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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 20h

i strongly encourage the white house to make vance the face of their shutdown defense, i cannot think of a better man for the job, this defense is flawlessly persuasive, keep it up

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

JD Vance: "The suffering is going to get a lot worse."

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Djinn & Tonic 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇬🇱 @djinnandtonic.bsky.social · 15h

What did you think "elect Democrats who hate Republicans as much as Republicans hate Democrats" meant? Vibes? Essays?

Djinn & Tonic 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇬🇱 @djinnandtonic.bsky.social · 15h

Grew up in Virginia, but haven't been following latest races besides Spanberger-Sears

Holy based, the Jay Jones text messages are actually awesome, fuck a split ticket voter

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 16h

We have a bit of a clearer portrait in #VAGov (unsurprisingly)

Roanoke College shows

-Spanberger leads Sears by 10 points (51%-41%)
-Hashmi beats Reid 42%-40%
-The BIG news is Jason Miyares now pulls ahead of Jay Jones after the text messages (46%-38%)
www.roanoke.edu/news/rc_poll...

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Djinn & Tonic 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇬🇱 @djinnandtonic.bsky.social · 15h

My entire life has been "Democrats have to be stoic moralists while Republicans get to be degenerate fascists while claiming to be stoic moralists" and I'm tired of it

They deserve a taste of what they've been dishing out for the past several decades. Don't like it? Too bad! Gfy

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Tony Moonbeam II @moonbeamii.bsky.social · 22h

Tom Steyer should buy it, demolish it, and sell it back to the state to create affordable housing units

Forbes @forbes.com · 1d

The house was built by the Reagans and meant to be the California governor’s mansion, but no state leader has ever lived there.

Ronald Reagan's Forsaken Governor's Mansion Is Up For Sale—And It Includes A Mysterious Time Capsule

The house was built by the Reagans and meant to be the California governor’s mansion, but no state leader has ever lived there.

www.forbes.com

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 1d

This was always going to happen.

And I expect them to absolutely go salted earth against Paxton in Texas.

Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 1d

Bahahaha

RFK: Tylenol causes autism.
Tylenol: Do you have evidence? We can sue you.
RFK: Tylenol doesn't cause autism.

www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

Health Secretary RFK Jr. says there's 'not sufficient' proof to show Tylenol causes autism

President Trump's health secretary said Tylenol should be used with caution during pregnancy, but solid data linking it to autism is lacking.

www.usatoday.com

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 1d

These yahoos don't understand that biotech has a completely different set of incentive structures to fight frivolous litigation, they aren't broke newspapers.

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chris_fumo96 @chrisfumo.bsky.social · 17h

Not so coincidentally, Schumer and the DSCC had to bail Fetterman out with 50 million dollars over the final 6 weeks bc he was tanking in the polls, against a clown with -40 personal approval in the state.

Barnes and Beasley were left hanging out to dry.

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chris_fumo96 @chrisfumo.bsky.social · 17h

Had the Dem nominee in PA in 2022 - against OZ, a historically awful gop nominee - just been any which member of Congress or anyone who could complete a sentence, Schumer and Dems would have been able to use that money to help Barnes in his 1% race in Wisconsin.

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 13h

Did you ever think you’d see the day where no one knows the true state of the US economy because the gov. is shut down & refuses to collect data while weaponizing American hunger to skyrocket health care and keep the files on a sex trafficker just to appease billionaires?

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STEMthebleeding @stemthebleeding.bsky.social · 14h

I feel like too many people are focusing on the shiny object (ACA funding) and missing the hidden nugget that is perhaps more damaging to the Trump admin: barring the President from reappropriating funds without Congressional approval.

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 14h

Trump trashes Obamacare in a new post. Funding under this law is the main dispute between the two parties in the ongoing government shutdown standoff.

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Socially Distant Before It Was Cool @aaron-0.bsky.social · 15h

Two Dem Minnesota reps were murdered in cold blood, Josh Shapiro's house was set on fire, a plot to kidnap a democratic governor was caught in action, they put dems bound and gagged on their pickup trucks, yet it's clutched pearls when any R is made to feel threatened.

