Karen
@kindredreach.bsky.social
Retired public school principal, amateur filmmaker, travel enthusiast, old school feminist and proud Democrat 🟧🏳️🌈
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The moment when 30 million American's received healthcare (2010) The moment when insurance companies had to start covering preexisting conditions, young adults could stay on their family's policy and I could trust that the small print couldn't screw me if I needed serious medical assistance. 🇺🇸
November 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The moment when 30 million American's received healthcare (2010) The moment when insurance companies had to start covering preexisting conditions, young adults could stay on their family's policy and I could trust that the small print couldn't screw me if I needed serious medical assistance. 🇺🇸
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And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
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October payments for 20 school districts across our state have yet to be issued, and there's no good reason for it.
These are the consequences of the Trump Administration's attacks on the Department of Education. It's gotta stop.
www.jsonline.com/story/news/e...
These are the consequences of the Trump Administration's attacks on the Department of Education. It's gotta stop.
www.jsonline.com/story/news/e...
Gov. Evers demands release of delayed federal school aid for 20 Wisconsin school districts
Federal aid for tribal school districts is on hold amid the shutdown. Gov. Tony Evers is urging U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon to release it.
www.jsonline.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
October payments for 20 school districts across our state have yet to be issued, and there's no good reason for it.
These are the consequences of the Trump Administration's attacks on the Department of Education. It's gotta stop.
www.jsonline.com/story/news/e...
These are the consequences of the Trump Administration's attacks on the Department of Education. It's gotta stop.
www.jsonline.com/story/news/e...
15 years we’ve heard a plan is in the works, call me skeptical.
WELKER: Should the 300,000 Oklahomas who rely on ACA subsidies be prepared for their costs to skyrocket?
LANKFORD: We're trying to find a way to be able to help
(That's a yes!)
LANKFORD: We're trying to find a way to be able to help
(That's a yes!)
November 9, 2025 at 6:48 PM
15 years we’ve heard a plan is in the works, call me skeptical.
“But now I know Portuguese, so…”
(Shrug)
Perfect way to shed a loser situation,
I’m going to use this line for a week.
(Shrug)
Perfect way to shed a loser situation,
I’m going to use this line for a week.
November 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
“But now I know Portuguese, so…”
(Shrug)
Perfect way to shed a loser situation,
I’m going to use this line for a week.
(Shrug)
Perfect way to shed a loser situation,
I’m going to use this line for a week.
The insurance racket takes the “care”out of healthcare.
Here's a thought.
DENTAL and VISION should be covered by regular health insurance. We need to eliminate the need to have separate insurance for those two things, dammit. It's ridiculous.
DENTAL and VISION should be covered by regular health insurance. We need to eliminate the need to have separate insurance for those two things, dammit. It's ridiculous.
November 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The insurance racket takes the “care”out of healthcare.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Hope is Alive.
And while we cast our ballots alone, we chose hope together. Hope over tyranny. Hope over big money and small ideas. Hope over despair. We won because New Yorkers allowed themselves to hope that the impossible could be made possible.
My Mayor Mamdani.
And while we cast our ballots alone, we chose hope together. Hope over tyranny. Hope over big money and small ideas. Hope over despair. We won because New Yorkers allowed themselves to hope that the impossible could be made possible.
My Mayor Mamdani.
November 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Hope is Alive.
And while we cast our ballots alone, we chose hope together. Hope over tyranny. Hope over big money and small ideas. Hope over despair. We won because New Yorkers allowed themselves to hope that the impossible could be made possible.
My Mayor Mamdani.
And while we cast our ballots alone, we chose hope together. Hope over tyranny. Hope over big money and small ideas. Hope over despair. We won because New Yorkers allowed themselves to hope that the impossible could be made possible.
My Mayor Mamdani.
Confusing double standard,
the current president of our country had a thinner resume. He only ran a company with his own children as employees. “The King of Debt” went bankrupt more than not, and yet no one complains about his inexperience in government.
the current president of our country had a thinner resume. He only ran a company with his own children as employees. “The King of Debt” went bankrupt more than not, and yet no one complains about his inexperience in government.
Mr. Mamdani has been a backbench lawmaker in the State Assembly for less than five years. His first and only full-time job outside of politics involved counseling struggling homeowners at a small nonprofit in Queens for about a year. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/n...
Even for Some Mamdani Supporters, His Thin Résumé Is Cause for Concern
www.nytimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Confusing double standard,
the current president of our country had a thinner resume. He only ran a company with his own children as employees. “The King of Debt” went bankrupt more than not, and yet no one complains about his inexperience in government.
the current president of our country had a thinner resume. He only ran a company with his own children as employees. “The King of Debt” went bankrupt more than not, and yet no one complains about his inexperience in government.
Let’s go!
If we build it, they will come.
If we build it, they will come.
CA NY IL MA & WA represent 87 M people & can form a health insurance mkt w/ negotiating power to force down hosp reimb rates, slash med prices & cut premiums. Legal authority to do this already exists.
Sec 1333 of the ACA explicitly allows states to form Health Care Choice Compacts across st lines.
