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Sandymaxey

@sandymaxey.bsky.social
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I am no one of any consequence. Public policy for two decades. Nurse for two decades. Older than dirt, and wiser for the effort.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13h
Tim Snyder is correct: If Democrats want to regain working people, they must disavow Big Money and tackle our corrupt system. There’s no way the party can speak for or represent the working class in America if it's beholden to corporate interests.
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WIRED @wired.com · 02/10/2026
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 15h
Perfectly in keeping with RFK’s eugenic strategy.
Kennedy has echoed these points in remarks like the ones he made last year, after a six-year-old Mennonite girl died from measles.
"It's very, very difficult for measles to kill a healthy person," he said, adding that "we see a correlation between people who get hurt by measles and people who don't have good nutrition or who don't have a good exercise regimen." Texas officials told The New York Times that the little girl had been healthy before she contracted the disease.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A plague case has been linked to a lab worker’s death in Siberia. Nearly 200 people are now under observation after the lab worker died from plague. Because apparently “deadly plague at a Russian lab” wasn’t ominous enough. www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/10/02/n...
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Nearly 200 People Under Observation After Irkutsk Lab Worker Dies From Plague - The Moscow Times
Health authorities in Siberia’s Irkutsk region have placed nearly 200 people under medical observation after a laboratory worker died from plague, according to media reports and a statement by a regio...
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Every bit of this 👇
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Sandymaxey @sandymaxey.bsky.social · 20h
My word
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This enrages me
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 02/10/2026
Your nerd-ass freshman roommate after three beers, repeating random shit he heard on TikTok.
Elon Musk: Unless they figure how to make places actually invisible, "stealth" just means low radar cross section in the 2 to 18 GHz range. Against and advanced enemy, current stealth technology is not worth the design constraints IMO.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/10/2026
"It could chill rights of contractors to make political contributions" -- unearthed footage shows Susan Collins in 2012 fighting to protect contractors from having to disclose political contributions (we recently learned she was under investigation for a pay-to-play scheme involving a contractor)
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Mjkwho @mjkwho.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
Trump: "They came up with the word 'affordability' ... it's phony" (Note that the crowd isn't into Trump's affordability denialism at all)
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Hagen Blix @hagenblix.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I guess this is one of my many "wait, nobody knows about this thing that I thought everyone knew about" moments (I think most German leftists heard of it because one of the cases in which the "phantom" was involved was a cop murdered by a far right terrorist group that mostly murdered immigrants)
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Sandymaxey @sandymaxey.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
When people show you who they are, believe them the first five times…
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Imagine four of the most frighteningly irresponsible people in America deciding how AI will be put to use in the most frighteningly irresponsible way. Well, no need to imagine it — because it's happening now. Some thoughts... robertreich.substack.com/p/autowar
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Sandymaxey @sandymaxey.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Charles, I understand.
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Sandymaxey @sandymaxey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
What an odd, odd man.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When historians reflect on this regime, cruelty will be the word most often used to define it. www.commondreams.org/news/trump-dep…
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'Monstrous' US Deportation Hearings for Children Who 'Have No One' Shock Consciences | Common Dreams
Children as young as 3 facing deportation orders without legal representation in immigration court hearings. How can we
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Gary R Simonds @garys79.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
OMG - a politician who actually is doing his best for the betterment of his constituents. Not gonna be popular with the leadership of either party, I fear. #mamdani #leadership #empathy #competency
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Renee Good's family filed two lawsuits today. The first, against, USG, is a standard wrongful death. The second is a Klan Act lawsuit against Jonathan Ross, AND STEPHEN MILLER and Greg Bovino. It names Nick Shirley and Christopher Rufo as non-party co-conspirators for their racist propaganda.
44. At all relevant times, Defendants Ross, Miller, Noem, Lyons, Homan,
Bovino, and the John Doe Federal Agents acted under color of federal law and within the
scope of a joint enterprise with the private actors described below. Defendant
Lewandowski acted in part under color of federal law and in part, as alleged below, as a
private person, his federal status having been limited to a temporary part-time designation
that his conduct exceeded. Shirley, Rufo, and Ben Bergquam, and the other non-party
private actors described below, agreed to and in fact participated in the conspiracy alleged
here: each acted in concert with, and with the knowledge and encouragement of, federal
officials.
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Sandymaxey @sandymaxey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A Thiel Boy is going to do just that.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
J.D. Vance has been a breathless supporter of Neo-Nazis at home and abroad, promoting their fascist ideas and ideology to a jaw-dropping degree. But he has the fucking nerve to say someone tied to *socialists* doesn't belong in America. *You* are the un-American ideologue, you goose-stepping dork.
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 01/10/2026
Man, imagine you're minding your own business, getting kind of drunk with your friends at a picturesque brewery in Maine, when suddenly John Roberts walks by and you get to start heckling him. Must have felt incredible. That's the dream. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
The chief justice used to preside over a Supreme Court whose members were afforded more privacy and freedom than many other public officials. Once, years ago, Mr. Lipson and the chief justice found themselves up the peninsula from Port Clyde without a car, Mr. Lipson recalled in an interview. So he stuck out his thumb by the side of the road and a pickup truck pulled over. He and the nation’s top jurist hopped in the back and hitchhiked back to town.

