Laura Ragusa
@neveragain2024.bsky.social
Roadie for a blues drummer. Public radio nerd/former staffer. Finance person in the non-finance world of academia.Will not accept Project 2025 without a fight. I mainly repost because others are more articulate than I am. Connecticut will always be 🏡
Reposted by Laura Ragusa
Reposted by Laura Ragusa
Ossoff: "She got her new insurance quote & it's $700 more per month than what she's paying now. She's diabetic. She had surgery a few months ago for something else. She told me she cried again bc she realized she's gonna have to cancel her insurance. She believes she might die bc of a policy choice"
December 11, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Ossoff: "She got her new insurance quote & it's $700 more per month than what she's paying now. She's diabetic. She had surgery a few months ago for something else. She told me she cried again bc she realized she's gonna have to cancel her insurance. She believes she might die bc of a policy choice"
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EXCLUSIVE: Epstein survivors and Senate Democrats ask for audit to determine if Epstein files have been "tampered with"
Just filed ===>
www.cbsnews.com/news/epstein...
Just filed ===>
www.cbsnews.com/news/epstein...
Epstein survivors and Senate Democrats ask for audit to determine if Epstein files have been "tampered with"
Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's sex crimes and a group of Democrats are asking for a review of the Epstein case files to determine whether the records have been "tampered" with or concealed, ahead of a...
www.cbsnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:02 AM
EXCLUSIVE: Epstein survivors and Senate Democrats ask for audit to determine if Epstein files have been "tampered with"
Just filed ===>
www.cbsnews.com/news/epstein...
Just filed ===>
www.cbsnews.com/news/epstein...
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Trumplethinskin creates his own version of reality & then expects us to believe it as if we don't have eyes, ears or functioning brains.
#SAD 🤣
#SAD 🤣
December 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Trumplethinskin creates his own version of reality & then expects us to believe it as if we don't have eyes, ears or functioning brains.
#SAD 🤣
#SAD 🤣
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Christian nationalist pastor Joel Webbon calls on his fellow Christians to use the slur "faggot" in the fight against LGBTQ rights: "No, stop it, faggots. No, you will not convert my children. You're degenerates, you're predators, and you're evil." www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwat...
December 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Christian nationalist pastor Joel Webbon calls on his fellow Christians to use the slur "faggot" in the fight against LGBTQ rights: "No, stop it, faggots. No, you will not convert my children. You're degenerates, you're predators, and you're evil." www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwat...
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The fight over whether to hang a legally-mandated plaque to honor Jan 6 police officer responders.... has literally become a federal case
Just filed to CBS News
Just filed to CBS News
December 10, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The fight over whether to hang a legally-mandated plaque to honor Jan 6 police officer responders.... has literally become a federal case
Just filed to CBS News
Just filed to CBS News
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Months before the start of the World Cup, the MAGA regime are planning to require all foreign tourists to submit five years of their social media data upon entering the United States.
This is what fascism looks like and FIFA gave it a fake bullshit peace award. Disgusting.
This is what fascism looks like and FIFA gave it a fake bullshit peace award. Disgusting.
December 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Months before the start of the World Cup, the MAGA regime are planning to require all foreign tourists to submit five years of their social media data upon entering the United States.
This is what fascism looks like and FIFA gave it a fake bullshit peace award. Disgusting.
This is what fascism looks like and FIFA gave it a fake bullshit peace award. Disgusting.
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MAGA regime officials are now threatening retaliatory sanctions against the ICC (International Criminal Court) in fear that the ICC may try to prosecute them for their war crimes.
Innocent people don’t do this, only fascist criminals do.
Innocent people don’t do this, only fascist criminals do.
December 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
MAGA regime officials are now threatening retaliatory sanctions against the ICC (International Criminal Court) in fear that the ICC may try to prosecute them for their war crimes.
Innocent people don’t do this, only fascist criminals do.
Innocent people don’t do this, only fascist criminals do.
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Every disturbing news report about a wrongful deportation or military-style raid of an apartment building should come as a reminder that the US government is using its prosecutorial discretion—it is choosing—to normalize casual cruelty and overt racism.
A year of hell for immigrants
In the first Trump administration, cruelty was the point. Now, it is the norm.
www.motherjones.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Every disturbing news report about a wrongful deportation or military-style raid of an apartment building should come as a reminder that the US government is using its prosecutorial discretion—it is choosing—to normalize casual cruelty and overt racism.
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ICYMI: the federal judge in Maxwell’s case is ordering the US Attorney of the SDNY to personally certify that he is in compliance with the rules and law.
That US Attorney? It’s Jay Clayton, the one who Pamela Jo has handpicked to “investigate only the Democrats” relating to Epstein.
That US Attorney? It’s Jay Clayton, the one who Pamela Jo has handpicked to “investigate only the Democrats” relating to Epstein.
BREAKING: The judge in Ghislaine Maxwell’s case has granted the DOJ’s motion to unseal grand jury materials.
