Joan Allen
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I'm here for health policy, health data, unions, California politics, and Giants baseball. There will also be cat pictures.
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main economic message from
the president is that you will be poorer and you will like it
the president is that you will be poorer and you will like it
Trump: "You can give up certain products. You could give up pencils. Because under the China policy, every child can get 37 pencils. They only need 1 or 2. They don't need that many. You always need steel. You don't need 37 dolls for your daughter. 2 or 3 is nice. So we're doing things right."
December 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
main economic message from
the president is that you will be poorer and you will like it
the president is that you will be poorer and you will like it
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9/ Medical debt experts were surprised and horrified to hear that community health centers were suing patients.
“These collection activities seem to violate at least the spirit of the requirement to provide health services available to all,” one expert told us. www.propublica.org/article/fede...
“These collection activities seem to violate at least the spirit of the requirement to provide health services available to all,” one expert told us. www.propublica.org/article/fede...
These Health Centers Are Supposed to Make Care Affordable. One Has Sued Patients for as Little as $59 in Unpaid Bills.
Federally funded community health centers receive grants in exchange for serving patients regardless of their ability to pay. But ProPublica found at least five across the country garnishing patients’...
www.propublica.org
December 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
9/ Medical debt experts were surprised and horrified to hear that community health centers were suing patients.
“These collection activities seem to violate at least the spirit of the requirement to provide health services available to all,” one expert told us. www.propublica.org/article/fede...
“These collection activities seem to violate at least the spirit of the requirement to provide health services available to all,” one expert told us. www.propublica.org/article/fede...
And I am disappointed
If @politico.com lets Senator Cassidy get away with only talking about DEDUCTIBLES when the actual policy debate is about steep increases in PREMIUMS, then I will be truly disappointed
It’s 5:30am on the West Coast, and the hold music for this @politico.com webinar is enough of a bop that I’m surprisingly awake and ready to dance
December 9, 2025 at 2:38 PM
And I am disappointed
If @politico.com lets Senator Cassidy get away with only talking about DEDUCTIBLES when the actual policy debate is about steep increases in PREMIUMS, then I will be truly disappointed
It’s 5:30am on the West Coast, and the hold music for this @politico.com webinar is enough of a bop that I’m surprisingly awake and ready to dance
December 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
If @politico.com lets Senator Cassidy get away with only talking about DEDUCTIBLES when the actual policy debate is about steep increases in PREMIUMS, then I will be truly disappointed
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Trump’s Idea for Health Accounts Has Been Tried.
Millions of Patients Have Ended Up in Debt. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Millions of Patients Have Ended Up in Debt. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Trump’s Idea for Health Accounts Has Been Tried. Millions of Patients Have Ended Up in Debt. - KFF Health News
Republican calls to give Americans cash instead of health insurance subsidies double down on a decades-old strategy of moving people into high-deductible plans with health savings accounts.
kffhealthnews.org
December 9, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Trump’s Idea for Health Accounts Has Been Tried.
Millions of Patients Have Ended Up in Debt. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Millions of Patients Have Ended Up in Debt. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
It’s 5:30am on the West Coast, and the hold music for this @politico.com webinar is enough of a bop that I’m surprisingly awake and ready to dance
December 9, 2025 at 1:40 PM
It’s 5:30am on the West Coast, and the hold music for this @politico.com webinar is enough of a bop that I’m surprisingly awake and ready to dance
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Hands Reaching Up From Hell, Wat Rong Khun Temple, by Chalermchai Kositpipat, 1997
December 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Hands Reaching Up From Hell, Wat Rong Khun Temple, by Chalermchai Kositpipat, 1997
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This would be, without any doubt, a war crime committed by the United States. We prosecuted Germans and Japanese for doing this exact thing in WWII.
December 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
This would be, without any doubt, a war crime committed by the United States. We prosecuted Germans and Japanese for doing this exact thing in WWII.
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he said this with his whole chest on camera
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Alex Karp vows to use his "whole influence" on immigration and defense policy.
gizmodo.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:16 AM
he said this with his whole chest on camera
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Straight-up Nazi shit
December 2, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Straight-up Nazi shit
I don’t think I’ve ever looked at someone before and asked “why is he dappled?”
I’m sorry to share this fucknut’s fuckery but… is he just dropped in using Photoshop?
December 1, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I don’t think I’ve ever looked at someone before and asked “why is he dappled?”
Remember friends: wrap duct tape around the handles of your picket signs.
Promoting my book! Optimism in troubled times. Labor is fighting, and it’s fun to read about!
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November 28, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Remember friends: wrap duct tape around the handles of your picket signs.
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“Google Gemini was by far the worst. It would make up an authoritative-sounding summary with completely fake and wrong references — much more than the other chatbots. It also used a satire source as a news source.”
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/05/a...
This company doesn’t get nearly enough blame imo
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/05/a...
