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Dan Wentzel
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· Sep 15
Thank you, Veterans! We are so grateful for your service! ❤
November 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Thank you, Veterans! We are so grateful for your service! ❤
This will be of small relief to some, but when Republicans gut the ACA subsidies and Medicaid, they are not able to repeal the essential insurance reforms in the ACA themselves.
The ban on denying coverage or charging more for pre-existing conditions would remain in statute.
The ban on denying coverage or charging more for pre-existing conditions would remain in statute.
November 11, 2025 at 6:21 PM
This will be of small relief to some, but when Republicans gut the ACA subsidies and Medicaid, they are not able to repeal the essential insurance reforms in the ACA themselves.
The ban on denying coverage or charging more for pre-existing conditions would remain in statute.
The ban on denying coverage or charging more for pre-existing conditions would remain in statute.
It is 11/11. Wishing all of you miracles and manifestations of your hearts desires today (and every day).
November 11, 2025 at 1:14 PM
It is 11/11. Wishing all of you miracles and manifestations of your hearts desires today (and every day).
Thank you, California! ❤️
Thank you to our LGBTQ elders who blazed the trail for us.
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/11/cali...
#LGBTQ
Thank you to our LGBTQ elders who blazed the trail for us.
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/11/cali...
#LGBTQ
California's Supreme Court upholds LGBTQ+ protections for elders in long-term care - LGBTQ Nation
It upheld a state law protecting LGBTQ+ elders' rights to live free from harassment.
www.lgbtqnation.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Thank you, California! ❤️
Thank you to our LGBTQ elders who blazed the trail for us.
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/11/cali...
#LGBTQ
Thank you to our LGBTQ elders who blazed the trail for us.
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/11/cali...
#LGBTQ
Democrats are not to blame for the gutting of the ACA, Medicaid, and soon Medicare..
A Trump / Republican trifecta implementing Project 2025 is doing that.
I don't like how the shutdown ended, but it has always been the Republicans plan to gut health care. This is their project. Blame Republicans.
A Trump / Republican trifecta implementing Project 2025 is doing that.
I don't like how the shutdown ended, but it has always been the Republicans plan to gut health care. This is their project. Blame Republicans.
November 11, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Democrats are not to blame for the gutting of the ACA, Medicaid, and soon Medicare..
A Trump / Republican trifecta implementing Project 2025 is doing that.
I don't like how the shutdown ended, but it has always been the Republicans plan to gut health care. This is their project. Blame Republicans.
A Trump / Republican trifecta implementing Project 2025 is doing that.
I don't like how the shutdown ended, but it has always been the Republicans plan to gut health care. This is their project. Blame Republicans.
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The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.
November 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.
We should put propositions on state ballots for health care banning pre-existing medical conditions. Enshrine the federal protections into state law, while we pursue Medicare-for-All.
November 11, 2025 at 3:25 AM
We should put propositions on state ballots for health care banning pre-existing medical conditions. Enshrine the federal protections into state law, while we pursue Medicare-for-All.
November 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
If the cost of your health insurance goes up, and your ability to buy food goes down, that's all on Republicans.
Republicans refuse to repeal Trump's unauthortized sky high tariffs and voted for Project 2025's gutting of ACA and Medicaid, and soon Medicare.
Take it out on Republicans.
Republicans refuse to repeal Trump's unauthortized sky high tariffs and voted for Project 2025's gutting of ACA and Medicaid, and soon Medicare.
Take it out on Republicans.
November 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
If the cost of your health insurance goes up, and your ability to buy food goes down, that's all on Republicans.
Republicans refuse to repeal Trump's unauthortized sky high tariffs and voted for Project 2025's gutting of ACA and Medicaid, and soon Medicare.
Take it out on Republicans.
Republicans refuse to repeal Trump's unauthortized sky high tariffs and voted for Project 2025's gutting of ACA and Medicaid, and soon Medicare.
Take it out on Republicans.
Passing universal health care legislatively in California would make Gavin Newsom a shoo-in for the Presidential nomination.
Or, we could put CalCare on the ballot in 2026.
Or, we could put CalCare on the ballot in 2026.
November 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Passing universal health care legislatively in California would make Gavin Newsom a shoo-in for the Presidential nomination.
Or, we could put CalCare on the ballot in 2026.
Or, we could put CalCare on the ballot in 2026.
