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When ProPublica’s @gingerthompson.bsky.social began talking to people in Albany, GA, she didn’t expect that they would be so fearful to criticize the town’s sole hospital on the record — or how powerless they were to hold that hospital to account.
Read our 5-part "Sick in a Hospital Town" series:
Read our 5-part "Sick in a Hospital Town" series:
Sick in a Hospital Town: As Phoebe Memorial Grew, the Health of Albany, Georgia, Declined
The five-part series, “Sick in a Hospital Town,” pursues one question: Why are people in Albany so sick when its most powerful institution is a hospital?
projects.propublica.org
December 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
When ProPublica’s @gingerthompson.bsky.social began talking to people in Albany, GA, she didn’t expect that they would be so fearful to criticize the town’s sole hospital on the record — or how powerless they were to hold that hospital to account.
Read our 5-part "Sick in a Hospital Town" series:
Read our 5-part "Sick in a Hospital Town" series:
Tell Minnesota's insurance commissioner: Stop corporations from raising rates and cutting coverage. @publiccitizen.bsky.social setup a letter to each state's insurance commissioner, who are all meeting in Florida this week.
act.citizen.org/page/91672/a...
#OurRevolution #NotMeUs #HealthcareForAll
act.citizen.org/page/91672/a...
#OurRevolution #NotMeUs #HealthcareForAll
Tell insurance commissioners: Stop corporations from raising rates and cutting coverage
act.citizen.org
December 9, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Tell Minnesota's insurance commissioner: Stop corporations from raising rates and cutting coverage. @publiccitizen.bsky.social setup a letter to each state's insurance commissioner, who are all meeting in Florida this week.
act.citizen.org/page/91672/a...
#OurRevolution #NotMeUs #HealthcareForAll
act.citizen.org/page/91672/a...
#OurRevolution #NotMeUs #HealthcareForAll
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Health insurers are jacking up premiums while raking in billions in profits.
Expiring ACA subsidies will saddle millions of Americans with massive monthly premium increases.
Is it any wonder that 63% of Americans now support Medicare for All?
Expiring ACA subsidies will saddle millions of Americans with massive monthly premium increases.
Is it any wonder that 63% of Americans now support Medicare for All?
December 8, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Health insurers are jacking up premiums while raking in billions in profits.
Expiring ACA subsidies will saddle millions of Americans with massive monthly premium increases.
Is it any wonder that 63% of Americans now support Medicare for All?
Expiring ACA subsidies will saddle millions of Americans with massive monthly premium increases.
Is it any wonder that 63% of Americans now support Medicare for All?
Progressives are so desperate for a replacement for Gov. Timmy Walz that some are suggesting Dean Phillips. He doesn't seem to fear DNC & DFL leadership attacks, buy why should any progressive Governor? At a minimum, we need someone who checks off these 10: robertreich.substack.com/p/what-democ...
What Democrats Must Pledge to America
Ten ways to make America more affordable
robertreich.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Progressives are so desperate for a replacement for Gov. Timmy Walz that some are suggesting Dean Phillips. He doesn't seem to fear DNC & DFL leadership attacks, buy why should any progressive Governor? At a minimum, we need someone who checks off these 10: robertreich.substack.com/p/what-democ...
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Astoria, Oregon: On December 1st, Oregon’s oldest city made history, using Score Then Automatic Runoff "STAR" Voting to fill a recently vacated seat on their City Council.
December 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Astoria, Oregon: On December 1st, Oregon’s oldest city made history, using Score Then Automatic Runoff "STAR" Voting to fill a recently vacated seat on their City Council.
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Osita Nwanevu’s “The Right of the People” argues that we need to go back to basics and center the establishment of a genuine democracy in our politics. @hookjan.bsky.social reviews Nwanevu for the Prospect’s August 2025 issue:
Back to Basics
A new book makes the case for a multigenerational commitment to rebuilding democracy.
trib.al
August 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Osita Nwanevu’s “The Right of the People” argues that we need to go back to basics and center the establishment of a genuine democracy in our politics. @hookjan.bsky.social reviews Nwanevu for the Prospect’s August 2025 issue:
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A great virtue of Osita Nwanevu’s new book, "The Right of the People," is that it aims to define democracy in a precise and rigorous way so that it can become clear what it is and isn’t, at least by his lights.
How Can We Fix American Democracy?
Preserving our democracy is as urgent a task as ever, but the question is how.
www.thenation.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:19 PM
A great virtue of Osita Nwanevu’s new book, "The Right of the People," is that it aims to define democracy in a precise and rigorous way so that it can become clear what it is and isn’t, at least by his lights.
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Don’t lie, Lisa. I’ve got receipts.
December 4, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Don’t lie, Lisa. I’ve got receipts.
