Rosalie V. Grafe
@quakerabbey.bsky.social
Masters, Writing and Publishing, PSU 2007, 82 yo with severe degenerative scoliosis, news maven, fan of Joyce Vance, Brian Tyler Cohen, Robert Reich, Rachel Maddow, Lawrence O'Donnell, Chris Hayes, Marc Elias and Glenn Kirschner
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FYI, this booing is because the GOP passed a procedural vote on the GOP "health plan" (which doesn't include ACA subsidies) and they iced out Dan Goldman's no vote because he was late. The ACA discharge petition vote won't happen until 2026 because there's a 7-day waiting period once you hit 218.
December 17, 2025 at 7:31 PM
FYI, this booing is because the GOP passed a procedural vote on the GOP "health plan" (which doesn't include ACA subsidies) and they iced out Dan Goldman's no vote because he was late. The ACA discharge petition vote won't happen until 2026 because there's a 7-day waiting period once you hit 218.
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Urgent update.
Our bipartisan petition to force a vote on a straightforward extension of the Affordable Care Act tax credits now has 218 signatures.
Mike Johnson should bring the bill to the floor immediately.
Our bipartisan petition to force a vote on a straightforward extension of the Affordable Care Act tax credits now has 218 signatures.
Mike Johnson should bring the bill to the floor immediately.
December 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Urgent update.
Our bipartisan petition to force a vote on a straightforward extension of the Affordable Care Act tax credits now has 218 signatures.
Mike Johnson should bring the bill to the floor immediately.
Our bipartisan petition to force a vote on a straightforward extension of the Affordable Care Act tax credits now has 218 signatures.
Mike Johnson should bring the bill to the floor immediately.
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Massive defeat for Mike Johnson. Still has to clear the senate, but this is what Dems wanted all along. Johnson has essentially lost control of the gavel after Epstein and now this. Weakest speaker in history.
December 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Massive defeat for Mike Johnson. Still has to clear the senate, but this is what Dems wanted all along. Johnson has essentially lost control of the gavel after Epstein and now this. Weakest speaker in history.
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ICE is going after people who commit fewer crimes than U.S. born citizens. They're robbing people, hurting people, using racial profiling, violating due process, hurting children, and going after American citizens while they do. This is an illegal criminal enterprise from head to toe.
December 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
ICE is going after people who commit fewer crimes than U.S. born citizens. They're robbing people, hurting people, using racial profiling, violating due process, hurting children, and going after American citizens while they do. This is an illegal criminal enterprise from head to toe.
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Rep Jim McGovern (D-MA) is a national treasure!! Watch as he drops receipt after receipt about how Trump promised us a great, phenomenal, tremendous new health care plan and has delivered nothing. Premiums are about to skyrocket and Americans are sick and tired of it!!🔥💥🔥
December 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Rep Jim McGovern (D-MA) is a national treasure!! Watch as he drops receipt after receipt about how Trump promised us a great, phenomenal, tremendous new health care plan and has delivered nothing. Premiums are about to skyrocket and Americans are sick and tired of it!!🔥💥🔥
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218 members signed the discharge petition to force a vote to extend ACA tax credits.
If Speaker Johnson refuses to bring forth the vote, he’s telling the American people loud and clear that rising health care costs are acceptable to him.
If Speaker Johnson refuses to bring forth the vote, he’s telling the American people loud and clear that rising health care costs are acceptable to him.
December 17, 2025 at 4:58 PM
218 members signed the discharge petition to force a vote to extend ACA tax credits.
If Speaker Johnson refuses to bring forth the vote, he’s telling the American people loud and clear that rising health care costs are acceptable to him.
If Speaker Johnson refuses to bring forth the vote, he’s telling the American people loud and clear that rising health care costs are acceptable to him.
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Masked men wearing ICE vests—but who refused to present a warrant or identify themselves—roped off a construction site, trapping two men on a roof for hours in subzero temps. Protesters gathered. Masked men eventually left, and one man on the roof was taken away by ambulance kstp.com/kstp-news/to...
December 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Masked men wearing ICE vests—but who refused to present a warrant or identify themselves—roped off a construction site, trapping two men on a roof for hours in subzero temps. Protesters gathered. Masked men eventually left, and one man on the roof was taken away by ambulance kstp.com/kstp-news/to...
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Christmas night: "But Santa, you've hardly touched your Zardoz cookies."
December 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Christmas night: "But Santa, you've hardly touched your Zardoz cookies."
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The word “hero” gets thrown around too often, but Ahmed Al Ahmed truly fits the description.
A good guy *without* a gun who put his life on the line preventing further harm and tragedy.
May he recover quickly from his wounds and be treated with the respect he deserves.
My heart is with 🇦🇺.
🤍🙏🏽🕊️
A good guy *without* a gun who put his life on the line preventing further harm and tragedy.
May he recover quickly from his wounds and be treated with the respect he deserves.
My heart is with 🇦🇺.
🤍🙏🏽🕊️
A heroic moment in this anti-semitic tragedy.
