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John Lippitt

@jalippitt.bsky.social
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Retired early childhood policy and program professor and manager. Democratic activist and blogger: www.policyforthepeople.org. Non-profit board member and dahlia grower. A hiker and bicyclist. Grandfather to 5 boys!

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John Lippitt @jalippitt.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
There’s a legislative reform question on the Nov ballot in 8 state rep districts in MA. It calls for reform of leadership’s $5.4 million loyalty pay scheme. VOTE YES to make the MA legislature more transparent and accountable. More info and a list of districts is here: actonmass.org/stipends/.
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Non-binding stipend reform question Massachusetts
Act on Mass is part of a coalition behind non-binding ballot questions in eight Massachusetts districts, weighing "loyalty pay" for state legislators.
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John Lippitt @jalippitt.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
This is what oligarchy looks like. Thank you ProPublica for uncovering it for us.
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John Lippitt @jalippitt.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
This is what international oligarchy looks like.
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John Lippitt @jalippitt.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
This is what oligarchy looks like.
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John Lippitt @jalippitt.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
ProPublica's investigative reporting is AWESOME! Read it and support it.
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John Lippitt @jalippitt.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Our governments should not be requiring us to provide personal identity information to a private, for-profit company in order to access government programs and information. It costs taxpayers money and their privacy. Boycott this if you can and contact your elected officials to protest.
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RESIST GOVERNMENT USE OF ID.me FOR IDENTITY VERIFICATION
Our governments should not be requiring us to provide personal identity information to a private, for-profit company in order to access government programs and information. It costs taxpayers money and their privacy. Boycott this if you can and contact your elected officials to protest.
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John Lippitt @jalippitt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Robert is always wonderfully informative and inspiring!
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John Lippitt @jalippitt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This is unbelievable cruelty and a human rights violation. It's morally and ethically indefensible. These children will be traumatized for the rest of their lives. No one who has any role in formulating or executing this policy can call themselves Christian or claim to support family values.
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John Lippitt @jalippitt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This is what oligarchy looks like.
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John Lippitt @jalippitt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Of course not. This is what oligarchy looks like.
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John Lippitt @jalippitt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
If he weren't an oligarch, he'd be in jail.
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John Lippitt @jalippitt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This is what the international oligarchy looks like.
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John Lippitt @jalippitt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This is what oligarchy looks like.
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John Lippitt @jalippitt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This is what oligarchy looks like.
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John Lippitt @jalippitt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Oligarchs want to privatize everything, including our public schools.
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John Lippitt @jalippitt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The 2020 No Surprises Act set up an arbitration process so patients didn’t get huge surprise medical bills. The result was profits for corporate capitalists and huge health care costs and waste. Patients pay for this through increased premiums with no improvements in health care quality or outcomes.
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ENDING SURPRISE HEALTH CARE BILLING COSTS LOTS OF MONEY
The 2020 No Surprises Act set up an arbitration process so patients didn’t get huge surprise medical bills. The result was profits for corporate capitalists and huge health care costs and waste. Patients pay for this through increased premiums with no improvements in health care quality or outcomes.
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John Lippitt @jalippitt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This in what runaway, unregulated capitalism looks like. Vultures preying on the distraught and gullible.
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John Lippitt @jalippitt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Thank goodness we have a functioning Emergency Management Agency in Massachusetts! I'd feel better if we had one at the federal level, instead of one gutted by Trump and company.
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John Lippitt @jalippitt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is what cruelty looks like. I don't know how the Trump regime people responsible for this - and the members of Congress who sit by quietly and let it happen - can look themselves in the mirror.
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John Lippitt @jalippitt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
ProPublica, thank you for digging into this story when no one else would. Your work is so thorough and professional.
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John Lippitt @jalippitt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is what bad public policies, particularly public health policies, do, they kill people.
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John Lippitt @jalippitt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is what oligarchy looks like.
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John Lippitt @jalippitt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is what oligarchy looks like.
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John Lippitt @jalippitt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Let's all participate by voting early and protesting always.
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John Lippitt @jalippitt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is what oligarchy looks like.