Sec 1333 of the ACA explicitly allows states to form Health Care Choice Compacts across st lines.
November 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Let’s go!
If we build it, they will come.
If we build it, they will come.
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The crowd tonight in Norfolk, Virginia for Abigail Spanberger and Barack Obama. LET’S GO!!!
November 1, 2025 at 11:05 PM
The crowd tonight in Norfolk, Virginia for Abigail Spanberger and Barack Obama. LET’S GO!!!
You can’t buy character….sigh.
EUGENE DANIELS: “You said diversity can be a weakness. What did you mean?”
CUOMO: “Diversity can be a weakness if you have antipathy among groups, Jonathan.”
EUGENE: “I’m Eugene.” 🤦🏻♂️
(Jonathan is the other Black host. SNL’s writers have nothing on Cuomo!)
CUOMO: “Diversity can be a weakness if you have antipathy among groups, Jonathan.”
EUGENE: “I’m Eugene.” 🤦🏻♂️
(Jonathan is the other Black host. SNL’s writers have nothing on Cuomo!)
November 1, 2025 at 11:03 PM
You can’t buy character….sigh.
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Time’s running out. USDA must act now to fund SNAP before hunger becomes the real national nightmare.
October 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Time’s running out. USDA must act now to fund SNAP before hunger becomes the real national nightmare.
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🚨BREAKING: The Department of Homeland Security quietly formalized sweeping changes to a federal immigration database, turning it into a national “voter verification” tool that appears to sidestep federal privacy protections and will make it easier to remove large numbers of voters from the rolls.
In Late, Obscure Notice, DHS Turbocharges Trump’s Voter Purge Database, Evading Privacy Protections
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:32 PM
🚨BREAKING: The Department of Homeland Security quietly formalized sweeping changes to a federal immigration database, turning it into a national “voter verification” tool that appears to sidestep federal privacy protections and will make it easier to remove large numbers of voters from the rolls.
Great!
THE LIST OF 25 STATES & DC SUING TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FOR WITHHOLDING SNAP BENEFITS!
1) MA
2) CA
3) AZ
4) MN
5) CT
6) CO
7) DE
8) DC
9) HI
10) IL
11) KS
12) KY
13) ME
14) MD
15) MI
16) NV
17) NJ
18) NM
19) NY
20) NC
21) OR
22) PA
23) RI
24) VT
25) WA
26) WI
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
1) MA
2) CA
3) AZ
4) MN
5) CT
6) CO
7) DE
8) DC
9) HI
10) IL
11) KS
12) KY
13) ME
14) MD
15) MI
16) NV
17) NJ
18) NM
19) NY
20) NC
21) OR
22) PA
23) RI
24) VT
25) WA
26) WI
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Complaint – #1 in Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. United States Department of Agriculture (D. Mass., 1:25-cv-13165) – CourtListener.com
COMPLAINT against Russell Vought, U.S. Office of Management and Budget, United States Department of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Filing fee: $ 405, receipt number AMADC-113243...
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October 31, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Great!
Good, thank you.
Also, for your consideration, make school meals free for all public schoolchildren. The distribution of meals to any child in school can really support young families.
Also, for your consideration, make school meals free for all public schoolchildren. The distribution of meals to any child in school can really support young families.
Rural Washington will be hit particularly hard when federal SNAP benefits stop.
In Yakima County, for example, 28% of residents rely on SNAP — the highest percentage of any county.
This week, I announced that I’ll be directing $2.2 million per week to support food banks.
In Yakima County, for example, 28% of residents rely on SNAP — the highest percentage of any county.
This week, I announced that I’ll be directing $2.2 million per week to support food banks.
October 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Good, thank you.
Also, for your consideration, make school meals free for all public schoolchildren. The distribution of meals to any child in school can really support young families.
Also, for your consideration, make school meals free for all public schoolchildren. The distribution of meals to any child in school can really support young families.
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NEW: Democracy Docket's Live Redistricting Tracker: All the Republican Gerrymanders — and Democrats’ Counter-Moves. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/liv...
Live Redistricting Tracker: All the Republican Gerrymanders — and Democrats’ Counter-Moves
Facing increasingly dire polls, President Donald Trump is determined to prevent Democrats from reclaiming the U.S. House in the 2026 midterm elections. So he’s pressuring Republican-controlled states ...
www.democracydocket.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
NEW: Democracy Docket's Live Redistricting Tracker: All the Republican Gerrymanders — and Democrats’ Counter-Moves. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/liv...
Teachers everywhere will do their best, and all that will help. We did this in the 2009 recession. But that can’t replace the steady, secure system of government funded SNAP benefits.
SNAP provides 9 meals for every 1 meal a food bank provides; philanthropy can’t fill that gap indefinitely.
SNAP provides 9 meals for every 1 meal a food bank provides; philanthropy can’t fill that gap indefinitely.
