The Affordable Care Act slowed premium growth when it was fully enforced. But once its guardrails were weakened and healthcare consolidation went unchecked, rising costs were inevitable. The end of subsidies didn’t cause this crisis — it exposed it. www.democraticunderground.com/100220898928

"The 1M reduction equals roughly 12 percent of its Medicare Advantage membership, a contraction that analysts say is unprecedented for a company of this size in the program’s two‑decade expansion era.​" www.democraticunderground.com/10143590395

ProudMNDemocrat @demunderground: "The DAMAGE this man has done to this country as a whole will be felt for years. But there is hope that the people will REJECT in huge numbers come November, MAGAts running for House, Senate, and Gubernatorial races. The era and stench of Trump will be defeated."

Democrat Renee Hardman was elected to the Iowa State Senate in a special election, denying Republicans from reclaiming control of the chamber. Hardman beat Republican Lucas Loftin by an overwhelming margin for a seat representing parts of the Des Moines suburbs. 🌊🌊🌊 apnews.com/article/iowa...

Dear President Trump, Of all the wrong ideas you hold in your heart—good looks are the chief credential for cabinet offices, allies are bloodsuckers we’d be better off without—perhaps the most gobsmacking is your notion people respect you when they kiss your ass. www.thebulwark.com/p/somebody-n...

"Shame on her as a mother. Shame on her as a woman—who has cradled a child in her arms...And yet she wakes up each morning and chooses, deliberately, to lie for a man who has hurt women and girls, who has mocked their pain, who has built his empire on cruelty...." open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones threatened to surround the White House with 5,000 people to convince Donald Trump to fire AG "Pam!" and FBI Director Kash Patel and replace them with people who will indict members of the so-called deep state. www.rawstory.com/alex-jones-w...

@blackangst.bsky.social @smaddoxsr.bsky.social @elderreed.bsky.social @iveyjanette.bsky.social Minnesota could be the role model for other states. Gerrymandering prisons into Democratic districts is a common ploy by Republicans. This gives them an edge because most prisoners don't have the right.

"Idris Elba has been knighted in the King's New Year Honours for his work supporting young people through his Elba Hope Foundation, which focuses on education, economic opportunity, and combating knife crime, a well-deserved recognition for his acting talent and charitable contributions" /Sky News

Big Queen @lipstickalley: "Ohioans tug at Vivek Ramaswamy's toupee, over his comments that Americans are Lazy, Mediocre & Prefer Jocks," "His whole life was spent to appeal to White people and they are STILL not impressed by him." "Vivek is pathetic."

Musk’s top DOGE operative lInked to Russian American network of anti-West pro-Kremlin monarchists inspired by the 1930s counter-democracy “Technocracy” movement, of which Musk’s grandfather was a member​. bylinetimes.com/2025/03/18/m...

Republicans are ALWAYS worse for the economy!! FACT: Economy flourishes under Democratic presidents. Don’t allow bad Republican policies in bills. www.dailykos.com/story/2021/2... #RepublicansSuck #Economy #USPol

A List of the States that will be hardest hit if ACA subsidies lapse... And they are all republican controlled states. www.democraticunderground.com/100220895954

"Trump is a willing puppet of Putin, Netanyahu, MBS and even the seemingly powerless Kim Jong Un. Yet the minute Trump gets around any of them, he can’t wait to start doing their bidding. And he seems to dislike every world leader who isn’t corrupt or psychotic." www.palmerreport.com/politics/don...

If feds are serious about benefits fraud, they should be investigating polygamous Mormon communities and ultra-orthodox Hasidics. Both of these tightly-knit religious communities have long been suspected of DECADES of this type of fraud, but for whatever reason feds have just let it go on and on.

"Donald Trump has been a willing, eager puppet of Putin for as long as Trump has been in politics, leading to endless questions of why. What exactly does Putin have on him? Dirty secrets? Financial control? Sociopathic jealousy? The thing is it’s not just Putin." www.palmerreport.com/politics/don...

"Tenet Media had been a MAGA platform that paid for commentary from far-right figures, including Tim Pool, Benny Johnson, and Dave Rubin. Lauren Chen, a Canadian RW activist who founded Tenet, is getting a second chance after being driven from the U.S. in disgrace." www.rawstory.com/trump-267483...

Freja @lipstickalley.com 'What a joke': Kristi Noem's DHS buried in mockery over fraud stunt.​ The official X account for DHS posted a video showing federal agents canvassing communities in Minnesota looking for more examples of benefits fraud. And ran into more mockery than they may have expected.

1/2 -Peter Birkenhead "This is a privately run, for-profit concentration camp at Fort Bliss Texas that holds people kidnapped and imprisoned without charges, trial, conviction or sentence by ICE and other federal agencies."

