taylor__16
@taylor16.bsky.social
Michigander by birth, Hoosier by choice. Liberal. Benefits professional and health insurance problem-solver.
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watching people On Here *freak the fuck out* because Mark Cuban asked a handful of questions that you definitely have to be able to answer in full if you actually want a single-payer system just shows me yet again that the Very Online m4a crowd doesn't have the stomach to ever really pass it.
Getting mad at Mark Cuban for these extremely reasonable questions shows just how broken people's brains are around socialized medicine.
For all Universal HC/Single Payer/M4A advocates.
What do the biggest, expensive hospital chains do. Do they opt out and only serve the rich ?
Who in the USA gov runs the program?
R U ok with having to see a primary care doc before you can see a specialist ?
What do the biggest, expensive hospital chains do. Do they opt out and only serve the rich ?
Who in the USA gov runs the program?
R U ok with having to see a primary care doc before you can see a specialist ?
December 12, 2025 at 10:25 AM
watching people On Here *freak the fuck out* because Mark Cuban asked a handful of questions that you definitely have to be able to answer in full if you actually want a single-payer system just shows me yet again that the Very Online m4a crowd doesn't have the stomach to ever really pass it.
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like, you can accuse the man of asking these questions in bad faith, and maybe he is!, but the plain fact of the matter is that these are all like the most fundamentally entry-level policy questions that you MUST have an answer for if you truly want m4a, and pretending otherwise helps no one.
December 12, 2025 at 10:27 AM
like, you can accuse the man of asking these questions in bad faith, and maybe he is!, but the plain fact of the matter is that these are all like the most fundamentally entry-level policy questions that you MUST have an answer for if you truly want m4a, and pretending otherwise helps no one.
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Getting mad at Mark Cuban for these extremely reasonable questions shows just how broken people's brains are around socialized medicine.
For all Universal HC/Single Payer/M4A advocates.
What do the biggest, expensive hospital chains do. Do they opt out and only serve the rich ?
Who in the USA gov runs the program?
R U ok with having to see a primary care doc before you can see a specialist ?
What do the biggest, expensive hospital chains do. Do they opt out and only serve the rich ?
Who in the USA gov runs the program?
R U ok with having to see a primary care doc before you can see a specialist ?
December 11, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Getting mad at Mark Cuban for these extremely reasonable questions shows just how broken people's brains are around socialized medicine.
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longing once again for a world where more people are capable of grasping complex and inscrutable concepts like “it’s still really really good for Democrats if they *lose* by a much smaller margin than expected in Tennessee”
December 3, 2025 at 1:58 AM
longing once again for a world where more people are capable of grasping complex and inscrutable concepts like “it’s still really really good for Democrats if they *lose* by a much smaller margin than expected in Tennessee”
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If my partner were in the media and doing wildly unethical stuff for years I probably wouldn’t sit on it until I could use it to boost newsletter subscriptions.
November 26, 2025 at 10:13 PM
If my partner were in the media and doing wildly unethical stuff for years I probably wouldn’t sit on it until I could use it to boost newsletter subscriptions.
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It’s amazing that after 15 years, the GOP is FINALLY coalescing around a healthcare plan of sorts and it essentially amounts to “fuck it, you do it.”
Trump: "THE ONLY HEALTHCARE I'LL SUPPORT OR APPROVE IS SENDING MONEY DIRECTLY BACK TO THE PEOPLE W/ NOTHING GOING TO THE BIG, FAT, RICH INSURANCE COMPANIES, WHO HAVE RIPPED OFF AMERICA LONG ENOUGH. THE PEOPLE WILL BE ALLOWED TO NEGOTIATE & BUY THEIR OWN, MUCH BETTER, INSURANCE. POWER TO THE PEOPLE!"
November 18, 2025 at 1:12 PM
It’s amazing that after 15 years, the GOP is FINALLY coalescing around a healthcare plan of sorts and it essentially amounts to “fuck it, you do it.”
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History should remember the "Biden old" avalanche as an op to inoculate America against an actual demented lunatic, and I pray those responsible get their reward.
At least people have stopped asking when Trump will pivot, when he is clearly getting worse.
people.com/donald-trump...
people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:12 AM
History should remember the "Biden old" avalanche as an op to inoculate America against an actual demented lunatic, and I pray those responsible get their reward.
