Kara S
@karakol5.bsky.social
Labor - single payer healthcare - cats
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💪 More than 700 registered nurses in Bryan-College Station are voting this week to join National Nurses United!
CommonSpirit’s St. Joseph Brazos Valley nurses are organizing for the safe staffing, retention, and quality care every patient deserves. Let’s cheer them on to vote #UnionYES!
CommonSpirit’s St. Joseph Brazos Valley nurses are organizing for the safe staffing, retention, and quality care every patient deserves. Let’s cheer them on to vote #UnionYES!
December 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
💪 More than 700 registered nurses in Bryan-College Station are voting this week to join National Nurses United!
CommonSpirit’s St. Joseph Brazos Valley nurses are organizing for the safe staffing, retention, and quality care every patient deserves. Let’s cheer them on to vote #UnionYES!
CommonSpirit’s St. Joseph Brazos Valley nurses are organizing for the safe staffing, retention, and quality care every patient deserves. Let’s cheer them on to vote #UnionYES!
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After being hired to promote Georgia’s Medicaid work requirement program, Deloitte Consulting priced reports about its own marketing performance at $300,000 a month.
A final report, which was due in February, could cost the state nearly half a million.
➡️ Read the full story: propub.li/3YOiJ66
A final report, which was due in February, could cost the state nearly half a million.
➡️ Read the full story: propub.li/3YOiJ66
May 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
After being hired to promote Georgia’s Medicaid work requirement program, Deloitte Consulting priced reports about its own marketing performance at $300,000 a month.
A final report, which was due in February, could cost the state nearly half a million.
➡️ Read the full story: propub.li/3YOiJ66
A final report, which was due in February, could cost the state nearly half a million.
➡️ Read the full story: propub.li/3YOiJ66
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The US is now poised to become the largest disease incubator in human history
February 14, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The US is now poised to become the largest disease incubator in human history
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This is not a good combination of trending topics 😬
February 14, 2025 at 10:57 PM
This is not a good combination of trending topics 😬
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The IRS was a simple test for DOGE: was it really interested in efficiency and state capacity? If so, you support the tax enforcement, the biggest ROI in govt.
Or did it want to minimize parts of the state that bothered billionaires?
We have our answer.
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
Or did it want to minimize parts of the state that bothered billionaires?
We have our answer.
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
🚨NEWS: Massive layoffs are about to hit the IRS -- around 10,000 employees -- potentially in the middle of filing season.
Of particular interest to the DOGE: Cutting IRS enforcement capabilities.
-- with @jeffstein.bsky.social + Hannah Natanson
Of particular interest to the DOGE: Cutting IRS enforcement capabilities.
-- with @jeffstein.bsky.social + Hannah Natanson
Layoffs to hit IRS as DOGE targets tax collections
Several people briefed on the matter said cuts to the IRS cuts numbering in the thousands. One target is tax collections.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 14, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The IRS was a simple test for DOGE: was it really interested in efficiency and state capacity? If so, you support the tax enforcement, the biggest ROI in govt.
Or did it want to minimize parts of the state that bothered billionaires?
We have our answer.
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
Or did it want to minimize parts of the state that bothered billionaires?
We have our answer.
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
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I'm all for going after waste, fraud, and abuse. The Department of Defense spends $800+ billion a year. It's never passed a single audit. Ever.
USAID was audited three months ago.
Is Elon scared to lose all the defense contract money he pockets from the Pentagon?
USAID was audited three months ago.
Is Elon scared to lose all the defense contract money he pockets from the Pentagon?
February 7, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I'm all for going after waste, fraud, and abuse. The Department of Defense spends $800+ billion a year. It's never passed a single audit. Ever.
USAID was audited three months ago.
Is Elon scared to lose all the defense contract money he pockets from the Pentagon?
USAID was audited three months ago.
Is Elon scared to lose all the defense contract money he pockets from the Pentagon?
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Federal workers in a chat mocking the desperation of Trump/Musk so-called "buyout" offer, which they keep getting emails about.
"If is such a great deal why do they need to send 'reminders'? Great deals don't need reminders."
"Typical high pressure used car salesman tactic."
"A scammer’s tactic."
"If is such a great deal why do they need to send 'reminders'? Great deals don't need reminders."
"Typical high pressure used car salesman tactic."
"A scammer’s tactic."
February 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Federal workers in a chat mocking the desperation of Trump/Musk so-called "buyout" offer, which they keep getting emails about.
"If is such a great deal why do they need to send 'reminders'? Great deals don't need reminders."
"Typical high pressure used car salesman tactic."
"A scammer’s tactic."
"If is such a great deal why do they need to send 'reminders'? Great deals don't need reminders."
"Typical high pressure used car salesman tactic."
"A scammer’s tactic."
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Now the whole country gets the experience of what it's like when private equity buys the place you work
February 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Now the whole country gets the experience of what it's like when private equity buys the place you work
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The nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Health and Human Services Secretary is dangerous. Kennedy denies science-based evidence, putting our communities’ health in danger.
