Lyric Thompson
@lyricthompson.bsky.social
Housing advocate fighting NYC's housing agencies to enforce standards and suck less.. The struggle is real.. I also work in homeless services.. Everyone deserves a place to hang their hat..
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Sobbing at these Italians being happy to be stuck in traffic during a strike for Palestine
September 27, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Sobbing at these Italians being happy to be stuck in traffic during a strike for Palestine
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🔥PLEASE REPOST🔥
🚨If ACA tax credits are NOT extended, premium payments will increase by more than 100% for many of the 24M Americans who buy their own coverage & it's on top of rising food & housing costs among other inflationary pressures that are adding major STRESS.🚨
www.kff.org/from-drew-al...
🚨If ACA tax credits are NOT extended, premium payments will increase by more than 100% for many of the 24M Americans who buy their own coverage & it's on top of rising food & housing costs among other inflationary pressures that are adding major STRESS.🚨
www.kff.org/from-drew-al...
How an ACA Premium Spike Will Affect Family Budgets, and Voters
In his latest column, President and CEO Dr. Drew Altman shows how spiking premiums, which may come if the enhanced ACA tax credits are not extended, will hit people in the context of their family budg...
www.kff.org
September 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
🔥PLEASE REPOST🔥
🚨If ACA tax credits are NOT extended, premium payments will increase by more than 100% for many of the 24M Americans who buy their own coverage & it's on top of rising food & housing costs among other inflationary pressures that are adding major STRESS.🚨
www.kff.org/from-drew-al...
🚨If ACA tax credits are NOT extended, premium payments will increase by more than 100% for many of the 24M Americans who buy their own coverage & it's on top of rising food & housing costs among other inflationary pressures that are adding major STRESS.🚨
www.kff.org/from-drew-al...
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Repost this, just don't like it, if you think Jake Tapper is a POS.
I'll go first and post it and say, "Jake Tapper is a POS."
I'll go first and post it and say, "Jake Tapper is a POS."
May 24, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Repost this, just don't like it, if you think Jake Tapper is a POS.
I'll go first and post it and say, "Jake Tapper is a POS."
I'll go first and post it and say, "Jake Tapper is a POS."
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📢 Has Trump’s Pentagon ERASED Your Family Member from Arlington’s Website?
Women, minorities, and countless Servicemembers have been deleted from Arlington National Cemetery’s online records.
💬 Tell us in the comments if your family member has been affected. We want to hear your story.
Women, minorities, and countless Servicemembers have been deleted from Arlington National Cemetery’s online records.
💬 Tell us in the comments if your family member has been affected. We want to hear your story.
March 19, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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NEWS: An Indian national teaching at Georgetown was arrested by immigration authorities in Rosslyn, Va. Monday.
His lawyers say he's being targeted for his pro-Palestinian views. His U.S. citizen wife's father was a Hamas adviser.
w/ @joshgerstein
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
His lawyers say he's being targeted for his pro-Palestinian views. His U.S. citizen wife's father was a Hamas adviser.
w/ @joshgerstein
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
March 19, 2025 at 11:28 PM
NEWS: An Indian national teaching at Georgetown was arrested by immigration authorities in Rosslyn, Va. Monday.
His lawyers say he's being targeted for his pro-Palestinian views. His U.S. citizen wife's father was a Hamas adviser.
w/ @joshgerstein
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
His lawyers say he's being targeted for his pro-Palestinian views. His U.S. citizen wife's father was a Hamas adviser.
w/ @joshgerstein
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
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"If it continues like this, the United States will not score as a democracy when we release 2025 data"
"US democracy will not last another 6 months."
Source: 31 million data points for 202 countries, by 4,200 scholars, measuring 600 different attributes #3E #EndOligarchy
www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7486317
"US democracy will not last another 6 months."
Source: 31 million data points for 202 countries, by 4,200 scholars, measuring 600 different attributes #3E #EndOligarchy
www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7486317
U.S. could lose democracy status, says global watchdog
www.cbc.ca
March 19, 2025 at 10:09 PM
"If it continues like this, the United States will not score as a democracy when we release 2025 data"
"US democracy will not last another 6 months."
