DSquared75
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DSquared75
@dsquared75.bsky.social
#Healthcare, #Medicaid #Housing and #Disability Policy Wonk; House #Oversight Alum; #Mets fan; NOVA Democrat; California Berkeley alum; and lifelong student of #history. New around here!
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New York City turned OUT.
@handsoffnyc.bsky.social ✊❤️
January 11, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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Looks like the regime has put JD in charge of bullshit.
January 11, 2026 at 9:08 PM
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I think it’s important to point out: ICE does NOT have the same authority as a police officer. They do NOT have the power to enforce laws, only to engage in their specific tasks.

IE: they don’t do traffic, etc. impeding traffic is not a penalty ICE can enforce against
January 11, 2026 at 8:08 PM
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Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM
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Auchincloss: "When you have a badge & gun and you are interacting with a citizen who has committed no crime, the onus of responsibility is on you to exercise good judgment. Nobody watching that video will buy the argument that he had no other resort other than to shoot her in the face 3 times."
January 11, 2026 at 5:13 PM
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ACCESS/ACCOUNTABILITY: 35 yrs after the #ADA, #disabled travelers show up to #inaccessible hotels & accommodations that don't exist. @nprjoeshapiro.bsky.social at @npr.org asked, investigated & reported. If this resonates with or shocks you pls read, share, demand better. www.npr.org/2025/12/24/n...
35 years after ADA, people with disabilities still find hotels unaccommodating
AN NPR survey finds that people with disability still find hotels unaccommodating, even 35 years after passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
www.npr.org
December 26, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Khanna: "We have to understand how abnormal this is. You don't mock someone and put a video out about how they look. You don't ever mock people's ethnicity. How do you negotiate with that? And how have we made this normal?"
September 30, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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2025 GOP VA Lt. Gov. Nominee John Reid Argues with Wife of Federal Worker Over Trump’s Layoffs (Reid Doubles Down on the GOP's Response to Fired Workers: Update Your Resume) bluevirginia.us/2025/09/2025...
September 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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“Republicans Take Medicaid Support for Food and Housing From Fragile N.C. Residents”

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/h...
Fragile N.C. Residents Lose Medicaid Support for Food and Housing
www.nytimes.com
September 30, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Housing. Healthcare. Energy.

Three basic essentials that Virginians rely on every single day — but too many families struggle to afford.

Making life more affordable in Virginia is my top priority — and on Day One, I’ll get to work to lower costs across the Commonwealth.
September 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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September 30, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"
September 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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"Members were unprepared, misunderstood or ignored key data and highlighted flawed or inconclusive research often trumpeted by vaccine critics."
wapo.st/3I5qLSY
Vaccine panel that limited covid shot scrutinized after chaotic meetings
Members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices showed a tenuous grasp of process and cited flawed research as they revisited covid, hepatitis B and MMRV shots.
wapo.st
September 20, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Giving a bully your lunch money is only a temporary downpayment for future bullying.

We ALL need to step up for the first amendment.

By-the-way, for the record, this ex-Disney employee finds Jimmy Kimmel very talented and funny.

mh
September 20, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.
September 21, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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Virginia, you deserve a Governor who will put you first.

I’m ready for the job.
September 19, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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For some reason, Winsome Earle-Sears says Virginians should elect her to “keep a good thing going”...

I have questions. Is she referring to Virginia’s rising unemployment rate? Higher costs? Health clinic closures? Virginia deserves better.
September 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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My opponent is about to get on stage with Vivek Ramaswamy, one of the chief architects of DOGE — responsible for firing thousands of Virginia workers.

Winsome Earle-Sears, this is shameful. Virginians deserve better.
September 19, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Our campaign is by and for Virginians — it’s why my focus is on lowering costs and making life easier across the Commonwealth.

That’s how you put Virginia first.
September 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Yesterday was the first day of early voting in Virginia — and I was so excited to celebrate with so many of you across the Commonwealth!

Here's how I spent Day 1 of early voting. 🗳️
September 20, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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This is a massive, history making abuse of your power. It will define your legacy and one day you will come to regret punishing free speech and trying to destroy democracy.
September 18, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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Disney/ABC did not wait for the FCC hammer to fall — they chose, instead, to obey in advance.

But, even then, the corporate lackeys lacked the courage of their capitulation — failing to offer any explanation or defense of their surrender.

open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Kimmel, Kinzinger, and MAGA's State-Sponsored Cancel Culture
ABC obeys in advance
open.substack.com
September 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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This is so messed up.
September 18, 2025 at 11:14 AM