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Libby Chamberlin

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The Upper Connecticut River Valley’s favorite daughter, now home in Colorado. Sr Policy & Advocacy Advisor @communitychange. Fmr @SenSanders, @MiddleSeatCo, @CoHouseDem. Views mine, correct, and mostly about taxes & trail running.

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Libby Chamberlin @libbychamberlin.bsky.social · Nov 15

be the poster you want to see in the world. it’s a work in progress but #copolitics starter pack here: go.bsky.app/2xnGDYT

Libby Chamberlin @libbychamberlin.bsky.social · Nov 15

Who’s making the #copolitics Starter Pack?

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Libby Chamberlin @libbychamberlin.bsky.social · 5d

Reminder for Maine GOP: on the low end, a tipped worker in Maine makes ~$37,500/year. The average income tax cut that HR 1 gives Mainers earning more than $817k/year is $37,540.

Oh also, "no tax on tips" is temporary. The income tax cuts are permanent. #MEpolitics t.co/770rNMfEQC

https://spectrumlocalnews.com/me/maine/politics/2025/10/24/maine-legislative-republicans-call-for-public-hearing-on-trump-tax-cuts

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Libby Chamberlin @libbychamberlin.bsky.social · 6d

It’s frankly stunning how the establishment continues to characterize themselves as the safe option when their candidates and policies put us in greater jeopardy with every election. Just really amazing stuff 🤌🏼

Libby Chamberlin @libbychamberlin.bsky.social · 29d

“The media” listen to me omg

Libby Chamberlin @libbychamberlin.bsky.social · 29d

There is a lot of confusion in the media around Medicaid work requirements in HR 1. ***Work reqs just apply to the Medicaid expansion population***

(States that want to impose work reqs on “regular” Medicaid recipients can still do that through the normal process/apply for a waiver through CMS).

Libby Chamberlin @libbychamberlin.bsky.social · Sep 24

Yesterday was Bisexual Visibility Day but we celebrate year-round by being semi-visible. For example, a Denver Man™️ just asked me if my boot are from [low-quality brand] and I told him no, they're Redwings and is he familiar with the Boots Theory of Socioeconomic Unfairness?

Libby Chamberlin @libbychamberlin.bsky.social · Sep 23

"what's the point of AOC and Bernie's fight oligarchy tour?" This. This is the point. Handing the mic to community leaders who are as fed up as the rest of us and have the courage to run. Like Sam, like @daveyseligman.bsky.social, like @carolinegleich.bsky.social (just to name a few).

Michael McLean @mclean.bsky.social · Sep 23

RT @rubashkin.bsky.social

Missoula smokejumper Sam Forstag, a local union leader and wildland firefighter, is considering running against GOP Rep. Ryan Zinke in MT-01 (Trump+12, Tester+1), per 3 sources familiar. No decision expected before November.

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Libby Chamberlin @libbychamberlin.bsky.social · Sep 23

God has forsaken us?

Libby Chamberlin @libbychamberlin.bsky.social · Sep 20

NEWS: literal chunk of rock more qualified to lead the Department of Health and Human Services

Vermont Public @vermontpublic.org · Sep 19

Rutland’s sculpture trail will unveil its newest addition Friday. The 13th statue in the series honors a local doctor who identified the first polio epidemic in the country.

Read more: www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2...

Libby Chamberlin @libbychamberlin.bsky.social · Sep 19

This webinar on the Rural Health Transformation Fund is just CMS employees reading slides…. seemingly at gunpoint like they look so scared and haven’t blinked in the last hour

Libby Chamberlin @libbychamberlin.bsky.social · Sep 19

That’s like 6,000-8,000 oysters

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · Sep 19

This is one month.

Imagine what we'll build in a year.

Libby Chamberlin @libbychamberlin.bsky.social · Sep 18

A tight timeline that sends states scrambling to compete for scarce resources is just another way the Trump Admin is weaponizing bureaucracy to impoverish the people.

Joan Alker @joanalker1.bsky.social · Sep 15

The NOFO is out for the Rural Health Transformation Fund - very fast timeline. App deadline for states is 11/5 and Grants will be awarded 12/31.

Sounds like a fun holiday season for CMS employees!

