Nicole
@nicolecata.bsky.social
Local government nerd, bibliophile, and tuxedo cat guardian
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3/ And despite promising to keep New York a beacon of access for those seeking reproductive or gender affirming care, Gov. Hochul has instead denied New Yorkers privacy over their personal health data by vetoing the NY Health Information Privacy Act.
Our private health data should not be for sale.
Our private health data should not be for sale.
December 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
3/ And despite promising to keep New York a beacon of access for those seeking reproductive or gender affirming care, Gov. Hochul has instead denied New Yorkers privacy over their personal health data by vetoing the NY Health Information Privacy Act.
Our private health data should not be for sale.
Our private health data should not be for sale.
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2/ However Gov. Hochul has vetoed the Hospital Transparency Act for the second year in a row. With this veto, patients in New York must still contend with barriers to health care, and care deserts across the state.
New Yorkers deserve the freedom to access the health care they need.
New Yorkers deserve the freedom to access the health care they need.
December 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
2/ However Gov. Hochul has vetoed the Hospital Transparency Act for the second year in a row. With this veto, patients in New York must still contend with barriers to health care, and care deserts across the state.
New Yorkers deserve the freedom to access the health care they need.
New Yorkers deserve the freedom to access the health care they need.
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1/ NEW: Gov. Hochul has signed the Shield 2.0 bill, which will protect repro + gender-affirming care providers who treat their patients despite the threats, as well as their patients, those seeking care, and those supporting them.
Access to health care is our right, and we will always fight for it.
Access to health care is our right, and we will always fight for it.
December 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
1/ NEW: Gov. Hochul has signed the Shield 2.0 bill, which will protect repro + gender-affirming care providers who treat their patients despite the threats, as well as their patients, those seeking care, and those supporting them.
Access to health care is our right, and we will always fight for it.
Access to health care is our right, and we will always fight for it.
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We need to have a conversation (and have needed to have this conversation for about 20 years) about constantly bailing out the charity care hospitals: This year, it's Brooklyn Hospital Center; previously, it was Interfaith (for the ~fourth time), before that it was LICH -- ny1.com/nyc/all-boro...
Brooklyn Hospital Center considering filing for bankruptcy
Officials say they need the money to pay healthcare workers and buy medicine.
ny1.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:44 PM
We need to have a conversation (and have needed to have this conversation for about 20 years) about constantly bailing out the charity care hospitals: This year, it's Brooklyn Hospital Center; previously, it was Interfaith (for the ~fourth time), before that it was LICH -- ny1.com/nyc/all-boro...
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Dozens of folks & a few adorable pups came out at Grand Army Plaza to distribute information and whistles to protect our beloved city and our neighbors. This is how we build a culture of joyful defiance and keep each other safe! #handsoffnyc
@handsoffnyc.bsky.social @indivisible.org
@handsoffnyc.bsky.social @indivisible.org
November 15, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Dozens of folks & a few adorable pups came out at Grand Army Plaza to distribute information and whistles to protect our beloved city and our neighbors. This is how we build a culture of joyful defiance and keep each other safe! #handsoffnyc
@handsoffnyc.bsky.social @indivisible.org
@handsoffnyc.bsky.social @indivisible.org
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Warner is up for reelection. He was widely seen driving towards surrender behind the scenes, but he's voting no in public because it's unpopular. The real question is whether he supports a senate leadership change. If not, someone who supports senate leadership change should primary him.
But I cannot support a deal that still leaves millions of Americans wondering how they are going to pay for their health care or whether they will be able to afford to get sick.
November 10, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Warner is up for reelection. He was widely seen driving towards surrender behind the scenes, but he's voting no in public because it's unpopular. The real question is whether he supports a senate leadership change. If not, someone who supports senate leadership change should primary him.
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#BREAKING: Over no public dissents, #SCOTUS denies Kim Davis's petition asking the justices to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges (which recognized federal constitutional protections for same-sex marriage):
www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
www.supremecourt.gov
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
#BREAKING: Over no public dissents, #SCOTUS denies Kim Davis's petition asking the justices to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges (which recognized federal constitutional protections for same-sex marriage):
www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
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Unfortunately still true bsky.app/profile/adam...
