Elderly White Hippie
@marieinsedona.bsky.social
SoCal native. Walt Disney Elementary School Alum. Fine Art Photography Collector. ccp.arizona.edu 📸 💙🇺🇦
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“Live. That’s all anyone can do right now. Live. Hold out. Survive. I don’t know whether good times are coming back again. But I know that won’t matter if we don’t survive these times.”
~ Octavia Butler, ‘Parable of the Sower’
~ Octavia Butler, ‘Parable of the Sower’
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...anyone earning more than 400% FPL (even by $1) gets cut off from ANY tax credits & has to pay full price immediately.
THIS is where examples like this couple fall into:
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THIS is where examples like this couple fall into:
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Retired couple (teacher & union carpenter) on ACA premiums skyrocketing — from $443/month to $2,224/month: “It's like buying another house and trying to pay for two houses at the same time… without the subsidy we honestly don’t know what we’re gonna do.” #TrumpShutdown
November 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
...anyone earning more than 400% FPL (even by $1) gets cut off from ANY tax credits & has to pay full price immediately.
THIS is where examples like this couple fall into:
bsky.app/profile/thet...
THIS is where examples like this couple fall into:
bsky.app/profile/thet...
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‘They’re trying to get rich off it’: US contractors vie to rebuild Gaza, with ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ team in the lead
‘They’re trying to get rich off it’: US contractors vie to rebuild Gaza, with ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ team in the lead
Exclusive: group behind notorious Florida immigration detention center created bid for reconstruction deal
Trump administration insiders and well-connected Republican businesses have been jostling to dominate pending humanitarian aid and reconstruction logistics in the shattered Gaza Strip, according to sources and documents reviewed by the Guardian.
With three-quarters of Gaza’s structures damaged or destroyed by two years of Israeli strikes, the rebuilding effort to come – estimated at $70bn by the United Nations – could be a rich prize for companies that specialize in construction, demolition, transportation and logistics. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 11:13 AM
‘They’re trying to get rich off it’: US contractors vie to rebuild Gaza, with ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ team in the lead
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Ouch
December 14, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Ouch
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OPINION: The Trump FBI is drawing up an enemies list that could encompass well over half the US public: Do you "advance ... opposition to law and immigration enforcement"?
Trump just took this giant step towards authoritarian rule — and the media ignored it
The Trump FBI is drawing up an enemies list that could encompass well over half the US public: Do you “advance … opposition to law and immigration enforcement”? Do you have “extreme views in favor of mass migration and open borders”? Show an “adherence to radical gender ideology,” meaning you think ...
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December 14, 2025 at 1:00 AM
OPINION: The Trump FBI is drawing up an enemies list that could encompass well over half the US public: Do you "advance ... opposition to law and immigration enforcement"?
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@colbertlateshow.bsky.social . teamed up with Jesse Wells to destroy ICE. This is amazing!
Crank 🆙 the volume, and 🖕🏽🖕🏻🖕🏿🖕🏼🖕🏾ICE!
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Crank 🆙 the volume, and 🖕🏽🖕🏻🖕🏿🖕🏼🖕🏾ICE!
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December 13, 2025 at 9:33 PM
@colbertlateshow.bsky.social . teamed up with Jesse Wells to destroy ICE. This is amazing!
Crank 🆙 the volume, and 🖕🏽🖕🏻🖕🏿🖕🏼🖕🏾ICE!
🎥 voteinorout (IG)
Crank 🆙 the volume, and 🖕🏽🖕🏻🖕🏿🖕🏼🖕🏾ICE!
🎥 voteinorout (IG)
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Somebody should do it for dogs too!
"My Grandfather's Cat" is a cross-Canada organization that helps dying seniors find homes for their beloved animals. They also offer a senior's pet food pantry, to help support low income seniors.
Please consider donating as a gift for the pet lover in your life.
www.mygrandfatherscat.ca
Please consider donating as a gift for the pet lover in your life.
www.mygrandfatherscat.ca
support fill the dishes — My Grandfather's Cat
www.mygrandfatherscat.ca
December 13, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Somebody should do it for dogs too!
