Rachel Brody
@rachelbrody.bsky.social
Social, digital, comms, politics, community, my dog. Opinions my own. Reposts!=endorsements. Co-Host, @radiofreebr.bsky.social. Bay Ridge. #NY11
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I’m running for Congress because we need leaders who will fight, not fold. I recognize this moment, and I’m ready to meet it. #FightDontFold #LanderForNYC #LanderForCongress
December 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
I’m running for Congress because we need leaders who will fight, not fold. I recognize this moment, and I’m ready to meet it. #FightDontFold #LanderForNYC #LanderForCongress
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Vivek Ramaswamy thinks Ohio schools should pit teachers against each other for performance-based pay, aka the meritless idea of “merit pay”.
He has no clue how public education actually works.
#TruthOnVivek
He has no clue how public education actually works.
#TruthOnVivek
December 9, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Vivek Ramaswamy thinks Ohio schools should pit teachers against each other for performance-based pay, aka the meritless idea of “merit pay”.
He has no clue how public education actually works.
#TruthOnVivek
He has no clue how public education actually works.
#TruthOnVivek
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What do Ohio educators think of merit pay? You can hear straight from them why Vivek Ramaswamy’s plans to enact merit pay won’t fly with pro-public-education Ohioans.
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December 9, 2025 at 11:41 PM
What do Ohio educators think of merit pay? You can hear straight from them why Vivek Ramaswamy’s plans to enact merit pay won’t fly with pro-public-education Ohioans.
#TruthOnVivek share.truthonvivek.com/s/Wje0Y60I
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I've personally had white supremacists on Elon Musk's very own Twitter find & attack me for saying "fellow white people" while being Jewish. For white/white appearing Jews, whiteness is conditional. We benefit TONS from white privilege... but only til the "non-whites who need to die" list comes out.
Jews are both a religion and a people.
They are racially diverse.
To categorize them as one race is not only inaccurate but dangerous.
They are racially diverse.
To categorize them as one race is not only inaccurate but dangerous.
December 3, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I've personally had white supremacists on Elon Musk's very own Twitter find & attack me for saying "fellow white people" while being Jewish. For white/white appearing Jews, whiteness is conditional. We benefit TONS from white privilege... but only til the "non-whites who need to die" list comes out.
Good morning, Bluesky! What's everyone up to today?
December 2, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Good morning, Bluesky! What's everyone up to today?
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600 ICE agents were supposed to be deployed to Canal Street. Hundreds of New Yorkers gathered instead.
Quick summary by me:
Quick summary by me:
November 29, 2025 at 6:55 PM
600 ICE agents were supposed to be deployed to Canal Street. Hundreds of New Yorkers gathered instead.
Quick summary by me:
Quick summary by me:
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The point was to kill people, not to save money
Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 25, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The point was to kill people, not to save money
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Public education in Ohio is under attack from @vivekramaswarmy.bsky.social!
This week, I'm thankful for everyone working to hold him accountable for his disastrous education policies.
Join our fight!
Learn the #TruthOnVivek
This week, I'm thankful for everyone working to hold him accountable for his disastrous education policies.
Join our fight!
Learn the #TruthOnVivek
November 25, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Public education in Ohio is under attack from @vivekramaswarmy.bsky.social!
This week, I'm thankful for everyone working to hold him accountable for his disastrous education policies.
Join our fight!
Learn the #TruthOnVivek
This week, I'm thankful for everyone working to hold him accountable for his disastrous education policies.
Join our fight!
Learn the #TruthOnVivek
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🧵I want to prepare you for my interview with the great E. Jean Carroll, because she says some things that we may not want to hear -- but need to. Her insights are invaluable: she's one of the few people who managed to actually hold Trump accountable. gaslitnation.libsyn.com/i-never-had-...
Gaslit Nation: “I Never Had Sex Again.”: The E. Jean Carroll Interview
As the House finally votes to demand the release of the Epstein files, Gaslit Nation talks to journalist E. Jean Carroll about her new book . Carroll shares her chilling story of taking on a serial pr...
