Shepard Kollock
@shepardkollock.bsky.social
First Amendment fanboy, avocational historian and radical moderate.
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I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
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I can’t support this bill. It doesn’t meet the urgency of the moment and deliver actual relief that can pass both chambers of Congress.
I’ve been clear that we need real action to stop the devastating health care cost increases that are hurting millions of families. 1/2
I’ve been clear that we need real action to stop the devastating health care cost increases that are hurting millions of families. 1/2
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I can’t support this bill. It doesn’t meet the urgency of the moment and deliver actual relief that can pass both chambers of Congress.
I’ve been clear that we need real action to stop the devastating health care cost increases that are hurting millions of families. 1/2
I’ve been clear that we need real action to stop the devastating health care cost increases that are hurting millions of families. 1/2
@booker.senate.gov @corybooker.com is up for reelection next year.
Will he vote for a bill that serves the needs of his constituents, or his campaign contributors?
It's not too late to find a viable primary challenger.
Will he vote for a bill that serves the needs of his constituents, or his campaign contributors?
It's not too late to find a viable primary challenger.
Senators: your votes, donations, and endorsements are conditional on your actions in office. Your (D) does not make you safe.
Caving to Trump with only "concepts of a plan" to vote on the ACA is UNACCEPTABLE.
Traitors deserve competitive primaries.
Caving to Trump with only "concepts of a plan" to vote on the ACA is UNACCEPTABLE.
Traitors deserve competitive primaries.
November 10, 2025 at 12:32 AM
@booker.senate.gov @corybooker.com is up for reelection next year.
Will he vote for a bill that serves the needs of his constituents, or his campaign contributors?
It's not too late to find a viable primary challenger.
Will he vote for a bill that serves the needs of his constituents, or his campaign contributors?
It's not too late to find a viable primary challenger.
A true Chris Christie at the beach moment.
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 8, 2025 at 12:03 PM
A true Chris Christie at the beach moment.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
Guessing we'll be seeing a lot more of this as private equity firms decide they're not making enough profit from the medical practices they've been gobbling up.
"...hundreds of patients across New Jersey affected by the abrupt closure of nearly 90 Optum Health medical offices."
Patients reeling as nearly 90 N.J. medical offices suddenly shutter. Look up your doctor’s office.
Patients said they were given short notice to find new doctors.
www.nj.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Guessing we'll be seeing a lot more of this as private equity firms decide they're not making enough profit from the medical practices they've been gobbling up.
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I hope someone is writing "12 Hangry Men" about the sandwich guy jury
November 4, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I hope someone is writing "12 Hangry Men" about the sandwich guy jury
Interviewed via his Ring doorbell.
Schroedinger's DeBlasio (or de Blasio)!
Schroedinger's DeBlasio (or de Blasio)!
The only way this could have ended
October 30, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Interviewed via his Ring doorbell.
Schroedinger's DeBlasio (or de Blasio)!
Schroedinger's DeBlasio (or de Blasio)!
If we're to believe him, Johnson is the least informed senior government official ever. He never seems to know what's going on.
Maybe someone needs to get him a staff to brief him? /s
Maybe someone needs to get him a staff to brief him? /s
Q: What's your reaction to yesterday's purge of senior ICE officials? When is it time for Congress to do some oversight?
MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know any of the details of that yet. I just heard about that, literally I was walking in.
MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know any of the details of that yet. I just heard about that, literally I was walking in.
October 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM
If we're to believe him, Johnson is the least informed senior government official ever. He never seems to know what's going on.
Maybe someone needs to get him a staff to brief him? /s
Maybe someone needs to get him a staff to brief him? /s
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LICE 😂
Seattle, Washington
No Kings
Seattle, Washington
No Kings
October 19, 2025 at 1:51 PM
LICE 😂
Seattle, Washington
No Kings
Seattle, Washington
No Kings
If someone had told me 20 years ago that I'd be dancing on the side of a highway in a banana suit to save democracy, I'd have told them they were nuts.
Yet here we are, America. #NoKings
Yet here we are, America. #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
If someone had told me 20 years ago that I'd be dancing on the side of a highway in a banana suit to save democracy, I'd have told them they were nuts.
