@sjmoneill.bsky.social
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“Why is literacy important?”
Socioeconomic Politics Nerd: *rambles on about civic engagement, material enrichment, individual well-being, etc*
Joyce Carol Oates: If you are literate, you can drive a billionaire into a mental breakdown!
Socioeconomic Politics Nerd: *rambles on about civic engagement, material enrichment, individual well-being, etc*
Joyce Carol Oates: If you are literate, you can drive a billionaire into a mental breakdown!
November 11, 2025 at 4:39 AM
“Why is literacy important?”
Socioeconomic Politics Nerd: *rambles on about civic engagement, material enrichment, individual well-being, etc*
Joyce Carol Oates: If you are literate, you can drive a billionaire into a mental breakdown!
Socioeconomic Politics Nerd: *rambles on about civic engagement, material enrichment, individual well-being, etc*
Joyce Carol Oates: If you are literate, you can drive a billionaire into a mental breakdown!
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Bad management at DOJ leading to staff exit & trouble hiring.
Synchronized withdrawal of labor. Collapse of labor supply.
Reduced administration's capacity.
Not a strike but also not not a strike.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Synchronized withdrawal of labor. Collapse of labor supply.
Reduced administration's capacity.
Not a strike but also not not a strike.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 11, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Bad management at DOJ leading to staff exit & trouble hiring.
Synchronized withdrawal of labor. Collapse of labor supply.
Reduced administration's capacity.
Not a strike but also not not a strike.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Synchronized withdrawal of labor. Collapse of labor supply.
Reduced administration's capacity.
Not a strike but also not not a strike.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Musk is a mass murderer on a scale with some of the worst monsters of history, so it's not really like the scales are evened by having a moderately well known author eviscerate him on his own platform.
still, you take what you can get.
still, you take what you can get.
November 11, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Musk is a mass murderer on a scale with some of the worst monsters of history, so it's not really like the scales are evened by having a moderately well known author eviscerate him on his own platform.
still, you take what you can get.
still, you take what you can get.
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NEW: President Trump's pardon of his alleged 2020 co-conspirators was less about shielding them from past crimes, his adversaries say, than about signaling to others that he has their back if he needs them again in 2026 or 2028.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 11, 2025 at 12:27 AM
NEW: President Trump's pardon of his alleged 2020 co-conspirators was less about shielding them from past crimes, his adversaries say, than about signaling to others that he has their back if he needs them again in 2026 or 2028.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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For that matter, the ACA marketplaces literally allow you to “negotiate your own insurance” RIGHT NOW. That’s the whole point of having a marketplace: You can compare plans and pick the one you feel is the best value for your needs & budget.
November 11, 2025 at 12:20 AM
For that matter, the ACA marketplaces literally allow you to “negotiate your own insurance” RIGHT NOW. That’s the whole point of having a marketplace: You can compare plans and pick the one you feel is the best value for your needs & budget.
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Exactly you go pick which plan you want… he just wants to get rid of the regulations that mandate deductible maximum’s and pre-existing etc… It’s so destructive
November 11, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Exactly you go pick which plan you want… he just wants to get rid of the regulations that mandate deductible maximum’s and pre-existing etc… It’s so destructive
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I wrote a long post about this last week; tomorrow I'll be doing a deeper dive into every state where this is a thing.
acasignups.net/25/11/06/pre...
acasignups.net/25/11/06/pre...
Premium Alignment, or how a dozen states are quietly providing ACA enrollees w/better options even in the face of expiring tax credits
I've written multiple times in the past about "Silver Loading," the ACA health insurance policy pricing strategy in which insurance carriers load the extra cost of their Cost Sharing Reduction financi...
acasignups.net
November 11, 2025 at 3:19 AM
I wrote a long post about this last week; tomorrow I'll be doing a deeper dive into every state where this is a thing.
acasignups.net/25/11/06/pre...
acasignups.net/25/11/06/pre...
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Do you know that Butterfinger has less than 2% cocoa?
Is this new or has it always been this way?
