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Health care policy. Reproductive rights. Human rights. Politics. Medicine. Mother of a special needs kid who’s all grown up. Not interested in Bitcoin

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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Hunger Hurts.
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 26/09/2026
This is bullshit, as @mattafiedler.bsky.social has explained repeatedly: (Scroll halfway down the post): acasignups.net/25/09/28/how...
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How full of shit is this Hill Op Ed? Let me count the ways.
Someone alerted me to a new column over at The HIll written by Dean Clancy, a "Senior Health Policy Fellow at Americans for Prosperity." It's been awhile since I've done one of these, but let's go thr...
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
He's helping to raise huge sums of money to back Senate candidates who will vote for Trump's judicial nominees, not much of a "rebuke."
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Disability Rights Florida @disabilityrightsfl.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Update in U.S. v. Florida: The Eleventh Circuit ordered DOJ and Florida to mediation and said attorneys for children at risk of institutionalization should be invited. Read the full September 17 update on U.S. v. Florida and what comes next: disabilityrightsflorida.org/newsroom/sto...
An adult and a childwho uses a wheelchair look at each other outdoors. Text reads: “Latest News. Sep. 17, 2026. Important update in U.S. v. Florida: The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has ordered the Department of Justice and the State of Florida to participate in mediation.”Official Statement From Disability Rights Florida. On September 15, 2026, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals ordered the Department of Justice and the State of Florida to participate in mediation in U.S. v. Florida. The Court also ordered that attorneys representing children at risk of institutionalization should be invited to participate. Disability Rights Florida has asked the Court to participate in the mediation and represent the interests of children with medically complex conditions.Official Statement From Disability Rights Florida. The U.S. v. Florida case is currently paused while mediation takes place. Florida’s request for rehearing remains before the Court but has been stayed. The Court has not yet decided who will represent children at risk of institutionalization during mediation. If Disability Rights Florida is selected, DRF will create opportunities for impacted children and families to provide input about their needs and wishes. The slide also encourages people to sign up for DRF’s e-newsletter for updates.Official Statement From Disability Rights Florida. Text reads: “Regardless of whether DRF is selected to participate in the upcoming mediation, we will continue to fight for the rights of not only children with medically complex conditions, but all Floridians with disabilities, to remain integrated into their families and communities.” Disability Rights Florida logo appears below the statement.
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boatmatears.bsky.social @boatmatears.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A judge had to order the DOJ and the state of Florida to mediation because the government wants to institutionalize a CHILD against the family’s wishes. Since the press isn’t covering the felon, when do you think they might report on this? @cnn.com @news.abc.net.au
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
ECHEM. Hundreds of flights were canceled in the US Northeast on Monday due to technical problems at a key regional air traffic control center, halting operations at every major airport in the New York City area for several hours just as the UN assembly got underway. 👇🏻
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Janet 🇨🇦 @jansplanet.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
#Texas, #Florida, #Louisiana, #Montana, & #Alaska want to strike longstanding Section 504 regs that require services to be delivered in the community in the most integrated setting appropriate. #CouldBeYou 💔 #Disability #Community #HumanRights #Discrimination #MAGA
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DOJ Seeks to Vacate Disability Integration Mandate, Raising Concerns for Community-Based Services
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Ian Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
mFlusiva was found to be about 27% more effective than a standard flu shot. The FDA approved mFlusiva in August for people 50 and older. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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The first mRNA flu shot is now available. Here’s who can get it.
Doses of Moderna’s mFlusiva are available at CVS. Walgreens expects to begin receiving shipments of the vaccine any day now.
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Taylor Nichols, MD MS @tnicholsmd.com · 18/09/2026
Also, and I say this lovingly towards my colleagues as an emergency medicine physician - emergency departments are notoriously bad at treating addiction-related issues, including substance use disorders. We have collectively spent years working on improving those systems, and building capacity.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
CDC Director Dr. Erica Schwartz just parroted one of RFK Jr.’s favorite and false talking points: “If someone got hit by a bus, and they happened to have COVID, often that was called a COVID-related death”. She said this right before she spoke with a ballroom full of healthcare executives.
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New CDC chief discusses measles, vaccine trust and staff morale
One month after taking over an embattled CDC, new Director Dr. Erica Schwartz sat down with our Georgia Capitol reporter, Abby Kousouris.
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Catholics for Choice @catholic4choice.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Saint Hildegard taught us the power of using God’s creation 🌿🫚🌼 to pursue reproductive choice. In her writings, she includes recipes using herbs and other plants that can induce menstruation after a missed period.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
“What we have been seeing, that got amplified even more with these measles cases, is a breakdown in the coordination and trust between states and the federal government”. -Dr. Anne Zink, highlighting one of the many problems when the Federal government decides public health is the enemy.
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As diseases loom, CDC's response to measles deaths stirs fears about agency's reliability
The worst U.S. measles outbreak in decades is growing and flu season is imminent. Experts are fretting about federal health data reliability after the CDC questioned two Pennsylvania measles deaths.
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Norm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
