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Mikie Sherrill @mikiesherrill.bsky.social · 1d

Jack is unraveling, and it’s no secret why: he’s 25 days away from becoming a three-time loser.

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Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 15h

Here's the average ACA premiums for *unsubsidized* enrollees in every state.

30 of these +DC are final; the other 20 are preliminary for now.

Average unsubsidized 2026 ACA premiums by state

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Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 16h

This is true.

For the ~2 million or so who DON'T currently receive tax credits (plus another 1-2 million or so off-exchange), the weighted average rate increase will "only" be around 24% on average.

acasignups.net/rate_changes...

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Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 15h

this version lists them by avg. *2025* unsubsidized premium...this gives a better sense of how much each state's average is increasing compared to what it is today.

avg unsubsidized ACA premiums by state: 2026 vs. 2025

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 14h

This is the thing. Republicans blocked a standalone Dem bill in the House to pay the troops because they thought it would weaken their ability to just get Dems to fold on the clean CR.

Thom Weaver @thomweaver24.bsky.social · 14h

That sound you just heard is Johnson and Thune loudly shitting themselves. He just completely eliminated their leverage

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 14h

Trump says he’s ordered Hegseth to pay the troops during the government shutdown.

“We have identified funds to do this, and Secretary Hegseth will use them to PAY OUR TROOPS.”

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 13h

ONE WEEK FROM TODAY: Make your voices heard. Join us in a peaceful protest across our country against the most corrupt, deceitful & criminal Administration in U.S. History. We say NO KINGS, NO CROOKS, NO SPRAY-TAN CONMAN! 👎

Check for a location near you at: www.nokings.org

#BeThere 👍

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 12h

Lots of Epidemic Intelligence Service officers ("disease detectives") gone.
In-country staff in Africa (including those helping to manage the current Ebola outbreak) are fired.

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 14h

At Broadview detention center, organizers say ICE detainees “have been snatched away from their dining room tables, and now they have been taken away from the Eucharistic table.” The crowd shouts: “Shame!”

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 19h

The president has made no secret of his enemies list.

But we will not be intimidated.

We will not be deterred.

We will do our jobs and continue fighting back against these attempts at retribution.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10h

#GA14

Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 13h

Marjorie Taylor Greene : "Prices have not come down at all. The job market is extremely difficult. Wages have not gone up. Health insurance premiums are going to go up. Homeowner's insurance goes up every year. Rent is going up. Young people have no hope of buying a home."

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11h

Robert De Niro: “Now we have a would-be king — King Donald the First. Fuck that. I’m Robert De Niro and I’m asking you to stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18th”

👉👉 nokings.org

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 15h

Elected Republicans are getting desperate. Their lies are getting more ridiculous. They’re now trying to discourage protest by claiming No Kings will be a hate rally with terrorists. Millions of Americans have the chance to demonstrate how wrong they are.

www.americaamerica.news/p/will-you-s...

Will You Stand Up for the Right of Peaceful Protest?

A Saturday Prompt

www.americaamerica.news

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 11h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 14h

Outside of the Broadview ICE facility, a state trooper tells the delegation attempting to have communion with detainees that ICE has denied their request.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 14h

"The president has already announced that if a judge does rule against him, he will invoke the Insurrection Act and then continue the military deployments. This is where we’ve been headed since January 6, 2021."

Emergency Triad: The Chicago Rubicon and What Comes Next

We aren’t at the worst-case scenario yet. But if you squint, you can see it looming out there, just over the horizon.

www.thebulwark.com

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10h

"Forty-two judges went so far as to say that the Supreme Court’s emergency orders had caused 'some' or 'major' harm to the public’s perception of the judiciary[,] [including] nearly half of the Republican-nominated judges."

gift link 👉 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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Deborah Pearlstein @debpearlstein.bsky.social · 18h

Of all the news in this NYT survey of sitting federal judges - incl 47 of them think the SCt is mishandling its emergency docket - maybe the biggest is that 65 sitting fed judges (37D, 28R), folks circumspect for a living, responded to a NYT survey. Stunning. And a sign that something is very wrong.

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

www.nytimes.com

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Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 19h

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16h

“We’ve arrested American citizens for being too close.”

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17h

New — Video shared with me shows ICE officers in DC detaining a man on Friday.

Bystander filming asks man for his name. ICE agent lies and says he’s not allowed to speak to him “by law” and another says “We’ve arrested American citizens for being too close…If he gets any closer, put him in cuffs.”

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16h

Susan Collins is the chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, which means she has considerable power to influence the administration but she prefers to mumble weak protestations to the media

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 16h

Despite all of Susan Collins’s **concerns**, Russ Vought, who she voted to confirm, still went ahead and fired a boatload of hard-working Americans.

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 1d

SUSAN COLLINS, Wednesday: "I've made very clear that I do not believe there should be firings of furloughed workers."

RUSS VOUGHT, Friday: "The RIFs have begun."

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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 15h

Colorado AG Phil Weiser (D) is calling on Coloradans to turn out en masse for Oct 18 demonstrations against President Trump’s use of the military in American cities. “Don’t be afraid,” Weiser said. “Don’t be afraid to show up.” #copolitics

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Darin Self @darinself.com · 14h

This is one program Trump thinks is a "Democrat" program because it demonstrates care for others.

But the benefits cross-cut partisan lines.

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 15h

⚠️ USAToday reporter confirms the office in charge of special education funding has been “decimated”:

Zach Schermele
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NEW: The Education Dept. layoffs continued overnight, w/ the main office in charge of special ed funding being
"decimated," as one person described.
"They cut just about everyone that works with IDEA funding," said another.
"I'm not sure how these programs exist moving forward."
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 13h

America's collapse in one swath of the NYT homepage

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Rep. Dan Goldman @repdangoldman.bsky.social · 13h

No “clean CR” exists when Trump defies Congress and unilaterally guts programs—from law enforcement to pediatric cancer research to clean energy projects.

Republicans want Democratic cover to keep breaking the law. Democrats won’t play along.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 12h

Should the New York Times be sold to Pennysaver and its editors sent to work in Amazon warehouses? It depends on who you ask.

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