Lauri @laurikayds.bsky.social · 30/06/2026My guess is Kean was discharged from the hospital and then went into a residential or outpatient program for a period of time. Highly unlikely he went back to work straight from the hospital. 031
Lauri @laurikayds.bsky.social · 11/01/2026Traveling on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge where the east span turns to reveal this awesome sight. 020
Lauri @laurikayds.bsky.social · 30/12/2025Can anyone suggest an AI tool that doesn't kiss ass? Just answer the prompt and ask if that works. If I need the response tweaked for clarification or simplicity or I decide I need something additional, I will ask. But I don't need it to tell me how great I am for asking the question. 020
Reposted by LauriProf Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 21/12/2025 24186493559
Reposted by LauriThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 19/12/2025Trump’s executive order to reschedule marijuana will do little to enable research or reduce legal penalties—but it will hand a tax break to an industry that extracts enormous profit from addiction, Charles Fain Lehman argues:bit.lyRescheduling Marijuana Is an Enormous MistakeTrump’s executive order does little more than offer a tax cut to an industry that profits from addiction. 10539
Lauri @laurikayds.bsky.social · 06/12/2025And yet do I marvel at this curious thing: To make a poet black, and bid him sing! 030
Reposted by LauriJason Kander @jasonkander.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Best case: The President of the United States knew about a pedophilia ring and did nothing to stop it. Medium case: He also used his office to protect the perpetrators. Worst case: Because he was one of the perpetrators. 47893622627
Reposted by LauriGhoul-in’ Dickey @colindickey.com · 05/11/2025Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight 61157662948
Lauri @laurikayds.bsky.social · 26/10/2025Well, it gives someone there a purpose to their day, doesn’t it? 000
Reposted by LauriCNN @cnn.com · 30/08/2025The month before a shooter opened fire on children gathered in a Minnesota church this week, the Trump administration cut funding in the state for efforts to identify potential mass shooters and head off their violence. cnn.it/4lS986O 19411266
Reposted by Lauriserena-spencer-esq.bsky.social @serena-spencer-esq.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Chris Hayes just used this graphic, showing Iran’s nuclear activity was small, then non-existent under the Obama deal, & immediately exploded after Trump unilaterally broke the deal. 🚩They were complying. Obama returned their own impounded money back and they felt seen.🚩 🧨Trump & Bibi blew it up. 09733
Reposted by LauriMina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 30/05/2025Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o... 12553960213766
Reposted by LauriDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 26/04/2025It's not just Vance - the sense of unearned entitlement is a defining feature of this administration. People who know their careers are built on a grift respond by self-righteously demanding deference and respect. "Did you even say thank you?" 25821171
Reposted by LauriAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Walz: An hour by hour day by day basis, the President has chosen, chosen to throw our economy into turmoil. We are talking about a guy that slapped a 10% tariff on an island populated only by penguins. It would be funny as hell if it wasn't true and stupid. 277179084634
Reposted by LauriMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Stay loud stay visible stay brave 392162363551
Reposted by LauriAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/04/2025Biden tried to forgive student debt. The GOP successfully sued to stop it. And here we are. apnews.com/article/stud...apnews.comStudent loans in default to be referred to debt collection, Education Department saysThe Education Department will begin collection next month on student loans that are in default, including the garnishing of wages for potentially millions of borrowers, officials said Monday. 1332164791
Reposted by LauriKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 21/04/2025“It's hypocrisy to call yourself a Christian and chase away a refugee or someone seeking help, someone who is hungry or thirsty, toss out someone who is in need of my help. If I say I am Christian, but do these things, I'm a hypocrite." -Pope Francis 203150544141
Lauri @laurikayds.bsky.social · 18/04/2025She can change party affiliation. We’ll take her! #voteblue 110
Reposted by LauriBrian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Normally if someone tries to kill a governor, the president is briefed, calls the governor, and issues a statement committing resources to bringing perps to justice. It’s not just that we don’t expect Trump to be kind—we have to wonder if he’ll allow a real investigation at all. 441500315
