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Health policy nerd. Data geek. Union member and supporter. California baby.

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mirandadz.bsky.social @mirandadz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“I know many people think the American Dream is to come and make money,” he said. “Maybe that worked some time ago. Now I feel that the American Dream is being able to sleep a little because you are just working so much.” 🤬 HR1. Everyone deserves healthcare americancommunitymedia.org/health-care/...
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 17/09/2026
The Big Ugly Bill, passed by Trump admin allies like Rep. David Valadao, will throw millions off health care and threaten hospitals—all to pay for tax cuts for billionaires. @californialabor.bsky.social and @seiu521.bsky.social are in Bakersfield to show the impact of Rep. Valadao’s broken promises.
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CalMatters @calmatters.org · 04/08/2026
Two years ago, California hit a milestone decades in the making: Nearly every person in the state qualified for health insurance, regardless of immigration status and income, pushing the state’s insured rate to a record 95%. Now that progress is unravelling. cal.news/3RJgiBp 📸 Jules Hotz
Hopeton Leahong, a family nurse practitioner, examines Ramonte Means at St. John's Community Health's Avalon Clinic in Los Angeles on Feb. 7, 2026. Photo by Jules Hotz for CalMatters
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Arin Dube @arindube.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
New NBER WP on California fast-food minimum wage. Link in next post.
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Cara Giovanetti @idontevencara.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
not entirely sure why, but I have received 300+ emails from various UC Berkeley offices in the past ~10 minutes following someone's email request to distribute some event information on campus listservs. Looking forward to learning about a new listserv exploit...
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Dave Jamieson @jamieson.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Exclusive: Next week REI workers will vote on calling a boycott of the retailer's big anniversary sale in May, a major escalation of their contract fight. Workers are confident shoppers would honor it: "Our members will absolutely understand why we’re doing this." www.huffpost.com/entry/rei-an...
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You Might Be Asked To Think Twice About Shopping REI’s Anniversary Sale This Year
Still fighting for a contract, employees from 11 unionized stores will vote on whether to ask customers not to shop at REI during its massive anniversary event.
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Jenny Hunter @jennyhunter.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Can’t believe the live action version of Cars 3 was nominated for Best Picture
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mirandadz.bsky.social @mirandadz.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Come work with me!
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UC Berkeley Labor Center @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
We're hiring! The UC Berkeley Labor Center seeks a Program Coordinator to support its Labor Summer Program and other programs that engage worker organizations. Learn more and apply ➡️ laborcenter.berkeley.edu/job-opening-...
Speech bubbles reading "We're Hiring!"
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Erica Groshen @ericagroshen.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
JOB OPENING Seattle's Office of Labor Standards is hiring a Data Strategist to lead data and policv work related to “gig economy” and serve on their policy team. Learn more and apply here. www.governmentjobs.com/careers/seat... Position closes on 1/27. #econsky
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Data Strategist
The City of Seattle is a leader on wage, labor, and workforce practices that enhance equity, address wage gaps, and create a fair and healthy economy for workers, businesses, and residents. The Office...
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mirandadz.bsky.social @mirandadz.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
I don't know if there are still #healthpolicy research people on here, but new funding opportunity thru CHCF to make use of CAs all payer claims database www.chcf.org/rfp/rfp-2026...
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Request for Proposals: 2026 California Healthcare Payments Database Affordability Research Fund - California Health Care Foundation
Opportunity announced January 12, 2026 Proposals due March 2, 2026 Grant recipients announced April 2026 Projects begin Spring 2026 Awards $500,000 total pool for up to five awards Summary The Califor...
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California Federation of Labor Unions @californialabor.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
@sbworkersunited.org have launched the biggest open-ended strike in Starbucks history, fighting for fair wages and against unfair labor practices. We all need to stand in solidarity with striking workers. DON'T BUY STARBUCKS FOR THE DURATION OF THE STRIKE. #NoContractNoCoffee
Don't buy Starbucks at any location for the duration of the strike
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Health Access California @healthaccess.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
The skyrocketing cost of #ACA marketplace health care premiums are at the center of the #GovernmentShutdown. Are your @coveredca.bsky.social costs rising in 2026? ❤️‍🩹 Tell us your story NOW: secure.everyaction.com/SDZFaMRQjEG1...
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Share Your Health Care Story
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Health Access California @healthaccess.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
We’re at the annual Health Care conference hosted by @capitolweekly.bsky.social. Our @thewallner.bsky.social joined @jodihicks.bsky.social of @ppactionca.bsky.social, @mirandadz.bsky.social of @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social, & more to discuss the devastating impact of H.R. 1 on our health care access.