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thee Matador 🇺🇸👟 @flushthechumps.bsky.social · 12h

The irony of a Nina Turner tweet leading to people discussing voting as harm reduction, when she insisted that voting for Biden was equivalent to eating a bowl of shit.

Tin Foil Awards @tinfoilawards.bsky.social · 14h

"Why should I vote for ice cream if I'm lactose intolerant?"

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 17h

When I worked in WaPo Opinions in 2017-2018, senior editors specifically told junior editors not to factcheck Marc Thiessen and other MAGA columnists, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to publish anything by them at all, and “we need them for intellectual diversity.”

John Carl Baker @johncarlbaker.bsky.social · 17h

It’s very telling that opening your publication to MAGA “thought” requires a massive downgrade in quality control.

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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 1d

Gutting health care coverage then destroying people's credit when they can't pay their medical bills... that's a choice.

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Dr. Ironclad, Brunch Democrat @feclad.bsky.social · 14h

King Charles and the rest of that inbred family knew about Andrew for years and are only kicking him out because they know what is in the Epstein files. This wasn't heroic, this was overdue.

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Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 13h

It's almost as if someone was planting the seeds of this strategy at the beginning of the year...

acasignups.net/ira-subsidy-...

How Much More Will ACA Enrollees Have to Pay if the IRA Subsidies Expire? (updated)

Original publication date: 1/10/25

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Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 13h

Speaking of which, a reminder that I've been warning about all of these batshit insane premium hikes for nearly a year now.

Pick a state, any state...

acasignups.net/ira-subsidy-...

How much more will ACA enrollees have to pay if the IRA subsidies expire? (updated)

USE THE DROPDOWN MENU ABOVE TO PICK A STATE. 9/29/25: Welcome Paul Krugman subscribers! I greatly appreciate the shoutout by him but should add the following clarification: Regarding the chart below w...

acasignups.net

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Michael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 21h

it is truly astounding how perfectly the Democratic plan to make the shutdown about Obamacare has worked

we've now gotten to a point where Republicans cannot stop reminding voters about their equally horrible and unpopular ideas about healthcare

Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 21h

“I think most people are going to say, OK, I had a great deal during COVID,” said Club For Growth President David McIntosh. “But now it’s back to business as usual, and I should be paying for health care.”

Republicans Face Voter Anger Over Rising Health Care Premiums

Notices of rising health insurance premiums are landing in voters' mailboxes and sending some to Republican town halls to vent their frustration.

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Michael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 20h

Republicans this week for some reason

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Michael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 14h

now Trump is doing it, after running two elections on the claim he would never ever take away anyone's healthcare

what a world bsky.app/profile/sahi...

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 14h

Trump trashes Obamacare in a new post. Funding under this law is the main dispute between the two parties in the ongoing government shutdown standoff.

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Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · 14h

1 year ago today. Shoot man we coulda been at brunch instead of protests
Kamala 😔😔

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Chatham Harrison dba TRUMP DELENDUS EST @chathamharrison.bsky.social · 14h

Here Trump takes his entire theory of governance to its logical conclusion by demanding Democrats improve the parts of government he keeps trying to destroy

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 14h

Trump trashes Obamacare in a new post. Funding under this law is the main dispute between the two parties in the ongoing government shutdown standoff.

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Wes Burdine @wesburdine.bsky.social · 13h

Am i reading it wrong? This says it’s not a blanket no payment, it’s on bills that trigger a review

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 13h

Yeah we get Medicaid payments for our sons care and I don’t think there’s a problem here. The headlines (including Walz own comments maybe) don’t match what we’re seeing.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 1d

What's incredibly revealing about it is how so many people who would not be otherwise inclined to support a populist progressive in the Bernie/DSA mold have immediately jumped on board after finding out he had an SS tattoo, because they care more about being "anti-woke" than actual policy anything

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 1d

it is remarkable how support for a guy with a SS tattoo is uniting podcasters across the political spectrum

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