Yolanda Joosten
@ymjoosten.bsky.social
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One reason why Republicans won't extend expiring ACA subsidies?
Koch-backed lobby groups have spent over $1.1M pressuring GOP lawmakers to let 20M Americans' health insurance costs go up.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
Koch-backed lobby groups have spent over $1.1M pressuring GOP lawmakers to let 20M Americans' health insurance costs go up.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
December 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
One reason why Republicans won't extend expiring ACA subsidies?
Koch-backed lobby groups have spent over $1.1M pressuring GOP lawmakers to let 20M Americans' health insurance costs go up.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
Koch-backed lobby groups have spent over $1.1M pressuring GOP lawmakers to let 20M Americans' health insurance costs go up.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
Watched "A Face in the Crowd" tonight. Not your typical holiday fare, but man what a great performance by all the actors. Andy Griffith was spellbinding. This movie is about media manipulating the common man. So ahead of its time.
December 10, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Watched "A Face in the Crowd" tonight. Not your typical holiday fare, but man what a great performance by all the actors. Andy Griffith was spellbinding. This movie is about media manipulating the common man. So ahead of its time.
Let's Glow San Francisco! So much fun watching art projected onto buildings!
December 8, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Let's Glow San Francisco! So much fun watching art projected onto buildings!
Thrilled about tonight. I thought we'd be up late waiting for Prop 50 results. My little vote mattered.
November 5, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Thrilled about tonight. I thought we'd be up late waiting for Prop 50 results. My little vote mattered.
My fantasy is that the Blue Jays win the Series and decline the invite to the White House.
October 21, 2025 at 3:07 AM
My fantasy is that the Blue Jays win the Series and decline the invite to the White House.
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October 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion, after getting $1.2 trillion richer over the past year alone.
Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care.
The system is broken.
Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care.
The system is broken.
September 15, 2025 at 1:31 AM
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion, after getting $1.2 trillion richer over the past year alone.
Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care.
The system is broken.
Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care.
The system is broken.
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If we really want to “make America healthy again,” we’d have Medicare for All.
September 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
If we really want to “make America healthy again,” we’d have Medicare for All.
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The largest SNAP cuts in history went into effect yesterday, eliminating or drastically cutting food assistance for millions of Americans.
And it’s all to pay for more tax cuts that primarily benefit the super-rich.
Trickle-down economics isn't just a hoax — it's cruel.
And it’s all to pay for more tax cuts that primarily benefit the super-rich.
Trickle-down economics isn't just a hoax — it's cruel.
September 2, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The largest SNAP cuts in history went into effect yesterday, eliminating or drastically cutting food assistance for millions of Americans.
And it’s all to pay for more tax cuts that primarily benefit the super-rich.
Trickle-down economics isn't just a hoax — it's cruel.
And it’s all to pay for more tax cuts that primarily benefit the super-rich.
Trickle-down economics isn't just a hoax — it's cruel.
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Pritzker: Any rational person who has spent even the most minimal amount of time studying human history has to ask themselves one important question: Once they get the citizens of this nation comfortable with the current atrocities committed under the color of law, what comes next
September 2, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Pritzker: Any rational person who has spent even the most minimal amount of time studying human history has to ask themselves one important question: Once they get the citizens of this nation comfortable with the current atrocities committed under the color of law, what comes next
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According to my friend and divinity school classmate Bishop Matthew Heyd of the Episcopal Diocese of New York, Yeonsoo Go, daughter of an Episcopal priest, is being detained at a facility with no beds or showers or hot food. ⚓️
August 3, 2025 at 11:29 PM
According to my friend and divinity school classmate Bishop Matthew Heyd of the Episcopal Diocese of New York, Yeonsoo Go, daughter of an Episcopal priest, is being detained at a facility with no beds or showers or hot food. ⚓️
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“This is the worst economic jobs report since the end of the pandemic.” - CNN
August 1, 2025 at 7:16 PM
“This is the worst economic jobs report since the end of the pandemic.” - CNN
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Tonight, I'll go home and sleep in my bed. I have a lawyer, I'll get due process.
But Edgardo, whose arm was ripped from mine by ICE agents, has none of those things.
That's why I'll keep coming back to court, week after week, to make sure that people's rights are protected.
But Edgardo, whose arm was ripped from mine by ICE agents, has none of those things.
That's why I'll keep coming back to court, week after week, to make sure that people's rights are protected.
Brad Lander: "I'll keep coming back to court, week after week"
YouTube video by Brad Lander for NYC
youtu.be
June 18, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Tonight, I'll go home and sleep in my bed. I have a lawyer, I'll get due process.