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John Lippitt @jalippitt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is what oligarchy looks like.
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John Lippitt @jalippitt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A universal, single-payer U.S. health care system could save 100,000 lives and $1 trillion. However, capitalism has corrupted health care, putting profits before patients, so the six corporations dominating Big Medicine with over $2 trillion in revenue and $34 billion in profits must be broken up.
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UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE SAVES LOTS OF LIVES AND MONEY
A universal, single-payer U.S. health care system could save 100,000 lives and $1 trillion. However, capitalism has corrupted health care, putting profits before patients, so the six corporations dominating Big Medicine with over $2 trillion in revenue and $34 billion in profits must be broken up.
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John Lippitt @jalippitt.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Capitalism and its pursuit of profits have corrupted our health care system, resulting in the most expensive system in the world, but one that delivers poor outcomes. Three elements have driven this corruption: corporate consolidation, private equity, and privatization.
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CAPITALISM HAS CORRUPTED HEALTH CARE
Capitalism and its pursuit of profits have corrupted our health care system, resulting in the most expensive system in the world, but one that delivers poor outcomes. Three elements have driven this corruption: corporate consolidation, private equity, and privatization.
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John Lippitt @jalippitt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is what democracy looks like.
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John Lippitt @jalippitt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is what multinational oligarchy looks like.
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John Lippitt @jalippitt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is what oligarchy looks like.
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John Lippitt @jalippitt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is what oligarchy looks like.
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John Lippitt @jalippitt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is what oligarchy looks like.
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John Lippitt @jalippitt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is what the international oligarchy does.
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John Lippitt @jalippitt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is what oligarchy looks like.
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John Lippitt @jalippitt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This is what oligarchy looks like.
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John Lippitt @jalippitt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This is what oligarchy looks like.
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John Lippitt @jalippitt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This is what oligarchy looks like.
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John Lippitt @jalippitt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This is how and why we must stand up to the oligarchs.
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John Lippitt @jalippitt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This is what oligarchy looks like.
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John Lippitt @jalippitt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Trump’s deal with corporate elites is corrupt and undermines democracy. We all pay financially and with our freedom. Gerard Baker of The Wall Street Journal has written two columns that make a powerful statement about the damage America’s corporate elites and their style of capitalism have done.
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CORPORATE AMERICA IS WRECKING CAPITALISM
Trump’s deal with corporate elites is corrupt and undermines democracy. We all pay financially and with our freedom. Gerard Baker of The Wall Street Journal has written two columns that make a powerful statement about the damage America’s corporate elites and their style of capitalism have done.
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John Lippitt @jalippitt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Half way measure won't cut it. As Robert Hubbell has stated many times, we need to be bold once we have control.
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John Lippitt @jalippitt.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
This is what oligarchy looks like.
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John Lippitt @jalippitt.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
This is what oligarchy looks like. By the way, his personal profits are in the BILLIONS, not millions.
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John Lippitt @jalippitt.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
This is what oligarchy looks like.
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John Lippitt @jalippitt.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
This is what oligarchy and American capitalism look like.
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John Lippitt @jalippitt.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
This is what global oligarchy looks like!
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John Lippitt @jalippitt.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Eighty-eight large corporations with over $105 billion in profits paid no federal income tax in 2025. Many large, profitable companies’ employees rely on government-subsidized health insurance and food assistance to survive. This adds hundreds of billions to the annual federal budget deficit.
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BIG CORPORATIONS AVOID TAXES WHILE EMPLOYEES STRUGGLE
Eighty-eight large corporations with over $105 billion in profits paid no federal income tax in 2025. Many large, profitable companies’ employees rely on government-subsidized health insurance and food assistance to survive. This adds hundreds of billions to the annual federal budget deficit.
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John Lippitt @jalippitt.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
If you haven’t seen it, Heather Cox Richardson wrote a wonderful tribute to Dolly Parton. She gave away millions of books to preschoolers, among many wonderful things. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-26-...
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August 26, 2026
Last night, at exactly 9:25—9 to 5—the top of the Empire State Building in New York City lit up pink.
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John Lippitt @jalippitt.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This is what oligarchy looks like.
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