Retired medical librarian, lifelong blue dot in a distressingly red state. Now that the US is apparently Alabama, I suppose I shouldn't feel lonely... #angret
"While the administration publishes Fauci’s unredacted diaries, it is simultaneously proposing a government-wide nondisclosure agreement to muzzle federal workers from sharing the very kinds of information Paul released." www.ms.now/opinion/rand... #transparency #accountability
Opinion | The Fauci hearing takeaway that the Trump administration doesn’t want you to noticeLauren Harper: The Trump administration is actively shredding its own paper trail, preventing future accountability.www.ms.nowJune was a busy month for the Yellowhammer Fund (despite AG Marshall's attempts to shut them down). www.alreporter.com/2026/06/11/y... #abortion @yellowfund.bsky.social
Yellowhammer Fund sees busiest month since resuming abortion aidYellowhammer Fund recorded its busiest month since reopening a year ago, driven by reduced national abortion funding.www.alreporter.comThom Hartmann on the authoritarian plot to rewrite history. www.alternet.org/alternet-exc... #Smithsonian #history @thomhartmann.skystack.xyz
The surreal plot behind Trump’s new Smithsonian labelsTrump targets the Smithsonian with warnings of "inaccurate information," deploying a classic authoritarian tactic to rewrite American history.www.alternet.orgI just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Tell your members of Congress: We Need Medicare for All. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Tell your members of Congress: We Need Medicare for AllPeople are fed up with rising costs and political inaction. They want real change—policies that put working families first, lower out-of-pocket expenses, and stop giant corporations and the politician...actionnetwork.org"They cannot allow a good man to be venerated and valorized for his service to his country, as that would endanger attempts to normalize the Republican Party's gangsterism." - Heroes like Anthony Fauci make Republicans look like criminals www.editorialboard.com/heroes-like-... #Fauci #GOP
Heroes like Anthony Fauci make Republicans look like criminalsSo they tried to destroy his good name. That's the story.www.editorialboard.comElon Musk is re-entering politics. It might not go as he hopes. www.ms.now/opinion/elon... #Musk #GOP #midterms
Opinion | Elon Musk is re-entering politics. It might not go as he hopes.The tech tycoon has a lot of money — but he also comes with baggage.www.ms.nowRobert Reich: "Millions of Americans, whether on the left or right of the political spectrum, know something has gone profoundly wrong." - A Realist's Guide to the American System open.substack.com/pub/robertre... #oligarchy #power #politics
A Realist's Guide to the American SystemPart 1: Dimon and the enshittification of everythingopen.substack.comWhite House leaks expose 'sleepwalking' Trump’s 'physical and cognitive decline' www.alternet.org/trump-physic...
White House leaks expose 'sleepwalking' Trump’s 'physical and cognitive decline'White House aides are desperate to keep President Donald Trump focused on issues that actually matter to American voters, but warn he has become “extremely distracted.” According to leaks from within ...www.alternet.orgI just signed a @FaithfulAmerica petition: Keep England Air Park detention facility accountable.. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/ke...
Keep England Air Park detention facility accountable.An entity with a known reputation for leaving behind a rising number of bodies in its care is set to run a 528-bed facility to hold migrant children and families. New reporting now suggests potential ...actionnetwork.orgDemocratic AG nominee Jeff McLaughlin keeps low profile in statewide race. [If he never actively campaigned at all, he would still be a better bet than Robertson.] alabamareflector.com/2026/07/31/d... #Alabama #elections @indivisiblebham.bsky.social
Democratic AG nominee Jeff McLaughlin keeps low profile in statewide race | Alabama ReflectorIn contrast to Republican candidates, Democratic nominee Jeffrey McLaughlin has virtually no public presence as he campaigns for AG race.alabamareflector.comRepublicans’ intraparty squabble over SAVE is undermining the party’s political messaging as the midterms rapidly approach. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/... #SAVEAct #GOP @democracydocket.com
Desperate Trump threatens Thune amid unwavering Senate resistance to SAVE America ActIt appears there already are three GOP no votes on SAVE.www.democracydocket.comNo TV experience? At CBS News, that’s no problem. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #CBS #media
No TV experience? At CBS News, that’s no problem | Margaret SullivanThe conservative columnist Ross Douthat is the network’s latest perplexing hire – but the move is in line with the new leadershipwww.theguardian.comCrisis pregnancy centers fight for ultrasound use in clinics without government oversight alabamareflector.com/2026/07/30/r... #abortion
Crisis pregnancy centers fight for ultrasound use in clinics without government oversight | Alabama ReflectorAnti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers routinely offer free ultrasounds, but there is little oversight. OB-GYNs, state lawmakers, government officials, reproductive health advocates, and current and f...alabamareflector.com"Is it normal for a sitting senator to have to routinely submit proofs of life to a public who suspect he might be braindead? Just asking for 340 million friends." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #MitchMcConnell @indivisiblebham.bsky.social
Welcome to America, where you’re never quite sure if your senator is dead or not | Arwa MahdawiIs it normal for a sitting senator to have to routinely submit proofs of life to a public who suspect he might be braindead? Just asking for 340 million friendswww.theguardian.comIt's Medicaid's birthday! Tell our incoming 2027 Alabama legislators that you support closing the health coverage gap as soon as possible! Sign the petition here: www.votervoice.net/Shares/BFEY7... @alabamaarise.bsky.social #MedicaidExpansion #healthcare
Action Centerwww.votervoice.netTrump has chosen personal lawyer Todd Blanche to be nominated as Attorney General. Blanche failed the Common Cause public interest test by prioritizing Trump over the rule of law. His recent antics angered GOP Senators, giving us a chance to block him. app.sosha.ai/s/QYUz87dY
Sign The Petition: Any senator who votes to confirm Todd Blanche is sending a clear message: loyalty to Trump matters more than the rule of law. Speak out now >>app.sosha.aiThe fake historian advising Trump's anti-Smithsonian crusade open.substack.com/pub/populari... #history #Smithsonian
The fake historian advising Trump's anti-Smithsonian crusadeLast Friday, President Trump released an executive order directing officials to install signs outside the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History (NMAH) informing visitors that the museum pr...open.substack.comPope Says Church Will Relax Stance on Birth Control When it Comes to JD Vance open.substack.com/pub/borowitz... @borowitzreport.bsky.social #Satire 😏
Pope Says Church Will Relax Stance on Birth Control When it Comes to JD VanceThe pontiff said that he had arrived at the decision after learning the “troubling news” that Vance had reproduced “yet again.”open.substack.com"They won’t police their own because all they care about is winning and owning the libs, and they’re reflexively loyal to everyone in the party no matter what he’s done." - There’s No Gravity in Washington open.substack.com/pub/endlessu... #GOP #domesticviolence #accountability
There’s No Gravity in WashingtonMax Miller beat his wife and daughter — and virtually no one in his party will say a word.open.substack.com