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Amy Lynn Smith @alswrite.bsky.social · Nov 16

Now more than ever, communications need to make an impact that drives positive action. I'm a public interest communicator specializing in strategic storytelling and content strategy who advocates for systems and social change on a variety of issues. How can I help you do more good? alswrite.com

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Amy Lynn Smith @alswrite.bsky.social · 2d

This constant cruelty has to stop. Thank you for fighting for people's rights, @acluofmichigan.bsky.social.

Dad with Leukemia Illegally Detained

Many nights, the best Lupita Contreras-Cervantes can do to try and cope with everything life’s throwing at her is to sit on her front porch and cry. If she’s lucky, there’ll be the comfort of a

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Amy Lynn Smith @alswrite.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you!

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Amy Lynn Smith @alswrite.bsky.social · 3d

The more you know... #healthinsurance

This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.

When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...

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League of Women Voters of the Columbia Area @lwvcolasc.bsky.social · 3d

Check out vote411.org before you head to the polls Nov 4. This is a great resource to learn about the candidates in your local elections!

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Lt. Governor Juliana Stratton @ltgovstratton.illinois.gov · 4d

October 7th will forever be a reminder of the depths of human cruelty.

The deadliest day for Jewish people since the Holocaust.

As a mother, wife, friend and daughter, the widespread suffering that has unfolded each and every day since is gut-wrenching.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 8d

THE PURGE

Polls show that Project 2025 didn’t resonate. Voters thought it wasn’t real. Well, now we’re living it and it’s already 47% implemented after only 9 months.

Trump’s shutdown is a shortcut: gut the federal workforce, fire career experts, replace them with loyalists. Laid out in P2025.
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Amy Lynn Smith @alswrite.bsky.social · 8d

One Silver plan at @bcbsmichigan.bsky.social posted a $500/month increase. A MONTH. (Without ACA subsidies.)

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Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET @patti3333.bsky.social · 8d

www.newsweek.com/map-shows-hi...
NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES

DAY 2 OCTOBER 2025

THESE HORRENDOUS TIMES

Price hikes for health insurance rates from 10% to as high as 59% deep blue hit the hardest
We in NM, AZ, & AR hit hard

This is why DEMOCRATS are fighting for you
See article for map breakdown

Map shows highest health insurance premium rises by US state

Health insurers nationwide have been proposing particularly high premium rate increases for Affordable Care Act marketplace plans for 2026.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 8d

These are all horrible, but this is just disgusting.

justice.gov

Democrats have shut down the government. Department of Justice websites are not currently regularly updated. Please refer to the Department of Justice's contingency plan for more information.

An official website of the United States government Here's how you know

U.S. Department of
JUSTICE

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Amy Lynn Smith @alswrite.bsky.social · 8d

Also Visa, unless they scrapped their deal with fElon to create some sort of payment service on X.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 8d

This is up 9 points from a couple days ago. Keep speaking up!

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 8d

New WaPo poll:

47% of respondents blame Trump and Republicans in Congress for the government shutdown. Just 30% blame Democrats.

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Amy Lynn Smith @alswrite.bsky.social · 10d

WOW, @bcbsm.bsky.social. You really are just in it for the profits, aren't you? I just checked your website and your proposed rates for 2026 are absolutely ridiculous. Aren't you making enough profit already? People will DIE because we can't afford insurance. Shame on you.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 10d

This is a VERY well crafted lawsuit.
1) Plaintiff is natural born.
2) He was detained 2X in a fast-growing part of Alabama, not in a city that Brett Kavanaugh could be easily duped into believing was all migrants.
3) Unwarranted detentions were on private property.
4) He showed Real ID both times.

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 10d

JUST IN: A U.S. citizen from Alabama who has been detained twice by ICE while working at a construction site, has filed a class action suit claiming ICE's broad warrantless arrest powers violate the constitution. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Amy Lynn Smith @alswrite.bsky.social · 10d

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SuMo📞Congress 202-224-3121📞CSPAN 202-748-8000 @sumoh7.bsky.social · 10d

The Democratic bill addresses the Republican healthcare crisis by reversing catastrophic healthcare cuts and permanently extending ACA tax credits.

Meanwhile, Republicans would rather shut the government down than keep healthcare affordable.
#DonaldTrumpsShutdown

Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 10d

21. #TEXAS: ~3.8 MILLION ACA enrollees

(Again, I've got to post the House District breakout for TX...)

Note: This is based on the OLD maps...no data available for the new maps yet.

acasignups.net/ira-subsidy-...

Amy Lynn Smith @alswrite.bsky.social · 18d

Only one week left -- contact your members of Congress ASAP to stop these harmful cuts. (via @familiesusa.bsky.social)

Graphic of the US Capitol with a hand holding a bullhorn. Text reads: Millions are already stretching every dollar. They can't afford higher premiums or more medical debt. Enhanced Premium Tax Credits (PTCs) help more than 20 million people get affordable health coverage. Tell members of congress to repeal the harmful cuts they passed and make PTCs permanent.

Amy Lynn Smith @alswrite.bsky.social · 19d

Wishing all who celebrate Rosh Hashanah a sweet, peaceful and happy new year!

A photo of apples -- some whole and some sliced -- with jars of honey.

Amy Lynn Smith @alswrite.bsky.social · 18d

He doesn't understand the science, so how could he understand the word?

Trump, 79, Struggles to Say Word for Tylenol in His Dumb Autism Speech

Donald Trump struggled to even pronounce the word “acetaminophen” during his winding rant.

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Margaret Nielsen @margaretnielsen.bsky.social · 29d

Excellent idea - #GrandparentsForVaccines can share experiences from the decades before vaccines could protect us from diseases like measles and polio.

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · Sep 8

"The group brings together hundreds of grandparents nationwide who lived through diseases such as polio, tuberculosis and measles — illnesses once thought eliminated in the United States..."

www.kgw.com/article/news...

Grandparents for Vaccines launches to share stories of life before immunizations

New volunteer group aims to educate parents about vaccine importance by sharing personal experiences with preventable diseases.

www.kgw.com

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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 29d

WSJ just retracted its report that the shooter’s ammo was engraved with “transgender and anti-fascist ideology.”

It smelled like bullshit from the beginning, and every conservative who ran with it should be shamed into obscurity.

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Amy Lynn Smith @alswrite.bsky.social · 29d

I already use this for sinus issues. Every ounce of prevention helps. #covid

This over-the-counter spray could protect you from COVID-19: study

New breakthrough research suggests that a common, over-the-counter nasal spray used to treat allergies may protect against COVID-19 and potentially other respiratory viruses.

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Bon Hanson @bonhanson.bsky.social · Sep 11

On 9/11, flights on the way from Europe to the USA were diverted to Canada. 38 flights holding almost 7000 passengers landed in Gander, NFLD, a town of under 10,000. The Plane People were welcomed with open arms. They were strangers who became family.

www.fox5ny.com/news/remembe...

Remembering 9/11: Canadian town stepped up to help thousands of stranded passengers

On Sept. 11, 2001, thousands of passengers and crew were diverted to Gander in Canada because of the closing of U.S. airspace – leading to one extraordinary story of compassion.

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Amy Lynn Smith @alswrite.bsky.social · Sep 11

“How low can you go?” one advocate asked. “How can you do this to children?”

Programs for Students With Hearing and Vision Loss Harmed by Trump’s Anti-Diversity Push

Citing concerns about DEI, the U.S. Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states. “How low can you go?” one advoc...

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Amy Lynn Smith @alswrite.bsky.social · Sep 11

As always, @thefarce.org is absolutely correct.

Trump is the reactor core of America's escalating political violence

You should not pretend otherwise.

www.thefarce.org

Amy Lynn Smith @alswrite.bsky.social · Sep 11

And the silence about the killing of children and elected officials on the left is deafening.

Amy Lynn Smith @alswrite.bsky.social · Sep 11

Agree with all of this, but noticed WaPo won’t let people comment on stories about this event. Pretty much says it all about how they’re controlling the narrative.

Clippy # 18 @sackbag.bsky.social · Sep 11

"I think Charlie Kirk was a bad person, but does that mean I think he deserves to lose his life? No."

Dean Withers ~ 2025

I agree, I don't know who Charlie is, but any activist does not deserve murder. I despise a certain activist group, but I don't wish death for them just to get them to stop.

KSlatteryResist @kslatteryresist.bsky.social · Sep 11

Dean Withers who’s the Democratic counterpoint to Charlie Kirk reacts to Kirk’s murder. Debate is more important than ever right now. Shutting down speech you don’t like by murdering someone is unacceptable. End gun violence

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