Tracy Bale
@thebalelab.bsky.social
Neuroscientist. CU Anschutz Professor studying stress and brain development. @IBRO President. Community advocate. Lab website: balethompsonLTP.org
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Trump to FAA workers: “The beatings will continue until morale improves.” The irony is, most are retiring, so good luck finding replacements.
November 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Trump to FAA workers: “The beatings will continue until morale improves.” The irony is, most are retiring, so good luck finding replacements.
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Average healthcare costs in the US:
Giving birth? $18,000
Cancer treatment? $150,000
One month ICU stay? Between 30k and 150k.
That’s not including copays, deductibles, interest and all the other hoops you have to jump through.
Cost in Canada? $0.
Cost in the UK? $0.
Cost in Australia? $0.
Giving birth? $18,000
Cancer treatment? $150,000
One month ICU stay? Between 30k and 150k.
That’s not including copays, deductibles, interest and all the other hoops you have to jump through.
Cost in Canada? $0.
Cost in the UK? $0.
Cost in Australia? $0.
November 11, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Average healthcare costs in the US:
Giving birth? $18,000
Cancer treatment? $150,000
One month ICU stay? Between 30k and 150k.
That’s not including copays, deductibles, interest and all the other hoops you have to jump through.
Cost in Canada? $0.
Cost in the UK? $0.
Cost in Australia? $0.
Giving birth? $18,000
Cancer treatment? $150,000
One month ICU stay? Between 30k and 150k.
That’s not including copays, deductibles, interest and all the other hoops you have to jump through.
Cost in Canada? $0.
Cost in the UK? $0.
Cost in Australia? $0.
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The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.
November 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.
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Chuck Schumer has not met this moment and Senate Democrats would be wise to move on from his leadership.
November 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Chuck Schumer has not met this moment and Senate Democrats would be wise to move on from his leadership.
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The Dems sabotaged public trust. Poll after poll suggested most of the blame was on Trump. Last week’s elections suggested the shutdown was a legitimate resistance to illegitimate rule. Pressure was mounting. Rs were sweating. Trump was calling for the end of the filibuster. Then Schumer caved.
November 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
The Dems sabotaged public trust. Poll after poll suggested most of the blame was on Trump. Last week’s elections suggested the shutdown was a legitimate resistance to illegitimate rule. Pressure was mounting. Rs were sweating. Trump was calling for the end of the filibuster. Then Schumer caved.
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From street marches to court battles to the ballot box - we’ve challenged the power of this exceptionally unpopular president.
The lesson from each success we've had is that we need to ramp the political pressure up, always up, not back down, now more than ever.
The lesson from each success we've had is that we need to ramp the political pressure up, always up, not back down, now more than ever.
November 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
From street marches to court battles to the ballot box - we’ve challenged the power of this exceptionally unpopular president.
The lesson from each success we've had is that we need to ramp the political pressure up, always up, not back down, now more than ever.
The lesson from each success we've had is that we need to ramp the political pressure up, always up, not back down, now more than ever.
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There’s still time to call senators. Let me explain. Sorry not sorry about the cat. He’s also really upset about this deal.
November 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
There’s still time to call senators. Let me explain. Sorry not sorry about the cat. He’s also really upset about this deal.
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To be clear: D senators trusting R senators who promise a vote on ACA subsidies at some future point is nothing more that a liar convincing a sucker. A sucker for believing the lie, and for believing that Johnson will ever bring it up in the House.
November 10, 2025 at 2:15 AM
To be clear: D senators trusting R senators who promise a vote on ACA subsidies at some future point is nothing more that a liar convincing a sucker. A sucker for believing the lie, and for believing that Johnson will ever bring it up in the House.
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Schumer (NY) 202 224-6542
Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224
King (ME) 202 224-5344
Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324
Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451
Masto (NV) 202 224-3542
Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224
King (ME) 202 224-5344
Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324
Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451
Masto (NV) 202 224-3542
Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
November 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Schumer (NY) 202 224-6542
Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224
King (ME) 202 224-5344
Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324
Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451
Masto (NV) 202 224-3542
Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224
King (ME) 202 224-5344
Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324
Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451
Masto (NV) 202 224-3542
Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
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Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
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Trump: no, I want kids to go hungry as a way of applying shutdown pressure on the Ds.
Also Trump: did you see my plans for a gilded ballroom?
I’m not sure which is worse, that Trump is doing sh*t this evil or that a very big chunk of America is perfectly OK w it
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Also Trump: did you see my plans for a gilded ballroom?
I’m not sure which is worse, that Trump is doing sh*t this evil or that a very big chunk of America is perfectly OK w it
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Officials Demand States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamp Benefits
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Trump: no, I want kids to go hungry as a way of applying shutdown pressure on the Ds.
