It's hard to separate the GOP's general hostility toward women's rights from Mike Johnson's colossal corruption and incompetence.

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We're in a rapidly consolidating authoritarian state where Republicans did nothing but abet Trump for 10 months. This willingness to do some oversight isn't a sign of strength for Trump and feeding into any dissent isn't justifying all the horrors of the regime. It's rejecting nihilism.

All that wasted mental health coverage

3. What I *HOPE* is the main reason: People are LISTENING TO ME WHEN I URGE THEM *NOT* TO LET THEMSELVES BE PASSIVELY RENEWED!!

I *hope* that a TON of current enrollees are ACTIVELY LOGGING INTO THEIR ACCOUNTS, COMPARING THEIR OPTIONS AND SHOPPING AROUND this year.

EVERYONE should be doing that.

Same difference, indeed.

"If you find yourself overwhelmed or in distress, embrace that. It may well mean that you aren’t yet blind, that you have a conscience, that in a time of unbelievable cruelty, you’re choosing instead to be human."