Joyce Lindley

Joyce Lindley

@slatslindley.bsky.social

Retired teacher, living in Rochester, NY. Have always been politically active and of course was devastated by Kamala’s loss. Have wonderful grandkids. Play duplicate bridge and spend time at the Y and travel and read lots of books and am an atheist.

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"The Republican polling firm Fabrizio Ward found Medicaid cuts to be one of the most 'resonating negatives' in recent surveys of rural Republicans. 'One out of two Republicans either are, have been or have a family member that is or has been on Medicaid'..." www.washingtonsun.com/campaigns/ne...

washingtonsun.comNebraska Went First With Its Medicaid Cuts. Now It’s Resonating in the Midterms.Work requirements that are theoretical in other states have barred more than 1,000 Nebraskans from health insurance, and Democrats are taking advantage.

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Trump Admin siccing debt collectors on as many as 10 million Americans: "The Treasury Department is moving forward with plans to hire private debt collectors, possibly as soon as November... the plans are unlikely to be announced before the midterm elections" www.washingtonsun.com/economy/trum...

washingtonsun.comTrump Aides Are Getting Ready to Penalize Defaulting Student Loan BorrowersTreasury officials are seeking ways to minimize the impact on vulnerable borrowers.

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A year after Charlie Kirk’s assassination, TPUSA has 1,500+ college chapters. But Gen Z conservatives are divided & asking: where does the GOP go after Trump? Article originally published on the @19thnews.org  Full article:

dcreport.orgMore Members and Money — And More Fractures: The Uncertain Future of Erika Kirk’s Turning Point USATurning Point USA grows after Charlie Kirk's death, but divisions, leadership questions and shifting Gen Z politics cloud its future.

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I hope this blows up in his face like the attempt to buy the Wisconsin Supreme Court outcome in March - April 2025. As you may recall, Wisconsin voters rejected Musk's efforts, and instead elected liberal Judge Susan Crawford over Brad Schimel.

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Ossoff: "What worries me right now is complacency about this race in Georgia, overconfidence about this race in Georgia. There's no such thing as a landslide victory in the state of Georgia. This remains the crucial battleground state."

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The wealthiest people in the world are trying again to buy elections in Ohio and across the country. Why? It’s an investment, meant to buy GOP majorities that will keep dismantling any guardrails that might protect the rest of us from their greed. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/10/19/e...

ohiocapitaljournal.comElon Musk donates $7 million to help incumbent Ohio Republican US Sen. Jon Husted • Ohio Capital JournalElon Musk has given $7 million to help Ohio Sen. Jon Husted. Some observers say Musk is fighting to stave off regulation of huge AI companies

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NEW: A Black MAGA influencer who spent years promoting Trump and Republicans says she was KICKED OUT of a Ken Paxton rally at the request of his campaign manager. The visibly upset creator, who has over 200,000 TikTok followers, says she drove two hours to attend and has no idea why she was removed

meidasnews.comKen Paxton Removes Black Conservative Content Creator From EventThe upset MAGA influencer was perplexed that Paxton’s campaign manager wanted her removed.

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So the United States Secretary of State doesn’t know anything about global warfare satellites besides what he reads in the paper?

Hoodlum 🇺🇸@nothoodlum.bsky.social

A stuttering Marco Rubio: “Nobody ordered that Starlink speed to be slowed down. It sorta happened.”

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“[Donald Trump's] always been a narcissistic sociopath, a psychopath. His ego is so sensitive to slights or perceived criticisms. He knows he’s not that smart, he knows he had to cheat to get ahead. If you look at the history of people like Trump, Hitler was a psychopath and a delusional one. ...

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Loved being at @waynelawschool.bsky.social in Detroit on Friday for the Wayne Law Review Symposium to Examine Oligarchy, Power, and the Rule of Law Knowledge is power & the more we learn, the better prepared we are for the battle!

Jen Taub@jentaub.bsky.social

This is a @katiephang.bsky.social appreciation post. In addition to fighting the Epstein documents fight, and crushing the news, yesterday she lead a mind-expanding keynote conversation with oligarchy expert Jeffrey Winters at @waynelawschool.bsky.social

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This is what the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool looks like today after a $17M deliberate fuck up and the orange felon won’t stop until he destroys everything. Makes me sick to my stomach every day.

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Your reminder that there is a felon in the White House identified in the Epstein files as a rapist, there has been no investigation, and the files are still being hidden in violation of federal law.

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The ICE agent who shot Araujo in a Houston is named GREGORY FEATHERS. Make sure everyone knows.

Texas Tribune@texastribune.org

Breaking: The Texas Tribune has identified the ICE agent who witnesses say fired through an open van window and killed 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston nearly three months ago.

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Five corporations control 90% of the US media. Airlines have merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.

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The billions of dollars we send to a foreign military to drop bombs on somebody else should have been spent to build schools, housing, and to provide healthcare HERE.

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As Health Director for Wayne County, we put vending machines with free Narcan and fentanyl test strips in 100 locations. We hoped to make even a small dent in offsetting the opioid epidemic that Mike Rogers made even worse by voting with the pharmaceutical industry his entire career in Congress.

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The Republican who runs South Dakota's elections just backed a Democrat to succeed her. "South Dakota deserves a Secretary of State who will strengthen confidence through performance rather than provocation; who will support election officials rather than burden them for political effect."

nytimes.comRepublican Who Runs South Dakota Elections Backs Democrat to Succeed HerMonae Johnson, the secretary of state, is the latest Republican incumbent to speak out against conservative candidates as President Trump loses support before midterm elections.

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Elizabeth Warren is a fighter. I volunteered for her during her presidential run. She is smart as a whip, and always fighting for the consumer. It will be interesting to see what happens now.

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You'd think the fact that the son of the President of the "party of family values" 2nd marriage is to the daughter of Epstein's banker and it was funded by a Rusisan oligarch involved in the mass kidnap of Ukrainian kids during a KGB agent's illegal war Would be bigger news..

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It's pretty incredible the Speaker of the House thinks the votes are there to impeach the Secretary of the Defense (same party!) and his only play is to run away