WIRoadTripper
@jsgjames.bsky.social
Retired 30-year IT guy (at two large public universities). Living my best life with two cats, family, and friends. Yes, I took these eclipse photos.
#Wisconsin #Astronomy #Cosmology #Hiking #Music #Opera #Cats #LiberalAF #Photography
#Wisconsin #Astronomy #Cosmology #Hiking #Music #Opera #Cats #LiberalAF #Photography
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We could make this real fucking simple. Call it Medicare for All. Single-payer. Whatever. Insurance cos as government contractors or eliminate the sector entirely and pay direct to providers. I don’t give a shit. But access to healthcare is a basic human right and we should start acting like it.
November 11, 2025 at 4:44 AM
We could make this real fucking simple. Call it Medicare for All. Single-payer. Whatever. Insurance cos as government contractors or eliminate the sector entirely and pay direct to providers. I don’t give a shit. But access to healthcare is a basic human right and we should start acting like it.
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And pre-tax savings plans don’t do shit when insurance cos continue raising premiums to ever more unaffordable levels of bat shittery.
November 11, 2025 at 4:40 AM
And pre-tax savings plans don’t do shit when insurance cos continue raising premiums to ever more unaffordable levels of bat shittery.
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Dismantling ACA isn’t about punishing insurance cos. The subsidies Dems were haggling for are tax credits. That’s our money. Not theirs. They’re talking about health savings as pre-tax dollars like your 401k. This is deregulation. Letting insurance cos resume denying coverage and selling junk plans.
November 11, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Dismantling ACA isn’t about punishing insurance cos. The subsidies Dems were haggling for are tax credits. That’s our money. Not theirs. They’re talking about health savings as pre-tax dollars like your 401k. This is deregulation. Letting insurance cos resume denying coverage and selling junk plans.
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They’re not concerned with affordability. The whole reason the ACA exists is to get insurance to people who were otherwise denied coverage for preexisting conditions or shunted into terrible, high-cost plans with poor coverage. It was to ensure access to preventive care to reduce catastrophic need.
November 11, 2025 at 4:28 AM
They’re not concerned with affordability. The whole reason the ACA exists is to get insurance to people who were otherwise denied coverage for preexisting conditions or shunted into terrible, high-cost plans with poor coverage. It was to ensure access to preventive care to reduce catastrophic need.
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In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
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Consider that Tuesday's elections showed that dems could win *despite* dem leadership, despite Schumer relentlessly ratfucking them even up to the very last minute.
Millions of people volunteered, and saw for themselves how totally fucking useless dem leaders were compared to themselves.
Millions of people volunteered, and saw for themselves how totally fucking useless dem leaders were compared to themselves.
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Consider that Tuesday's elections showed that dems could win *despite* dem leadership, despite Schumer relentlessly ratfucking them even up to the very last minute.
Millions of people volunteered, and saw for themselves how totally fucking useless dem leaders were compared to themselves.
Millions of people volunteered, and saw for themselves how totally fucking useless dem leaders were compared to themselves.
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Felony vandalism? They were hanging a cardboard bug on a wall.
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Felony vandalism? They were hanging a cardboard bug on a wall.
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I've said it before, and I will say it again.
We need courageous leaders that put working families at the center of all they do.
8 democrats caving to empty promises is an indefensible leadership failure
For the sake of our country, Schumer needs to resign.
We need courageous leaders that put working families at the center of all they do.
8 democrats caving to empty promises is an indefensible leadership failure
For the sake of our country, Schumer needs to resign.
November 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I've said it before, and I will say it again.
We need courageous leaders that put working families at the center of all they do.
8 democrats caving to empty promises is an indefensible leadership failure
For the sake of our country, Schumer needs to resign.
We need courageous leaders that put working families at the center of all they do.
8 democrats caving to empty promises is an indefensible leadership failure
For the sake of our country, Schumer needs to resign.
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HSA are available to anyone but it requires a high deductible account. These ideas absolutely requires a rewrite of existing law. But, where were these ideas before?
November 11, 2025 at 4:06 AM
HSA are available to anyone but it requires a high deductible account. These ideas absolutely requires a rewrite of existing law. But, where were these ideas before?
