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The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
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There were already 50 year mortgages in places like San Francisco. It means the house “buyers” never actually own the house. You’re just renting from the bank instead from a landlord. Think twice before you do this to yourself. In some markets there is little choice. But in many walk away. 🏠💸
The proposal was met with a mixed reception from critics.
Trump Admin Says It’s Working On 50-Year Mortgages—Here’s What Buyers Could Pay
The proposal was met with a mixed reception from critics.
www.forbes.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:16 AM
There were already 50 year mortgages in places like San Francisco. It means the house “buyers” never actually own the house. You’re just renting from the bank instead from a landlord. Think twice before you do this to yourself. In some markets there is little choice. But in many walk away. 🏠💸
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Average healthcare costs in the US:
Giving birth? $18,000
Cancer treatment? $150,000
One month ICU stay? Between 30k and 150k.
That’s not including copays, deductibles, interest and all the other hoops you have to jump through.
Cost in Canada? $0.
Cost in the UK? $0.
Cost in Australia? $0.
Giving birth? $18,000
Cancer treatment? $150,000
One month ICU stay? Between 30k and 150k.
That’s not including copays, deductibles, interest and all the other hoops you have to jump through.
Cost in Canada? $0.
Cost in the UK? $0.
Cost in Australia? $0.
November 11, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Average healthcare costs in the US:
Giving birth? $18,000
Cancer treatment? $150,000
One month ICU stay? Between 30k and 150k.
That’s not including copays, deductibles, interest and all the other hoops you have to jump through.
Cost in Canada? $0.
Cost in the UK? $0.
Cost in Australia? $0.
Giving birth? $18,000
Cancer treatment? $150,000
One month ICU stay? Between 30k and 150k.
That’s not including copays, deductibles, interest and all the other hoops you have to jump through.
Cost in Canada? $0.
Cost in the UK? $0.
Cost in Australia? $0.
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Tibalt was sadly returned back to us - his attempt at a forever home will have to go again. Any little donations on Ko-fi would be greatly appreciated as we have six cats and taking on another is a bit hard. ❤️😻
ko-fi.com/gristol
ko-fi.com/gristol
November 10, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Tibalt was sadly returned back to us - his attempt at a forever home will have to go again. Any little donations on Ko-fi would be greatly appreciated as we have six cats and taking on another is a bit hard. ❤️😻
ko-fi.com/gristol
ko-fi.com/gristol
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Dr Oz has been saying all along that people must “prove they matter” to get healthcare.
He’s a eugenicist.
Their plan is to kill off the disabled, elderly and anyone they see as a “useless eater”.
Keep calling your elected officials and demand Dems hold the line!
He’s a eugenicist.
Their plan is to kill off the disabled, elderly and anyone they see as a “useless eater”.
Keep calling your elected officials and demand Dems hold the line!
BARTIROMO: How do you want this to play out once the ACA subsidies expire?
DR OZ: We have lots of great ideas, but I don't want to show our cards. As the president often says, why would I telegraph to you what we're gonna do?
DR OZ: We have lots of great ideas, but I don't want to show our cards. As the president often says, why would I telegraph to you what we're gonna do?
November 11, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Dr Oz has been saying all along that people must “prove they matter” to get healthcare.
He’s a eugenicist.
Their plan is to kill off the disabled, elderly and anyone they see as a “useless eater”.
Keep calling your elected officials and demand Dems hold the line!
He’s a eugenicist.
Their plan is to kill off the disabled, elderly and anyone they see as a “useless eater”.
Keep calling your elected officials and demand Dems hold the line!
Good news, it was in fact just 3 chronic conditions in a trench-coat and not an actual emergency! Heading home now 💜
Currently at the ER but not for anything too scary, I was just sent here by immediate care bc of chest pain but I’m pretty certain it’s just 3 chronic illnesses in a trenchcoat masquerading as something bad 😂
Very grateful for access to medical care. Not grateful for how expensive this will be.
Very grateful for access to medical care. Not grateful for how expensive this will be.
November 11, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Good news, it was in fact just 3 chronic conditions in a trench-coat and not an actual emergency! Heading home now 💜
Currently at the ER but not for anything too scary, I was just sent here by immediate care bc of chest pain but I’m pretty certain it’s just 3 chronic illnesses in a trenchcoat masquerading as something bad 😂
Very grateful for access to medical care. Not grateful for how expensive this will be.
Very grateful for access to medical care. Not grateful for how expensive this will be.