This company doesn’t get nearly enough blame imo
AI gets 45% of news wrong — but readers still trust it
The BBC and the European Broadcasting Union have produced a large study of how well AI chatbots handle summarising the news. In short: badly. [BBC; EBU] The researchers asked ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemi…
pivot-to-ai.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
“Google Gemini was by far the worst. It would make up an authoritative-sounding summary with completely fake and wrong references — much more than the other chatbots. It also used a satire source as a news source.”
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/05/a...
This company doesn’t get nearly enough blame imo
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/05/a...
This company doesn’t get nearly enough blame imo
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It’s amazing that after 15 years, the GOP is FINALLY coalescing around a healthcare plan of sorts and it essentially amounts to “fuck it, you do it.”
Trump: "THE ONLY HEALTHCARE I'LL SUPPORT OR APPROVE IS SENDING MONEY DIRECTLY BACK TO THE PEOPLE W/ NOTHING GOING TO THE BIG, FAT, RICH INSURANCE COMPANIES, WHO HAVE RIPPED OFF AMERICA LONG ENOUGH. THE PEOPLE WILL BE ALLOWED TO NEGOTIATE & BUY THEIR OWN, MUCH BETTER, INSURANCE. POWER TO THE PEOPLE!"
November 18, 2025 at 1:12 PM
It’s amazing that after 15 years, the GOP is FINALLY coalescing around a healthcare plan of sorts and it essentially amounts to “fuck it, you do it.”
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A record number of Americans are anxious about health care costs going into next year www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
A record number of Americans are anxious about health care costs going into next year
The West Health-Gallup survey finds almost half of adults say they’re worried they won’t be able to afford health care in 2026.
www.nbcnews.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
A record number of Americans are anxious about health care costs going into next year www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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Never forget that just a week ago, Ross Douthat and the NYTimes were asking if women ruined the workplace.
November 17, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Never forget that just a week ago, Ross Douthat and the NYTimes were asking if women ruined the workplace.
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you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
I’m going to need a journalist who *actually understands health care* to be the one to interview him about this.
Because this is moronic on too many levels for a generalist reporter to unpack
Because this is moronic on too many levels for a generalist reporter to unpack
November 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I’m going to need a journalist who *actually understands health care* to be the one to interview him about this.
Because this is moronic on too many levels for a generalist reporter to unpack
Because this is moronic on too many levels for a generalist reporter to unpack
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"When I picked up my granddaughter from the federal agents, she had a dirty diaper, a bruise on her face, and was developing a rash. She was exhausted and cried… My heart aches knowing this could happen to others, to my kids, or even me, despite being U.S. citizens.”
November 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
"When I picked up my granddaughter from the federal agents, she had a dirty diaper, a bruise on her face, and was developing a rash. She was exhausted and cried… My heart aches knowing this could happen to others, to my kids, or even me, despite being U.S. citizens.”
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The Trump Administration will go to any length — including appeal to the highest court in the land — if it means they can cut off food for hungry people.
What is wrong with them?
What is wrong with them?
November 8, 2025 at 1:29 AM
The Trump Administration will go to any length — including appeal to the highest court in the land — if it means they can cut off food for hungry people.
What is wrong with them?
What is wrong with them?
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I’ve never seen someone try as hard as Trump to not feed hungry people.
JUST IN: Trump administration files emergency stay motion at 1st Circuit, seeking to block judge's order to pay full SNAP benefits for November. DOJ says the ruling 'makes a mockery of the separation of powers.' Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
SNAPStayMotCA1110725.PDF
www.documentcloud.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I’ve never seen someone try as hard as Trump to not feed hungry people.
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Trump can’t even check on someone collapsing in the Oval Office right in front of him.
What makes you think he would give a damn about your health care?
What makes you think he would give a damn about your health care?
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Trump can’t even check on someone collapsing in the Oval Office right in front of him.
What makes you think he would give a damn about your health care?
What makes you think he would give a damn about your health care?
Tax the rich
November 4, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Tax the rich
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Conservatives 2016-2024: dumb libs think words are violence
Conservatives in 2025: mean words are literally violence bsky.app/profile/robe...
Conservatives in 2025: mean words are literally violence bsky.app/profile/robe...
From Bovino's deposition: (1) he calls protestors "violent" if they articulate views hostile to ICE, even if no violence is manifested; (2) he instructs his forces to attack and arrest protestors who express "hyperbolic comments," which is to say, criticism of ICE and Bovino.
November 4, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Conservatives 2016-2024: dumb libs think words are violence
Conservatives in 2025: mean words are literally violence bsky.app/profile/robe...
Conservatives in 2025: mean words are literally violence bsky.app/profile/robe...
We are going to have to have so many consequences in the future.
This is deeply unacceptable
This is deeply unacceptable
This is quite a story: the US employed every strongarm tactic available, including personal threats against delegates and their families, to derail an agreement on reducing shipping emissions that was almost finalized. on.ft.com/47lq3dZ
November 3, 2025 at 3:32 PM
We are going to have to have so many consequences in the future.
This is deeply unacceptable
This is deeply unacceptable