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xpostfactoid @xpostfactoid.bsky.social · 20h

That may be true, but if politics is war you don't have a democracy. Democrats are left with the dilemma of trying to preserve democracy against a fascist adversary. That does require throwing old rules out the window and embracing all who oppose fascism, but also fidelity to rule of law and truth.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 21h

The guy who seems to be setting the GOP shutdown position, Russ Vought, promised to put federal employees in trauma, and to use the shutdown to fire them and block their backpay.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Scalise: "When a good day for you is defined by how much suffering you can impose on other people, maybe you need to look in the mirror and check yourself at the door and wonder what it is you're up here trying to accomplish."

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xpostfactoid @xpostfactoid.bsky.social · 20h

We're at a point where both parties routinely accuse the other of lying.

One of them is lying all the time.

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xpostfactoid @xpostfactoid.bsky.social · 23h

I was wondering about this. The WSJ has long combined great reporting with insane op-ed. Is WaPo on the same path, or different?

I subscribe and read WaPo articles when I come to them, but not consistently enough to sense a reporting/coverage shift (or no).

Michael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 23h

I'm generally not one for canceling news subscriptions for ideological reasons -- I'm paying for the service of newswriting and I know most newswriting isn't exactly down my ideological channel -- but I cancelled WaPo because they've throttled their actual newswriting too while doing this shit

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d

You’ve gotta be kidding me.

This WaPo editorial presents a misleading revisionist history of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s criminal cases against Trump.

Then it has the gall to compare that to Trump’s overt targeting of his perceived enemies.

Really embarrassing stuff.

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xpostfactoid @xpostfactoid.bsky.social · 1d

Antifatigue?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump is fighting sleep during this antifa roundtable and sleep is gaining the upper hand

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xpostfactoid @xpostfactoid.bsky.social · 1d

I'm paywalled here, but in case you thought Republicans had cleverly back-loaded their Medicaid cuts until after midterms...stories like this are proliferating.

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xpostfactoid @xpostfactoid.bsky.social · 3d

Go very easy in those sugary cereals!

xpostfactoid @xpostfactoid.bsky.social · 3d

okay, it's picayune

xpostfactoid @xpostfactoid.bsky.social · 3d

Not be picayune, but can escalations reach a low?

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Louise Norris @louisenorris.bsky.social · 6d

If you feel like a deep dive into why the projected average Marketplace premium increase (if subsidy enhancements aren't extended) jumped from 75% to 114% this week, read this from @xpostfactoid.bsky.social xpostfactoid.substack.com/p/way-worse-...

*Way* worse than forecast: How did KFF's estimate of pending ACA premium increases rise from 75% to 114%?

Ravages of time -- and ravages of Trump's CMS

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xpostfactoid @xpostfactoid.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks, Republicans

States are cutting Medicaid provider payments long before Trump cuts hit

North Carolina and Idaho have cut their Medicaid programs to bridge budget gaps, raising fears that providers will stop taking patients and that hospitals will close even before the brunt of a new fed...

www.npr.org

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xpostfactoid @xpostfactoid.bsky.social · 4d

I'm not familiar with Robichaux, but FWIW, David Dayen made the same point about late-night TV (and legacy TV generally).

xpostfactoid @xpostfactoid.bsky.social · 4d

Gaba: borrowing illustrations for some real financial suffering

In which I finally put an absurd WSJ graphic from 12 years ago to good use.

2026 ACA window shopping is LIVE in 5 states. Here's 4 real-world examples of how ugly it could get.

open.substack.com

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xpostfactoid @xpostfactoid.bsky.social · 6d

They're flat-out lying, yes, but she didn't answer his question, which was about OBBBA stripping eligibility from certain categories of *lawfully present* noncitizens, whom Republicans smear as "illegals."
www.kff.org/medicaid/tra...

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Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 6d

📣 UPDATED: Two new polls confirm: Out of the gate, Americans STRONGLY support extending the #ACA tax credits.

