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janepatience.bsky.social @janepatience.bsky.social · 2h
@theguardian.com should be absolutely ashamed of promoting this slop and this grifter. Their centrist turn is embarrassing and will only hasten their downward trend.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 4h
Federal agents search Ilhan Omar’s home as part of fraud investigation – reports
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Federal agents search Ilhan Omar’s home as part of fraud investigation – reports
Video posted by Fox showed what appears to be law enforcement in HSI jackets at Omar’s DC residence Federal agents searched Representative Ilhan Omar’s home Monday morning as part of a criminal fraud investigation, according to reports in the Associated Press and Fox News that cited a statement from the department of justice. A video posted by Fox showed what appeared to be law enforcement in HSI jackets at what Fox News said was Omar’s Washington DC residence. Continue reading...
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Mike Hoerger, PhD, MSCR, MBA @michael-hoerger.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Four years ago today, President Biden said, "The pandemic is over. We still have a problem with COVID." At the time, we were in the 5th COVlD wave. We're now in the 13th.
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Mike Hoerger, PhD, MSCR, MBA @michael-hoerger.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
PMC COVlD Update Sept 14, 2026 The US has at least 34 states/territories with COVlD outbreaks (see Alt text for details). Find all charts and graphs: pmc19.com Get county-level estimates: pmc19.com/map
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Scarier E. Megatons @windiermegatons.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Somehow we never talk about the lack of empathy shown by people who deliberately reject participating in herd immunity
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janepatience.bsky.social @janepatience.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
All props to Moira Donegan, who got Platner correct over 8 months ago. This is correct response to a heap of walking red flags!!! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The leftwing defense of Graham Platner is rooted in a false Democratic vision | Moira Donegan
Tolerance for behavior like Platner’s is tied to a wrongheaded theory of the male working class. Zohran Mamdani illustrates a different path
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Amy Elizabeth @amyelizabeth.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I need y'all to understand that I teach high school and there are teenagers already planning to leave the U.S. to because they will be studying science or medicine. They are SO serious about it - saving money, learning extra languages, and looking to see if there are familial connections abroad.
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janepatience.bsky.social @janepatience.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
As always, Cassidy is merely performing (very mild) opposition to Trump, his policies, and his appointments. He always kowtows in the end. Stop giving this man ANY credit!!! www.nola.com/opinions/ste...
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Stephanie Grace: Even now, Bill Cassidy can’t quit Trump
Last week, U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy seemed like he’d finally had it with the president who’d made it a mission to keep him from getting reelected. But just hours after the two got into a shouting match,...
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janepatience.bsky.social @janepatience.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Louisiana is working on this. lailluminator.com/2026/04/09/r...
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Republican lawmakers push state control over Democratic cities • Louisiana Illuminator
Conservative lawmakers frame their proposals as necessary for improving public safety or financial accountability. Critics say the takeover efforts undermine democracy by overriding local control, exceeding the traditional bounds of state power while perpetuating racist stereotypes.
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janepatience.bsky.social @janepatience.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Interesting news. I don’t remember Mrs. Benson creating a fund for the Church’s victims. Instead, the Archdiocese declared bankruptcy. www.nola.com/news/st-loui...
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A $45 million restoration will transform the St. Louis Cathedral: 'A beacon in our city'
“People are blown away by the beauty of it, the historic aspect of it, its significance. But I don’t think that the general public knows how much deterioration is going on.” The storied cathedral in t...
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janepatience.bsky.social @janepatience.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
This is just straight up gibberish. Hopefully God will give her some ideas, since that’s all she references. www.nola.com/news/busines...
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Why Jenny Mains took a job as New Orleans deputy mayor, even though she could be 'anywhere'
"Success would be us really rebuilding those buildings that have been there since before Katrina, things that have been stopped for more than 20 years," said New Orleans Deputy Mayor Jenny Mains.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Part of the problem with Gavin Newsom is that he's a stupid asshole who listens to stupid asshole right-wing podcasts and invites those stupid asshole right-wingers on his podcast and all of this stupid asshole influence leads him to believe and say stupid asshole right-wing talking points.
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Newsom’s message to the Democratic Party: Be more ‘culturally normal’ | CNN Politics
California Governor Gavin Newsom sits down with CNN’s Dana Bash to talk about the future of the Democratic Party. He says the party should be “less prone to spending disproportionate amount of time on...
