Dania Palanker
@ipersist.bsky.social
Health insurance, disability equity, pain policy. I will not sit quietly while they try to take health care and health research away from us.
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Dania Palanker
@ipersist.bsky.social
· Jun 13
My grandmother was a young pregnant Jewish woman alone on a train in Poland during WWII when a German soldier told her to get off at the next stop because there wouldn't be any soldiers waiting at the station. She survived because, in that moment, a soldier chose the right thing over obeying orders.
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And a third possibility is that they actually mean some sort of new individual health reimbursement account (HRA), not HSAs.
My point is, if Republicans don't actually know what acronym they're planning to use, maybe news outlets shouldn't be credulous about Republicans having a "plan."
My point is, if Republicans don't actually know what acronym they're planning to use, maybe news outlets shouldn't be credulous about Republicans having a "plan."
This is neither here nor there, but the distinction between a FSA and a HSA is actually pretty monumental — FSAs are use-it-or-lose-it, HSAs are not — and I don't think we actually know which one Trump(/Rick Scott/Bill Cassidy) is talking about in his new concepts of a plan
November 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
And a third possibility is that they actually mean some sort of new individual health reimbursement account (HRA), not HSAs.
My point is, if Republicans don't actually know what acronym they're planning to use, maybe news outlets shouldn't be credulous about Republicans having a "plan."
My point is, if Republicans don't actually know what acronym they're planning to use, maybe news outlets shouldn't be credulous about Republicans having a "plan."
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Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
Any democrat that votes for a budget that does not move significantly on health care is giving government benefits & services as we know them away to Vought, the Heritage Foundation & the GOP
The Trump administration is directing states to “immediately undo” any efforts taken to offer full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for this month.
www.notus.org/trump-white-...
www.notus.org/trump-white-...
Trump Administration Demands States ‘Undo’ Their Efforts to Pay Full SNAP Benefits
Nearly 42 million Americans rely on the federally funded food assistance program.
www.notus.org
November 9, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Any democrat that votes for a budget that does not move significantly on health care is giving government benefits & services as we know them away to Vought, the Heritage Foundation & the GOP
I hope someone sent DC sandwich guy a shirt from Katz's deli
November 6, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I hope someone sent DC sandwich guy a shirt from Katz's deli
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WGAE members, this is going to be such an amazing event on Zoom, with panelists @susanrinkunas.com of @autonomynews.co, Zora Howard, Eliza Hittman, and Caren Spruch of @ppfa.org, moderated by @melissahilfers.bsky.social! RSVP in the link!
What do we do when our reproductive rights are under attack? Stand up, write back! Join us for a virtual panel in which screenwriters, journalists and experts discuss how we can reframe reproductive freedom in our stories.
This event is only open to WGAE members. RSVP: wgaea.st/repro-freedom
This event is only open to WGAE members. RSVP: wgaea.st/repro-freedom
November 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM
WGAE members, this is going to be such an amazing event on Zoom, with panelists @susanrinkunas.com of @autonomynews.co, Zora Howard, Eliza Hittman, and Caren Spruch of @ppfa.org, moderated by @melissahilfers.bsky.social! RSVP in the link!
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Many have joked about the incongruence of this in the past few years but TEEN VOGUE was *a sharp and vital voice for US politics* and Lex here was a big reason why. This latest round of media layoffs is arguably worse than the CBS purge 😡
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Many have joked about the incongruence of this in the past few years but TEEN VOGUE was *a sharp and vital voice for US politics* and Lex here was a big reason why. This latest round of media layoffs is arguably worse than the CBS purge 😡
Be sure to check your kids' Halloween candy for Snickers, Kit Kats, & Reese's peanut butter cups, which, by the laws of Halloween, are to be eaten by the parents for Halloween dinner.
October 31, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Be sure to check your kids' Halloween candy for Snickers, Kit Kats, & Reese's peanut butter cups, which, by the laws of Halloween, are to be eaten by the parents for Halloween dinner.
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be sure to check your halloween candy, i just found a “be sure to check your halloween candy” meme from 2021 in my bag
October 31, 2025 at 10:52 PM
be sure to check your halloween candy, i just found a “be sure to check your halloween candy” meme from 2021 in my bag
Happy Halloween from Agnes DeMille who is off to dance at the Nevermore Academy ball.
October 31, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Happy Halloween from Agnes DeMille who is off to dance at the Nevermore Academy ball.
Can someone please remind me next September to make my kid's Halloween costume before Halloween week?
October 30, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Can someone please remind me next September to make my kid's Halloween costume before Halloween week?
DC is having to use its contingency reserve to pay for SNAP benefits because the federal government refuses to use their own contingency fund that exists for SNAP benefits.
The federal government pays $29 million a month for SNAP benefits in D.C., and $1.5 million for WIC (Women, Infants, and Children). Bowser says D.C. will cover the costs out of the city's contingency reserve.
October 30, 2025 at 9:34 PM
DC is having to use its contingency reserve to pay for SNAP benefits because the federal government refuses to use their own contingency fund that exists for SNAP benefits.
They keep saying & doings things that one would do if they are using the shutdown to rapidly eradicate quality of life for millions of citizens & residents in their own country in hopes that hunger, illness & despair drive people to violence that Trump will use to invoke the Insurrection Act.
