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Gerald Friedman
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Professor Economics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Graduate of Columbia (BA) and Harvard (PhD). Author of numerous works in labor history, heterodox economic theory, and Medicare for All. Most recent book is The Case for Medicare for All .. more

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Gerald Carl Friedman is an economics professor at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He became nationally prominent during the 2016 U.S. presidential election after writing an analysis of Democratic Party candidate Bernie Sanders campaign's policies in which Friedman concluded that these policies would produce significant economic growth in the United States if they were enacted. Friedman also received strong backlash for these remarks, from editorial pundits and fellow academics. .. more

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Gerald Friedman @gfriedma.bsky.social · 51m
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What could be putting young women off marriage? It really isn’t that much of a mystery | Naoise Dolan
Survey data suggests more and more girls can’t imagine getting married, while their male counterparts are keener. That disparity holds a clue, says writer Naoise Dolan
www.theguardian.com

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Gerald Friedman @gfriedma.bsky.social · 53m
Britain's Trump

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Antisemitism allegations against the teenage Farage matter – look at what he went on to do | Jonathan Freedland
Farage has cosied up to US figures who espoused conspiracy theories about Jews. That kind of talk is becoming alarmingly mainstream on the Maga right, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com

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Gerald Friedman @gfriedma.bsky.social · 54m
Trump abandons the cause of peace and freedom

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
The week Europe realised it stands alone against Russian expansionism
Washington’s Putin-appeasing plan for peace in Ukraine has failed, but many heard death knell sounded for European reliance on US protection
www.theguardian.com

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Gerald Friedman @gfriedma.bsky.social · 9h
We need #medicareforall
blue-oleta.bsky.social Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 10h
Last year, 320,000 Canadians filed bankruptcy due to their medical bills.
Oopsie, I meant Americans. The Canadian number is slightly lower: zero.

Reposted by Gerald Friedman

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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 10h
Last year, 320,000 Canadians filed bankruptcy due to their medical bills.
Oopsie, I meant Americans. The Canadian number is slightly lower: zero.

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Gerald Friedman @gfriedma.bsky.social · 14h
Funny. I thought SCOTUS gave Biden immunity?
adamparkhomenko.bsky.social Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 15h
Says the guy who auto-penned nearly 1600 pardons for January 6

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Gerald Friedman @gfriedma.bsky.social · 14h
So did i

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Gerald Friedman @gfriedma.bsky.social · 14h
#medicareforall
usapolling.bsky.social Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 20h
"Would you support or oppose creating a national health insurance program, sometimes called "Medicare for All," that would cover all Americans and replace most private health insurance plans?"

Support: 65%
Oppose: 26%

Data For Progress / Nov 17, 2025

Reposted by Gerald Friedman

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Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET @patti3333.bsky.social · 14h
Thank you @sarahbca.bsky.socia
Sarah nails it with her post
Enough !! The spineless Whitehouse pool reporters

As Sarah truthfully says
"AS CULPABLE AS TRUMP "

SHAME ON YOU

Reposted by Gerald Friedman

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RonhatesMAGA @factdock.bsky.social · 15h
This is what our country has become. A decorated Air Force Pilot who served his country with valor and dignity is being singled out by our deranged president and his wacko fanatic followers for death by hanging. What a pitiful bunch we have at the highest level of our government😰

Reposted by Diane Ravitch, Gerald Friedman, David Darmofal

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 15h
Says the guy who auto-penned nearly 1600 pardons for January 6

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 17h
Trump would kill people if it helped him politically.

He said as much about being able to murder someone on 5th Ave and get away with it.

He wants you dead if it helps him stay in office.

He is pure evil.

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Gerald Friedman @gfriedma.bsky.social · 18h
We need #medicareforall
thetnholler.bsky.social The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h
WOLFERS: “When a politician says: we’ll deregulate health insurance and send you a “freedom account” check, ask: freedom to buy what? If insurers don’t offer real policies or can cherry-pick only healthy people, that money is a coupon for a store that’s not open.” #MedicareForAllNOW

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Gerald Friedman @gfriedma.bsky.social · 18h
Great!
There would be no medical debt with #medicareforall
duh4healthcare.bsky.social @DUH4Healthcare @duh4healthcare.bsky.social · 21h
Gov. Pritzker Announces More Than $400 Million In Medical Debt Erased Since Launch Of Medical Debt Relief Program
1340 WJOL NEWS
@demgovs
Gov. Pritzker Announces More Than $400 Million In Medical Debt Erased Since Launch Of Medical Debt Relief Program 1340 WJOL NEWS @demgovs

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Gerald Friedman @gfriedma.bsky.social · 18h
Hegseth Ordered 'Kill Everybody' in First Boat Strike politicalwire.com/2025/11/28/h...
Hegseth Ordered 'Kill Everybody' in First Boat Strike
"The longer the U.S. surveillance aircraft followed the boat, the more confident intelligence analysts watching from command centers became that the 11 people on board were ferrying drugs," the Washin...
politicalwire.com