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Correction: anyone with a qualifying insurance plan (high deductible) can get one.
November 11, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Correction: anyone with a qualifying insurance plan (high deductible) can get one.
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Those are FSAs. Anyone can get an HSA. However, they're not that easy to get. Not many banks offer them.
November 11, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Those are FSAs. Anyone can get an HSA. However, they're not that easy to get. Not many banks offer them.
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Yes. Would be a new law. Don’t see how this is feasible to role out in a few weeks. ACA too four years and was really glitchy the first year
November 11, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Yes. Would be a new law. Don’t see how this is feasible to role out in a few weeks. ACA too four years and was really glitchy the first year
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And people without a corporate employer (ie, most ACA users) don't have access to HSA accounts on their own. So at best they'd have to change the laws and set up some new systems very quickly as part of this, no?
November 11, 2025 at 3:52 AM
And people without a corporate employer (ie, most ACA users) don't have access to HSA accounts on their own. So at best they'd have to change the laws and set up some new systems very quickly as part of this, no?
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Um, also pretty sure you can't pay insurance premiums with funds from a HSA
November 11, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Um, also pretty sure you can't pay insurance premiums with funds from a HSA
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Rick Scott told me his plan would be to take all of the remaining ACA subsidies and redistribute them to HSA accounts and people can then buy whatever insurance a state certifies. Basically a repeal/replace.
He denied when I asked wouldn’t that create two-tiered system where sick pay much more…
He denied when I asked wouldn’t that create two-tiered system where sick pay much more…
November 11, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Rick Scott told me his plan would be to take all of the remaining ACA subsidies and redistribute them to HSA accounts and people can then buy whatever insurance a state certifies. Basically a repeal/replace.
He denied when I asked wouldn’t that create two-tiered system where sick pay much more…
He denied when I asked wouldn’t that create two-tiered system where sick pay much more…
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The new Republican plan same as the old Republican plan: Fucking die already.
Rick Scott told me his plan would be to take all of the remaining ACA subsidies and redistribute them to HSA accounts and people can then buy whatever insurance a state certifies. Basically a repeal/replace.
He denied when I asked wouldn’t that create two-tiered system where sick pay much more…
He denied when I asked wouldn’t that create two-tiered system where sick pay much more…
November 11, 2025 at 4:25 AM
The new Republican plan same as the old Republican plan: Fucking die already.
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Wikipedia, under fire from conservatives and shaken by AI, faces growing pressure
Wikipedia, under fire from conservatives and shaken by AI, faces growing pressure
Nearing its 25th anniversary, the online encyclopedia faces multiple challenges: accusations of 'woke' bias, threats to contributors, AI-generated content and declining readership. Despite these issues, Wikipedia remains resilient. But for how long?
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November 11, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Wikipedia, under fire from conservatives and shaken by AI, faces growing pressure
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Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
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Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias.
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.
(Published January)
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.
(Published January)
A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found.
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends....
www.propublica.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias.
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.
(Published January)
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.
(Published January)
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There will be some "Wow you can't make these people happy" sentiment but what's really happening is the Dems are beginning to reap the consequences of not really believing in anything. Choreographed maneuvers, too clever by half talking points. People have just had it
November 10, 2025 at 3:45 AM
There will be some "Wow you can't make these people happy" sentiment but what's really happening is the Dems are beginning to reap the consequences of not really believing in anything. Choreographed maneuvers, too clever by half talking points. People have just had it
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The model of holding individual senators responsible is broken here. The retirees clearly agreed to take the fall. Which is why the nos should get no credit for voting no unless they move to oust Schumer
November 10, 2025 at 3:47 AM
🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯
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How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
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The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
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Oklahoma is beautiful, actually. All scenes were captured in the last 2 years. #photography
November 9, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Oklahoma is beautiful, actually. All scenes were captured in the last 2 years. #photography
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Hell no
YIKES: NSO floats Pegasus spyware used in hypothetical "time of domestic crisis" in 🇺🇸America.
I believe they won't stop lobbying until they get Pegasus into USA.
To hack Americans. 1/
I believe they won't stop lobbying until they get Pegasus into USA.
To hack Americans. 1/
November 7, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Hell no