October 29, 2025 at 2:36 AM
They keep saying & doings things that one would do if they are using the shutdown to rapidly eradicate quality of life for millions of citizens & residents in their own country in hopes that hunger, illness & despair drive people to violence that Trump will use to invoke the Insurrection Act.
@leximcmenamin.com and wearing sneakers instead of heels to dances give me a lot of hope for the younger generations
hello 29k followers, time for my periodic reintro to find lefty friends etc!
i'm the 1-person politics section at @teenvogue.com (feat. TV pics 😎) where I cover and edit coverage of youth organizing, abolition, LGBTQ rights + healthcare, student debt, climate, education, electoral politics + more 🫡
i'm the 1-person politics section at @teenvogue.com (feat. TV pics 😎) where I cover and edit coverage of youth organizing, abolition, LGBTQ rights + healthcare, student debt, climate, education, electoral politics + more 🫡
October 28, 2025 at 8:45 PM
@leximcmenamin.com and wearing sneakers instead of heels to dances give me a lot of hope for the younger generations
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I am interested in starting to hear from care workers on SNAP about your concerns. I'm @motherjones.com's disability reporter. Please be in touch. My email is jmetraux@motherjones.com and my Signal is juliametraux.49. Reposts are appreciated.
October 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I am interested in starting to hear from care workers on SNAP about your concerns. I'm @motherjones.com's disability reporter. Please be in touch. My email is jmetraux@motherjones.com and my Signal is juliametraux.49. Reposts are appreciated.
The Trump administration's priorities are perfectly clear during this shut down:
Illegally pay military salaries w/ illegally accepted funds while refusing to legally spend existing USDA funds to pay for food assistance for the lowest income in our country
Illegally pay military salaries w/ illegally accepted funds while refusing to legally spend existing USDA funds to pay for food assistance for the lowest income in our country
October 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The Trump administration's priorities are perfectly clear during this shut down:
Illegally pay military salaries w/ illegally accepted funds while refusing to legally spend existing USDA funds to pay for food assistance for the lowest income in our country
Illegally pay military salaries w/ illegally accepted funds while refusing to legally spend existing USDA funds to pay for food assistance for the lowest income in our country
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Fall of Freedom events, part of “a nationwide wave of creative resistance,” begin in November.
Fall of Freedom, “a nationwide wave of creative resistance,” starts next month.
Artists around the country are organizing events, making zines, and planning performances for next month’s Fall of Freedom, a “wave of creative resistance” in defiance of authoritarianism. And you&…
buff.ly
October 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Fall of Freedom events, part of “a nationwide wave of creative resistance,” begin in November.
I am considering it a patriotic duty to eat carrot cake any time I see good carrot cake to spite Oz
October 24, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I am considering it a patriotic duty to eat carrot cake any time I see good carrot cake to spite Oz
Change a letter, improve a law
The Affordable Mare Act of 2010
The Affordable Mare Act of 2010
Change a letter, ruin a law
The Affordable Hare Act of 2010
The Affordable Hare Act of 2010
Change a letter, ruin a law
The Affordable Dare Act of 2010
The Affordable Dare Act of 2010
October 24, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Change a letter, improve a law
The Affordable Mare Act of 2010
The Affordable Mare Act of 2010
Change a letter, ruin a law
The Affordable Hare Act of 2010
The Affordable Hare Act of 2010
Change a letter, ruin a law
The Affordable Dare Act of 2010
The Affordable Dare Act of 2010
Change a letter, ruin a law
The Brady Handgun Violence Pretention Act of 1993
The Brady Handgun Violence Pretention Act of 1993
October 24, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Change a letter, ruin a law
The Affordable Hare Act of 2010
The Affordable Hare Act of 2010
A change a letter, ruin a law
The Patient Projection and Affordable Care Acr
The Patient Projection and Affordable Care Acr
Change a letter, ruin a law
The Peace Corpse Act of 1961
The Peace Corpse Act of 1961
Change a letter, ruin a law
Inflation Seduction Act
Inflation Seduction Act
October 24, 2025 at 1:23 AM
A change a letter, ruin a law
The Patient Projection and Affordable Care Acr
The Patient Projection and Affordable Care Acr
I can't wait for the limited series starring David Tenant
October 24, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I can't wait for the limited series starring David Tenant
This could only have been put together and shared by someone who doesn't love New York City and doesn't really like most New Yorkers.
Also, why do the prostitutes look like the girls from The Craft with hangovers after a night of dark magic?
Also, why do the prostitutes look like the girls from The Craft with hangovers after a night of dark magic?
Andrew Cuomo’s campaign just posted — and quickly deleted — this AI-generated ad depicting “criminals for Zohran Mamdani.”
Features a Black man in a keffiyeh shoplifting, an abuser, a trespasser, a trafficker, a drug dealer, and a drunk driver all declaring support for Mamdani.
Features a Black man in a keffiyeh shoplifting, an abuser, a trespasser, a trafficker, a drug dealer, and a drunk driver all declaring support for Mamdani.
October 23, 2025 at 3:07 AM
This could only have been put together and shared by someone who doesn't love New York City and doesn't really like most New Yorkers.
Also, why do the prostitutes look like the girls from The Craft with hangovers after a night of dark magic?
Also, why do the prostitutes look like the girls from The Craft with hangovers after a night of dark magic?