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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10h

Boom! Who’s winning the shutdown debate? THE ACA.

More Republicans than Democrats use the ACA marketplace. So the GOP’s base is relying on the same program their party is causing premiums to skyrocket.

45% of ACA marketplace enrollees are Republicans, and most live in GOP-held districts.

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Spencer Eisenmenger @spencereisenmenger.bsky.social · 1d

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d

Well done!

A tweet by Gramps says “RELEASE THE FILES!” with a photo showing a projection on a wall of several people edited into a parody movie poster titled “Guardians of Pedophiles,” referencing “Guardians of the Galaxy.” A car is passing by the projection on the street.

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Newfie912 @newfie912.bsky.social · 2d

I am Antifa

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 2d

We need work requirements for Congress.

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Just-A-girl-In-An-Imperfect-World @g-mvc.bsky.social · 3d

Are 🧊 Agents
Falsifying arrest reports/entering homes w/o warrants? Arresting US citizens? Using physical violence/threats? Racially profiling or retaliating against activists? Ignoring judicial orders or deporting people during pending appeals?

Retribution will be so sweet 😏
✅Class action suits

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Anonymous @youranonjd.bsky.social · 2d

Rats often flee ships & buildings moments before disaster. Their acute sensitivity to vibration, heat, & pressure let them detect danger long before they risk becoming trapped. The pattern is so consistent, the Navy entered it in maritime logs as empirical warning, not myth.

Watch the rats 👀

Laura Loomer Rages at
Trump Admin Move: 'I'm Not Voting in 2026!'
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Marjorie Taylor Greene
Ramps Up Attacks on
Republicans
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Joe Rogan Tears into Trump's Immigration Crackdown: 'Horrific
PUBLISHED OCT 10, 2025 AT 03:39 AM

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Skye @simplyskye.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day

COLUMBUS DIDN'T DISCOVER ANYTHING 1,000'S OF NATIVE NATIONS WERE ALREADY HERE

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 2d

Soon it will be show us your papers. This must stop.

A tweet by James Surowiecki replying to David J. Bier. Surowiecki asks, “Where in the Immigration and Nationality Act does it say that US citizens have to prove that they're citizens or else be arrested?” The quoted tweet by Bier reads, “ICE agents to US citizen: Turn around or you're getting the dog,” accompanied by a photo of a man wearing a face mask and standing near vehicles at night.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d

Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment.

Here’s what experts say you need to know.

How to Fight Your Health Insurance Denial with an External Appeal

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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ProPublica @propublica.org · 3d

We are an independent, nonprofit newsroom with more than 150 dedicated journalists.

For those who want to read the facts of our reporting — and the documents on which it is based — here’s the full story:

Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of Fraud. Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them.

The White House has targeted opponents, including a Fed governor, for having more than one primary residence on their loan papers. ProPublica found that, in one case, a Trump cabinet secretary got two...

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Spencer Eisenmenger @spencereisenmenger.bsky.social · 3d

Yes, do something to the guy that caused J6!

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NPR @npr.org · 4d

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

Pope Leo XIV says 'inhuman treatment of immigrants' in the U.S. isn't 'pro-life'

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

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Spencer Eisenmenger @spencereisenmenger.bsky.social · 4d

We all need to get behind him (@jamestalarico.bsky.social), Crockett (@crockett.house.gov), AOC (@aoc.bsky.social), Newsom @gavinnewsom.bsky.social), Bernie (@sanders.senate.gov), Mamdani (@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social), & anyone else who wants to put an end to the illegality, corruption and cruelty.

James Talarico | Substack

Texas State Representative, former middle school teacher, and Presbyterian seminarian running for the U.S. Senate to take power back for working people. Click to read James Talarico, a Substack public...

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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 4d

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 4d

Blue Cross had refused to pay thousands of claims for the center’s patients, but on several occasions executives at the insurance company had signed special one-time deals with the center to pay for their wives’ cancer treatment.

(Published April)

“Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay”: Trial Reveals How Insurers Try to Wield Power Over Doctors

Blue Cross authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills. A jury called it fraud and awarded the practice $421 million.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 4d

Reps. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Rob Wittman, R-Va., and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, all voted for cuts to the CFPB.

Yet collectively, they routed more than 1,000 constituent complaints to the agency, ProPublica found.

(Published August)
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These GOP Lawmakers Referred Constituents to the CFPB for Help. Then They Voted to Gut the Agency.

Many of the same Republican lawmakers who have targeted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for cuts have collectively directed thousands of constituents’ complaints about banks, credit cards, lo...

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 5d

The US has finalized its $20 billion bailout for Argentina, a main US competitor in the soybean market.

This is a move that will only further screw over American soybean farmers, who're being priced out of their own market.

A 90-second crash course in Trump's betrayal of American soy farmers

Here’s the geopolitical beans.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 5d

A new report reveals that an upcoming Supreme Court case could eliminate:

❌ 27 blue congressional districts
❌ 30% of Congressional Black Caucus seats
❌ 11% of Hispanic Caucus seats

And the effects could ripple for over a generation.

GOP Could Lock in House Control for a Generation if SCOTUS Ends Key VRA Protection, Report Warns