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I think the thing that depresses me the most is watching how many people here look at events and seem to have decided to max out on cynicism and apathy. Deciding they’re smarter than anyone else because they know nothing is going to change and everyone is a villain. Thanks, dipshits. Good work.
November 11, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I think the thing that depresses me the most is watching how many people here look at events and seem to have decided to max out on cynicism and apathy. Deciding they’re smarter than anyone else because they know nothing is going to change and everyone is a villain. Thanks, dipshits. Good work.
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Being pissed is fine. It’s good. Saying that Democrats are the ones who took health care subsidies away is a vicious fucking lie that is meant to demotivate people, to republicans’ benefit, and you know it.
November 11, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Being pissed is fine. It’s good. Saying that Democrats are the ones who took health care subsidies away is a vicious fucking lie that is meant to demotivate people, to republicans’ benefit, and you know it.
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If Democrats had never done a shutdown, people would be pissed at them. If they caved in another month, people would be pissed. If they never caved and millions of people starved to death, everyone would also be pissed at them.
November 10, 2025 at 7:46 PM
If Democrats had never done a shutdown, people would be pissed at them. If they caved in another month, people would be pissed. If they never caved and millions of people starved to death, everyone would also be pissed at them.
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People on here seem to genuinely only be happy when they can be angry at Democrats, or attacking those who aren't.
Which is not real life, and makes being on here a real downer at times. It also hurts our chances to support one another.
Which is not real life, and makes being on here a real downer at times. It also hurts our chances to support one another.
November 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
People on here seem to genuinely only be happy when they can be angry at Democrats, or attacking those who aren't.
Which is not real life, and makes being on here a real downer at times. It also hurts our chances to support one another.
Which is not real life, and makes being on here a real downer at times. It also hurts our chances to support one another.
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Right, because the loudest people online wanted the shutdown resolution to be "Democrats push the 'Stop Bad Things From Happening' button".
For people saying that Democrats were on the verge of winning the shutdown, I'm going to note that last week when Schumer proposed a deal that would have given Democrats what they wanted in exchange for opening up the government, many of the same people were decrying it as a sellout.
November 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Right, because the loudest people online wanted the shutdown resolution to be "Democrats push the 'Stop Bad Things From Happening' button".
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Folks are so online they think performance is everything.
But the truth is that elections have consequences.
America gave control of the government to maga last year.
Scotus, White House, Congress.
That is the hard truth.
Keep the government open or closed.
Both options suck.
But the truth is that elections have consequences.
America gave control of the government to maga last year.
Scotus, White House, Congress.
That is the hard truth.
Keep the government open or closed.
Both options suck.
November 10, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Folks are so online they think performance is everything.
But the truth is that elections have consequences.
America gave control of the government to maga last year.
Scotus, White House, Congress.
That is the hard truth.
Keep the government open or closed.
Both options suck.
But the truth is that elections have consequences.
America gave control of the government to maga last year.
Scotus, White House, Congress.
That is the hard truth.
Keep the government open or closed.
Both options suck.
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People want to live in a dreamland where the results of the 2024 election somehow don't matter that much.
That we can just press a magic button and everything is fixed.
The hard reality is that the president is a psychopath w scotus and congress on his side.
There's no easy fix to that situation.
That we can just press a magic button and everything is fixed.
The hard reality is that the president is a psychopath w scotus and congress on his side.
There's no easy fix to that situation.
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 AM
People want to live in a dreamland where the results of the 2024 election somehow don't matter that much.
That we can just press a magic button and everything is fixed.
The hard reality is that the president is a psychopath w scotus and congress on his side.
There's no easy fix to that situation.
That we can just press a magic button and everything is fixed.
The hard reality is that the president is a psychopath w scotus and congress on his side.
There's no easy fix to that situation.
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How long should people go without a paycheck? What’s the number that you would be comfortable with…How long should they suffer to make you feel better about your shit ass voting in 2024…Let me know.
November 10, 2025 at 4:22 AM
How long should people go without a paycheck? What’s the number that you would be comfortable with…How long should they suffer to make you feel better about your shit ass voting in 2024…Let me know.
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LOL y'all wouldn't have to worry about Chuck Schumer and the Democrats "caving" had you gone to the polls last November and voted for Kamala Harris.
