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Dodi

@chigeritch.bsky.social
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I love nature, gardens, native plants and dogs. Wife, mother & MiMi. A blue dot in a sea of red.

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Forbes @forbes.com · 02/10/2026
Kushner’s private equity firm is the largest stakeholder in an Israeli financial institution that invests in Israeli defense companies.
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Kushner Rejects CNN Report That His Israeli Diplomacy Might Benefit His Private Equity Fund
Kushner’s private equity firm is the largest stakeholder in an Israeli financial institution that invests in Israeli defense companies.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
McDonald's is now reportedly pressuring franchisees to use AI to price food. Its CEO raked in $20.6M last year, over 1,000x the median McDonald's worker pay of $19,020. And they remain one of the largest employers of Medicaid and SNAP recipients. I'm not lovin' it.
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Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
I'm just a lowly art historian, but in moments like these I always think back to one early sign of Trump's wanton, pointless destructiveness: his demolition of the priceless & irreplaceable Art Deco relief sculptures on facade of the Bonwit Teller building, which he tore down to build Trump Tower
B&W photo of a building facaceRelief sculpture of a lithe figure in a dancing-like pose
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Let’s be clear—health care is a human right, not a privilege. This is yet another attempt by the Trump administration to kick hundreds of thousands of vulnerable Americans off their healthcare. Millions are already struggling to access healthcare—and this is their plan? We will be fighting back.
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Trump officials cut 760,000 enrollees from ACA, claiming fraud
Vice President JD Vance’s anti-fraud task force concluded that the people were wrongly signed up for the government health care program.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 22/09/2026
"Roger Marshall said he was 'frustrated' by the president’s actions, while Jerry Moran, apparently asleep for the past ten years as Trump has flattened every laissez-faire principle imaginable, urged the president to 'let the free market work.'"
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What’s the Matter with Kansas’s Senators?
They’re tied to Trump’s anchor.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This warning from David Letterman to the media from just a year ago feels sadly too relevant today. He is right: You can't appease a tyrant.
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Walter Cronkite: After liberating execution camps… Germans (who cried) they didn’t know…were as as guilty as Nazis…because they applauded when Hitler shut down (media) and said, ‘We don’t need to know. We trust our government...’ It’s our duty to know.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
BREAKING: The nation's major television networks are declining to participate in White House pool duties moving forward in response to the Trump admin's decision to bar CNN, MS NOW and POLITICO from the White House, Fox News D.C. bureau chief Bryan Boughton wrote in an email to TV pool subscribers.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It really is striking how many authoritarian states have ended up in this exact same place, where the leader seizes control of scientific inquiry. Lysenkoism in the Soviet Union, Aryan Physics in the Third Reich, Great Leap Forward (also related to Lysenko) in China.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Dodi @chigeritch.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
What a joke. Ready for this little Keebler elf to be gone.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19/09/2026
Q: At what point does Congress step in and address the Iran war? MIKE JOHNSON: It's not a war. They're trying to resolve an operation -- Operation Epic Fury, which was an epic success. I don't think we need liberal Marxist Democrats telling the commander in chief what to do w/the military right now
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Maybe the most important political story of our time. People just want the bullshit to stop.
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71% of Americans Say They're Completely Exhausted
A CDC report shows that people are not feeling relaxed and restful in the United States.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 16/09/2026
JD Vance - "Give us another chance. Give us another 2 years." What about this past 2 years would you let them do again to you and your family?
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 14/09/2026
NEW: Donald Trump Jr.’s Bahamas Wedding Was Secretly Bankrolled by Russian Oligarch Close to Putin Umar Kremlev footed the bill for hundreds of thousands of dollars of wedding expenses at Donald Trump Jr.’s lavish wedding, including renting out a private island and paying for the fireworks show.
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Dr. Vin Gupta @vinguptamd.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
“MAHA” says environmental exposures are driving chronic disease. So why is the EPA of the same administration weakening protections against some of the best-documented environmental health risks? Yet again, California stepping into the void of federal leadership.
