Carolyn
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Making coffee, doctoring, parenting... And wondering why I need more coffee.
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The Guardian had a rundown of Trump's late night Truth Social binge, which included "an AI generated visual of himself planting the US flag on Greenland."
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
January 20, 2026 at 12:18 PM
The Guardian had a rundown of Trump's late night Truth Social binge, which included "an AI generated visual of himself planting the US flag on Greenland."
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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Nasra Ahmed was shoved to the ground and detained by ICE agents, suffering cuts and bruises to her face and legs
Ahmed, a U.S. citizen born in Minnesota, spent two days in jail before being released without charges
Ahmed, a U.S. citizen born in Minnesota, spent two days in jail before being released without charges
St. Paul woman, a U.S. citizen, recounts her two days in detention
During her two days in immigration detention, a St. Paul woman who was born in Minnesota said she “put her faith in God” and prayed after suffering what appeared to be a stress-induced seizure and bei...
www.yahoo.com
January 18, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Nasra Ahmed was shoved to the ground and detained by ICE agents, suffering cuts and bruises to her face and legs
Ahmed, a U.S. citizen born in Minnesota, spent two days in jail before being released without charges
Ahmed, a U.S. citizen born in Minnesota, spent two days in jail before being released without charges
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Stephen Colbert on the ICE murder of Renee Nicole Good: “The message from this administration is clear. Only they determine the truth. And when their forces come to your city: obey or die. And if you die, you clearly didn’t obey. This should be an alarm bell for the entire country.”
January 9, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Stephen Colbert on the ICE murder of Renee Nicole Good: “The message from this administration is clear. Only they determine the truth. And when their forces come to your city: obey or die. And if you die, you clearly didn’t obey. This should be an alarm bell for the entire country.”
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This is mob shit and they could try to use it on any other kind of medical care they don’t like. Abortion, birth control, childhood vaccines
CMS is saying they can do this because this care is not "healthcare" and thus they aren't regulating practice of medicine... seems like a slippery slope? what stops them from next saying abortion isn't healthcare?
Under the proposed rule issued by the Trump Administration today, any Medicare- or Medicaid-participating hospital would be barred from providing gender-affirming care to *any child*, even if the care is not paid for by Medicare or Medicaid.
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-23465.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-23465.pdf
December 20, 2025 at 12:04 AM
This is mob shit and they could try to use it on any other kind of medical care they don’t like. Abortion, birth control, childhood vaccines
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Let me understand you correctly, governments can care that people are being murdered?
Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws. n.pr/48UTa7g
Australia announces strict new gun laws. Here's how it can act so swiftly
Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws.
n.pr
December 15, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Let me understand you correctly, governments can care that people are being murdered?
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US federal workers would lose whistleblower safeguards under Trump rule reut.rs/446m2YM
US federal workers would lose whistleblower safeguards under Trump rule
President Donald Trump's administration is close to implementing a rule that would end long-standing legal protections for whistleblowers among senior federal employees, according to documents reviewed by Reuters, prompting backlash from lawyers representing government workers.
reut.rs
November 19, 2025 at 3:20 AM
US federal workers would lose whistleblower safeguards under Trump rule reut.rs/446m2YM
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The moment when 30 million American's received healthcare (2010) The moment when insurance companies had to start covering preexisting conditions, young adults could stay on their family's policy and I could trust that the small print couldn't screw me if I needed serious medical assistance. 🇺🇸
November 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The moment when 30 million American's received healthcare (2010) The moment when insurance companies had to start covering preexisting conditions, young adults could stay on their family's policy and I could trust that the small print couldn't screw me if I needed serious medical assistance. 🇺🇸
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The Open Enrollment period has officially begun in every state, shining a light on the enormous hike in health care costs families will face without ACA tax credits.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
ACA open enrollment 2026 begins: What to know as insurance premiums rise
Premiums for people who get their insurance through Healthcare.gov are rising about 30% on average. Without the enhanced subsidies, many could pay far more than that.
www.nbcnews.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The Open Enrollment period has officially begun in every state, shining a light on the enormous hike in health care costs families will face without ACA tax credits.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
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Until now, Social Security disability benefits have been easier to qualify for as a person reaches 50+.
Trump's new rules would end that. Under the new plan, millions, many in red states, could find it more difficult to qualify.
Important story from Eli Hager:
www.propublica.org/article/soci...
Trump's new rules would end that. Under the new plan, millions, many in red states, could find it more difficult to qualify.
Important story from Eli Hager:
www.propublica.org/article/soci...
October 31, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Until now, Social Security disability benefits have been easier to qualify for as a person reaches 50+.
Trump's new rules would end that. Under the new plan, millions, many in red states, could find it more difficult to qualify.
Important story from Eli Hager:
www.propublica.org/article/soci...
Trump's new rules would end that. Under the new plan, millions, many in red states, could find it more difficult to qualify.
Important story from Eli Hager:
www.propublica.org/article/soci...
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Kristi Noem is flat-out lying when she claims no U.S. citizen has been arrested in her violent crackdown. Do a web search on “immigration citizen arrested” and you’ll see. Here’s one of the many documented reports we found.
October 30, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Kristi Noem is flat-out lying when she claims no U.S. citizen has been arrested in her violent crackdown. Do a web search on “immigration citizen arrested” and you’ll see. Here’s one of the many documented reports we found.
