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arielwest1987.bsky.social @arielwest1987.bsky.social · 13h

Tell everyone you know: 2026 health insurance premiums will increase for everyone if GOP cuts proceed. Increases aren't confined to ACA. Insurance cos set rates based on universe of insureds. Doesn't matter if it's through employer, private, Medicare or Medicare Advantage. Your costs are going ⬆️⬆️⬆️.

arielwest1987.bsky.social @arielwest1987.bsky.social · 16h

Tell everyone you know: 2026 health insurance premiums will increase for everyone if GOP cuts proceed. Increases aren't confined to ACA. Insurance cos set rates based on universe of insureds. Doesn't matter if it's through employer, private, Medicare or Medicare Advantage. Your costs are going ⬆️⬆️⬆️.

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arielwest1987.bsky.social @arielwest1987.bsky.social · 16h

Tell everyone you know: 2026 health insurance premiums will increase for everyone if GOP cuts proceed. Increases aren't confined to ACA. Insurance cos set rates based on universe of insureds. Doesn't matter if it's through employer, private, Medicare or Medicare Advantage. Your costs are going ⬆️⬆️⬆️.

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arielwest1987.bsky.social @arielwest1987.bsky.social · 2d

Trump allows Miller's and Noam's idiotic immigration policies to drive down farmers' incomes and Americans' food security. While sending the price of food higher and higher.

Trump administration says immigration enforcement threatens higher food prices

U.S. farmers face labor shortages and potential food price hikes due to Trump’s immigration policy, the administration acknowledged in a Federal Registry document.

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arielwest1987.bsky.social @arielwest1987.bsky.social · 2d

Do you think people get it that Trump and GOP really do want to screw them?

Obamacare Enrollment by State: Most Enrollees Live in Republican Areas (Gift Article)

Millions of Americans depend on Obamacare. Here's where they live.

www.nytimes.com

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arielwest1987.bsky.social @arielwest1987.bsky.social · 10d

Trump and GOP not only taking away healthcare from millions of Americans, they're taking away food from the most vulnerable. Stop thinking they give a damn about people in this country.

ProPublica @propublica.org · 10d

NEW: ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the Trump administration’s cuts to an aid program.

Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.

ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...

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arielwest1987.bsky.social @arielwest1987.bsky.social · 10d

GOP ghouls wearing crosses willing to take healthcare away from millions of Americans. Because doctors and nurses humanely respond to people in need.

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arielwest1987.bsky.social @arielwest1987.bsky.social · 11d

From Paley to Murrow to Cronkite to Wallace and 60 Minutes ... to Bari Weiss.

arielwest1987.bsky.social @arielwest1987.bsky.social · 11d

And the California hub includes a major project out of Utah.

arielwest1987.bsky.social @arielwest1987.bsky.social · 13d

These flag officers just got an up close and personal look at just how unhinged their commander in chief is.

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arielwest1987.bsky.social @arielwest1987.bsky.social · 13d

These flag officers just got an up close and personal look at just how unhinged their commander in chief is.

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arielwest1987.bsky.social @arielwest1987.bsky.social · 13d

While GOP lies to Americans to cover up the fact they're stripping away healthcare for millions, Trump is telling military leaders to prepare to attack Americans in American cities.

Wake up, people.

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arielwest1987.bsky.social @arielwest1987.bsky.social · 15d

Charlie Kirk's words should never be forgotten. Read what he said, what he stood for, the beliefs he implored his followers to espouse.

What the Public Memory of Charlie Kirk Revealed

www.nytimes.com

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arielwest1987.bsky.social @arielwest1987.bsky.social · 16d

Wyden is getting closer and closer to exposing billions of dollars in Epstein financial transactions. No surprise why Trump is threatening his state.

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arielwest1987.bsky.social @arielwest1987.bsky.social · 17d

I have to believe Microsoft gamed out hiring Monaco, as this position usually oversees government, legislative relations. She very likely has a lucrative contract; ignoring Trump's wrath will be a real test of Microsoft independence.

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arielwest1987.bsky.social @arielwest1987.bsky.social · 17d

Jimmy Kimmel is coming back to Sinclair’s ABC stations

“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” has been off the air on ABC stations in D.C. and other markets since Disney-owned ABC reinstated the late-night host Tuesday.

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arielwest1987.bsky.social @arielwest1987.bsky.social · 17d

Disney pulls its content levers, Sinclair puts Kimmel back on its stations. More of this hardball, please, corporate America.

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arielwest1987.bsky.social @arielwest1987.bsky.social · 20d

Bravo, Jimmy Kimmel. And bravo Disney for standing up and doing the right thing to protect our First Amendment.

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arielwest1987.bsky.social @arielwest1987.bsky.social · 21d

It's a TACO. Will Trump's FCC really pull local TV licenses, that broadcast in heavily GOP markets? Are the likes of Nexstar/Sinclair really going to forego ABC content + all the Disney cross-programming its viewers crave? Lost viewership, lost ad revenue? C'mon, do the strategic math!!

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arielwest1987.bsky.social @arielwest1987.bsky.social · 23d

Trump's crimes are, ironically, like Russian nesting dolls... one to cover up another, and another, and another... like this corrupt rant to divert from crimes uncovered this week ... like Homan, Carr, UAE crypto scam, and, oh yeah, Epstein.

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arielwest1987.bsky.social @arielwest1987.bsky.social · 25d

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arielwest1987.bsky.social @arielwest1987.bsky.social · 25d

C'mon ABC, it's a TACO. Will Trump's FCC really pull local TV licenses, that broadcast in heavily GOP markets? Are the likes of Nexstar/Sinclair really going to forego ABC content + all the Disney cross-programming its viewers crave? Lost viewership, lost ad revenue? C'mon, do the strategic math!!

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 25d

NEWS --> Anna Gomez, the lone Dem on the FCC, tells me the Trump admin's pressure to oust Jimmy Kimmel may be unlawful as well as unconstitutional. FCC chair Brendan Carr may be committing censorship in violation of federal law.

That and much more in my new piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2006...

Trump’s Ouster of Jimmy Kimmel Is Much Worse than You Think It Is

Anna Gomez, the FCC’s lone Democratic commissioner, tells TNR that her boss’ move violates both the First Amendment and the Communications Act. Democrats must extract consequences.

newrepublic.com

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arielwest1987.bsky.social @arielwest1987.bsky.social · 25d

Trump and his minions are doing all that they can to take away Americans' right to free speech. The Kimmel charade is one more step toward destroying the First Amendment.

Column | Kimmel’s suspension confirms what many suspected after Colbert’s cancellation

Media companies must punish Trump critics if they want their mega-mergers approved.

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arielwest1987.bsky.social @arielwest1987.bsky.social · 26d

Would love to know how his wife, Willow Bay, who serves as dean of the USC Annenberg School of Communications and Journalism is going to explain this to students, faculty, alums, and countless others in her orbit committed to upholding 1st Amendment rights.

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