RK
@rekesk.bsky.social
Focused on anti trust, healthcare, biotech.
RIP the 2019 version of twitter.
RIP the 2019 version of twitter.
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RK
@rekesk.bsky.social
· Sep 18
Most of social media (save for here) is basically in a place thats worse than what i ever expected
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Trump is the one that has actually made us a third world country. We have no air travel and mass numbers of our citizens cannot afford medical coverage or food.
November 11, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Trump is the one that has actually made us a third world country. We have no air travel and mass numbers of our citizens cannot afford medical coverage or food.
I would love to hear her thoughts on the rest of the tech bros/oligarchs bc it kore or less would be the same.
Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
November 11, 2025 at 3:54 AM
I would love to hear her thoughts on the rest of the tech bros/oligarchs bc it kore or less would be the same.
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Read these rate increases.
At least one of the Senate Dems who caved explained it…rationalized it…with political speak—saying Rs would own the increase and heartache.
At least one of the Senate Dems who caved explained it…rationalized it…with political speak—saying Rs would own the increase and heartache.
My ACA current plan is going from $385/mo to $821/mo.
November 11, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Read these rate increases.
At least one of the Senate Dems who caved explained it…rationalized it…with political speak—saying Rs would own the increase and heartache.
At least one of the Senate Dems who caved explained it…rationalized it…with political speak—saying Rs would own the increase and heartache.
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I know, everybody should leave X, but I think an exception should be made solely for Joyce Carol Oates so she can keep wounding Musk's withered soul on his own site and he can't do a thing about it.
![Joyce Carol Oates quoting a tweet that says “wherever he [Elon Musk] goes, he wants to leave”:
"wherever he goes, he wants to leave"-- that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:buy3qvqcj3o76leo6ap7pn2p/bafkreifilfbsxemfsambf4kqwolr24ld2ekqcrz4ybgv3bv7kzi5e6kppm@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I know, everybody should leave X, but I think an exception should be made solely for Joyce Carol Oates so she can keep wounding Musk's withered soul on his own site and he can't do a thing about it.
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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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Unfortunately still true bsky.app/profile/adam...
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Unfortunately still true bsky.app/profile/adam...
Sigh
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Sigh
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Been asking this myself. Booker IMO doing it bc hes a loser and EWR is screaming at him.
fucking Durbin is RETIRING why would he do this
November 9, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Been asking this myself. Booker IMO doing it bc hes a loser and EWR is screaming at him.
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1000%
Opening the government with no concessions from GOP merely to alleviate airline cancellations - when Congress has been dragging its feet for years on chronic FAA staffing issues - is a lame ass choice.
Also, doing it while the House refuses to work is appalling.
Also, doing it while the House refuses to work is appalling.
November 9, 2025 at 10:35 PM
1000%
All I ever wanted was a HSA with infinite money that I could use to be extorted by a medical industrial complex so I could watch it go to zero
November 9, 2025 at 10:33 PM
All I ever wanted was a HSA with infinite money that I could use to be extorted by a medical industrial complex so I could watch it go to zero
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see below, here is the caving caucus. Remember to primary these guys.
CALL:
@schumer.senate.gov
@booker.senate.gov
@cortezmasto.senate.gov
@durbin.senate.gov
@fetterman.senate.gov
@kirstengillibrand.bsky.social
@hassan.senate.gov
@senangusking.bsky.social
@ossoff.senate.gov
@shaheen.senate.gov
@markwarner.bsky.social
202-224-3121
TELL THEM NOT TO FOLD.
@schumer.senate.gov
@booker.senate.gov
@cortezmasto.senate.gov
@durbin.senate.gov
@fetterman.senate.gov
@kirstengillibrand.bsky.social
@hassan.senate.gov
@senangusking.bsky.social
@ossoff.senate.gov
@shaheen.senate.gov
@markwarner.bsky.social
202-224-3121
TELL THEM NOT TO FOLD.
John Fetterman, Angus King, Maggie Hassan, Dick Durbin, Jon Ossoff, Jeanne Shaheen, Kirsten Gillibrand, Catherine Cortez Masto, Mark Warner, Cory Booker, and of course Chuck Schumer. Maybe others not top of mind. Not all responsible will publicly vote for the cave - that's not how this works.
November 9, 2025 at 9:41 PM
see below, here is the caving caucus. Remember to primary these guys.
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Chuck Schumer's office number is (212) 486-4430.
They open tomorrow at 9am EST. Call and tell them what you think.
They open tomorrow at 9am EST. Call and tell them what you think.
Let’s be 100% clear:
If Dems cave right now instead of Reps nuking the filibuster, then Dems will be solely responsible for our healthcare costs skyrocketing, and handing Trump pure unlimited power.
Telling your opposition (who is trying to kill you) that you will always fold.
If Dems cave right now instead of Reps nuking the filibuster, then Dems will be solely responsible for our healthcare costs skyrocketing, and handing Trump pure unlimited power.
Telling your opposition (who is trying to kill you) that you will always fold.
BREAKING: At least ten Democrats are expected to pass the Republican CR package in exchange for a promise for a December vote on ACA tax credits and language related to RIFs.
November 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Chuck Schumer's office number is (212) 486-4430.
They open tomorrow at 9am EST. Call and tell them what you think.
They open tomorrow at 9am EST. Call and tell them what you think.
Even the anti-medicare for all McMorrow call this out as BS
November 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Even the anti-medicare for all McMorrow call this out as BS
the TLDR from @matthew.flux.community long thread is "Right-wing tax policy is the biggest scam in history."
When you look at the red states, their tax systems drastically favor the rich over regular people.
Republicans want to steal your money and give it to rich people who do not contribute to society.
Right-wing tax policy is the biggest scam in history.
Republicans want to steal your money and give it to rich people who do not contribute to society.
Right-wing tax policy is the biggest scam in history.
November 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM
the TLDR from @matthew.flux.community long thread is "Right-wing tax policy is the biggest scam in history."
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Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
hey @kylekulinskishow.bsky.social you can post the original here too BTW
November 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
hey @kylekulinskishow.bsky.social you can post the original here too BTW
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Healthcare is a great example of this: some of the treatments available today for diseases that were a death sentence decades ago are only effectively available to a fraction of the population. "But you're getting top of the line treatment from 1989!" isn't a great argument when a cure exists today
November 9, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Healthcare is a great example of this: some of the treatments available today for diseases that were a death sentence decades ago are only effectively available to a fraction of the population. "But you're getting top of the line treatment from 1989!" isn't a great argument when a cure exists today
these 10 democrats are beyond pathetic
BREAKING: Deal to end government shutdown in reach
Deal to end government shutdown in reach
At least 10 Senate Democrats are expected to support a key procedural motion.
www.axios.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:12 PM
these 10 democrats are beyond pathetic
I needed this meme
I’ll believe that when I see it.
Also this:
Also this:
November 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I needed this meme
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The Democratic caucus trying to stop Chuck Schumer from agreeing to a CR with a nationwide abortion ban attached
November 9, 2025 at 3:16 AM
The Democratic caucus trying to stop Chuck Schumer from agreeing to a CR with a nationwide abortion ban attached