andrew_rurik
@andrewrurik.bsky.social
producer / director @ third shift creative
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"The minutiae of the Medicaid policy" - 16-17 million people will lose health insurance in a country where health care costs are ruinous. Many of these are exactly the people Vance claims to represent. But erecting a police state to deport foreigners is more important, I guess.
I’ve warned about the nativist mind virus for many years. They’d destroy the economy, bankrupt the government, shred the Constitution, trample our freedoms, and imprison their own people to get what they want: not just mass deportation, but something more like ethnic cleansing
July 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
"The minutiae of the Medicaid policy" - 16-17 million people will lose health insurance in a country where health care costs are ruinous. Many of these are exactly the people Vance claims to represent. But erecting a police state to deport foreigners is more important, I guess.
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If a bill is so bad that you have to exempt entire states from its consequences to win the votes you need—just don't pass the bill!
Why do people in Washington state deserve Medicaid & SNAP cuts, but others don't?
This is plain wrong, and it's just no way to legislate.
Why do people in Washington state deserve Medicaid & SNAP cuts, but others don't?
This is plain wrong, and it's just no way to legislate.
July 1, 2025 at 12:03 PM
If a bill is so bad that you have to exempt entire states from its consequences to win the votes you need—just don't pass the bill!
Why do people in Washington state deserve Medicaid & SNAP cuts, but others don't?
This is plain wrong, and it's just no way to legislate.
Why do people in Washington state deserve Medicaid & SNAP cuts, but others don't?
This is plain wrong, and it's just no way to legislate.
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Important context to the Supreme Court ruling is that Tennessee only has one gender clinic for kids and it performs 5 top surgeries per year.
This entire "debate" is about a phenomenon — large numbers of kids being rushed into hormones and surgeries — that doesn't exist.
apnews.com/article/heal...
This entire "debate" is about a phenomenon — large numbers of kids being rushed into hormones and surgeries — that doesn't exist.
apnews.com/article/heal...
June 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Important context to the Supreme Court ruling is that Tennessee only has one gender clinic for kids and it performs 5 top surgeries per year.
This entire "debate" is about a phenomenon — large numbers of kids being rushed into hormones and surgeries — that doesn't exist.
apnews.com/article/heal...
This entire "debate" is about a phenomenon — large numbers of kids being rushed into hormones and surgeries — that doesn't exist.
apnews.com/article/heal...
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Remains to be seen exactly how bad the Tariff Recession will be, but remarkable that Trump not only oversaw the market crash from Covid in the fourth year of his first term, he came back and said "I'm going to go harder, faster, do it in the first 100 days, and for no reason other than my ego"
April 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Remains to be seen exactly how bad the Tariff Recession will be, but remarkable that Trump not only oversaw the market crash from Covid in the fourth year of his first term, he came back and said "I'm going to go harder, faster, do it in the first 100 days, and for no reason other than my ego"
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I'm 18. The economy enters a once-in-a-century recession. A Republican president is responsible.
I'm 29. There is once-in-a-century pandemic that leads to a once-in-century-recession. A Republican is responsible.
I'm 35. Tarriffs trigger a once-in-a-century recession. A Republican is responsible.
I'm 29. There is once-in-a-century pandemic that leads to a once-in-century-recession. A Republican is responsible.
I'm 35. Tarriffs trigger a once-in-a-century recession. A Republican is responsible.
April 2, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I'm 18. The economy enters a once-in-a-century recession. A Republican president is responsible.
I'm 29. There is once-in-a-century pandemic that leads to a once-in-century-recession. A Republican is responsible.
I'm 35. Tarriffs trigger a once-in-a-century recession. A Republican is responsible.
I'm 29. There is once-in-a-century pandemic that leads to a once-in-century-recession. A Republican is responsible.
I'm 35. Tarriffs trigger a once-in-a-century recession. A Republican is responsible.
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We simply had to intentionally destroy the world’s strongest economy while dismantling our scientific and educational infrastructure to ensure that a team with a trans girl would never finish second place in the Mountain West volleyball standings again
April 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
We simply had to intentionally destroy the world’s strongest economy while dismantling our scientific and educational infrastructure to ensure that a team with a trans girl would never finish second place in the Mountain West volleyball standings again
i know i'm just a sample size of one here (and only talking about the first half of the highlighted section) but ...
youngest brother: in a PhD program.
middle brother: has his masters.
me, the eldest: rocking my bachelors.
youngest brother: in a PhD program.
middle brother: has his masters.
me, the eldest: rocking my bachelors.
February 6, 2025 at 6:47 AM
i know i'm just a sample size of one here (and only talking about the first half of the highlighted section) but ...
youngest brother: in a PhD program.
middle brother: has his masters.
me, the eldest: rocking my bachelors.
youngest brother: in a PhD program.
middle brother: has his masters.
me, the eldest: rocking my bachelors.
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the first fatal commercial plane crash in 16 years happened just days after Trump froze hiring of air traffic controllers that were already stretched thin
January 30, 2025 at 2:59 AM
the first fatal commercial plane crash in 16 years happened just days after Trump froze hiring of air traffic controllers that were already stretched thin
the freedom and pain that comes from a browser crash being unable to reopen the 8,432,657 tabs from your previous session that were open for Various Important Reasons
December 17, 2024 at 10:56 PM
the freedom and pain that comes from a browser crash being unable to reopen the 8,432,657 tabs from your previous session that were open for Various Important Reasons
is there a name for feeling simultaneously melancholy/disappointed/stalled out and also really proud of what the hell you pulled off in a year that seemed determined to knock you down, or is this just being a creative in the year 2024
December 17, 2024 at 6:25 PM
is there a name for feeling simultaneously melancholy/disappointed/stalled out and also really proud of what the hell you pulled off in a year that seemed determined to knock you down, or is this just being a creative in the year 2024
back in the dopamine casino just headed to a different table. it's gonna be better this time, y'all, i can feel it.
December 6, 2024 at 10:34 PM
back in the dopamine casino just headed to a different table. it's gonna be better this time, y'all, i can feel it.