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Leaders We Deserve is ecstatic over Christian Menefee's advancement to the #TX18 runoff. He took the Trump Administration to court, and won. When businesses tried to price-gouge families during storms, he held them accountable. We need next-generation leaders like Christian in Congress.

We had Zohran's back. We'll have yours. Run for office.

Nancy Pelosi passed the ACA, got us the first major federal gun violence prevention bill in 30 years, and as the first woman elected House Speaker, delivered the votes...every single time. Thank you, Speaker Pelosi, for making room for the next generation to lead.

Understanding the Health Insurance Marketplaces | KFF These resources are for anyone shopping (or helping someone shop) for health coverage within the health insurance marketplaces created through the Affordable Care Act (also known as the ACA or Obamacare.)

The ACA Marketplace Open Enrollment season began November 1.

With it comes looming changes to the enhanced premium tax credits, higher premium payments, changes to Marketplace eligibility rules, and more.

Our updated ACA resources can help guide you through the changes: https://on.kff.org/3NPfMfE

Making KFF Less Mysterious Again In one of his occasional columns about “us,” President and CEO, Dr. Drew Altman, addresses how KFF, which combines policy research, polling and journalism in one organization, operates and why we’re c...

We are KFF. Just K-F-F. We do policy research, polling, and journalism. Different things, but all with the aim of informing health policy debates.
@drewaltman.bsky.social
www.kff.org/from-drew-al...

Federal judge issues temporary restraining order, finding substandard conditions at Broadview immigration facility A federal judge on Wednesday ordered government officials to provide immigration detainees at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview enough food, water and bed space.

A federal judge on Wednesday ordered government officials to provide immigration detainees enough food, water and bed space, among other remedies, finding that the conditions at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding facility in Broadview do not “pass constitutional muster.”

CHICAGO: “My uncle was on his way home from getting groceries on his bike — they grabbed him and choked him and punched him… he’s a kind hardworking man. They’re racially profiling people.”

Trump’s ICE goons put an elderly man in the hospital and nearly choked him to death.

Some doctors say the chemicals all around us—from golf courses to dry cleaners—may be increasing our risk of Parkinson’s disease, the fastest-growing neurodegenerative disease in the world.

🔗 Read more: on.wsj.com/4omgMZ0

The Authoritarian Stack How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next

«Silicon Valley isn’t building apps anymore.
It’s building empires.»

The Authoritarian Stack: A mapping of firms, funds, and political actors turning core state functions into private platforms, by @francescabria.bsky.social et. al. for @fesonline.bsky.social
www.authoritarian-stack.info

The Shot in the Eye Squad After losing a retina to "less lethal" police munitions during a George Floyd protest, I decided to start a club.

In 2021, we published a series of portraits and interviews with people shot in the eye during the George Floyd protests.

One of them, Soren Stevenson, just won his race for Minneapolis City Council.

The Authoritarian Stack How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next

Please take a minute to scroll through this—and share it.
It's the story of our time.

The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.

www.authoritarian-stack.info

I love that Ingraham actually says the sentence!

(The chyron "BY WINNING, DEMOCRATS ARE ACTUALLY LOSING" appears just after)

(Her argument is that voters will now see how terrible Dems' policies are and how high taxes will be and leave for red states.)

Thank you, New York City. Together we made history.

Now let’s get to work.

transition2025.com

Zohran and AOC, smiling together in a restaurant.

Zohran and AOC sitting together at a table.

Nepalese food at Laliguras Bistro, including chili chicken with tingmo bread and aloo dum

A busy first day as your Mayor-elect: early morning interviews, transition announcements and meetings. More to say on all of it tomorrow.

But a highlight was lunch with my Congresswoman @aoc.bsky.social at Laliguras Bistro in Jackson Heights.

A healthy democracy for all starts with one vote: yours.

Join voters across the country today and make your voice heard this Election Day. Visit vote.org to find your polling place.

We’re back in court today because President Trump is refusing to fully fund SNAP benefits.

We’re filing a motion asking the court to force the administration to comply with their order and ensure 42 million people won’t go hungry.

While President Trump parties at Mar-a-Lago, we’re in court fighting for millions of people to receive vital food assistance.

Democracy is not a spectator sport – it requires people and communities fighting every day to protect it.

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/12/2026-midterms-trump-threat/684615/

It shouldn’t take a court order to force our President to provide essential nutrition that Congress has made clear needs to be provided.

But since that is what it takes, we will continue to use the courts to protect the rights of people.

This is immoral. See you in court.

Let them eat Hamburger Helper.

Elections are always about you.

THEY CELEBRATE AS COMMUNITIES STARVE.

THIS MOTHERFUCKER HELD A GREAT GATSBY PARTY WHILE 43 MILLION PEOPLE GO HUNGRY AND HEALTHCARE COSTS KEEP RISING.

Cashless bail, explained: What it is, how it works and why Trump is targeting it • Stateline Dozens of jurisdictions, including some states, have taken steps to change their bail systems, but there is no single definition of what constitutes “bail reform” or how such changes are applied.

Today, the U.S. Department of Justice is expected to release the list of states and localities that may lose federal funding under Trump’s executive orders on cashless bail. But what does “cashless bail” actually mean? I break it down in my latest for @stateline.org:

stateline.org/2025/09/23/c...

Stigma still keeps police from seeking mental health care, study finds • West Virginia Watch Police officers may face hundreds of traumatic incidents over their careers, but many still hesitate to seek mental health support.

New Study: "60% of surveyed officers said most of their peers wouldn’t disclose a mental health condition to a colleague, & nearly three-quarters believed officers wouldn’t tell a supervisor." Read @amandavhernan.bsky.social in Stateline/ @westvirginiawatch.com: westvirginiawatch.com/2025/07/30/s...

If everyone really wants to stop the mental health stigmas then, one, stop using the terms suicide, the word denotes a crime, two, stop using the words mental illness, three, get rid of anything with the letters psycho in the words. My fear of being labeled with these awful terms kept me from ask...

Half of college students say their mental health is ‘fair’ to ‘terrible,’ survey finds These issues may impact their trajectory, with large shares of learners reporting that they’re considering reducing their classload, transferring or dropping out.

Students struggling with mental health in college isn’t a new phenomena, but “the severity and pervasiveness have clearly worsened,” Annelle Primm, The Steve Fund’s senior medical director, said in an email. Read Danielle McLean via HigherEd Dive: www.highereddive.com/news/half-of...

If you can't leave, it's prison.