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Libby Chamberlin
@libbychamberlin.bsky.social
The Upper Connecticut River Valley’s favorite daughter, now home in Colorado.

Sr Policy & Advocacy Advisor @communitychange. Fmr @SenSanders, @MiddleSeatCo, @CoHouseDem. Views mine, correct, and mostly about taxes & trail running.
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be the poster you want to see in the world. it’s a work in progress but #copolitics starter pack here: go.bsky.app/2xnGDYT
Who’s making the #copolitics Starter Pack?
“That’s not a glitch, that’s the business model” 😮‍💨
Life should be spent helping my daughter practice for her play, not talking to an AI chatbot.
January 7, 2026 at 5:04 PM
does "congress fucking around" count as a qualifying life event? asking for 22 million friends
December 17, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Equifax is already advertising their employment data verification services to state governments. They're going to make bank off of states because of H.R. 1's Medicaid work requirements at the expense of taxpayers and the public services that we actually need.
December 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Cutting taxes is a brilliant strategy: It eliminates enforcement and undermines people’s faith in government while telling us we’re better off.

Restoring public trust requires restoring public funding.
I wrote an essay alongside the inimitable Seth Frotman about one of the most pressing challenges of our time- a challenge I’ve dedicated my entire career to taking on & the reason I’m running for CO Attorney General.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/o...
December 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
HSAs will never supplant real health care coverage and that is coming from someone who acts like a smug bitch every time she buys pre-tax tampons.
December 3, 2025 at 8:29 PM
one hard part about political work is constantly praying that the details of the news about the president from the weekend will remain unspoken among colleagues
November 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
wrote "dem senators" and it autocorrected to "demons" help
November 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Emily and Griffin got married but more importantly they let me wear high tops to their wedding 😇
November 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Tabbing away from my brother’s wedding photos to Google “best tacos near me” just really emblematic of where I’m at, broadly speaking
November 8, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Hot take but it might actually helpful to the left to have the token conservative assuaging the moderates.
“He actually lost by winning”
🤡🤡🤡🤡
November 6, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Reminder for Maine GOP: on the low end, a tipped worker in Maine makes ~$37,500/year. The average income tax cut that HR 1 gives Mainers earning more than $817k/year is $37,540.

Oh also, "no tax on tips" is temporary. The income tax cuts are permanent. #MEpolitics t.co/770rNMfEQC
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/me/maine/politics/2025/10/24/maine-legislative-republicans-call-for-public-hearing-on-trump-tax-cuts
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October 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
It’s frankly stunning how the establishment continues to characterize themselves as the safe option when their candidates and policies put us in greater jeopardy with every election. Just really amazing stuff 🤌🏼
October 23, 2025 at 10:50 PM
There is a lot of confusion in the media around Medicaid work requirements in HR 1. ***Work reqs just apply to the Medicaid expansion population***

(States that want to impose work reqs on “regular” Medicaid recipients can still do that through the normal process/apply for a waiver through CMS).
September 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Yesterday was Bisexual Visibility Day but we celebrate year-round by being semi-visible. For example, a Denver Man™️ just asked me if my boot are from [low-quality brand] and I told him no, they're Redwings and is he familiar with the Boots Theory of Socioeconomic Unfairness?
September 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
"what's the point of AOC and Bernie's fight oligarchy tour?" This. This is the point. Handing the mic to community leaders who are as fed up as the rest of us and have the courage to run. Like Sam, like @daveyseligman.bsky.social, like @carolinegleich.bsky.social (just to name a few).
RT @rubashkin.bsky.social

Missoula smokejumper Sam Forstag, a local union leader and wildland firefighter, is considering running against GOP Rep. Ryan Zinke in MT-01 (Trump+12, Tester+1), per 3 sources familiar. No decision expected before November.
September 23, 2025 at 9:52 PM
God has forsaken us?
September 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
NEWS: literal chunk of rock more qualified to lead the Department of Health and Human Services
Rutland’s sculpture trail will unveil its newest addition Friday. The 13th statue in the series honors a local doctor who identified the first polio epidemic in the country.

Read more: www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2...
September 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
This webinar on the Rural Health Transformation Fund is just CMS employees reading slides…. seemingly at gunpoint like they look so scared and haven’t blinked in the last hour
September 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
That’s like 6,000-8,000 oysters
This is one month.

Imagine what we'll build in a year.
September 19, 2025 at 7:14 PM
A tight timeline that sends states scrambling to compete for scarce resources is just another way the Trump Admin is weaponizing bureaucracy to impoverish the people.
The NOFO is out for the Rural Health Transformation Fund - very fast timeline. App deadline for states is 11/5 and Grants will be awarded 12/31.

Sounds like a fun holiday season for CMS employees!

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September 18, 2025 at 11:38 PM
God bless the kids outside Boulder HS with the “end gun violence” signs, written with sharpie on 8.5x11 printer paper. They’re going to save the world.
September 17, 2025 at 8:08 PM
September 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I heard David speak last night and yeah, the guy who, off the cuff, quotes FDR and Isaiah 58 is getting my vote to be Colorado’s lawyer.

I hope he’ll get yours too. secure.actblue.com/donate/david...
I'm proud to support David Seligman for Colorado AG!
Help elect David by making a donation today!
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September 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Reposted by Libby Chamberlin
Renters across our state have too little power in a housing market often rigged against them. So proud to meet with renters last night to talk about what it means to be an Attorney General for renters, how we can level the playing field, and building power in tenant unions. #copolitics
September 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
No better way to commemorate the anniversary of the creation of the National Parks Service
BREAKING: Workers at Yosemite and Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Parks just won their union elections.

They are the first national parks to unionize in several years.
August 26, 2025 at 12:16 AM