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25% of Drs in US are foreign grads. Many are on an H1B visa. This will hit health systems hard especially rural hospitals and hospitals in underserved areas that sponsor these visas through waiver programs. The old cost was about 5000$ a year.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump signs proclamation imposing annual $100,000 fee on H-1B visas
Move deals potentially major blow to US tech industry, which relies heavily on workers from India and China
www.theguardian.com
September 20, 2025 at 11:37 AM
25% of Drs in US are foreign grads. Many are on an H1B visa. This will hit health systems hard especially rural hospitals and hospitals in underserved areas that sponsor these visas through waiver programs. The old cost was about 5000$ a year.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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This story feels like it’s going to have huge repercussions
korean reporting is nightmarish on the conditions Korean workers were contained in
September 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
This story feels like it’s going to have huge repercussions
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I wrote my own Charlie Kirk obituary, and about valuing truth over manners: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning
The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn't a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division
www.thenation.com
September 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I wrote my own Charlie Kirk obituary, and about valuing truth over manners: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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The 16-year-old boy accused of shooting two classmates at Evergreen High School embraced conspiratorial, antisemitic and white supremacist social media content
Evergreen High School shooter embraced Columbine, antisemitism and white supremacy online
Review shows that Desmond Holly also posted online about Columbine shooting and a picture of a revolver
coloradosun.com
September 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The 16-year-old boy accused of shooting two classmates at Evergreen High School embraced conspiratorial, antisemitic and white supremacist social media content
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“There are risks to having these large natural gas storage facilities close to major urban populations,” said Michael Jerrett, principal investigator of the UCLA Aliso Canyon Disaster Health Research Study team. via @laist.com
Low birth weight rates rose nearly 50% around Aliso Canyon gas leak, UCLA study finds
A UCLA study in the journal Science Advances also found a likely increase in miscarriages around the methane leak in the northern San Fernando Valley in 2015.
n.pr
September 12, 2025 at 8:12 PM
“There are risks to having these large natural gas storage facilities close to major urban populations,” said Michael Jerrett, principal investigator of the UCLA Aliso Canyon Disaster Health Research Study team. via @laist.com
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Pretty clear that a lot of people jumped the gun on the motive behind Kirk’s assassination. The shooter:
1. Grew up in a Republican family
2. Donated to Donald Trump
3. Loved guns
4. Was steeped in Groyper culture
This isn’t a simple “raging leftist hated Kirk” scenario.
1. Grew up in a Republican family
2. Donated to Donald Trump
3. Loved guns
4. Was steeped in Groyper culture
This isn’t a simple “raging leftist hated Kirk” scenario.
September 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Pretty clear that a lot of people jumped the gun on the motive behind Kirk’s assassination. The shooter:
1. Grew up in a Republican family
2. Donated to Donald Trump
3. Loved guns
4. Was steeped in Groyper culture
This isn’t a simple “raging leftist hated Kirk” scenario.
1. Grew up in a Republican family
2. Donated to Donald Trump
3. Loved guns
4. Was steeped in Groyper culture
This isn’t a simple “raging leftist hated Kirk” scenario.
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Affordable and high-quality child care should not be a privilege reserved for the ultra-rich.
New Mexico’s universal child care policy is a groundbreaking investment in our children’s future—and will save New Mexico families over $12,000 per child annually.
New Mexico’s universal child care policy is a groundbreaking investment in our children’s future—and will save New Mexico families over $12,000 per child annually.
This state will become 1st to offer free, universal child care
New Mexico has become the first state in the country to guarantee free child care to families residing in the state.
abcnews.go.com
September 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Affordable and high-quality child care should not be a privilege reserved for the ultra-rich.
New Mexico’s universal child care policy is a groundbreaking investment in our children’s future—and will save New Mexico families over $12,000 per child annually.
New Mexico’s universal child care policy is a groundbreaking investment in our children’s future—and will save New Mexico families over $12,000 per child annually.
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Something folks are missing here: this raid wasn’t about “illegals taking American jobs.” It was about ICE storming the Hyundai–LG battery plant in Georgia, part of a $7.6B Metaplant project that isn’t even operational yet.
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September 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Something folks are missing here: this raid wasn’t about “illegals taking American jobs.” It was about ICE storming the Hyundai–LG battery plant in Georgia, part of a $7.6B Metaplant project that isn’t even operational yet.
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The evidence proving that abortion bans are deadly is irrefutable, and it cannot be ignored. We MUST listen to our medical experts who are telling us over and over in no uncertain terms: ABORTION BANS KILL.
https://bit.ly/4nr5jXB.
https://bit.ly/4nr5jXB.
The States Where It's Riskier to Have a Baby
In places with significant abortion restrictions, many pregnant women experience delays, confusion, and other substandard care.
bit.ly
August 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM
The evidence proving that abortion bans are deadly is irrefutable, and it cannot be ignored. We MUST listen to our medical experts who are telling us over and over in no uncertain terms: ABORTION BANS KILL.
https://bit.ly/4nr5jXB.
https://bit.ly/4nr5jXB.
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As I wrote yesterday, It's when you assemble the whole picture that you have to raise the question if the intention is to destroy this country and whether this country is in fact being destroyed. Here's some more destruction.
July 14, 2025 at 10:43 PM
As I wrote yesterday, It's when you assemble the whole picture that you have to raise the question if the intention is to destroy this country and whether this country is in fact being destroyed. Here's some more destruction.
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Cis people have always been the main consumers of gender affirming care, surgeries, treatment. They just don't see it as such because they feel entitled to it, they are barely even cognizant of their own genders.
It’s gender-affirming care. Like, I’m even trying to be cheeky. This is exactly what gender-affirming care is all about and I believe healthcare is a human right we ALL should have.
Health clinics across America are serving up injections of testosterone. Men younger than 35 are the most eager customers
July 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Cis people have always been the main consumers of gender affirming care, surgeries, treatment. They just don't see it as such because they feel entitled to it, they are barely even cognizant of their own genders.