The hero here is a 43 yo Lebanese immigrant and fruit stand owner named
Ahmed Al Ahmed who was shot twice in the arm (apparently bt the other gunman) after wrestling the gun away.
He will be fine according to a relative.
youtu.be/IUEcLiZI6sI?...
The hero here is a 43 yo Lebanese immigrant and fruit stand owner named
Ahmed Al Ahmed who was shot twice in the arm (apparently bt the other gunman) after wrestling the gun away.
He will be fine according to a relative.
youtu.be/IUEcLiZI6sI?...
December 14, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The word “hero” gets thrown around too often, but Ahmed Al Ahmed truly fits the description.
A good guy *without* a gun who put his life on the line preventing further harm and tragedy.
May he recover quickly from his wounds and be treated with the respect he deserves.
My heart is with 🇦🇺.
🤍🙏🏽🕊️
A good guy *without* a gun who put his life on the line preventing further harm and tragedy.
May he recover quickly from his wounds and be treated with the respect he deserves.
My heart is with 🇦🇺.
🤍🙏🏽🕊️
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Bless the Muslim man who disarmed a terrorist shooter in Australia!
Bless The Muslim Man Who Disarmed a Terrorist Shooter in Australia
So shines a good deed in a weary world.
www.thegodpodcast.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Bless the Muslim man who disarmed a terrorist shooter in Australia!
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REP. MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
KRISTI NOEM: We haven't deported veterans.
REP. MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea.
Oops!
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
KRISTI NOEM: We haven't deported veterans.
REP. MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea.
Oops!
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
December 14, 2025 at 6:44 PM
REP. MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
KRISTI NOEM: We haven't deported veterans.
REP. MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea.
Oops!
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
KRISTI NOEM: We haven't deported veterans.
REP. MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea.
Oops!
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
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Something JOYFUL … 🌲♥️🌲
December 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Something JOYFUL … 🌲♥️🌲
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Phang: Bove knows he’s not a regular citizen anymore. Judges are bound by different rules of conduct than an average Joe or Jane citizen.
So for Bove to say that he was there in his “private capacity” or even his “public citizen” capacity is bunk and bullshit.
So for Bove to say that he was there in his “private capacity” or even his “public citizen” capacity is bunk and bullshit.
December 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Phang: Bove knows he’s not a regular citizen anymore. Judges are bound by different rules of conduct than an average Joe or Jane citizen.
So for Bove to say that he was there in his “private capacity” or even his “public citizen” capacity is bunk and bullshit.
So for Bove to say that he was there in his “private capacity” or even his “public citizen” capacity is bunk and bullshit.
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Our year = protests, posts, pressure, power.
Your recap = #ResistanceWrapped.
Get your Resistance Archetype.
Drop your results 👇
app.sosha.ai/s/kaxd3juG
Your recap = #ResistanceWrapped.
Get your Resistance Archetype.
Drop your results 👇
app.sosha.ai/s/kaxd3juG
December 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Our year = protests, posts, pressure, power.
Your recap = #ResistanceWrapped.
Get your Resistance Archetype.
Drop your results 👇
app.sosha.ai/s/kaxd3juG
Your recap = #ResistanceWrapped.
Get your Resistance Archetype.
Drop your results 👇
app.sosha.ai/s/kaxd3juG
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Around 70% of the U.S. economy depends on consumer spending. As wealth concentrates in the richest 10%, the rest of America can’t afford to buy enough to keep the economy running.
This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.
This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.
Our Economy Is in Danger. Here’s Why
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Around 70% of the U.S. economy depends on consumer spending. As wealth concentrates in the richest 10%, the rest of America can’t afford to buy enough to keep the economy running.
This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.
This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.
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Last night marked Kuf Alef Kislev—the 81st anniversary of the Satmar Rebbe's escape from Nazi-occupied Europe. His rescue and founding of Williamsburg's Hasidic community shaped our city. Grateful to celebrate this history with the community and greet the rebbes.
December 11, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Last night marked Kuf Alef Kislev—the 81st anniversary of the Satmar Rebbe's escape from Nazi-occupied Europe. His rescue and founding of Williamsburg's Hasidic community shaped our city. Grateful to celebrate this history with the community and greet the rebbes.
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Too much…or not enough?
December 12, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Too much…or not enough?
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Buttigieg on Indiana: "The big part of how Trumpism works is to make you feel totally disempowered. To make him feel inevitable. And yet the clear takeaway from this is he is not unstoppable and you are not without power."
December 12, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Buttigieg on Indiana: "The big part of how Trumpism works is to make you feel totally disempowered. To make him feel inevitable. And yet the clear takeaway from this is he is not unstoppable and you are not without power."
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The prison's rehabilitation record was once a point of civic pride.
From NYT National:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/u...
From NYT National:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/u...
This Prison Rehabilitated Inmates. Until ICE Paid to Fill It With Immigrants.
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The prison's rehabilitation record was once a point of civic pride.
From NYT National:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/u...
From NYT National:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/u...