Fuuuuuuuck!

Me and my partner's "Bronze" health insurance plan with Florida Blue is increasing from $511.22 a month to $1,711.75 a month next year. Not quite sure how to fit "$20,541 a year in health insurance premiums" into the budget.

Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear. At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.

@maddow.msnbc.com I heard estimates of 500-800 people at little Compton, RI #NoKings protest. That’s 14-22% of the population!! eastbayri.com/stories/sako...?

Wow!

40 is the new 14 if you’re a “Young Republican”… Ft: Congressional Candidate IL-09 @katmabu.bsky.social

"Trump has now pardoned or commuted the sentences of most of the Republican congressmen convicted of felonies in the 21st century...." www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

cc: @gavinnewsom.bsky.social

Dear @talsmith.bsky.social: It's true that the #ACA has fallen short on some of what it hoped to accomplish and needs improvement, just as any major piece of legislation always does. If you'd like to have a serious discussion about what it actually HAS accomplished, I'd be happy to talk.

one category of show prep material for TRMS staff is something we've always called "subway reading". it's something that's not exactly current events or new reporting... but nevertheless relevant food for thought given the news we're in. today's subway reading: www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Mike Johnson: "We're fighting for healthcare as well. Not just in word but in deed. We put in the one big beautiful bill, real reforms to Medicaid to make it work better." (The bill in fact cuts nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid.)

Even when we’re not on the same team, we’re on the same American team.

I won't apologize for the flood of reposts; I wanted to make sure we could all see each other and those who could not make it out in person could see that we all know we are in this together!

The boat was adrift and had its distress signal up! JFC!

#NoKings Providence RI

More people voted in some precincts than were registered to vote!!! @maddow.msnbc.com

Time is up. I gave Speaker Mike Johnson two days to swear in Adelita Grijalva. Arizona's 7th congressional district 813,000 Arizonans are now being taxed without representation. I have lawyers downstairs right now drafting litigation. youtu.be/9OBdjsGntQI?...

Pritzker: "Stephen Miller is clearly ordering people to break the law. So he should know that yeah, it may be three years from now that he is held accountable, but I think it's important for them to know that whatever they do now, it's not like we're going to forget."

What can states do to protect us now FROM the federal government?

Wow! Live your life in a way that other countries don’t ban you from even entering.

“At a moment when U.S. forces are building up across the Caribbean and tensions with Venezuela are at a boiling point, the departure of our top military commander in the region sends an alarming signal of instability within the chain of command...” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...

First, this is a total intimidation tactic. Second, boy are they afraid of the No Kings Protest! Shutting down I-5 won’t stop us!

Pritzker: Illinois is not a place you can conquer and our people are not your subjects

A devastating flood tore through Kipnuk; five months earlier, federal funding meant to help the village withstand disasters was abruptly cut. Lee Zeldin revoked the grant, citing a new push to eliminate what he called “wasteful DEI grants.”

worth 4 mins of your time to watch this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmfD...

ICE detaining an American Citizen for exercising his free speech right. No warning. m.youtube.com/watch?v=HHTu...

California, this November 4th, the whole country is counting on you. Prop 50 puts our elections back on a level playing field, preserves independent redistricting over the long term, and lets the people decide. So return your ballot today. Vote yes on 50.

"His family is also affected. His wife is likely to pay about $1,200 or more each month, up from about $500 in 2024, he said. 'I voted for Trump,' Reynolds said. 'I didn’t expect this'...” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

ICE GOONS, laughing and pepper spraying Pastor after shooting him in the face with pepper balls, proceeded to gas the crowd who were trying to protect him.

This sums up their lying perfectly www.meidasplus.com/p/this-weeke...

"Hundreds of Catholic priests, nuns and lay people led a march from a Catholic church in Maywood to the ICE detention center in Broadview..." www.fox32chicago.com/news/faith-l...

Ghana’s foreign minister just posted this to X: “The Ghanaian Government is pleased to note that our refusal to accept Abrego Garcia has been duly acknowledged and complied with by the US Department of Homeland Security.”

I like her …

I love this image.

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This is BAD!

“the president had an exchange with someone who claimed he recently took a flag from a protester who intended to burn it. “Do U know who he is?” Trump asked. When the man said that he did, Trump told him to give the name to Bondi so the admin can “start prosecutions.” www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

Nothing to see here, just Trump going for his second “yearly” checkup this year. Anyone ready to admit that something is wrong with POTUS yet?

This seems like a big deal! capitolnewsillinois.com/news/court-s...

Good lord. @apnews.com

Let’s check in on the warzone in Portland.

THIS is what the Democrats are fighting for! New rate calculator for the ACA in RI will be available November 1st. A rate hike was approved of 21% for NHP and 22% for BCBS. New RI $50 annual fee ($4.16/month) to cover reduced federal help for Medicaid.

Why would Donald Trump say he needed to talk to DOJ about whether to give Ghislaine Maxwell a pardon?

"The Federal Protective Service reports — which are prepared each day for law enforcement partners — offered no indication of a dangerous escalation of tensions, or unusual levels of protest activity that would prompt the level of alarm expressed by Trump..." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

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