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janepatience.bsky.social @janepatience.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Ugh. Isaacson and his “produce biographies more efficiently “. You mean not having to actually write them? Think you’re saying the quiet part out loud here, and I hope the only person your AI writer puts out of work is YOU. www.nola.com/news/busines...
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Walter Isaacson has new business partner for his biography company — his AI savvy Tulane student
"People say AI will put people out of work, but it’s the opposite: it will create jobs for writers and history students who can produce biographies much more efficiently."
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 26/01/2026
Masked government thugs snuffed out Alex Pretti’s life in broad daylight | Moira Donegan
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Masked government thugs snuffed out Alex Pretti’s life in broad daylight | Moira Donegan
If they’re trying to eliminate witnesses, they cannot eliminate us all
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janepatience.bsky.social @janepatience.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
We have reached peak king cake ridiculousness. Unnecessary. I do like them trolling the buyers by serving the cakes through a clown mouth. www.nola.com/entertainmen...
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The phony Balboni king cake is back in 2026 with changes. ‘Simpler and sweeter is better.’
The phony Balboni king cake that began as a social media myth and became a sensation is back in 2026 with changes – ‘Simpler and sweeter is better’
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
"Should we vote to give more money to the people shooting my constituents in the face?" is not a complicated political question. And yet, Democrats don't seem able to answer it.
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Towa @thetowa.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Over one thousand children in the US died from Covid, so silly me thinks that's more important. "COVID-19 quickly became the seventh leading cause of death for 1- to 17-year-olds from 2020 to 2022 and killed an estimated 1086 children." publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...
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Characteristics of Children Ages 1–17 Who Died of COVID-19 in 2020–2022 in the United States
OBJECTIVES. This study describes characteristics of children ages 1 to 17 years who died of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in 2020 to 2022 and whose deaths were reviewed by child death review (CD...
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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
how about no
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 31/10/2025
1. A new guide has been released by some of the top names in Democratic politics encouraging Dems to act more like Republicans on "identity and cultural issues." It becomes clear exactly what that means: queer and trans people. I argue against it in my latest. Subscribe to support my journalism.
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Top Democratic Officials Target Their Most Vulnerable Constituents In New Strategy Document
Top Democratic officials put out a new guide, entitled "Deciding to Win," that encourages Democrats to be a little more like Republicans on "identity and cultural issues."
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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Douthat writes that 2024, when Harris lost by 1.5% of the popular vote, was "an ideological referendum and progressivism lost." I wonder why he didn't view the 2020 election, when Trump lost by 4.5% of the popular vote, as a far more significant loss for conservatism. bsky.app/profile/larr...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Sounds like Republicans ought to get all the Republicans who form the Republican majorities in the Republican-led House and the Republican-led Senate together to pass the budget that Republicans wrote with the Republican White House and that Republicans now insist absolutely must be passed.
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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
"The Tylenol announcement broke through to a lot of people, in large part because there’s widespread experience with and acceptance of the painkiller. "But it’s far from the only essential medication Kennedy wants to deny to pregnant women." www.salon.com/2025/09/29/r...
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RFK Jr.'s Tylenol attack insults women's intelligence
Kennedy's tactics are straight out of the anti-abortion movement's playbook
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
there's a weird feedback loop where the media's reaction to kirk's death pushes you to speak more ill of the dead than you otherwise would because it's the only reasonable response to the simpering praise they're heaping on him
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/09/2025
Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."
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Lyz @lyz.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
people are all like oh my god what if the AI robots take over? and listen, I’m not worried because it can’t be worse than men running things
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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Kafka is thinking, “My work was supposed to be a warning, not a handbook.”
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jbaileywrites @jbaileywrites.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
If only there were a fail-safe process for killing the bacteria raw milk can harbor making it perfectly safe to drink
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
NEW from me — FEMA staffers say the response to the Texas floods is horrifyingly slow, and it may be because of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's recent increased control over how the agency spends money. "If this is how they are going to do a major hurricane response, people are fucked.”
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FEMA response to deadly Texas floods delayed & deficient with Noem in charge
Staffers sound the alarm.