I break down the order & explain why this judge is holding the DOJ’s feet to the fire when it comes to protecting the victims & survivors of Epstein & Maxwell.
youtu.be/EQAZtyN9ixM?...
I break down the order & explain why this judge is holding the DOJ’s feet to the fire when it comes to protecting the victims & survivors of Epstein & Maxwell.
youtu.be/EQAZtyN9ixM?...
Judge SLAMS Trump DOJ Over EPSTEIN SCANDAL COVER-UP
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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December 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM
ICYMI: the federal judge in Maxwell’s case is ordering the US Attorney of the SDNY to personally certify that he is in compliance with the rules and law.
That US Attorney? It’s Jay Clayton, the one who Pamela Jo has handpicked to “investigate only the Democrats” relating to Epstein.
That US Attorney? It’s Jay Clayton, the one who Pamela Jo has handpicked to “investigate only the Democrats” relating to Epstein.
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We have an Idiot for a President...😱
December 9, 2025 at 10:02 PM
We have an Idiot for a President...😱
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He is not well.
If someone’s grandpa posted this on Facebook, the family would be discussing assisted living by dinner.
If someone’s grandpa posted this on Facebook, the family would be discussing assisted living by dinner.
December 10, 2025 at 11:32 AM
He is not well.
If someone’s grandpa posted this on Facebook, the family would be discussing assisted living by dinner.
If someone’s grandpa posted this on Facebook, the family would be discussing assisted living by dinner.
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TRUMP: “I said why is it we only take people from shithole countries? Why can't we have some people from Norway, Sweden, Denmark… But we always take people from Somalia— places that are filthy, dirty, disgusting.”
Such a mystery what he means when he says this stuff, isn’t it?
Such a mystery what he means when he says this stuff, isn’t it?
December 10, 2025 at 4:08 AM
TRUMP: “I said why is it we only take people from shithole countries? Why can't we have some people from Norway, Sweden, Denmark… But we always take people from Somalia— places that are filthy, dirty, disgusting.”
Such a mystery what he means when he says this stuff, isn’t it?
Such a mystery what he means when he says this stuff, isn’t it?
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Bowie, Maryland
Friday, December 12 & 19
IBBMD VisBrigade Rt 50 Pedestrian Bridge Sign & Wave
Friday, December 12 & 19
IBBMD VisBrigade Rt 50 Pedestrian Bridge Sign & Wave
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Friday, December 12 & Dec 19
2 – 4pm EST
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Friday, December 12 & Dec 19
2 – 4pm EST
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Bowie, MD 20716
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This a local Indivisible event!
Come out and show support for our large letter signs promoting Democracy, facing both east- and west-bound lanes. Two signs with large letters for easy reading by pas...
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December 9, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Bowie, Maryland
Friday, December 12 & 19
IBBMD VisBrigade Rt 50 Pedestrian Bridge Sign & Wave
Friday, December 12 & 19
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You’ll notice the media is doing their best to ignore the orange felon’s pattern of verbally attacking and berating female reporters because to address it would be to bring up his lifelong pattern of adultery, abuse, rape, incestuous cravings and the Access Hollywood Tape.
December 9, 2025 at 8:14 PM
You’ll notice the media is doing their best to ignore the orange felon’s pattern of verbally attacking and berating female reporters because to address it would be to bring up his lifelong pattern of adultery, abuse, rape, incestuous cravings and the Access Hollywood Tape.
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New research found that Instacart is charging shoppers different prices — despite ordering the same items from the same store at the same time.
The price differences could amount to an extra $1,200 a year for the average household of four.
Corporate greed is out of control.
The price differences could amount to an extra $1,200 a year for the average household of four.
Corporate greed is out of control.
Instacart’s AI-Enabled Pricing Experiments May Be Inflating Your Grocery Bill, CR and Groundwork Collaborative Investigation Finds - Consumer Reports
Exclusive: Instacart’s AI pricing may be inflating your grocery bill.
www.consumerreports.org
December 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
New research found that Instacart is charging shoppers different prices — despite ordering the same items from the same store at the same time.
The price differences could amount to an extra $1,200 a year for the average household of four.
Corporate greed is out of control.
The price differences could amount to an extra $1,200 a year for the average household of four.
Corporate greed is out of control.
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"No wonder his approval is in the toilet at 36%. No wonder Republicans are terrified of losing 40 to 60 House seats, and possibly the Senate, in next year's midterm elections" andyostroy.substack.com/p/trumps-abo...
Trump's About To Insult His Base At PA Rally
He'll Tell MAGA They're Too Stupid To Know How Awesome His Economy Is
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December 9, 2025 at 7:52 PM
"No wonder his approval is in the toilet at 36%. No wonder Republicans are terrified of losing 40 to 60 House seats, and possibly the Senate, in next year's midterm elections" andyostroy.substack.com/p/trumps-abo...