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November 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
🧵I want to prepare you for my interview with the great E. Jean Carroll, because she says some things that we may not want to hear -- but need to. Her insights are invaluable: she's one of the few people who managed to actually hold Trump accountable. gaslitnation.libsyn.com/i-never-had-...
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JUST IN: A federal judge has thrown out DOJ’s lawsuit to compel NY to aid in immigration arrests at state courthouses.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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Jeff Yass: a billionaire who’s spent millions to divert public education funding to unaccountable school vouchers.
Why is Vivek Ramaswamy parrotting Yass’ talking points?
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Why is Vivek Ramaswamy parrotting Yass’ talking points?
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November 17, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Jeff Yass: a billionaire who’s spent millions to divert public education funding to unaccountable school vouchers.
Why is Vivek Ramaswamy parrotting Yass’ talking points?
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Why is Vivek Ramaswamy parrotting Yass’ talking points?
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THAT'S LITERALLY HOW THE SUBSIDIES & ACA EXCHANGES WORK ALREADY.
CONSUMERS ARE INFORMED BY COMPARING POLICIES ON THE ACA EXCHANGES, THEN THEY PURCHASE ONE AND THE GOVERNMENT PAYS SOME OR ALL OF THE COST OF THAT POLICY.
I'M TEARING THE LITTLE HAIR I HAVE ON MY HEAD OUT.
CONSUMERS ARE INFORMED BY COMPARING POLICIES ON THE ACA EXCHANGES, THEN THEY PURCHASE ONE AND THE GOVERNMENT PAYS SOME OR ALL OF THE COST OF THAT POLICY.
I'M TEARING THE LITTLE HAIR I HAVE ON MY HEAD OUT.
Cassidy: "The president is proposing that we take the $26b that would be going to insurance companies if we just do an extension and give it directly to the American people in which 100% of the money is used for them to purchase healthcare on their own terms. That makes them an informed consumer."
November 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
THAT'S LITERALLY HOW THE SUBSIDIES & ACA EXCHANGES WORK ALREADY.
CONSUMERS ARE INFORMED BY COMPARING POLICIES ON THE ACA EXCHANGES, THEN THEY PURCHASE ONE AND THE GOVERNMENT PAYS SOME OR ALL OF THE COST OF THAT POLICY.
I'M TEARING THE LITTLE HAIR I HAVE ON MY HEAD OUT.
CONSUMERS ARE INFORMED BY COMPARING POLICIES ON THE ACA EXCHANGES, THEN THEY PURCHASE ONE AND THE GOVERNMENT PAYS SOME OR ALL OF THE COST OF THAT POLICY.
I'M TEARING THE LITTLE HAIR I HAVE ON MY HEAD OUT.
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This is an important point. The exchanges also act as an unbiased market where you can compare all ACA-compliant plans fairly.
Also — underreported is that the exchanges allow individuals to work for themselves and easily get health insurance Not everyone on the exchange is there for a subsidy Some of us are there just for insurance
November 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
This is an important point. The exchanges also act as an unbiased market where you can compare all ACA-compliant plans fairly.
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Under @VivekGRamaswamy’s proposed Merit Pay system, educator salaries would be based on subjective evaluations rather than credentials and experience.
That means educators’ credentials and years of experience won’t count.
Share to spread the #TruthOnVivek.
That means educators’ credentials and years of experience won’t count.
Share to spread the #TruthOnVivek.
November 12, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Under @VivekGRamaswamy’s proposed Merit Pay system, educator salaries would be based on subjective evaluations rather than credentials and experience.
That means educators’ credentials and years of experience won’t count.
Share to spread the #TruthOnVivek.
That means educators’ credentials and years of experience won’t count.
Share to spread the #TruthOnVivek.
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Another dipshit without any understanding of unions, teachers, public schools, standards, life, the universe, and everything.
I'm tired, but not enough to not fight back against it.
I'm tired, but not enough to not fight back against it.