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Libby Chamberlin @libbychamberlin.bsky.social · Sep 17

God bless the kids outside Boulder HS with the “end gun violence” signs, written with sharpie on 8.5x11 printer paper. They’re going to save the world.

Libby Chamberlin @libbychamberlin.bsky.social · Sep 17

Libby Chamberlin @libbychamberlin.bsky.social · Sep 5

I heard David speak last night and yeah, the guy who, off the cuff, quotes FDR and Isaiah 58 is getting my vote to be Colorado’s lawyer.

I hope he’ll get yours too. secure.actblue.com/donate/david...

I'm proud to support David Seligman for Colorado AG!

Help elect David by making a donation today!

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David Seligman for Colorado Attorney General @daveyseligman.bsky.social · Sep 4

Renters across our state have too little power in a housing market often rigged against them. So proud to meet with renters last night to talk about what it means to be an Attorney General for renters, how we can level the playing field, and building power in tenant unions. #copolitics

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Libby Chamberlin @libbychamberlin.bsky.social · Aug 26

No better way to commemorate the anniversary of the creation of the National Parks Service

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · Aug 25

BREAKING: Workers at Yosemite and Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Parks just won their union elections.

They are the first national parks to unionize in several years.

Libby Chamberlin @libbychamberlin.bsky.social · Aug 21

Worryingly, at the governor and industry’s urging, the General Assembly will also consider a slate of bills concerning AI (de)regulation.

CO passed AI*consumer protection laws in 2024, but industry is claiming they will be costly to implement. Naturally deregulation is the only solution 🤡

Libby Chamberlin @libbychamberlin.bsky.social · Aug 21

The General Assembly will also take action to mitigate, as best as it can, other devastation from OBBBA/HR 1: allowing certain state funds to be used to pay for SNAP, which HR 1 cut federal support for; figuring out how to keep marketplace health insurance affordable; closing corporate tax loopholes

Libby Chamberlin @libbychamberlin.bsky.social · Aug 21

Two main drivers here: Colorado uses Federal Taxable Income to calculate our income tax [and therefore revenues], and also because we have rolling conformity and immediately incorporate changes in federal tax law into our state tax code.

Libby Chamberlin @libbychamberlin.bsky.social · Aug 21

✨I’m so glad you asked✨

Colorado is going into special session today to re-balance the state budget after HR 1 blew a $1b hole in the current year budget. The state’s balanced budget took effect July 1, and on July 4th when HR 1 was signed, the state was plunged immediately back into a hole.

Clint! @cverner.bsky.social · Aug 7

Could you expand on this a bit? Eg, Is it related to changed in income tax exemptions, federal investments which are being cancelled, etc

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Libby Chamberlin @libbychamberlin.bsky.social · Aug 20

AI Industry Playbook:

1) Limit Coloradans' ability to protect against AI intrusion.
2) Make the state AG the sole enforcement entity.
3) Rely on the state's structural deficit to underfund the AG's Office and hamper the AG's ability to do *any* consumer protection.

4) Profit.

The Lever @levernews.com · Aug 20

NEWS: To help tech lobbyists, Colorado lawmakers are convening an emergency session to try to pass a bill blocking DAs & watchdog groups from filing lawsuits accusing AI giants of violating consumer protection laws.

The bill is a national template for states aiming to give Big Tech legal immunity.

The Plot To Outlaw AI Lawsuits

State lawmakers are pushing a bill that would prohibit consumers from suing businesses whose AI use potentially violates consumer protection laws.

www.levernews.com

Libby Chamberlin @libbychamberlin.bsky.social · Aug 18

I explained Colorado's Budget Situation™️ to a Boulder Man™️ and he helpfully said, "what about the marijuana tax money?" so then I walked into traffic

Libby Chamberlin @libbychamberlin.bsky.social · Aug 15

“the miracle of flight” no the miracle of bus to the airport drop bags get through security onto the train off the train to the gate boarding group 9 stand on the gangway for 10 minutes find seat B31 before 8am

Libby Chamberlin @libbychamberlin.bsky.social · Aug 12

The only thing you need to know about Colorado’s $1b budget hole is that Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill gave the top 1% of Coloradans a collective $2.26b tax cut. Recapture that $, fix the budget hole.

Math, as they say, is real.

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Libby Chamberlin @libbychamberlin.bsky.social · Aug 7

Colorado right now