@jalican.bsky.social

Public health, Emergency Medicine and democracy

616 Followers 617 Following 298 Posts Joined Nov 2023
18 hours ago

To be clear: the SAVE Act does not simply require the identification voting ALREADY requires. It demands proof of CITIZENSHIP— a birth certificate with a name that matches yours now (bye, bye, married women), or a passport— both of which are expensive and take a long time to obtain.

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So dark. Kushner raises billions for his fund while the family of a soldier killed in Truml’s war gets help on Go Fund Me: www.gofundme.com/f/major-alex...

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22 hours ago
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For Trump, a Promised Economic Boom Collides With the Costs of War

#BrokenTimes willful credulity. What "promised economic boom"? Stupid's economy was a shitshow, ruining Biden's boom, well before war. Now it's Trump's clusterfuck economy.
For Trump, a Promised Economic Boom Collides With the Costs of War www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/b...

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The is the federal government telling news stations to provide favorable coverage of the war or their licenses will be pulled.

A truly extraordinary moment.

We aren't on the verge of a totalitarian takeover. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.

Act like it.

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Americans are dying so that Kushner can make money

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2 days ago
Mar Espinar criticized Isabel Diaz Ayuso for her alignment with Trump during a government hearing: (English translation in the post)

“Cójase al mafioso de su jefe de Gabinete, tire para Mar-a-Lago y déjenos aquí — que somos más de los valientes de Minnesota”

Mar Espinar, Spain’s PSOE deputy, on Isabel Díaz Ayuso’s support for Trump:

“Take your mafioso chief of staff, go to Mar-a-Lago, and leave us here — because we are more like the brave ones from Minnesota”

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2 days ago
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Vance was ‘skeptical’ voice in White House on Iran strikes White House officials revealed that the vice president made his opposition known in the leadup.

Look who's having his underlings "leak" to reporters that he was never on board with this whole Iran war in the first place

www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

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3 days ago

The Trump administration could really restore confidence by getting the entire Cabinet to ride a tanker through the Straits of Hormuz to show everyone how safe and easy it is now.

They could bring along a lot of MAGA influencers and Fox News hosts to broadcast it all live!

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3 days ago

I keep seeing people ask about the 25th Amendment.

Guys. His entire Cabinet is walking around in shoes that don’t fit because they’re scared to take them off.

The 25th is never happening.

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5 days ago
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KENNEDY: You said, 'Republicans think can troll their way to ethnic cleansing.' Did I read that correctly?

BIER: DHS tweeted for 100m deportations. That would be ethnic cleansing!

K: You don't think it's hyperbolic?

B: I think advocating 100m deportations is ethnic cleansing. Yes. Your time is up

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1 week ago
Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio meets with Secretary Rubio

Enrique Tarrio and other Proud Boys were convicted of seditious conspiracy. Trump pardoned them.

Tarrio and his men planned the storming of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Tarrio even claimed credit for it, messaging others: “Make no mistake…We did this…”

Now he’s meeting with Sec. Rubio.

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6 days ago

If an official commits an impeachable offense and nobody acts to impeach, it is no longer an impeachable offense.

People who oppose impeachment as “pointless” because it seems unlikely to result in removal do not understand this very simple point and seem unwilling to even try to understand it.

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1 week ago

Why did you CHOOSE to use the wrong footage

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TAPPER: You know that if you vote against an additional $50 billion of funding for operations in Iran, that vote will be cast as you voting against the troops.

CHRIS MURPHY: Come on. The American people do not want this war. If you support the troops, you should be voting against this war.

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1 week ago
Statement of Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, “A Call to Conscience” - Statements - Archdiocese of Chicago - AoC Portal As more than 1,000 Iranian men, women and children lay dead after days of bombardment from U.S. and Israeli missiles, the official White House X account on Thursday evening posted a video of scenes fr...

Please please read this from the archbishop of Chicago

www.archchicago.org/statement/-/...

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1 week ago
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Yet another lie this administration has told, how may deaths have they hid from us?

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1 week ago
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Had to doublecheck the date on this

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1 week ago
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Reminder: This is #MarkwayneMullin running for the exits, like a scared schoolgirl, during the Jan 6 #maga insurrection.

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every R US Senator but Rand Paul owns this war, failed to uphold the Constitution and needs to get booted out.

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1 week ago
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Colorado governor signals he may free election denier Tina Peters Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold previously told Democracy Docket that Governor Jared Polis should not pardon Tina Peters.

Tina Peters was found guilty of three counts of attempting to influence a public servant along with four additional felony and misdemeanor counts. Beyond one count in common, it is not accurate to suggest that Peters’ and Sonya Jaquez Lewis’ actions or impacts are the same.

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They are ready to sacrifice you all.

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BREAKING: DOJ doesn’t want ethical standards to apply to their employees

Notably, after many of their lawyers have been taken to task by Judges across the country for their behavior - TN

www.democracydefendersfund.org/prs/06.05.25

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1 week ago
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Seems like the media should at least express some curiosity about this.

open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...

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1 week ago
Results: Progressives win all four of these primaries, ousting incumbents Cunningham, Willingham, and Majeed, while Pierce held off Wray’s comeback.

extraordinary night for state progressives in North Carolina

via boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...

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1 week ago

In 2023, 19% of in-network health insurance claims were denied by issuers on the federal marketplace.

Of those, less than 1% were appealed by patients.

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Crow: "Friday night, Trump filmed this tough video where he talked about the cost of war & how hard it's gonna be & how we're gonna lose troops, then he literally went behind the curtain & hosted a million dollar a plate dinner & dance party at Mar-a-Lago. That tells you everything you need to know"

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Welcome to Wyoming, the Frontier of America’s New Gilded Age

The richest Americans saw their net worth soar 120% from 2017-25 and the number of US billionaires jumped 50% to more than 900. Overall, the top 1% now control $55.8 trillion in assets — more than the GDP of the US and China combined. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/u...

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1 week ago

Those three downed jets run around $90 million each.

It cost $20 million a year to operate the food kitchens serving 816,000 people in Sudan.

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2 weeks ago
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With Rep. @crow.house.gov 100% - a combat vet with working class roots.

Caring for infrastructure, affordability, jobs > foreign adventures by draft dodging elites like Trump to enrich oil companies and advance Israeli and Saudi interests!

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