When simulation becomes the norm, it weakens the human capacity for discernment. As a result, our social bonds close in upon themselves, forming self-referential circuits that no longer expose us to reality. We thus come to live within bubbles, impermeable to one another. Feeling threatened by anyone who is different, we grow unaccustomed to encounter and dialogue. In this way, polarization, conflict, fear and violence spread. What is at stake is not merely the risk of error, but a transformation in our very relationship with truth.
The day the Affordable Care Act passed was one of my proudest moments as president, because it meant that millions of Americans would have access to health care, some for the first time.
The ACA also prevented insurance companies from denying people with pre-existing conditions coverage, allowed young people under the age of 26 to remain on their parents’ plan, expanded Medicaid, and so much more.
But the ACA was always meant to be a first step. We still have to do more to expand access and make health care more affordable for everyone.
@OriginalGrogna1 I really liked it. We were part of the original playtest group. It was very tactical combat focused. I liked the At Will, Per Short Rest, and Daily powers every class had.
This is the interview Donald Trump didn’t want you to see.
His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert.
Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.
"Goldman Sachs economists estimate that U.S. consumers will end up paying 70% of tariffs’ direct costs."
This is a tax, folks, and American consumers are paying it! https://t.co/dyZKwjk0Bj
My soulless DC rep @NMalliotakis says “nobody loses benefits” and then goes on to say seniors on Medicaid should get up off their couch and go work 20 hours a week to keep their insurance. Then she runs away.
NY's 11th Congressional District has 300,000+ people on Medicaid.
🚨BREAKING NEWS: The House of Representatives just shamefully passed one of the most disastrous pieces of legislation in America's history.
By a 218-214 vote, all but two GOP members of Congress, Rep. Massie and Rep. Fitzpatrick voted for Trump's BIG UGLY BULLSHIT BILL:
Here are the facts:
● Strip 17 million Americans of their healthcare.
● End food assistance for 7 million Americans.
● Increase the debt by an estimated $4 trillion.
● Increase annual mortgage interest by an average of $1,060.
● Give an average tax cut of nearly $390,000 for those with incomes exceeding $4,325,000.
● Cut more than $900 billion from Medicaid.
● Increase annual small business loan interest by an average of $860.
● Cause the closure of 300 rural hospitals.
● Cause the closure of 500 nursing homes.
● Will end clean energy tax credits.
● Raise energy bills by up to $400 per year for families and 10% for businesses and put nearly 400,000 jobs at risk.
17 million people just lost health care.
18 million kids just lost school meals.
3 million Americans just lost food assistance.
And $3.5 trillion was added to the deficit.
All for a tax cut for Trump’s billionaire donors.
The ultimate betrayal.
🚨NEW: GOP Senator Lisa Murkowski has cast deciding vote to pass the “Big Beautiful Bill” in the U.S. Senate, which will cut health care coverage for millions of Americans.
RETWEET if you think @LisaMurkowski is a coward!
🚨BREAKING NEWS: In one of the most shameful moments in American history, Vice President JD Vance just cast his tie-breaking vote in the Senate after a 50-50 vote to pass the BIG BULLSHIT BILL, which will:
Increase the debt by an estimated $4 trillion.
Increase annual mortgage interest by an average of $1,060.
Give an average tax cut of nearly $390,000 for those with incomes exceeding $4,325,000.
Cut more than $900 billion from Medicaid.
Strip 16 million Americans of their healthcare.
Increase annual small business loan interest by an average of $860.
Cause the closure of 300 rural hospitals.
Cause the closure of 500 nursing homes.
End food assistance for 2.9 million Americans.
Will end clean energy tax credits.
Raise energy bills by up to $400 per year for families and 10% for businesses and put nearly 400,000 jobs at risk.
Not a coincidence Trump announced his travel ban tonight.
He's trying to distract us from the core story. And the core story is their bill to throw 15 million people off their health care in order to give a $270,000 tax cut to the richest Americans.
Here's something everybody should be paying attention to: Congressional Republicans are trying to weaken the Affordable Care Act and put millions of people at risk of losing their health care. Call your Senators and tell them we can't let that happen. https://t.co/jTKreuCNWZ
TRUMP BUSTED: In recently unearthed video from Trump's crypto dinner last night, the Presidential seal podium can be seen clearly, despite the insistence of Karoline Leavitt that Trump was doing this on "personal time."
Release the names of his attendees!
1. Cancel Biden's executive order on drug prices.
2. Create a crisis.
3. Write the same executive order.
4. Take credit.
MAGAs are the dumbest people on this planet.
Hi everyone! I'm Eileen Laubacher, the Democrat and retired U.S. Navy Admiral running against Lauren Boebert here in Colorado.
Can you retweet this and help me get to 1,000 new followers? Let's send Boebert packing next November!
Pete Hegseth (2016) on Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server:
“Any security professional, military, government or otherwise, would be fired on the spot…and criminally prosecuted for being so reckless with this kind of information.”