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Akeiisa Coleman @acinthedc.bsky.social · 1h

New report estimates economic impact of allowing the ACA Marketplace enhanced premium tax credits to expire. See how your state is impacted - www.commonwealthfund.org/publications... #healthpolicy

Expiring ACA Premium Tax Credits Could Lead to Nearly 340,000 Jobs Lost Across the U.S. in 2026

Unless Congress acts quickly to extend the enhanced ACA marketplace premium tax credits, nearly 5 million people could lose health insurance coverage in 2026.

www.commonwealthfund.org

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2h

Today, I convened a group of former military generals and veterans to hear perspectives on deploying troops in American cities.

Their commitment is to our nation. That’s why they’re speaking out against what the President's doing as uncalled-for, unprecedented, and un-American.

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 3h

Read this.

newrepublic.com/article/2011...

How I Became a Populist

My time at the Federal Trade Commission—before Donald Trump fired me—totally changed the way I see our political divide.

newrepublic.com

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 1d

We need to talk about how social media algorithms push moms down a slippery slope of distrust.

From "Are my kids getting enough support in school?" To "Maybe I should homeschool." To "Maybe modern medicine is bad."

I've seen this first-hand in research I'm doing on parenting apps. 1/🧵

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Euthyphro @euthyphro.bsky.social · 8h

Man it is just so weird how attempts to police the boundaries of womanhood end up hurting women. Over and over again.

Izzy Kamikaze @izzykamikaze.bsky.social · 8h

Marie McGowan, 89, has died 3 years after a brutal assault during which she was put headfirst into a rubbish bin. Her attacker, Alex Bailey, believed she was "a man dressed as a woman."

This is the world the transphobes are creating "to protect women."

RIP Marie. share.google/PFaI5YTh9tBw...

Woman, 80s, dies three years after Dublin attack

A woman in her 80s who was attacked in south Dublin just over three years ago has passed away.

share.google

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Bénédicte C @benecal.bsky.social · 12h

What does it say about shadows
that they only come out
in the sun?

-- Josh Ritter

Bénédicte C @benecal.bsky.social · 12h

But go NC!

Bénédicte C @benecal.bsky.social · 12h

VT, MN...

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Bénédicte C @benecal.bsky.social · 1d

Defend Public Health takes on RFK's claims that there have been deaths linked to COVID shots which will soon, someday, (or never) be revealed. Lots of scaremongering.

To be clear there are NO verified reports of deaths due to COVID-19 vaccinations.

www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop...

Whopper of the Week: RFK Jr. Frightens Parents with False Claims about COVID Vaccine Dangers | Defend Public Health

COVID-19 vaccines are safe for children. But Secretary Kennedy has repeatedly claimed that the vaccines are deadly and should not be given to kids because of their “profound risks”. Kennedy wildly exa...

www.defendpublichealth.org

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 23h

NEW: A huge ice sculpture of the word “DEMOCRACY” is currently melting away in front of the US Capitol.

Organized by artists and activists, it was commissioned by the Up In Arms campaign, an effort led by Ben Cohen, the cofounder of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 1d

🔗 Read more: www.gov.ca.gov/2025/10/15/c...

California announces coalition of Governors forming new alliance to protect public health from political interference | Governor of California

www.gov.ca.gov

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Bénédicte C @benecal.bsky.social · 15h

It’s grandpa Brooks, no surprise.

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Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 16h

Study finds no link between mRNA COVID vaccines early in pregnancy and birth defects www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/stu...

Study finds no link between mRNA COVID vaccines early in pregnancy and birth defects

www.cidrap.umn.edu

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Alex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦 @merz.bsky.social · 16h

"Really, he doesn't mind, at all."

Thanks to Jake Goldsbie for noticing this.

Cheryl Hines explains that the worm only ate a little bit of RFK, Jr's brain.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 21h

Feels quaint, almost cliché, to say this about a Trump action, but just for the record:

This is all illegal, the President can't simply disregard the laws passed and agencies created by Congress, and both Vought & Trump would be impeached if the Constitution or the rule of law mattered to the GOP.

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

reut.rs

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 16h

15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.

Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.

Map: Governors Public Health Alliance
* Guam is also a member of the alliance
Updated October 15, 2025
Map: @luckytran • Created with Datawrapper

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 1d

Trump's mechanism to pay the troops during the shutdown is by far the most illegal budgetary action he's taken as POTUS, potentially setting the stage to break everything.

It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.

Long thread.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/10/national-security-presidential-memorandum-nspm-8/

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Bénédicte C @benecal.bsky.social · 16h

How much does the Argentinian muppet siphon for himself?

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jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · 17h

In light of the fact that students protested the university's participation in genocide, Cole argues that the university should reinstate disciplined students, ask NYC to drop criminal charges, and reopen campus gates to the public. All very reasonable points.

Ansley Erickson @ansleyerickson.bsky.social · 17h

Former Columbia Provost Jonathan Cole asks the university to bravely admit where it was wrong:

www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2025...

Columbia must now show courage and empathy

Dear Columbia leaders,

www.columbiaspectator.com

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Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 17h

Viewpoint: We owe parents real data before we mess with kids' vaccination schedule www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...

Viewpoint: We owe parents real data before we mess with kids' vaccination schedule

www.cidrap.umn.edu

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 17h

The entire Republican Party strategy for achieving what are comprehensively & wildly unpopular policy objectives now consists entirely of bypassing Article I of the Constitution through wildly illegal abuses of both Article II and Article III.

Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 20h

Whatever you think about CFPB, it was created by Congress (as part of the Dodd-Frank Act) and can only be abolished by Congress, not by the President acting as a dictator.

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

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Bénédicte C @benecal.bsky.social · 17h

It just dawned on me that social media has really expanded my exposure to Canadian politics. There is almost zero coverage of Canada in US media. It’s a weird self created blind spot now that I think about it. Grateful to this platform for changing that.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 19h

Solidarity is the only way

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NH's "Play-by-Play" Guy @egall.bsky.social · 22h

Congress needs to take back the power of the purse:

NOTUS @notus.com · 22h

The Trump administration is financing its $625 million investment in the coal industry with money that was originally appropriated for carbon capture programs and rural energy projects.

The Trump Administration Is Using Biden-Era Clean Energy Funds to Finance Its Coal Agenda

The Trump administration quietly rerouted $625 million originally intended for carbon capture programs and rural energy projects.

www.notus.org

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pihcanada.org @pihcanada.org · 1d

Most people don’t know the doctor who changed global health forever.
This month, we’re reading about him.

Join our virtual reading club on Oct 22 (12–1 PM ET) to discuss The Good Doctor. 👉 https://pihcanada.org/doing-hard-things-friends-reading-club

#PaulFarmer #GlobalHealth #HealthEquity

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