A Democratic Party that takes campaign donations from the corporate health insurance lobby will never pass Medicare-for-All.
People who want universal health care will have to change the major center-left party first.
There are 16 blue state trifectas. Start there for universal health care.
People who want universal health care will have to change the major center-left party first.
There are 16 blue state trifectas. Start there for universal health care.
November 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
A Democratic Party that takes campaign donations from the corporate health insurance lobby will never pass Medicare-for-All.
People who want universal health care will have to change the major center-left party first.
There are 16 blue state trifectas. Start there for universal health care.
People who want universal health care will have to change the major center-left party first.
There are 16 blue state trifectas. Start there for universal health care.
Let a thousand Mamdani's bloom.
November 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Let a thousand Mamdani's bloom.
I am going to encourage people to move on what is next for health care.
Nominate Democrats who support universal health care.
State legislatures reconvene in January. The gutting of the ACA and Medicaid requires states to step up.
Nominate Democrats who support universal health care.
State legislatures reconvene in January. The gutting of the ACA and Medicaid requires states to step up.
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I am going to encourage people to move on what is next for health care.
Nominate Democrats who support universal health care.
State legislatures reconvene in January. The gutting of the ACA and Medicaid requires states to step up.
Nominate Democrats who support universal health care.
State legislatures reconvene in January. The gutting of the ACA and Medicaid requires states to step up.
If Democrats had caved when they were losing, it at least would have made logical sense.
Choosing donors' flights over health care for the poor when they were winning shows just how rotten to the core the system is.
So change the system. Easier said than done, but most worthwhile things are.
Choosing donors' flights over health care for the poor when they were winning shows just how rotten to the core the system is.
So change the system. Easier said than done, but most worthwhile things are.
November 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
If Democrats had caved when they were losing, it at least would have made logical sense.
Choosing donors' flights over health care for the poor when they were winning shows just how rotten to the core the system is.
So change the system. Easier said than done, but most worthwhile things are.
Choosing donors' flights over health care for the poor when they were winning shows just how rotten to the core the system is.
So change the system. Easier said than done, but most worthwhile things are.
Watching big money donors get prioritized over voters make us angry.
We have two choices. We can get cynical and depressed or get into action.
Get ready to descend on state capitols to create state universal health care systems in January.
Transform the opposition into one that fights for you.
We have two choices. We can get cynical and depressed or get into action.
Get ready to descend on state capitols to create state universal health care systems in January.
Transform the opposition into one that fights for you.
November 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Watching big money donors get prioritized over voters make us angry.
We have two choices. We can get cynical and depressed or get into action.
Get ready to descend on state capitols to create state universal health care systems in January.
Transform the opposition into one that fights for you.
We have two choices. We can get cynical and depressed or get into action.
Get ready to descend on state capitols to create state universal health care systems in January.
Transform the opposition into one that fights for you.
The same corporate funded Democratic Party that responded to the rise of fascism and oligarchy with "norms" and "bipartisanship" because it didn't want to upset its big money donors won't save the USA from fascism and oligarchy.
We need something new — a new Democratic Party or a new party period.
We need something new — a new Democratic Party or a new party period.
November 10, 2025 at 6:57 AM
The same corporate funded Democratic Party that responded to the rise of fascism and oligarchy with "norms" and "bipartisanship" because it didn't want to upset its big money donors won't save the USA from fascism and oligarchy.
We need something new — a new Democratic Party or a new party period.
We need something new — a new Democratic Party or a new party period.
Nailed it
November 10, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Nailed it
Prediction:
Schumer gets his "vote". Collins, Murkowski, and Tills get to vote "no" to pretend to be moderates. Vance makes the tie breaking Senate vote to end ACA subsidies. Corporate news media gets a lot off drama for something pre-scripted.
Bad kabuki theatre.
What are we building next?
Schumer gets his "vote". Collins, Murkowski, and Tills get to vote "no" to pretend to be moderates. Vance makes the tie breaking Senate vote to end ACA subsidies. Corporate news media gets a lot off drama for something pre-scripted.
Bad kabuki theatre.
What are we building next?
November 10, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Prediction:
Schumer gets his "vote". Collins, Murkowski, and Tills get to vote "no" to pretend to be moderates. Vance makes the tie breaking Senate vote to end ACA subsidies. Corporate news media gets a lot off drama for something pre-scripted.
