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Health care policy and the Washington Wizards

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Jason Narducy @jasonnarducy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Thank you Salon and @carynrose.bsky.social ! www.salon.com/2026/10/07/m...
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Michael Shannon’s R.E.M. tribute reminded me why I love the band
The actor’s show with Jason Narducy is more than nostalgia — it celebrates the band’s artistry.
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brocktune.bsky.social @brocktune.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Into my veins!!!
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This whole slew of twitter spats is an apt illustration of the current environment. It started with a link I posted without comment from the Times of Israel which discussed a poll of American Jews. The poll had a number of findings but the headlines focused on the data point …
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brocktune.bsky.social @brocktune.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
You won’t hear “rings culture” on Amazon TNF lol!
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The only debt limit deal Ds should agree to is to eliminate it entirely — or at minimum suspend it for a decade. It is only used to extort policy concessions under threat of permanently damaging the country, & it only works because everyone knows Rs are reckless enough to actually pull the trigger.
Erik Wasson & @elwasson
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DEBT CEILING: @RepJeffries asked if there will be big fight on debt limit next Congress suggests deal may emerge in lame duck session
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I have no idea how to have this conversation within Jewish circles but the very obvious path we're on is that the ADL is devaluing the concept of antisemitism by making it synonymous with Ms Rachel and Macklemore, spending down the capital of American Jews in service of a genocidal apartheid state
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Bob Herman @bobjherman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This is very wonky and technical, but the end result is important. If this became law, it would force MedPAC to produce a report that makes Medicare Advantage look *way* better. It would nuke independent research and make it more likely for insurers to keep their MA gravy train.
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Bob Herman @bobjherman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Paul Ginsburg, a health economist at USC and a former MedPAC commissioner, said the bill “is the most extreme example that I am aware of in which a stakeholder has worked to undermine MedPAC’s independence.”
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brocktune.bsky.social @brocktune.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I just can’t believe this is what they want for their sport. They hired a bunch of influencers but can’t put the big games on at any sort of normal time? It’s so crazy.
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brocktune.bsky.social @brocktune.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I guess it’s ok for Paige and Azzi to sell their own story but the press can’t ask about it? I think it’s crazy that the press let themselves get bullied into dropping what really is one of the most unique stories in sports history.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/08/2026
"Angie a Democrat who says we're gonna fight for everybody" -- David Jolly gives Angie Nixon "great credit" for staying focused on the economy and says he doesn't think her more leftist views hurts his campaign at all
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brocktune.bsky.social @brocktune.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Sickening
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brocktune.bsky.social @brocktune.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Ugh
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Jenn Hatfield @jennhatfield.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Honestly, I have the same reaction! (And I’m knocking on wood as I type this.) But I think it’s good that we’re not taking a clean injury report for granted. 🙂
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brocktune.bsky.social @brocktune.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Every time you post one of these it’s a shock. As a long time Wizards/Mystics fan I feel like I’ll never get used to a basketball team having a clean injury report.
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Martin Austermuhle @maustermuhle.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Interesting: DoorDash is supporting the GOP bill in Congress to limit D.C.'s ability to increase or decrease taxes and fees, largely in response to the D.C. Council's recent vote in impose a new 20-cent delivery fee to help fund food-access programs. www.notus.org/metro/uberea...
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That Food Delivery Is Soon Going To Cost You a Little More in D.C.
DoorDash unsuccessfully fought a 20-cent fee approved by the D.C. Council that will also affect UberEats deliveries.
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brocktune.bsky.social @brocktune.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
This is just infuriating and I sent my letter too. I hope they change their stance but I’m not holding my breath!
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brocktune.bsky.social @brocktune.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
😂 (Yes a Gen-X Dad joke, but that’s me!)
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
my hot take is that this is the actual america 250. just a ton of different people coming together, showing people what makes America weird and fun. people being welcoming. and yeah there’s some bullshit too, which is also very true to America! but the good and community far outweighs it rn.
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brocktune.bsky.social @brocktune.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Also the military band is just really good. All of the singers are amazing. I want to know everything about how they put these people together.
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brocktune.bsky.social @brocktune.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
It’s all 80s music. Weird. (Not that it’s the only weird thing by any stretch but…)
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Don't want to speak ill of the dead, so getting this Mitch McConnell take out now. He saw Trump with complete clarity, as a danger to America, but protected him anyway. Perhaps more than anyone, he had the power to end Trumpism, but chose party over country. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/jan-6-and-...
And yet…McConnell refused to vote to convict. Seven of his colleagues did, and with McConnell’s leadership, more would have done so, potentially enough to get to the supermajority needed. With conviction, the Senate could have also taken the vote to block Trump from running again. Doing so would have ended Trump as a political power. McConnell was clearly considering this option. In an oral history interview at the time the House was impeaching Trump, McConnell said

