I wish politicians had to go through this exercise.

Andrew W@drewwiz.bsky.social · 24h ago

The first assignment I had in my public health program was to pick a Medicare product for an imaginary elderly person. They gave you a few co morbidities, different doctors you had already, and a budget to work from. It was eye opening.

“It’s no surprise Michele Tafoya is a liar,” said DFL Chair Richard Carlbom. “Minnesotans can detect inauthenticity from a mile away — and will reject her in November.”

A recent survey found that 92% of U.S. adults have delayed or avoided medical care due to high costs. Meanwhile, a new study from Yale estimates that Medicare for All would save over 114,000 lives and $1 trillion a year. If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have universal healthcare.

I sued the insulin cartel and cut the cost of insulin from hundreds per month to just $35. That’s making life more affordable. If you don't think you can make life more affordable, you shouldn't be running, Ron.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago

Minnesota Republican AG candidate Ron Schutz calls the idea that an AG can help with affordability "preposterous": "Keith Ellison ... he argues that he makes life affordable for Minnesotans, which is just simply preposterous. Who does he think he is? The chairman of the Federal Reserve?"

🚨NEWS: U.N.-backed investigators say they found “reasonable grounds” to believe the U.S. committed war crimes in two strikes in Iran, including one on a school in Minab. apnews.com/article/un-h...

I just realized, in hindsight, that the most unbelievable part of Terminator 2 is that the scientist that created Skynet & finds out what Skynet does, then decides to destroy it.

What even is the argument here? “Yeah buddy sure, you may be “right” and your position may be “popular” but here in the real world we hard-nosed decision makers lose wars we started for no reason and kill random Palestinians out of ethnic malice”

My latest newsletter is a friendly bit of political advice for Democrats.

Don't Surrender On Trans Rights

Many Democrats are running scared on trans issues. They shouldn't be.

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How copyright law is used for the death of ownership. You know, how Kuerig can dictate which coffee pods you use. * Or HP can demand you buy ink on a subscription basis or brick the printer. 1/2 youtu.be/aLPrNSFLb2U?...

The Subtle Art of Normalising Dystopia

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In America you can get arrested for giving water to people waiting in line to vote but the president is offering you $5k to vote for his party. - Too old for this shit

Damn they're sensitive about Epstein. 👀

I don't know ANYONE on the Right who fact checks.

Watching how techbros are running dangerous AI unchecked for massive profits I am reminded exactly why the planet is burning because we refuse to tell rich men no and to stop it

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Won the supey@moosebigelow.bsky.social · 2w ago

Charlie Kirk was a traitor

Since becoming president again, Trump has promised: -$5000 stimulus checks via "DOGE dividend" -$2000 stimulus checks via "tariff dividend" -$1000+ checks via "savings" from expiring ACA subsidies -$5000 "dividend" if Rs win midterms No checks have been issued www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-magi...

Trump’s Magically Disappearing Stimulus Checks

I was promised cheaper groceries and tariff rebates and all I got was this lousy pogrom.

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Shit like this is crazy, but also commonplace in the United States

SoberDad in Kzoo@kalamazoan.bsky.social · 2w ago

This is happening to me right now. I was taken by paramedics, unconscious, to a hospital where they treated me (incorrectly) for alcohol withdrawal (I’ve been sober for 2+ years), just because I was unable to stop vomiting with a panic attack.

remember the *GOP* death panels accusations? Well here they are

The New York Times managed 180 stories about Biden's age and mental acuity in the span of 10 days. That intensity of coverage is definitely something they can manage if the editors want it.

The administration has provided zero evidence that these are drug traffickers, and even if they were, there are legal processes for their arrest and trial. What we DO know is that the administration has stopped pursuing actual drug cases to go after immigrants instead.

Six months ago he told us the Iran War would only last a few weeks

This should be setting off alarm bells. Service members trying to leave the military on moral grounds have surged to SIX TIMES the normal rate since Trump’s war with Iran began in February.

America’s far right has Nazis. America’s far left wants people to be able to afford rent, healthcare and groceries. The desperate insistence that these are mirror-image "extremes" is one of the dumbest conceits in political journalism.

The majority rules according to the "Mr. Trump is a Special Boy Doctrine" with very few exceptions.

This is why the strategy should never be to win swing voters, who will never hear your message or understand it if they do. Excite your base. Convince the people who want to be convinced to vote for you.

civilizational collapse, anyone? "Amazon is buying massive quantities of books, scanning them for AI training, and destroying them in the process. "It’s possible to scan these rare books without destroying them, but cutting the spine makes it cheaper and faster..." www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...

We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS.

If you can find common ground with Jared kusher, but not zohran mamdani, you shouldn't be in democratic leadership

Saeed Jones@theferocity.bsky.social · last mo.

“Representative Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat of New York and the minority leader, met privately in recent weeks with Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and top outside adviser, and discussed potential areas of common ground, according to five people with knowledge of the meeting.” BRUH.