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Fact-check..
January 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Oh, Canada! 🇨🇦

Life Expectancy:
🇨🇦 82.6
🇺🇸: 78.4

Infant Deaths/1,000:
🇨🇦 3.7
🇺🇸: 5.2

Deaths from No Insurance:
🇨🇦 0
🇺🇸: 68,000

Ozempic Price:
🇨🇦 $155
🇺🇸: $998

Uninsured:
🇨🇦 0
🇺🇸: 85M

Admin Costs:
🇨🇦 $196
🇺🇸: $1,055

Education:
🇨🇦 57% post-sec
🇺🇸: 45%

Canada Forever!
January 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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For the visual learners...
February 3, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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Vermonters & Americans need lower electric bills.

I'm outraged that Trump’s EPA put an illegal hold on funding Solar for All, which could lower electric bills for working families by 80% through the installation of solar panels on rooftops. The funding freeze must be rescinded.
January 30, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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When millions of struggling workers want to join unions, Trump's decision to neuter the NLRB is blatantly illegal. It is also a huge gift to Musk, Bezos & other billionaires who want to abolish the only federal agency that can stop their union busting.

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Trump firings at labor board threaten union win at Whole Foods – and beyond
Whole Foods workers in Philadelphia voted to unionize early this week but may be stuck in limbo due to President Donald Trump firing leaders at a federal labor regulator.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 1, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Trump’s unilateral decision to impose a 25% tariff on Canada and Mexico is most likely illegal and most definitely harmful. 

Economists estimate that these will increase costs for the average American family by as much as $1,200 a year.

We need to drive prices DOWN, not UP.
February 3, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Happy Birthday, Dolly! 🎶
What's a favorite Dolly Parton song of yours? 🎶
Born on January 19, 1946, in Tennessee, Dolly Rebbeca Parton is, well, she's just a national treasure who is also a very gifted musician. Dolly has written over 3,000 songs, released 49 studio albums, charted a record 25 👇
January 19, 2025 at 2:27 PM