Teachers everywhere are doing what they can to help. Sending extra food home in backpacks, creating food drives, and buying as many classroom
snacks as our paychecks allow. No child should be hungry. Period
snacks as our paychecks allow. No child should be hungry. Period
October 30, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Teachers everywhere will do their best, and all that will help. We did this in the 2009 recession. But that can’t replace the steady, secure system of government funded SNAP benefits.
SNAP provides 9 meals for every 1 meal a food bank provides; philanthropy can’t fill that gap indefinitely.
SNAP provides 9 meals for every 1 meal a food bank provides; philanthropy can’t fill that gap indefinitely.
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France adopted a bill defining rape as any non-consensual sexual act, making the country the latest European nation to pass a consent-based law.
October 29, 2025 at 5:32 PM
France adopted a bill defining rape as any non-consensual sexual act, making the country the latest European nation to pass a consent-based law.
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Hold the line, Dems.
October 30, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Hold the line, Dems.
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🔥 COACH SULLY: “Let’s see what $4.3 TRILLION looks like when each party gets their hands on it… the oligarchs are laughing all the way to the bank (with Republicans)…”
October 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
🔥 COACH SULLY: “Let’s see what $4.3 TRILLION looks like when each party gets their hands on it… the oligarchs are laughing all the way to the bank (with Republicans)…”
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Hey Californians:
Have you voted Yes for Prop 50 yet?
Don't delay. Get your ballots in early.
This vote may be the most important in your lifetime because it's the vote that can literally save democracy.
If you mail it/use a drop box,
Track your ballot:
voterguide.sos.ca.gov/voter-info/t...
Have you voted Yes for Prop 50 yet?
Don't delay. Get your ballots in early.
This vote may be the most important in your lifetime because it's the vote that can literally save democracy.
If you mail it/use a drop box,
Track your ballot:
voterguide.sos.ca.gov/voter-info/t...
October 29, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Hey Californians:
Have you voted Yes for Prop 50 yet?
Don't delay. Get your ballots in early.
This vote may be the most important in your lifetime because it's the vote that can literally save democracy.
If you mail it/use a drop box,
Track your ballot:
voterguide.sos.ca.gov/voter-info/t...
Have you voted Yes for Prop 50 yet?
Don't delay. Get your ballots in early.
This vote may be the most important in your lifetime because it's the vote that can literally save democracy.
If you mail it/use a drop box,
Track your ballot:
voterguide.sos.ca.gov/voter-info/t...
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Former NYC mayor Bill de Blasio on the Times' now-deleted story against Zohran Mamdani.
The Times, our supposed newspaper of record, was duped by an impersonator, it seems.
The Times, our supposed newspaper of record, was duped by an impersonator, it seems.
October 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Former NYC mayor Bill de Blasio on the Times' now-deleted story against Zohran Mamdani.
The Times, our supposed newspaper of record, was duped by an impersonator, it seems.
The Times, our supposed newspaper of record, was duped by an impersonator, it seems.
Exactly.
The healthcare crisis IS an
earth shattering corruption scheme that ends badly for us all.
Sky high premiums, so that
Folks go uninsured, so that
Hospitals close, so that
Folks don’t get preventative care,
Folks can’t pay for emergency care,
A nation of medical debt,
Collapsed economy.
The healthcare crisis IS an
earth shattering corruption scheme that ends badly for us all.
Sky high premiums, so that
Folks go uninsured, so that
Hospitals close, so that
Folks don’t get preventative care,
Folks can’t pay for emergency care,
A nation of medical debt,
Collapsed economy.
I don't understand why there's not more talk about Dems running against earth-shattering nepotism, corruption, and self-enrichment
In the first half of this year, the income of President Trump's family business soared 17-fold to $864 million, based almost entirely on new crypto ventures that have been a magnet for overseas cash, a Reuters investigation found.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
October 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Exactly.
The healthcare crisis IS an
earth shattering corruption scheme that ends badly for us all.
Sky high premiums, so that
Folks go uninsured, so that
Hospitals close, so that
Folks don’t get preventative care,
Folks can’t pay for emergency care,
A nation of medical debt,
Collapsed economy.
The healthcare crisis IS an
earth shattering corruption scheme that ends badly for us all.
Sky high premiums, so that
Folks go uninsured, so that
Hospitals close, so that
Folks don’t get preventative care,
Folks can’t pay for emergency care,
A nation of medical debt,
Collapsed economy.
The school districts should not allow this. Take these people to court. At the very least there should be limits on this traumatizing behavior in the presence of other staff and students.
Did the agents show a warrant?
Why are they manhandling children?
Why do they bring a film crew?
Shameful.
Did the agents show a warrant?
Why are they manhandling children?
Why do they bring a film crew?
Shameful.
ICE followed the mother into a school and aggressively detained her along with her children.
This is so heartbreaking 💔
This is so heartbreaking 💔
October 28, 2025 at 6:01 AM
The school districts should not allow this. Take these people to court. At the very least there should be limits on this traumatizing behavior in the presence of other staff and students.
Did the agents show a warrant?
Why are they manhandling children?
Why do they bring a film crew?
Shameful.
Did the agents show a warrant?
Why are they manhandling children?
Why do they bring a film crew?
Shameful.