Andy

Andy

@andywebb.bsky.social

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Andy
@andywebb.bsky.social

Loss of subsidy plus massive premium increase (which begets another massive increase next year too and so on). Who benefits? Not individuals. Not businesses trying to insure their employees. Not doctors who no longer have patients with coverage. Insurance company execs and stockholders benefit.

Jess Piper@piperformissouri.bsky.social

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Andy
@andywebb.bsky.social

Insanity. Not that it is a real surprise from the current crop of idiocy-worshiping nincompoops, but still. Maybe we can sell it to Europe then buy the data back from them for twice the price. 🤦‍♂️ www.npr.org/2025/08/04/n...

npr.orgWhy a NASA satellite that scientists and farmers rely on may be destroyed on purposeThe Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees.

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KD📚🌎🌊🇺🇸
@kdnerak33.bsky.social

I don’t want to read about a former President’s mental decline because a journalist got a book deal. I want to read a report about the current President’s mental decline by a journalist brave enough to speak out now.

Andy
@andywebb.bsky.social

Say you’re renting a house that is owned by someone who may not be a citizen. What sort of symbol do you need to staple to the door to get ICE to take a beat before they do this to you in the middle of the night? 1/2

Rachel Maddow@maddow.bsky.social

every word of this kfor.com/news/local/w...

kfor.com'We're citizens!': Oklahoma City family traumatized after ICE raids home, but they weren't suspectsA woman says her family’s fresh start in Oklahoma turned into a nightmare after federal immigration agents raided their home, taking their phones, laptops, and life savings – even though they were …
Andy
@andywebb.bsky.social

What sort of horrific world does that create for us? This is what lawlessness and the collapse of the constitutional right to due process does. It puts EVERY DAMN ONE of us at equal risk for rendition, theft, abuse, or worse.

Andy
@andywebb.bsky.social

When the mob of brown shirts is “acceptable” and can show up unannounced and without checks and balances, what stops any mob from burglary and assault and anonymity?

Andy
@andywebb.bsky.social

Fucking goon squad. Lest you prevaricate, yes, this is who we are now. The goddamn brownshirts. I can’t imaging the horror, the lasting scars of this. And there are just far too many people put their pumping their fists and saying “yeah!” It is CRIMINAL.

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Gregory Hays
@aristofontes.bsky.social

Replying to @jfallows.bsky.social

HOW TRUMP THINKS TARIFFS WORK: We tell other countries to give us a lot of money and they give us a lot of money. HOW TARIFFS ACTUALLY WORK: Not like that.

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Simon Rosenberg
@simonwdc.bsky.social

So let’s be very clear about this - DOGE isn’t saving America money. It is now among the costliest domestic programs in our history; and certainly the most significant wealth destroying.

Jacob Bogage@jacobbogage.bsky.social

🚨 Big SCOOP 🚨 Tax revenue could fall by as much as **10%** this year, per sources, as taxpayers and businesses see the Trump admin as less likely to challenge tax cheats. That'd be **$500 BILLION** in lost revenue. It'd nearly double the tax gap in a single year.

washingtonpost.comTax revenue could drop by 10 percent amid turmoil at IRSStaff cuts and disruptions related to the U.S. DOGE Service have officials bracing for a sharp loss of revenue.

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