Source: 31 million data points for 202 countries, by 4,200 scholars, measuring 600 different attributes #3E #EndOligarchy
www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7486317
"US democracy will not last another 6 months."
Source: 31 million data points for 202 countries, by 4,200 scholars, measuring 600 different attributes #3E #EndOligarchy
www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7486317
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A power which, as it happens, presidents don’t have. But never mind. He no longer views himself as a president. (Note to SCOTUS: You did this. Giving a megalomaniacal sociopath immunity inevitably led to this.)
Reuters: TRUMP TO SIGN EXECUTIVE ORDER DIRECTING CLOSURE OF DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION- WHITE HOUSE FACT SHEET
March 19, 2025 at 10:54 PM
A power which, as it happens, presidents don’t have. But never mind. He no longer views himself as a president. (Note to SCOTUS: You did this. Giving a megalomaniacal sociopath immunity inevitably led to this.)
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French Scientist Reportedly Denied U.S. Entry Due to Trump Criticism
https://newrepublic.com/post/192946/french-scientist-denied-us-entry-trump-criticism
https://newrepublic.com/post/192946/french-scientist-denied-us-entry-trump-criticism
French Scientist Reportedly Denied U.S. Entry Due to Trump Criticism
So much for free speech in America?
newrepublic.com
March 19, 2025 at 10:25 PM
French Scientist Reportedly Denied U.S. Entry Due to Trump Criticism
https://newrepublic.com/post/192946/french-scientist-denied-us-entry-trump-criticism
https://newrepublic.com/post/192946/french-scientist-denied-us-entry-trump-criticism
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This story is horrific and terrifying. Then, near the end, this:
"The reality became clear: Ice detention isn’t just a bureaucratic nightmare. It’s a business. These facilities are privately owned and run for profit."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
"The reality became clear: Ice detention isn’t just a bureaucratic nightmare. It’s a business. These facilities are privately owned and run for profit."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 9:05 PM
This story is horrific and terrifying. Then, near the end, this:
"The reality became clear: Ice detention isn’t just a bureaucratic nightmare. It’s a business. These facilities are privately owned and run for profit."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
"The reality became clear: Ice detention isn’t just a bureaucratic nightmare. It’s a business. These facilities are privately owned and run for profit."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Our client was one of the people deported to El Salvador's violent mega-prison known for its human rights violations. Despite having no criminal history or association with the gang Tren de Aragua, he was deported because of his tattoos, which are benign in nature. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/u...
Trump Officials Say Deportees Were Gang Members. Few Details Were Disclosed.
Families and immigration lawyers argue not all of the deportees sent to a prison in El Salvador over the weekend had ties to gangs.
www.nytimes.com
March 19, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Our client was one of the people deported to El Salvador's violent mega-prison known for its human rights violations. Despite having no criminal history or association with the gang Tren de Aragua, he was deported because of his tattoos, which are benign in nature. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/u...
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“Our client is proof that they didn’t do the due diligence to understand who they were sending to El Salvador at all,” said CEO and President Lindsay Toczylowksi to @nytimespr.bsky.social
Read more:
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/u...
Read more:
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/u...
Trump Officials Say Deportees Were Gang Members. Few Details Were Disclosed.
Families and immigration lawyers argue not all of the deportees sent to a prison in El Salvador over the weekend had ties to gangs.
www.nytimes.com
March 19, 2025 at 10:10 PM
“Our client is proof that they didn’t do the due diligence to understand who they were sending to El Salvador at all,” said CEO and President Lindsay Toczylowksi to @nytimespr.bsky.social
Read more:
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/u...
Read more:
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/u...
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CAN I GET 70 MILLION REPOSTS ON THIS?
Send this message across America!
Let's go for it!
Send this message across America!
Let's go for it!
March 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
CAN I GET 70 MILLION REPOSTS ON THIS?
Send this message across America!
Let's go for it!
Send this message across America!
