A.Badgerhausen

Just read this. It’s wonderful and bittersweet. Hope you are well, my friend.

The bars are set so low. It’s an administration who dances the limbo every F’ing day.

I wish I had been here! Sad to say I was coming home from visiting family in Ohio. But how proud I was to see the turnout in the town that went Trump last November.

@maddow.msnbc.com
Manistee, Michigan
Population 6241 (2024 count)
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Sitting here thinking that if Medicare and Medicaid get slashed, right to die should be enacted in 50 states.

Things are just extremely f****d. Persevering, but damn.

Phew. Good to hear!

Are you ok? Just read about it!

Happening at Michigan State and University of Michigan also. Guess that shouldn’t surprise anyone.

Social Security, facing pressure from DOGE, weighs big cuts to phone service Agency considers ending phone program that helps with claims processing and is used by millions of elderly and disabled Americans.

Cutting the Social Security phone service would make it a whole lot harder for millions of Americans, especially seniors, to access the benefits they've paid into their entire lives. The Trump Administration needs to stop this assault on essential services that Americans rely on.

Drawing huge crowds, Bernie Sanders steps into leadership of the anti-Trump resistance At 83 years old, Bernie Sanders has emerged as an unlikely leader of the Democratic resistance to Donald Trump.

I am not a politician, but I'm surprised that more elected Democrats aren't trying to fill the role of public anti-Trump leadership that is now occupied almost solely by Bernie Sanders. Those big crowds should be telling them something, no?

USAid cuts could create untreatable TB bug ‘resistant to everything we have’ Projects to detect, treat and research new ways to fight TB among those disrupted by sudden funding freeze

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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Sorry for the 💩
I don’t like her either. 🦎

Most Americans blame insurance profits and denials alongside the killer in UHC CEO death, poll finds Most Americans believe health insurance profits and coverage denials share responsibility for the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO — although not as much as the person who pulled the trigger.

Well isn't that interesting. No wonder cops are trying to make an example of Luigi Mangione.
"Most Americans blame insurance profits and denials alongside the killer in UHC CEO death, poll finds" (particularly young adults under 30)
apnews.com/article/luig...

How one Canadian is trying to keep a fast-growing social media platform troll-free | CBC News Canadian Aaron Rodericks is head of trust and safety for Bluesky Social. Can he keep the rapidly growing social media platform free of trolls and misinformation, and stop foreign actors from using Blu...

www.cbc.ca/news/politic.... A Canadian helping to keep Bluesky free from disinformation.

Retiring Rep. Annie Kuster (D-N.H.) said, “I’m trying to set a better example. I think there are colleagues — and some of whom are still very successful and very productive — but others who just stay forever.”

Geriatric lawmakers on both sides need to retire and allow younger people to take over.

After backing Trump, low-income voters hope he doesn’t slash their benefits Voters in the struggling Pennsylvania city of New Castle backed Donald Trump hoping he’d curb inflation. But he’ll be under pressure to cut federal spending.

Low-income voters who voted for Trump are now begging him to not cut their benefits.

👍🏻 this. All day.

Or worse, dad “dates” his own daughter. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

Far-right activists from Germany spent US election day at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago AfD parliamentary candidate and influencers posed for photos with now president-elect at his Florida home

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

Gaetz report renews debate about how he escaped federal charges The Justice Department applies federal sex-trafficking laws narrowly.

Why isn't Matt Gaetz being held accountable for having sex with minors?
Anyone else would have been locked up at first mention of such heinous acts.
www.politico.com/news/2024/12...

Trump picks billionaire Stephen Feinberg to be deputy defense secretary President-elect Donald Trump said on Sunday he would nominate billionaire investor Stephen Feinberg to serve as deputy secretary of defense.

Stephen Feinberg, co-founder and CEO of Cerberus Capital Management, has an estimated net worth of $1.5 billion. His firm owned DynCorp, a military contractor that settled multiple government fraud lawsuits, raising concerns about his potential conflicts of interest.

I have a lot of respect for what he has accomplished. But I feel has been a bit absent in the national conversation. Even if he has to release prerecorded messages he needs to be speaking to America about the sht show we are watching with the GOP. Speak out Mr President!!!

Louisiana forbids public health workers from promoting COVID, flu and mpox shots An NPR investigation found Louisiana health officials told staff to stop promoting vaccines for COVID, flu and mpox, holding flu shot events or otherwise encouraging the public to get those vaccines.

This is FUBAR level wild. And will let people get sick, hospitalized and die.

www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni and a Smear Campaign After ‘It Ends With Us’ Private messages detail an alleged campaign to tarnish Blake Lively after she accused Justin Baldoni of misconduct on the set of “It Ends With Us.”

🧵Still thinking about NYT expose of "male ally" Justin Baldoni's reputational destruction of Blake Lively after she rebuked his sexual harassment:

1. Tell me again how "metoo has gone too far" or "even a whisper ruins MEN'S careers"

2. PR gargoyle Nathan: "people really want to hate on women"

Justice Clarence Thomas Did Not Disclose Additional Trips From Billionaire Patron, Democrats Say (Gift Article) The revelation was included in a report by Democratic staff members on the Senate Judiciary Committee who had conducted a 20-month investigation into ethics practices at the Supreme Court.

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/u...

US economy eyes strong finish ahead of heightened policy uncertainty in 2025 The number of Americans filing new applications for jobless benefits fell more than expected last week, almost reversing the prior two weeks' increases and suggesting that a gradual labor market slowdown remained in place.

We all need to amplify Biden’s strong economy A LOT. We can’t let Trump take credit for the economic health he will inherit and coast on for the next year. www.reuters.com/markets/us/u...

If you haven’t had the chance, make sure to thank your Michigan State Senators.After hundreds of Senator’s bills died on the House floor, they took a stance to finish the good work for the people of Michigan, staying in session for well over 26 hours to pass MI House bills.

Thank you Senators 👏👏