6 white women in suits on a panel with a blue and yellow UC step and repeat background
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UC Berkeley Labor Center @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Come hear Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Gates talk about fearless organizing. This should be insightful and inspiring! laborcenter.berkeley.edu/event/stacy-...
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Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates speaking on unapologetically bold worker and community organizing
Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates will offer her reflections on how decades of unapologetically bold worker and community organizing in Chicago have led to a unique moment of possibil...
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mirandadz.bsky.social @mirandadz.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Covered California premiums (what folks pay after subsidies) will DOUBLE on average for 2026–unless the feds extend the enhanced tax credits that folks have access to today. Some folks will go uninsured and even those who stay covered will be spending twice what they are now.
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Sarah Lawton @sarahelawton.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
64% of Valadao’s constituents enrolled in Medicaid and, staggeringly, almost 90% of children in his district: laborcenter.berkeley.edu/medi-cal-enr... @ezralevin.bsky.social #CA22
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Medi-Cal Enrollment Among Children and Teens by District and County 2024 - UC Berkeley Labor Center
This page provides the number and percentage of children and teens enrolled in Medi-Cal by county, congressional district, assembly district, and senate district, as of July 2024. These estimates refl...
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UC Berkeley Labor Center @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Congratulations to Laurel Lucia, a 15-year Labor Center veteran, who completed her first day as deputy executive director of programs! laborcenter.berkeley.edu/laurel-lucia...
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Laurel Lucia Promoted to be the Labor Center’s First Deputy Executive Director of Programs - UC Berkeley Labor Center
Laurel Lucia transitions from her position as the director of the Labor Center’s Health Care Program to the new role of deputy executive director of programs.
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Dachau in July 1933... reported in the New York Times timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine...
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KFF @kff.org · 01/07/2025
⚡ KFF’s @cynthiaccox.bsky.social explains how millions of people are expected to lose health insurance coverage over the next decade with cuts to Medicaid and the ACA in the reconciliation bill, as well as other ACA changes not in the bill. #QuickTake on.kff.org/3GrJ9V5
KFF graphic featuring a quote from Cynthia Cox, KFF Vice President and Director of the Program on the ACA. It says, “In total, due to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and other policy changes, the number of people without health insurance is expected to increase by about 17 million. If all of this comes to pass, it would represent the biggest roll back of health insurance coverage ever due to federal policy changes.”
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Edwin Park @edwincpark.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Scott amendment eliminating 90% matching rate for #Medicaid expansion is being described as just about changing federal financing. It's effectively repeal! Amendment language is nearly identical to that in a section labeled "Repeal of Medicaid Expansion" in the 2017 House-passed ACA repeal bill!
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Edwin Park @edwincpark.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
To give sense of how much harsher Senate bill's #Medicaid cuts are than House-passed bill's draconian cuts, new CBO scores show Senate has $1.02T/10 yrs in gross Medicaid/CHIP cuts (before interactions) compared to House bill's $863.4B in gross cuts (before interactions). www.cbo.gov/publication/...
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San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle.com · 14/06/2025
Protesters formed a human banner at Ocean Beach during the "No Kings" protests in San Francisco on Saturday. The protest is among nationwide demonstrations against President Donald Trump. 📸: Santiago Mejia
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Boston Public Health Commission @publichealth.boston.gov · 14/06/2025
A person with measles visited Boston. We're working with local partners to notify those who may have been exposed to measles. Unvaccinated individuals who have been exposed should contact their healthcare provider immediately. Learn more at boston.gov/measles.
Blue banner at the top with a feint public health shield and a blue outline around the edges of the graphic. Text reads, “June 13, 2025, A person with measles visited Boston. Here’s what you need to know. The person with measles visited Boston from June 7 - 8. Unvaccinated individuals who have been exposed should contact their healthcare provider immediately. Unvaccinated exposed individuals  need to avoid public places (school, work, public transit, stores, etc.) and monitor for symptoms for 21 days (through June 29, 2025). Measles vaccination is 93%-97% effective in preventing measles and protecting against severe disease. Vaccinated individuals are at low risk for contracting measles. Learn about measles prevention, symptoms, and frequently asked questions at boston.gov/measles” The Boston Public Health Commission logo is at the bottom. Blue banner at the top with a feint public health shield and a blue outline around the edges of the graphic. Text reads, “June 13, 2025, A person with measles visited Boston. Here’s what you need to know. The person visited several places in Boston while infectious. Any individuals who spent time in the following locations at the specific dates and times may have been exposed to measles: Westin Boston Seaport District Hotel (including restaurants in the hotel) between 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 7 and 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 8; The Museum of Fine Arts Boston between 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 8; Logan Airport Terminal C between 5 p.m. and 11:15 p.m. on Sunday, June 8; On June 8, the person then flew on JetBlue flight 639 to Miami on a flight that departed at 9:12 p.m. Learn about measles prevention, symptoms, and frequently asked questions at boston.gov/measles” The Boston Public Health Commission logo is at the bottom.
