context776.bsky.social @context776.bsky.social · 32sEmployer-sponsored coverage is experiencing a similar crunch, with employer health care costs on track to climb roughly 11%, the sharpest jump in more than two decades. 000
context776.bsky.social @context776.bsky.social · 1mAmericans are facing historic spikes in health care expenses as health insurance premiums surge across the board. Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace enrollees face proposed median premium increases of 14% for 2027, following a massive 20% average hike in 2026. 000
context776.bsky.social @context776.bsky.social · 4mYesterday, I forced a Senate vote to prevent 2 million Americans from having their health care terminated and millions of others from having their health care costs increase. Republicans killed it. U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin 000
context776.bsky.social @context776.bsky.social · 6mBlacked out before the Epstein files now reach the judge unredacted. For months, the DOJ released Epstein records with heavy redactions. Now Judge Emmet Sullivan gets to see what was behind the black bars. The judge will decide in private which parts of the Epstein files the public may see. 000
context776.bsky.social @context776.bsky.social · 15m28. He allows his adult dependent children to get special treatment from Pentagon Pete The Hedgehog Hegseth War Department for contracts which make them even richer. 29. He pardons thousands of convicted criminals 30 And the list goes on and the Republicans do nothing. 000
context776.bsky.social @context776.bsky.social · 17m26. He has demoralized and destroyed the effectiveness of the FBI and the Department of Justice. 27. He continually belittles women reporters. 000
context776.bsky.social @context776.bsky.social · 18m24. He is a convicted felon of fraud and sexual assault. 25. He could care less about the impact of his tariffs on inflation and the prices that Americans are paying at the grocery store or the gas station where he never has to pay for even one gallon of gas. 000
context776.bsky.social @context776.bsky.social · 24m20. He thinks that 18 soldiers KIA is "small potatoes" in his unwanted Trump Iran War. 21. He holds up a Bible and thinks that makes him a Christian 22. He denies the dangers of AI. 23. In spite of all the storms, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes and fires he thinks climate change is a farce. 000
context776.bsky.social @context776.bsky.social · 27m17. He continuously lies to the American people. 18. He attacks world renowned universities. 19. He manipulates the stock market for his own benefit and destroys oversight of bitcoin companies. 000
context776.bsky.social @context776.bsky.social · 28m13. He wastes millions of dollars going to his weedy golf courses at our expense. 14. He hides the truth of the Epstein files. 15. He grossly offends our friends and allies and threatens them. 16. His minions commit war crimes in the Caribbean. 000
context776.bsky.social @context776.bsky.social · 28m10. He mocks our military heroes like John McCain. 11. He hates a free press and calls them fake. 12. He spends billions of tax dollars on screwball projects that nobody asked for like demolishing the White House and an Arc de Trump with snipers and drones 250 feet atop. 000
context776.bsky.social @context776.bsky.social · 32m7. He mocks the Constitution and the Bill of Rights 8. He deports people with no due process 9. He even deports people who were promised sanctuary after fighting on our side in Iraq and Afghanistan. 000
context776.bsky.social @context776.bsky.social · 32m3. He allows the advancement of communicable diseases clearly preventable with vaccines 4. They label Democrats as Communists 5. He refuses aid to states with Democrat governors. 6. He wants HIS name on monuments designed for others. 000
context776.bsky.social @context776.bsky.social · 33mAre Donald Trump and his Republican cronies deliberately trying to destroy the United States? Consider: 1. He now offered to sell arms to Communist China 2. He holds up evil Putin at the expense of the freedom fighters of Ukraine. 000
context776.bsky.social @context776.bsky.social · 43mThe Voter ID "Poison Pill" Democrats also heavily criticized the GOP for attaching sweeping federal voter identification mandates — from the SAVE America Act — to the package, claiming it was designed as a political stunt to force an opposition vote right before the midterm elections. 000
context776.bsky.social @context776.bsky.social · 48mThey pointed out that it would allow current lawmakers to keep their existing portfolios, continue selling them with advanced notice, and offered exemptions for privately held companies and executive branch officials. 000
