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Michelle Rathman Chief Dot Connector

@mrbimpact.bsky.social
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Podcasting about policy and the impact on quality of life. (theruralimpact.com ) 30+years in health care (urban and rural.) Speaker, strategist, writer, collaborator solving complex issues, passion for cooking, grand mothering, dog mothering & golfing.

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Michelle Rathman Chief Dot Connector @mrbimpact.bsky.social · 41m
The stupidity is gobsmacking.
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Michelle Rathman Chief Dot Connector @mrbimpact.bsky.social · 2h
Trend forming. PE owned health care are crossing the line many times over and unless states start to crack down, it’s going to get much worse for patients and their privacy. You can’t know anything about them, but they want to know everything about you.😡
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Michelle Rathman Chief Dot Connector @mrbimpact.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I’ll amend to “will” on this destructive irresponsible path we’re on, where science is being replaced with utter reckless stupidity.
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Michelle Rathman Chief Dot Connector @mrbimpact.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“Can $1 billion buy victory in the midterm elections? Some Republicans fear the answer is no.” Make them terrified. | apnews.com/article/midt...
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Can $1 billion buy victory in the midterm elections? Some Republicans fear the answer is no
Republicans are facing anxiety as they enter the final month of the midterm campaign. They have $1 billion at their disposal but worry it may not be enough to counter President Donald Trump's unpopula...
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Michelle Rathman Chief Dot Connector @mrbimpact.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The list is long.
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Michelle Rathman Chief Dot Connector @mrbimpact.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Cute.
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Michelle Rathman Chief Dot Connector @mrbimpact.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
He hates women.
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Michelle Rathman Chief Dot Connector @mrbimpact.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
He hates women.
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Michelle Rathman Chief Dot Connector @mrbimpact.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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On this first Friday morning in October 2026, I broke my routine. It had been one of those long, very busy weeks, so instead of my treadmill time, my husband and I drove to our favorite breakfast spot...
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Michelle Rathman Chief Dot Connector @mrbimpact.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Interviews on this story and survey starting next week on @ruralimpactpodcast.bsky.social
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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"If House Republicans are going to pull off an upset in November, they say it would come down to the party’s massive cash advantage and its aggressive gerrymandering push." Eg, not on policies or the will of a democratic electorate. www.cnn.com/2026/10/03/p...
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A growing number of House Republicans privately believe they won’t win the House | CNN Politics
Four weeks to Election Day, a growing number of House Republicans privately fear their chances of holding onto the majority are vanishing and have begun focusing on how to limit the size of a potentia...
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Michelle Rathman Chief Dot Connector @mrbimpact.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
He needs to be in jail. Higher ed is in a serious moral crisis.
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Michelle Rathman Chief Dot Connector @mrbimpact.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-i-...
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Michelle Rathman Chief Dot Connector @mrbimpact.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Get it done early! 🗳️‼️
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Michelle Rathman Chief Dot Connector @mrbimpact.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
There are two parties in this foul. Every network could refuse to accept 💵 Instead air clips during news, report on illegality. They chose the 💰 run ad then cover it as if they’re 😱I don’t know why people still watch, msm or cable. Remember, who’s responsible for enabling 2016/20/24. ‼️
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Michelle Rathman Chief Dot Connector @mrbimpact.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
As it happens, taxpayer dollars have been used to build prisons/concentration camps. We're going to need a whole lotta cells (one can hope) to lock up vile tech bros and all their government enablers. Further seize all their wealth and use it to reverse the danger they've unleashed on all of US.
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Michelle Rathman Chief Dot Connector @mrbimpact.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
People may not want to talk about it, but they certainly should understand the implications. Thanks for your leadership in this space. 
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Joan Alker @joanalker1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The state of Nebraska has released data on the 1st few months of Medicaid work reporting requirements Over 1,000 people have lost/been denied coverage Vast majority are losing not bcuz they aren't working but bcuz they can't get thru the red tape My new blog: ccf.georgetown.edu/2026/09/30/n...
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Nebraska Releases First Data on Medicaid Work Reporting Requirement: As Expected, Coverage Losses Start to Mount Due to Red Tape
At a recent Medicaid Advisory Committee meeting, the state of Nebraska, the first in the nation to implement what will soon be a mandatory Medicaid work reporting requirement (WRR), shared the first d...
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pennsylvania Measles Outbreak Grows to Nearly 900 Cases www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...
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Pennsylvania Measles Outbreak Grows to Nearly 900 Cases
State health officials said 55 new cases had been reported since Wednesday. In all, 890 measles cases have been reported across 39 counties so far this year.
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Michelle Rathman Chief Dot Connector @mrbimpact.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Nope. Not happening. He did what he did and he’s gotta live with it for the rest of his life and shame and embarrassment.
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Michelle Rathman Chief Dot Connector @mrbimpact.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Many blunders and distractions today. Stay focused. Check your voter registration and make your plan to vote.
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Montana among states instituting Medicaid work requirements early www.npr.org/2026/09/29/n...
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Montana among states instituting Medicaid work requirements early
In most states, people with Medicaid coverage will have to prove they're working, volunteering or studying, starting Jan. 1. But Montana is starting that early, and it's sowing confusion and anxiety.
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Michelle Rathman Chief Dot Connector @mrbimpact.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Perspectives from Montana - Policy, Budget & Barriers to Care with Heather O'Loughlin
In this episode of The Rural Impact, host Michelle Rathman is joined by Heather O’Loughlin, Executive Director of the Montana Budget and Policy Center, to explore the policies and economic decisions a...