Yet here we are, America. #NoKings
Yet here we are, America. #NoKings
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A more competent Cabinet official would be able to come up with her own zingers on the fly.
Sad.
Sad.
Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.
Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.
The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism
In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.
Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.
The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism
In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.
October 8, 2025 at 10:34 AM
A more competent Cabinet official would be able to come up with her own zingers on the fly.
Sad.
Sad.
Does anyone know what time the Rapture is supposed to happen today? I have a dentist appointment later on and I need to know whether I should bother flossing.
September 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Does anyone know what time the Rapture is supposed to happen today? I have a dentist appointment later on and I need to know whether I should bother flossing.
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RFK Jr., driving away with Rudy Guliani tied to the roof of his car
August 31, 2025 at 10:19 PM
RFK Jr., driving away with Rudy Guliani tied to the roof of his car
An acquaintance described his 3 year-old's hijinks as "toddler crimes," and I can't get that out of my mind.
July 29, 2025 at 11:38 AM
An acquaintance described his 3 year-old's hijinks as "toddler crimes," and I can't get that out of my mind.
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Go to www.resistancerangers.org/snitchsigns for ways to fight back against this DOI whitewashing scheme
National Parks Are Told to Delete Content That ‘Disparages Americans’
www.nytimes.com
June 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Go to www.resistancerangers.org/snitchsigns for ways to fight back against this DOI whitewashing scheme
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Reporting is that Jeff Van Drew NJ-2: (202) 225-6572 is still deciding on how he will vote on the budget.
(Personally I don't believe that because he does whatever trump tells him to - but worth a call.)
He promised not to vote for a bill that cut Medicaid.
(Personally I don't believe that because he does whatever trump tells him to - but worth a call.)
He promised not to vote for a bill that cut Medicaid.
May 20, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Reporting is that Jeff Van Drew NJ-2: (202) 225-6572 is still deciding on how he will vote on the budget.
(Personally I don't believe that because he does whatever trump tells him to - but worth a call.)
He promised not to vote for a bill that cut Medicaid.
(Personally I don't believe that because he does whatever trump tells him to - but worth a call.)
He promised not to vote for a bill that cut Medicaid.
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How many things have you done at 1AM that you’re proud of?
May 20, 2025 at 9:07 PM
How many things have you done at 1AM that you’re proud of?
It all makes perfect sense once you consider that Putin and all of our other enemies want Americans to be weak, unproductive and dead.
The only thing that doesn't make sense is insurers denying access to a vax that's much cheaper than treatment for the virus. wapo.st/4mfNYRo
The only thing that doesn't make sense is insurers denying access to a vax that's much cheaper than treatment for the virus. wapo.st/4mfNYRo
FDA to limit covid shot approval to elderly, those with medical conditions
The agency will narrow its approval for updated coronavirus vaccines, marking a significant shift in the agency’s approach to green-lighting shots that have been recommended broadly to the public.
wapo.st
May 20, 2025 at 6:56 PM
It all makes perfect sense once you consider that Putin and all of our other enemies want Americans to be weak, unproductive and dead.
The only thing that doesn't make sense is insurers denying access to a vax that's much cheaper than treatment for the virus. wapo.st/4mfNYRo
The only thing that doesn't make sense is insurers denying access to a vax that's much cheaper than treatment for the virus. wapo.st/4mfNYRo
Controlling the messengers is part of controlling the message. NPS Rangers will never willingly tell you that raping public lands and rewriting difficult history to serve the oppressors is for the public good. www.resistancerangers.org/press/hundre...
Hundreds of Rangers “Consolidated” to DOI; NPS Communications Now Under DOGE Oversight — Resistance Rangers
In a new move to hide the continued dismantling of the National Park Service, over 1,600 employees were removed from NPS on Sunday, May 4 and “consolidated” under DOGE control in the Department of the...
www.resistancerangers.org
May 7, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Controlling the messengers is part of controlling the message. NPS Rangers will never willingly tell you that raping public lands and rewriting difficult history to serve the oppressors is for the public good. www.resistancerangers.org/press/hundre...