Shane Yonalasi Hicks-Lee

Health insurance rate hikes hit Minnesota as open enrollment begins Costs could rise even more for some if federal credits expire as planned.

Insurance premiums are set to skyrocket for Minnesotans and families across the country unless Congressional Republicans work with us to extend the health care tax credits.

Open enrollment starts in just 11 days on November 1. This is a *now* problem.

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One person dies from suicide every 11 minutes.

If you are struggling or are in crisis, there are resources available 24/7 to help.

Call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255 or text PA to 741741.

YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live Jimmy Kimmel is Back!

Jimmy Kimmel's Monologue now has 14.3 MILLION VIEWS on YouTube.

It would be a shame for you to share it

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Question: Why did US put big tariffs on India despite major national interest in cultivating a strategic counterweight to China and trying to isolate Russia?

Answer: Because the US president lied that he fixed India-Pakistan and India wouldn’t go along with the lie.

(Seriously, that’s the answer)

Rest in Piss, MAGA! O.M.G. I love it!

The Queen of the Night (Epiphyllum oxypetalum) blooms once a year at night.

I just left the Everglades Immigrant Interment Camp. No, I’m not using their ridiculous name. It was a very tough to witness humans in those cages. Every Floridian should be ashamed that our taxpayer money is being used for this.

The dildo of consequence rarely comes lubed.

Her reaction was disgraceful. But... I'm not sure what else to expect.

STRESS KILLS.

60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, struggling every day to keep their families going.  

The result: working class people die 7 years earlier than the rich.

We need an economy that works for all, not just the few.

Well that’s a headline I did not except to see. Ever.

I'm... how in the name of all things is this true? I'm... I just can't. What the absolute f-bomb?

Stunning!

You first.

French Resistance Steps in After AP Banned From Trump-Macron Presser The Paris Press Corps today ensured that an AP reporter could enter and ask a question.

Vive la France! "Contre nous de la tyrannie; L’étendard sanglant est levé."

So right.

Did You Know?

The inventor of the bestselling Super Soaker was a Black man—and Hasbro tried to cheat him out of his royalties.

In 2013, Lonnie Johnson, a nuclear engineer and former NASA scientist, won a $73 million settlement from Hasbro for underpaid royalties. Johnson holds over 80 patents.

The sooner we collectively realize that Elon Musk is a shitposting, conspiracy-addled fool, who needs to stay out of public policy not upend it, the safer we’ll all be.

Donald Is Making Airplanes Crash Again The numbers are damning.

For 16 years, U.S. aviation had a perfect record—ZERO major commercial plane crashes.

Then Trump returned and in just 29 days the USA has had seven crashes, 15 aviation disasters, and 85 dead, on pace for this over 1,000 dead this year via plane crash.

Letter From a Federal Worker This is a heartbreaking letter that a federal worker has asked me to share with the public.

NEW: A letter from an anonymous federal worker. Please read and share: www.muellershewrote.com/p/letter-fro...

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Thank you!