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Excellent article laying out the process to sue for damages from ICE.
ICE Is Destroying Private Property Like a Pack of Rabid Dogs. Here's How to Sue Them for Six Figures.
Photo: KABC-TV via ABC News
open.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Excellent article laying out the process to sue for damages from ICE.
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Tyson is shutting down its Lexington, Nebraska plant in January 2026. That’s 3,200 workers gone in one shot, the largest plant shutdown in company history.
Blame Trump’s tariff chaos and the lowest cattle inventories in decades. Tariffs jack up costs. Supply shrinks. Plants close. Towns hollow out.
Blame Trump’s tariff chaos and the lowest cattle inventories in decades. Tariffs jack up costs. Supply shrinks. Plants close. Towns hollow out.
December 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Tyson is shutting down its Lexington, Nebraska plant in January 2026. That’s 3,200 workers gone in one shot, the largest plant shutdown in company history.
Blame Trump’s tariff chaos and the lowest cattle inventories in decades. Tariffs jack up costs. Supply shrinks. Plants close. Towns hollow out.
Blame Trump’s tariff chaos and the lowest cattle inventories in decades. Tariffs jack up costs. Supply shrinks. Plants close. Towns hollow out.
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⛳️This was supposed to be a joke 😬
December 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
⛳️This was supposed to be a joke 😬
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Oh, I'm no genius. It was in project 2025!
December 13, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Oh, I'm no genius. It was in project 2025!
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The ONLY reason for the "minimum premium" is to "reduce fraud" except that it's not the enrollees who are committing fraud.
As @sabrinacorlette.bsky.social said, "If you have a problem with car thieves in your community, the policy solution is not to make cars more expensive for residents to buy."
As @sabrinacorlette.bsky.social said, "If you have a problem with car thieves in your community, the policy solution is not to make cars more expensive for residents to buy."
December 13, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The ONLY reason for the "minimum premium" is to "reduce fraud" except that it's not the enrollees who are committing fraud.
As @sabrinacorlette.bsky.social said, "If you have a problem with car thieves in your community, the policy solution is not to make cars more expensive for residents to buy."
As @sabrinacorlette.bsky.social said, "If you have a problem with car thieves in your community, the policy solution is not to make cars more expensive for residents to buy."
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Charles’ been doing the lord’s work here & formerly on the old Twitter site. He gives fact based data on healthcare costs & the impact of Republican fuckery on the ACA. Great info to have when contacting your reps. Crucial to buy plans on the marketplace. Donate or subscribe!
December 13, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Charles’ been doing the lord’s work here & formerly on the old Twitter site. He gives fact based data on healthcare costs & the impact of Republican fuckery on the ACA. Great info to have when contacting your reps. Crucial to buy plans on the marketplace. Donate or subscribe!
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This means that #SilverLoading would be ended in red states (and some purple/blue ones) but would continue in the following states:
CA, CO, IL, ME, MD, MA, MN, NJ, NY, OR, VT, WA.
CA, CO, IL, ME, MD, MA, MN, NJ, NY, OR, VT, WA.
December 13, 2025 at 5:51 PM
This means that #SilverLoading would be ended in red states (and some purple/blue ones) but would continue in the following states:
CA, CO, IL, ME, MD, MA, MN, NJ, NY, OR, VT, WA.
CA, CO, IL, ME, MD, MA, MN, NJ, NY, OR, VT, WA.
I guess he skipped to holiday wishes 2-4.
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December 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I guess he skipped to holiday wishes 2-4.
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President Trump’s “pardon” of Tina Peters has no more authority than the plastic Sheriff badge from a box of Cracker Jacks. Unless SCOTUS creates a sweeping new presidential power.
Some of Colorado’s top criminal justice minds called it “bonkers,” “garbage,” and “a loser.”
Some of Colorado’s top criminal justice minds called it “bonkers,” “garbage,” and “a loser.”
December 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
President Trump’s “pardon” of Tina Peters has no more authority than the plastic Sheriff badge from a box of Cracker Jacks. Unless SCOTUS creates a sweeping new presidential power.
