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ProPublica found that some of the largest health insurers have created a playbook that prevents people from getting the mental health care they need. Join us tomorrow, Feb. 20 at 4 p.m. ET for a virtual conversation as we discuss barriers to care. RSVP: https://propub.li/4k4GYWm

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Hey so Tennessee passed a bill that allows the attorney general to remove elected officials from office for voting a specific way! Oh they also said immigrants have to have Identification with special markings now! Not super concerning or scary at all!!!! Totally normal!!!!!

submitted 21 days ago • 41 comments

Trump’s directive halts NIH grant review meetings-critical for funding cancer research, vaccines,public health breakthroughs. This delays lifesaving science, risks disbanding research teams, and stalls hope for millions waiting on cures. #emsky #medsky #nih #publichealth @drsforamerica.bsky.social

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

This is perfect explanation

submitted 30 days ago • 1248 comments

They know what they saw, just like we all know what we saw. 🙄

submitted 32 days ago • 938 comments

They really are.

submitted 31 days ago • 510 comments

Yesterday, Trump signed more executive orders on Inauguration Day than any President in history. Every day this week, I'll be breaking down Trump's attacks on your rights and freedoms. First up: immigration rights and birthright citizenship. (1/11)

submitted 31 days ago • 231 comments

The ATF quietly softened its zero-tolerance policy toward lawbreaking gun dealers last year, after a wave of gun shop owners complained that the agency was shutting them down for minor infractions. The change is expected to give inspectors more discretion in penalizing gun shops for violations.

submitted 31 days ago • 12 comments

Exactly. And film yourself doing it for social media!

submitted 32 days ago • 142 comments

Trump hits the ground running trying to keep the costs of drugs high for consumers. Literally.

submitted 32 days ago • 70 comments

Helpful!

submitted 32 days ago • 798 comments

Remember that one time they tried to cancel Obama for wearing a tan suit? But the salute is okay!

submitted 32 days ago • 2 comments

If Twitter had been around to insist they were just saying “my heart goes out to you” maybe WWII could’ve been avoided

submitted 32 days ago • 12 comments

He just signed an executive order to withdraw from WHO with bird flu on the verge of exploding and RFK Jr. probably taking over HHS….so what could possibly go wrong?

submitted 32 days ago • 61 comments

Oh, come on! At the inauguration? Are you f*cking ketamine with this?

submitted 33 days ago • 1878 comments

Starting to get it?

submitted 33 days ago • 1504 comments

Bad Journalism: 1. Reporting TikTok may shut down Sunday w/o mentioning that the bipartisan law was a Donald Trump demand. 2. Failing to report that Trump's money man Elon Musk wants to buy the app. 3. Failing to report the Trump says he's now pro TikTok because these days "I'm a star" on the app.

submitted 34 days ago • 18 comments

I’m against the TikTok ban, but the last 24 hours has been a masterclass in manipulation by Trump and Shou.

submitted 33 days ago • 350 comments

Trump's proposal is to save TikTok is to give the federal government, run by him, direct control over TikTok. What could go wrong?

submitted 34 days ago • 274 comments

They shut down their own app for a day, then turned it back on thanking Trump. What an obvious scam this was. Disgusting on the part of the Tik Tok owners, Trump, and all his sycophants who reversed their positions on it one second after he did for no reason other than he did.

submitted 34 days ago • 1010 comments

TikTok was never going anywhere. The TikTok creator gave millions to Trump and they orchestrated this whole PR stunt just so Trump will be seen as a 'hero' to young people. It was literally the Kidz Bop version of the Reichstag Fire

submitted 34 days ago • 138 comments

Chicago’s patchwork of victims services has few resources designed to meet the specific needs of those who’ve lost siblings to gun violence. These people are working to fill in the gaps.

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

Some Senate Dems helped Republicans get past the filibuster for the Laken Riley Act bc they thought they’d get amendments added. They didn’t. & now it doesn’t matter that they won’t vote for it on final passage because Rs just need a simple majority.Lack of strategy is going to kill us the next 4yrs

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This is the official rapid response page of the Democratic Party, holding Trump and MAGA extremists accountable. Welcome to FactPost.

