LibALGal
@libalgal.bsky.social
Retired medical librarian, lifelong blue dot in a distressingly red state. Now that the US is apparently Alabama, I suppose I shouldn't feel lonely... #angret
"They simply can’t accept that the ACA as it currently exists (with the enhanced tax credits, which really just raised them to where they should’ve been in the first place...) is extremely popular and is working pretty damned well." www.editorialboard.com/trump-now-wa...
Trump now wants what the Democrats wanted on health care. Just one problem: his party.
Some 24 million Americans are in a jam thanks to his carelessness.
www.editorialboard.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
"They simply can’t accept that the ACA as it currently exists (with the enhanced tax credits, which really just raised them to where they should’ve been in the first place...) is extremely popular and is working pretty damned well." www.editorialboard.com/trump-now-wa...
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True Story Behind <i>Hamnet</i>, Shakespeare’s Family, and the Origins of <i>Hamlet</i>
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The Real Shakespearean History Behind 'Hamnet'
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November 26, 2025 at 2:32 PM
True Story Behind <i>Hamnet</i>, Shakespeare’s Family, and the Origins of <i>Hamlet</i>
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Oh, that political party hasn't been about rules and laws since they accepted a convicted felon as their savior...
November 25, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Oh, that political party hasn't been about rules and laws since they accepted a convicted felon as their savior...
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When the GOP has lost *checks notes*… Ron Paul, we’re really living in the upside down
November 25, 2025 at 3:39 PM
When the GOP has lost *checks notes*… Ron Paul, we’re really living in the upside down
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NEW: Senators have called for an investigation after a ProPublica story revealed that Kristi Noem-connected firm the Strategy Group was secretly hired as a subcontractor on a $220 million DHS ad campaign.
Lawmakers Call for Probe of How Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Got Piece of $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The demands for an investigation come after a ProPublica story revealed that the Noem-connected Strategy Group was secretly a subcontractor on the ad campaign.
www.propublica.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
NEW: Senators have called for an investigation after a ProPublica story revealed that Kristi Noem-connected firm the Strategy Group was secretly hired as a subcontractor on a $220 million DHS ad campaign.
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#Sudan: We call on the RSF to protect health facilities and staff, following the death of a Ministry of Health colleague during a shooting at Zalingei hospital.
For the second time this year, we have withdrawn staff to ensure their safety.
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For the second time this year, we have withdrawn staff to ensure their safety.
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Sudan: MSF calls for protection of health facilities and staff after health worker killed | Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
MSF calls for protection of health workers and facilities after a colleague was killed at Zalingei Hospital in Central Darfur, disrupting care.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:43 PM
#Sudan: We call on the RSF to protect health facilities and staff, following the death of a Ministry of Health colleague during a shooting at Zalingei hospital.
For the second time this year, we have withdrawn staff to ensure their safety.
ow.ly/O8VW50XxNcx
For the second time this year, we have withdrawn staff to ensure their safety.
ow.ly/O8VW50XxNcx
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#endthegop as they don't deserve to politically survive the disaster they, themselves, have created and foisted upon ALL of us.
Once again, the "gop" showing the world how, exactly, self serving these ghouls are. Don't stay and fight the very monster YOU created, but take your millions and RUN to save your own skin.
How very droll.
How very droll.
November 25, 2025 at 12:41 PM
#endthegop as they don't deserve to politically survive the disaster they, themselves, have created and foisted upon ALL of us.
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That sound you heard was every GOP elected official with a lick of sense absolutely SHITTING themselves thinking about the visual of Mark Kelly back in uniform before a military court as Whiskey Pete's handpicked chucklefucks try to railroad him on bogus charges.
November 24, 2025 at 8:52 PM
That sound you heard was every GOP elected official with a lick of sense absolutely SHITTING themselves thinking about the visual of Mark Kelly back in uniform before a military court as Whiskey Pete's handpicked chucklefucks try to railroad him on bogus charges.
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We may be getting the Epstein Files in December, but they’re still hiding the Jobs Report, the Inflation Report, and the GDP Report.
November 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
We may be getting the Epstein Files in December, but they’re still hiding the Jobs Report, the Inflation Report, and the GDP Report.
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CARTOON OF THE DAY 🇺🇸
November 25, 2025 at 8:53 PM
CARTOON OF THE DAY 🇺🇸
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Do you know who you won't find in the Epstein Files?
Undocumented immigrants.
