it again. This time to restore the ACA credits he stole from us:
Tell Congress: Support discharge petition to force vote on ACA tax credits
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
November 23, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Mike Johnson is big mad that we forced through a petition and forced a vote on releasing the Epstein files.
So let’s do it again. This time to restore the ACA credits he stole from us:
So let’s do it again. This time to restore the ACA credits he stole from us:
Trump’s threats amount to calls for ‘execution of elected officials’, says Chuck Schumer – US politics live
November 21, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Trump’s threats amount to calls for ‘execution of elected officials’, says Chuck Schumer – US politics live
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this morning's Fox & Friends featured commercials for Trump Watches *and* Trump-branded handguns. a level of presidential grifting that was unfathomable a decade ago.
November 21, 2025 at 2:03 PM
this morning's Fox & Friends featured commercials for Trump Watches *and* Trump-branded handguns. a level of presidential grifting that was unfathomable a decade ago.
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Houlahan: "I'm just continually stunned by the fact the commander in chief, the president, has called for my death. And that's something that should be chilling for everybody, and everybody should be worried about their safety in this nation when the president can yield that sort of statement."
November 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Houlahan: "I'm just continually stunned by the fact the commander in chief, the president, has called for my death. And that's something that should be chilling for everybody, and everybody should be worried about their safety in this nation when the president can yield that sort of statement."
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Thanks to Rachel Maddow for covering the Remove the Regime event taking place this week. Tomorrow’s schedule begins at 10:00 a.m. with a rally at Flare, followed by what organizers anticipate will be record-breaking direct lobbying for impeachment and removal.
November 20, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Thanks to Rachel Maddow for covering the Remove the Regime event taking place this week. Tomorrow’s schedule begins at 10:00 a.m. with a rally at Flare, followed by what organizers anticipate will be record-breaking direct lobbying for impeachment and removal.
It's a deep, dark underworld. What will you do to protect young teens? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/o...
Opinion | Endless Gossipy Chatter About Epstein. One Glaring Omission.
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:28 PM
It's a deep, dark underworld. What will you do to protect young teens? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/o...
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Instead of booing the Tangerine Tyrant at public events, we need crowds to start chanting "QUIET, PIGGY!" at him:
people.com/white-house-...
people.com/white-house-...
White House Defends Donald Trump's 'Quiet, Piggy' Snap at Female Reporter: 'You Have to Be Able to Take' It
The White House is defending Donald Trump for calling a female reporter 'Piggy' during a press gaggle aboard Air Force One on Friday, Nov. 14. In a statement shared with PEOPLE, an official said she '...
people.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Instead of booing the Tangerine Tyrant at public events, we need crowds to start chanting "QUIET, PIGGY!" at him:
people.com/white-house-...
people.com/white-house-...