Click here to call your senator and urge them to vote NO on RFK Jr. to protect public health.
act.nnu.org/sign/senate-...
Click here to call your senator and urge them to vote NO on RFK Jr. to protect public health.
act.nnu.org/sign/senate-...
February 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Health and Human Services Secretary is dangerous. Kennedy denies science-based evidence, putting our communities’ health in danger.
Click here to call your senator and urge them to vote NO on RFK Jr. to protect public health.
act.nnu.org/sign/senate-...
Click here to call your senator and urge them to vote NO on RFK Jr. to protect public health.
act.nnu.org/sign/senate-...
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Convo with my friend from Hungary tonight who left after Orban’s election.
She said “your head will spin with all the wild stuff they try to pull, new things every day, but don’t take your eyes off the money. It’s all about the money, and what they’re stealing, and for whom.”
She said “your head will spin with all the wild stuff they try to pull, new things every day, but don’t take your eyes off the money. It’s all about the money, and what they’re stealing, and for whom.”
February 3, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Convo with my friend from Hungary tonight who left after Orban’s election.
She said “your head will spin with all the wild stuff they try to pull, new things every day, but don’t take your eyes off the money. It’s all about the money, and what they’re stealing, and for whom.”
She said “your head will spin with all the wild stuff they try to pull, new things every day, but don’t take your eyes off the money. It’s all about the money, and what they’re stealing, and for whom.”
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who Trump named acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has reportedly shut down all CFPB operations - enforcement, investigation, everything - "pending a review"
They're gonna let corporations fuck over consumers if they want to, dammit.
They're gonna let corporations fuck over consumers if they want to, dammit.
February 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who Trump named acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has reportedly shut down all CFPB operations - enforcement, investigation, everything - "pending a review"
They're gonna let corporations fuck over consumers if they want to, dammit.
They're gonna let corporations fuck over consumers if they want to, dammit.
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BREAKING: 10,000 grocery store workers will launch a massive strike Thursday.
King Soopers’ workers, unionized with the UFCW, will shut down 77 store locations in the first big strike of Trump’s second term.
King Soopers’ workers, unionized with the UFCW, will shut down 77 store locations in the first big strike of Trump’s second term.
February 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
BREAKING: 10,000 grocery store workers will launch a massive strike Thursday.
King Soopers’ workers, unionized with the UFCW, will shut down 77 store locations in the first big strike of Trump’s second term.
King Soopers’ workers, unionized with the UFCW, will shut down 77 store locations in the first big strike of Trump’s second term.
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Mass protest against ICE deportations shut down downtown Los Angeles today. More of this please!
February 3, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Mass protest against ICE deportations shut down downtown Los Angeles today. More of this please!
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When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.
February 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.
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🚨BREAKING: Months before tonight's fatal DC plane crash, lawmakers brushed off dire safety warnings & passed an industry-backed bill adding more flight traffic at the airport.
"Increasing slots at this airport undermines safety," an opponent pleaded.
"Increasing slots at this airport undermines safety," an opponent pleaded.
Before D.C. Airport Collision, Lawmakers Brushed Off Warnings And Boosted Flights
Despite midflight near-misses and dire pleas, airline-bankrolled lawmakers recently expanded flight traffic at Washington’s busy airport.
buff.ly
January 30, 2025 at 5:29 AM
🚨BREAKING: Months before tonight's fatal DC plane crash, lawmakers brushed off dire safety warnings & passed an industry-backed bill adding more flight traffic at the airport.
"Increasing slots at this airport undermines safety," an opponent pleaded.
"Increasing slots at this airport undermines safety," an opponent pleaded.
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the first fatal commercial plane crash in 16 years happened just days after Trump froze hiring of air traffic controllers that were already stretched thin
January 30, 2025 at 2:59 AM
the first fatal commercial plane crash in 16 years happened just days after Trump froze hiring of air traffic controllers that were already stretched thin
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The U.S. Senate must reject the confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of HHS.
He would actively oppose the proven science of vaccines and make us more vulnerable to the next deadly infectious disease. His nomination is insulting & dangerous. www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/us-nur...
He would actively oppose the proven science of vaccines and make us more vulnerable to the next deadly infectious disease. His nomination is insulting & dangerous. www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/us-nur...
U.S. nurses oppose confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead Health and Human Services
NNU calls on the U.S. Senate to reject the confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of the Health and Human Services Department (HHS).
www.nationalnursesunited.org
January 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The U.S. Senate must reject the confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of HHS.
He would actively oppose the proven science of vaccines and make us more vulnerable to the next deadly infectious disease. His nomination is insulting & dangerous. www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/us-nur...
He would actively oppose the proven science of vaccines and make us more vulnerable to the next deadly infectious disease. His nomination is insulting & dangerous. www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/us-nur...