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
the thing about the NYT is is you look like mamdani you have to be accountable forever for everything including a form you filled as a teenager and didn't do anything wrong with but if you look like Trump laws you have sworn a public oath to uphold do not apply to you at any point in your life
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
all of the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence about executive power - all of it - can be replaced with a simple flow chart. is the president a Republican? if so it’s ok. if not, it’s presumptively not ok.
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Sweetbabette @sweetbabette.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Don’t put anything in text that you won’t want to see on the front page of the New York Times.
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
It's also not true that RFK Jr has identified a real problem but proposes the wrong solutions. The "problem" he's identified is that Americans are unhealthier than we've ever been (false) and that prescription drugs are making kids sad, autistic and trans (deranged).
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
I'd go with like "many of the pedophiles who flew with Trump on Jeffrey Epstein's planes are the same people who are also trying to cut health care for Americans. Part of the reason they want us poor is so we can't fight back when they rape our kids."
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Elon Musk, the richest man in the world and an open white supremacist, has a child's understanding of how government works. He has fired tens of thousands of people and believes all taxation and spending are illegitimate. He thinks his financial assistance to Trump gives him the power to set policy.
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Becca's Mullet is Sending Postcards to Voters @beccasmullet.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Thank God somebody brought this up. I read references to it in a very stupid pseudoscientific piece in the New Yorker last month, and the retconning of the lax Swedish lockdown strategy makes my blood boil. It's not that long ago: they had so many excess deaths that they changed policies, months in!
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd. It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
Graphs showing 25 years of budgets for the National Institute of Health, NASA, and the NSF. In all cases, the proposed budget for next year is far, far below any year of the previous quarter century.
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Ferric Fang, MD @fangferric.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
RFK Jr celebrated the release of the MAHA report by downing raw milk shooters in the White House with influencer Paul Saladino. Hazards of raw milk include Listeria, Salmonella, Campylobacter, Yersinia, E. coli O157:H7, and now-- avian flu.
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janepatience.bsky.social @janepatience.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Hard to feel sorry for this guy. He’s a Trump super fan who is *just* noticing this stuff? Suuure. Hope you develop empathy and the ability to think critically, kid.
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janepatience.bsky.social @janepatience.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Thanks a lot, mainstream press. Your normalization of Trump is part of a big problem in coverage.
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
They blame pollution but cut the EPA and clean air and water regulations. They blame poor nutrition but cut SNAP and programs to bring local produce to schools. They blame increased screen time while destroying public infrastructure that connects people. All while they take millions off healthcare.
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janepatience.bsky.social @janepatience.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Absolutely ridiculous and highly suspicious. Why wouldn’t Hutson process the crime scene? www.nola.com/news/crime_p...
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New Orleans sheriff delayed crime scene processing for nearly a week after jailbreak, DA says
New Orleans sheriff waited nearly a week to have the scene of a 10-man jailbreak processed for evidence by crime lab technicians, and then did so only at the behest of the district attorney, according...
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
I wrote about some of the worst journalism and punditry I've read lately, from the misbegotten journalistic philosophy of The New York Times to the unhinged ranting of a law professor.
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The Worst Things I've Read Lately
The inaugural edition of an occasional series
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
the criticism that Dems put forth old and ailing politicians to their detriment is unquestionably true, but there’s a large contingent of the party dedicated to calling you a heartless scumbag if you point it out
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August J. Pollak @augustjpollak.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Let’s just be honest here: there are, while not as many as the right, certainly many left and left-leaning streamers and podcasters. Kamala Harris dodged ALL of them and we all know why: EVERY. SINGLE. ONE of them would have taken her to account over Gaza.
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janepatience.bsky.social @janepatience.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
MAHA trying to do the opposite of public health, as usual. This is evil. If you don’t want a vaccine, fine. You should do it anyway for the sake of others, but I guess we can’t fix stupid. But don’t take my right to make my own medical decisions from ME!
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Emily J @emexastris.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Thread. Inconveniently for the lie a lot of people have sallowed, the government is actually not that inefficient. *All* the jobs are important, not just the ones that make headlines.
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Tin Juss @speakercode.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
A reminder that Hassan voted for Noem to be Secretary, so joke's on you, Hassan, you voted for this
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Hard to imagine a more wrong answer. Kristi Noem was a member of Congress from 2011-2019 and has been in public office since 2007.
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