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Jean Ryan

@drjeanryan.bsky.social
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retired naturopath, author, chef, nerd and fiber artist enjoying life as a traveler and pet sitter searching for a way forward

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
President Trump’s federal agents are now chasing migrant farm workers through fields — and circling them with a CBP chopper normally used to track smuggling at the border — in the heart of the nation’s agricultural economy. here’s my report from Ventura County, California.
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Kelly Miller @sqirlgirly.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Everything was fine until Trump decided to unleash violent raids w/o grounds in elementary schools, shopping areas, & peaceful public spaces. ICE then illegally blocked Members of Congress entry into the facilities they are disappearing people into, escalating the situation. Let’s start there.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
It is 100% carrying water for the opposition to participate in this collective delusion that Dems for some reason need to answer for every teen who throws a rock rather than hold the Trump admin accountable for intentionally creating chaos and breaking the law to stoke violence. They are in charge.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
I will be damned if I allow a bunch of Confederate-waving January 6th apologists give the American people a lecture on flag waving. There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later. They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.
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Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
When something like this happens, there's always a raft of "in any other administration this would be a historic scandal" responses. It's important to remember why this admin is different. It's not the media, and it's not (primarily) the admin itself. It's the congressional GOP. Period.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
The federal government is filling criminal charges against LaMonica McIver, a Democratic member of Congress who was inspecting the Newark ICE center: newjerseyglobe.com/congress/sta...
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Statements on the charges against LaMonica McIver - New Jersey Globe
A federal prosecutor announced Monday evening that the government will drop trespassing charges against Newark Mayor Ras Baraka stemming from a standoff
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
www.thefarce.org/why-is-no-on...
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Why is no one talking about the millions of Americans the House GOP wants to uninsure?
Thank Punchbowl.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Before the election, I warned that there is no safe haven under authoritarianism. If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone. Americans of conscience must stand against this now.
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Thank you to whoever made this
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Rep. Ted Lieu @reptedlieu.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
There is now reporting that the Department of Homeland Security has deported the wrong person due to “administrative error.” This is a massive violation of people’s rights and due process. Must be fixed.
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Barbara Sobel @barbarasobel.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
DOGE Is Trying to Gift Itself a $500 Million Building, Court Filings Show The documents reveal a DOGE affiliate is attempting to transfer the headquarters of an independent think tank, the United States Institute of Peace, to the government at no cost. www.wired.com/story/doge-t...
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DOGE Is Trying to Gift Itself a $500 Million Building, Court Filings Show
The documents reveal a DOGE affiliate is attempting to transfer the headquarters of an independent think tank, the United States Institute of Peace, to the government at no cost.
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Cory Booker @corybooker.com · 02/04/2025
I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Hi folks: Facebook appears to be taking down my posts. Please remember they are available for free here (no paywall), and can be received by email (also free-- just don't put in your credit card information). I guess if I'm being banned I'm doing something right?
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/04/2025
This keeps getting worse and worse.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Senator Booker: What kind of man is in the white house that makes fun of the disabled, who lies so much that the fact checkers lose count, that minimizes the pain and the suffering
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/04/2025
Damn. Ranking Member Kamlager-Dove calls GOP witness Matt Taibbi a "serial sexual harasser" and enters articles into the congressional record about his history as a sex pest
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Wisconsin! Judge Susan Crawford will work to protect your rights and freedoms. So get out there and vote today by 8pm. You can find your polling place at wisdems.org/vote. If you have any questions about voting, call or text the Voter Assistance Hotline at 608-336-3232.
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Find Your Voting Locations | WISDEMS Voter Protection Team
This searchable map shows you early voting and dropbox info for hundreds of villages, towns, and cities across Wisconsin. Enter the address you're registered at and your options will pop up!
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
The world is learning from America's catastrophic mistakes www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
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French far-right leader Le Pen barred from politics in embezzlement verdict
The sentence means Le Pen, the guiding force of the National Rally party, cannot run in the 2027 presidential election, unless she successfully appeals.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 29/03/2025
merit is back baby
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/03/2025
1/ We wanted to take a moment to quickly introduce you to our HHS reporters. THREAD 🧵
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Pete Buttigieg has entered the chat.
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kate conger @kateconger.com · 20/03/2025
Elon Musk maxed out donations to members of Congress who support impeaching judges: nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...
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Musk Donates to G.O.P. Members of Congress Who Support Impeaching Judges
Amid a controversy over whether President Trump will abide by court rulings, Elon Musk gave the maximum to the campaigns of Republicans who back ousting judges who impede the administration.
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
The eventual fate of the GOP
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
@aoc.bsky.social: "Listen, if your representative is not doing a town hall, give me a ring... I'll say it right here, right now: if a deep red Republican district wants to have an honest conversation, even if it's with someone they disagree with, I'm willing to do that."
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Francesca Fiorentini @franifio.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
This Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov response is excellent. It's the depth, it's the honesty, it speaks to the corruption in our politics. It should have been Bernie. 2016, 2020 and today. And yeah, Fox News shared it. www.youtube.com/live/3pel5yD...
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Bernie Sanders speaks after Trump’s address
YouTube video by Fox News
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Meg K. 🌊🏔️❄️ @c2snow.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
We’ve tried to shelter our minds but tonight we’re preparing for the genocide of Science. Entire NIH departments will have no leaders. World renowned Scientists kicked to the curb without cause, & grants will loose their lead investigators. Is this what they want? Chaos? Destruction?