Let's go for it!
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People have goldfish-like memories when it comes to politicians but let me remind you: Andrew Cuomo is a sexual abuser (13 women have accused him of sexual harassment, inappropriate touching/kissing, & retaliation against them) & a man who puts his own ego above the needs of the people at every turn
February 25, 2025 at 12:38 AM
People have goldfish-like memories when it comes to politicians but let me remind you: Andrew Cuomo is a sexual abuser (13 women have accused him of sexual harassment, inappropriate touching/kissing, & retaliation against them) & a man who puts his own ego above the needs of the people at every turn
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Sign of the day…
February 23, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Sign of the day…
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This is urgent!!
February 1, 2025 at 3:14 AM
This is urgent!!
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President Biden makes comments during the signing of the Social Security Fairness Act.
"Americans who have worked hard all their lives to earn an earnest living, should be able to retire with economic security and dignity."
Bravo, Biden! 👏
"Americans who have worked hard all their lives to earn an earnest living, should be able to retire with economic security and dignity."
Bravo, Biden! 👏
January 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
President Biden makes comments during the signing of the Social Security Fairness Act.
"Americans who have worked hard all their lives to earn an earnest living, should be able to retire with economic security and dignity."
Bravo, Biden! 👏
"Americans who have worked hard all their lives to earn an earnest living, should be able to retire with economic security and dignity."
Bravo, Biden! 👏
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Linda McMahon shouldn't be confirmed for anything. Agreed? Help us get to 5,000 letters sent against Linda! Send your letters to Senators here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Tell Your Senators: Oppose Linda McMahon for Education Secretary
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
January 2, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Linda McMahon shouldn't be confirmed for anything. Agreed? Help us get to 5,000 letters sent against Linda! Send your letters to Senators here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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This might sound like a hot take but friends: Read books as a hobby this year. It is one of the best things you can do for your brain to grow your thinking and perspectives.
If you want to be anti-consumption get a library card.
Bonus: in places like UK/AoNZ/CA library copies pay authors
If you want to be anti-consumption get a library card.
Bonus: in places like UK/AoNZ/CA library copies pay authors
January 1, 2025 at 11:00 PM
This might sound like a hot take but friends: Read books as a hobby this year. It is one of the best things you can do for your brain to grow your thinking and perspectives.
If you want to be anti-consumption get a library card.
Bonus: in places like UK/AoNZ/CA library copies pay authors
If you want to be anti-consumption get a library card.
Bonus: in places like UK/AoNZ/CA library copies pay authors
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The lies told to the American people about healthcare; universal care; and lies about the countries that provide healthcare because it is a right. The lies say they have no care or access and that is to keep people from demanding what is a right; that causes people to vote against their interests.
January 2, 2025 at 2:30 AM
The lies told to the American people about healthcare; universal care; and lies about the countries that provide healthcare because it is a right. The lies say they have no care or access and that is to keep people from demanding what is a right; that causes people to vote against their interests.
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Congrats to CNN for Lowest-Rated Week in Decades, It's Well Deserved
My New Post:
My New Post:
Congrats to CNN for Lowest-Rated Week in Decades
It’s well deserved
www.dworkinsubstack.com
December 7, 2024 at 2:19 PM
Congrats to CNN for Lowest-Rated Week in Decades, It's Well Deserved
My New Post:
My New Post:
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Let’s be clear. Privatization of the post office will mean some addresses simply will not be covered because they are unprofitable. Think of it like our private healthcare system.
December 17, 2024 at 12:00 AM
Let’s be clear. Privatization of the post office will mean some addresses simply will not be covered because they are unprofitable. Think of it like our private healthcare system.
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We're investigating health insurance denials. If you want to share your insights, here's how:
Do You Have Insights Into Dental and Health Insurance Denials? Help Us Report on the System.
Insurers deny tens of millions of claims every year. ProPublica is investigating why claims are denied, what the consequences are for patients and how the appeal process really works.
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December 15, 2024 at 6:30 PM
We're investigating health insurance denials. If you want to share your insights, here's how: