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Amy Shefrin

@amyshefrin.bsky.social

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Working to change health care policy and other losing causes. Passionate about anti-racism in action, corporate power, wealth inequality, philanthropy, voting rights, and accountability for insurrections. Based in Brooklyn.

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Amy Shefrin @amyshefrin.bsky.social · Nov 15

Follow these Comedians or You're Dead Inside.

Just for you Starter Pack of Comedians and Comedy Writers.

Let's show that BlueSky can be funny. It is funny! Sure, it can be funny. It just needs lights, stage, an open mic.

go.bsky.app/2MhbfY2

Amy Shefrin @amyshefrin.bsky.social · 5h

Speak! 🗣️🗣️

Amy Shefrin @amyshefrin.bsky.social · 2d

So true. Look how Cuomo talks about his policies here. He sound like a 4 year old:

“Jobs, jobs, jobs!” Cuomo exclaims while banging a pot with a spoon.

“I see a cop on the train!” says a 4 year old.

“Build baby Build” say the proud parents watching the Lego tower go up Up UP! Go Uppy Go! 👶

Andrew Cuomo tweet on X:
“My plans for NYC?
-Jobs, jobs, jobs
-A cop on the block, a cop on the train
-Build Baby Build
We can do this, NYC - join me!”

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Chris Thompson @christhompson.bsky.social · 7d

a person at Treasury gave Defector a rundown of how this process—which appears to be against the law—was expedited in order to avoid public scrutiny

defector.com/treasury-dep...

Treasury Department Has Plans To Mint Dollar Coin Featuring Donald Trump's Likeness | Defector

The United States Department of the Treasury has developed, to the brink of production, a dollar coin that features the face and likeness of President Donald Trump, according to a source within the Tr...

Amy Shefrin @amyshefrin.bsky.social · 8d

I accept my new name 😂🤣

Amy Shefrin @amyshefrin.bsky.social · 8d

I just want to share the beautiful zine Megan created for the June Dem Primary. We had so much fun having a folding party on our block (with Megan) in May. And I was able to leave a bunch at supermarkets. What a beautiful gift again. Thank you Megan!

Amy Shefrin @amyshefrin.bsky.social · 8d

www.citizen.org/article/open...

OpenAI's For-Profit Transformation Payments Must Go to New, Independent Charitable Enterprise - Public Citizen

Attorney General Rob Bonta Office of the Attorney General California Department of Justice Attn: Public Inquiry Unit P.O. Box 944255…

www.citizen.org

Amy Shefrin @amyshefrin.bsky.social · 8d

The perfect political ad does not exist—

Amy Shefrin @amyshefrin.bsky.social · 8d

The perfect political ad does not exist—

Amy Shefrin @amyshefrin.bsky.social · 8d

Zohran’s Golden Bachelor ad is great but it’s just a rip-off of an ad someone made for Valentine’s Day where they sang “Will You Be My Democrat?” ❤️ Now that guy had RIZZZZZZ!

Amy Shefrin @amyshefrin.bsky.social · 8d

Zohran’s Golden Bachelor ad is great but it’s just a rip-off of an ad someone made for Valentine’s Day where they sang “Will You Be My Democrat?” ❤️ Now that guy had RIZZZZZZ!

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Eyes on the Fright 🎃 @eyesontheright.bsky.social · 8d

In Cuomo's version he threatens to kill a bunch of people in a nursing home if you don't accept the rose.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 8d

New York City, I can see a future with you. And it’s one we can afford.

Our new ad just aired during The Golden Bachelor.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 16d

A drug that provides near-perfect protection against HIV with shots just twice a year will be made available at $40 per patient annually in low- and middle-income countries, offering new hope for ending the epidemic.

Philanthropies Strike a Promising Deal to Turn Back H.I.V.

Low- and middle-income countries will be able to purchase an effective preventative at a reduced price. The arrangements may help stem the epidemic 40 years after it began.

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 19d

NEW: Air Force jets are doing ICE flights to Africa with transponders turned off, making them nearly un-trackable.

This includes the third-country removal to Ghana and another secret flight. We figured out where it landed.

From me for @rollingstone.com:

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

ICE Is Deporting People to Africa on Nearly Un-Trackable Military Flights

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is deporting people to African countries like Ghana on military flights that are nearly un-trackable.

www.rollingstone.com

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 22d

Congrats to the happy couple!!! 🎉

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Matt Pearce @mattdpearce.com · 22d

When The Onion's editorial board convened to discuss the tumultuous events of the previous month, one conclusion became evident: The world stands at a crossroads.
Two visions of our collective future stand before us: On one side is a free and enlightened society, dedicated to the principles of openness, tolerance, and debate; the other is built upon ignorance, fear, and the suppression of dissent. Today, the path forward could not be clearer.
Simply put, we need mass censorship now.

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xpostfactoid @xpostfactoid.bsky.social · 22d

The most quoted stat re expiration of the enhanced ACA subsidies is from KFF - that avg enrollee costs will rise 75%.

But that analysis is from 2024, and the actual increase, per the IRS's setting of the % of income enrollees will pay in 2026, is higher.

xpostfactoid.substack.com/p/worse-than...

Worse than forecast: An updated look at pending cost increases for ACA marketplace enrollees

If the ARPA subsidy schedule expires, increases for subsidized enrollees will be higher than KFF forecasted

xpostfactoid.substack.com

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Rob Tracinski @tracinski.bsky.social · 22d

Suggestion: A strike of musicians, writers, hosts, actors, lighting, electricians--everyone, shutting down all TV studios, until Jimmy Kimmel is reinstated.

This is the kind of action we need, instead of sitting around just waiting to be gutted.

Amy Shefrin @amyshefrin.bsky.social · 22d

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · Jul 18

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 22d

reading a book about china. apparently the government there has sent federal forces into cities, taken shares of major private enterprises, slapped tariffs on industries, and pressured media outlets to fire people they politically disagreed with. didn’t know this.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 22d

Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 23d

Lawless authoritarians trying to bring politically motivated charges against their opponents abcnews.go.com/US/trump-off...

The rule of law is in danger

Amy Shefrin @amyshefrin.bsky.social · 25d

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 25d

Not a headline that can appear in an actual democracy.

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

Trump Administration Live Updates: White House Officials Vow Vast Crackdown on Liberal Groups

www.nytimes.com

Amy Shefrin @amyshefrin.bsky.social · 25d

Let’s call it the People’s Court. Hitler created a second judicial system, a "People's Court” and special courts, when he became dissatisfied with judicial rulings. Eventually the German Courts caved.

From @ichotiner interview with Nazi Historian Richard Evans in 2017: slate.com/news-and-pol...

Is Trump’s America Really Like the Third Reich? A Historian Weighs In.

Richard Evans established himself as arguably the pre-eminent historian of 20th-century Germany with his astonishing trilogy on the rise and fall of...