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Unfortunately still true bsky.app/profile/adam...
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This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
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i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
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If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 12:53 AM
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
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Tim Kaine is a chump who believes Republican promises.
Call him and yell at him if he's your senator.
Phone numbers here: www.kaine.senate.gov/contact/offi...
Call him and yell at him if he's your senator.
Phone numbers here: www.kaine.senate.gov/contact/offi...
Sen. Tim Kaine statement "on the funding deal to reopen government, protect federal employees, and vote to protect health care"
bluevirginia.us/2025/11/sund...
bluevirginia.us/2025/11/sund...
November 10, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Tim Kaine is a chump who believes Republican promises.
Call him and yell at him if he's your senator.
Phone numbers here: www.kaine.senate.gov/contact/offi...
Call him and yell at him if he's your senator.
Phone numbers here: www.kaine.senate.gov/contact/offi...
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The original Dem demands were:
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The original Dem demands were:
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
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"HEY CHUCK! FIGHT DON'T FOLD!"
@bkindivisible.bsky.social turning out across the street from @schumer.senate.gov's apartment in brooklyn
@bkindivisible.bsky.social turning out across the street from @schumer.senate.gov's apartment in brooklyn
November 10, 2025 at 1:46 AM
"HEY CHUCK! FIGHT DON'T FOLD!"
@bkindivisible.bsky.social turning out across the street from @schumer.senate.gov's apartment in brooklyn
@bkindivisible.bsky.social turning out across the street from @schumer.senate.gov's apartment in brooklyn
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In March, after Schumer last surrendered, we called an emergency meeting of Indivisible leaders. 92% told us to call on him to step down from leadership (which we did).
In a poll over this weekend, 98.67% said we should keep up the fight.
Rank & file Dems are going to be PISSED!
In a poll over this weekend, 98.67% said we should keep up the fight.
Rank & file Dems are going to be PISSED!
Either way, so many Dems... the bulk of the Senate caucus, House leadership, governors, etc.,... all quickly throwing down the gauntlet with such open unrestrained attacks on any Dems who cave is new. It wasn't like that in March, not nearly as loud and widespread and immediate, much more base-only.
November 10, 2025 at 1:27 AM
In March, after Schumer last surrendered, we called an emergency meeting of Indivisible leaders. 92% told us to call on him to step down from leadership (which we did).
In a poll over this weekend, 98.67% said we should keep up the fight.
Rank & file Dems are going to be PISSED!
In a poll over this weekend, 98.67% said we should keep up the fight.
Rank & file Dems are going to be PISSED!
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Any Dem Senator decrying this deal - you better be making a motion to remove @schumer.senate.gov at the next available opportunity. Otherwise, it’s all just performative bullshit.
November 10, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Any Dem Senator decrying this deal - you better be making a motion to remove @schumer.senate.gov at the next available opportunity. Otherwise, it’s all just performative bullshit.
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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We tried to show them after the last surrender. There's no sense in trying to convince them anymore. Primaries are the only path to a fighting opposition party now.
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 AM
We tried to show them after the last surrender. There's no sense in trying to convince them anymore. Primaries are the only path to a fighting opposition party now.
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Democratic Leadership just bent the knee and agreed to an "inshallah" deal with the GOP, who won't honor anything, much like last time.
November 10, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Democratic Leadership just bent the knee and agreed to an "inshallah" deal with the GOP, who won't honor anything, much like last time.
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@schumer.senate.gov we will back and back and back until you fight for us or step down.
@indivisible.org @50501movement.bsky.social @50501newyork.bsky.social @riseandresist.bsky.social
@indivisible.org @50501movement.bsky.social @50501newyork.bsky.social @riseandresist.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
@schumer.senate.gov we will back and back and back until you fight for us or step down.
@indivisible.org @50501movement.bsky.social @50501newyork.bsky.social @riseandresist.bsky.social
@indivisible.org @50501movement.bsky.social @50501newyork.bsky.social @riseandresist.bsky.social
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We out here, BK. Nearby 9 PPW? Join us to yell DON’T CAVE CHUCK!