Undocumented immigrants.
November 25, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Do you know who you won't find in the Epstein Files?
Undocumented immigrants.
Undocumented immigrants.
Robert Reich - A toxic combo: Trump, Billionaires, and the Media open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
A toxic combo: Trump, Billionaires, and the Media
What to do about it
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Robert Reich - A toxic combo: Trump, Billionaires, and the Media open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
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Now, remind me again that non-Americans should mind their own business.
November 25, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Now, remind me again that non-Americans should mind their own business.
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Art. I of the Constitution gives Congress the power to make rules and regulations for the armed forces — including codes of discipline and strictures against following illegal orders. You can’t punish members of Congress for articulating those rules. Also protected by Speech and Debate Clause.
November 25, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Art. I of the Constitution gives Congress the power to make rules and regulations for the armed forces — including codes of discipline and strictures against following illegal orders. You can’t punish members of Congress for articulating those rules. Also protected by Speech and Debate Clause.
Tennessee public libraries close for Trump-inspired book purge open.substack.com/pub/populari... #BookBanning
Tennessee public libraries close for Trump-inspired book purge
One hundred and eighty-one public libraries in Tennessee are reviewing their children’s collections after Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) ordered them to remove books with LGBTQ themes or...
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Tennessee public libraries close for Trump-inspired book purge open.substack.com/pub/populari... #BookBanning
Jimmy Cliff dies at 81 - www.npr.org/2025/11/24/n...
Reggae pioneer Jimmy Cliff dies at 81
The musician and actor helped propel reggae into the international spotlight, thanks in part to his songs and starring role in the 1972 film The Harder They Come.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Jimmy Cliff dies at 81 - www.npr.org/2025/11/24/n...
Trump Refuses to Pardon Turkey After it Fails to Bribe Him open.substack.com/pub/borowitz... @borowitzreport.bsky.social #Satire 😆
Trump Refuses to Pardon Turkey After it Fails to Bribe Him
"This turkey is a terrible person," Trump said.
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Trump Refuses to Pardon Turkey After it Fails to Bribe Him open.substack.com/pub/borowitz... @borowitzreport.bsky.social #Satire 😆
JD Vance Snaps Over Mitch McConnell’s Comments on Trump Ukraine Plan newrepublic.com/post/203607/... via @newrepublic.com
JD Vance Snaps Over Mitch McConnell’s Comments on Trump Ukraine Plan
The Republican Party is splitting over Donald Trump’s support for a peace plan that favors Russia.
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
JD Vance Snaps Over Mitch McConnell’s Comments on Trump Ukraine Plan newrepublic.com/post/203607/... via @newrepublic.com
Dan Rather - The Dumbing Down of America open.substack.com/pub/steady/p...
The Dumbing Down of America
It’s as easy as G-O-P
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November 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Dan Rather - The Dumbing Down of America open.substack.com/pub/steady/p...
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Trump doesn't want to hear about how expensive your groceries are—he's too busy stuffing his own pockets.
November 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Trump doesn't want to hear about how expensive your groceries are—he's too busy stuffing his own pockets.
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The bill last numbered H.R. 9495 would empower the Treasury Secretary to designate any nonprofit the Secretary wishes to kill a “terrorist supporting organization” and revoke the tax-exempt status on which it depends for survival. Unconstitutional but lethal in the harm it would do while in force.
November 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The bill last numbered H.R. 9495 would empower the Treasury Secretary to designate any nonprofit the Secretary wishes to kill a “terrorist supporting organization” and revoke the tax-exempt status on which it depends for survival. Unconstitutional but lethal in the harm it would do while in force.
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Apparently, Little Marco Rubio only has a problem with tyrannical dictators if they are in the country his family is from. Otherwise, he's more than happy to help them. What a shallow, self-centered view of the world.
November 24, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Apparently, Little Marco Rubio only has a problem with tyrannical dictators if they are in the country his family is from. Otherwise, he's more than happy to help them. What a shallow, self-centered view of the world.
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The EPA will approve two new pesticides containing “forever chemicals” and relax a reporting rule for companies who make products with forever chemicals.
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
November 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The EPA will approve two new pesticides containing “forever chemicals” and relax a reporting rule for companies who make products with forever chemicals.
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
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Extraordinary (from BBC). Can any journalist really think this is what's going on?!
November 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Extraordinary (from BBC). Can any journalist really think this is what's going on?!
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Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
www.whatimreading.net
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old