Laura Smith
@laurasmith2024.bsky.social
Gen X, she/her, disabled cancer patient, Massachusetts native. 🖕 Fascism, Racism, Sexism, Theocracy & Homophobia. End H8!
Love Sci-Fi, history, books and cooking!
Love Sci-Fi, history, books and cooking!
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Trump's in the Epstein files over 600 times.
December 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Trump's in the Epstein files over 600 times.
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How Not to Give or Get COVID for Christmas.
"No one wants to be sick for the holidays! Gathering with friends and family during the holidays can spread more than just good cheer; some guests could unknowingly pass along a viral illness like COVID (and flu, RSV and measles)"
"No one wants to be sick for the holidays! Gathering with friends and family during the holidays can spread more than just good cheer; some guests could unknowingly pass along a viral illness like COVID (and flu, RSV and measles)"
How Not to Give or Get COVID for Christmas - WHN
No one wants to be sick for the holidays! Gathering with friends and family during the holidays can spread more than just good cheer; some guests could unknowingly pass along a viral illness like COVI...
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December 17, 2025 at 10:03 PM
How Not to Give or Get COVID for Christmas.
"No one wants to be sick for the holidays! Gathering with friends and family during the holidays can spread more than just good cheer; some guests could unknowingly pass along a viral illness like COVID (and flu, RSV and measles)"
"No one wants to be sick for the holidays! Gathering with friends and family during the holidays can spread more than just good cheer; some guests could unknowingly pass along a viral illness like COVID (and flu, RSV and measles)"
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Affordable Care Act subsidies are about to expire leaving millions unable to afford health insurance.
This is an excellent time to start wearing a mask.
Keeping yourself and your community healthy is an act of resistance.
Millions of people literally can’t afford to get sick.
This is an excellent time to start wearing a mask.
Keeping yourself and your community healthy is an act of resistance.
Millions of people literally can’t afford to get sick.
December 18, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Affordable Care Act subsidies are about to expire leaving millions unable to afford health insurance.
This is an excellent time to start wearing a mask.
Keeping yourself and your community healthy is an act of resistance.
Millions of people literally can’t afford to get sick.
This is an excellent time to start wearing a mask.
Keeping yourself and your community healthy is an act of resistance.
Millions of people literally can’t afford to get sick.
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all i'm saying is that there were better options
December 12, 2025 at 5:25 AM
all i'm saying is that there were better options
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If Bernie's Social Security bill were enacted in 2021, Musk would have paid 2.9 BILLION more in taxes, Social Security would've been solvent for 75 years, benefits would've increased by $2,400, and 93% of Americans would have paid NOTHING more in taxes. The only one 'entitled' is Elon Musk.
December 10, 2025 at 5:42 AM
If Bernie's Social Security bill were enacted in 2021, Musk would have paid 2.9 BILLION more in taxes, Social Security would've been solvent for 75 years, benefits would've increased by $2,400, and 93% of Americans would have paid NOTHING more in taxes. The only one 'entitled' is Elon Musk.
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Cruelty is the point
Trump trying to cut Disability and SSI by 20%
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Trump trying to cut Disability and SSI by 20%
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Trump eyes 20% disability cut as 400K seniors risk losing $4,000 - NewsBreak
President Donald Trump is again testing the political limits of cutting disability support, floating changes that would shrink benefits for older Americans
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December 7, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Cruelty is the point
Trump trying to cut Disability and SSI by 20%
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Trump trying to cut Disability and SSI by 20%
share.newsbreak.com/g84773ks?s=i16
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Disabled people do not owe you their medical history.
They do not owe you their diagnosis.
They do not owe you an explanation.
Benefits are exceedingly hard to get and the process is punishing & dehumanizing.
No one is doing it for fun.
They do not owe you their diagnosis.
They do not owe you an explanation.
Benefits are exceedingly hard to get and the process is punishing & dehumanizing.
No one is doing it for fun.
December 7, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Disabled people do not owe you their medical history.
They do not owe you their diagnosis.
They do not owe you an explanation.
Benefits are exceedingly hard to get and the process is punishing & dehumanizing.
No one is doing it for fun.