Is this part of the Trump claim the prices are going down, when in fact things are so expensive manufacturers are changing the formulas?
Is this new or has it always been this way?
Is this part of the Trump claim the prices are going down, when in fact things are so expensive manufacturers are changing the formulas?
November 11, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Do you know that Butterfinger has less than 2% cocoa?
Is this new or has it always been this way?
Is this part of the Trump claim the prices are going down, when in fact things are so expensive manufacturers are changing the formulas?
Is this new or has it always been this way?
Is this part of the Trump claim the prices are going down, when in fact things are so expensive manufacturers are changing the formulas?
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If you actually want a more united front, the most obvious choice is replace Schumer as leader because he has zero credibility and people rightly loathe him. But at a bare minimum if you want to at least make some gesture, replace Durbin as whip. He's retiring anyway. There would be no downside.
November 11, 2025 at 3:09 AM
If you actually want a more united front, the most obvious choice is replace Schumer as leader because he has zero credibility and people rightly loathe him. But at a bare minimum if you want to at least make some gesture, replace Durbin as whip. He's retiring anyway. There would be no downside.
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New: The real story is the Democratic leadership collapse: presswatchers.org/2025/11/the-...
The real story is the Democratic leadership collapse | Press Watch
The current crop of Democratic leaders does not constitute an effective opposition to Trump
presswatchers.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 PM
New: The real story is the Democratic leadership collapse: presswatchers.org/2025/11/the-...
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White Afrikaners looking at Trump and saying “don’t associate us with this racist!”
That’s quite a legacy.
That’s quite a legacy.
Prominent Afrikaners are pushing back after President Trump announced no U.S. officials will attend the G20 in Johannesburg, rejecting his claims of "white persecution" in South Africa as false and politically driven.
Prominent Afrikaners refuse to be 'pawns,' and hit back at Trump's claims about South Africa
Prominent Afrikaners are pushing back after President Trump announced no U.S. officials will attend the G20 in Johannesburg, rejecting his claims of "white persecution" in South Africa as false and politically driven.
n.pr
November 11, 2025 at 2:13 AM
White Afrikaners looking at Trump and saying “don’t associate us with this racist!”
That’s quite a legacy.
That’s quite a legacy.
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How are you feeling about the situation?
I’m still beyond furious.
I’m still beyond furious.
November 11, 2025 at 2:24 AM
How are you feeling about the situation?
I’m still beyond furious.
I’m still beyond furious.
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Lindsey Graham won’t support an extension of the ACA subsidies for struggling South Carolinians, but he’s getting the right to sue for $500,000 for the investigation into his behavior during Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election. We can do much better than Graham with @drannieandrews.com
Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Lindsey Graham won’t support an extension of the ACA subsidies for struggling South Carolinians, but he’s getting the right to sue for $500,000 for the investigation into his behavior during Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election. We can do much better than Graham with @drannieandrews.com
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And Shaheen and Durbin are saying that the White House wants to work with them on healthcare.
November 11, 2025 at 1:26 AM
And Shaheen and Durbin are saying that the White House wants to work with them on healthcare.
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Yo, a shout out to the people Donald Trump says he loves, "the poorly educated."
Trump is fighting in court to NOT provide food to the poorest people in America, including pregnant women, infants, and toddlers.
Donald doesn't love you, he despises you.
Trump is fighting in court to NOT provide food to the poorest people in America, including pregnant women, infants, and toddlers.
Donald doesn't love you, he despises you.
November 8, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Yo, a shout out to the people Donald Trump says he loves, "the poorly educated."
Trump is fighting in court to NOT provide food to the poorest people in America, including pregnant women, infants, and toddlers.
Donald doesn't love you, he despises you.
Trump is fighting in court to NOT provide food to the poorest people in America, including pregnant women, infants, and toddlers.
Donald doesn't love you, he despises you.
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A rare workers compensation benefits victory in Missouri for an injured worker who was treated abominably (for starters her boss refused to leave and watched doctors strip her clothes off) reminds of this Page 1 NYTimes story I wrote, gifted below.