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NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research
Policy follows firings of tenure-track scientists and suspension of training programs
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Mike Holloway @mikeholloway.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
🧪 #resistrfk #warren #HHS @warren.senate.gov Senator Warren held a townhall (2/22). Fired HHS and NSF scientists presented their stories of the chaos Junior and Musk are creating out of the US research community. Warren asks everyone to HHS and NSF to tell their stories. youtu.be/hgbSXeN2vxY
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Senator Warren townhall with scared HHS worker and just fired NSF scientist
YouTube video by Michael Holloway
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Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 20/02/2025
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Jean Ryan @drjeanryan.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/w...
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Luis Rubiales Found Guilty of Sexual Assault for Kissing Jennifer Hermoso (Gift Article)
Luis Rubiales forcibly kissed Jennifer Hermoso on the lips after the country’s national team won the 2023 Women’s World Cup.
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
this sentence is from today’s news — not fifty yrs ago: "National Guard soldiers in Humvees entered the grounds of Attica Correctional Facility…" apnews.com/article/hoch...
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New York governor deploys National Guard amid illegal corrections officer strike at state prisons
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says she has deployed National Guard troops to state prisons amid a labor strike by corrections officers.
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Hayes Brown @hayesbrown.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
I tried my best to untangle the web of authorities that DOGE is built on. it's a Frakenstein's monster borne from an existing org, with subsequent EOs giving the administrator a major role in remaking the federal workforce. But if Musk isn't the administrator...who is?
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Opinion | The alarmingly nebulous role of Elon Musk
Musk is the face of the Department of Government Efficiency — but he's not its administrator, according to the Trump administration.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
"The layoffs come in the middle of tax filing season. Former IRS officials warned that losing such a large number of employees could disrupt Americans’ ability to easily file taxes this year, even if the layoffs are not supposed to affect those deemed 'critical'...” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/u...
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I.R.S. to Begin Laying Off Roughly 6,000 Employees on Thursday
The terminations will target relatively recent hires at the I.R.S., which the Biden administration had attempted to revitalize.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 19/02/2025
this is exactly how to frame it, great work by Slate here
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Meet the Disabled Vets, Cancer Researchers, and Nuclear Techs Fired by Elon Musk
Musk's vulture-capitalist approach to dismantling the federal government may be opening the door to wrongful termination lawsuits.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 19/02/2025
The memo NIH posted earlier this month slashing indirect costs on grants came from HHS and arrived at the agency with clear instructions: Post this announcement on your website immediately. @katherinejwu.com reports:
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The NIH Memo That Undercut Universities Came Directly From Trump Officials
NIH officials said they were given no advance warning and less than an hour to post the memo publicly.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
If you to send something to friends and family who don't follow the news closely something that'll bring them up to speed, try this @nprfreshair.bsky.social interview with @charliesavage.bsky.social, who has been covering attempts to expand executive power for 30 years. www.npr.org/2025/02/17/g...
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Understanding presidential power in the age of Trump
New York Times writer Charlie Savage discusses the scope of executive power as President Trump circumvents Congress, pushes legal boundaries and fires scores of federal workers, including at the FBI.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 13/02/2025
BREAKING: A federal court temporarily blocked President Trump’s executive order aiming to restrict access to gender-affirming medical care for transgender people under age 19 nationwide. This is a major victory for our freedom to access life-saving care.
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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Here is a script you can use for any issue. Find your reps' # at reps.fyi or 5calls.org. Every time you see a news story that horrifies you: call, or something else about it. It matters to say what you believe. You are setting a norm.
Hi, my name is [NAME], I'm a constituent in [ZIP CODE]. I'm calling because I saw that [TERRIBLE THING] is happening. I think this is appalling. [PERSONAL STORY, if you have one.] I want you to do everything you can to stop this. I will remember your actions when I cast my next vote. Thank you.
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Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
This is a backdoor. Elon's coders are creating a backdoor into the US Treasury. This is incredibly dangerous both because of its intended use (by Elon and Trump) and the risk of other actors exploiting a major security vulnerability to cause a massive disruption to the US government.
The changes made by Elon's coders are focused on "creating new paths to block payments and possibly leave less visibility into what has been blocked."
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Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
well, well, well if it isn't the FO coming for the FA.
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
TRUMP TRADE WAR UPDATE: Colombia: Lasted 4 hours - Trump accepts what was already offered. 🇨🇴 Mexico: Lasted one weekend - Trump accepts worse than before. 🇲🇽 Canada: Lasted one weekend - Trump accepts what was already agreed. 🇨🇦 Two-step process established: 1. Try to look tough 2. Just fold 🤡
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Senator Andy Kim just went to the USAID building, talked to the security guard there to confirm employees are being barred entry, and then did a press gaggle right there in front to call it out. This is doing something. This is making an effort on messaging. Other Democratic lawmakers: take notes.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Absolutely brutal scroll on Fox.
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Jean Ryan @drjeanryan.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
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February 2, 2025
Billionaire Elon Musk’s team yesterday took control of the Treasury’s payment system, thus essentially gaining access to the checkbook with which the United States handles about $6 trillion annually a...
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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
“Three USAID workers said that Gemini, an A.I. program, had been installed on their email accounts, leading to fears that deputies of Elon Musk were trying to surveil their activities.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
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End Appears Near for U.S. Aid Agency, Democratic Lawmakers Say
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badwebsites @badwebsites.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
This will ruin America. Without the FDIC (or, with a weakened FDIC) another Great Depression will hit us. This is utter lunacy.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
We really need to know if Trump directly authorized Musk to pursue access to Treasury's payment systems. Either answer is bad, in a different way: newrepublic.com/article/1910...
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
I spoke to former Treasury and OMB officials, and they said Elon Musk accessing government payment systems could give him the power to selectively turn off payments. They described what this really means in very clarifying terms. See below: newrepublic.com/article/1910...
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