Jill Shaffer Hammond
@jillshafham.bsky.social
Life-long graphic designer and Democrat. UU church lady. Companion to Savannah. Mom to Carpenter Man. Erstwhile NH state rep. Working on my 4th quarter century.
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“Tax and Spend” is what government does. Whether Dem or Repub, democratic or authoritarian. A good government will tax fairly and will spend appropriately.
My main problem with the proposed Trump #ballroom is its size. Seems way out of scale with the WH itself. Does anyone know how big a ballroom is really needed for state purposes?
Buildings on this 90k sq ft scale are convention centers. Maybe DJT wants to hold the Republican convention in it.
Buildings on this 90k sq ft scale are convention centers. Maybe DJT wants to hold the Republican convention in it.
October 25, 2025 at 10:26 PM
My main problem with the proposed Trump #ballroom is its size. Seems way out of scale with the WH itself. Does anyone know how big a ballroom is really needed for state purposes?
Buildings on this 90k sq ft scale are convention centers. Maybe DJT wants to hold the Republican convention in it.
Buildings on this 90k sq ft scale are convention centers. Maybe DJT wants to hold the Republican convention in it.
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@karaswisher.bsky.social @profgalloway.com @pivotpod.bsky.social You guys have the whole Qatari plane thing upside down. The Qs are sick of the old “palace” and are getting a new plane. They are punking Trump by giving him that white elephant, playing on his pretensions to monarchy.
May 18, 2025 at 9:22 PM
@karaswisher.bsky.social @profgalloway.com @pivotpod.bsky.social You guys have the whole Qatari plane thing upside down. The Qs are sick of the old “palace” and are getting a new plane. They are punking Trump by giving him that white elephant, playing on his pretensions to monarchy.
Good idea, but let’s go one better: dox any and all HSI or ICE agents we can identify *now*! “Just following orders” of a criminally immune leader is no defense. That was tried last century.
Like this idea from @jilldlawrence.bsky.social. Dems need to let Trump's henchpeople know that there will be consequences down the line for facilitating his corruption/lawbreaking.
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-unqu...
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-unqu...
May 13, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Good idea, but let’s go one better: dox any and all HSI or ICE agents we can identify *now*! “Just following orders” of a criminally immune leader is no defense. That was tried last century.
I always want to remind people (especially Rs) that Medicaid is not giving money to poor people. It’s paying hospitals, docs, etc who provide health care (which they’re required to do) to these people. If you don’t pay care providers, guess where costs get shifted to?
To Democrats, the point of expanding Medicaid to cover more people is...to expand Medicaid to cover more people.
To Republicans, the point is...to DENY coverage to as many people as possible by including as many barriers & hurdles ot it as possible.
THE PARTIES ARE NOT THE SAME.
To Republicans, the point is...to DENY coverage to as many people as possible by including as many barriers & hurdles ot it as possible.
THE PARTIES ARE NOT THE SAME.
May 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I always want to remind people (especially Rs) that Medicaid is not giving money to poor people. It’s paying hospitals, docs, etc who provide health care (which they’re required to do) to these people. If you don’t pay care providers, guess where costs get shifted to?
@preetbharara.bsky.social Just finished listening to you, Frank, Jonah, Joanne when breaking news popped up that DJT is threatening to sanction Russia for new bombing of Ukraine. Does DJT think Vlad is muscling in on his turf? Mob metaphor seems very accurate here.
March 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
@preetbharara.bsky.social Just finished listening to you, Frank, Jonah, Joanne when breaking news popped up that DJT is threatening to sanction Russia for new bombing of Ukraine. Does DJT think Vlad is muscling in on his turf? Mob metaphor seems very accurate here.
@jaredb-econ.bsky.social I’m concerned that a lot of your reporting is dependent on reliable government data sources. Are you worried? Yet?
February 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
@jaredb-econ.bsky.social I’m concerned that a lot of your reporting is dependent on reliable government data sources. Are you worried? Yet?
