lwilde11.bsky.social
@lwilde11.bsky.social
Retired medical librarian, Texas Democrat, organic gardener, mystery reader, believer in equality, fairness, compassion and dignity for all species
While the latest headlines hint at yet another ceasefire deal, the Dept. of Defense plays games with the true number of dead & wounded. @markhertling.bsky.social delivers his blunt assessment of what's going on in Iran & why each loss of life is more than just a number. youtu.be/rTamGFJPfAU?...
FURIOUS Retired General TORCHES Trump Over WAR With Iran!!
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Paxton has his aide step and doesn't answer when someone asks him "how come on a government salary you own over 15 houses?"
Hawaii Democrats are showing us how to get money out of politics.
Trump's rollback of air pollution rules is really bad news for communities who live near the gas plants being built to power data centers. It's especially bad news for Texans, where state regulators are fast-tracking approvals at an "alarming" pace.
Former J6 federal prosecutors are begging senators -- mostly GOPers, but a handful of Dems are in there, too -- to stop confirming election deniers to lifetime federal courts seats. “Please stop poisoning our courts." www.huffpost.com/entry/live-u...
Former J6 Prosecutors Beg Senators To Stop Confirming Election Deniers To Court Seats
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NEW: After our tests showed many Omaha yards still contain toxic lead after remediation, the city’s response to residents has been inconsistent. Some received additional testing and cleanup, while others were denied. with @flatwaterfreep.bsky.social
Lead Contamination Is Still a Problem in Omaha. Why Is the City Cleaning Up Some Yards and Not Others?
After our tests showed many yards still contain toxic lead after remediation, the city’s response to residents has been inconsistent. Some received additional testing and cleanup, while others were de...
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The American Dream has become an American Nightmare. It’s too expensive to buy a home. It’s too expensive to get married and have kids. It’s too expensive to retire comfortably. The top 1% put the American Dream behind a paywall.
Young people under 40 better wake tf up- this 80 year old dirty stink is destroying your future. The 5 guys running this country put this party fluffer in charge of “cosmetics”, so you don’t notice them.
$1.4B to deploy the National Guard into cities? On top of: -$1.5T for the Pentagon -$240B for ICE and CBP -$1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet -$300M for Trump's ballroom -$100M for Trump's golf outings But nothing for working people.
Warren Decries $1.4 Billion Cost of Trump's National Guard Deployment in DC | Common Dreams
Cost of National Guard deployment in DC under Trump projected to reach $1.4 billion by 2029. Sen. Warren criticizes spen
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'Bay of Pigs Reloaded': New CIA Task Force to Further Destabilize Cuba Revealed www.commondreams.org/news/cia-cuba
'Bay of Pigs Reloaded': New CIA Task Force to Further Destabilize Cuba Revealed | Common Dreams
After months of Trump threatening Cuba, a pair of reports revealed that the CIA created a related task force and the administration has increased its intelligence assets there.
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Well, this isn’t going to be good. We all know how this will likely go. The Supreme Court has announced that one of the first cases it will hear when its new term begins in October is a major climate change lawsuit. Boulder County, Colorado, is seeking millions of dollars from fossil fuel
‼️ Russia: “Putin expanded opportunities for convicts to sign contracts with the Defense Ministry.” That’s a rough looking photo of a Putin www.kommersant.ru/doc/8862644
Former DHS Sec. Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski dining at Grocer's Table in Wayzata. The sheer audacity. You don't get to brunch in the community you terrorized with Operation Metro Surge's mass deportation raids—not after smearing locals like Renée Good and Alex Pretti as "domestic terrorists".
Is it really too much to ask our political parties to stop electing men accused of assault/abuse? I
Hillary Clinton lost to Barack Obama in 2008 and she stood behind him and made a difference I give credit to Haley Stevens in Michigan not wasting any time to unite behind Abdul El-Sayed It’s all about defeating the Republican political hack establishment candidate going forward !!
Chris Isaak was 33 years old when he wrote Wicked Game in 1989. It became an international hit after it was featured in David Lynch’s film Wild at Heart.
What's all this poppycock and balderdash about Mitch McConnell and term limits? --92-year-old Republican white supremacist senator Chuck Grassley, still raging against "radical", "socialist", "communist", "do nothing" Democrats
Holly 🇺🇸🦅@msdesignerlady.bsky.social · 5h agoMitch McConnell is the reason why we need term limits. #SheShed #VivaHerAlliance
MAGA calling him: "Abdulrahman-el-Sayed“ Abdul's Reply: "That’s the best you got? My name is not raising your gas prices. My name is not taking us to war. My name is not the reason you can’t afford your groceries. I would rather be Abdul from Michigan over Mike from Florida!" BOOM!
Blue Cross had refused to pay thousands of claims for the center’s patients, but on several occasions executives at the insurance company had signed special one-time deals with the center to pay for their wives’ cancer treatment. (Published April 2025)
“Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay”: Trial Reveals How Insurers Try to Wield Power Over Doctors
Blue Cross authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills. A jury called it fraud and awarded the practice $421 million.
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On a private call, Todd Blanche said his goal was to make the "Dobbs decision permanent in every single state." This isn’t just a confirmation vote anymore—it’s a roll-call vote on which Senators endorse BANNING abortion in ALL 50 states. I’m voting NO.
American Shame 🇺🇲 When the President of the United States can harass, conjole, or try to intimidate JUDGES
BREAKING: Retired Republican County Judge Glen Whitley endorses James Talarico for US Senate: “I’m ashamed that Ken Paxton is even on the ballot. He’s the most corrupt politician Texas has ever seen.”
Dear Seattle, You occasionally frustrate me immensely, but then you do something that reminds me why I like you. “A property tax levy to fund the Seattle's public library system over the next seven years has passed with overwhelming support - nearly 3 out of 4 voters supported it.” 😍📚
