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You've been hit by a car and you're fading in and out. You ask the EMTs to price the ambulance ride. You get to the ER and tell the docs you'll need a price on each service before it's done. You get cancer so it's time to put treament out to competitive bid. I can keep going...
Roger Marshall: "We want patients to become consumers again. We want patients to see what the actual prices are. We believe that if we would add the price tags to this bill, that it would save the country a trillion dollars a year."
December 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
You've been hit by a car and you're fading in and out. You ask the EMTs to price the ambulance ride. You get to the ER and tell the docs you'll need a price on each service before it's done. You get cancer so it's time to put treament out to competitive bid. I can keep going...
It’s hard not to conclude that Kennedy is using anti science to cleanse society of its most vulnerable.
December 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
It’s hard not to conclude that Kennedy is using anti science to cleanse society of its most vulnerable.
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Mark Kelly on the Trump/Hegseth boat strikes: "If orders are illegal, not only do they not have to follow them, they are legally required not to follow them."
November 30, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Mark Kelly on the Trump/Hegseth boat strikes: "If orders are illegal, not only do they not have to follow them, they are legally required not to follow them."
I also often confuse the terms “best” and “worst.”
Lutnick: "The best part about America is we have Donald Trump in the Oval Office"
November 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I also often confuse the terms “best” and “worst.”
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Trump essentially said loyalty to the Constitution is punishable by death. Those are dangerous words coming from the President of the United States, but I’m not going to be intimidated.
November 23, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Trump essentially said loyalty to the Constitution is punishable by death. Those are dangerous words coming from the President of the United States, but I’m not going to be intimidated.
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AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
November 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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It’s important to understand that the hosts on Fox are not this stupid. They just think their audience is, and they’ve been proven right for decades.
Fox News host Charlie Hurt "can't square" why Obama won't support Winsome Earle-Sears, since they're both Black
November 4, 2025 at 12:31 AM
It’s important to understand that the hosts on Fox are not this stupid. They just think their audience is, and they’ve been proven right for decades.
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Rep. Rosa DeLauro: "On the food stamp issue, the money is there! Let them not get away with saying they can't do it. Their political will isn't there to feed the people who rely on the SNAP program which is the most effective anti-hunger program in the USA."
October 28, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Rep. Rosa DeLauro: "On the food stamp issue, the money is there! Let them not get away with saying they can't do it. Their political will isn't there to feed the people who rely on the SNAP program which is the most effective anti-hunger program in the USA."
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SNAP is not the reason your taxes are high.
SNAP recipients don’t need to “just go get a job”.
Most of them work. The rest are disabled, elderly, children or caregivers.
People need & deserve assistance
Your taxes fund wars and tax cuts for the ultra rich
Be mad about that
SNAP recipients don’t need to “just go get a job”.
Most of them work. The rest are disabled, elderly, children or caregivers.
People need & deserve assistance
Your taxes fund wars and tax cuts for the ultra rich
Be mad about that
October 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
SNAP is not the reason your taxes are high.
SNAP recipients don’t need to “just go get a job”.
Most of them work. The rest are disabled, elderly, children or caregivers.
People need & deserve assistance
Your taxes fund wars and tax cuts for the ultra rich
Be mad about that
SNAP recipients don’t need to “just go get a job”.
Most of them work. The rest are disabled, elderly, children or caregivers.
People need & deserve assistance
Your taxes fund wars and tax cuts for the ultra rich
Be mad about that
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Let’s make Rudra’s birthday wish come true. Register to vote by 11:59pm tonight!
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zohranfornyc.com/register
October 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Let’s make Rudra’s birthday wish come true. Register to vote by 11:59pm tonight!
zohranfornyc.com/register
zohranfornyc.com/register
Not health care or the shutdown or food prices or farmers or immigration or Gaza or the latest measles outbreak or… It’s building a ballroom.
Good job voters.
Good job voters.
Leavitt: "At this moment in time, of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority."
October 23, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Not health care or the shutdown or food prices or farmers or immigration or Gaza or the latest measles outbreak or… It’s building a ballroom.
Good job voters.
Good job voters.
The Trump Presidency summed up: What he said followed by what he did backed by overwhelming devastating evidence.
October 23, 2025 at 2:08 AM
The Trump Presidency summed up: What he said followed by what he did backed by overwhelming devastating evidence.
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Donald Trump’s administration doesn’t respect the Constitution.
But they’re learning that Illinois does not and will not bow under their tyranny.
But they’re learning that Illinois does not and will not bow under their tyranny.
October 22, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Donald Trump’s administration doesn’t respect the Constitution.