Some of Colorado’s top criminal justice minds called it “bonkers,” “garbage,” and “a loser.”
Some of Colorado’s top criminal justice minds called it “bonkers,” “garbage,” and “a loser.”
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Much is made of "The Old Man & The Gun" being Robert Redford's "final film."
But his cameo in “Avengers: Endgame” came after that.
Which means, technically, that #RobertRedford's actual final film also became the highest-grossing movie of all time.
But his cameo in “Avengers: Endgame” came after that.
Which means, technically, that #RobertRedford's actual final film also became the highest-grossing movie of all time.
September 16, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Much is made of "The Old Man & The Gun" being Robert Redford's "final film."
But his cameo in “Avengers: Endgame” came after that.
Which means, technically, that #RobertRedford's actual final film also became the highest-grossing movie of all time.
But his cameo in “Avengers: Endgame” came after that.
Which means, technically, that #RobertRedford's actual final film also became the highest-grossing movie of all time.
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This must be both literal and metaphorical.
The Trump administration is a criminal organization.
The Trump administration is a criminal organization.
It is important to promise, now, that whatever Trump builds at the White House will be torn down as soon as he leaves.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/if-he-buil...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/if-he-buil...
If He Builds It, Tear It Down
Pendulums must swing.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
This must be both literal and metaphorical.
The Trump administration is a criminal organization.
The Trump administration is a criminal organization.
So junk, junk and more junk. The floodgates of bad values and fraud are fully open.
The provisions in the *main* House GOP bill include:
--Association Health Plans
--CSR reimbursement payments
--PBM reform
--CHOICE plans (aka ICHRA)
--Deregulating Stop-Loss Group plans
--Association Health Plans
--CSR reimbursement payments
--PBM reform
--CHOICE plans (aka ICHRA)
--Deregulating Stop-Loss Group plans
December 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
So junk, junk and more junk. The floodgates of bad values and fraud are fully open.
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Association Plans are basically garbage with a long history of fraud & abuse...which puts them right up Trump's alley:
www.nytimes.com/2017/10/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2017/10/21/u...
Cheaper Health Plans Promoted by Trump Have a History of Fraud (Published 2017)
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Association Plans are basically garbage with a long history of fraud & abuse...which puts them right up Trump's alley:
www.nytimes.com/2017/10/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2017/10/21/u...
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Trump & the GOP thought ending these payments would severely damage the ACA; instead they actually ended up unintentionally *strengthening* it thanks to a clever pricing reaction by insurance carriers & state regulators called #SilverLoading which turned lemons into lemonade.
December 13, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Trump & the GOP thought ending these payments would severely damage the ACA; instead they actually ended up unintentionally *strengthening* it thanks to a clever pricing reaction by insurance carriers & state regulators called #SilverLoading which turned lemons into lemonade.
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No cherry-picking. No party filter. Just receipts.
And a lot of powerful men are terrified right now.
KASIE HUNT: “Do you have pictures of people engaged in sexual acts as part of this?”
REP. SUBRAMANYAM: “Yes, there are people engaged in sexual acts.”
@repsuhas.bsky.social
And a lot of powerful men are terrified right now.
KASIE HUNT: “Do you have pictures of people engaged in sexual acts as part of this?”
REP. SUBRAMANYAM: “Yes, there are people engaged in sexual acts.”
@repsuhas.bsky.social
December 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
No cherry-picking. No party filter. Just receipts.
And a lot of powerful men are terrified right now.
KASIE HUNT: “Do you have pictures of people engaged in sexual acts as part of this?”
REP. SUBRAMANYAM: “Yes, there are people engaged in sexual acts.”
@repsuhas.bsky.social
And a lot of powerful men are terrified right now.
KASIE HUNT: “Do you have pictures of people engaged in sexual acts as part of this?”
REP. SUBRAMANYAM: “Yes, there are people engaged in sexual acts.”
@repsuhas.bsky.social
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Losing my fucking mind at this shot off orange county today.
December 13, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Losing my fucking mind at this shot off orange county today.