Citizen X

@SethBorman @RachelBitecofer I thought that premiums fall on income or labor, and taxes fall on people buying insurance.

@PatBryanTX2 @RachelBitecofer Taxes and premiums are different, because taxes fall on income or labor and premiums fall on people buying insurance. If we funded M4A by a $12k per person premium you would figure out the difference really quick.

I support Medicare for all. I think we should trash the system that charges $100 per bandaid so the insurers can pay their ad budgets. That said, you can’t just put M4All into one state. The costs are massive and require both tax hikes on everyone AND price controls.

@RachelBitecofer M4A is cheaper. Private insurance has 20% overhead slop. That includes tax deductions for bribery. Medicare's overhead is 0.9%.

Without fixing the price inflation you need 30 trillion dollars to pay for Medicare for all at the current costs of the system. REM Liz Warrens 30 trillion bill? Yeah, can’t do that. If D’s do M4A in CA they would destroy the movement forever. Personally I would rather pay

Ric Grenell used to work for Plahotniuc. propublica.org/article/trumps…

@KellyScaletta If the CIA Had overthrown MY democratically elected government and install a bloodthirsty authoritarian monarch who could only be overthrown by mobilizing Shiite Theocrats who were as bad as the Shah, I think I'd be a little hard to negotiate with too.

So what you're saying is Iran doesn't have nuclear weapons, and this war is illegal. Got it.

@tina_nguyen He originally tried to campaign with a glass eye. But his socket doesn't have the supportive tissue, so he was always cockeyed. That is when he went to the patch full-time.

@tina_nguyen Poor Dan! His arrogance continually outran his intelligence. I remember when he began running in 2018. He was humble and unsure, until Michael Berry got ahold of him. That is when Dan became an asshole, and dreamed of becoming an icon of the Right.

Dan Crenshaw was supposed to be the internet-savvy future of the Republican Party. Instead, he couldn't log off. My deep dive into the Texas Congressman's digital de-evolution is now up at The Verge (gift link below.)

@Joe_Gierut @tina_nguyen Just an eyeball. His campaign lost its legs this spring.

@tina_nguyen Had no idea Dan Crenshaw lost his legs in combat

@Gerashchenko_en Thus it has always been: Russians have been hegemonic assholes since tribal times. Russia's urge to Empire overrides all good sense, and crushes all moral and virtue.

Families paid more than $16 billion more for gasoline since the onset of the war, and spent $2,300 more on average due to inflation since Trump took office.

@FRCdc @HawleyMO Well THAT was bullshit! You must think we just fell out of a coconut tree.

Danco Laboratories is the most lethal company no one’s ever heard of — and also, @HawleyMO warns, the most secretive. Read the latest on his investigation into the secrecy protecting one of America's largest chemical abortion pill manufacturers 👇

@RichSementa @HawleyMO Nope, it is most likely that they were funded out of the pockets of the participants.

Sen @HawleyMO: We Need To Follow The Money on the Left's Campaign To Destroy the Supreme Court "We need to follow the money. Those protests at Justices' homes that were designed to threaten their safety were funded by somebody. I want to know who funded them!"

@hypocoristicon1 @itsjaredlol @ethanmwolf Thank you, that is very kind of you.

@itsjaredlol @PatBryanTX2 @ethanmwolf You're entitled to your opinion

I’ve warned Democrats for months about Hasan Piker’s efforts to insert himself into our party. Read my op-ed in The Washington Post about why the normalization of Piker within the Democratic Party is a mistake Democrats cannot afford to make. wapo.st/4cyGZyT

@WillofSnow @ethanmwolf First thing to go is your ability to spell.

@PatBryanTX2 @ethanmwolf What’s lead poising like?

@Whatdidyousay82 @ethanmwolf The Overton Window has normalized Fascism.

@PatBryanTX2 @ethanmwolf Denial isn't just a river. You've let the Tankies and nazis take over the party. Great job!

@itsjaredlol @ethanmwolf "To thicken the plot." - Ramakrishna

@PatBryanTX2 @ethanmwolf if he is so insignificant then why do all these "liberal" accounts waste so much time on him?

@Whatdidyousay82 @ethanmwolf Bullshit!

@PatBryanTX2 @ethanmwolf He's the voice of 50% of the party...

Who started the war? — TRUMP Who bombed Iran? — TRUMP Who caused the Strait closure? — TRUMP Who fucked economy? — TRUMP Who declares victory? — TRUMP Who took credit for opening Hormuz? — TRUMP Who declares "great day for world"? — TRUMP Elect a clown, expect a circus.

Ukraine’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Andrii Melnyk: Thirty-five million Russians have no toilet at home. On the one hand, Russia demands recognition as a "great superpower," claiming the right to redraw state borders by force and impose a new sphere of influence. Yet, on the other hand, around 35 million Russian citizens still rely on outside toilets — shabby wooden huts in yards and gardens. Putin wants to convince American mediators and the broader international community that peace itself hinges on Ukraine’s voluntary surrender of the Donetsk region and that, once this demand is met, Russia will at last be happy and eternal peace will follow. Does anyone seriously believe this fairy tale? We don’t. What is the purpose of this relentless war of conquest when only about 1 percent of Russia’s vast territory is populated and developed, while the remaining 99 percent are largely neglected and, at best, partially exploited for natural resource extraction? Moreover, during his 26-year rule, Putin has effectively abandoned his population, many of whom still struggle with the most basic standards of sanitation. According to official statistical data, one-fourth of Russian households do not have access to centralized sewage systems or indoor sanitation facilities. In rural areas, the situation is even more severe: in some regions, up to two-thirds of households must rely on outdoor pit latrines. Let us imagine the scale of the absurdity we are dealing with. On the one hand, Russia demands recognition as a "great superpower," claiming the right to redraw state borders by force and impose a new sphere of influence. Yet, on the other hand, around 35 million Russian citizens still rely on outside toilets — shabby wooden huts in yards and gardens. Let me repeat: thirty-five million Russians have no toilet at home. This is roughly the population of Malaysia, Poland, or Saudi Arabia and is comparable to the population of Texas, or almost that of California. Putin wants Russia to be seen as a respected global player while living conditions for a huge part of Russia’s population remain no better than in the early Middle Ages. This is the true paradox before us: Putin seeks imperial expansion abroad while failing to secure basic human dignity at home - @MelnykAndrij