Trump & MAGA told you they were going to do this, Y'ALL CAVED and want everyone else to scramble in 2025 because you didn't do right in 2024:
Trump & MAGA told you they were going to do this, Y'ALL CAVED and want everyone else to scramble in 2025 because you didn't do right in 2024:
a woman says now check that in a bravo ad
ALT: a woman says now check that in a bravo ad
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:31 AM
LOL y'all wouldn't have to worry about Chuck Schumer and the Democrats "caving" had you gone to the polls last November and voted for Kamala Harris.
Trump & MAGA told you they were going to do this, Y'ALL CAVED and want everyone else to scramble in 2025 because you didn't do right in 2024:
Trump & MAGA told you they were going to do this, Y'ALL CAVED and want everyone else to scramble in 2025 because you didn't do right in 2024:
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It makes sense if you don't want your constituents going hungry. Republicans want you to starve and not have access to healthcare. Democrats want you and your children fed and healthy. Simple as that.
November 10, 2025 at 1:56 AM
It makes sense if you don't want your constituents going hungry. Republicans want you to starve and not have access to healthcare. Democrats want you and your children fed and healthy. Simple as that.
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More worried about primarying 7 Democrats than voting out Republicans. I see you.
November 10, 2025 at 2:33 AM
More worried about primarying 7 Democrats than voting out Republicans. I see you.
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primary every democrat, i don’t give a shit, but the cause of your suffering is the republican party and there are a lot of you who need to learn to hate them more — and i do mean hate — than you hate your allies
November 10, 2025 at 3:35 AM
primary every democrat, i don’t give a shit, but the cause of your suffering is the republican party and there are a lot of you who need to learn to hate them more — and i do mean hate — than you hate your allies
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it isn’t caving to agree to a hostage exchange that you lose. it saves hostages. that isn’t weakness and it’s not looked at as weakness, even in war.
in a war if we made a prisoner exchange at a disadvantage to save our men that would be seen as honorable. this is no different
in a war if we made a prisoner exchange at a disadvantage to save our men that would be seen as honorable. this is no different
November 10, 2025 at 12:54 AM
it isn’t caving to agree to a hostage exchange that you lose. it saves hostages. that isn’t weakness and it’s not looked at as weakness, even in war.
in a war if we made a prisoner exchange at a disadvantage to save our men that would be seen as honorable. this is no different
in a war if we made a prisoner exchange at a disadvantage to save our men that would be seen as honorable. this is no different
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hey so i think it’s a win if we get SNAP funding for a year (which makes future shutdowns more plausible and less bad for our side) and some people rehired. i don’t think that has to look like a cave. it puts us in a position of strength
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
hey so i think it’s a win if we get SNAP funding for a year (which makes future shutdowns more plausible and less bad for our side) and some people rehired. i don’t think that has to look like a cave. it puts us in a position of strength
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I maintain that baseball as a sport is, for all intents and purposes, boring and dumb.
But this is fucking cinema.
But this is fucking cinema.
November 2, 2025 at 3:41 AM
I maintain that baseball as a sport is, for all intents and purposes, boring and dumb.
But this is fucking cinema.
But this is fucking cinema.
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[looks around for jake tapper] hey man, do you, uh, want to write about this?
Trump: AOC is low IQ. If you give her an IQ test, have her pass like the exams that I decided to take when I was at Walter Reed. Those are very hard…
The first couple of questions are easy. A tiger, an elephant, a giraffe..
The first couple of questions are easy. A tiger, an elephant, a giraffe..
October 27, 2025 at 11:44 AM
[looks around for jake tapper] hey man, do you, uh, want to write about this?
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Some folks were worried that they'd sic thugs on the protestors or declare martial law. Instead they posted AI videos and complained.
These people have no juice. Their supporters are cowards. They are are all bark and no bite. They collapse when we push back. Remember that.
These people have no juice. Their supporters are cowards. They are are all bark and no bite. They collapse when we push back. Remember that.
October 19, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Some folks were worried that they'd sic thugs on the protestors or declare martial law. Instead they posted AI videos and complained.
These people have no juice. Their supporters are cowards. They are are all bark and no bite. They collapse when we push back. Remember that.
These people have no juice. Their supporters are cowards. They are are all bark and no bite. They collapse when we push back. Remember that.