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From 2020 to 2023, the nonprofit Constitutional Defense Fund funneled more than $14 million to a D.C. law firm and a number of gun rights groups, which together have helped file lawsuits over at least 21 gun restrictions. Among them: the ghost guns case before the Supreme Court.

submitted 36 days ago • 6 comments

If you’re upset about Michelle Obama’s decision not to attend Donald Trump’s inauguration, wait until I tell you about the time Donald Trump refused to accept the results of the election he lost, plotted a coup & incited an insurrection before deciding not to attend Joe Biden’s.

submitted 38 days ago • 815 comments

He’s a sexist. He’s a predator. He’s an angry drunk. He’s Donald Trump's unqualified first choice for Secretary of Defense. Even though MAGA has been tossing Pete Hegseth softballs in his hearing all morning, remember that he’s nothing more than what his accusers say he is.

submitted 39 days ago • 122 comments

My first ever written piece for @contrariannews.bsky.social! I outline my story on how Joe Biden’s Presidency changed my life and helped make my American Dream come true. I hope you enjoy! open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

submitted 39 days ago • 19 comments

Pete Hegseth is so concerned about the military lowering its standards due to wokeness, he is asking the United States Senate to lower its standards to let him be the secretary of defense.

submitted 39 days ago • 133 comments

California pays more in federal taxes than it receives in return, while Mike Johnson’s Louisiana takes more than it gives.

submitted 39 days ago • 349 comments

Cruel for the sake of being cruel.

submitted 39 days ago • 349 comments

Trump fans the flames of disinfo as LA burns, Republicans threaten to condition aid, Newsom shuts down MAGA lies, Trump breaks more promises, and the MAGA civil war heats up—Ben, Brett, and Jordy break it all down on the latest MeidasTouch Podcast at 8p ET/5p PT! Watch here:

submitted 39 days ago • 53 comments

Sarah is right: NOTHING will stop Moms from fighting for solutions to gun violence, in our schools, neighborhoods—everywhere. Join us in your state: Text READY to 633-33 to volunteer with a Moms Demand Action chapter in your area.

submitted 40 days ago • 1 comment

🚨🚨As Pete Hegseth heads into his Senate confirmation, his lack of qualifications and ties to Republican culture wars threaten military readiness, healthcare, and alliances. Senators must ask the tough questions—or be held accountable. Here are just a few. (THREAD)

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“Last school year did see over 30% increase in incidents of gunfire, and that is particularly concerning in a time when violent crime overall in this country is going down.” - Sarah Burd-Sharps, Senior Director of Research at Everytown for Gun Safety

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Too many in mainstream & new media aren’t standing up to Trump’s assault on democracy—we will Today, @jenrubin.bsky.social & I launch @contrariannews.bsky.social: bold, independent, pro-democracy journalism Join us in the fight 👇 contrarian.substack.com

submitted 40 days ago • 134 comments

Congressional Republicans claim to be for law and order, yet are pushing to abolish the ATF, the federal law enforcement agency working to protect us from gun crime. Who benefits? Only the gun industry, which will make more $ with fewer regulations.

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“These kids just sit in foster care,” a family law attorney said, “because mom and dad are working at Subway and can’t afford a four-bedroom house.” With @wabe.org (Published April 2024)

submitted 40 days ago • 43 comments

True definition of a scumbag👇

submitted 41 days ago • 221 comments

New research from @everytown.bsky.social found that firearm suicide rates are more than 3X higher in US cities with the most gun shops per person compared to cities with the fewest. Preventing access to guns in times of crisis can and does save lives.

submitted 41 days ago • 2 comments

New: The right-wing Supreme Court majority is now looking to potentially overturn the Affordable Care Act’s policy that makes cancer screenings, heart statins, and HIV prevention free.

submitted 41 days ago • 1611 comments

@governor.ca.gov just launched a new site to ensure the public has access to fact-based data around the Southern California wildfires. Get the facts: californiafirefacts.com

submitted 41 days ago • 172 comments

This is objectively false.

submitted 41 days ago • 277 comments