Obamacare Prices Become Public, Highlighting Big Increases

"Ms. Monahan, 61, paid $439 a month for her coverage in 2025.

When she went to shop for next year’s plan, she learned that the monthly cost would jump to $1,059 for the same plan with an annual deductible of $7,100..."

Thanks, GOP congress! Thanks, Trump!

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Tell Costco: Don't Cave to Extremists—Dispense Mifepristone Now! Costco has announced that its pharmacies will NOT dispense mifepristone—a safe, FDA-approved abortion pill used in the majority of abortions nationwide. This dangerous decision is a concession to anti...

This cause is close to my heart - and I’m a Costco member.
Please sign to tell Costco to fill legal prescriptions:
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What we learned yesterday.

The Times They Are a-Changin'

A Letter from the Condo Association to Mr. and Mrs. Macbeth Dear Mr. and Mrs. Macbeth, I am writing to you as interim president of the Dunsinane Estates Condo Association to express serious concerns about re...

"I confess it is with trepidation that I write this note, given that Mr. Macbeth and I are both candidates in the upcoming condo board election to replace our previous president, whose unexplained disappearance has left a void in the association leadership."

Such a relief that the Musk-Trump regime has decided that mass outbreaks of food poisoning won’t be a good look for them. Score one point for sanity.

May Day Strong: We are the Many in Mountain View · May Day Strong PLEASE READ for all necessary details. Sign up or check back here for any updates. We will start with a short rally at Mountain View City Center Plaza, promptly at 6pm, then march down Castro towards...

I'm attending May Day Strong's event, “May Day Strong: We are the Many in Mountain View” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mayday/event...

Elon Musk and DOGE’s Savings May Be Erased by New Costs An expert on the federal work force estimates that the speed and chaos of Mr. Musk’s cuts to the bureaucracy will cost taxpayers $135 billion this fiscal year.

"The Partnership for Public Service, which studies the federal workforce, has used budget figures to produce a rough estimate that Trump's firings, re-hirings, lost productivity and paid leave of thousands of workers will cost upward of $135 billion this fiscal year."
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Opinion | What’s Happening Is Not Normal. America Needs an Uprising That Is Not Normal. It will take a concerted effort by every sector of our society to respond to Trumpism’s threat.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o...
““It’s time for a comprehensive national civic uprising. It’s time for Americans in universities, law, business, nonprofits and the scientific community, and civil servants and beyond to form one coordinated mass movement.“

Control. Alt. Delete. Government via keyword is not “efficiency.” It is an abuse of power.

The Trump administration’s many erasures—its gutting of agencies, cuts to jobs, deletions of government documents—show how absence can do the work of propaganda, doubling as a threat, Megan Garber wrote in February:

This was 100% intentional in my view, these people are evil.

Illinois Gov. Pritzker acts against El Salvador over Kilmar Abrego’s detention Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has announced that the state will take punitive actions against El Salvador for holding Kilmar Abrego Garcia in custody, while a federal judge has ordered the Trump admini…

Governor JB Pritzker just announced that Illinois will be defunding investments in companies controlled by El Salvador to punish the country for holding American residents without due process.

More of this.

San Jose, California.

You lost your 401k... and did Trump make money doing it?

He posted "THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!!" just hours before pausing the tariffs. It's time for everyone to ask House Republicans why they aren't fighting for an investigation into this.

You set the house on fire, watched it burn, and then lost your nerve and put it out. You now have a partially burned house. Great job.

John Adams, our second president, was the lawyer who defended the British soldiers accused in the Boston Massacre. It’s what a lawyer and a patriot does. He did it, not because he believed in his clients’ innocence, but because he believed in the rule of law.

That was my first car! Not safe, mind you, but it was mine and I loved it. One of the engineers at work called it the tennis shoe (mine was white with red stripes). Ah, the bad ol’ good ol’ days.

Powerful

A pastel colored graphic comparing real rabbits to stuffed bunnies. Real rabbits: “Soft and cute Live 8-12 years Generally hate being picked up Need lots of space and attention Poop a lot Have fur that sheds and has to be groomed Require regular vet care from a specialist and a varied diet with fresh produce” Stuffed bunnies “Soft and cute Live forever Can be picked up and held any time Require no space at all Don’t poop Don’t eat Don’t shed Never need to go to the vet”

If you know anyone planning to get their child live rabbits for Easter, please talk them out of it. Tell them to get a stuffed toy and sponsor a rescue bunny instead! 🐇 www.merrymacfarmsanctuary.org/meet-the-bun...