Vivek Ramaswamy is out to gut public education in Ohio by silencing educators' voices by attacking their unions, going to "school vouchers on steroids," & forcing unfair pay practices on educators.
Educators are fighting back.
Share to spread the word! #TruthOnVivek
Educators are fighting back.
Share to spread the word! #TruthOnVivek
November 12, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Another dipshit without any understanding of unions, teachers, public schools, standards, life, the universe, and everything.
I'm tired, but not enough to not fight back against it.
I'm tired, but not enough to not fight back against it.
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Vivek Ramaswamy is out to gut public education in Ohio by silencing educators' voices by attacking their unions, going to "school vouchers on steroids," & forcing unfair pay practices on educators.
Educators are fighting back.
Share to spread the word! #TruthOnVivek
Educators are fighting back.
Share to spread the word! #TruthOnVivek
November 12, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Nothing to really say, except we all know Nancy Mace is a seriously sick individual who will do and say anything if it gets her attention and power.
You know, typical MAGA.
You know, typical MAGA.
Nancy Mace is expected to pull her support for the petition to release the Epstein Files, the day before Adelita Grijalva is sworn in.
November 12, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Nothing to really say, except we all know Nancy Mace is a seriously sick individual who will do and say anything if it gets her attention and power.
You know, typical MAGA.
You know, typical MAGA.
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This Veteran's Day I give thanks to those that served to protect our nation and uphold democracy. I'm also saddened and extremely angry as so many freedoms are lost — but we should continue to care for those that served with education, healthcare, housing, mental health services, and deep gratitude.
November 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
This Veteran's Day I give thanks to those that served to protect our nation and uphold democracy. I'm also saddened and extremely angry as so many freedoms are lost — but we should continue to care for those that served with education, healthcare, housing, mental health services, and deep gratitude.
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You will have missed open enrollment for this year. How to help those folks?
Shaheen on Fox & Friends: "I believe there are number of Republicans who are gonna join us in trying to address healthcare costs ... we are gonna be able to continue to right about healthcare because we're gonna have a vote in December."
November 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
You will have missed open enrollment for this year. How to help those folks?
What *evidence* is she basing this assessment on? The Republican party has refused any serious attempt (perhaps ANY attempt) to address healthcare costs FOR ALMOST TWO DECADES.
Shaheen on Fox & Friends: "I believe there are number of Republicans who are gonna join us in trying to address healthcare costs ... we are gonna be able to continue to right about healthcare because we're gonna have a vote in December."
November 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
What *evidence* is she basing this assessment on? The Republican party has refused any serious attempt (perhaps ANY attempt) to address healthcare costs FOR ALMOST TWO DECADES.
I know quite a few folks who look to melatonin as a safe sleep aid, this is disturbing.
Long-teeth Melatonin use associated with much higher risk of heart problems and death
Think melatonin is safe? New research reveals a hidden heart risk
Long-term melatonin use for sleep problems may come with unexpected heart dangers. Researchers found that chronic users were almost twice as likely to die and 3.5 times more likely to be hospitalized for heart failure. Though melatonin is widely regarded as harmless, experts now urge caution with extended use.
www.sciencedaily.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I know quite a few folks who look to melatonin as a safe sleep aid, this is disturbing.
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"The Captain promised we would discuss saving the people from the lower decks next week, so we agreed to reopen the lifeboats for first class."
— Chuck Schumer on the Titanic, probably.
— Chuck Schumer on the Titanic, probably.
November 10, 2025 at 10:18 AM
"The Captain promised we would discuss saving the people from the lower decks next week, so we agreed to reopen the lifeboats for first class."
— Chuck Schumer on the Titanic, probably.
— Chuck Schumer on the Titanic, probably.
Profoundly disappointed in the caving Senate Dems, but they're banking on short memories for the electorate. Provided we still have elections in '28 and '30, they're hoping folks forget this betrayal by the time primaries come around.
November 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Profoundly disappointed in the caving Senate Dems, but they're banking on short memories for the electorate. Provided we still have elections in '28 and '30, they're hoping folks forget this betrayal by the time primaries come around.