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The Kansas City Star @kansascity.com · 14/09/2026
Healthcare expenses are the number-one cause of U.S. bankruptcies. A report found Marshall sued more than 700 patients over unpaid bills.
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Sen. Marshall faces backlash over ‘unbelievably aggressive’ lawsuits against patients
Healthcare expenses are the number-one cause of U.S. bankruptcies. A report found Marshall sued more than 700 patients over unpaid bills.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 11/09/2026
🚨 JUST IN: Iran-backed Houthis just SEIZED U.S.-made M-ATVs and MRAP armored vehicles after overrunning Mokha port on Yemen’s Red Sea coast
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Joanna Grossman @joannagrossman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Another unconscionable result of the GOP’s war on women. www.propublica.org/article/ecto...
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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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Rep. Jason Crow @crow.house.gov · 08/09/2026
A four-star general launched an independent review into Kid Rock’s taxpayer-funded “joy ride” in a military helicopter. Five days later, Secretary Hegseth fired the general. He is purging our military of experienced leaders to cover up his own corruption. wapo.st/3Uuf51X
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🦈 Shark Girl 🦈 @sharkgirl23.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I'm genuinely curious about this. What is their end game?
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Wouldn't it be weird if the racist billionaire who bankrolled and took credit for the neo-Nazi victory in Germany was somehow involved in American politics too? Can you even imagine? I bet the media would have a field day asking politicians who aligned with him and took his money for statements!
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 05/09/2026
If Trump can’t get USPS to disenfranchise voters through mail voting the way he wants, the story won’t end there. “He’ll escalate,” Marc Elias says. “He’ll do something even more extreme … because that’s what Donald Trump does.” Don’t miss a single update: demdock.com/3T3Owjg
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Meidas Paul Wigton 🫘 🇺🇳🇺🇦 @rvroomie.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Anyone—A N Y O N E—doubt there’s a massive coverup, of a pedophile ring? Yes? Wake the fuck up.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social is simply 1 of the greatest, most inspirational candidates to emerge in years, running against Ken Paxton, one of the most disgracefully corrupt politicians of all-time. So the Texas GOP responds by doing what comes naturally to them, of course: CHEATING! 🤮
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Paul Rieckhoff @rieckhoff.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Also. WTF.
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Jon Ossoff @ossoff.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This corruption is why nothing works for ordinary people.
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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 02/09/2026
Donald Trump is the most corrupt president in American history. It is not close. Either we will end the corruption, or the corruption will be the end of us. This is why I launched the End Corruption Caucus with my colleagues Jason Crow and AOC. www.axios.com/2026/09/02/g...
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Rep. Jim McGovern @repmcgovern.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
One year ago today, Donald Trump began using your tax dollars for the cold-blooded murder of a total of 227 people so far. It was and is clearly illegal under U.S. and international law. And the American officials responsible for these extrajudicial killings must be held accountable.
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The Boat Strikes Aren’t Part of a War. They’re Murder.
By debating war powers and war crimes, Congress is missing the simpler, graver truth: The president is directing summary executions.
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kenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
If Mitch McConnell can get 80 days paid leave without checking in or providing a physician's statement that means we're all eligible for the same, right?
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Greg, RN-BSN, BSBA, MSN @gspowers29.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Mitch McConnell has been on paid sick leave for two months. But he has a long history of voting against sick leave for workers.
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Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon @scanlon.house.gov · 02/09/2026
The Secretary of the Army has resigned in protest over Hegseth's mismanagement of the DOD. Our national security is reportedly at risk, and the Commander in Chief was unaware of the issue. abcnews.com/Politics/arm...
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Army secretary frequently warned White House about Hegseth before his departure: Sources
Army Secretary Dan Driscoll resigned early last week at one of the busiest moments for the service since the height of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 02/09/2026
NEW: Katie Phang just escalated her Epstein files fight with Trump’s DOJ, demanding a judge review hidden FBI notes tied to reports mentioning Trump. And her new filing absolutely tears apart DOJ’s latest excuse.
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Katie Phang Moves to Force Review of FBI Notes Mentioning Trump
The MeidasTouch host says Attorney General Todd Blanche is still defying a federal court order, withholding handwritten FBI notes tied to reports mentioning Trump and trying to pass off a months-old l...