But Edgardo, whose arm was ripped from mine by ICE agents, has none of those things.
That's why I'll keep coming back to court, week after week, to make sure that people's rights are protected.
But Edgardo, whose arm was ripped from mine by ICE agents, has none of those things.
That's why I'll keep coming back to court, week after week, to make sure that people's rights are protected.
Fraud and waste
I didn’t submit the homework that was due last week and I have no idea when I’ll finish it either. I’ll get it to you as soon as I’m done 🤦♂️
May 10, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Fraud and waste
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love to make america great again by essentially expelling the people that enrich our children’s lives
“Mr. Rodríguez, we’re going to miss you,” a girl told the teacher after singing.
“I’m going to miss you, too,” he said, fighting back tears of his own.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
“I’m going to miss you, too,” he said, fighting back tears of his own.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Fearing deportation, a beloved music teacher gives a final lesson
Jesús Rodríguez, a Venezuelan national whose U.S. humanitarian parole status is set to expire soon, decided to voluntarily leave the United States out of worry of being detained.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
love to make america great again by essentially expelling the people that enrich our children’s lives
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I’m leading over 175 Members of Congress to fight for the government’s free, easy-to-use tax filing service.
Trump and Musk want to kill Direct File.
Instead of caving to the billionaire tax prep industry, how about standing up for working Americans?
Trump and Musk want to kill Direct File.
Instead of caving to the billionaire tax prep industry, how about standing up for working Americans?
Mass. Sen. Warren, 175 Congressional Dems call on Trump not to shutter free tax-filing service
The lawmakers asked the Treasury Department and the IRS to respond to their demands to preserve Direct-File by May 5.
www.masslive.com
April 23, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I’m leading over 175 Members of Congress to fight for the government’s free, easy-to-use tax filing service.
Trump and Musk want to kill Direct File.
Instead of caving to the billionaire tax prep industry, how about standing up for working Americans?
Trump and Musk want to kill Direct File.
Instead of caving to the billionaire tax prep industry, how about standing up for working Americans?
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Since Trump announced his worldwide tariffs: markets tanked, retirement accounts took a hit, and Americans are panicked.
We can pass a resolution right now to stop this chaos–Republicans just need to grow a spine and put the American people over blind loyalty to Donald Trump.
We can pass a resolution right now to stop this chaos–Republicans just need to grow a spine and put the American people over blind loyalty to Donald Trump.
Since Trump announced his worldwide tariffs: markets tanked, retirement accounts took a hit.
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
www.youtube.com
April 8, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Since Trump announced his worldwide tariffs: markets tanked, retirement accounts took a hit, and Americans are panicked.
We can pass a resolution right now to stop this chaos–Republicans just need to grow a spine and put the American people over blind loyalty to Donald Trump.
We can pass a resolution right now to stop this chaos–Republicans just need to grow a spine and put the American people over blind loyalty to Donald Trump.
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Republicans in Congress can join Democrats right now to turn off the bogus emergency Trump has declared to impose worldwide tariffs.
Or they can continue to bend the knee to Trump.
Or they can continue to bend the knee to Trump.
April 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Republicans in Congress can join Democrats right now to turn off the bogus emergency Trump has declared to impose worldwide tariffs.
Or they can continue to bend the knee to Trump.
Or they can continue to bend the knee to Trump.
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If you have ever watched a loved one whither away from Alzheimer's, you know how cruel this disease is. It steals the person's essence right from their body as everything that made them THEM slips away. And then, if they go long enough, they stop eating. The last bit of life's joy is gone.
Gen Z and Millennials: In ten years when we’re still without a cure and you’re caring for your parents, remember what he did.
April 4, 2025 at 10:09 PM
If you have ever watched a loved one whither away from Alzheimer's, you know how cruel this disease is. It steals the person's essence right from their body as everything that made them THEM slips away. And then, if they go long enough, they stop eating. The last bit of life's joy is gone.
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"Heard and McDonald Islands don’t have the cards"
April 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
"Heard and McDonald Islands don’t have the cards"
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STARTING SOON: At 3:00 EST, Judge Boasberg is having a hearing on whether or not the Trump administration's refusal to turn the planes to El Salvador around on March 15 was a violation of his court order.
I'll be doing a live thread here, or you can listen yourself at the below number.
I'll be doing a live thread here, or you can listen yourself at the below number.
April 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
STARTING SOON: At 3:00 EST, Judge Boasberg is having a hearing on whether or not the Trump administration's refusal to turn the planes to El Salvador around on March 15 was a violation of his court order.
I'll be doing a live thread here, or you can listen yourself at the below number.
I'll be doing a live thread here, or you can listen yourself at the below number.