🚨 Meanwhile, 58% of enrollees barely knew about the looming danger as of a week ago.

acasignups.net/25/10/03/two...

Two new polls confirm it: Out of the shutdown gate, Americans STRONGLY support extending the enhanced ACA tax credits (updated)

Via NBC News: A Washington Post poll conducted on Oct. 1, the first day of the shutdown, found that 47% of U.S. adults blame Trump and Republicans in Congress, while 30% blame Democrats and 23% said t...

acasignups.net

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xpostfactoid @xpostfactoid.bsky.social · 6d

Keep in mind: much of the difference between KFF's initial estimate of an average premium increase for ACA enrollees of 75% and the update to 114% is b/c Trump's CMS deliberately choose to cut subsidies even further by changing inflation calculation.

*Way* worse than forecast: How did KFF's estimate of pending ACA premium increases rise from 75% to 114%?

Ravages of time -- and ravages of Trump's CMS

xpostfactoid.substack.com

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xpostfactoid @xpostfactoid.bsky.social · 7d

"it’s the nature of Trump’s party, not his personal depravity, that is responsible for the decline of American democracy."
- Krugman.

Declining American Democracy: Trump is a Symptom, Not the Cause

The modern GOP is inherently authoritarian

open.substack.com

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xpostfactoid @xpostfactoid.bsky.social · 7d

OTOH they managed to get the apostrophe on a plural noun right

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7d

This is all an egregious violation of our norms and laws but also an incredible tell that they know this is a losing fight for them

Will Harris @willharrisinva.bsky.social · 7d

If you go the White House website, you see this. You also see the words “Americans Don’t Agree with Democrats’ Actions” followed by an incredibly lengthy list of organizations. When you click on each one, you get a note or letter from that organization about the need for a continuing resolution. 1/🧵

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xpostfactoid @xpostfactoid.bsky.social · 7d

Bad luck. They didn't really hit him hard.

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xpostfactoid @xpostfactoid.bsky.social · 7d

God help us

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7d

FBI Director Kash Patel
Secretary of HHS Robert F. Kennedy Jr
Secretary of Education Linda McMahon
Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy
President Donald J. Trump

Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 9d

"CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss" is the exact same deal as "Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth"

xpostfactoid @xpostfactoid.bsky.social · 7d

Oops, red flag was surge in auto reenrollment in FFM (hc..gov), not SBMs.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 7d

We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 7d

"Jones, 27, is among the residents left at 7500 S. South Shore Drive who are trying to piece together what remains after an early morning, high-powered federal immigration raid led to the arrests of dozens of their neighbors at their South Shore apartment building."

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

chicago.suntimes.com

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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 7d

Mikie Sherrill’s unredacted military records were ILLEGALLY leaked in a vile smear campaign.
This is an attack on every veteran who served with honor.
Democrats are demanding a full investigation and accountability because NO ONE is above the law. #VoteNJ

Pallone and New Jersey
Colleagues
Demand
Investigation Into Illegal Release of Rep. Sherril's
Military Records
This unprecedented act is a serious violation of privacy
- from putting her Social Security number on nearly. every_page to disclosing sensitive personal information about her family - and a blatant breach of clear protocols for handling sensitive documents.

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xpostfactoid @xpostfactoid.bsky.social · 7d

The updated estimate (114% avg premium increase) is based on actual 2026 conditions -- the subsidy schedule published by the IRS, and the rate requests filed by insurers.

*Way* worse than forecast: How did KFF's estimate of pending ACA premium increases rise from 75% to 114%?

Ravages of time -- and ravages of Trump's CMS

xpostfactoid.substack.com

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xpostfactoid @xpostfactoid.bsky.social · 7d

p.s. It's now a 114% increase (on average, for 22 million subsidized enrollees)

(That year-old prior KFF estimate is going to be hard to wash out.)

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