Reposted by @boatmatears.bsky.socialCharles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 26/09/2026This is bullshit, as @mattafiedler.bsky.social has explained repeatedly: (Scroll halfway down the post): acasignups.net/25/09/28/how...acasignups.netHow 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... 43015
Reposted by @boatmatears.bsky.socialMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026He'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." 25959138
Reposted by @boatmatears.bsky.socialDisability Rights Florida @disabilityrightsfl.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Update 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... 012
boatmatears.bsky.social @boatmatears.bsky.social · 21/09/2026A 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 000
Reposted by @boatmatears.bsky.socialAmee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 21/09/2026ECHEM. 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. 👇🏻 68541
Reposted by @boatmatears.bsky.socialJanet 🇨🇦 @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 #MAGAleadingage.orgDOJ Seeks to Vacate Disability Integration Mandate, Raising Concerns for Community-Based Services 043
Reposted by @boatmatears.bsky.socialIan Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026mFlusiva 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...nbcnews.comThe 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. 26928
Reposted by @boatmatears.bsky.socialTaylor Nichols, MD MS @tnicholsmd.com · 18/09/2026Also, 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. 185
Reposted by @boatmatears.bsky.socialElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 17/09/2026CDC 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.wrdw.comNew CDC chief discusses measles, vaccine trust and staff moraleOne month after taking over an embattled CDC, new Director Dr. Erica Schwartz sat down with our Georgia Capitol reporter, Abby Kousouris. 5128589
Reposted by @boatmatears.bsky.socialCatholics for Choice @catholic4choice.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Saint 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. 092
Reposted by @boatmatears.bsky.socialElizabeth 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.npr.orgAs diseases loom, CDC's response to measles deaths stirs fears about agency's reliabilityThe 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. 1217867
Reposted by @boatmatears.bsky.socialNorm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 12/09/2026In 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. 59746
Reposted by @boatmatears.bsky.socialPublic Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Corporations 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. 25435
Reposted by @boatmatears.bsky.socialData Report @datareport.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Wastewater 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. 2314
Reposted by @boatmatears.bsky.socialWas just wondering…? 🌮 @wasjustwondering.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Nazi’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 1151
Reposted by @boatmatears.bsky.socialAdam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 06/09/2026You just know if a Democratic Secretary of Defense did what Hegseth has done, Kennedy would be calling for his head on a pike 2114448
Reposted by @boatmatears.bsky.socialCharles 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...acasignups.netThe 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... 7261145
boatmatears.bsky.social @boatmatears.bsky.social · 03/09/2026The 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! 000
Reposted by @boatmatears.bsky.socialMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 01/09/2026JD Vance not closing the deal with Jewish Republicans unnerved by his relationship with antisemite Tucker Carlson. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/u... 614526
Reposted by @boatmatears.bsky.social🎃Darin S Pumpkins🎃 @darinself.com · 31/08/2026A note for the next Dem president, you are allowed to break the law while SCOTUS thinks about it. 30856315
Reposted by @boatmatears.bsky.socialJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Most 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. 331497591
Reposted by @boatmatears.bsky.socialJeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 28/08/2026here'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 —bit.lywelcome to Lake Stupid Fucking Moron. population: oneguess who it is 52929213
Reposted by @boatmatears.bsky.socialMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 27/08/2026The 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...nypost.comExclusive | Trump admin set to target George Soros nonprofit, Southern Poverty Law Center and CAIR in major tax crackdown: sourcesTreasury Secretary Scott Bessent is turning on his old boss, targeting George Soros’ Open Society Foundations in a massive progressive tax crackdown. 16391180
Reposted by @boatmatears.bsky.socialJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Dolly Parton, Rights Holder, Dead at 80 talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/dolly...talkingpointsmemo.comDolly Parton, Rights Holder, Dead at 80When some stars or legends die, they spur outpourings and commemorations that... 722236
Reposted by @boatmatears.bsky.socialNorm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 24/08/2026The 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 22376126
Reposted by @boatmatears.bsky.socialGod @thegodshow.com · 21/08/2026I 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!thegodshow.comThou Shalt Bring All The Sailors HomeThe entire logistics chain is broken. 431262334
Reposted by @boatmatears.bsky.socialDemocracy 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.”democracydocket.comDOJ is 0-23 in court, so now it’s sending 1,000 monitors to the pollsDonald Trump's Justice Department took a major step toward subverting elections this fall. 1327399
Reposted by @boatmatears.bsky.socialAdam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 21/08/2026It’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 89550
Reposted by @boatmatears.bsky.socialAction Together New Jersey @atnj.org · 21/08/2026Covid is also making the rounds in Northern NJ, Southern NY. 2117
Reposted by @boatmatears.bsky.socialMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Today's podcaster psychosis level: Elevated. 1621846
Reposted by @boatmatears.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 16/08/2026U.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/ 38060792114
boatmatears.bsky.social @boatmatears.bsky.social · 16/08/2026@support.bsky.team how can we let them know? 000
Reposted by @boatmatears.bsky.socialCharles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 16/08/2026GOOD! 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... 26118
Reposted by @boatmatears.bsky.socialNorm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 16/08/2026What we have in store next year, my latest newrepublic.com/article/2142...newrepublic.comThe Republicans Are Going to Kill People—but Not Until After They VoteIn the Big Beautiful Bill, the GOP put off Medicaid cuts until after midterms. America is about to find out why. 7216115
boatmatears.bsky.social @boatmatears.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Regardless 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. 010
Reposted by @boatmatears.bsky.socialNorm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Impeach him. Disbar him. 729286
Reposted by @boatmatears.bsky.socialLawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Flock tries to curb very purpose of its cameras. #Satire 072
Reposted by @boatmatears.bsky.socialPublic Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 13/08/2026ICE 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. 23720
Reposted by @boatmatears.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Well, 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. 631307364
Reposted by @boatmatears.bsky.socialDisability Scoop @disabilityscoop.bsky.social · 13/08/2026By 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 #employmentdisabilityscoop.comNonprofit Helps Adults With Disabilities Gain Job Skills As Repair TechniciansBy 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. 032
Reposted by @boatmatears.bsky.socialCharles 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...acasignups.net2027 Rate Changes - Mississippi: +21% indy market; +10% sm. groupACA 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... 02219
Reposted by @boatmatears.bsky.socialNorm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 07/08/2026But, but... we were told that this is the best economy in the history of the world! 67116
Reposted by @boatmatears.bsky.socialLarry Levitt @larrylevitt.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Will 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 54016
Reposted by @boatmatears.bsky.socialKFF @kff.org · 05/08/2026In 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 185
Reposted by @boatmatears.bsky.socialMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Time 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... 37683269