debsoc.bsky.social @debsoc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Ron Ziegler, who remained very close to Nixon after he left office -- and who went on to be the longtime head of.... The National Association of CHAIN DRUGSTORES. Why do you suppose that CVS, Walgreens, Brooks, and the rest of them wanted Nixon's mouthpiece as theirs? 000
debsoc.bsky.social @debsoc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026It was Alexander Butterfield who told the committee that yes, the White House actually was taping calls. But (just double-checked w/ Wikipedia) Dean previously had speculated/suggested there might be. 010
Reposted by @debsoc.bsky.socialLynne Perednia @perednia.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Mourning the Washington Post tonight while watching #AllThePresidentsMen #TCMParty 0131
debsoc.bsky.social @debsoc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Why not till 2032? Would parts of coverage phase in earlier? Be sure a big pop. sees BIG benefits fast! (Note lessons from Mass., where small progs started +*hospitals* etc. got what they wanted, but then in 1991, larger later phases of Dukakis "universal" health care plan were easily repealed.) 000
Reposted by @debsoc.bsky.socialMax Dubler 🏳️🌈 @maxdubler.com · 02/10/2026I really don't understand America's culture of forcing service workers to be on their feet all day. 3959595
debsoc.bsky.social @debsoc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Coming up soon on 10/9, as the 13th surge continues! #HealthDisparities #HealthEquity #LongCovid #HealthCareDisparities #HealthPolicyResearch @togetherwemask.bsky.social 174
Reposted by @debsoc.bsky.socialSpectrum News NY1 @spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026New York Democrats in Congress are pushing Senate leaders for a two-year delay of a new SNAP cost-sharing requirement they say could hit the state especially hard. Read more: specne.ws/nBAgpy specne.wsExclusive: N.Y. House Democrats push for delay of state SNAP cost shareThe law establishes an up to 15% state contribution rate, depending on the state’s error rate. 032
debsoc.bsky.social @debsoc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Where can you submit it in person now, weeks before early voting opens? City Hall? 131
Reposted by @debsoc.bsky.socialMike Hoerger, PhD, MSCR, MBA @michael-hoerger.bsky.social · 24/09/2026COVlD-associated hospitalizations are exploding in NYC. This is quite serious. Due to vaccinations and prior mortality, the acute effects of infection are often less obviously apparent in 2026. It's a testament to the high transmission. Screenshot from @datareport.bsky.social via the devil app. 017496
Reposted by @debsoc.bsky.socialMike Hoerger, PhD, MSCR, MBA @michael-hoerger.bsky.social · 28/09/2026PMC COVlD Update, Sep 28, 2026 (US): 🔸We're in a 13th COVlD wave. 🔸40 states & territories continue to have COVlD outbreaks, stable from last week. 🔸Levels likely peaked between Sep 7-13 at a PMC-estimated 580,000 new daily infections. pmc19.com/map 3183108
Reposted by @debsoc.bsky.socialMike Hoerger, PhD, MSCR, MBA @michael-hoerger.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Mask up in #NYC, and cancel what you're doing to get your booster today. Kings County is raging with COVlD, per today's CDC update. PMC estimates 1 in 20 residents actively infectious, as of the most recent data on Sep 12. pmc19.com/map We have warned of this for weeks. 310149
Reposted by @debsoc.bsky.socialMaskTogetherAmerica @togetherwemask.bsky.social · 25/09/2026A Global Policy Repository tracked 53 nations: only 8 have a gov't lead on #IndoorAir, just 7 have binding health standards, and only 25/253 policies address schools. Call your local reps and demand #CleanAir in schools! Fight for the kids! Watch: airclub.org/unga-2026 13510
Reposted by @debsoc.bsky.socialMaskTogetherAmerica @togetherwemask.bsky.social · 25/09/2026NYC bill: intro.nyc/0699-2026+ drafted for real time reports on the DOE website regarding air quality in schools, the installation and maintenance of air quality monitoring devices, as well as annual reports regarding air quality in schools. Let’s support this. @debsoc.bsky.social @luckytran.comintro.nycInt 0699-2026 Standards and reporting regarding indoor air quality in schools within the city school district. 052
debsoc.bsky.social @debsoc.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Certainly some/most of those former Mass. govs took some positions far more moderate/liberal than MAGA on "social" issues (+ better on some pub hlth + environ issues) -- and more moderate than most pre-MAGA Repubs. elsewhere. But more deregulatory + right-wing on many issues than often recognized. 120