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Federal Judge Sets Hearing to Determine if Kristi Noem Defied Court Orders/Committed Contempt
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youtu.be/luumCEXG6d0?...
Federal Judge Sets Hearing to Determine if Kristi Noem Defied Court Orders/Committed Contempt
YouTube video by Glenn Kirschner
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December 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Federal Judge Sets Hearing to Determine if Kristi Noem Defied Court Orders/Committed Contempt
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FOX: What do you say to Americans who say to Republicans, where's your healthcare plan? If they're not getting their subsidy, what's option B?
McCORMICK: In the short term, we're still wrestling with how to deal with this
McCORMICK: In the short term, we're still wrestling with how to deal with this
December 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
FOX: What do you say to Americans who say to Republicans, where's your healthcare plan? If they're not getting their subsidy, what's option B?
McCORMICK: In the short term, we're still wrestling with how to deal with this
McCORMICK: In the short term, we're still wrestling with how to deal with this
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PIERS: “You’re not gay?”
FUENTES: “No. But women are very difficult to be around.”
P: “Should they vote?”
F: “No.”
PIERS: “They should stay home?”
FUENTES: “Yeah.”
PIERS: “So you’re just a misogynistic dinosaur. Have you ever had sex?”
FUENTES: “No.”
PIERS: “Wow. Says the guy who never got laid.”
FUENTES: “No. But women are very difficult to be around.”
P: “Should they vote?”
F: “No.”
PIERS: “They should stay home?”
FUENTES: “Yeah.”
PIERS: “So you’re just a misogynistic dinosaur. Have you ever had sex?”
FUENTES: “No.”
PIERS: “Wow. Says the guy who never got laid.”
December 9, 2025 at 1:34 PM
PIERS: “You’re not gay?”
FUENTES: “No. But women are very difficult to be around.”
P: “Should they vote?”
F: “No.”
PIERS: “They should stay home?”
FUENTES: “Yeah.”
PIERS: “So you’re just a misogynistic dinosaur. Have you ever had sex?”
FUENTES: “No.”
PIERS: “Wow. Says the guy who never got laid.”
FUENTES: “No. But women are very difficult to be around.”
P: “Should they vote?”
F: “No.”
PIERS: “They should stay home?”
FUENTES: “Yeah.”
PIERS: “So you’re just a misogynistic dinosaur. Have you ever had sex?”
FUENTES: “No.”
PIERS: “Wow. Says the guy who never got laid.”
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CINCINNATI: “ICE agent arrested on domestic violence charges for for alleged assault, strangulation”
www.wlwt.com/article/ice-...
www.wlwt.com/article/ice-...
December 9, 2025 at 7:14 PM
CINCINNATI: “ICE agent arrested on domestic violence charges for for alleged assault, strangulation”
www.wlwt.com/article/ice-...
www.wlwt.com/article/ice-...
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Reposting one of Trump’s Spiritual Advisors whose church is linked to Republican Leaders and influential Republicans was led out of the Osage County courthouse in Oklahoma.
He pleaded guilty to 5 counts of lewd or indecent acts to a child.
He pleaded guilty to 5 counts of lewd or indecent acts to a child.
December 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Reposting one of Trump’s Spiritual Advisors whose church is linked to Republican Leaders and influential Republicans was led out of the Osage County courthouse in Oklahoma.
He pleaded guilty to 5 counts of lewd or indecent acts to a child.
He pleaded guilty to 5 counts of lewd or indecent acts to a child.
Reposted by Laura Ragusa
Raul Malo, the operatic vocalist and co-founder of the Grammy-winning, Latin-tinged country band the Mavericks, has died at age 60.
Access the free article here: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Access the free article here: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
December 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Raul Malo, the operatic vocalist and co-founder of the Grammy-winning, Latin-tinged country band the Mavericks, has died at age 60.
Access the free article here: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Access the free article here: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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This dude is 3rd in line to the presidency and this is how he feels about women. Mediocre white men is going to be the demise of this country, we have got to do better to elect people of higher caliber. 2025 and this is how this guy thinks. Just fucking WOW‼️‼️
December 6, 2025 at 4:53 PM
This dude is 3rd in line to the presidency and this is how he feels about women. Mediocre white men is going to be the demise of this country, we have got to do better to elect people of higher caliber. 2025 and this is how this guy thinks. Just fucking WOW‼️‼️
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So Bondi and Kash make a big deal out of arresting the J6 pipe bomber then the guy confesses that he is a Trump supporter who thought the 2020 election was stolen and his lawyer is arguing that Trump’s broadly-worded J6 blanket pardon applies to him and he should go free. Poetry.
December 6, 2025 at 12:50 AM
So Bondi and Kash make a big deal out of arresting the J6 pipe bomber then the guy confesses that he is a Trump supporter who thought the 2020 election was stolen and his lawyer is arguing that Trump’s broadly-worded J6 blanket pardon applies to him and he should go free. Poetry.