Boils your blood?
www.nytimes.com/1997/05/05/n...
Boils your blood?
www.nytimes.com/1997/05/05/n...
Paralyzed Since Fall in 1962, Man Is Still Seeking Benefits (Published 1997)
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
A rare workers compensation benefits victory in Missouri for an injured worker who was treated abominably (for starters her boss refused to leave and watched doctors strip her clothes off) reminds of this Page 1 NYTimes story I wrote, gifted below.
Boils your blood?
www.nytimes.com/1997/05/05/n...
Boils your blood?
www.nytimes.com/1997/05/05/n...
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On DHS’s unauthorized use of Norman Rockwell’s paintings across social media, an op-ed from our family today in @usatoday.com www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
We're Norman Rockwell's family. Trump's DHS has shamefully misused his work. | Opinion
As Norman Rockwell's family, we know he'd be devastated to see the Department of Homeland Security's unauthorized misuse of his work.
www.usatoday.com
November 2, 2025 at 1:03 PM
On DHS’s unauthorized use of Norman Rockwell’s paintings across social media, an op-ed from our family today in @usatoday.com www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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Nope, sorry, not if there's a First Amendment, the same one that protects anti-abortion protesters.
Trump says no more freedom of religion in America blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Nope, sorry, not if there's a First Amendment, the same one that protects anti-abortion protesters.
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Dividend checks would be more than twice as much as what what Trump tariffs are bringing in.
Trump's tariff dividend checks would add $600 billion to the budget deficit this year, but who's counting? cepr.net/publications...
Tariff Dividend Checks for Dummies (i.e., the People in Policy Debates)
Reporters should be able to do the simple math to show that Trump's 'tariff checks' idea would add billions to the deficit.
cepr.net
November 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Dividend checks would be more than twice as much as what what Trump tariffs are bringing in.
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see what your tax dollars are doing in Chicago under Trump blockclubchicago.org/tag/operatio...
Operation Midway Blitz Archives
blockclubchicago.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:44 PM
see what your tax dollars are doing in Chicago under Trump blockclubchicago.org/tag/operatio...
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and full stupid, the idea that people aren't working to get $200 a month in food stamps. Trump steals that much every minute of every day.
Trump in full Marie Antoinette mode on Ingraham tonight.
Trump claims that food stamps "puts the country in jeopardy. People that are able-bodied can do a job, they leave their job because they figure they can pick this up, it's easier."
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
and full stupid, the idea that people aren't working to get $200 a month in food stamps. Trump steals that much every minute of every day.
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IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO DO SOME CRIMES AND WANT TO GET AWAY WITH IT:
*Become a Republican member of Congress
*Donate money to President Trump or cronies
*Marry a Republican member of Congress
*Become a Republican member of Congress
*Donate money to President Trump or cronies
*Marry a Republican member of Congress
NEW: Trump pardons the husband of GOP Rep. Diana Harshbarger.
Bob Harshbarger pleaded guilty to fraud & distributing kidney drugs from China that weren't FDA approved.
His wife was an officer in the company, but claimed she wasn't involved.
The WH says the pardon was not related to his last name
Bob Harshbarger pleaded guilty to fraud & distributing kidney drugs from China that weren't FDA approved.
His wife was an officer in the company, but claimed she wasn't involved.
The WH says the pardon was not related to his last name
Trump Pardons the Husband of a Republican Congressional Ally
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:56 AM
IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO DO SOME CRIMES AND WANT TO GET AWAY WITH IT:
*Become a Republican member of Congress
*Donate money to President Trump or cronies
*Marry a Republican member of Congress
*Become a Republican member of Congress
*Donate money to President Trump or cronies
*Marry a Republican member of Congress
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Good morning to everyone but especially to Lady Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, whose judgement against Rudy Giuliani for defaming them and turning their lives upside down cannot be pardoned away by the president
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Good morning to everyone but especially to Lady Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, whose judgement against Rudy Giuliani for defaming them and turning their lives upside down cannot be pardoned away by the president