@kristinfreeborn.bsky.social
My out of pocket as a person with a good job is $750 for follow-up testing from my annual mammogram. And I am considering delaying that test so I can push it into next year’s deductible.
Yes. Delaying finding out if I have cancer.
This is not normal for anywhere else in the world. #aca #healthcare
Yes. Delaying finding out if I have cancer.
This is not normal for anywhere else in the world. #aca #healthcare
November 12, 2025 at 8:25 PM
My out of pocket as a person with a good job is $750 for follow-up testing from my annual mammogram. And I am considering delaying that test so I can push it into next year’s deductible.
Yes. Delaying finding out if I have cancer.
This is not normal for anywhere else in the world. #aca #healthcare
Yes. Delaying finding out if I have cancer.
This is not normal for anywhere else in the world. #aca #healthcare
JD Vance is too young to have experienced the bomb drills. Where we put our hands on our heads and hid under our desk, knowing the whole while a real bomb would actually strip the flesh from our bones.
Testing. 🤯
My bingo card is full. Can we just call this game and start a new one already?
#GenX
Testing. 🤯
My bingo card is full. Can we just call this game and start a new one already?
#GenX
October 30, 2025 at 10:46 PM
JD Vance is too young to have experienced the bomb drills. Where we put our hands on our heads and hid under our desk, knowing the whole while a real bomb would actually strip the flesh from our bones.
Testing. 🤯
My bingo card is full. Can we just call this game and start a new one already?
#GenX
Testing. 🤯
My bingo card is full. Can we just call this game and start a new one already?
#GenX
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Gerrymandering isn’t new — but here’s what is: a president calling a governor asking for five seats, and a Republican Party that just capitulates to those demands.
Why? To dodge voter backlash for failed policies and broken promises.
That’s not democracy. It’s dangerous.
Why? To dodge voter backlash for failed policies and broken promises.
That’s not democracy. It’s dangerous.
August 6, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Gerrymandering isn’t new — but here’s what is: a president calling a governor asking for five seats, and a Republican Party that just capitulates to those demands.
Why? To dodge voter backlash for failed policies and broken promises.
That’s not democracy. It’s dangerous.
Why? To dodge voter backlash for failed policies and broken promises.
That’s not democracy. It’s dangerous.
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Solar for All will slash electric bills for working families by up to 80%. Now, Trump wants to illegally kill the program.
Working families are getting crushed by skyrocketing energy costs. The planet is literally burning. Sabotaging this program isn’t just wrong — it’s insane.
Working families are getting crushed by skyrocketing energy costs. The planet is literally burning. Sabotaging this program isn’t just wrong — it’s insane.
August 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Solar for All will slash electric bills for working families by up to 80%. Now, Trump wants to illegally kill the program.
Working families are getting crushed by skyrocketing energy costs. The planet is literally burning. Sabotaging this program isn’t just wrong — it’s insane.
Working families are getting crushed by skyrocketing energy costs. The planet is literally burning. Sabotaging this program isn’t just wrong — it’s insane.
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Congress eliminated public media funding, and the president signed it into law. At a time of deep division, public media brings us together.
Help keep it strong. Join our monthly donors today: n.pr/458sOhq
Help keep it strong. Join our monthly donors today: n.pr/458sOhq
July 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Congress eliminated public media funding, and the president signed it into law. At a time of deep division, public media brings us together.
Help keep it strong. Join our monthly donors today: n.pr/458sOhq
Help keep it strong. Join our monthly donors today: n.pr/458sOhq
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NEW: i spoke with several young AmeriCorps volunteers around the country who were abruptly pulled off projects building homes, readying forests for wildfire season, and working at food banks Tuesday afternoon. they are now on their way home thanks to DOGE cuts —
DOGE Cuts Pull AmeriCorps Volunteers Off of Disaster Relief Jobs
The youth volunteers who were working on projects ranging from rebuilding homes destroyed in storms to distributing supplies for hurricane recovery were suddenly pulled from service. Why? DOGE cuts.
www.wired.com
April 16, 2025 at 9:19 PM
NEW: i spoke with several young AmeriCorps volunteers around the country who were abruptly pulled off projects building homes, readying forests for wildfire season, and working at food banks Tuesday afternoon. they are now on their way home thanks to DOGE cuts —
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If the US government requires passports for you to practice your rights such as voting then passports should be provided for free to all and within a reasonable timeframe by said government.
April 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
If the US government requires passports for you to practice your rights such as voting then passports should be provided for free to all and within a reasonable timeframe by said government.
Dear W2 workers,
Please look closely at your pay statement. It’s online and probably direct deposit so maybe you forgot. Look very carefully at the line items called:
Social Security Tax
Medicare Tax
That is your money.
Don’t forget it.
We don’t just pay taxes on April 15th.
Please look closely at your pay statement. It’s online and probably direct deposit so maybe you forgot. Look very carefully at the line items called:
Social Security Tax
Medicare Tax
That is your money.
Don’t forget it.
We don’t just pay taxes on April 15th.
March 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Dear W2 workers,
Please look closely at your pay statement. It’s online and probably direct deposit so maybe you forgot. Look very carefully at the line items called:
Social Security Tax
Medicare Tax
That is your money.
Don’t forget it.
We don’t just pay taxes on April 15th.
Please look closely at your pay statement. It’s online and probably direct deposit so maybe you forgot. Look very carefully at the line items called:
Social Security Tax
Medicare Tax
That is your money.
Don’t forget it.
We don’t just pay taxes on April 15th.
Chaos is NOT efficient.
March 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Chaos is NOT efficient.