Now, Mr. Lipson said, he is cautious about introducing his friend to strangers. This year, on an outing to nearby Monhegan Island, people recognized the chief justice as he walked by a brewery and started to chant: You should be ashamed.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“A lawyer for Christa Pike said executioners have administered two syringes of lethal injection drugs to Pike but that she remains alive and breathing.” It’s been over an hour.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
They made her wait all day to kill her, and now they’re torturing her.
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Sandymaxey @sandymaxey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
So is “testosterone testing” the latest in dick measuring names?
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Cowboys past and present are: Black, Indigenous, Latino, immigrant, queer, trans, radical, female (and the ones in rodeos rely on rodeo clowns to keep them safe). And that pro-democracy pro-Constitution patriots despise this dimwitted pile of hatreds. I've met cowboys and you, sir, are no cowboy.
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Sandymaxey @sandymaxey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Someone explain to me how this happening.
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Sandymaxey @sandymaxey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
When haven’t we? Oh, sorry. That just slipped out
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“If you say ‘BidShift’ really fast it sounds like Bullshit.” You’re welcome. indyweek.com/news/health/...
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The Gig Is Up: UNC Health Does an About-Face on BidShift
UNC Health dropped the software Bidshift after a plan to make nurses bid against each other for extra shifts caused a social media firestorm.
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TriSec XX @trisec.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Strangely, the Independent doesn't list them all....but this is surely not going to end well. www.independent.co.uk/us/money/tru...
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16 American trucking companies file for bankruptcy as diesel costs soar
Rising costs in areas such as insurance and maintenance are pushing some trucking companies to the brink
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Tomorrow, on October 1, the biggest transfer of wealth from the working class to the wealthy hits a critical milestone. Many of the provisions from the Big Ugly Bill will go into effect, harming hundreds of thousands of Michiganders in order to create tax cuts for the richest people in America.
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Deb @deblavoy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hello, Congress?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
See what I mean when I say the system is rigged?
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is a pretty stunning thing to admit
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Sandymaxey @sandymaxey.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
One can hope. Depends on what news they watch
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Something remarkable is happening: James Talarico is running an expansively pro-immigrant campaign in Texas, a state Trump won by 14 points, speaking in Biblical terms about our duty to "the stranger." And it's resonating. That's seismic. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2160...
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In Texas, Something Seismic Is Happening—and It’s All Trump’s Fault
Thanks to the economy and ICE, Trump has lost Texas Latinos. And James Talarico is developing a humane pro-immigrant message that’s resonating—even in this ultra-Trumpy state.
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Sandymaxey @sandymaxey.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Sigh.
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costrike @costrike.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
That's straight up annihilation
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Ben Franklin’s ghost @ben-franklin-ghost.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
They (GOP) know this to be true and it will always be true.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 30/09/2026
They're moving on from trans youth towards advocating banning care for trans adults, just like we said they would.
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Sandymaxey @sandymaxey.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
But I want to understand the echo range in MagaLand from the post event interviews where this was viewed as a win against Smith.
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Scare Smith 💀 @evilgalprods.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
FATALITY
A tweet from Joyce Carol Oates: overall takeaway from the Curtis Yarvin profile is that there must be millions of smart-aleck show-offy kids who annoy their teachers and go on to annoy other adults through their lives with their “contrarian” pose that hardens to a carapace over their faces; until, as adults, they still harbor a delusion that, if there is a king, or a fuhrer, he’d be impressed with the guys motor mouth and appoint him to his cabinet rather than deleting him with a negligent swipe of his wrist as Stalin did routinely.
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Sandymaxey @sandymaxey.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
My god, what beauty
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Sandymaxey @sandymaxey.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Someone keep her alive. That would be the end of me.
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Sandymaxey @sandymaxey.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is so fucking embarrassing. This is what our government does now?
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Many thanks to @theunpopulist.net for reposting my piece on Stephen Miller’s Office of Remigration, which really needs more attention. This agency announces right in its name that white nationalism is the basis for US immigration policy: www.theunpopulist.net/p/stephen-mi...
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Stephen Miller Is Paying Monstrous Dictators to Admit Expelled Immigrants
A Democratic Congress needs to urgently investigate this abuse of taxpayer dollars that were actually meant for refugees
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.tmz.com/2026/09/28/a...
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Cornell Student Diego Sarabia Loses Wells Fargo Job Amid Alleged Sexual Assault Case
Diego Sarabia, one of the Cornell students accused of sexual assault, is suddenly out of a job at Wells Fargo as prosecutors reopen their investigation of the alleged 2024 incident ... TMZ has learned...
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I read this with great interest www.bcbs.com/about-us/ass...
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BCBSA Analysis How AI Coding Tools Affect Healthcare Costs
Analysis of BCBS claims data found growing use of AI coding tools contribute to higher hospital billing costs and increased healthcare spending.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NEW: Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten says his office is reopening the investigation into the 2024 gang rape of a student at a Cornell University fraternity abcnews.com/US/district-...
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District attorney reopens case of alleged Cornell University 'gang rape'
Prosecutors in central New York say they are reopening the case of alleged gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity.
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