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Lisa Cerezo @lisacee.bsky.social · 13h

I’m self-employed in Illinois, where at least Governor Pritzker is trying to get us help with insurance premiums. I ran an estimate on our premiums for next year and the cost was seven times higher than what we are currently paying.

Lisa Cerezo @lisacee.bsky.social · 14h

Enrollment opens Nov. 1, so this is just an estimate. But also, there was only one insurance company to pull rates from, and their coverage didn’t include 1) all of my meds or 2) any of my care team. Just trying not to panic for now but FUCK.

Lisa Cerezo @lisacee.bsky.social · 15h

So, I did a quick search for that "inflict maximum pain" bit, and this is what I found. On the White House website. www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...

Top Democrat Cheers Americans’ Suffering as “Leverage” in Their Sick Political Game

Americans’ pain is Democrats’ leverage, according to Rep. Katherine Clark, the number two House Democrat: “There will be families that are going to

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Lisa Cerezo @lisacee.bsky.social · 15h

Really hoping the "estimates" for 2026 Illinois health care premiums are massively inflated for whatever reason. My estimate for next year's premiums--with no changes to my family or income--was SEVEN TIMES HIGHER than what I'm paying now.

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Lisa Cerezo @lisacee.bsky.social · 15h

My first thought exactly.

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Random Acts @randomacts.org · 1d

Sundays = self-care 🌿
Back in July, many of you shared that journaling is your go-to! 🖋️✨
It’s a simple act that helps you slow down, reflect, and reconnect.

How has journaling helped you lately? 💛👇
#SelfCare #KindnessInProgress #RAKindness #MindfulMoments

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Lisa Cerezo @lisacee.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve already seen financial planners bemoaning the work that will have to be done to properly assess this tax, and I am unsympathetic. If you are wealthy enough to be affected by this tax, you should have to do a little work. I love this idea. prospect.org/2025/10/23/u...

Unveiled Today: The First Politically Viable Wealth Tax - The American Prospect

A proposed 2026 California ballot measure would tax billionaires’ fortunes to fund imperiled health access for 15 million state Medicaid recipients. The spillover effects of its presence on the midter...

prospect.org

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Lisa Cerezo @lisacee.bsky.social · 8d

My thoughts on leadership.

“Who cares?”

The New York Times reported today that President Trump’s official response to the millions of people protesting yesterday was simply, “Who cares?” And I can’t think of a more succinct way to encapsula...

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Lisa Cerezo @lisacee.bsky.social · 8d

Tell me again why we marched yesterday. We cannot let this continue.

Also, “50%” have “almost” used that? Boy, he really does love the uneducated.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Trump: "Don't forget I can use the Insurrection Act. 50% of the presidents almost have used that. And that's unquestioned power."

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 9d

Today’s No Kings protest could be the largest single-day protest in U.S. history.

People have power.

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 9d

somewhere in portland, there's one person, or a small handful of people, who came up with the inflatable costume idea, and I feel like they deserve our immense respect for defining the obvious developing aesthetic of the contemporary battle against fascism

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 9d

The GOP called protestors "terrorists" and "Marxists" and that didn't stop retired moderates in small towns from coming out today dressed in frog costumes because they're tired of this obvious bullshit.

Two million more than in June. Seven million total.

The GOP should be very worried.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 9d

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 9d

After a week of ridiculous Republican smears and Trump claiming that “very few people are going to be there,” you just made history. #NoKings

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Marco Foster @marcofoster.bsky.social · 9d

WOW! Protesters created a HUGE human sign on San Francisco’s Ocean Beach reading “No Kings YES on 50” to support California’s Prop 50 and stand up against Donald Trump’s fascist regime

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Lisa Cerezo @lisacee.bsky.social · 9d

Great crowd in Urbana today! #NoKings

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Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens @csmfht.bsky.social · 11d

All time classic

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Lisa Cerezo @lisacee.bsky.social · 11d

Reminder: these “kids” were between the ages of 18 and 40 as per the rules of membership in this group. Entire adults who should be treated as such and not dismissed as “kids” or worse, “boys will be boys”.