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I want to strengthen my last statement—this *is* an election-rigging scheme. And the fact that there was a conspiracy in the executive branch to hide it makes it likely this constitutes a Criminal Conspiracy to Commit Election Fraud headed by Donald Trump.
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Postal Service plans may keep voters from getting ballots, whistleblower says
An anonymous federal official warns that a rushed USPS portal tied to Trump’s mail-voting order could reject large batches of ballots before the midterms.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 01/09/2026
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., renewed his push late Monday to release more of the government's investigative files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 01/09/2026
Rep. @aoc.bsky.social calls out Byron Donalds, Ron DeSantis, & the entire Republican Party for their silence on Trump ally Laura Loomer calling Black women — including Angie Nixon, Ayanna Pressley, Cori Bush, Ilhan Omar & Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson — "ghetto…black BITCHES.” 🔗 zeteo.com/subscribe
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Good point 👇
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Your ever-regular reminder that Republicans in Congress fully support what Hegseth and the president are doing to the American military. It’s disgraceful and disqualifying
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 31/08/2026
BREAKING: Army Secretary Dan Driscoll RESIGNS. Driscoll is the guy Buria told to approve certain firings because "Trump won't want to stand next to Black female officers." The Army now has ZERO Senate-confirmed civilian or military leaders. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
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Exclusive | Army Secretary Resigns After Months of Friction With Hegseth
Dan Driscoll had a close relationship with ousted Army chief of staff.
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 31/08/2026
There will be a time, probably in just a few years, when the GOP starts moaning about the debt and spending again and I think it will be useful to have printouts of this story to pass around.
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The Kansas City Star @kansascity.com · 31/08/2026
A review by The Star revealed that U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall stopped billing taxpayers for trips to his Florida shortly before it was hit by a hurricane.
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Marshall only expensed Florida trips before hurricane damage, reports show
A review by The Star revealed that U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall stopped billing taxpayers for trips to his Florida shortly before it was hit by a hurricane.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
John Roberts and the SCOTUS Republicans have allowed Trump to proceed with his egregious mail-in voting restrictions. 21 years ago, I warned at Roberts' confirmation hearing he would be a dangerously right-wing Chief Justice. I have sadly been proven right, over and over.
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Mary @mfbrodie.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Texans check your voter registration, especially those in Dallas, Collin, Denton, and Tarrant counties. From the article: Suspended voter registrations span the whole state, but these Blue/Blue leaning counties are targets: Dallas: +129,000 Collin: 56,000 Denton: 56,000 Tarrant: + 73,000
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Texas Has Suspended More Than 1 Million Voters Ahead of Senate Race
If you’re one of the people who had their voter registration suspended, there’s still time to fix it.
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Dodi @chigeritch.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Correction, make that pro-choice.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
“Even by MAGA standards, this seems exceptionally dodgy...” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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$900 million from a canceled wind deal will benefit a Trump donor
The Trump administration’s latest deal to abandon offshore wind projects and boost investment in fossil fuels is set to deliver a windfall to a private equity firm run by one of President Donald Trump...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/08/2026
RFK Jr complains that people in hospice aren't dying quick enough and therefore cost too much money
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Dodi @chigeritch.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
www.ksnt.com/capitol-bure...
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“There are no Medicaid cuts”: Sen. Marshall responds to criticism about Medicaid changes passed in H.R 1
TOPEKA (KSNT) — There is a growing feud between U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, and local health care providers, as Medicaid cuts loom over the Sunflower State. Back in July of 2025, President Trump s…
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Marlene Robertson🍁🇨🇦 @marlenerobertson.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I’ve heard the DeSantis administration have “misspent” “missued” and “misappropriated” $10 million from a Medicaid settlement.  Call it what it is. They stole $10 million. 
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
What could possibly go wrong
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Dr. Implorable @drimplorable.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Want to keep her memory alive? Do a lot of kind things, for a lot of people, no matter who they are. And do it with a happy and humble heart.
Mural portrait of Dolly Parton
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