November 11, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Currently at the ER but not for anything too scary, I was just sent here by immediate care bc of chest pain but I’m pretty certain it’s just 3 chronic illnesses in a trenchcoat masquerading as something bad 😂
Very grateful for access to medical care. Not grateful for how expensive this will be.
Very grateful for access to medical care. Not grateful for how expensive this will be.
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So, do we all agree that the Democrats breaking the line on this shutdown are almost certainly doing so as preselected sacrifices on behalf of their party because none of them are up for reelection this cycle and all of their personal explanations suck?
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 AM
So, do we all agree that the Democrats breaking the line on this shutdown are almost certainly doing so as preselected sacrifices on behalf of their party because none of them are up for reelection this cycle and all of their personal explanations suck?
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These 8 Senators sold us out to Trump:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Understand This Fact: Chuck Schumer is behind this. None of these 8 are up for reelection in 2026. Schumer asked them vote yes—they agreed. He's such a coward that he folded and won't even own it.
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Understand This Fact: Chuck Schumer is behind this. None of these 8 are up for reelection in 2026. Schumer asked them vote yes—they agreed. He's such a coward that he folded and won't even own it.
November 10, 2025 at 2:59 AM
These 8 Senators sold us out to Trump:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Understand This Fact: Chuck Schumer is behind this. None of these 8 are up for reelection in 2026. Schumer asked them vote yes—they agreed. He's such a coward that he folded and won't even own it.
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Understand This Fact: Chuck Schumer is behind this. None of these 8 are up for reelection in 2026. Schumer asked them vote yes—they agreed. He's such a coward that he folded and won't even own it.
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Healthcare premiums are about to go through the roof.
Food assistance will still be cut.
Billionaires, insurance companies amd corporations are the only winners tonight.
Now more than ever we need folks to wear a mask.
People can’t afford to get sick.
Masking is resistance!
Food assistance will still be cut.
Billionaires, insurance companies amd corporations are the only winners tonight.
Now more than ever we need folks to wear a mask.
People can’t afford to get sick.
Masking is resistance!
November 10, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Healthcare premiums are about to go through the roof.
Food assistance will still be cut.
Billionaires, insurance companies amd corporations are the only winners tonight.
Now more than ever we need folks to wear a mask.
People can’t afford to get sick.
Masking is resistance!
Food assistance will still be cut.
Billionaires, insurance companies amd corporations are the only winners tonight.
Now more than ever we need folks to wear a mask.
People can’t afford to get sick.
Masking is resistance!
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How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
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Disabled people tried to warn you.
We said that the rising eugenicist sentiment that accelerated during the “back to normal” phase of Covid would eventually hurt everyone
The new healthcare plan for America appears to be:
Don’t get sick
If you do get sick, it’s your fault
If you can’t pay, die
We said that the rising eugenicist sentiment that accelerated during the “back to normal” phase of Covid would eventually hurt everyone
The new healthcare plan for America appears to be:
Don’t get sick
If you do get sick, it’s your fault
If you can’t pay, die
November 9, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Disabled people tried to warn you.
We said that the rising eugenicist sentiment that accelerated during the “back to normal” phase of Covid would eventually hurt everyone
The new healthcare plan for America appears to be:
Don’t get sick
If you do get sick, it’s your fault
If you can’t pay, die
We said that the rising eugenicist sentiment that accelerated during the “back to normal” phase of Covid would eventually hurt everyone
The new healthcare plan for America appears to be:
Don’t get sick
If you do get sick, it’s your fault
If you can’t pay, die
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If defending capitalism means making it possible for cancer survivors to have their access to healthcare taken away from them for any reason then I oppose capitalism. That should be the bare minimum position.
I am a cancer survivor who is still within the recurrence window. If we lose our jobs and I have a recurrence I will die.
November 10, 2025 at 4:28 AM
If defending capitalism means making it possible for cancer survivors to have their access to healthcare taken away from them for any reason then I oppose capitalism. That should be the bare minimum position.
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We have updated our call script so you can let your Senators know how you feel about this (TERRIBLE) deal they just advanced...
👉🏽 5calls.org/issue/federa...
👉🏽 5calls.org/issue/federa...
UPDATE: Senate votes to advance a tentative deal to end the government shutdown, clearing a key hurdle.
Senators reach tentative deal to end the government shutdown
The deal, negotiated by a group of Democrats and GOP leaders, funds the government through Jan. 30. If it passes, it will still need to clear the House, which will likely take days.
nbcnews.to
November 10, 2025 at 4:23 AM
We have updated our call script so you can let your Senators know how you feel about this (TERRIBLE) deal they just advanced...
