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Nadia Bell

@nadiabell.bsky.social
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PhD student in Health Policy, Methods for Policy Research | Harvard University Passionate about research in mental health, the social safety net, and research methods Views are my own and don't represent those of employer

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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
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Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects
A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 03/08/2026
We’re also funding death squads but what’s really offensive is that somewhere out there a poor person might be able to eat
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
People potentially subject to the nyc pied-à-terre tax are being treated with 1% of the administrative hostility of SNAP and Medicaid applicants, and they’re throwing 100x the fit
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Remember: Wealth can’t be separated from power. Power begets wealth and wealth begets power. We're seeing in real time how the extreme concentration of wealth is distorting our politics, rigging our markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of billionaires.
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
It is insane that person who is funding the world’s white supremacist movement & is daily spewing racism, who killed 100,000’s last year by yanking USAID without warning, is regularly discussed in Corporate Media as an industrialist, without any mention of the white supremacism or mass murder.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 15/04/2026
We will be taxing the ultra-wealthy and global elites.
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Hochul Proposes Tax on N.Y.C. Second Homes That Are Worth $5 Million
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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Really good example here as to how Vought (and Republicans) lie about fraud in Medicaid and SNAP, while completely ignoring $725 billion in annual tax fraud (which is ~total federal spending on Medicaid and SNAP annually).
Vought says that 100% of the people kicked off their health insurance from the "Big Beautiful Bill" are either here illegally (CBO says zero of them are) or are defrauding the system or shouldn't have been on in the first place. A profoundly extreme position.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/04/2026
NEW: Kentucky’s largest drug rehab center touts a Christian message and a selfless commitment to helping others. But internally, the organization prioritized money over the well-being of its clients and staff, interviews show. W/ @kentucky.com www.propublica.org/article/kent...
Image of a ProPublica headline that reads "They Needed Treatment for Drug Addiction. The Company They Turned to May Have Used Them to Commit Fraud." The headline is illustrated with a pair of hands holding a miniature rehab center. One hand is dropping a small human through the top of the building. From the bottom of the building, a $100 bill emerges.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
If you’ve never called your congressional reps before, do it right now.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/04/2026
I feel sick to my stomach waiting around to see what atrocity Trump has in mind for the people of Iran this evening. It's hard to fathom our other elected leaders aren't able to check him in any meaningful way. It's an indictment not just of voters but of our whole system. We're ruled by a mad king.
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Hannah Walser @hkpmw.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Anyone in Congress who is not working frantically to stop this will share the responsibility for it.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Impeach Trump.
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 07/04/2026
Mamdani is not just filling the potholes with the crew. He's creating a visual and personal reminder of the dignity inherent in all of these anonymous government jobs.
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 03/04/2026
Means-testing also makes programs cost more than they would under a universal model, because so much money gets wasted on verification, surveillance, and compliance.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
“Pope Leo made a plea on Wednesday for countries to offer their ​citizens universal healthcare, calling it a ‘moral imperative’ that ‌people have access to the health services they need.” www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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Pope Leo calls universal healthcare a 'moral imperative'
Pope Leo made a plea on Wednesday for countries to offer their ​citizens universal healthcare, calling it a "moral imperative" that ‌people have access to the health services they need.
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Jan Kirsch, M.D., M.P.H. @drjanicekirsch.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Single payer, universal healthcare: the only moral means to provide medical care.
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
We need reparations for ICE victims. Anything short of that is setting the stage for a massive wealth grab from people of color that will re-entrench racial disparities for generations.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 04/03/2026
It's absolutely surreal how no one is talking about the Iran war in daily life. No one is discussing it and they seem oblivious. This conflict is spiraling and deteriorating in a way that it will substantially disrupt daily life for most of the world for the first time in decades.
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
per report, DHS is aiming to complete construction on the camps in november. that’s plenty of time to stop or delay them indefinitely, but we need to be clear-eyed about the timeline here—and why a cautious response from our elected leaders isn’t acceptable.
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David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Record profits are unpaid wages.
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Just discovered yet another severe harm ICE is causing: huge cutbacks at our hospitals, because patients won't come in, because ICE hangs out inside the building or by the doors and abducts people. Crushing our medical system alongside our schools and our businesses.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 11/02/2026
this is a level of complicity that had not occurred to me
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
the public health response to this has to be “close the camps and free them all” and nothing less
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Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Concentration camps: stories of as many as 50 people to a cell — men and women in some cases — with no windows and limited airflow, a single camera-monitored toilet, aluminum blankets, no showers and poor quality food.
