Reposted by Teri OlleRoss Macfarlane @rossmacfarlane.bsky.social · 24/05/2025Impressive visualization on the ways that the wealthy have successfully manipulated US politics to avoid paying taxes 3319142
Reposted by Teri OlleCharles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 19/05/2025#CA-22 Dave Valadao (R): Won by 6.8 points last year ~23,500 enrolled in #ACA exchange plans ~174,600 enrolled in #ACA Medicaid expansion ~198,100 combined at risk (21.3% of total pop) 1169
Reposted by Teri OlleCharles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 19/05/2025#CA-40 Young Kim (R): Won by 10.6 points last year ~43,100 enrolled in #ACA exchange plans ~57,700 enrolled in #ACA Medicaid expansion ~100,800 combined at risk (13.2% of total pop) 2118
Reposted by Teri OlleCharles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 19/05/2025#CA-41 Ken Calvert (R): Won by 3.4 points last year ~32,100 enrolled in #ACA exchange plans ~93,600 enrolled in #ACA Medicaid expansion ~125,700 combined at risk (15.3% of total pop) 1189
Teri Olle @teriolle.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Terrific thread puts the Republican “Bigly benefits for billionaires” bill in high relief with pie charts. Elected reps knowingly harming the people who elected them is an odd choice. Let’s make sure it’s glaringly obvious what they’re doing. 0126
Reposted by Teri Olleeconomicsecurity.bsky.social @economicsecurityproject.org · 05/05/2025Imagine paying $3,000 MORE a year on your student loans—just so billionaires get a massive tax cut. That’s conservatives’ #BillionaireTaxScam in action. 013
Reposted by Teri OlleNancy Armour @nrarmour.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Major League Baseball and the Dodgers will be lavishing praise on Jackie Robinson today. Spare me. These same folks have had nothing to say as the Trump administration tries to erase Robinson and everything he fought for. www.usatoday.com/story/sports...usatoday.comHow to honor Jackie Robinson? Defend his legacy from those who wish to erase him. | OpinionJackie Robinson Day this year comes just a few weeks after the Trump administration tried to erase the baseball icon and American hero. 328089
Reposted by Teri OlleKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 28/03/2025UPDATE: A third law firm — Wilmer Hale — has filed suit against Trump this AM, represented by veteran Supreme Court litigator Paul Clement. Clement says the executive orders are flagarantly unconstitutional and violate separation of powers. www.politico.com/news/2025/03... 442000390
Reposted by Teri OlleSenator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 28/03/2025This is shameful. Law firms that choose their bottom lines over democracy by caving in & agreeing to work for Trump to advance his agenda are doing nothing but advance authoritarianism. This is how democracies die & Skadden should be ashamed of itself.nytimes.comMajor Law Firm Makes Deal to Avoid Punitive Executive Order, Trump SaysThe president said the firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom had agreed to provide $100 million in pro bono work on issues that he supports. 2506
Teri Olle @teriolle.bsky.social · 28/03/2025This is the only correct response. Bravo Jenner & Block. 010
Reposted by Teri OlleCaptain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 10/03/2025I just got back from 36 hours in Ukraine with my brother Scott. Wanted to share a story from while we were there. At a hospital, we talked with a wounded Ukrainian soldier. I asked him what he thought about the recent change in US policy. His response in English was, “What the fuck.” 19669391516
Teri Olle @teriolle.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Feeling like you should do something but not sure what will make a difference? THIS will. Ben and the WisDems have been organizing WI (my home state) and have notched the kind of structural wins that make the stuff we want possible. It’s not magic. It’s work. Support this race. 020
Reposted by Teri OlleCraig Newmark @craignewmark.bsky.social · 10/03/2025New @consumerreports.org study finds that AI voice-cloning tools make it too easy for scammers to impersonate voices. Most companies tested fail to have meaningful safeguards in place to protect consumers from unauthorized voice cloning. Read more in NBC here: www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...nbcnews.comAI can steal your voice, and there's not much you can do about itVoice cloning programs — most of which are free- have flimsy barriers to prevent nonconsensual impersonations, a new report finds. 0217
Reposted by Teri OlleNatalie Foster @nataliefoster.bsky.social · 03/03/2025So now Elon says he wants to send you cash through a DOGE Dividend? Trust me, there is no bigger fan of direct cash than me. But this is a scam. (1/5) 143
Teri Olle @teriolle.bsky.social · 03/03/2025One of the things you should be able to count on is the absolute privacy of your taxpayer data -- it's protected by law. Any request for private taxpayer information must be rejected for what it is: a violation of the law, and of taxpayer trust. 000
Teri Olle @teriolle.bsky.social · 01/03/2025Excited to be a cosponsor of SB 53, and appreciate @scottwiener.bsky.social’s leadership on this issue. 🙌 021
Reposted by Teri OlleSenator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 28/02/2025In addition to moving us closer & closer to a police state, this is an exceptionally effective way to signal to undocumented people that paying taxes is a direct path to getting deported. 0498
Reposted by Teri OlleCraig Newmark @craignewmark.bsky.social · 04/02/2025#CyberCivilDefense: I can be Paul Revere if you really need it Last week, I spoke momentarily to the emerging network of networks that helps defend the country, early days. Here are my talking points, where I try to say a lot in a few words. www.linkedin.com/pulse/cyberc... 2185
Reposted by Teri OlleNatalie Foster @nataliefoster.bsky.social · 06/01/2025The big idea buried in California’s AI bills left on the cutting room floor… @ganeshsitaraman.bsky.social @omidyarnetwork.bsky.social @tarensk.bsky.social @c-hughes.bsky.social @scottwiener.bsky.social @teriolle.bsky.social @roybahat.com @economicsecurityproject.org calmatters.org/commentary/2...calmatters.orgIf California actually wants to lead on AI, it can't let 3 companies hog the infrastructure | OpinionCalifornia lawmakers can’t let "CalCompute," which could help rebalance the access and development of AI, die after the veto of SB 1047. 002
Reposted by Teri OlleAaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 04/01/2025Jeff Bezos never wanted this cartoon to become public. He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit. Make sure everyone sees this cartoon. 10326456230809
Reposted by Teri OlleBen Wikler @benwikler.bsky.social · 18/11/2024As we enter a harrowing new chapter in American life, remember this: we are stronger than we think. 🧵 831422239
