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Emerita Professor of Health Policy and Politics, UC Berkeley. Created The Public Option for the ACA. Mother of 4. I will fight Trump and his racist, greedy ideas until my last breath. #FBR #resistance #BlueCrew

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submitted 11 days ago • 11 comments

I’m having a major disconnect. On the one hand, RFKjr blames the environment and toxins on poor health in children. On the other, the EPA is dismantling clean air standards, eliminating all limits on greenhouse gases from coal and gas-fired power plants. So is the goal to harm children?

submitted 11 days ago • 3 comments

EU to make €500 billion in incentives to attract US Scientists. youtu.be/qusjGQKmVYs?...

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

Ha, ha.

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

The cruelty is the point.

submitted 12 days ago • 3038 comments

I’m still sorta surprised at how thoroughly Target misunderstood its customer—or, at least, one of its most important customers. Relatively well-off, college-educated suburban women do a disproportionately massive amount of consumer spending, loved Target, and are statistically not Trump voters

submitted 14 days ago • 123 comments

submitted 12 days ago • 46 comments

Yikes!

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

Seth, we were hoping you could tell us! Is a general strike the answer? Most people on Medicare, who I have spoken with today, didn’t even know that the MAGA Budget may cut Medicare by $500 billion over 10 years!

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

submitted 12 days ago • 1298 comments

This is horrific. Gastapo who show no warrant, no ID, and are wearing face masks are the ones who need to be locked up. Terrorizing American citizens! This is hard to watch.

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

How to piss off the richest people in the world, Who paid, ~2 million for a dinner with Trump. Some paid up to $20 million, for a total of $148 million straight into his pockets. Trump arrived, shook hands, danced on stage, and then left. He stayed less than one hour. Guests were NOT happy.

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

NEWSFLASH: A 25% tariff on iPhones is still cheaper than making them in the U.S. He’s desperate for deals, folks.

submitted 12 days ago • 689 comments

I cannot stress enough how dangerous HR1 is. Call your senators. Don't just ask them to oppose the bill. Ask them to utilize every parliamentary procedure possible. Demand they put every extraneous matter to a vote. Ask them to vote against cloture. Ask them to object to unanimous consent.

submitted 12 days ago • 6 comments

We need a Public Option. It’s the most efficient way to move to a single payer system. The idea came from a group of women health care leaders in CA. When modeled, ~80% of Americans would choose the public option over private or employer health insurance. www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/...

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

That was fast. @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

submitted 13 days ago • 463 comments

WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal judge blocks immigration authorities from revoking international students' legal status nationwide.

submitted 13 days ago • 29 comments

Just before you woke up, House Republicans voted to kick millions of people off critical assitance programs — all to pay for taxes for the 1%. Call your Senators, tell them to vote NO on this Billionaire Bailout Bill. win.newmode.net/votersoftomo...

submitted 13 days ago • 5 comments

Jeffries: We will stand up today, stand up tomorrow, stand up this week, stand up next week, stand up this month, stand up next month, stand up this year, stand up next year, stand up at all times until we end this national nightmare and restore the American dream for every single person

submitted 13 days ago • 402 comments

Strong editorial from Marco Rubio's hometown Miami Herald, which endorsed his Senate run in 2010 and his presidential primary candidacy in 2016. "What a change. What a betrayal. … The poor humanitarian conditions in Venezuela remain the same. Rubio has changed."

submitted 14 days ago • 90 comments

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

JOINT DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP STATEMENT ON PASSAGE OF THE GOP TAX SCAM Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Whip Katherine Clark and Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar just released the following statement:

submitted 13 days ago • 354 comments

More good news from the Courts. A district judge on Thursday blocked President Trump’s executive order calling for the closure of the Department of Education — as well as against the reduction in force that laid off half of the agency’s workers.

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

I’m having a major disconnect. On the one hand, RFKjr blames the environment and toxins on poor health in children. On the other, the EPA is dismantling clean air standards, eliminating all limits on greenhouse gases from coal and gas-fired power plants. So is the goal to harm children?

EU to make €500 billion in incentives to attract US Scientists. youtu.be/qusjGQKmVYs?...

Ha, ha.

The cruelty is the point.

I’m still sorta surprised at how thoroughly Target misunderstood its customer—or, at least, one of its most important customers. Relatively well-off, college-educated suburban women do a disproportionately massive amount of consumer spending, loved Target, and are statistically not Trump voters

Yikes!

Seth, we were hoping you could tell us! Is a general strike the answer? Most people on Medicare, who I have spoken with today, didn’t even know that the MAGA Budget may cut Medicare by $500 billion over 10 years!

This is horrific. Gastapo who show no warrant, no ID, and are wearing face masks are the ones who need to be locked up. Terrorizing American citizens! This is hard to watch.

How to piss off the richest people in the world, Who paid, ~2 million for a dinner with Trump. Some paid up to $20 million, for a total of $148 million straight into his pockets. Trump arrived, shook hands, danced on stage, and then left. He stayed less than one hour. Guests were NOT happy.

NEWSFLASH: A 25% tariff on iPhones is still cheaper than making them in the U.S. He’s desperate for deals, folks.

I cannot stress enough how dangerous HR1 is. Call your senators. Don't just ask them to oppose the bill. Ask them to utilize every parliamentary procedure possible. Demand they put every extraneous matter to a vote. Ask them to vote against cloture. Ask them to object to unanimous consent.

We need a Public Option. It’s the most efficient way to move to a single payer system. The idea came from a group of women health care leaders in CA. When modeled, ~80% of Americans would choose the public option over private or employer health insurance. www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/...

That was fast. @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal judge blocks immigration authorities from revoking international students' legal status nationwide.

Just before you woke up, House Republicans voted to kick millions of people off critical assitance programs — all to pay for taxes for the 1%. Call your Senators, tell them to vote NO on this Billionaire Bailout Bill. win.newmode.net/votersoftomo...

Jeffries: We will stand up today, stand up tomorrow, stand up this week, stand up next week, stand up this month, stand up next month, stand up this year, stand up next year, stand up at all times until we end this national nightmare and restore the American dream for every single person

Strong editorial from Marco Rubio's hometown Miami Herald, which endorsed his Senate run in 2010 and his presidential primary candidacy in 2016. "What a change. What a betrayal. … The poor humanitarian conditions in Venezuela remain the same. Rubio has changed."

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

JOINT DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP STATEMENT ON PASSAGE OF THE GOP TAX SCAM Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Whip Katherine Clark and Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar just released the following statement:

More good news from the Courts. A district judge on Thursday blocked President Trump’s executive order calling for the closure of the Department of Education — as well as against the reduction in force that laid off half of the agency’s workers.

These are fantastic cars. It’s too bad China won’t sell them in the US. Build Your Dream (BYD) for the win.

Amy Coney Barrett turns out to be not as bad as we thought.

Fun with clouds! ❤️