#ResistanceUnited #ProudBLUE #ONEV1 #DV1 All citizens, regardless of party affiliation, must fight for fairer representation. Let’s send a message: “We will notice any gerrymandering attempt & take action! “ 🙏Join @redistrictingaction.org act.redistrictingaction.org/a/nraf-dec2025

A critical point, as international law and US policy clearly prohibit such actions, putting asylum seekers at risk of harm.

Democrats are targeting 40 seats in the Ohio House in 2026. Candidate quality will mean everything. Looks like they bagged a top-tier candidate to face Gary Click. Good sign of things to come. tiffinohio.net/posts/army-v...

Quick reminder that when Elon Musk was in government, he lied about massive fraud, and did so to eliminate safety net programs as well as government capacity to oversee real fraud. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/musks-frau...

@patti3333.bsky.social "Jeffrey Epstein, a wealthy man with important connections in banking, government, big law, and law enforcement trafficked and sexually underaged girls in plain sight. Law enforcement knew. Prosecutors knew. Financial institutions knew. Social circles knew." /Randi Rhodes 1

And, the Air Traffic Controllers in towers and centers. And, the pilots. They are the combined reason you're safely arriving at your intended destination. 24/7/365 <-----

When GOP state Rep. Jim DeSana gleefully voted along to slash $645m in spending, he managed to do something comically incompetent, he also cut about $2 million in state funds meant to fix the roof on the James R. DeSana Center for Arts and Culture, a building literally named after his own dad.

Deuxcents @demunderground: "It's been this way forever now..*TSF and the US should not be in these talks..we're not reliable" "And these talks are treated like a business deal with the oppressors granted spoils and not held to account"

Hey Montgomery Co. Tm read and heed the message from our girl Aftyn- Just do it

A CULT IS RUNNING OUR COUNTRY!!! www.democraticunderground.com/100220895843

@mwuerker.bsky.social By Matt Wuerker.

MarineCombatEngineer @demunderground: "These repig MAGAt's are stunned that a successful, Black woman would stand up to them instead of bowing down to the masters like a slave." "Her takedown of the Trumpedo acolytes was fantastic!" www.democraticunderground.com/100220895570

It was widely reported that Jared Kushner unsuccessfully sought investments from Qatari entities and shortly thereafter, Donald Trump publicly accused Qatar of state-sponsored terrorism and urged a regional blockade against the country. nymag.com/intelligence....

Millions of USA citizens would rather take orders and inspiration from a GREEDY, MURDEROUS foreign dictator rather than give up their bigotry and help make the USA a democracy-based land of LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. Good people must teach and protect liberty and justice for all.

Josh Blackman, a constitutional law professor at South Texas College of Law Houston and contributor to Project 2025, resigned from the Heritage Foundation after its president, Kevin Roberts, defended Tucker Carlson’s interview with far‑right commentator Nick Fuentes. www.msn.com/en-us/news/w...

Bella8933 @lipstickalley.com Trump miscalculated. Canada is partnering with Japan and The EU and cutting America OUT! This happens with the regime that honestly believes it has power over countries, so they Tariff/TAX them until Donald Trump gets what he wants.

Politicizing energy governance always shows up in prices later. When ideology overrides engineering, consumers end up paying for it.

‘Nonsense’: The Wall Street Journal Debunks ‘Stolen’ Election Story in Takedown of Trump’s ‘Delusion’ Mediaite

Alternate media is now essential media, because the "mainstream" press is no longer reporting on essential stories, including the rapid decaying of Trump's mind and body.

Of course the Epstein co-conspirators are Trump’s friends. This was his crowd, his buddies, and why he has ordered DOJ to illegally hold back the files and redact them all from what is released; and because they know he is compromised and can be fingered by them if they go down.

Dear Kristi Noem, The 1951 Refugee Convention: Article 33 prohibits returning refugees to countries where they face threats to life... The UN Convention Against Torture, Article 3 prohibits expelling/returning a person to a state where there are grounds to believe they would be in danger of torture.

I suppose there are Indigenous Peoples in these lands the Europeans call AMERICA who wish the folks like Hans would have just stayed in THEIR homelands too! They were not needed here. None of the Original Peoples sent for the Europeans.

Trump had Mike Johnson remove Turner as House Intel Chair because he was perceived as too sympathetic to Ukraine. Turner was upset at the time and called it out. But now he’s a completely broken and beaten man. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Geminii68 @lipstickalley.com "While chump was distracting with other nonsense, he's destroying National Parks! To make way for a new border wall, government contractors blew up part of the Coronado Nat'l Memorial. DHS issued waivers to fast-track construction and sidestep over two dozen EPA laws.

"Donald Trump Is destroying our civil rights and shredding our Constitution. The Estein scandal haunts him, and he is tanking the economy. And he hasn't done squat to help working people." "The American people are beginning to see this-hence his abysmal approval ratings." Kate Barr @moveon.org .

1991: The United States thinks it has decisively won the Cold War against Russia. 2025: The United States' foreign policy is being dictated by Russia.

I like to think this soulless harpy will find out that it really IS her problem.