Kristin

Public Policy + Feminist + Antiracist + Data

[Kristin @femiwonk]

Expand the court. Implement ethics reforms.

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

🚨BOOM: Hakeem Jeffries just BLASTED the Supreme Court’s
reckless decision to give Trump more power over independent federal agencies.

“The decision by the Supreme Court (gives Trump) more power to continue to destroy America from within.” DAMN.

[Kristin @femiwonk]

Here's how you @JenKiggans could have responded:

"I agree, he should stay out of Virginia, but your language is racist. I don't agree with you there."

It isn't tricky.

[Jen Kiggans @JenKiggans]

This is precisely what's wrong with Democrats. Every lie and distortion is intended to distract from getting their hats handed to them and the Virginia Supreme Court's clear message: stop trying to rig our elections.

The radio host should not have used that language and I do not -and did not - condone it. It was obvious to anyone listening that I was agreeing Hakeem Jefferies should stay out of Virginia.

Democrats are trying to destroy Virginia’s court because they disagree with it. THAT is the real danger to our country.

[Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner @rowefinkbeiner]

Shameful! Republicans cut healthcare & increased funding for human rights abuses & terrifying children and hardworking immigrants. We need a balanced process, NOT cuts to healthcare & NOT cruelty. That’s why @MomsRising & @CareInActionUS have new ads in PA-07, PA-08, WI-03, OH-01

[Kristin @femiwonk]

#AbolishICE

This agency is operating with reckless impunity and they are killing people.

Defund and then abolish.

[Governor Tim Walz @GovTimWalz]

I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening.

The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.

[Kristin @femiwonk]

The #TrumpInflationCrisis is entirely about centering millionaires and corporations in every decision at the expense of working families.

[Morgan J. Freeman @mjfree]

Healthcare under Trump has become a nightmare for families. His administration has allowed insurers to offer junk plans with skimpy coverage, and Trumpflation made sure patients paid the price. This wasn’t an accident—it was a deliberate choice to put profits over people. #TrumpInflationCrisis

[Kristin @femiwonk]

@Grancracker_ This tracks. They can only get away with all their grifting and crimes by obscuring the truth.

[Kristin @femiwonk]

@mjfree All to appease the xenophobic, racist wing of the Republican party and the American people.

[Kristin @femiwonk]

@TahoeBoulder95 Just get a 50-year mortgage, right?

[eye roll]

#trumpcrushesyourdreams

[Kristin @femiwonk]

#Trumpcrushesyourdreams especially if you are a woman.

The majority of these occupations are majority-female. Restricting student loans could force women into different career paths that require less technical training and lower pay.

No surprise.

https://t.co/Ei5vFyYnTZ

[DrDinD🟧🇺🇲🇺🇦 He/Him @DrDinD]

#TrumpCrushesYourDreams

Many who dream of professional service jobs will be denied access to high cap student loans due to reclassification of what is considered professional by the Department of Education under the Big Ugly Bill.

Dreams denied for nurses, physicians assistants, audiologists, social workers, teachers, architects, accountants, social workers...

[Kristin @femiwonk]

The price per person for health care in the US is far higher than in other countries. And what do we get?

Higher infant and maternal deaths.

Shorter lives.

More chronic illnesses.

And it's all a policy choice.

We could be healthier and live longer for less money.

[Aaron Black @ABlackPolitical]

Your insurance bill isn’t a typo—it’s a policy failure. Republicans defunded healthcare protections that kept premiums in check. This allows insurers to charge families exorbitant rates with no oversight or consequence. #StopRepublicanPremiumHikes

[Kristin @femiwonk]

@MarkPocan please hold the line for everyday Wisconsin families.

[NY Women for Action @NYWomen4Action]

House must hold strong & vote NO if the Senate passes the compromise bill & it doesn’t include ACA subsidies. As the Big Tent party, we can respect the views of 8 Senators who flipped but still believe they’ve been hoodwinked & will regret it.

[Kristin @femiwonk]

Now @MikeJohnson knows something.

It's a miracle.

#whenisthevote?

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Q: Will you assure House Democrats they'll get a vote on ACA subsidies by a date certain?

MIKE JOHNSON: Ah -- no. I'm not promising anyone anything.

[Kristin @femiwonk]

I can't wait for the promised separate vote that establishment Senate Dems were promised on extending the ACA subsidies.

Short-term pain < long-term gain

#whenisthevote?

[Kristin @femiwonk]

Republicans refusal to pass laws that make health care affordable is not pro-life.

In fact, for those identifying as Christian, their worship of the free market at the cost of human lives is idolatry.

[Mark Bland @markbland]

#GOPhealthcareshutdown

[Kristin @femiwonk]

@Grancracker_ @nytimes I suppose this is why they are buying all the private jets. So they can fly in and out of private airports.

"Air travel for me, but not for thee."

[Kristin @femiwonk]

Just in time for the holiday season.

Thank you #TrumpsHealthCareShutdown.

[🇺🇸🇺🇸GroundControlToMajorTom @Grancracker_]

Trump Officials to Cut Air Traffic at 40 Major Airports if Shutdown Continue- well, well, they have time for a contingency plan to reign more agony upon Americans, But nothing for Healthcare to end this mess? #ThursdayThoughts https://t.co/wMrPhb4a8z via @NYTimes

[Kristin @femiwonk]

@RonJohnsonWI "I don't engage in political rhetoric," says @RonJohnsonWI when asked about political violence.

[Kristin @femiwonk]

"It's perfectly legitimate to be blowing those boats out of the water," says @RonJohnsonWI in regards to the Venezualan boats.

Sounds like the Senator is up for more war.

[Kristin @femiwonk]

@RonJohnsonWI And murder, I suppose.

[Kristin @femiwonk]

People had "free choice" to buy the plan they need, says @RonJohnsonWI.

High-risk pools. Catastrophic plans. Short-term plans. Health Savings Accounts. People can't buy them anymore, he says.

(Without acknowledging that they are complete trash.)

[Kristin @femiwonk]

What is your plan to replace, Obamacare? A caller asks @RonJohnsonWI...

"We don't have the votes to repair the damage of Obamacare."

Which, doesn't actually address the question.