In Texas, especially, it’s not just ectopic pregnancies. It’s miscarriages and other complications from pregnancy. Doctors have been completely intimidated by the monstrous and extreme public officials. Women are bleeding to death and dying. They are pro death.
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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Corporations spent $129 MILLION in just quarter two of the 2026 midterms. The biggest beneficiaries were an online betting super PAC, a group affiliated with the billionaire Koch brothers & a Trump-aligned Super PAC. Corporations are silencing real people by buying our elections.
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Data Report @datareport.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Wastewater Scan tonight shows more signs of a peak in the US for Covid. I am not convinced we go straight down from here; rather, bouncing around at peak levels for some time is more likely as we shift to more rises in the north and drops in the south, and hopefully the west too.
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Was just wondering…? 🌮 @wasjustwondering.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Nazi’s rise again in Germany. The failure to force social media companies to stop and or remove divisive propaganda has lead to this. All governments must take notice before it’s too late. ⏰ The leading spreaders of lies and propaganda: Twitter YouTube Facebook Instagram Telegram
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
You just know if a Democratic Secretary of Defense did what Hegseth has done, Kennedy would be calling for his head on a pike
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 03/09/2026
🚨🚨🚨 There's been a lot of fretting about folks losing Medicaid via the upcoming "work reporting" requirements. In fact, by my estimates, over 10 MILLION Americans have *already* likely lost healthcare coverage during the Trump 2.0 Regime. acasignups.net/26/09/03/rep...
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The Republican Healthcare Disaster is already here: OVER TEN MILLION Americans have likely already lost healthcare coverage.
Yesterday I wrote about the standard monthly Medicaid/CHIP enrollment report published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). I noted that as of April 2026, total combined Medicaid & C...
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boatmatears.bsky.social @boatmatears.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The government is in court right now asking a judge for permission to lock disabled people up in institutions. This statement is from Florida, but it’s happening across the country. Wake up and fight back. Anyone can become disabled!
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
JD Vance not closing the deal with Jewish Republicans unnerved by his relationship with antisemite Tucker Carlson. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/u...
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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🎃Darin S Pumpkins🎃 @darinself.com · 31/08/2026
A note for the next Dem president, you are allowed to break the law while SCOTUS thinks about it.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Most headlines refer to this as "misspent" or "misappropriated". Whether by a legal definition it's "stole" those other words GREATLY understate what happened. They took $10M of public money for childrens health care and laundered it thru a string of orgs to get it into a political campaign account.
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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
here's Friday's post: "welcome to Lake Stupid Fucking Moron. population: one" — guess who it is. thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff —
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welcome to Lake Stupid Fucking Moron. population: one
guess who it is
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The Trump administration, having purged IRS of anyone put the crudest partisans, is now plotting to go after progressive nonprofits and their donors. nypost.com/2026/08/27/b...
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Exclusive | Trump admin set to target George Soros nonprofit, Southern Poverty Law Center and CAIR in major tax crackdown: sources
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is turning on his old boss, targeting George Soros’ Open Society Foundations in a massive progressive tax crackdown.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Dolly Parton, Rights Holder, Dead at 80 talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/dolly...
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Dolly Parton, Rights Holder, Dead at 80
When some stars or legends die, they spur outpourings and commemorations that...
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boatmatears.bsky.social @boatmatears.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Why am I not surprised by this?
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Norm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The president has no role in elections. Six disgraceful partisan hacks on the Supreme Court have just given him a lawless green light to manipulate votes by mail for voter suppression. The Roberts Court majority fits more in Putin’s Russia
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God @thegodshow.com · 21/08/2026
I regret to inform you that the USS Lincoln isn't the only ship experiencing hell right now. People need to know about what’s happening out there!
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Thou Shalt Bring All The Sailors Home
The entire logistics chain is broken.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 21/08/2026
🗳️ Want to know the truth about the DOJ's election monitors? “These monitors will not be judged on honest reports of what is happening at the polls,” Marc Elias writes. “They will be expected to generate information that can be weaponized against voters and election officials.”
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DOJ is 0-23 in court, so now it’s sending 1,000 monitors to the polls
Donald Trump's Justice Department took a major step toward subverting elections this fall.
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
It’s only a matter of time before Rick Scott tries-again-to cut Social Security and Medicare Just watch. Scott and the GOP shoved the Big Ugly Bill down America’s throat-giving billionaires huge tax breaks and exploding our national debt in the process-and he’ll try to make all of us pay for it
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Action Together New Jersey @atnj.org · 21/08/2026
Covid is also making the rounds in Northern NJ, Southern NY.
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boatmatears.bsky.social @boatmatears.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Again?
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Today's podcaster psychosis level: Elevated.
Benny Johnson: "Islam is here to kill us and convert us."Trump ally Laura Loomer calls for using “military force” to round up Muslims
Loomer: “It would be much easier to actually start using military force to start raiding mosques and removing these people from our country”