But they’re learning that Illinois does not and will not bow under their tyranny.
But they’re learning that Illinois does not and will not bow under their tyranny.
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Donald Trump's effort to deploy troops in American cities is not normal.
There is no rational justification for such a deployment.
It is a breach of the most fundamental values and customs that our armed forces operate on.
There is no rational justification for such a deployment.
It is a breach of the most fundamental values and customs that our armed forces operate on.
October 18, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Donald Trump's effort to deploy troops in American cities is not normal.
There is no rational justification for such a deployment.
It is a breach of the most fundamental values and customs that our armed forces operate on.
There is no rational justification for such a deployment.
It is a breach of the most fundamental values and customs that our armed forces operate on.
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Greg Bovino, Kristi Noem, and DHS need to answer for their unchecked attacks on Chicago residents.
ICE is an out-of-control danger to our peaceful communities.
The images from the Sun-Times today speak for themselves.
ICE is an out-of-control danger to our peaceful communities.
The images from the Sun-Times today speak for themselves.
October 15, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Greg Bovino, Kristi Noem, and DHS need to answer for their unchecked attacks on Chicago residents.
ICE is an out-of-control danger to our peaceful communities.
The images from the Sun-Times today speak for themselves.
ICE is an out-of-control danger to our peaceful communities.
The images from the Sun-Times today speak for themselves.
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A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.
This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled
A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.
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October 12, 2025 at 9:59 PM
A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.
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Vaccines are safe and effective.
Autism isn't caused by vaccines, and autistic people and their families deserve our support.
When you want information, ask your doctor.
It's more important than ever for all of us to speak plainly, truthfully, and directly about public health.
Autism isn't caused by vaccines, and autistic people and their families deserve our support.
When you want information, ask your doctor.
It's more important than ever for all of us to speak plainly, truthfully, and directly about public health.
October 14, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Vaccines are safe and effective.
Autism isn't caused by vaccines, and autistic people and their families deserve our support.
When you want information, ask your doctor.
It's more important than ever for all of us to speak plainly, truthfully, and directly about public health.
Autism isn't caused by vaccines, and autistic people and their families deserve our support.
When you want information, ask your doctor.
It's more important than ever for all of us to speak plainly, truthfully, and directly about public health.
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I will not back down.
Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.
What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.
What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
October 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I will not back down.
Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.
What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.
What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
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A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
September 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
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Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
September 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
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His father and his uncle were literally assassinated... by people with guns... in the 1960s.
RFK Jr: We had lots of guns when we were kids. Kids brought guns to school and were encouraged to do so. And nobody was walking into schools and shooting people. There are many things that could explain this. One is the dependence on psychiatric drugs.
September 9, 2025 at 10:46 PM
His father and his uncle were literally assassinated... by people with guns... in the 1960s.
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The seeds of Trump’s destruction have already been sown. Between the crashing economy, his brazen corruption, and the Epstein scandal, it's a question of when — not if — he's done for.
Let's break it all down on an all-new Coffee Klatch. https://youtu.be/qOhcfr9_n9M?feature=shared
Let's break it all down on an all-new Coffee Klatch. https://youtu.be/qOhcfr9_n9M?feature=shared
Trump’s Crashing Economy | The Coffee Klatch with Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
September 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The seeds of Trump’s destruction have already been sown. Between the crashing economy, his brazen corruption, and the Epstein scandal, it's a question of when — not if — he's done for.
Let's break it all down on an all-new Coffee Klatch. https://youtu.be/qOhcfr9_n9M?feature=shared
Let's break it all down on an all-new Coffee Klatch. https://youtu.be/qOhcfr9_n9M?feature=shared
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School reform would be radically reconfigured by the simple addition of an "s" and an apostrophe - that is, shifting from "student achievement" (the aggregate results of standardized tests) to "students’ achievements" (the intellectual accomplishments of individual kids).
August 30, 2025 at 12:44 PM
School reform would be radically reconfigured by the simple addition of an "s" and an apostrophe - that is, shifting from "student achievement" (the aggregate results of standardized tests) to "students’ achievements" (the intellectual accomplishments of individual kids).
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Empathy is sin.
Trusting experts is totalitarianism.
When the satire is actually real life, does satire even have any power anymore?
Trusting experts is totalitarianism.
When the satire is actually real life, does satire even have any power anymore?
RFK Jr: We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism.
August 30, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Empathy is sin.
Trusting experts is totalitarianism.
When the satire is actually real life, does satire even have any power anymore?
Trusting experts is totalitarianism.
When the satire is actually real life, does satire even have any power anymore?