👉🏽 5calls.org/issue/federa...
👉🏽 5calls.org/issue/federa...
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A simple plan
Here are the names, do not vote for them as they do not represent or respect their constituents.
Here are the names, do not vote for them as they do not represent or respect their constituents.
November 10, 2025 at 4:39 AM
A simple plan
Here are the names, do not vote for them as they do not represent or respect their constituents.
Here are the names, do not vote for them as they do not represent or respect their constituents.
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even when the democratic party has leverage and one of the craziest election swings the party intentionally self immolates it’s just so exhausting what is even the point of these people
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
even when the democratic party has leverage and one of the craziest election swings the party intentionally self immolates it’s just so exhausting what is even the point of these people
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The 8 Dems who voted against ACA are embracing eugenics.
This decision will disproportionately harm disabled people.
Many Disabled people have pre existing conditions & won’t be able to afford insurance.
Many live in legislated poverty.
Guess we aren’t dying fast enough for them
This decision will disproportionately harm disabled people.
Many Disabled people have pre existing conditions & won’t be able to afford insurance.
Many live in legislated poverty.
Guess we aren’t dying fast enough for them
November 10, 2025 at 4:44 AM
The 8 Dems who voted against ACA are embracing eugenics.
This decision will disproportionately harm disabled people.
Many Disabled people have pre existing conditions & won’t be able to afford insurance.
Many live in legislated poverty.
Guess we aren’t dying fast enough for them
This decision will disproportionately harm disabled people.
Many Disabled people have pre existing conditions & won’t be able to afford insurance.
Many live in legislated poverty.
Guess we aren’t dying fast enough for them
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I need more whims
So things are kinda suck right now. Post some whimsy. I'll go first
November 10, 2025 at 4:22 AM
I need more whims
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It really does seem like there's a decent chance that these senators screwed us because they don't want their personal Thanksgiving plans to be disrupted.
Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
November 10, 2025 at 4:21 AM
It really does seem like there's a decent chance that these senators screwed us because they don't want their personal Thanksgiving plans to be disrupted.
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This is what those 8 Dems just voted for
A return to a time when people died or became disabled because they couldn’t afford care
People are terrified tonight that they will have to start rationing meds
That they will lose their medical insurance
That they will die
Healthcare is a human right!
A return to a time when people died or became disabled because they couldn’t afford care
People are terrified tonight that they will have to start rationing meds
That they will lose their medical insurance
That they will die
Healthcare is a human right!
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 AM
This is what those 8 Dems just voted for
A return to a time when people died or became disabled because they couldn’t afford care
People are terrified tonight that they will have to start rationing meds
That they will lose their medical insurance
That they will die
Healthcare is a human right!
A return to a time when people died or became disabled because they couldn’t afford care
People are terrified tonight that they will have to start rationing meds
That they will lose their medical insurance
That they will die
Healthcare is a human right!
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You should want other ppl to do well. Not to replicate whatever harm you resent because u feel that's the only way to process your trauma.
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
You should want other ppl to do well. Not to replicate whatever harm you resent because u feel that's the only way to process your trauma.
Don’t mind me, just overthinking what villagers I eventually want on my ACNH island 😂
I’ve decided to get rid of 4 or 5 of my current ones (all but 2 were random):
I’m keeping Zell, Ione, Pashmina, Sherb, and Rosie
I might get rid of Ava
I’m kicking out Sheldon, Whitney, Patty, and Kabuki
I’ve decided to get rid of 4 or 5 of my current ones (all but 2 were random):
I’m keeping Zell, Ione, Pashmina, Sherb, and Rosie
I might get rid of Ava
I’m kicking out Sheldon, Whitney, Patty, and Kabuki
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Don’t mind me, just overthinking what villagers I eventually want on my ACNH island 😂
I’ve decided to get rid of 4 or 5 of my current ones (all but 2 were random):
I’m keeping Zell, Ione, Pashmina, Sherb, and Rosie
I might get rid of Ava
I’m kicking out Sheldon, Whitney, Patty, and Kabuki
I’ve decided to get rid of 4 or 5 of my current ones (all but 2 were random):
I’m keeping Zell, Ione, Pashmina, Sherb, and Rosie
I might get rid of Ava
I’m kicking out Sheldon, Whitney, Patty, and Kabuki