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14.03.2026 14:48
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It just keeps getting worse
Reminder: Trump is calling to ⬆️ the military budget by ~$550 bn, more than a 50% ⬆️
This is on the heels of the largest cuts to the social safety net in history AND a $150 bn military ⬆️ in OBBBA.
There isn’t enough money to help the hungry and the sick — but somehow there’s always enough for war.
Creating a problem they gleefully intend to solve by slashing future services, no doubt
They are still taking taxes from Minnesota last time I checked.
Also, why sort of regimes involve collective punishment, including punishing the innocent. This is not about fraud, it’s about control.
Aliya Rahman, woman who was dragged out of car by ICE in Minneapolis: "I've spent the last month learning the names of the tendons in my shoulder, because both of my shoulders are torn -- cartilage and tendons. But what I haven't learned is the names of the people who did this to me."
Such an important angle. Many people spend their lives doing physical work, work that can ravage their bodies by middle age
New SNAP reqs want to make people out to be lazy. In reality, many have already sacrificed more than those who voted for this ever will
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Blinding rage. Literal blinding rage.
This is how they treat children. It's all you need to know
MN has 6 million people. We are not a big state. The impact is felt at a greater magnitude
MN continues to deal with far more than ICE. Hundreds of millions, potentially billions, of federal dollars are threatened from numerous programs- child care, public health, health care. The story is the totality of their actions, hits coming from every angle, trying to bring a state to its knees
This and the article totally resonate for me. It's been so hard confronting this dissonance and I'm not sure I will ever get over this betrayal, nor should we
Roses are red
Carnations are pink
Medicaid work requirements
Don’t do what you think
#HealthPolicyValentines
This is one of mine from 2019, but certainly fits today because some people thought taking a second turn at something that didn’t work the first time was a good idea.
Roses are red,
Patients are blue,
to see their premiums spike,
now that the bill is due.
The Senate blocked action,
The President, too
to extend the tax credits
to help millions like you.
#HealthPolicyValentines
Premiums come first
Deductibles come later
We could move beyond all this
If we passed single payer
#healthpolicyvalentines
I thought it was love
My heart felt spring-loaded
Turns out our relationship
Was significantly upcoded
Thanks to Andrew Carleen @masshpc.bsky.social 💕
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Absolutely beautiful Steve Sack
Death by 1,000 cuts for the ACA. The full list of proposed changes is even more insidious this time around. It's weakening coverage in the shadows without needing to "repeal" anything
Roses are red
Vaccines are effective
More kids get to grow old
When we share this perspective
#healthpolicyvalentines
Really hope there was a huge shockwave through ICE today after their leadership was finally forced to investigate agents for shooting through the door of a home full of children and lying about it. They will not protect you from your crimes if it is not in their interest. Never too late to quit
They will not be happy until they crush all that is good in MN about how we care for each other and our communities. And everything put in motion the last few months is calibrated with particular cruelty toward the most vulnerable
The only way to have mass deportations is what it looks like here in MN. Huge win they claim to be leaving. But as the next city gets terrorized know they have learned from their mistakes. Nat'l media left after Bovino but the chaos and injustice didn't. We can't lose the thread on what's happening
I drive this street almost daily. It is absolutely reckless to engage in a "high-speed" chase in this area. High-traffic but small neighborhood street with pedestrians everywhere, cars parked on both sides at all hours making it feel very narrow. That someone was not killed is a damn miracle
The person photographed here who is in their bathrobe filming armed, masked federal agents in St. Paul is MPR News journalist @samstroozas.bsky.social @mprnews.org . She is an incredible journalist and person. We do not deserve her.
Minnesota still needs your attention
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
Appreciate NPR for highlighting this, but it is not a new revelation nor is the GOP genuinely surprised it doesn't work. They know. It allows them to put the burden and blame on patients as "shoppers" rather than fix real issues
You don't fight this hard to hide nothing
Texas: Price ranges for ACA exchange plans from 2025 to 2026 by metal level
If CSR funding was reinstated (as Trump/GOP are now pushing), it would immediately kill Silver Loading (SL) and would make Premium Alignment (PA) a shadow of its current strength.
SL/PA are the reason why GOLD plans cost LESS on average than SILVER plans in that liberal bastion known as...TEXAS.
Gaba has the data here-
Screaming this from the rooftops today. This is a ploy to save money in the federal budget, not a solution to high premiums. They have no new ideas, they are repackaging an old one they use to hate because right now it's advantageous to THEM
Yes, at this point it saves the gov't money because it means lower premium tax credits they have to pay out. It's a farce and it will increase net premiums for many people