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Donald Trump is at war with the rule of law. The center is not holding, and the flanks are collapsing. Congress is fleeing the field.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Judiciary’s Last Stand
Trump’s campaign against the rule of law has ratcheted up dramatically.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Donald Trump is at war with the rule of law. The center is not holding, and the flanks are collapsing. Congress is fleeing the field.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific.
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
benefit.me
March 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific.
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
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They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
freedom.press
March 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Kids today probably don’t realize the astronauts used to land like arriving at an airport.
Instead they see astronauts praying their chutes open, then floating and bobbing in the ocean like it’s the 1960s.
Another great example privatizing doesn’t drive innovation.
#NASA #SpaceX #SpaceShuttle
Instead they see astronauts praying their chutes open, then floating and bobbing in the ocean like it’s the 1960s.
Another great example privatizing doesn’t drive innovation.
#NASA #SpaceX #SpaceShuttle
March 18, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Kids today probably don’t realize the astronauts used to land like arriving at an airport.
Instead they see astronauts praying their chutes open, then floating and bobbing in the ocean like it’s the 1960s.
Another great example privatizing doesn’t drive innovation.
#NASA #SpaceX #SpaceShuttle
Instead they see astronauts praying their chutes open, then floating and bobbing in the ocean like it’s the 1960s.
Another great example privatizing doesn’t drive innovation.
#NASA #SpaceX #SpaceShuttle
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Don’t tell me that Trump/Musk are not trying to destroy Social Security.
30,000 people died last year while waiting to get their benefits.
Under this new policy, those numbers will skyrocket.
We can’t kill seniors so that billionaires get their tax breaks.
30,000 people died last year while waiting to get their benefits.
Under this new policy, those numbers will skyrocket.
We can’t kill seniors so that billionaires get their tax breaks.
March 12, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Don’t tell me that Trump/Musk are not trying to destroy Social Security.
30,000 people died last year while waiting to get their benefits.
Under this new policy, those numbers will skyrocket.
We can’t kill seniors so that billionaires get their tax breaks.
30,000 people died last year while waiting to get their benefits.
Under this new policy, those numbers will skyrocket.
We can’t kill seniors so that billionaires get their tax breaks.
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Gutting the Department of Education will impact everything from internet access to school buses.
Let’s not make it harder to learn.
Let’s not make it harder to learn.
March 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Gutting the Department of Education will impact everything from internet access to school buses.
Let’s not make it harder to learn.
Let’s not make it harder to learn.
Trump just did a Tesla commercial outside the White House. Totally normal.
Also it was very apparent Trump has not been behind of the wheel of a car in decades.
2025. The year of WTF.
Also it was very apparent Trump has not been behind of the wheel of a car in decades.
2025. The year of WTF.
March 12, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Trump just did a Tesla commercial outside the White House. Totally normal.
Also it was very apparent Trump has not been behind of the wheel of a car in decades.
2025. The year of WTF.
Also it was very apparent Trump has not been behind of the wheel of a car in decades.
2025. The year of WTF.
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Those who voted for Donald Trump didn't know that they would lose their health care.
He promised time and time again he wouldn't touch Medicaid — now he's blessed the House Republicans' plan to take it all away.
He lies over and over again. It's time we wake up.
He promised time and time again he wouldn't touch Medicaid — now he's blessed the House Republicans' plan to take it all away.
He lies over and over again. It's time we wake up.
February 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Those who voted for Donald Trump didn't know that they would lose their health care.
He promised time and time again he wouldn't touch Medicaid — now he's blessed the House Republicans' plan to take it all away.
He lies over and over again. It's time we wake up.
He promised time and time again he wouldn't touch Medicaid — now he's blessed the House Republicans' plan to take it all away.
He lies over and over again. It's time we wake up.
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"Musk's team have already gained entrée to data on federal student aid, including the personal information for millions who receive student loans from the government..."
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Elon Musk’s DOGE is feeding sensitive federal data into AI to target cuts
Department of Government Efficiency workers embedded in the Education Department have been processing sensitive agency data using artificial intelligence.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 6, 2025 at 8:07 PM
"Musk's team have already gained entrée to data on federal student aid, including the personal information for millions who receive student loans from the government..."
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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Looks like Musk-rats in Treasury are NOT “read-only,” but can manipulate data, steal data, and leave back doors. Your privacy gone.
February 4, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Looks like Musk-rats in Treasury are NOT “read-only,” but can manipulate data, steal data, and leave back doors. Your privacy gone.
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Watch this. And then watch it again.
February 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Watch this. And then watch it again.
I wonder why DOGE didn’t start with the tens of billions in contracts and programs under Elon Musk’s companies?
Or the tax credits being exploited by those same companies?
Plenty of efficiency needed there…
Or the tax credits being exploited by those same companies?
Plenty of efficiency needed there…
February 3, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I wonder why DOGE didn’t start with the tens of billions in contracts and programs under Elon Musk’s companies?
Or the tax credits being exploited by those same companies?
Plenty of efficiency needed there…
Or the tax credits being exploited by those same companies?
Plenty of efficiency needed there…
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Raskin: "Elon Musk, you may have illegally seized power over the financial payments systems of the Treasury, but you don't control the money of the American people. The US Congress does that under Article 1 of the Constitution ... we don't have a fourth branch of government called 'Elon Musk'"
February 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Raskin: "Elon Musk, you may have illegally seized power over the financial payments systems of the Treasury, but you don't control the money of the American people. The US Congress does that under Article 1 of the Constitution ... we don't have a fourth branch of government called 'Elon Musk'"
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