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After rumors that Trump could be planning Oregon’s first ICE detention facility in Newport, hundreds of Oregonians turned out to voice unanimous opposition to the facility.
When This City Caught Wind ICE Was Moving Into Town, Residents Fought Back
Newport, Oregon is using public pressure and legal avenues to make the state’s sanctuary law a reality in practice.
truthout.org
December 2, 2025 at 9:56 PM
After rumors that Trump could be planning Oregon’s first ICE detention facility in Newport, hundreds of Oregonians turned out to voice unanimous opposition to the facility.
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Congrats to the new mayor of Jersey City — James Solomon — in tonight's runoff election!
As a councilmember, he led the fight for affordable housing, renter protections, public transit, sustainability, and transparency. Tonight’s victory is a win for the people!
As a councilmember, he led the fight for affordable housing, renter protections, public transit, sustainability, and transparency. Tonight’s victory is a win for the people!
December 3, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Congrats to the new mayor of Jersey City — James Solomon — in tonight's runoff election!
As a councilmember, he led the fight for affordable housing, renter protections, public transit, sustainability, and transparency. Tonight’s victory is a win for the people!
As a councilmember, he led the fight for affordable housing, renter protections, public transit, sustainability, and transparency. Tonight’s victory is a win for the people!
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Speaking outside a store in Brooklyn, Mamdani said New York is a “union town,” and vowed to continue joining pickets even after he is sworn in as mayor on January 1. Starbucks workers at unionized stores launched an open-ended strike November 13 accusing the company of unfair labor practices.
Zohran Mamdani and Bernie Sanders Join NYC Starbucks Workers on the Picket Line
The picket came soon after Starbucks reached a $38 million settlement with New York City over labor violations.
truthout.org
December 2, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Speaking outside a store in Brooklyn, Mamdani said New York is a “union town,” and vowed to continue joining pickets even after he is sworn in as mayor on January 1. Starbucks workers at unionized stores launched an open-ended strike November 13 accusing the company of unfair labor practices.
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What was Mayor-Elect Koahly Her like as a state rep, and what is her leadership style? Some choice cuts here from @xanderosier www.twincities.com/2025/11/30/how-will-kaohly-hers-legislative-career-shape-her-leadership-of-st-paul/
How will Kaohly Her’s legislative career shape her leadership of St. Paul?
After one term in office, Her rose to the third-highest ranking position in the Minnesota House DFL Caucus — majority whip.
www.twincities.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:53 PM
What was Mayor-Elect Koahly Her like as a state rep, and what is her leadership style? Some choice cuts here from @xanderosier www.twincities.com/2025/11/30/how-will-kaohly-hers-legislative-career-shape-her-leadership-of-st-paul/
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Bernie Sanders: Doctors are graduating $500,000 in debt, which is why my legislation will make medical, nursing and dentist school tuition free.
August 24, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Bernie Sanders: Doctors are graduating $500,000 in debt, which is why my legislation will make medical, nursing and dentist school tuition free.
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Sen Bernie Sanders in a CNN town hall spoke about the lack of college affordability. “70, 80 years ago in this country, if you went to a public college or university, you know what your tuition was? Zero.”
Was college once free in United States, as Bernie Sanders says?
Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton are battling for the "most progressive" label in the Democratic presidential primary,
www.politifact.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Sen Bernie Sanders in a CNN town hall spoke about the lack of college affordability. “70, 80 years ago in this country, if you went to a public college or university, you know what your tuition was? Zero.”
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How Trump’s DOJ wiped out a pioneering anti-violence nonprofit
How Trump’s DOJ wiped out a pioneering anti-violence nonprofit
“We’re just the tip of the iceberg.”
www.motherjones.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:00 AM
How Trump’s DOJ wiped out a pioneering anti-violence nonprofit
A #BuyNothingWeekend makes it easy to hold a #NotMeUs #BlockParty with signs. Just walk to the nearest busy corner. #BoycottBillionaires Drive nowhere. #MB #MBO
“Mass Blackout,” a coordinated, nationwide economic shutdown from Nov. 25 to Dec 2 demands an end to corporate rule, political corruption and the removal of the Trump administration.
#MassBlackout
#BlockParty
#MassBlackout
#BlockParty
"Mass Blackout" Economic Boycott
“Mass Blackout,” a coordinated, nationwide economic shutdown from Nov. 25 to Dec 2 demands an end to corporate rule, political corruption and the removal of the Trump administration. The coordinated c...
www.dailykos.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:37 AM
A #BuyNothingWeekend makes it easy to hold a #NotMeUs #BlockParty with signs. Just walk to the nearest busy corner. #BoycottBillionaires Drive nowhere. #MB #MBO
Expanding #BuyNothingDay to a #BuyNothingWeekend #MBO works for us. For those in need of buying something before next Tuesday, #BuyLocal and #BoycottBillionaires.