debsoc.bsky.social @debsoc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Chaplin's final speech in #TheGreatDictator is even more poignant than just a year ago for many reasons -- incl. its mentions of "machine men" and the line, "More than machines, we need humanity!" #TCMparty 0102
Reposted by @debsoc.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.theintercept.comDoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam 6584021311827
debsoc.bsky.social @debsoc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Mass. has had quite a string of republican governors from 1991 on: Weld, Cellucci, Jane Swift, Romney -- and then (after Dem. Deval Patrick) Repub. Charlie Baker. All of them cruel to poor people, easy on the rich, even often easy on tobacco cos., among other corps.... 110
Reposted by @debsoc.bsky.socialMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house. 684249175520
Reposted by @debsoc.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Room empties out at the UN as Netanyahu begins his speech. 1882285806978
debsoc.bsky.social @debsoc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026And birth control -- so women don't have to be endlessly pregnant. 020
debsoc.bsky.social @debsoc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026And half (or so) of children don't die by age 5 or so. 020
debsoc.bsky.social @debsoc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026?????? Wheels. Electric lights. Vaccines. Washing machines. 100
Reposted by @debsoc.bsky.socialAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026His brain is completely broken. What the actual fuck is this nonsense 3472147483783
debsoc.bsky.social @debsoc.bsky.social · 20/09/2026It's a real struggle to set knowledge of Cosby aside -- but otherwise, so far this is marvelous! 030
Reposted by @debsoc.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $8 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of American households is worth just $4.27 trillion. Read that back. Remember: Wealth can’t be separated from power. Power begets wealth and wealth begets power. 351103184263
Reposted by @debsoc.bsky.socialAgentJoeMcJoe 🇺🇸 @joemcjoe11.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Based on Trumpy's decision to ban reporters from the white house, is there ANY DOUBT that Trumpy fully and completely plans to really screw up the midterm elections? Get rid of the journalists who won't lie for you, your truth becomes the only truth. This is his goal. 1128493
Reposted by @debsoc.bsky.socialDan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The WHCA is useless. They will never give up access, because it defines them. So they have no leverage. Individual news organizations and reporters could choose to boycott or get a spine and start pushing back on his lying, derangement, rudeness, racism, misogyny, and thin skin.  1114149
Reposted by @debsoc.bsky.socialStephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Rigging the Electoral College isn’t the goal of illegally excluding noncitizens—this map is a minor tradeoff for turbocharging gerrymandering 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 Texas, Florida, etc. Excluding noncitizens from redistricting would let the GOP pack more Dem votes into fewer seats—making the rest whiter & more GOP 114857
Reposted by @debsoc.bsky.socialFredxie @rodgilbert.bsky.social · 18/09/2026So the guy who oversaw the largest health care fraud in history while he was CEO OF Columbia /HCA says we should just trust CEO’s to do the right thing 031
Reposted by @debsoc.bsky.socialDr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Pastor Voldemort demands we trust AI. 3014537
Reposted by @debsoc.bsky.socialelijahplovejoy.bsky.social @elijahplovejoy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026www.jacksonformaine.com 031
debsoc.bsky.social @debsoc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026His "The Rainmaker" is a terrific book and *movie.* 020
debsoc.bsky.social @debsoc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026#DrStrsngelove discusses the Doomsday Machine. Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb #TCMparty #StanleyKubrick 000
debsoc.bsky.social @debsoc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Says the President, "You can't fight in here -- it's the War Room!" #TCMpaety #DrStrangelove 001
debsoc.bsky.social @debsoc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Urging a pre-emptive nuclear first strike, General Turgeson promises, "No more than 10 million dead -- 20 million tops!" #TCMparty #DrStrangelove 020
Reposted by @debsoc.bsky.socialTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 10/09/2026RESULT: David Morales, a socialist challenger, has ousted the mayor of Providence David Smiley. Add Providence to NYC, DC, and Ann Arbor as socialist wins in mayoral elections. 463003575