@charlesgaba.com I’m worried about your future ability to post health care data. How much do you depend on reliable government statistics?
February 27, 2025 at 6:33 PM
@charlesgaba.com I’m worried about your future ability to post health care data. How much do you depend on reliable government statistics?
There’s an old saying that: Before you tear down a fence (wall), be sure you know why it was build in the first place.
February 27, 2025 at 6:28 PM
There’s an old saying that: Before you tear down a fence (wall), be sure you know why it was build in the first place.
Keep in mind that #Medicaid is not a pay-out to poor or low-income persons. It makes payment health care providers who treat these folks. If we don’t do, these folks will get sick(er), miss work, etc.
And the costs they put the system in uncompensated care will push up insurance rates.
And the costs they put the system in uncompensated care will push up insurance rates.
February 25, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Keep in mind that #Medicaid is not a pay-out to poor or low-income persons. It makes payment health care providers who treat these folks. If we don’t do, these folks will get sick(er), miss work, etc.
And the costs they put the system in uncompensated care will push up insurance rates.
And the costs they put the system in uncompensated care will push up insurance rates.
Henceforth I will always refer to this as the #TrumpRegime .
February 25, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Henceforth I will always refer to this as the #TrumpRegime .
Just to give context: Sununu was gov of NH when vouchers to private schools gave more per student than the state gave to public schools. NH is last in state support for public schools and higher education youtube.com/watch?v=kIIP...
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February 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Just to give context: Sununu was gov of NH when vouchers to private schools gave more per student than the state gave to public schools. NH is last in state support for public schools and higher education youtube.com/watch?v=kIIP...
So I’m just waiting for the opening bell on the NYSE today. Gotta see how my retirement is gonna play out ….
February 3, 2025 at 1:33 PM
So I’m just waiting for the opening bell on the NYSE today. Gotta see how my retirement is gonna play out ….
@barbmcquade.bsky.social @joycewhitevance.bsky.social @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social @jillwine-banks.bsky.social
Please list legal defense orgs we can donate to that will defend wrongly terminated federal employees and military.
Please list legal defense orgs we can donate to that will defend wrongly terminated federal employees and military.
February 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
@barbmcquade.bsky.social @joycewhitevance.bsky.social @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social @jillwine-banks.bsky.social
Please list legal defense orgs we can donate to that will defend wrongly terminated federal employees and military.
Please list legal defense orgs we can donate to that will defend wrongly terminated federal employees and military.
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Good morning
be the change
be the light
eat some chocolate
🔥
be the change
be the light
eat some chocolate
🔥
February 3, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Good morning
be the change
be the light
eat some chocolate
🔥
be the change
be the light
eat some chocolate
🔥
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Lawyers on here: Is there a legal challenge underway to Musk's apparent seizure of federal spending? If not, why not?
February 3, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Lawyers on here: Is there a legal challenge underway to Musk's apparent seizure of federal spending? If not, why not?
As NH state rep 2007-13, I saw the most impassioned representatives were parents of special needs kids, who struggled for support from the state, no easy feat in NH that worships "small govt". Maggie Hassan, then state senator, was one of them. @senatorhassan1.bsky.social
youtu.be/BEYj8x8f1QY?...
youtu.be/BEYj8x8f1QY?...
Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH) Gets Emotional Talking About Son at Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Hearing
YouTube video by C-SPAN
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February 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
As NH state rep 2007-13, I saw the most impassioned representatives were parents of special needs kids, who struggled for support from the state, no easy feat in NH that worships "small govt". Maggie Hassan, then state senator, was one of them. @senatorhassan1.bsky.social
youtu.be/BEYj8x8f1QY?...
youtu.be/BEYj8x8f1QY?...
@joycewhitevance.bsky.social The next time you’re on with Preet, you’ll need to pronounce broligarchy and broliagarch. (Why does on have an A before the G and the other not?)