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Michelle Rathman Chief Dot Connector @mrbimpact.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
May he spend the rest of his days locked up in his house in shame. Never come back to any of his duties because he is in dereliction of all of them. He is the definition of disgrace and incompetence. There is no finger pointing or blame outside of him. He was both architect and mouthpiece.
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Michelle Rathman Chief Dot Connector @mrbimpact.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
And I am here for every second of it. May every single asset this corrupt family stole and used to enrich themselves be seized and put back into the American taxpayer treasury. 
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Michelle Rathman Chief Dot Connector @mrbimpact.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Extraordinary incompetence.  
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Michelle Rathman Chief Dot Connector @mrbimpact.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Has become V. Always was
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Michelle Rathman Chief Dot Connector @mrbimpact.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I am going to coin this as “own the lazy” You saw it here first.
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Michelle Rathman Chief Dot Connector @mrbimpact.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is paramount to asking airlines to do air traffic control. It will result in catastrophic crises. Pathetic-they care more about legislating women's bodies and reproductive rights than something AI experts warn are now, a 4 out of 10 level of danger on the rapid rise. Grotesque dereliction.
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Michelle Rathman Chief Dot Connector @mrbimpact.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Grift. Despicable grift.
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Michelle Rathman Chief Dot Connector @mrbimpact.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
He does not understand nor care about facts. And here’s one: $1T in cuts to Medicaid will not be saved by putting it back into taxpayer pockets, but instead, it will pay for concentration camps, bombs, monuments, ballrooms, maybe directly into the pockets of politicians as we’ve witnessed.
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Michelle Rathman Chief Dot Connector @mrbimpact.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hard pass. Rahm has plenty of other things he can do with his time. His next career move is not POTUS.
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Michelle Rathman Chief Dot Connector @mrbimpact.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The horror of this I really don’t know if there are words to describe how evil this is. Without any due process, thousand of people will be sent to die. SCOTUS rubber stamping death sentences.|Supreme Court Allows Rapid Third-Country Deportations, for Now www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
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Supreme Court Allows Rapid Third-Country Deportations, for Now
The court also announced it would hear arguments in December on the legality of the Trump administration policy to swiftly deport immigrants to countries not their own.
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Michelle Rathman Chief Dot Connector @mrbimpact.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Astonishing levels of incompetence. Disgraceful misconduct - Schmitt should go home and never return.
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Michelle Rathman Chief Dot Connector @mrbimpact.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Now this—Embarrassing Breach at F.B.I. Fuels Fears of Harm to Its Employees www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u...
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Embarrassing Breach at F.B.I. Fuels Fears of Harm to Its Employees (Gift Article)
In an internal memo, the F.B.I. said it believed the hackers may have stolen sensitive information on all of its employees.
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Michelle Rathman Chief Dot Connector @mrbimpact.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Joan, I share your feeling. It is a horrifying read, made worse by the fact that it seems very few people outside of health care really understand the long-term, generations long, devastating impacts of these policies done for the sole purpose of causing harm, suffering and death.
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Michelle Rathman Chief Dot Connector @mrbimpact.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...
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‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission
The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.
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Michelle Rathman Chief Dot Connector @mrbimpact.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Trump Proposes $810 Million in Education and Health Cuts, Defying Congress www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/u...
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Trump Proposes $810 Million in Education and Health Cuts, Defying Congress
The attempted clawback represents the second time in as many years that the White House has sought to cancel funding approved by lawmakers.
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Michelle Rathman Chief Dot Connector @mrbimpact.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I don’t understand how every American isn’t talking about this. It is unconscionable.
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Michelle Rathman Chief Dot Connector @mrbimpact.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
All of this. I’m seriously sick of this lawlessness.
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Brian “Enemy of Civilization” Alexander @brianralexander.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
You cannot get any more divorced from the "real world" than Andreessen, Altman, Cowen, et al.
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Michelle Rathman Chief Dot Connector @mrbimpact.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Can't throw a heart to this one, so I give you this 😡
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The Rural Impact Podcast @ruralimpactpodcast.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
What's your rural impact? Sponsorship helps sustain a platform where important rural issues are explored, diverse perspectives are heard and listeners are encouraged to turn knowledge into action. Help us keep the conversations going: theruralimpact.com/podcast-sponsorship-information
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The Rural Impact Podcast @ruralimpactpodcast.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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A Conversation about Land Use and Powering Rural with Jason Strouf, John Shafer and Rebekah Pierce
Land use decisions are shaping the future of rural America—from the rapid growth of data centers to new opportunities for producing food and renewable energy on the same land. In Part One of this epis...
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The Rural Impact Podcast @ruralimpactpodcast.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
NEW EPISODE 🎙️ From data centers to solar grazing, Episode 91 explores how land use and energy development are shaping rural America. Hear from Commissioners Jason Strouf and John Shafer and farmer/writer Rebekah Pierce. 🎧 theruralimpact.com #TheRuralImpact #RuralAmerica
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Michelle Rathman Chief Dot Connector @mrbimpact.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Total nut job.
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Michelle Rathman Chief Dot Connector @mrbimpact.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Good morning butterflies. Today we’re talking land use, data centers and solar grazing! 🎧👇 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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The Rural Impact
Politics Podcast · Updated Biweekly · A Podcast that Connects the Dots between Policy and Rural Everything.
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Michelle Rathman Chief Dot Connector @mrbimpact.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🙏🗳️
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Michelle Rathman Chief Dot Connector @mrbimpact.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is the Heritage Foundation’s work.
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Michelle Rathman Chief Dot Connector @mrbimpact.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Terrifying.
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