context776.bsky.social @context776.bsky.social · 48mSenate Democrats and independents unanimously voted against the measure, calling it a "toothless" and "Swiss-cheese" bill. 000
context776.bsky.social @context776.bsky.social · 49mThe bill, which passed the GOP-controlled House in July, would prohibit lawmakers, their spouses, and dependent children from purchasing new publicly traded stocks. 000
context776.bsky.social @context776.bsky.social · 50mGOP lawmakers, led by sponsor Senator Pete Ricketts, argued the bill was a "commonsense" reform to restrict congressional stock trading and rebuild public trust. 000
context776.bsky.social @context776.bsky.social · 50mSenate voted 53-47 to block a Republican-led bill called the Stop Insider Trading Act. The procedural vote fell short of the 60 votes needed to advance. The debate over the bill split sharply along party lines:. 000
context776.bsky.social @context776.bsky.social · 2hIf that interview has nothing in it, release it. If it does, it proves exactly what everyone suspected. The law says release it either way. “Protect the children” is not a slogan you get to drop when the trail runs through Wall Street. Melinda Fulton 000
context776.bsky.social @context776.bsky.social · 2hThese banks missed $1.4 billion connected to a sex trafficker, and the interview that might explain it is sitting in a drawer. 000
context776.bsky.social @context776.bsky.social · 2hSo think about who this protects. The victims have already told their stories over and over. What we haven’t been shown is what the money people told the FBI. 000
context776.bsky.social @context776.bsky.social · 2hArc de Mar-a-Lagophile That money paid for recruiting, housing and moving young women and underage girls to be abused. 000
context776.bsky.social @context776.bsky.social · 2hThat includes millions in cash with no clear business purpose, and thousands of suspicious wire transfers worth at least $1.4 billion. According to Wyden, they sat on it and kept him away from federal scrutiny. 000
context776.bsky.social @context776.bsky.social · 2hHere’s why that matters. Wyden says bank records show top executives knew for years about Epstein’s suspicious money. 000
context776.bsky.social @context776.bsky.social · 2hSenator Ron Wyden found out it existed. He didn’t get it from the DOJ. His investigators had to dig it up. Now he’s demanding that Todd Blanche and Kash Patel hand over every FBI interview report tied to Epstein, including interviews with people at JPMorgan Chase, Deutsche Bank and Bank of America. 000
context776.bsky.social @context776.bsky.social · 2hIt turns out the FBI has an interview with a banker tied to Jeffrey Epstein. That interview never showed up in the files the Justice Department released under the law Congress passed to force all of it into the open. 000
context776.bsky.social @context776.bsky.social · 2hThey told us the Epstein files were out. They said it was full transparency and nothing was hidden. We know that's a lie! 000
context776.bsky.social @context776.bsky.social · 5hSenate fails to advance data center and lawmaker stock trading bills before campaign break www.yahoo.com/finance/mark...yahoo.comSenate fails to advance data center and lawmaker stock trading bills before campaign breakThe US Senate is set to leave Washington for election-season campaigning after two failed votes on highly charged issues: AI data center costs and lawmakers' stock trading. 000
context776.bsky.social @context776.bsky.social · 5hIneffective law enforcement stems from the structural, leadership and operational deficiencies that reduce public safety and erodes community trust by Norman, Johnson & Crowley prioritizing self-preservation & fear-based retaliation over law enforcement support causing staffing crises & low morale. 000
context776.bsky.social @context776.bsky.social · 5hand the capital city a shots fired hotspot because of armed and dangerous black perps, yet the ebony Cap Times props up Crowley as the digressive unqualified Democratic gubernatorial candidate. 000
context776.bsky.social @context776.bsky.social · 5hMilwaukee police chief Jeff Norman, mayor Cavalier Johnson and Milwaukee County exec Dave Crowley assuming integrity while pretending to do community policing have allowed Milwaukee, Wisconsin to become a murderous shooting gallery of armed and dangerous black perps, 000
context776.bsky.social @context776.bsky.social · 6hWauwatosa caves and approves $95K settlement with ex-cop Joseph Mensah www.fox6now.com/news/wauwato... 000