If these terms are going to enter into common parlance we need to know how to pronounce them properly. Thank you!
If these terms are going to enter into common parlance we need to know how to pronounce them properly. Thank you!
January 20, 2025 at 9:09 PM
@joycewhitevance.bsky.social The next time you’re on with Preet, you’ll need to pronounce broligarchy and broliagarch. (Why does on have an A before the G and the other not?)
If these terms are going to enter into common parlance we need to know how to pronounce them properly. Thank you!
If these terms are going to enter into common parlance we need to know how to pronounce them properly. Thank you!
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Biden: When Putin invaded Ukraine, he thought he'd conquer Kyiv in a matter of days. But the truth is, since that war began, I'm the only one that stood in the center of Kyiv. Not him.
January 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Biden: When Putin invaded Ukraine, he thought he'd conquer Kyiv in a matter of days. But the truth is, since that war began, I'm the only one that stood in the center of Kyiv. Not him.
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The black line is how much a 64-yr old couple earning $90K/yr has to pay per month for the benchmark #ACA policy in 2025.
The blue bars are how much they'd have to pay in 2026 if the IRA subsidies are allowed to expire.
I'm only halfway through the states.
The blue bars are how much they'd have to pay in 2026 if the IRA subsidies are allowed to expire.
I'm only halfway through the states.
December 31, 2024 at 3:26 AM
The black line is how much a 64-yr old couple earning $90K/yr has to pay per month for the benchmark #ACA policy in 2025.
The blue bars are how much they'd have to pay in 2026 if the IRA subsidies are allowed to expire.
I'm only halfway through the states.
The blue bars are how much they'd have to pay in 2026 if the IRA subsidies are allowed to expire.
I'm only halfway through the states.
So are we calling them President Trusk or President Mump?
#governmentshutdown
#governmentshutdown
December 20, 2024 at 4:25 PM
So are we calling them President Trusk or President Mump?
#governmentshutdown
#governmentshutdown
I wonder if, when he cited medieval texts in his opinion overturning Roe, Sam Alito expected pregnant women to return to medieval mortality rates.
In states with abortion bans, ProPublica has found, pregnant women have bled to death, succumbed to fatal infections and wound up in morgues with what medical examiners recorded were “products of conception” still in their bodies. @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/abor...
www.propublica.org/article/abor...
Are Abortion Bans Across America Causing Deaths? The States That Passed Them Are Doing Little to Find Out.
The same political leaders who enacted abortion bans oversee the state committees that review maternal deaths. These committees haven’t tracked the laws’ impacts, and most haven’t finished examining c...
www.propublica.org
December 18, 2024 at 8:51 PM
I wonder if, when he cited medieval texts in his opinion overturning Roe, Sam Alito expected pregnant women to return to medieval mortality rates.
@preetbharara.bsky.social
#askpreet
Could a possible defense for Mangione in the United Health CEO killing be that crippling chronic pain had lead to severe mental instability, therefore not responsible for his actions? essentially an insanity defense?
#askpreet
Could a possible defense for Mangione in the United Health CEO killing be that crippling chronic pain had lead to severe mental instability, therefore not responsible for his actions? essentially an insanity defense?
December 13, 2024 at 6:54 PM
@preetbharara.bsky.social
#askpreet
Could a possible defense for Mangione in the United Health CEO killing be that crippling chronic pain had lead to severe mental instability, therefore not responsible for his actions? essentially an insanity defense?
#askpreet
Could a possible defense for Mangione in the United Health CEO killing be that crippling chronic pain had lead to severe mental instability, therefore not responsible for his actions? essentially an insanity defense?
I’m that mom. Each year’s COLA is eaten up before time by heat/rent increases.
I agree, three hundred and sixty billion percent.
December 13, 2024 at 6:41 PM
I’m that mom. Each year’s COLA is eaten up before time by heat/rent increases.
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