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Jane Goodall with monarch butterfly scarf

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall

💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

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Why aren't Medicaid expansion states discussing using AI to quickly simplify all qualification and requalification requirements that will cost 10m people their coverage ?

Why aren't Dems pushing solutions that blunt many of the obstacles introduced to reduce coverage ?

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I stand with Stephen Colbert !

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Medicare will be destroying lives due to this bill. July 3rd at 8pm, I received an email that one of my doctors would not be accepting Medicare or supplement programs starting Jan 1. I'm sure more will be forth coming. Your CostPlus Mark, has saved countless lives. Thank you. You are the anti-bill!

On Juneteenth, we celebrate freedom and recommit ourselves to the work that remains undone. We remember that even in the darkest hours, there is cause to hope for tomorrow’s light.

Exclusive: Democrats want new leaders, focus on pocketbook issues, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds The poll identified a deep disconnect between what Democrats say their priorities are and the issues they believe party leaders care about most ahead of next year's midterm elections, when they hope to crack Republican control of Congress

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YouTube video by RHINO Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Teach Your Children (Official Music Video)

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This anecdote (H/T @latimes.com) about a couple of tourists from says so much about the false narratives that Americans are absorbing about what’s happening Los Angeles.

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Over 7 million Americans are unemployed — the most since 2017. Why it won’t get better anytime soon. The number of people who said they were unemployed in May jumped to an eight-year high if the pandemic era is excluded, offering clear evidence that jobs have become harder to find.

#econsky www.marketwatch.com/story/over-7... Over 7 million Americans are unemployed — the most since 2017. Why it won’t get better anytime soon. - MarketWatch

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CBP says latest tariffs have generated $500 million, well below Trump's estimate Trump has repeatedly said the United States is taking in $2 billion per day from tariffs.

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Abortion becomes more common in some US states that outlawed it Shield laws have profound implications for how federalism works

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This is the 21st century attic of Anne Frank.

One of my companies informed me they cancelled a $2m conference in Florida. Why ?

They didn’t feel they could pass on the incremental cost of tariffs. So they are cutting expenses.

That’s a city that lost a ton of tourism revenue.

The cost of tariffs isn’t just the cost of the tariff

Musk's SpaceX Lands FAA Contract -- Conflict of Interest Be Damned Elon Musk's SpaceX landed an FAA contract to use Starlink after the billionaire fired hundreds of the agency's employees.

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I realized today that Trump, Musk, DOGE, Vance, Miller, Vought and their many collaborators have broken so many laws already that they know they have to destroy our government and entire way of life to stay out of jail. This is all or nothing. We should respond accordingly.

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The facts are, the ACA saved millions with pre-existing conditions and set standards for care.

But now, more than a decade later, with what we now know, it’s time to take the insurance companies out of the mix.
The subsidies they get are enormous. We don’t need them as middlemen.

So happy to be here.