Mark

I checked MN’s insurance exchange & essentially I am being offered a Bronze Plan for 2026 for the monthly premium that I paid for Gold in 2025. There are NO plans available for me & my wife for under $1000/mo. This is crazy.
We saw a 40% increase for 2026.
2027 will be entirely unaffordable.

Definitely. I just wanted to use your good post to help educate the people who rail against the EC, but genuinely don’t understand it. Some people think it’s based on counties.
If we want to make the EC work how it should (like it did for decades), we need to uncap the House & add Senators (DC & PR)

Sharing:
The EC is 538 Electors. That total is all House Districts, the Senators & 3 Electors for DC.
435+100+3=538 (w/270+ to win)
The House of Reps is capped at 435. It should be expanding w/each census.
House District Population:
WY 567,851
CA 770,000
If the House grew, CA would have 70+ Reps.

U of M Police need help identifying assault suspect UMN Police seek the public's help to identify suspect in Sept. 20 assault. See photos.

UMN Police seek the public's help to identify suspect in Sept. 20 assault. See photos.

Someone posted “Stephen Miller wants his staffers back.” 😂😂😂

Given 2025, I imagine Hurricane Melissa will make a hard turn toward Louisiana and fling hepatitis monkeys across the country.

That’s why I tried a Gold plan last year, to see if my copays for specialists, etc. would be better—Not really, so it’s plan shopping time again. This country is ridiculous. 🤬

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Video on this subject.

Her family just got their premiums notice⁉️😳😱

My question is why aren't these INSURANCE COMPANIES screaming about the CUSTOMERS they will LOSE because we can't afford to pay the COSTS🤷‍♀️& will DROP THEM⁉️🤨🤔🤑

That’s me. I’m one of those non-ACA people whose 2026 premiums went up. 🤬

Got my notice:
40+% increase per month for 2026.
It’s such a joy as an American to have to shop for new health insurance coverage year to year. 🤬
If we’re such a capitalist paradise, where are my incessant GEICO, Liberty Mutual, and Progressive-like ads for cheaper health insurance?

I’ve been tense all month and finally got my notice today: a 40% increase per month for 2026. I hope you receive MUCH better news than that.

I got my notice from Medica in MN. 40+% increase in my monthly premiums from 2025 to 2026. Yes, this is a Gold plan, but it only covers my wife & me. We run our own small business. I will need to shop for something much cheaper. We tried a Gold plan for a year to see if it saved us money. Oh well.

Two headlines.
Two economies.
Same day.

Poetic.

@nytimes.com @bloomberg.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/u...

I am not your Negro - DMovies The future of the US is only as bright as the future of the negroes - I am not your Negro by Raoul Peck James Baldwin disturbs the beast of racism

Yes, it's that black and white: the future of the US will only be as bright or as dark as the future of the negroes

Raoul Peck's filthy genius doc is now on various VoD platforms:

dmovies.org/2017/03/03/i...

Baldwin eloquently turned the tables on racists. It’s brilliant and a must-see.

Bambi never calls me. 🙁

Annunciation shooting survivor Lydia Kaiser: 'I don't want to let the shooter win' Lydia Kaiser, an 8th grade girl who survived the Annunciation Church and School mass shooting, thanked everyone who offered love and support throughout her healing journey.

Good news!

Nice going, Lydia! www.fox9.com/news/lydia-k...

It probably was a manual transmission, too. Extraordinary!

I am scared to get my health insurance estimate for next year. It’s insanity for a developed country to terrorize its citizens over a basic human right.

Michael Clayton was the last film I caught there.

Minneapolis is showing up and showing out. #NoKings

Per CNN, the White House has just issued a two-word response to what may be the largest day of protest in US history—and those two words perfectly encapsulate why No Kings Day exists.

The response from would-be King Donald to outrage over his destruction of our traditions and norms is, "Who cares?"

Trump keeps wandering off the job to give tours of his White House remodel: report Donald Trump’s obsession with remaking the White House into something more like his Mar-a-Lago resort is interfering with his presidential duties, as he sets aside time spent running the government to...

Makes Nixon talking to the portraits look NBD.

"Donald Trump’s obsession with remaking the White House into something more like his Mar-a-Lago resort is interfering with his presidential duties..."

www.rawstory.com/white-house-...

Train To Busan is a great zombie movie; it might even be the best. It IS intense. #TrainToBusan #ZombieMovies

Welcome to the Orange Cry-Baby’s shitlist, Norway!
It’s an honor to be on it, even if the list isn’t exactly exclusive. 😂

This alone might stroke him out.
#NobelPeacePrize

DO YOU UNDERSTAND THIS TIME?

While you are angry, ask, “Why are there only 435 House seats? Isn’t the House supposed to grow w/the population? It’s been 435 my whole life!”
It’s The Reapportionment Act. It caps the House at 435, killing our democracy, breaking the Electoral College & makes lobbying & gerrymandering easier.

QT image of CNN headline “Retired teacher sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia after tweeting criticism” above tweet from Variety with headline of “Dave Chapelle Jokes ‘It’s Easier to Talk’ in Saudi Arabia ‘Than it Is in America’ While Performing at Riyadh Comedy Festival”

I was sent this by a Georgian this morning. 2025 premiums vs 2026 premiums for someone making $65k a year.

Republicans in Washington did this.

This is what I'm fighting to stop. This is what’s at stake in this shutdown fight.