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The ACA saved my life from a very rare disease. A working class person like myself is supposed to die from such things. I could have been dead at 39 leaving behind a 12 year old orphan. Government should be human centered.
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You know, I’m really fucking proud of the boycotting, picketing and violence against Tesla. Before you say “but I’m against violence”, I cannot tell you how many times I have heard as a Jew “why didn’t your people fight back in the 30’s and 40’s?”

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Who else AGREES with Pedro?! 🤚

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The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.

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RFK Jr.'s latest cuts just might make you sick to your stomach https://twp.ai/4ilobl

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Listen to the otter. Is there anything you would add?

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@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social and Online Ceramics have teamed up on a bold new Reading is a Right collection — and 100% of PRH’s net proceeds will be donated to ALA to further our work to defend libraries and fight censorship. 🧡 online-ceramics.com/collections/...

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Kristen Crowell says progressives can't cede the tax debate to business groups and wonks if they wanted to grow the proverbial pie and achieve policy wins: "Tax policy is the single most effective way to deliver, in my opinion, the government that we want and that our families rely on."

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It is far past time to stop looking away and to start speaking up for basic rights—if not out of empathy and a sincere belief that civil liberties are for everyone, then at least out of a self-serving sense of self-preservation. Read my latest editor's note at @mississippifreepress.org :

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Last night was the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops. I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III. Remind you of anyone?

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Never for a minute forget that the American people are firmly on our side in this fight. Tell Congress to put families over billionaires here: bit.ly/3MOBGyT #TaxTheRich

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Don’t be a deer in the headlights. Stand up. Speak out. Have courage.

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"Everything else we say we’re fighting for is diminished if we’re not able to speak up against the idea of throwing someone away in a foreign jail without any proof that they did anything wrong" @conorlambpa.bsky.social @daveweigel.bsky.social www.semafor.com/article/04/1...

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These stories landed today, within 11 hours of each other. This presidential administration is a clear and present danger to the American people.

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This is truly the stuff of dictatorship.

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