tompoe80.bsky.social
@tompoe80.bsky.social
Retired veteran; Bernie Sanders fan
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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.
November 11, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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the democratic party establishment hasnt learned a damn thing since they voted to allow george w bush to invade iraq. not one thing.
November 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Project 2025
November 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Jeffries is whipping NO votes in the House on the shutdown deal. From Jake Sherman at Punchbowl:
November 11, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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To all of our protectors then and now, we are honored by your courage and loyalty
November 11, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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📌 Thank you , Jon Stewart ‼️

For articulating , what most

are feeling right now 💯

🎯🎯 👇🏾 🐥 👇🏻 🎯🎯
November 11, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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November 11, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Seems that Trumpedo does not sign executive order releasing November SNAP funds. Why not, you scumbag of a human? Starving Americans is totally unacceptable behavior at a level of Hitler, Putin, Duterte.
November 11, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Feel the Burn. Thank you, Bernie.
Bernie's Warning Before The Vote
Took Place.......
November 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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🚨BREAKING: In a case with major implications for voting access, the U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide whether a mail-in ballot must be received by Election Day to count, or if it merely must be sent by then. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
SCOTUS to Hear GOP Lawsuit That Could Radically Restrict Mail Voting
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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I spy….a man with a functioning brain:
November 11, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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Tried calling Kaine's office (DC and three local ones) and can't get a human being on the line anywhere. Even the "leave a message" option isn't working in some office voice mail systems.
November 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.

So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.

Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
Voters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE - Bolts
A populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.
boltsmag.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
In 1730, Benjamin Franklin gathered a small group of men in Philadelphia. A club was formed, books were brought to the meeting place to be shared, and the first library model was established. Trumpedo has gutted the Department of Education by 50%, in order to rewrite our history. I say NO!
November 11, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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Me to someone struggling to remember my name: Alexis from Texas

Him, whispering: there's a porn star with that name

Me: yeah, she's known for her butt

Him: I wouldn't know

Me:

Him:

Me: of the 100s of people I have told this mnemonic, you are literally the only one who knew this actress exists
November 10, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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Listen Kaine, Hassan, King, Cortez-Masto, Durbin, Shaheen, Rosen, and Fetterman. You're NOT gonna take away my 2025 election joy. We voted in that election for folks to FIGHT for us. That doesn't include YOU.

YOU are what we voted AGAINST last Tuesday. So I'm gonna hang on to that.
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Russia Reports Prevention of Ukrainian-British Plot Targeting Mig-31 Fighter Equipped with Hypersonic Weapon
November 11, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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The government is not Open.
And if Mikey does open...
The Epstein files will be released.

Mikey is in a child rapist conundrum
November 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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Since 2020, I have been fighting for mail-in voting and the GOP has been fighting against it. A critical court case is now going before the U.S. Supreme Court. I can assure you that I will be there fighting hard to ensure every lawful ballot counts.
November 11, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Interesting that people continue to vote against their own self interests.
November 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Extremely niche hot take: the nation's pre-eminent newspaper needs to rethink publishing pieces on sartorial choices of politicians. What a waste of ... newsprint? screen real estate?

But seriously, I couldn't care less about party-aligned neckties or whatever. I do care about what they do.
November 10, 2025 at 11:42 AM