Amy Lynn Smith
@alswrite.bsky.social
Scribbler. Storyteller. Strategist. Speaker. | Public interest communicator: issue advocacy . social change | Concept wrangler. Coach. | Catalyst. Optimist. | M.A. Mass Comms/Public Interest Communications. | Views mine. | she/her | alswrite.com
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Amy Lynn Smith
@alswrite.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Now more than ever, communications need to make an impact that drives positive action. I'm a public interest communicator specializing in strategic storytelling and content strategy who advocates for systems and social change on a variety of issues. How can I help you do more good? alswrite.com
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Caving now will teach Trump and Republicans that they can win any fight simply by threatening to cause terrible harm to regular people. no possible way that could have future adverse consequences
November 10, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Caving now will teach Trump and Republicans that they can win any fight simply by threatening to cause terrible harm to regular people. no possible way that could have future adverse consequences
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Plenty of money for private jets. No money for your health care.
October 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Plenty of money for private jets. No money for your health care.
Attention must be paid.
The GOP’s antisemitism crisis
Nick Fuentes, Tucker Carlson, and the looming Republican civil war over Jews.
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Attention must be paid.
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Did you know that the GOP Congress has worked less than 20 days since July?
Yet we’re still paying their full salary.
Yet we’re still paying their full salary.
November 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Did you know that the GOP Congress has worked less than 20 days since July?
Yet we’re still paying their full salary.
Yet we’re still paying their full salary.
Don’t forget to vote today if there’s an election in your area. All the cool cats are doing it.
November 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Don’t forget to vote today if there’s an election in your area. All the cool cats are doing it.
Stunning photos — vivid visual storytelling.
Melissa Ann Pinney's photographs capture everyday moments of adolescence inside Chicago Public Schools over the course of a seven-year artist residency. n.pr/3JGsjU3
A photographer captures life inside Chicago Public Schools
Melissa Ann Pinney's photographs capture everyday moments of adolescence inside Chicago Public Schools over the course of a seven-year artist residency.
n.pr
November 2, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Stunning photos — vivid visual storytelling.
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Cool optics bro
November 1, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Cool optics bro
Open enrollment starts today (Nov. 1). Check healthcare.gov to start shopping — and remember that some premium tax credits are still available, depending on your income. And keep sharing your stories with anyone who asks. We need to make even more affordable care available to all.
I shared my health insurance story with @familiesusa.bsky.social -- and you can do the same. Elected officials need to understand what's at stake if they allow premiums to skyrocket: people's lives.
Amy Lynn Smith: Living Proof That the ACA Saves Lives
When the ACA Marketplace opened in the fall of 2013, Amy signed up for a plan that was exactly the same as the plan she’d bought directly through her insurance company. But instead of $1,400 a month, ...
familiesusa.org
November 1, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Open enrollment starts today (Nov. 1). Check healthcare.gov to start shopping — and remember that some premium tax credits are still available, depending on your income. And keep sharing your stories with anyone who asks. We need to make even more affordable care available to all.
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Happy Halloween 🎃👻💀
October 31, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Happy Halloween 🎃👻💀
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MILLIONS of Americans are receiving notices that their health insurance premiums will shoot through the roof next year thanks to Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress.
If that’s happening to you, I want to hear about it.
Share your story today: www.warren.senate.gov/health-care-...
If that’s happening to you, I want to hear about it.
Share your story today: www.warren.senate.gov/health-care-...
Share your health care story today
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
youtube.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:40 PM
MILLIONS of Americans are receiving notices that their health insurance premiums will shoot through the roof next year thanks to Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress.
If that’s happening to you, I want to hear about it.
Share your story today: www.warren.senate.gov/health-care-...
If that’s happening to you, I want to hear about it.
Share your story today: www.warren.senate.gov/health-care-...
True for all states. #vote
#ProudBlue #Voices4Victory
Hey Pennsylvania‼️
If you’re still holding onto your ballot, it’s TOO LATE TO MAIL. You must hand deliver it.
Make sure to sign & date the outer envelope before dropping it off.
Find your designated drop box location at vote.pa/return
Hey Pennsylvania‼️
If you’re still holding onto your ballot, it’s TOO LATE TO MAIL. You must hand deliver it.
Make sure to sign & date the outer envelope before dropping it off.
Find your designated drop box location at vote.pa/return
October 31, 2025 at 2:29 AM
True for all states. #vote
I shared my health insurance story with @familiesusa.bsky.social -- and you can do the same. Elected officials need to understand what's at stake if they allow premiums to skyrocket: people's lives.
Amy Lynn Smith: Living Proof That the ACA Saves Lives
When the ACA Marketplace opened in the fall of 2013, Amy signed up for a plan that was exactly the same as the plan she’d bought directly through her insurance company. But instead of $1,400 a month, ...
familiesusa.org
October 30, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I shared my health insurance story with @familiesusa.bsky.social -- and you can do the same. Elected officials need to understand what's at stake if they allow premiums to skyrocket: people's lives.
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This is an incredible LIE being told by the guy that manages the agency that oversees the ACA. It's obscene how easily, how frequently and how dramatically these Trump folks lie to us.
✅Fact check from the extremely reliable @kff.org (& no, KFF did not retract this.)
✅Fact check from the extremely reliable @kff.org (& no, KFF did not retract this.)