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BREAKING: Two unions with over two million government workers are suing the Trump admin over illegal executive orders.
AFSCME and AFGE assert that Trump illegally exceeded his authority by unilaterally trying to roll back a regulation that protects civil servants.
AFSCME and AFGE assert that Trump illegally exceeded his authority by unilaterally trying to roll back a regulation that protects civil servants.
January 29, 2025 at 8:59 PM
BREAKING: Two unions with over two million government workers are suing the Trump admin over illegal executive orders.
AFSCME and AFGE assert that Trump illegally exceeded his authority by unilaterally trying to roll back a regulation that protects civil servants.
AFSCME and AFGE assert that Trump illegally exceeded his authority by unilaterally trying to roll back a regulation that protects civil servants.
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RFK Jr. is wrong: A.I. cannot and SHOULD NOT replace the human expertise & clinical judgement of RNs.
The in-person assessment skills & critical thinking of RNs are essential to high-quality patient care. The hands-on work of caring for other people can't be automated. 🧵(1/4)
The in-person assessment skills & critical thinking of RNs are essential to high-quality patient care. The hands-on work of caring for other people can't be automated. 🧵(1/4)
January 30, 2025 at 12:04 AM
RFK Jr. is wrong: A.I. cannot and SHOULD NOT replace the human expertise & clinical judgement of RNs.
The in-person assessment skills & critical thinking of RNs are essential to high-quality patient care. The hands-on work of caring for other people can't be automated. 🧵(1/4)
The in-person assessment skills & critical thinking of RNs are essential to high-quality patient care. The hands-on work of caring for other people can't be automated. 🧵(1/4)
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"This offer should not be viewed as voluntary. Between the flurry of anti-worker executive orders and policies, it is clear that the Trump administration's goal is to turn the federal government into a toxic environment where workers cannot stay even if they want to.” -AFGE
AFGE Statement on Federal Employee Buyouts
Today, in response to reports that President Trump will be offering buyout to all federal employees who don't want to return to the office, AFGE National President Everett Kelley issued the following ...
www.afge.org
January 28, 2025 at 11:36 PM
"This offer should not be viewed as voluntary. Between the flurry of anti-worker executive orders and policies, it is clear that the Trump administration's goal is to turn the federal government into a toxic environment where workers cannot stay even if they want to.” -AFGE
Jfc
BREAKING: Illinois is currently shut out of Medicaid.
Gov. JB Pritzker’s office reports that the Trump funding freeze has shut the state out of the federal health care program.
Medicaid covers nearly 4 million people in Illinois.
chicago.suntimes.com/politics/don...
Gov. JB Pritzker’s office reports that the Trump funding freeze has shut the state out of the federal health care program.
Medicaid covers nearly 4 million people in Illinois.
chicago.suntimes.com/politics/don...
Illinois shut out of Medicaid after Trump administration halts federal grants and loans
The Trump administration's federal freeze has shut Illinois out of Medicaid, according to Gov. JB Pritzker's office. The government-funded health insurance program covered about 3.9 million people in ...
chicago.suntimes.com
January 28, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Jfc
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Trump is trying to scare the labor movement into submission
But not only do workers still have the right to unionize, but they *can* also still file for local NLRB elections, since these are under the purvue of regional offices, not the 5 person (now quorumless) national Board
But not only do workers still have the right to unionize, but they *can* also still file for local NLRB elections, since these are under the purvue of regional offices, not the 5 person (now quorumless) national Board
January 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Trump is trying to scare the labor movement into submission
But not only do workers still have the right to unionize, but they *can* also still file for local NLRB elections, since these are under the purvue of regional offices, not the 5 person (now quorumless) national Board
But not only do workers still have the right to unionize, but they *can* also still file for local NLRB elections, since these are under the purvue of regional offices, not the 5 person (now quorumless) national Board
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Trump's illegal freeze on billions of dollars allocated by law could:
-Hurt people in federally subsidized housing
-Block maternal and child health grants
-Halt emergency public health efforts
-Limit lead reduction efforts
-Hurt students on scholarship
-Harm hospitals
And much more.
-Hurt people in federally subsidized housing
-Block maternal and child health grants
-Halt emergency public health efforts
-Limit lead reduction efforts
-Hurt students on scholarship
-Harm hospitals
And much more.
January 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Trump's illegal freeze on billions of dollars allocated by law could:
-Hurt people in federally subsidized housing
-Block maternal and child health grants
-Halt emergency public health efforts
-Limit lead reduction efforts
-Hurt students on scholarship
-Harm hospitals
And much more.
-Hurt people in federally subsidized housing
-Block maternal and child health grants
-Halt emergency public health efforts
-Limit lead reduction efforts
-Hurt students on scholarship
-Harm hospitals
And much more.
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Jennifer Abruzzo's parting words after Trump fired her yesterday as NLRB head 🙏
January 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Jennifer Abruzzo's parting words after Trump fired her yesterday as NLRB head 🙏