But apparently you can impeach somebody after they leave office, and if that happens, there’s a second vote in the Senate, which only has to pass by a simple majority, that prevents that person from seeking office again. So he could not only be impeached, but also eliminated from the possibility of a comeback for this office. So it is significant.

In the end, McConnell protected Trump from punishment. It was not just the refusal to vote to convict. After a swift House impeachment, he pushed to delay the Senate trial. He opposed the Senate joining in a Congressional investigation of Jan 6. He endorsed Trump in 2024, although this matters little except to further diminish McConnell’s dignity, as it was clear by this point that the Republican Party was Trump’s and McConnell’s time of influence was at an end.
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brocktune.bsky.social @brocktune.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
This is great!
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brocktune.bsky.social @brocktune.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Great result for USMNT if they can pull it out in regular time.
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brocktune.bsky.social @brocktune.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
@statnews.com FTW!
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brocktune.bsky.social @brocktune.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
This simple statutory change provides the biggest bang for the buck in terms of economic growth and fiscal responsibility of any other possible reform.
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brocktune.bsky.social @brocktune.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Forgot Beal was still an active NBA player TBH.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 29/06/2026
trump is stealing a golf course used by ordinary washingtonians and giving it to his rich friends
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Israelis decided it would be better to put all their chips on enablers who want to see them vaporized on judgement day than deal with criticisms of Israel’s treatment of Palestinians from other jews. Little too late to start giving a shit what the diaspora thinks now www.nytimes.com/2026/06/27/w...
“I’m extremely concerned,” said Asaf Zamir, a deputy mayor of Tel Aviv who was Israel’s consul general in New York from 2021 to 2023. All three candidates had made fierce criticism of Israel central to their campaigns and political identities. “And they say it out loud in the most Jewish city in the world, after Jerusalem.”
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brocktune.bsky.social @brocktune.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
I am just catching up on some reading and this is exactly right. Probably irreversible for Israel too.
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brocktune.bsky.social @brocktune.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Tre young, AJ, World Cup talk! When have the Wizards ever had this kind of heat?!
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brocktune.bsky.social @brocktune.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Oh, come on now, lol
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brocktune.bsky.social @brocktune.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Ghana is getting hosed, right?
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brocktune.bsky.social @brocktune.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Why isn’t Harper playing?
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Jared Dubin @jadubin5.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
We all know why this happened.
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brocktune.bsky.social @brocktune.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Just missed my chance to make my first ever bet on KAT to win Finals MVP (+700!)
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brocktune.bsky.social @brocktune.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Ok is it a hot take to say that Love Island is an answer to toxic masculinity? (This show is inescapable in my house)
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brocktune.bsky.social @brocktune.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Ok that was a great interview/answers with KAT.
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brocktune.bsky.social @brocktune.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
They are challenging? What?
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Danny Page @danny.page · 31/05/2026
Glad to see @capitalweather.bsky.social go independent! An invaluable resource in the DMV; it’s more than just forecasts, it helps me understand the weather better. www.capitalweather.com/support-us/
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brocktune.bsky.social @brocktune.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
The ESPN app has had the usmnt score at 3-2 for the last ten min lol
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brocktune.bsky.social @brocktune.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
This might be the best one of all…
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brocktune.bsky.social @brocktune.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Wizards’ great Landry Shamet…
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Harden has 5 fouls. Knicks have to be very careful to make sure he doesn’t foul out
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Wemby, like all great athletes, yearns to be Mike Alstott
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
I think the hyperfixation on deficits during the height of the Great Recession when unemployment was 9% & rates were low did was wrongheaded & ironically did major harm to their cause. Austerity during recessions is deeply harmful But we genuinely are on a bad path now & should reexamine our priors
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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
HANG JOHN WALL'S JERSEY IN THE RAFTERS! HE GAVE US THIS ONE FINAL ASSIST.
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brocktune.bsky.social @brocktune.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Yay!!!!!!!
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