October 30, 2025 at 12:27 AM
This is an incredible LIE being told by the guy that manages the agency that oversees the ACA. It's obscene how easily, how frequently and how dramatically these Trump folks lie to us.
✅Fact check from the extremely reliable @kff.org (& no, KFF did not retract this.)
✅Fact check from the extremely reliable @kff.org (& no, KFF did not retract this.)
Get ready to #GetCovered. Open enrollment starts Nov. 1 and you only have until Dec. 15 to get coverage that starts Jan. 1, 2026. Check out this great resource from @familiesusa.bsky.social.
Getting Ready for Open Enrollment - Families USA
Families USA provides key things that every consumer needs to know about this year’s open enrollment running from November 1 to January 15.
familiesusa.org
October 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Get ready to #GetCovered. Open enrollment starts Nov. 1 and you only have until Dec. 15 to get coverage that starts Jan. 1, 2026. Check out this great resource from @familiesusa.bsky.social.
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(sigh) It wasn't a lot of fun to put together this year, but here it is: My official 2026 #ACA Open Enrollment Period Tip Guide.
Twelve important tips to keep in mind before you #GetCovered (some of which are even more important this year)
acasignups.net/25/10/27/slo...
Twelve important tips to keep in mind before you #GetCovered (some of which are even more important this year)
acasignups.net/25/10/27/slo...
Slouching towards Enrollment: My 2026 ACA OEP Guide
Almost exactly a year ago I began my 2025 ACA Open Enrollment Period guide with the following words: This is the best OEP ever for the ACA for several reasons: The expanded/enhanced premium subsidies ...
acasignups.net
October 27, 2025 at 6:40 PM
(sigh) It wasn't a lot of fun to put together this year, but here it is: My official 2026 #ACA Open Enrollment Period Tip Guide.
Twelve important tips to keep in mind before you #GetCovered (some of which are even more important this year)
acasignups.net/25/10/27/slo...
Twelve important tips to keep in mind before you #GetCovered (some of which are even more important this year)
acasignups.net/25/10/27/slo...
New season, updated profile pic, from my go-to: LAF Lines Photography.
ID: A black-and-white photo of a woman with longish blonde hair, smiling slyly and looking off to the side like she's dreaming big!
ID: A black-and-white photo of a woman with longish blonde hair, smiling slyly and looking off to the side like she's dreaming big!
October 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
New season, updated profile pic, from my go-to: LAF Lines Photography.
ID: A black-and-white photo of a woman with longish blonde hair, smiling slyly and looking off to the side like she's dreaming big!
ID: A black-and-white photo of a woman with longish blonde hair, smiling slyly and looking off to the side like she's dreaming big!
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Absolutely — every vote matters, and voting accordingly means choosing leaders who reflect truth, integrity, and a genuine commitment to justice and democracy.
October 20, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Absolutely — every vote matters, and voting accordingly means choosing leaders who reflect truth, integrity, and a genuine commitment to justice and democracy.
Please vote accordingly.
After the largest national protest in American history where 7 million pro-democracy anti-authoritarianism patriots peacefully protested
Trump’s approval rating droped to 37%
Is his approval rating going to continue to drop?
Trump’s approval rating droped to 37%
Is his approval rating going to continue to drop?
October 20, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Please vote accordingly.
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Trump and the Republicans are denying you healthcare while they supply Kristi Noem with two luxury Gulfstream private jets for $172,000,000.
Facts.
Facts.
October 18, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Trump and the Republicans are denying you healthcare while they supply Kristi Noem with two luxury Gulfstream private jets for $172,000,000.
Facts.
Facts.
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There's some research that suggests the more severe symptoms you experience with Covid can increase your risk of Long Covid. It such a failure of public health and the media that there isn't an encouragement of getting the Covid vax, which can reduce severe Covid cases, let alone masking.
And, no, I don't care if that sounds harsh. All the people memory holing and pretending COVID is over are why my mother and those around her refused to take it seriously. At every level we failed: from public health to heads of state and politicians to physicians and media and communities.
October 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM
There's some research that suggests the more severe symptoms you experience with Covid can increase your risk of Long Covid. It such a failure of public health and the media that there isn't an encouragement of getting the Covid vax, which can reduce severe Covid cases, let alone masking.
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So no terrorism then?
October 18, 2025 at 8:26 PM
So no terrorism then?
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This morning, I was hit in the face by a baton.
I’m going to have a pretty gnarly bruise but we need to remember why this is happening: Trump and ICE are rounding up our neighbors, treating them as subhuman, and shipping them off to labor camps in foreign countries. It has to end.
I’m going to have a pretty gnarly bruise but we need to remember why this is happening: Trump and ICE are rounding up our neighbors, treating them as subhuman, and shipping them off to labor camps in foreign countries. It has to end.
October 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
This morning, I was hit in the face by a baton.
I’m going to have a pretty gnarly bruise but we need to remember why this is happening: Trump and ICE are rounding up our neighbors, treating them as subhuman, and shipping them off to labor camps in foreign countries. It has to end.
I’m going to have a pretty gnarly bruise but we need to remember why this is happening: Trump and ICE are rounding up our neighbors, treating them as subhuman, and shipping them off to labor camps in foreign countries. It has to end.