The thing that is so obvious, but won't register to million of people is this: A one time check for $1000 (even $2000) is a drop in the bucket if your MONTHLY premiums go up and stay up, doubling or tripling in some cases. That $1000 will cover, what? 1 month? 2? What happens at month three?

In a way, it is these people who PRETEND to be normal that are far worse than the out in the open maga lunatics. This malevolent "doctor" approved an obvious lunatic for a vital healthcare job. And now? "You live life forward". Well, that depends, I guess. For some people they will just die.

Smdh

It’s interesting that we have Christian nationalists in charge, and these kinds of Christians end up in cuffs.

New rule: You cannot blame Trump for the inflation his tariffs caused. You can only give him credit for prices going down when he removed the tariffs. The tariffs that he put in place.

I am begging America to not be stupid enough to embrace a racist and an antisemite because Donald Trump thinks she's a meanie. Just grab some popcorn and watch the Nazis fight.

I wonder how many 2026 voters will ever remember there was a government shut down a year before. And if so, what it was about or how it ended. You'd assume yes to all these questions. But I am not so sure. Another year of insane stuff can wipe a voter memory like a whiteboard eraser.

exhibit A. exhibit B.

Of course.

Ah. So tariffs *do* raise prices. Who could have known?

The "degrees of separation" between this and the groundbreaking coverage of watergate are fewer than you think. Carl Berstein's son wrote this slavering drivel.

Fascinating video. Truly.

Surely this is a good idea, right?

Undocumented workers are not taking anyone’s house. That is not a thing that is happening. Below minimum wage workers living 3-4 to an apartment are not a significant drag on housing affordability in this country.

Is fascinating how Bernie, the supposed standard bearer of "the left", endorsed this guy. How was he so easily fooled? Fetterman ain't no progressive. He's barely a centrist. We need to be more critical about vetting candidates. Examining if their campaign talk is just surface deep.

Democrats work to get more americans healthcare. Republicans do the opposite. This is the basic dynamic, and has been for decades. Don't get confused. The history is what it is. So is the current reality.

Just so you know: None of this has actually been solved. Until a two state plan has not only been constructed but realized, none of this is actually solved. No matter what anyone tells you. www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...

Best friend you say? youtu.be/0OMEORe2Heg?...

How is AI *really* impacting jobs? Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an: -8% drop in all jobs postings -~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs -22% drop in journalism jobs

That is pretty weird, I have to say.

It is interesting to note that the NYT could have posted that fire story on ANY day. Any week, really. But they chose to run that story, AND that extremely dramatic photo on this day. And the equally optional story/dramatic photo about the bullfighter. Trump/Epstein gets a skinny column w no photo.

I've seen this play out a dozen times now. It applies to both red and blue administrations. Media focuses on destroying whoever is in power. So they get replaced with the other party. Media focuses on destroying whoever is in power. So voters flip back the other way. etc etc etc for decades.

It’s true you know.

Ok I laughed. Happy thanksgiving to the trump Epstein family.😂

Agreed. And 8 years is optimistic. We are all over the f**king road tbh. And trump being gone (one day) won't solve the problem. It will be a blessing to have him gone, no doubt. But the hostile instability he epitomizes will remain. He didn't create it. He just harvested it.

I think is true, unfortunately. We're just not a trustworthy country. Always 2-4 years away from doing something stupid and crazy and hostile.

America f**ked up by putting a psychopath in charge of the national safety net. Psychopaths don’t care about safety nets for anyone but themselves.

For any Dem gangsters who might be out there:

This is what always gives me pause when I think something might matter.

Trump airlines is not good.

Gotta love Neil. The grumpy old Canadian King of rock.

Everything that is old is new again:

A beautiful tribute by Kimmel to his friend and bandleader: youtu.be/0xlVAr6JZ9A?...

I always blame the bad guys more than those imperfectly defending against them. Not one us is perfect.

Oh look at this! The new thing!

The goldfish memory syndrome strikes again. Voters forget about almost everything that is considered “the most important thing to ever happen” at the time by “the online”. Every time.

📣 OK, as promised, here's my *deeper* dive into how 14 states have instituted #ACA pricing policy which will *dramatically* mitigate the expiring tax credits for a significant portion of enrollees...IF enrollees take advantage of it: acasignups.net/25/11/11/the...

But how could anyone see things differently than me?? How is that possible?? Oh, it's possible alright. 10s of millions of Americans really do see things differently than you do. Believe it. That's why the politicians THEY vote for behave the way they do.

I'm thinking today of all my fellow veterans but especially the more than 5,000 trans service members and their families who were kicked out of the military this year despite being highly qualified and serving honorably. This injustice will be a stain on our nation's history.

A few people are willing to engage with unpleasant reality. I appreciate this.

My hope is that NY politicians who are truly invested in addressing our mental health crisis, meet with some psychiatric nurses who work in NYC. These nurses know the reality of mental healthcare in a way that the vast majority of politicians simply do not. youtu.be/58zQ8EtEEbQ?...

I'm old enough to remember when Trump called veterans "suckers" and "losers". Happy veterans day.... www.npr.org/2020/09/04/9...

All this noise made me think back on something Howard Stern said years ago. He mentioned that a KEY to getting traction on the radio (back when radio mattered and there were no podcast, streaming, etc) was HAVING A STRONG OPINION. Just that. Didn't matter if the opinion was backed up with evidence.

It is interesting to read the hostile responses to this. And you really have to consider what is the point of them? Schumer isn't up for re-election until 2028. Sure, be angry at the guy if you want, ask for a replacement, fine. But do you really think your vociferous take on him matters now?

Interesting to observe in center and left people now attacking "democrats": they would have polar opposite opinions on who they would want to replace schumer. And the irony is that either could get their choice, and if they were magically inserted into schumer's job TODAY little would change.

Republicans have been fighting to take away the ACA ever since Obama signed it into law. That’s why it was important to vote for Hillary in 2016 and Kamala in 2024. But too many people who supposedly cared wanted to play games instead, and here we are.

I know I'm in the minority on this one, but it's easier to say "shut it down!" than it is to leave poor people without food on thanksgiving and airports only partially functional. All in an attempt to gain leverage over a person who is a psychopath. Someone who DOES NOT CARE if the poor go hungry.

@joycecaroloates.bsky.social you are on a ROLL. Well done...speaking truth to power as the phrase goes.

YES. THIS.

This is so true. And it's not just the political elite that has stopped thinking about it. I think most Americans have also put it out of their heads. Sort of a universal shrug. Unclear how that can end well.