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Anthony Wright @awright2care.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
My @familiesusa.bsky.social statement on the horrible House vote to make massive cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, and the ACA, forcing millions off coverage and raising costs for millions more in both public and private plans.
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Christen Linke Young @clinkeyoung.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Latest House bill text includes another blow to the ACA, ending “silver loading.” That would increase premiums by $350 for a hypothetical family. Here’s why: www.brookings.edu/articles/und...
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Understanding Marketplace "Silver Loading"
Christen Linke Young explains a new proposal regarding cost-sharing reductions and how it could impact families who get coverage through the ACA.
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UC Berkeley Labor Center @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
New brief: California’s historic expansion of health coverage to undocumented individuals is at risk due to a new state budget proposal that would curtail Medi-Cal benefits for certain immigrants, including some with legal status. What are the consequences? laborcenter.berkeley.edu/comprehensiv...
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The Importance of Comprehensive Health Benefits for All Low-Income Californians - UC Berkeley Labor Center
California’s historic expansion of coverage to undocumented individuals has not only brought the state closer to universal coverage, but has also reduced racial disparities in health coverage. However...
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mirandadz.bsky.social @mirandadz.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Gaaaaaah!!!!
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mirandadz.bsky.social @mirandadz.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Bad Health Policy Proposals, CA edition: California's May Revise budget proposes benefit cuts and premiums of $100 per month (!) for 2m Ca immigrant Medi-Cal enrollees, & a freeze on new enrollment for undoc adults. Result: 1m more uninsured laborcenter.berkeley.edu/comprehensiv...
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The Importance of Comprehensive Health Benefits for All Low-Income Californians - UC Berkeley Labor Center
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Edwin Park @edwincpark.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Thread. 33 of 40 #Medicaid expansion states (+DC) will now face a 10 point cut in their expansion match rate under House GOP reconciliation bill. Latest language penalizes not only states using own funds to cover undocumented kids but also states covering legal immigrant kids/pregnant women (1/x)
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Anthony Wright @awright2care.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
The #OneBigBeautifulBill with the biggest cut to #Medicaid in history: * Bill introed Sun 10pm * Bill debated in E&C Committee starting at Wed 1am * Bill passed Budget Committee Sun 10pm * Bill scheduled in Rules Committee Wed 1am They're rushing this, after dark, without hearings, for a reason.
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UC Berkeley Labor Center @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Congress is currently considering major cuts to Medicaid, called Medi-Cal in California. Our researchers have analyzed the potential impacts of the cuts to CA and the importance of Medi-Cal to our state. View this work here: laborcenter.berkeley.edu/labor-center...
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Labor Center Research on the Impacts of Federal Medicaid Cuts on California - UC Berkeley Labor Center
UC Berkeley Labor Center researchers Miranda Dietz, Laurel Lucia, Alexis Manzanilla, and Nari Rhee have analyzed the potential impacts of Medicaid cuts on California and the importance of the Medi-Cal...
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Edwin Park @edwincpark.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
After 26.5 hour markup, House Energy and Commerce Committee reports out budget reconciliation bill including $625 billion in draconian #Medicaid cuts that would cut Medicaid enrollment by 10.3 million and increase the number of uninsured by 7.6 million.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
🚨HIT THE PHONES TO SAVE MEDICAID - PLEASE AMPLIFY & ACT 🚨 TODAY the House will be marking up deeply unpopular massive Medicaid cuts. MANY GOP on the committee are in tight districts. Calls and pressure ARE effective here. Call today. Type your zip to get a script ⬇️ OcasioCortez.com/savemedicaid
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Save Medicaid
Please call your Representative right now and leave a voicemail, or first thing on Monday morning before the mark up session begins.
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Kayla B @queenofthesouth.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
My daughter’s speech therapist went out of business because Medicaid reimbursement rates were too low. We do not have Medicaid. I’m going to keep posting this until people understand that when Medicaid gets cut *everyone* loses services.