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ICE detainees from Maine being held under ‘inhumane’ conditions in Mass. facility, attorneys say
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson said the allegations of overcrowding and lack of access to lawyers are false.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Don’t buy into Trump’s fake populism for a second. He’s governing for the rich and powerful — not you
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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Every day Mamdani comes out and is like "hey guys, I turned off the orphan-crushing machine. Literally just had to flip a switch. Took less than 5 minutes." After decades of dem leadership pissing and moaning and fundraising about how complex an issue it is and how difficult the process is etc
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Nadia Bell @nadiabell.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Boston shows up. #IceOutBoston
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KFF Health News @kffhealthnews.org · 30/01/2026
When hospitalized detainees can’t be found by family members or attorneys, advocates say, it leaves patients vulnerable to abuse and isolation and deprives them of their constitutional right to counsel. Read the full story ⤵️
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‘I Can’t Tell You’: Attorneys, Relatives Struggle To Find Hospitalized ICE Detainees - KFF Health News
Some hospitals are registering patients detained by federal immigration officers under pseudonyms and prohibiting staff from contacting family members. Attorneys and health care workers say the practi...
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James Brandt @jamesbrandt.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
I will simply never recover from reading this sentence: "Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
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Juan Escalante @juanescalante.com · 28/01/2026
Madrid, Spain — Spain has announced it will grant legal status to 500,000 undocumented migrants, in a move that goes against a trend of anti-immigration rhetoric and policies in the United States and much of Europe.
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Spain to grant legal status to half a million undocumented migrants | CNN
Spain has announced it will grant legal status to 500,000 undocumented migrants, in a move that goes against a trend of anti-immigration rhetoric and policies in the United States and much of Europe.
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Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Really hard to look at this and all the other examples of bravery and kindness from ordinary people in this moment not think also of the tremendous cowardice exhibited over the past year by some of the richest, most well-protected people in business, media and politics
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Please share. 💔
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
this is so incredibly courageous
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
We have to get rid of Jeffries and Schumer. We have to. It’s unendurable that these men are the most prominent Democrats of the moment. They are two of the most broadly undistinguished men I could imagine in politics, zero fire, zero fight, zero zeal, machine politicians with sinecures.
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Oxfam International @oxfaminternational.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
The world saw a record number of billionaires created last year, with a collective wealth of $18.3tn (£13.7tn), while global efforts stalled in the fight against poverty and hunger. www.theguardian.com/global-devel... #RuleOfTheRich #TaxTheSuperRich
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‘Brazen’ political influence of rich laid bare as wealth of billionaires reaches $18.3tn, says Oxfam
Governments opting for oligarchy while brutally repressing protests over austerity and lack of jobs, charity report says
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 15/01/2026
crazy that the website that I randomly decided to put together at 10AM yesterday has had over 25k unique visitors in 24 hours. please keep sharing with your networks.
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Stand With Minnesota
A directory of places to give to as Minnesota defends itself from ICE occupation
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Which types of welfare fraud are politely litigated between white collar lawyers, and which types of welfare fraud are used to justify an immigration purge and shutting off resources to the poor?
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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
You might be wondering, “Can states prosecute and imprison federal law enforcement officers who commit crimes?” The answer is yes. statedemocracy.law.wisc.edu/featured/202...
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Explainer: Can States Prosecute Federal Officials?
Bryna Godar, Staff Attorney PDF Available Here Published: July 17, 2025 As state and local officials increasingly clash with federal officials over immigration enforcement,[1] policing of protests,[2]...
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Members of Congress: stop posting online and APPEAR, PHYSICALLY on the steps of the Capitol to decry this unconstitutional violation of domestic & international law. SHOW THE PEOPLE the level of danger we are facing as a country. @housedemocrats.bsky.social @senatedemocrats.bsky.social
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/01/2026
Bernie Sanders publicly swears in Zohran Mamdani as NYC mayor
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 29/12/2025
Since 1975, $79 trillion in wealth has been redistributed from the bottom 90% to the top 1% — a 1% that now owns more wealth than the bottom 93%. We can respect innovation & entrepreneurship, but we cannot respect the extraordinary greed that now exists. We need a wealth tax.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Zohran: "I mean, think about when you fly.  We have made it such a difficult experience to go through TSA that there's now a financial incentive to sign up for a separate program that can move you through it quicker. We have monetized the dysfunction."
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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 05/12/2025
Anyone here with political aspirations, please take note. We live in an era, policy-wise where there is such a dearth of humanity that if you simply allow basic fundamental baby-brained levels of human decency to guide your policy it’s like 99% certain you’ll be goddamn Superman to the average voter
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 19/11/2025
I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
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Institute for Policy Studies @ips-dc.org · 12/11/2025
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected. And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.* Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
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Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Soon, we'll oversee a budget of more than $100 billion — and every dollar will reflect our commitment to working New Yorkers and delivering universal childcare. Good thing some little New Yorkers gave me a counting lesson today!
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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Tax the rich. Billionaire tears not pictured.
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