@justinsimmonsne.bsky.social
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Mamdani has only been Mayor for a day & criminals are already fleeing New York
January 2, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Mamdani has only been Mayor for a day & criminals are already fleeing New York
“I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me - corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people
November 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM
“I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me - corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people
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Trump was able to find $40 billion to bail out Argentina and $300 million for his new ballroom.
Yet he can't find funds to prevent millions of Americans from losing access to healthcare or stop kids from going hungry.
Cruelty is the point.
Yet he can't find funds to prevent millions of Americans from losing access to healthcare or stop kids from going hungry.
Cruelty is the point.
October 28, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Trump was able to find $40 billion to bail out Argentina and $300 million for his new ballroom.
Yet he can't find funds to prevent millions of Americans from losing access to healthcare or stop kids from going hungry.
Cruelty is the point.
Yet he can't find funds to prevent millions of Americans from losing access to healthcare or stop kids from going hungry.
Cruelty is the point.
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$170B for ICE and Border Patrol
$40B for Argentina
$1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet
$230M for Trump's DOJ "compensation"
$200M for Kristi Noem's jets
$98M for Trump's golf outings
But no money to lower your healthcare costs.
$40B for Argentina
$1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet
$230M for Trump's DOJ "compensation"
$200M for Kristi Noem's jets
$98M for Trump's golf outings
But no money to lower your healthcare costs.
October 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
$170B for ICE and Border Patrol
$40B for Argentina
$1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet
$230M for Trump's DOJ "compensation"
$200M for Kristi Noem's jets
$98M for Trump's golf outings
But no money to lower your healthcare costs.
$40B for Argentina
$1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet
$230M for Trump's DOJ "compensation"
$200M for Kristi Noem's jets
$98M for Trump's golf outings
But no money to lower your healthcare costs.
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Yesterday, I asked Americans to tell me what a DOUBLING of health care premiums would mean for their families.
Here are just a few of their responses:
Here are just a few of their responses:
Bernie Reads Your Health Care Stories | Sen. Bernie Sanders
YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders
youtu.be
October 4, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Yesterday, I asked Americans to tell me what a DOUBLING of health care premiums would mean for their families.
Here are just a few of their responses:
Here are just a few of their responses:
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#France Happy Bastille Day #ViveLaFrance
July 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
#France Happy Bastille Day #ViveLaFrance
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At a comedy show, Mahmoud Khalil told Zohran Mamdani, “I am excited about the possibility of raising my son in a city where you are mayor.” It was a stunning moment, Hanif Abdurraqib writes.
Zohran Mamdani and Mahmoud Khalil Are In on the Joke
What it feels like to laugh when the world expects you to disappear.
www.newyorker.com
July 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
At a comedy show, Mahmoud Khalil told Zohran Mamdani, “I am excited about the possibility of raising my son in a city where you are mayor.” It was a stunning moment, Hanif Abdurraqib writes.
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I hold a town hall every single month because it gives me an opportunity to hear from my constituents on what they need.
Every single Member of Congress should be doing the same.
Every single Member of Congress should be doing the same.
July 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I hold a town hall every single month because it gives me an opportunity to hear from my constituents on what they need.
Every single Member of Congress should be doing the same.
Every single Member of Congress should be doing the same.
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As my friend Bernie Sanders says, "They've got the money, but we've got the people."
BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani is on track to become Dems' candidate for NYC mayor — toppling Andrew Cuomo's comeback dreams and putting incumbent Eric Adams on notice.
Cuomo has conceded and said he called to congratulate Mamdani.
ow.ly/SHE050WfR0C
Cuomo has conceded and said he called to congratulate Mamdani.
ow.ly/SHE050WfR0C
June 25, 2025 at 2:51 AM
As my friend Bernie Sanders says, "They've got the money, but we've got the people."
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"Attacking journalists and the media is on page one of the authoritarian playbook." - @notaaroncraig.bsky.social
"At a time when networks need & merit public support, Trump and Congress are angling to defund the CPB, which provides 10% of WPR and PBS Wisconsin budget."
captimes.com/opinion/edit...
"At a time when networks need & merit public support, Trump and Congress are angling to defund the CPB, which provides 10% of WPR and PBS Wisconsin budget."
captimes.com/opinion/edit...
Editorial | WPR and PBS Wisconsin sustain Wisconsin democracy
Editorial: The notion that public broadcasting is a liberal propaganda machine that serves the left is a conservative myth.
captimes.com
May 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
"Attacking journalists and the media is on page one of the authoritarian playbook." - @notaaroncraig.bsky.social
"At a time when networks need & merit public support, Trump and Congress are angling to defund the CPB, which provides 10% of WPR and PBS Wisconsin budget."
captimes.com/opinion/edit...
"At a time when networks need & merit public support, Trump and Congress are angling to defund the CPB, which provides 10% of WPR and PBS Wisconsin budget."
captimes.com/opinion/edit...
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This is indefensible.
At a time when health insurance companies are charging more and more and families are struggling to pay their monthly premiums, CEOs should not be getting massive salary increases.
www.startribune.com/blue-cross-o...