They do not owe you their diagnosis.
They do not owe you an explanation.
Benefits are exceedingly hard to get and the process is punishing & dehumanizing.
No one is doing it for fun.
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Meet two heroes of our times.
December 1, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Meet two heroes of our times.
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A Maine woman retired early to be a caregiver for her terminally ill mother.
Now she’s facing cancer herself, and because ACA subsidies won’t be extended, she is losing her healthcare.
Her costs are going up for $49,000 a year.
This isn’t healthcare, it’s eugenics.
Medicare for all.
Now she’s facing cancer herself, and because ACA subsidies won’t be extended, she is losing her healthcare.
Her costs are going up for $49,000 a year.
This isn’t healthcare, it’s eugenics.
Medicare for all.
November 30, 2025 at 12:18 AM
A Maine woman retired early to be a caregiver for her terminally ill mother.
Now she’s facing cancer herself, and because ACA subsidies won’t be extended, she is losing her healthcare.
Her costs are going up for $49,000 a year.
This isn’t healthcare, it’s eugenics.
Medicare for all.
Now she’s facing cancer herself, and because ACA subsidies won’t be extended, she is losing her healthcare.
Her costs are going up for $49,000 a year.
This isn’t healthcare, it’s eugenics.
Medicare for all.
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Home Depot wanted holiday cheer, got a whole-ass choir calling out their partnership with ICE instead…
November 29, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Home Depot wanted holiday cheer, got a whole-ass choir calling out their partnership with ICE instead…
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The 8 Dems who voted against ACA are embracing eugenics.
This decision will disproportionately harm disabled people.
Many Disabled people have pre existing conditions & won’t be able to afford insurance.
Many live in legislated poverty.
Guess we aren’t dying fast enough for them
This decision will disproportionately harm disabled people.
Many Disabled people have pre existing conditions & won’t be able to afford insurance.
Many live in legislated poverty.
Guess we aren’t dying fast enough for them
November 10, 2025 at 4:44 AM
The 8 Dems who voted against ACA are embracing eugenics.
This decision will disproportionately harm disabled people.
Many Disabled people have pre existing conditions & won’t be able to afford insurance.
Many live in legislated poverty.
Guess we aren’t dying fast enough for them
This decision will disproportionately harm disabled people.
Many Disabled people have pre existing conditions & won’t be able to afford insurance.
Many live in legislated poverty.
Guess we aren’t dying fast enough for them
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Thank you @rokhanna.bsky.social
The House Democrats are united .. hope others in DC have your courage
The House Democrats are united .. hope others in DC have your courage
November 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Thank you @rokhanna.bsky.social
The House Democrats are united .. hope others in DC have your courage
The House Democrats are united .. hope others in DC have your courage
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@kaine.senate.gov
The Senate proposal tonight offers nothing different than the House version
No guarantee of even a vote for the Tax Subsidies for the ACA
No guarantee that furloughed Fed Workers would get their jobs back
So, why the fuck are you voting for it ?
The Senate proposal tonight offers nothing different than the House version
No guarantee of even a vote for the Tax Subsidies for the ACA
No guarantee that furloughed Fed Workers would get their jobs back
So, why the fuck are you voting for it ?
November 10, 2025 at 1:26 AM
@kaine.senate.gov
The Senate proposal tonight offers nothing different than the House version
No guarantee of even a vote for the Tax Subsidies for the ACA
No guarantee that furloughed Fed Workers would get their jobs back
So, why the fuck are you voting for it ?
The Senate proposal tonight offers nothing different than the House version
No guarantee of even a vote for the Tax Subsidies for the ACA
No guarantee that furloughed Fed Workers would get their jobs back
So, why the fuck are you voting for it ?
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I took my mom to the White House garden tour in 2012, and we spent some time talking with the NPS vegetable gardener. It was awesome. The garden was also a bit of a throwback to the early republic—which Republicans should love—Jefferson had sheep grazing on the grounds.
October 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I took my mom to the White House garden tour in 2012, and we spent some time talking with the NPS vegetable gardener. It was awesome. The garden was also a bit of a throwback to the early republic—which Republicans should love—Jefferson had sheep grazing on the grounds.