Buy nothing - don't shop or buy gas or even groceries unless from small businesses
Post nothing - no socials except Blackout
Attend nothing - no travel or movies or pro sports
See y'all on the other side of the Blackout
#MBO #MB #BlockParty #MassBlackout #BlackoutForDemocracy
Post nothing - no socials except Blackout
Attend nothing - no travel or movies or pro sports
See y'all on the other side of the Blackout
#MBO #MB #BlockParty #MassBlackout #BlackoutForDemocracy
November 28, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Expanding #BuyNothingDay to a #BuyNothingWeekend #MBO works for us. For those in need of buying something before next Tuesday, #BuyLocal and #BoycottBillionaires.
Important to recognize that this is a small town in CD6, which is best known for voting for Trump and Trump-like Republicans the last 2+ decades, Bachmann & Emmer. Corruption and abuse of power is to be expected there. If you want power over government there, vote progressive. #OurRevolution #DFL
Three ex-Clear Lake employees are accused of embezzling over $200,000 - nearly half of the town's annual property tax revenue - by overstating work hours and misusing city-issued credit cards.
Charges: Ex-employees embezzled a fifth of town's revenue
Three former municipal employees in Clear Lake, Minn., are charged with embezzling $201,000, or nearly half of the city’s annual property tax revenue and a fifth of its entire budget.
www.mprnews.org
November 22, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Important to recognize that this is a small town in CD6, which is best known for voting for Trump and Trump-like Republicans the last 2+ decades, Bachmann & Emmer. Corruption and abuse of power is to be expected there. If you want power over government there, vote progressive. #OurRevolution #DFL
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Transgender Day of Remembrance is Thursday. Queer community members say the remembrance events carry a different weight this year as changes are introduced in other states — and on the federal level — designed to attack transgender rights.
Events planned in Minnesota to mark Transgender Day of Remembrance
Observances are planned in Minnesota on Thursday for the annual Transgender Day of Remembrance. It’s an annual event to honor the memory of lives lost to anti-transgender violence.
www.mprnews.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Transgender Day of Remembrance is Thursday. Queer community members say the remembrance events carry a different weight this year as changes are introduced in other states — and on the federal level — designed to attack transgender rights.
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Trump Trashes 'Big, Fat, Rich Insurance Companies.' Progressives: 'Wait Until We Tell You About Medicare for All'
Trump Trashes 'Big, Fat, Rich Insurance Companies.' Progressives: 'Wait Until We Tell You About Medicare for All'
"If we had Medicare for All everyone would have healthcare with no premiums, deductibles or co-payments and we’d save $650 billion and 68,000 lives a year."
www.commondreams.org
November 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Trump Trashes 'Big, Fat, Rich Insurance Companies.' Progressives: 'Wait Until We Tell You About Medicare for All'
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the big dog that didn’t bark
Hey, why didn’t @governorwalz.mn.gov say anything about Ice operating 5 miles from his house today?
November 19, 2025 at 4:11 AM
the big dog that didn’t bark
#NotMeUs needs to include you per #04P training. #NotMeUsAndYou Us+You? #YouRevolution ? @our-revolution.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 2:00 AM
#NotMeUs needs to include you per #04P training. #NotMeUsAndYou Us+You? #YouRevolution ? @our-revolution.bsky.social
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Fired up on the canvass launch for Cori Bush! @coribush.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Fired up on the canvass launch for Cori Bush! @coribush.bsky.social
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Across the country, Starbucks workers are on an Unfair Labor Practice strike for a fair first contract, and I know which side I’m on. Baristas make Starbucks an extraordinarily wealthy company. They are entitled to their fair share of that wealth and to benefits and fair treatment on the job.
November 15, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Across the country, Starbucks workers are on an Unfair Labor Practice strike for a fair first contract, and I know which side I’m on. Baristas make Starbucks an extraordinarily wealthy company. They are entitled to their fair share of that wealth and to benefits and fair treatment on the job.
#TeslaTakedown #NoTrillionaires Day of Action today 11/15 starting at 11am in Golden Valley. Only missing #AxeX, but you're free to make and bring your own signs and there's plenty of #BlueSky. #NotMeUs #TaxWealth actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
#TeslaTakedown NO TRILLIONAIRES Day of Action
A TRILLION DOLLARS? Elon Musk and his stooges think they can gobble up the entire world while the rest of us starve. Join us for the NO TRILLIONAIRES Day of Action Nov. 15, 2025!
actionnetwork.org
November 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
#TeslaTakedown #NoTrillionaires Day of Action today 11/15 starting at 11am in Golden Valley. Only missing #AxeX, but you're free to make and bring your own signs and there's plenty of #BlueSky. #NotMeUs #TaxWealth actionnetwork.org/event_campai...