Bad kabuki theatre.
What are we building next?
Schumer gets his "vote". Collins, Murkowski, and Tills get to vote "no" to pretend to be moderates. Vance makes the tie breaking Senate vote to end ACA subsidies. Corporate news media gets a lot off drama for something pre-scripted.
Bad kabuki theatre.
What are we building next?
Here is a map of the blue state trifectas before Tuesday. We can add Virginia now.
All 16 of these states need to have a universal health care plan ready to legislate when their legislatures re-convene.
The gutting of the ACA and Medicaid is horrific. Medicare and Social Security are next.
All 16 of these states need to have a universal health care plan ready to legislate when their legislatures re-convene.
The gutting of the ACA and Medicaid is horrific. Medicare and Social Security are next.
November 10, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Here is a map of the blue state trifectas before Tuesday. We can add Virginia now.
All 16 of these states need to have a universal health care plan ready to legislate when their legislatures re-convene.
The gutting of the ACA and Medicaid is horrific. Medicare and Social Security are next.
All 16 of these states need to have a universal health care plan ready to legislate when their legislatures re-convene.
The gutting of the ACA and Medicaid is horrific. Medicare and Social Security are next.
In case anyone thought from five days ago that a blue tsunami still led by its corporate wing would save the USA from oligarchy and fascism, they just got a bucket of ice water thrown on them.
New wine cannot be poured into an old wineskin.
So what are we building next?
New wine cannot be poured into an old wineskin.
So what are we building next?
November 10, 2025 at 5:38 AM
In case anyone thought from five days ago that a blue tsunami still led by its corporate wing would save the USA from oligarchy and fascism, they just got a bucket of ice water thrown on them.
New wine cannot be poured into an old wineskin.
So what are we building next?
New wine cannot be poured into an old wineskin.
So what are we building next?
Should the NY State Working Families Party go national?
What if it rebranded itself as the "Labor Party" as similar parties have in Europe and Oceania?
Discuss.
What if it rebranded itself as the "Labor Party" as similar parties have in Europe and Oceania?
Discuss.
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Should the NY State Working Families Party go national?
What if it rebranded itself as the "Labor Party" as similar parties have in Europe and Oceania?
Discuss.
What if it rebranded itself as the "Labor Party" as similar parties have in Europe and Oceania?
Discuss.
I don't want to see a single fundraising text or email.
I want to hear what the recently created blue state public health alliance is going to do to maximize the powers in the 10th Amendment to bring universal health care to the people in our states after the ACA collapses in January.
I want to hear what the recently created blue state public health alliance is going to do to maximize the powers in the 10th Amendment to bring universal health care to the people in our states after the ACA collapses in January.
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 AM
I don't want to see a single fundraising text or email.
I want to hear what the recently created blue state public health alliance is going to do to maximize the powers in the 10th Amendment to bring universal health care to the people in our states after the ACA collapses in January.
I want to hear what the recently created blue state public health alliance is going to do to maximize the powers in the 10th Amendment to bring universal health care to the people in our states after the ACA collapses in January.
The needs of rich people to fly on planes matters more than the needs of the poor to have health care in this dying country.
November 10, 2025 at 1:29 AM
The needs of rich people to fly on planes matters more than the needs of the poor to have health care in this dying country.
If it true that Senate Democrats caved, that would be terrible.
But I am very clear that it is Trump and Republicans who are taking food and health care away from tens of millions of people while giving giant unnecessary tax cuts to billionaires and building guilded ballrooms.
But I am very clear that it is Trump and Republicans who are taking food and health care away from tens of millions of people while giving giant unnecessary tax cuts to billionaires and building guilded ballrooms.
November 10, 2025 at 12:24 AM
If it true that Senate Democrats caved, that would be terrible.
But I am very clear that it is Trump and Republicans who are taking food and health care away from tens of millions of people while giving giant unnecessary tax cuts to billionaires and building guilded ballrooms.
But I am very clear that it is Trump and Republicans who are taking food and health care away from tens of millions of people while giving giant unnecessary tax cuts to billionaires and building guilded ballrooms.
The needs of the wealthy to fly outweigh the needs of the poor to eat and have access to health care.
November 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
The needs of the wealthy to fly outweigh the needs of the poor to eat and have access to health care.