At a time when health insurance companies are charging more and more and families are struggling to pay their monthly premiums, CEOs should not be getting massive salary increases.
www.startribune.com/blue-cross-o...
Blue Cross of Minnesota CEO saw 34% pay increase to $4.3 million
Big bonus drove annual compensation jump of nearly $1.1 million for Dana Erickson, chief executive of the Eagan-based health insurer.
www.startribune.com
May 8, 2025 at 9:10 PM
This is indefensible.
At a time when health insurance companies are charging more and more and families are struggling to pay their monthly premiums, CEOs should not be getting massive salary increases.
www.startribune.com/blue-cross-o...
At a time when health insurance companies are charging more and more and families are struggling to pay their monthly premiums, CEOs should not be getting massive salary increases.
www.startribune.com/blue-cross-o...
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100 men vs. 1 gorilla?
How about the working class against the oligarchy?
The upward redistribution of wealth over the past 50 years has shifted $80 trillion from the bottom 90% of Americans to the top 1%.
This is the real fight we need to be talking about.
How about the working class against the oligarchy?
The upward redistribution of wealth over the past 50 years has shifted $80 trillion from the bottom 90% of Americans to the top 1%.
This is the real fight we need to be talking about.
May 7, 2025 at 5:10 PM
100 men vs. 1 gorilla?
How about the working class against the oligarchy?
The upward redistribution of wealth over the past 50 years has shifted $80 trillion from the bottom 90% of Americans to the top 1%.
This is the real fight we need to be talking about.
How about the working class against the oligarchy?
The upward redistribution of wealth over the past 50 years has shifted $80 trillion from the bottom 90% of Americans to the top 1%.
This is the real fight we need to be talking about.
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One thing I've learned over the last 85 days - believe these guys when they say what they're going to do.
Elon Musk called Social Security a Ponzi scheme and said it had to be eliminated - consequences be damned, apparently. They're gambling your future and don't care who gets hurt.
Elon Musk called Social Security a Ponzi scheme and said it had to be eliminated - consequences be damned, apparently. They're gambling your future and don't care who gets hurt.
April 15, 2025 at 9:32 PM
One thing I've learned over the last 85 days - believe these guys when they say what they're going to do.
Elon Musk called Social Security a Ponzi scheme and said it had to be eliminated - consequences be damned, apparently. They're gambling your future and don't care who gets hurt.
Elon Musk called Social Security a Ponzi scheme and said it had to be eliminated - consequences be damned, apparently. They're gambling your future and don't care who gets hurt.
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15 years ago the Supreme Court decided corporations are people under the First Amendment.
Today, billionaire political spending is up 160-fold since that ruling.
Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day.
Today, billionaire political spending is up 160-fold since that ruling.
Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day.
April 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
15 years ago the Supreme Court decided corporations are people under the First Amendment.
Today, billionaire political spending is up 160-fold since that ruling.
Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day.
Today, billionaire political spending is up 160-fold since that ruling.
Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day.
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I don’t want out of Trump‘s America. I want Trump out of my America
April 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I don’t want out of Trump‘s America. I want Trump out of my America
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Medicaid covers nearly 1/4 of our state's population and 41% of our children. We stand united against the GOP's extreme proposal to cut Medicaid to pay for tax cuts for billionaires and corporations.
March 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Medicaid covers nearly 1/4 of our state's population and 41% of our children. We stand united against the GOP's extreme proposal to cut Medicaid to pay for tax cuts for billionaires and corporations.
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New Yorkers: Call Sen. Gillibrand’s office to vote NO on cloture and NO on the Republican Spending Bill.
They vote in the morning.
☎️: (202) 224-4451
They vote in the morning.
☎️: (202) 224-4451
March 14, 2025 at 12:56 AM
New Yorkers: Call Sen. Gillibrand’s office to vote NO on cloture and NO on the Republican Spending Bill.
They vote in the morning.
☎️: (202) 224-4451
They vote in the morning.
☎️: (202) 224-4451
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🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
March 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
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“…the liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerated the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than the democratic state itself. That in its essence is fascism: ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or any controlling private power.” - FDR, 1938
March 10, 2025 at 12:24 AM
“…the liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerated the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than the democratic state itself. That in its essence is fascism: ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or any controlling private power.” - FDR, 1938
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The stakes are just too high.
March 6, 2025 at 1:10 AM
The stakes are just too high.
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If this were play’d upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an improbable fiction.
February 28, 2025 at 7:58 PM
If this were play’d upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an improbable fiction.
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Per Dr Atul Gawande, ex USAID: “All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.”
There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.
There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.
February 28, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Per Dr Atul Gawande, ex USAID: “All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.”
There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.
There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.
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The next time you hear Republicans mention tax cuts, ask yourself: For who?
Because unless you’re in the top 5%, it’s probably not you.
Because unless you’re in the top 5%, it’s probably not you.
February 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The next time you hear Republicans mention tax cuts, ask yourself: For who?
Because unless you’re in the top 5%, it’s probably not you.
Because unless you’re in the top 5%, it’s probably not you.