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Anthony Wright @awright2care.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
It's nuts that this GOP #Budget proposal, dropped after dark late on Mother's Day, is going to be voted on in a committee starting just 40 hours later, and is not going to have a single hearing on any of the provisions that its backers admit are big and consequential..
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Sarah Lueck @sarahl202.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Medicaid cuts in the House E & C Cmte bill would take health coverage away from millions by slashing hundreds of billions of dollars in federal funds. Loss of coverage means diseases go untreated & families face exorbitant medical debt.🧵 energycommerce.house.gov/posts/chairm...
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Energy & Commerce text is out. Will go through it in this thread. tl;dr: this'd be the largest Medicaid cuts in history, kicking millions off their health insurance, leading to tens of thousands of additional deaths each year LOTS of bad stuff in this (but the very worst policy did not make it in)
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UC Berkeley Labor Center @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
TODAY! 5/7 @ UCB—Jaz Brisack in conversation w/Robert Reich. Brisak cofounded Starbucks Workers United & will discuss their new book about organizing at companies from Nissan to Starbucks to Tesla to Ben & Jerry’s. @rbreich.bsky.social @jazbrisack.bsky.social laborcenter.berkeley.edu/event/book-t...
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Jaz Brisack in conversation with Robert Reich: "Get on the Job and Organize" - UC Berkeley Labor Center
Jaz Brisack, a co-founder of Starbucks Workers United, will discuss how workers can take action to unionize their own workplaces.Jaz Brisack in conversation with Robert Reich. Brisack is co-founder of...
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mirandadz.bsky.social @mirandadz.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
By dose! By eyes! Achooo!
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UC Berkeley Labor Center @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Next week! May 7, 5:30: Jaz Brisack in conversation w/ Robert Reich. Brisack is cofounder of Starbucks Workers United and will discuss their new book about organizing at companies from Nissan to Starbucks to Tesla to Ben & Jerry’s. laborcenter.berkeley.edu/jaz-brisack-... @jazbrisack.bsky.social
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Jaz Brisack in conversation with Robert Reich: "Get on the Job and Organize" - UC Berkeley Labor Center
Jaz Brisack, a co-founder of Starbucks Workers United, will discuss how workers can take action to unionize their own workplaces.Jaz Brisack in conversation with Robert Reich. Brisack is co-founder of...
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Larry Levitt @larrylevitt.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
This Reddit thread of people being laid off from HHS paints a picture of how the federal government's work on health will be curtailed. h/t: @samsteindc.bsky.social www.reddit.com/r/DeptHHS/co...
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RIF notices
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
With the #Signalgate scandal, we see our government openly compromising our national security, the better to violate our rights. I explain here: snyder.substack.com/p/signalgate...
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Signalgate: violating national security
in order to violate rights
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UC Berkeley Labor Center @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Research shows Medicaid work requirements are a bad idea. More than 8 million Californians could be affected. laborcenter.berkeley.edu/eight-millio...
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Eight Million Medi-Cal Enrollees at Risk of Losing Health Coverage If Congress Imposes Work Requirements - UC Berkeley Labor Center
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 17/03/2025
Shot / Chaser
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UC Berkeley Labor Center @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
In the last 20 years health insurance premiums have gone up faster than wages, and rising hospital prices are largely to blame, according to @mirandadz.bsky.social www.latimes.com/business/sto...
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Thought inflation was bad? Health insurance premiums are rising even faster
Californians are struggling to keep up with health insurance premiums ballooning faster than inflation.
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Kate Gace Walton @kategacewalton.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
More and more, I'm having a hard time hearing "Waste, Fraud, and Abuse" as anything but their nicknames.
MSNBC photo of Musk, Trump, and Vance.
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Yuliya Komska @ykomska.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Do a mitzvah and help spread the news of this local Vermont protest intended to make J D Vance’s lovely ski vacation less lovely first thing tomorrow morning www.waterburyroundabout.org/opinion-arch...
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LETTER: Demonstration organizers share details ahead of vice president’s visit — Waterbury Roundabout
To the Community: Protest the destructive and illegal actions of the Trump/Vance administration in Waitsfield, Vermont.
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UC Berkeley Labor Center @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Find out about Medi-Cal rates in other California districts with our recently updated numbers. @mirandadz.bsky.social @laurellucia.bsky.social laborcenter.berkeley.edu/medi-cal-enr...
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Medi-Cal Enrollment and Spending by District and County 2024 - UC Berkeley Labor Center
This page provides estimates of the number of individuals and percentage of population enrolled in Medi-Cal by county, congressional district, assembly district, and senate district, as of June 2024.
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