context776.bsky.social @context776.bsky.social · 6hSecurity video shows the suspects entering the victim's room and leaving with his items. Cops asking for the public's help identifying the suspects in a hotel room burglary. 000
context776.bsky.social @context776.bsky.social · 6hMadison police asking for the public's help identifying the suspects in a hotel room burglary. On Aug. 30, officers were dispatched to a hotel along the 2100 block of E. Springs Drive. Overnight, a guest had called hotel staff to report someone had entered their room. 000
context776.bsky.social @context776.bsky.social · 6hTwo black juvie perps were arrested and two guns were recovered on the north side of Madison, Wisconsin. A 15-year-old girl and 16-year-old boy were arrested for possessing dangerous weapons by a person under 18. Catch and Release They were both taken to the Juvenile Reception Center. 000
context776.bsky.social @context776.bsky.social · 21hTrump took taxpayer money meant for border security and used it to fund political TV ads of himself just before an election. Let's call it what it is: corruption. U.S. Senator Mark Kelly 000
context776.bsky.social @context776.bsky.social · 21hFederal law bars executive branch agencies from spending taxpayer-appropriated funds on what statute calls "publicity or propaganda" purposes, a restriction separate from campaign finance rules. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have criticized the ad campaign. 000
context776.bsky.social @context776.bsky.social · 21hThe campaign has since grown to at least three ads, with total taxpayer spending nearing $1.5 million, including close to $920,000 spent airing one spot alone. Each carries a disclaimer reading "Paid for by the U.S. Government." 000
context776.bsky.social @context776.bsky.social · 21hAnother clip shows Trump saying during his 2024 campaign that he and his supporters "will demolish the deep state" and "expel the warmongers from our government." In the same ad, Trump says: "We will rout the fake news media, and we will liberate America from these villains once and for all." 000
context776.bsky.social @context776.bsky.social · 21hHe added, "Congress has expressly prohibited government sponsored political propaganda, which is dangerous for democracy." One of the White House ads concludes with Ultimate Fighting Championship CEO Dana White calling Trump the "toughest, most resilient person that I've ever met." 000
context776.bsky.social @context776.bsky.social · 21hRichard Painter, who served as chief ethics lawyer under President George W. Bush during his second term, said the ads could be "an impeachable offense." Writing on the social platform X, Painter said: "@POTUS has no right to use taxpayer money for campaign ads." 000
context776.bsky.social @context776.bsky.social · 21hAfter taxpayer dollars paid for television ads that promote Oval Office occupant Donald Trump personally, a former demolished White House ethics attorney revealed the spending could be illegal, and even impeachable. 000
context776.bsky.social @context776.bsky.social · 22hLegal analysts state that enforcing the Hatch Act against current administration actions is difficult, and actual penalties or enforcement remain unlikely while the administration oversees the enforcing agencies. 000
context776.bsky.social @context776.bsky.social · 22hThe demolished White House has jokingly defended the commercials as public service announcements meant to promote patriotism and American exceptionalism rather than political campaigns. 000
context776.bsky.social @context776.bsky.social · 22hCritics point out that the ads — which include a black-and-white spot titled "Final Battle" — resemble materials previously used during Trump's 2024 presidential campaign. 000
context776.bsky.social @context776.bsky.social · 22hThe Hatch Act prevents federal employees from doing political work using official government time or resources. Legal experts note that while the president is exempt from the law, regime staffers who helped create or approve the ads could face scrutiny. 000
context776.bsky.social @context776.bsky.social · 22hThe advocacy group Public Citizen filed a formal complaint with the U.S. Office of Special Counsel and the Government Accountability Office (GAO), stating the ads misuse government funds for partisan political messaging. 000
context776.bsky.social @context776.bsky.social · 22hTaxpayer-funded television ads featuring Oval Office occupant Donald Trump violate the Hatch Act and anti-propaganda laws, as reported by Forbes and Public Citizen. 000
