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@toddgrove.bsky.social

Coloradan that has always been a BLUE. HIV advocacy, healthcare reform, LGBTQ, rabid anti-MAGA.

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Megabill would cost poorest households $1,600 a year, boost richest by $12K, CBO predicts The nonpartisan analysis is based on the House-passed GOP legislation.

Megabill would cost poorest households $1,600 a year, boost richest by $12K, according to Congress’ nonpartisan scorekeeper.

12.06.2025 15:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2763    πŸ” 1394    πŸ’¬ 140    πŸ“Œ 109
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I'm so over this lying, puritanical pixie.

02.06.2025 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 8800    πŸ” 2272    πŸ’¬ 678    πŸ“Œ 172
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03.06.2025 00:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Picture of my notebook with writing on three sheets of paper back and front

Picture of my notebook with writing on three sheets of paper back and front

I have pages and pages of notes about social security, Medicaid, and private insurance like I’m in freaking grad school again. When we talk about administrative burdens THIS is part of it.

29.05.2025 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Ukrainian president has more respect for America's war dead than the U.S. president.

26.05.2025 18:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1691    πŸ” 486    πŸ’¬ 49    πŸ“Œ 31

I have been working on stablecoin policy for five years. Every word Sen Warren says here is spot on. With this bill advancing, I feel like I’m watching a car crash in slow motion and there’s nothing I can do to stop it. It’s devastating

19.05.2025 23:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1264    πŸ” 431    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 14

Who needs a $400 million β€œpalace in the sky” when you can have two or three dolls and a couple of pencils instead.

11.05.2025 21:56 β€” πŸ‘ 12479    πŸ” 2293    πŸ’¬ 234    πŸ“Œ 59
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www.nokings.org

05.05.2025 22:47 β€” πŸ‘ 29587    πŸ” 9347    πŸ’¬ 955    πŸ“Œ 536

Oh please. πŸ™„

06.05.2025 21:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

And will be part of the national archive now.

This was a better interpretation.
bsky.app/profile/happ...

03.05.2025 16:10 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bock bock

19.04.2025 23:51 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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George Santos is being sentenced next Friday. Prosecutors are recommending a sentence of 87 months in prison. To prevent any further "mishaps," Rep. Harriet Hageman will remain in witness protection.

18.04.2025 23:55 β€” πŸ‘ 5240    πŸ” 992    πŸ’¬ 279    πŸ“Œ 56

We owe it to those already there to make this right. In whatever equitable way possible.

18.04.2025 21:52 β€” πŸ‘ 8721    πŸ” 1804    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 51

The fact that we have somebody in Alaska that is deviating from Maga in any way is a net positive to me.

17.04.2025 19:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am disappointed that today I’m paying taxes to fund government efforts to stop preventing disease and starvation overseas rather than paying taxes to support government efforts to prevent disease and starvation overseas.

15.04.2025 20:48 β€” πŸ‘ 8661    πŸ” 1571    πŸ’¬ 302    πŸ“Œ 81
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REPORTER: There are laws on the book that make it a criminal offense to harbor illegal immigrants, like sanctuary state leaders have been doing. Do you think they should be prosecuted and possibly put in prison?

HOMAN: Absolutely. And hold tight on that one, because it's coming.

15.04.2025 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 4637    πŸ” 1883    πŸ’¬ 1345    πŸ“Œ 569
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If the Marshals Go Rogue, Courts Have Other Ways to Enforce their Orders Opinion | Even a rogue marshal’s service is not an insurmountable obstacle to courts enforcing the rule of law.

I suggest everyone become very, very familiar with this piece by law Professor @david.noll.org. I suspect you will be referring to it often. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/if-t...

15.04.2025 19:29 β€” πŸ‘ 12332    πŸ” 5407    πŸ’¬ 450    πŸ“Œ 341
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State Terror A brief guide for Americans

"the president defied a Supreme Court ruling to return a man mistakenly sent to a gulag... and spoke of sending Americans to foreign concentration camps.
This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped"
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror

15.04.2025 15:02 β€” πŸ‘ 21045    πŸ” 9802    πŸ’¬ 572    πŸ“Œ 669
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The American people bore the responsibility of defeating Trump at the polls and they failed miserably at a critical point in US history.

I will not fault President Biden for refusing to set a precedent where a US President can imprison their political opponents.

15.04.2025 02:59 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

As long as it was done as an β€œofficial” act.

15.04.2025 20:31 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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HHS Systems Are in Danger of Collapsing, Workers Say The purging of IT and cybersecurity staff at the Department of Health and Human Services could threaten the systems used by the agency’s staff and the safety of critical health data.

HHS Systems Are in Danger of Collapsing, Workers Say

The purging of IT and cybersecurity staff at the Department of Health and Human Services could threaten the systems used by the agency’s staff and the safety of critical health data.

15.04.2025 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1577    πŸ” 768    πŸ’¬ 78    πŸ“Œ 38

What do these corporations have in common?

Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel

In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.

This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.

14.04.2025 17:31 β€” πŸ‘ 36716    πŸ” 11387    πŸ’¬ 574    πŸ“Œ 320

Zyn*

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What’s Zin?

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truthout.org Whistleblower Who Exposed DOGE Raid of NLRB Data Finds Threats Taped to His Door

Whistleblower Who Exposed DOGE Raid of NLRB Data Finds Threats Taped to His Door https://twp.ai/4imbLy

15.04.2025 20:13 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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The Trump Tariffs Just Got Even Worse Higher costs, uncertainty and crony capitalism, oh my

Putting up a few thoughts on the latest tariff swerve

paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-trump-...

13.04.2025 08:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1628    πŸ” 438    πŸ’¬ 58    πŸ“Œ 47
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China orders airlines to suspend Boeing jet deliveries amid trade war, Bloomberg News reports Shares of Boeing β€” which looks at China as one of its biggest growth markets and where rival Airbus holds a dominant position β€” were down 2% in early trading. The global aerospace industry is in the ...

China halts delivery of 179 boeing planes. Big win for airbus

finance.yahoo.com/news/china-o...

15.04.2025 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ICE: "We must punish immigrants for NOT paying taxes!"

IRS: "But they do pay taxes."

ICE: "Well, then help us punish them for PAYING taxes!"

09.04.2025 15:08 β€” πŸ‘ 11440    πŸ” 3625    πŸ’¬ 372    πŸ“Œ 159
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We found the government β€œwaste, fraud, and abuse”.

09.04.2025 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 35235    πŸ” 12982    πŸ’¬ 789    πŸ“Œ 505

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