Timcast IRL panel discusses putting “all the Chinese Americans” in internment camps in a hypothetical war with China
Kevin Smith: “And I'm sure people are going to compare it to ICE detention facilities, though that's not remotely the same thing”
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 16/08/2026
U.S. Naval Forces Central Command is now denying our reporting about shortages of feminine hygiene products aboard the USS Boxer. We’ve seen these same blanket denials for months about the dire conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln. Our reporting was right then. It is right now. 1/
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boatmatears.bsky.social @boatmatears.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
@support.bsky.team how can we let them know?
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 16/08/2026
GOOD! Due to Republicans letting the federal tax credits expire, total healthcare expenses for Minnesota ACA enrollees have jumped by 35% on average this year! acasignups.net/enrollee_cos...
Bar graph - Minnesota ACA average net premiums + OOP expenses
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Norm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
What we have in store next year, my latest newrepublic.com/article/2142...
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The Republicans Are Going to Kill People—but Not Until After They Vote
In the Big Beautiful Bill, the GOP put off Medicaid cuts until after midterms. America is about to find out why.
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boatmatears.bsky.social @boatmatears.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Regardless of whether the SAVE Act passes or not I’m bringing my birth certificate, marriage certificate, and passport when I vote. I won’t be turned away.
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Norm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Impeach him. Disbar him.
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Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Flock tries to curb very purpose of its cameras. #Satire
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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
ICE has a new sadistic toy for their terror campaign on our communities. The agency plans to spend almost $20 MILLION on electrical shock gloves. The deadly violence & terror wielded by ICE will only get worse with this new technology. Our communities shouldn't have to live in fear.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Well, it's not like Ohio voters will be mad about this -- I'm sure they love Big Pharma billionaires and hate people who suffer from Alzheimer's.
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boatmatears.bsky.social @boatmatears.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Worth your time to read.
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Disability Scoop @disabilityscoop.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
By teaching adults with #disabilities to repair phones, laptops and other electronic devices, a nonprofit is working to arm them with employable skills and get them on a career path. #autism #employment
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Nonprofit Helps Adults With Disabilities Gain Job Skills As Repair Technicians
By teaching adults with disabilities to repair phones, laptops and other electronic devices, a nonprofit is working to arm them with employable skills and get them on a career path.
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 11/08/2026
🚨 Over 68,000 MISSISSIPPI residents have lost ACA healthcare coverage so far this year...a 26% drop vs. a year yearlier. Those remaining are looking at premium hikes of 21% on average for unsubsidized enrollees. acasignups.net/rate_changes...
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2027 Rate Changes - Mississippi: +21% indy market; +10% sm. group
ACA exchange enrollment has dropped by more than 26% in Mississippi since Congressional Republicans allowed the enhanced federal subsidies to expire at the end of last year. Initial signups during Ope...
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Norm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
But, but... we were told that this is the best economy in the history of the world!
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Larry Levitt @larrylevitt.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Will a Medicaid enrollee who suffers from seizures and addiction, and became homeless after losing his job, be able to navigate the process to prove he's too frail to work? That's the kind of question hanging over the implementation of a new Medicaid work requirement. @k-hought.bsky.social
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KFF @kff.org · 05/08/2026
In a new column, KFF’s @drewaltman.bsky.social discusses how New Mexico made childcare universal and became the only state to fully replace lost enhanced ACA tax credits while its leaders avoided polarizing labels like “progressive or “socialist.” on.kff.org/4pZ0WFz
Quote from KFF Founding President and CEO Drew Altman's latest Beyond the Data column. It says "...the one place where leaders have avoided labels and have done more than perhaps any other is New Mexico.  New Mexico made childcare free statewide, regardless of income level, and when Congress failed to extend the enhanced ACA tax credits, the state stepped in and used their own funds to replace the lost subsidies."
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Time to add another formerly respected institution to the garbage pile, this time @aau.edu, which just worked with the Trump admin to endorse resegregation in high education, embedding MAGA fraudsters as faculty, and banning student expression. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Education Secretary Linda McMahon is sending a letter Monday to the leaders of US universities asking them to commit to a slate of campus reforms by the end of 2026 in the Trump administration’s latest effort to overhaul higher education.

The letter, which was reviewed by Bloomberg News, asks schools to publicly pledge to make sweeping changes that include reexamining admissions practices, hiring more conservative faculty, cracking down on student protests, combating grade inflation, reducing foreign donations and lowering tuition.In contrast, the administration’s latest move was developed in partnership with university leaders, primarily the Association of American Universities, which represents dozens of top research institutions including all eight Ivy League colleges.


AAU’s president, Barbara Snyder, described the letter as a kind of olive branch. She told Bloomberg that the administration’s outreach opened communication channels between university leaders and the White House that have been largely shut since Trump launched his pressure campaign last year. She plans to call on member colleges to support the initiative.

“It’s critical to have a really good working partnership with the federal government,” Snyder said. “Whether your particular institution is under investigation or not, everyone understands how important that is.”
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