Reposted by LauriAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 07/04/2025Boat derangement syndrome 369214015084
Reposted by LauriJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 04/04/20251) Fox News is for real not showing stock-market ticker during this week's collapse. 2) Its economic news is "strong jobs report." 3) Every time I've checked in today, the coverage has been "illegal immigrants committing new crimes." This is state propaganda, on a par with North Korea or PRC. 12143960710180
Reposted by LauriAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 04/04/2025Reminder: as the Dow is tanking faster than 2008, and four dead servicemen arrive at Dover, Trump is golfing: with the saudis 625122523888
Reposted by LauriThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 03/04/2025Here's one statistic for you: → Net jobs created under Clinton and Obama: 33.8 million. → Net jobs created under Bush, Bush, AND Trump: 1.9 million. That is not a typo.newrepublic.comOf Course Trump Will Tank the Economy. It’s What Republicans Do.As the president’s “Liberation Day” nears, it’s time to liberate ourselves from the vicious cycle of Democrats having to clean up the GOP’s messes. 291052432
Reposted by LauriKeith Edwards @keithedwards.bsky.social · 26/03/2025The guys who accidentally texted classified war plans to a reporter, lied about it, backtracked, lied about it again, and are now lying yet again… Are the same people saying they won’t touch your Social Security. 12501131
Reposted by LauriRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Mike Waltz has now decided to roll out the story that Jeffrey Goldberg somehow hacked his way into their Signal chat. Just admitting a mistake and apologizing seems like a lot less work than lying and peddling a half dozen different conspiracies. 2012275365208
Reposted by LauriAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Ossoff: This is what happens when you have Fox News personalities cosplaying as government officials. 469302857231
Reposted by LauriCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Just saying: if Lloyd Austin had done this, every GOP lawmaker would call for his resignation by close-of-business the same day, and they'd probably have it. 420163482838
Reposted by LauriNicholas Thompson @nxthompson.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Hegseth is literally denying a story that the NSC has already confirmed and in which receipts were printed verbatim. Remember this the next time he impugns another journalist. 25156051340
Reposted by LauriBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 22/03/2025@warnock.senate.gov: "If they're interested in waste, fraud, and abuse, they should start with co-president Musk's own companies, and ask why has he gotten $20 billion and more from the federal government. This is wealth-fare at its worst." 205126313185
Reposted by LauriBjørn Ihler @bjornih.bsky.social · 23/03/2025Why is it that, for years, it was “impossible” to investigate and prosecute far-right mass shooters as “domestic terrorists” while these days the FBI investigates *checks notes* people who are mean to the world’s richest man’s car dealerships, as domestic terrorists? www.wired.com/story/fbi-te...wired.comThe FBI Is Investigating Attacks on Tesla as ‘Domestic Terrorism.’ Here’s Why That MattersThe domestic terrorism designation could give law enforcement sweeping authority to surveil people protesting against Elon Musk’s role in the US federal government, civil liberties experts warn. 18426
Reposted by LauriJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 22/03/2025Is this the same guy who was complaining about Joe Biden using an autopen and not knowing what he was signing when he was president just a few days ago? 37164671640
Reposted by LauriWIRED @wired.com · 18/03/2025They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.freedom.pressWired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should followAs the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy 16249134323355
Lauri @laurikayds.bsky.social · 16/03/2025"Such actions are straight out of authoritarian leaders’ playbooks." Gifting this article from WaPo: wapo.st/4kAuSorwapo.stOpinion | How Trump is reshaping reality by hiding dataSweeping statistical purges are part of a broader attempt to reinvent “truth.” 010
Reposted by LauriGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 13/03/2025“Representatives of President Trump’s family have held talks to take a financial stake in the U.S. arm of crypto exchange Binance, … a move that would put Trump in business with the firm that pleaded guilty in 2023 to violating anti-money-laundering requirements.”apple.newsTrump Family Has Held Deal Talks With Binance Following Crypto Exchange’s Guilty Plea — The Wall Street JournalDiscussions for stake in Binance’s U.S. arm come as founder Changpeng Zhao has pushed for the administration to pardon him for his own 2023 guilty plea 35739451644