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Ben Bellows

@benbellows.bsky.social

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Cofounder & CBO, Nivi Inc A Michigan farm kid a long time ago. Husband, dad, researcher, neighbor, founder. pubs: orcid.org/0000-0001-9205-6623 #UMich #Econ #PeaceCorps #Ecuador 🇪🇨 #CDC #UCBerkeley #Epi #PopCouncil #Kenya 🇰🇪 #Zambia 🇿🇲 #digitalhealth #AI

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 9h

“In Kentucky, a 60-year-old couple making $85,000 per year could face an increase of $23,700 in annual premiums. In Nevada, a similar couple could pay an additional $18,100 in annual premiums, while in Minnesota, the cost might be $15,500 more and, in Maryland, an additional $13,700.”

Higher Obamacare Prices Become Public in a Dozen States

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 9h

George Santos is a convicted criminal and genuinely bad person, caught stealing from a fund to get medical care for a veteran’s service dog, and other victims along similar lines.
A jury convicted him. But America now has a pro-fraud president—who also hates dogs and disdains vets—so Santos is free.

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Ben Bellows @benbellows.bsky.social · 1h

love to see it

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Frettie Fingers @frettie.bsky.social · 2h

#nokings
Portland frog brigade

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🏳️‍⚧️ Josephine Riesman (Horrifying) @josie.zone · 2h

I don't dare hope, but I do wonder if the Chaotic Evil ICE might be able to sufficiently tick off the Lawful Evil normal cops in certain cities

Chris Sprigman @cjsprigman.bsky.social · 2h

I hope each and every one of the fascists who rule this country read this and choke.

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Jessica Tarlov @jessicatarlov.bsky.social · 1d

Bernie and AOC made clear that they want MAGA to have healthcare as much as they want Democrats to have healthcare.

That's what they were there to talk about at this week's CNN town hall, not a primary challenge.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2h

“You can win elections by tacking to the middle; lots of people have. But you can also win elections by staking a moral position and convincing people to agree with you. You can earn support by demonstrating what is important to you instead of just being determined to nod along with what you hear.”

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 2h

Yesterday I wrote about the effort by center-left pundits to police what people are passionate about.
www.pbump.net/o/sincerity-...

Sincerity is not the problem

As is inevitably the case after an election — and is especially the case after an election with an unexpected result — allies of the losing presidential candidate in 2024 looked for people to blame. O...

www.pbump.net

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2h

Not so funny now, is it.

#NoKings 👑

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Julie Cohen ❌👑 @filmmakerjulie.bsky.social · 3h

MSNBC Live coverage: @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social interviewing a pink unicorn on live television is giving me life. #NoKings

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ACLU @aclu.org · 2h

NO TROOPS ON OUR STREETS

Someone on a city street in a crowd holds up a sign that says "The only guard I want to see in Chicago" with a drawing of Michael Jordan in a Bulls jersey.

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Stacey Burns @wentrogue.bsky.social · 4h

On the same page — there have to be more of us out here!

Two women holding signs saying NO KINGS ONLY PRINCE

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 4h

DC feeder march to the main No Kings rally offered many sights and sounds

People marching with American flags on a beautiful day for the Oct 18 DC No Kings march

People marching in jailhouse stripes and hyper realistic giant papier mâché Vance, Trump, Noem, and Miller masks with a sign saying IMPEACH TRUMP AGAIN

A woman with a frog on her red hat and a protests sign saying “divided we croak, together we hop against tyranny”

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 4h

Live from the No Kings rally in Portland

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Dan Nguyen @dancow.bsky.social · 4h

hit him where it hurts 🫡

man with a cardboard sign saying “you sucked in home alone 2”

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 6h

Murphy: We are not on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of an authoritarian takeover. But Trump has not won.

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NotreDale @notredale.bsky.social · 4h

#NoKings in Red Bank, New Jersey. This is about a quarter of it. Looks like more than a thousand people made it out. Big showing for a small borough in a red county.

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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 5h

“HONK IF YOU’RE NOT IN THE EPSTEIN FILES” is such a good sign. 🙌

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Elizabeth (Bit) Meehan, PhD @elizabethbitmeehan.com · 4h

I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN

needs to make a comeback

Micah @rincewind.run · 4h

notice the general mood of the timeline? how everyone is in a good mood and there’s a lot less misery and dooming? how there’s a lot of “we’re going to beat these assholes”?

anyway that’s why these events are important

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 5h

Sanders: Today, October 18th 2025, there are more people out on the streets in more communities all over our country than we have ever seen in American history

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Ben Bellows @benbellows.bsky.social · 4h

And got a chance to repurpose the back side of a single use "grad class of 2025" yard sign 😀

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John Cusack @johncusack.bsky.social · 5h

Chicago - no kings

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Ben Bellows @benbellows.bsky.social · 4h

Did a rally in Takoma Park that had us protesters along a main avenue with traffic slowing to honk and show support. Not a difficult crowd for #NoKings, to be sure. Loads of support and good to catch up with the neighbors.

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The Last Mile with USAID @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social · 7h

💪🇺🇸 At the No Kings Day rally, they wore the world they serve. USAID workers standing for people, not power. No crowns. No strongmen.

Two people walk side by side at a rally, draped in large white, red, and blue banners that read “USAID FOREVER.” The banners show two hands forming a heart shape around an image of the Earth. The crowd ahead holds protest signs, and trees line the park under a clear autumn sky.

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Lorna Quandt @lornaquandt.bsky.social · 4h

Signs from Takoma Park #nokings

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Nick Covington @covingtonedu.bsky.social · 6h

No Kings, Des Moines, Iowa

Anti-Fascism is Pro-American

#NoKings #Iowa

Nick selfie with sign reads anti fascism is pro American

Nick selfie with No Kings attendees and friends

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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 5h

At the Brooklyn No Kings march. As many people have pointed put, there’s a funny contrast between the apocalyptic Republican descriptions of these rallies and the extremely wholesome, normie, family-friendly vibe of the actual things.

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