Evan Barker

Evan Barker

@evanwch.bsky.social

Former Progressive Operative, commentator, writer, and podcaster at Not Going Back

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Yes so how is 3% going to encompass 880 billion worth of cuts Its not about getting people back to work, it never was- its about adding a bureaucratic layer to trip people up and kick them off coverage

The 35 yr old playing video games in his moms basement doesnt care if he loses his Medicaid bc he is most likely healthy. He doesn't even hardly use it, so he wont be worried I hate these 90s era welfare talking points for cutting Medicaid. It is in no way the same as handing someone free cash

7 rural hospitals in West Virginia will never make it 90% of their patients are on Medicaid 3 hour drives to the nearest hospital if and when they close Even people who still "have Medicaid" won't be able to access life saving care in an emergency Shameful

California has built its entire economy around a permanent under class of illegal immigrants In other parts of the country not every single person who does blue collar work is an illegal immigrant from south America

We need a universal public option, but arguing that Americans need to pay for illegal immigrants is completely idiotic and will NEVER get common sense, independents, or Republicans to agree with you

Kat Abughazaleh@katmabu.bsky.social

I said healthcare is a human right and now Elon Musk is posting about “suicidal empathy” at 3 am:

1/4 a 🧵: No one in my family who voted for Trump owns any stocks For all the rich Democrats panicking today- you now know how it must have felt When Jimmy Carter destroyed 400,000 trucking jobs

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3/4: If you see this post, I hope you look in the mirror at some point today and recognize the destruction your own party has played in the lives of working class Americans This is what liberation day is all about

1/4 a 🧵: No one in my family who voted for Trump owns any stocks For all the rich Democrats panicking today- you now know how it must have felt When Jimmy Carter destroyed 400,000 trucking jobs

2/4: When Bill Clinton signed NAFTA, shipping jobs to Mexico and Canada, causing industry to board up in the middle of the country, left to rot When he deregulated the finance industry and lead us to the 2008 housing crisis And When Obama told us: “sorry, some jobs just aren’t coming back”

I am optimistic that history will judge this time as being when we reversed globalization and became a protectionist country; ushering in profound security for working class people

Many say Dems love mass illegal immigration because they want to secure future votes, but I actually think many immigrants are culturally more conservative than Americans. Instead, it’s about importing cheap labor for corporations & wealthy, undercutting the value of the non college educated

Bernie is a political coward. But today his statement about illegal immigration is seismic Before Bernie was a household name, he had a moderate stance, calling it a “Koch brothers” idea His blessing will reverberate throughout the most culturally left; a signal it is time to change

To be completely honest, watching a bunch of influencers come out of the White House yesterday with binders full of nothing did remind me of some kind of stunt you’d expect from a Biden or Kamala Harris admin Remember the Tik Tok stars at the DNC?

Just like I thought it was a really bad idea for Democrats to go wild on wokeness and DEI, I think it’s a really bad idea if the GOP does “Paul Ryan style” cuts to Medicaid

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