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Topher Spiro
@TopherSpiro
Senior Fellow @amprog. Former White House Office of Management and Budget. Adjunct Professor of Law. Opinions my own.
Washington DC Katılım Ekim 2011
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AIPAC is spending more than 8x as much as the entire pro-@AbdulElSayed campaign, and Haley Stevens isn't even on the air.
I'm not sure I have ever seen anything like this in a Senate race.
AdImpact Politics@AdImpact_Pol
Who's on air in the #MISen Democratic primary over the next seven days: -United Democracy Project (Pro-Stevens): $4.6M -Abdul El-Sayed: $489K -A Stronger Michigan (Pro-Stevens): $299K -Fighting for Michigan (Pro-El-Sayed): $65K
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Record-breaking Ossoff and Warnock fundraising day incoming…
Washington Reporter@DC_Reporter
NEWS: President Trump is planning to announce that Georgia's two senators, Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, are illegitimate because of fraud, a well-placed source in Georgia tells us. Announcement could come as soon as tonight.
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So by this logic, he is saying that his colleagues Jon Ossoff, Raphael Warnock, Mark Kelly & Michael Bennet should never have been elected to the U.S. Senate because they hadn’t held elected office before.
Michael Jones@bymichaeljones
Gary Peters on why he’s endorsing Haley Stevens over Abdul El-Sayed: “We need workhorses in the Senate, and we need someone who can do that job from day one. This is not a place for on-the-job training.”
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Donald Trump’s spiral continues. The failed president, pocketing billions as he drives up prices, is afraid to lose the midterms. So he will reheat debunked election conspiracy theories and tell bizarre new lies to deny his 2020 defeat and attack voting rights. This is a disaster for Trump puppet Mike Collins. Already mired in scandal, Mike will now have to double down on conspiracy theories toxic in the General Election. From the start, Trump’s obsession with Georgia elections revealed his fury that Black voters were instrumental to his defeat. I'm asking concerned citizens nationwide to join me and support our voter protection efforts in Georgia.
Washington Reporter@DC_Reporter
NEWS: President Trump is planning to announce that Georgia's two senators, Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, are illegitimate because of fraud, a well-placed source in Georgia tells us. Announcement could come as soon as tonight.
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The GOP is going to jam thru a 3rd reconciliation bill, this time cutting healthcare to fund defense (the Iran War). Mark my words, they will cut ACA tax credits - dressed up as "appropriating CSRs" - increasing the uninsured by 300k. Hell no! cbo.gov/system/files/2…
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When this happens to a member of the US Congress, you can imagine what happens to Palestinians.
Ro Khanna@RoKhanna
Israeli settlers, brandishing American made M4s, detained me & other Americans on my trip to Palestine. When the IDF arrived, they sided with the settlers & continued our detention. They made a huge mistake. You will be hearing more soon. nytimes.com/2026/07/11/us/…
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It feels like there is a distinct difference between Platner, who was credibily accused of sexual assault, versus Abdul El-Sayed, who is fairly left-wing, but is a devout Muslim and a parent.
David Frum@davidfrum
If you're an ex-Platnerite now sadder but wiser, there's still time to stop the "Gaza First" socialists from giving away the Michigan Senate seat for factional reasons the way they tried (and likely succeeded in) giving away the Maine seat.
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In NO WORLD should this name be redacted
yogesh@yogeshtwet
Why are names like this being redacted? And why is everyone ok with this??
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I think this needs to be polled with more nuance.
Americans are probably satisfied with their doctors.
They're probably not satisfied with their premiums, deductibles, and prior authorizations.
(And many who are satisified have government insurance.)
Searchlight Institute@SearchlightInst
.@charlotteeffect: The single-biggest and perpetually undiscussed reason why we don’t have Medicare for All in this country is that the vast majority of Americans are satisfied with their health insurance plan. wordsinsearchlight.org/p/an-honest-as…
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Here's a glidepath to Medicare for All, while guaranteeing universal coverage in the interim: americanprogress.org/article/medica…
Adam Carlson@admcrlsn
Getting to Medicare For All will be a piecemeal process. Medicare-For-All-Who-Want-It seems like a solid incremental step to showcase to the many (understandably!) skeptical Americans that the federal government can actually effectively handle providing healthcare for every American — and not just turn it into a bureaucratic nightmare — before pushing for the Big Kahuna.
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The ACA is not in a death spiral. Enrollment is down by 3 million after Congress did not extend enhanced premium subsidies. And, insurers are raising premiums as healthier people drop coverage. But, the original ACA premium subsidies remain, preventing a collapse.
Oren Cass@oren_cass
The ACA exchanges are headed for collapse. You can get all the people to cross-subsidize the highest cost patients some of the time, and some of the people to cross-subsidize the highest cost patients all of the time, but... wsj.com/health/healthc…
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A screen grab from a Wall Street Journal video interview with the people who recruited Platner to run for Senate. Happens at 6:58: youtube.com/watch?v=adHzmD…
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I am shocked, just shocked, that enhanced ACA tax credits lower costs and increase coverage.
Colin Seeberger@CMSeeberger
@TopherSpiro It also turns out that people losing coverage was a policy choice. New Mexico acted at the state level to keep the enhanced tax credits in place to prevent people from paying higher premiums and, you'll never guess, it's the only state to have seen an increase in coverage.
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It turns out repealing enhanced ACA tax credits spiked premiums in 2 ways, as predicted:
1. obviously, premiums after credits spiked
2. premiums before credits spiked -- even for people without credits -- as insurers expect a sicker risk pool
KFF@KFF
ACA Marketplace insurers are proposing a median premium increase of 14% for 2027 — indicating a likely second consecutive year of double-digit increases, according to our new analysis of preliminary rate filings in 16 states and DC: on.kff.org/4fpMB13
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Last night Ukraine could not intercept a single Russian ballistic missile. The USA deliberately starving Ukraine of Patriot missiles is now clearly understood by the Russians as American support for their terror bombing. The USA is helping Putin kill Ukrainians.
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