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Gerald Friedman @gfriedma.bsky.social · 18h
Melania Trump Announces New scam politicalwire.com/2025/11/28/m...
Melania Trump Announces New Side Hustle
First Lady Melania Trump announced that she is launching her own production company, Muse Films. Her first film is called "Melania."
politicalwire.com

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Gerald Friedman @gfriedma.bsky.social · 18h
Trump’s 'Remigration' Plan Is as Anti-American as It Gets politicalwire.com/2025/11/28/t...
Trump’s 'Remigration' Plan Is as Anti-American as It Gets
President Trump last night unveiled what he called a policy of “reverse migration,” using the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington as the springboard for yet another aggressive crackdo...
politicalwire.com

Reposted by Gerald Friedman, Nicole Guenther Discenza

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 18h
To be clear, the FBI paid nearly $1M in overtime over a FIVE DAY PERIOD last March. And yes, part of it was to find and redact Trump's name. I spoke to sources who reviewed the files for the FBI and DOJ and wrote about it here: www.muellershewrote.com/p/the-epstei...

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Gerald Friedman @gfriedma.bsky.social · 19h
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Trump’s EPA Just Traded Clean Air for Corporate Profit
A quiet rollback of life-saving pollution rules could put millions of American lungs at risk
open.substack.com

Reposted by Gerald Friedman

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Charles GetCovered-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 20h
📣 GROUCHING TOWARDS ENROLLMENT: My 2026 #ACA Open Enrollment Guide (updated w/2 more important tips):

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Grouching towards Enrollment: My 2026 ACA OEP Guide (Updated w/2 more tips!)
Almost exactly a year ago I began my 2025 ACA Open Enrollment Period guide with the following words: This is the best OEP ever for the ACA for several reasons: The expanded/enhanced premium subsidies ...
acasignups.net

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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 20h
"Would you support or oppose creating a national health insurance program, sometimes called "Medicare for All," that would cover all Americans and replace most private health insurance plans?"

Support: 65%
Oppose: 26%

Data For Progress / Nov 17, 2025

Reposted by Gerald Friedman

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@KeepItBlueDems.bsky.social @keepitbluedems.bsky.social · 20h
www.thedailybeast.com/minnesota-go...
Walz Demands Trump’s MRI Results After Unhinged Slur Attack
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz hit back after Trump used a slur to question his supposed stance on immigration.
www.thedailybeast.com

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Gerald Friedman @gfriedma.bsky.social · 20h
We need #medicareforall
wolfhour.bsky.social Wolf Hour @wolfhour.bsky.social · 1d
"America's health care system is neither healthy, caring, nor a system."..(quote Walter Cronkite).. (Cartoon Dave Granlund) #healthcare #USA

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Janet Mills @janetmillsforme.bsky.social · 21h
When health care tax credits expire, it’s working people who pay the price. Maine deserves leadership that protects affordable health care — not let premiums soar because of inaction.

www.pressherald.com/2025/11/24/m...
Maine small business owners bracing for soaring health care premiums if ACA tax credits expire
They join self-employed workers at a roundtable Monday to discuss the potentially devastating increases with U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-1st District, and Gov. Janet Mills.
www.pressherald.com

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Gerald Friedman @gfriedma.bsky.social · 21h
Damn right!
We need #medicareforall

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Gerald Friedman @gfriedma.bsky.social · 21h
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
The real political shift in New York wasn’t Mamdani — it was everywhere else
Democrats flipped over 50 county legislative seats across the state. Republicans flipped one.
www.politico.com

Reposted by Gerald Friedman

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@DUH4Healthcare @duh4healthcare.bsky.social · 21h
Gov. Pritzker Announces More Than $400 Million In Medical Debt Erased Since Launch Of Medical Debt Relief Program
1340 WJOL NEWS
@demgovs
Gov. Pritzker Announces More Than $400 Million In Medical Debt Erased Since Launch Of Medical Debt Relief Program 1340 WJOL NEWS @demgovs

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h
WOLFERS: “When a politician says: we’ll deregulate health insurance and send you a “freedom account” check, ask: freedom to buy what? If insurers don’t offer real policies or can cherry-pick only healthy people, that money is a coupon for a store that’s not open.” #MedicareForAllNOW

Reposted by Joe R. Feagin, Gerald Friedman, Aviel Roshwald

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Dr. DaShanne Stokes @dashannestokes.com · 22h
If what Miller says is true, why does research consistently show that immigrants (including the undocumented) commit fewer crimes than U.S.-born citizens?

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 22h
WSJ:
"Some will say this means U.S. should never admit such refugees, but the alternative is abandoning allies who assist USA in war to retribution of our enemies..How many will assist us if they believe there will be no exit for them if U.S. leaves"
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
Opinion | The Ambush on the National Guard
The alleged shooting by an Afghan ‘partner’ shouldn’t condemn all who assisted the U.S. and now live here.
www.wsj.com