His job is not to fold for the MAGA GOP, it’s to FIGHT for us (and you!)
Hold the line, @schumer.senate.gov!
@indivisible.org @riseandresist.bsky.social @50501movement.bsky.social @50501newyork.bsky.social @handsoffnyc.bsky.social
His job is not to fold for the MAGA GOP, it’s to FIGHT for us (and you!)
Hold the line, @schumer.senate.gov!
@indivisible.org @riseandresist.bsky.social @50501movement.bsky.social @50501newyork.bsky.social @handsoffnyc.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
We out here, BK. Nearby 9 PPW? Join us to yell DON’T CAVE CHUCK!
His job is not to fold for the MAGA GOP, it’s to FIGHT for us (and you!)
Hold the line, @schumer.senate.gov!
@indivisible.org @riseandresist.bsky.social @50501movement.bsky.social @50501newyork.bsky.social @handsoffnyc.bsky.social
His job is not to fold for the MAGA GOP, it’s to FIGHT for us (and you!)
Hold the line, @schumer.senate.gov!
@indivisible.org @riseandresist.bsky.social @50501movement.bsky.social @50501newyork.bsky.social @handsoffnyc.bsky.social
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If Schumer votes AGAINST this but enough Ds vote FOR it that it passes, he needs to RESIGN immediately.
He will have shown himself to be absolutely ineffective as a minority leader. He has to go.
Literally resign tonight.
He will have shown himself to be absolutely ineffective as a minority leader. He has to go.
Literally resign tonight.
November 10, 2025 at 12:57 AM
If Schumer votes AGAINST this but enough Ds vote FOR it that it passes, he needs to RESIGN immediately.
He will have shown himself to be absolutely ineffective as a minority leader. He has to go.
Literally resign tonight.
He will have shown himself to be absolutely ineffective as a minority leader. He has to go.
Literally resign tonight.
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shutdowns have to end at some point. they can't go on forever.
Ds seem to have gotten diddly squat though.
which seems like it's on schumer.
Ds seem to have gotten diddly squat though.
which seems like it's on schumer.
November 10, 2025 at 1:47 AM
shutdowns have to end at some point. they can't go on forever.
Ds seem to have gotten diddly squat though.
which seems like it's on schumer.
Ds seem to have gotten diddly squat though.
which seems like it's on schumer.
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BROOKLYN WE ARE GOING TO CHUCKS! Join us across from 9 PPW at 8:30 *tonight*
Bring pots and pans, let’s make some noise about Chuck folding (again).
Not another #SchumerSurrender
@indivisible.org @riseandresist.bsky.social @50501newyork.bsky.social @handsoffnyc.bsky.social
Bring pots and pans, let’s make some noise about Chuck folding (again).
Not another #SchumerSurrender
@indivisible.org @riseandresist.bsky.social @50501newyork.bsky.social @handsoffnyc.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 12:55 AM
BROOKLYN WE ARE GOING TO CHUCKS! Join us across from 9 PPW at 8:30 *tonight*
Bring pots and pans, let’s make some noise about Chuck folding (again).
Not another #SchumerSurrender
@indivisible.org @riseandresist.bsky.social @50501newyork.bsky.social @handsoffnyc.bsky.social
Bring pots and pans, let’s make some noise about Chuck folding (again).
Not another #SchumerSurrender
@indivisible.org @riseandresist.bsky.social @50501newyork.bsky.social @handsoffnyc.bsky.social
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Unacceptable. There are 189,000 people in my district who will be paying 50–300% more for the same, and in many cases worse, healthcare.
I won’t do that to the people I represent. I’m a NO on this “deal.”
I won’t do that to the people I represent. I’m a NO on this “deal.”
November 9, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Unacceptable. There are 189,000 people in my district who will be paying 50–300% more for the same, and in many cases worse, healthcare.
I won’t do that to the people I represent. I’m a NO on this “deal.”
I won’t do that to the people I represent. I’m a NO on this “deal.”