Also Trump: did you see my plans for a gilded ballroom?
I’m not sure which is worse, that Trump is doing sh*t this evil or that a very big chunk of America is perfectly OK w it
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Also Trump: did you see my plans for a gilded ballroom?
I’m not sure which is worse, that Trump is doing sh*t this evil or that a very big chunk of America is perfectly OK w it
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
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Just called both my Senators to tell them to hold the line on the trump shutdown. If they hold the vote tonight will they get the messages? Probably not but I have to be able to tell my descendants and myself that I did everything in my power to save Democracy.
202-224-3121
#RightSideofHistory
202-224-3121
#RightSideofHistory
November 9, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Just called both my Senators to tell them to hold the line on the trump shutdown. If they hold the vote tonight will they get the messages? Probably not but I have to be able to tell my descendants and myself that I did everything in my power to save Democracy.
202-224-3121
#RightSideofHistory
202-224-3121
#RightSideofHistory
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Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
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Americans can’t afford this deal.
Democrats can fight AND win — just like we did in our budget battle in Michigan.
A promise isn’t a deal. Don’t settle.
Democrats can fight AND win — just like we did in our budget battle in Michigan.
A promise isn’t a deal. Don’t settle.
November 9, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Americans can’t afford this deal.
Democrats can fight AND win — just like we did in our budget battle in Michigan.
A promise isn’t a deal. Don’t settle.
Democrats can fight AND win — just like we did in our budget battle in Michigan.
A promise isn’t a deal. Don’t settle.
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Republicans who have no NO PROBLEM deliberately denying food to the most vulnerable, will have NO PROBLEM reneging on a ‘promise’ to have a vote on health care.
NO PROBLEM. For them.
They lie as easily as they live and breathe.
NO PROBLEM. For them.
They lie as easily as they live and breathe.
November 9, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Republicans who have no NO PROBLEM deliberately denying food to the most vulnerable, will have NO PROBLEM reneging on a ‘promise’ to have a vote on health care.
NO PROBLEM. For them.
They lie as easily as they live and breathe.
NO PROBLEM. For them.
They lie as easily as they live and breathe.
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CNN: The guy worth half a trillion dollars has just been awarded a trillion-dollar bonus
NYT: The president took a break from building a giant golden White House ballroom to eliminate SNAP benefits
CBS: It remains baffling that so many voters are willing to consider socialism
NYT: The president took a break from building a giant golden White House ballroom to eliminate SNAP benefits
CBS: It remains baffling that so many voters are willing to consider socialism
November 8, 2025 at 10:34 PM
CNN: The guy worth half a trillion dollars has just been awarded a trillion-dollar bonus
NYT: The president took a break from building a giant golden White House ballroom to eliminate SNAP benefits
CBS: It remains baffling that so many voters are willing to consider socialism
NYT: The president took a break from building a giant golden White House ballroom to eliminate SNAP benefits
CBS: It remains baffling that so many voters are willing to consider socialism
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"Democrats recognize President Trump’s new hardline against extending the ACA subsidies prevents a real chance of reaching a bipartisan deal on that issue, so several are willing to settle for just a [doomed -ed] standalone vote"
November 9, 2025 at 10:21 PM
"Democrats recognize President Trump’s new hardline against extending the ACA subsidies prevents a real chance of reaching a bipartisan deal on that issue, so several are willing to settle for just a [doomed -ed] standalone vote"
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Trump is building himself a fucking ballroom while suing to make sure people starve. If the Dems cave on this shit right now… 🤬
November 9, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Trump is building himself a fucking ballroom while suing to make sure people starve. If the Dems cave on this shit right now… 🤬
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A future vote on the ACA tax credits is not enough.
The American people about to lose their health care need results, not votes.
The American people about to lose their health care need results, not votes.
November 9, 2025 at 10:35 PM
A future vote on the ACA tax credits is not enough.
The American people about to lose their health care need results, not votes.
The American people about to lose their health care need results, not votes.
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We’ve been here before. In 2017, McConnell promised Collins a vote to fix the damage from the Trump tax scam. It never came. Now they’re dangling another empty “commitment” to @senangusking.bsky.social Don’t cave. Hold the line on health care for Mainers. #MEpolitics #ProtectOurCare
November 9, 2025 at 10:28 PM
We’ve been here before. In 2017, McConnell promised Collins a vote to fix the damage from the Trump tax scam. It never came. Now they’re dangling another empty “commitment” to @senangusking.bsky.social Don’t cave. Hold the line on health care for Mainers. #MEpolitics #ProtectOurCare
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