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Michael Neil

@michneil1793.bsky.social

Democratic Party activist. Disability, healthcare, economic, and climate activist. Volunteer: People's Action, Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition, and CO4UHC. Professional volunteer/troublemaker. Future professor and candidate for HD 2.

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File this under โ€œessential function.โ€ ๐Ÿคก

#Shutdown
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01.10.2025 17:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8497    ๐Ÿ” 3130    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 705    ๐Ÿ“Œ 450

And let's share this because Monica @softtail65.bsky.social is correct!!

26.09.2025 19:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Medicare should not be a cash cow that allows insurers
to rip off taxpayers.
NO PRIVATIZING
MEDICARE
Jay Brock

Medicare should not be a cash cow that allows insurers to rip off taxpayers. NO PRIVATIZING MEDICARE Jay Brock

Medicare should not be a cash cow that allows insurers
to rip off taxpayers.
NO PRIVATIZING
MEDICARE
Jay Brock

25.09.2025 20:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
We are the only first world country where the working people are afraid of their medical bills

We are the only first world country where the working people are afraid of their medical bills

We are the only first world country where the working people are afraid of their medical bills

25.09.2025 20:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Home | Michael Neil for Colorado HD2

Today is a GOOD day! My campaign website for House District 2 is up barring a few more photos on the issues page and alt-texting the photos (should be done by tomorrow and is a crucial part of my commitment to my disability community), it looks wonderful! Please check out michaelneilforcolorado.com

05.09.2025 22:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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and culinary staff a living wage...in year 2000 dollars, at least). I ask for your support as a volunteer, donator, or endorser (website to come). My ActBlue is secure.actblue/donate/donat...

26.08.2025 18:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

mployment, criminal justice issues, especially for neurodivergent folks...and, especially neurodivergent folks in communities of color), as well as fair labor rights (when I was in undergraduate school, I helped found Colorado College for Fair Labor which, for a time, gave our janitorial and...

26.08.2025 18:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I am incredibly excited to announce that I have filed for candidacy for Colorado House District 2! As a person with a disability who knows the troubles many of our citizens are facing regarding healthcare (as a former Medicaid and current Medicare recipient, I know the importance of single-payer

26.08.2025 18:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Thank you, Jeffrey!!!

17.08.2025 22:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I ask for your support as a volunteer, donator, or endorser (website to come). My ActBlue is secure.actblue.com/donate/donat... .

17.08.2025 21:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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as well as fair labor rights (when I was in undergraduate school, I helped found Colorado College for Fair Labor which, for a time, gave our janitorial and culinary staff a living wage...in year 2000 dollars, at least).

17.08.2025 21:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

(as a former Medicaid and current Medicare recipient, I know the importance of single-payer health insurance), employment, criminal justice issues, especially for neurodivergent folks...and, especially neurodivergent folks in communities of color),

17.08.2025 20:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I am incredibly excited to announce that I have filed for candidacy for Colorado House District 2! As a person with a disability who knows the troubles many of our citizens are facing regarding healthcare...

17.08.2025 20:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

...in year 2000 dollars, at least). I ask for your support as a volunteer, donator, or endorser (website to come). My ActBlue is secure.actblue.com/donate/donat...

17.08.2025 20:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Alex Lawson: We're outside the Energy & Commerce committee with folks risking arrest to protest the destruction of Medicaid which is what Republicans are doing right now in the committee room.

13.05.2025 19:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1379    ๐Ÿ” 471    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 30    ๐Ÿ“Œ 20

this is huge. especially in light of the Trump administration's refusal to return him to the US

18.04.2025 01:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Dear Lisa Murkowski,
I know you're all scared but you're also the ones who can stop him.
STOP HIM...

18.04.2025 01:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 158    ๐Ÿ” 42    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

NYT offends me daily. whether it's running terrible opinions or the absolute shit editorial positions they take on the news. I'm so over it after subscribing for TEN YEARS

18.04.2025 01:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Looking at you @bennet.senate.gov @hickenlooper.bsky.social @crow.house.gov At least show up at the Monday vigils at the ICE prison in Aurora. Show up!

18.04.2025 01:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Rawls - Justice and Fairness in Society
YouTube video by Philosophy Vibe Rawls - Justice and Fairness in Society

Rawlsian โ€œA Theory of Justice.โ€ Good when I studied it in the โ€˜70s. Good now.

youtu.be/z8KPozy0NII?...

18.04.2025 01:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Itโ€™s coming down to crunch time folks.
Advance polls open this weekend
Get the word out.
Strategic Voting is the way to crush the CPC out of MAGA mode.
Share to all other platforms!
Repost!
Tell family, Tell friends, Tell neighbours. Tell everyone you can!
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18.04.2025 01:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 51    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump's Tariff Gambit In another characteristically brash maneuver, Donald Trump has intensified his economic confrontation with Beijing, announcing an unprecedented 125

www.counterpunch.org/2025/04/17/t...

18.04.2025 02:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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To End Trumpism: A Tale of Three Reactions magine you are about to crack open a new book and begin reading. The opening sentenceย  goes like this: โ€œIt was the best of times, it was the worst of

www.counterpunch.org/2025/04/17/t...

18.04.2025 02:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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On a new โš–๏ธGREEN PLANET MONITORโš–๏ธ Pro-Palestinian student protester Catherine Curran-Groome speaks w/ host David Kattenburg about suing Columbia University for negligence, intentional infliction of emotional distress, harassment & endangerment:

www.greenplanetmonitor.net/podcast/ivor...

18.02.2025 14:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Are these simple enough terms for the moron in the White House to comprehend?

#tariffs

12.04.2025 22:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Impeach Trump Anyone who needs the benefits they paid into and needs them to help them in their retirement should join this campaign.  The Trump administration are going after reducing benefits for Medicare, S...

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/im...

06.04.2025 21:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

FIVE. FIVE. FIVE. FIVE. FIVE MILLION!!

TAKING IT TO THE STREETS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

06.04.2025 04:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Tens of thousands of protesters gather for 'Hands Off!' rally in Boston
YouTube video by WCVB Channel 5 Boston Tens of thousands of protesters gather for 'Hands Off!' rally in Boston

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgt_...

06.04.2025 04:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Carrie Ann Lucas Dies At Age 47. You Probably Haven't Heard Of Her And That's A Problem Well-known disability rights advocate Carrie Anne Lucas dies at age 47. Learn who was she and why you probably haven't heard of her.

Following the shock of this tragedy, I truly hope the executives at #UnitedHealthcare experience clarity to appreciate the enormity of the suffering their policy decisions have wrought, and to change the policies that prioritize profit over care. #copolitics

www.forbes.com/sites/sarahk...

05.12.2024 13:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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