Nate Ridderman

Nate Ridderman

@ridderman.bsky.social

Politics, loose leaf tea, indie music, software development, Android, Purdue basketball

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Did you know that your ballot will include a question proposing to amend Indiana’s state constitution? 👉 Swipe to learn why we’re encouraging a NO vote to Public Question 1. “Innocent Until Proven Guilty” isn’t just a catchphrase—it’s the foundation of our freedom, and it’s worth protecting.

We can hope.

Adam Kinzinger@adamkinzinger.substack.com

If you’re MAGA, do your best to enjoy the next two years. Because you will spend the remainder of your life looking back and realizing how you crushed your own reputation, and how you will never have power again. Two years seems like a long time, it isn’t when you look in the rear view mirror.

The Republican advertisements won't mention the $31 billion. Hope the word gets out!

MADVoters@madvoters.bsky.social

🔴 The Claim: The Trump administration is giving $120 million from the Rural Health Transformation Program to rural hospitals. 🟢 The Reality: The Trump administration cut $31 billion from Indiana Medicaid, which directly threatens rural hospitals’ ability to stay open and offer the same services.

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A bombshell whistleblower report warns of serious flaws in the rush by the U.S. Postal Service to implement President Donald Trump’s anti-mail voting order before November, including the potential for thousands of ballots to be rejected due to a single error. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

democracydocket.com‘Unforgiving’ new USPS portal could reject 10,000 mail ballots due to a single error, whistleblower warnsAn anonymous whistleblower warned how "potentially millions" of voters could be disenfranchised under a rushed USPS portal.

Wow, Android developer verification is more insidious than I thought. In order to side load apps, you have to jump through so many hoops including a 24 hour waiting period. Google is losing some control as third party app stores grow and Google Play is no longer a monopoly in the west.

Water is so powerful. I hope the root cause is eventually analysized by the public. The banks of the quarry should have been built to handle the erosion of a 100 yr flood.

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US child vaccination rates have plunged since before the pandemic, with kindergarten classrooms in more than 70% of counties now lacking herd immunity against measles.

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Immigration has become a flashpoint in politics at all levels. Earlier this year, Indiana lawmakers passed a law mandating increased cooperation with ICE. The anti-immigrant rhetoric has emboldened extremist white nationalists. Earlier this week, KKK literature was distributed in Muncie.

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🚨BREAKING: In a win for New Jersey voters, a federal court dismissed the DOJ's lawsuit seeking access to the state's unredacted voter registration list. The department is now 0-18 in its sweeping legal hunt for state voter data.

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It is very funny that Stephen Miller of all people is talking about how "deformed" his political enemies are, but let's be clear: this is both eugenics and a blueprint for state punishment of anyone who does not conform to Miller's idea of "normal" (eg: heterosexual marriage with kids)

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🚨 We are urging Hoosiers to come together and reject the hate and extremism being platformed. This rhetoric is unfortunately not new to Indiana. It is a clear echo of the KKK with its message of exclusion and intolerance. More in the comments about how history repeats itself and a call to action. 🚨

Hard disagree. I'm more productive at home, even with three kids. Sure they can be a slight distraction but I'm not their caregiver when I'm working. If you are trying to work and watch your kids, you're doing it wrong. www.businessinsider.com/flexport-ceo...

businessinsider.comFlexport CEO reignites debate over remote work after likening it to 'white-collar fraud'Ryan Petersen, the CEO at Flexport, said he believes that working from home introduces too many distractions and can hurt workplace culture.

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Replying to @bencollins.bsky.social

— WEEK 2 [cont'd]: Juror asks if they get "unlimited tries," calls it a "crock of shit" and walks out, after the prosecutor says "excuse yourself." No bill. — WEEK 3: Government admits to talking grand jurors into changing their mind in the hallway outside of court! Indicted over protestations.

Powerful.

Sherrilyn Ifill@sifill.bsky.social

Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end. Speak your truth, fight and believe.

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John Hudson@johnphudson.bsky.social

SCOOP: A confidential new CIA analysis delivered to policymakers this week concludes that Iran can survive the U.S. naval blockade for at least 3 to 4 months before facing more severe economic hardship, a finding that contradicts those hailing an imminent collapse 🧵

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Iran won’t close the Strait Iran better open the Strait Iran has 2 days to open the Strait Iran has a week to open the Strait NATO, open the Strait I’ll bomb your critical infrastructure if Strait isn’t opened I don’t care about the Strait No ceasefire till Strait is open

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This is a massive and unconstitutional voter suppression effort aimed at giving Trump the power to create a list of who is allowed to vote by mail. We know where this will go -- the targeting of Democrats for mass disenfranchisement. We will sue and we will win.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is in the Oval Office riffing on mail voting, because nobody in the Trump administration has real job duties beyond fluffing the leader on TV

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🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) launched an investigation and issued new guidance that could severely undercut efforts to expand voting among college students ahead of the 2026 elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

democracydocket.comTrump Education Department cracks down on college student voting programsCollege students, who tend to vote more Democratic, represent one of the fastest-growing voting blocs.

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Trump just said Republicans should “take over the voting and nationalize it.” That’s authoritarianism, full stop. The silence from elected Republicans is cowardice—and it’s dangerous heading into November. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

open.substack.comA Psychopath Talking About Seizing Elections—and a Party Too Cowardly to Stop Him“This isn’t a policy disagreement. It’s authoritarianism, said out loud.”

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The dozens of Hoosiers who took time off work and school to testify at the Statehouse made it clear that Immigrants are essential to our state. As SB 76 moves through the IGA, it is critical to keep showing up and ensure lawmakers know Hoosiers will not accept unjust bills targeting our neighbors.

wthr.comDozens of people testify for hours at Indiana Statehouse on immigration billLawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee made some changes to the immigration bill that makes it stricter and more enforceable by the Indiana Attorney General.

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President Donald Trump ordered Tulsi Gabbard, the U.S.’s top intelligence official, to take part in the FBI’s extraordinary raid on an election facility in Fulton County, Georgia, last week, the New York Times reported citing U.S. officials. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

democracydocket.comReport: Trump directed Gabbard to take part in FBI raid on Fulton County election hubThe report undercuts the Justice Department's explanation of her involvement in the raid.