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Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Lowering the Medicare age to 55 would cover about 42,000,000 more people, -about twice as many as the (also) popular Medicaid expansion

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Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

About 42,000,000 people would be covered if the Medicare age were lowered to 55

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Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This doesn’t seem like an order to USE HB1. It seems like a prohibition Either way, this is a clown show, not a respectably governed election

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Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

AOC wants Medicare at age 55. Popular, amazing proposal!! It would be the greatest domestic policy achievement in 50+ years. Dem leadership need to develop a consensus on their healthcare policy goals. You can’t beat this proposal @aoc.bsky.social @sanders.senate.gov

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Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

He has clarified that he believes there are two biological sexes www.cbsnews.com/news/james-t...

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Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Why does New York pizza always look like the worst, greasy garbage that I could possibly order in my city?

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Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Cancelled Disney+ Hulu ESPN I’ll entertain myself with grudges now instead

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Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

The FCC’s explicit threats to ABC’s licenses is clear coercion in violation of the 1A. Similar threats were recently unanimously found to be violations by SCOTUS. Even Justice Thomas called those actions “ham-fisted. Here’s some facts from Vullo v NRA and then the FCC statement regarding Kimmel

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Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Seems like it would be popular with virtually the entire country

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Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

5 months ago I was feeling good, but look at this agile mf. Not so sure that I’ll finish the Trump era able to kick humanoid robots’ asses!

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Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Bad news, guys!! The Rep of my gerrymandered district says we can’t be against the new gerrymander anymore- because someone donated $. Gosh darn it!

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Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

82% want independent commissions to draw districts. “Just fix it!!” nation futilely begs.

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Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Every legislature should end sales tax and shift revenue streams

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Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Here’s a recipe from an old Baseball Prospectus podcast

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Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Cutting sales tax generally helps the bottom 85%. Cutting property taxes generally helps the top 15%. Cutting income taxes generally helps the top 5%.

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Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Oregon, Alaska, New Hampshire, Montana and Delaware have NO state sales tax. Missouri is a regressive state (super shocked face). We are close to the top 10 for state and local sales taxes combined. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sales_t...

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Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Every state legislature should be trying to eliminate SALES TAXES and replace it with other revenue streams. Sales tax is the most regressive. The impact is felt even more, due to inflation and tariffs. Republicans want to cut income and property taxes because they only care about rich people

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Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Article IV Section 9 of the MO Constitution The 2nd sentence permits the Governor to convene session on “extraordinary occasions” while requiring detail of the reasons deemed “necessary.” The Petition says this is an issue of 1st impression, meaning the MO S Ct has not previously addressed it.

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Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Pretty sure my Rep doesn’t know how districting works Your domicile determines your Rep. They make a map. You vote for new Reps, based on your registered domicile. The old districts are used until the new Reps are seated and sworn in. How would this mid-decade MO process change that?

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Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Seems incredibly unconstitutional. Go get em

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Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Kehoe was supposed to be moderate. Missouri is a joke.

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Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Here’s just some of the reasons Missouri’s mid-decade attempt at gerrymandering is unconstitutional. You can only redirect once per census. (3 videos)

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Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift got engaged in MO on MO’s birthday (8/10). But will the Chiefs ditch MO and Arrowhead this year for more $$? It’s up to the Hunt family

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Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

We need an RFK stance on different colored watermelons. Highly suspect and communist? Safe miracle fruit? Who knows🍉 🍉🍉😊☠️🤮🤔

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Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

So I guess 9/10 will be the day Kehoe shows everyone the certification of a brand new census? Because surely they care about following the Constitution.

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Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Wow- Super Mario Kart IRL gets rough. Gotta admit, my mind turns to the potential lawsuits.

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Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Here’s the CO Court saying NO other jurisdiction had made such an interpretation—allowing for multiple districtings per decade. MO should be working to ban gerrymandering. Show me one Republican Rep would wants to do it.

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Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Colorado interpreted its similar Constitution to mean that districting occurs once a decade NO states made decisions allowing districting to occur more often IN and IL were among other states making similar rulings The plain language says “when” it happens scholar.google.com/scholar_case...

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Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Instant unanimous public disdain. Old people grabbing pitchforks

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Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Gerrymandering reform had tons of bipartisan public support It’s pathetic that Republican voters constantly call Dems hypocrites. If they ever used just a tiny bit of their energy to pressure their Reps to actually DO SOMETHING, we could fix it Point to a Republican rep who wants to fix it or STFU

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Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Its unconstitutional. We had a census. The number of Representatives was certified to the Governor. The general assembly divided the state into districts. It’s done. You have to wait for a new census. No one, in 150 years, has claimed otherwise.

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Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

The Missouri gerrymandering attempt is unconstitutional. You have to wait for a new census to redistrict US Congressional seats. Plus, I doubt a new map would be as compact as the current one, so it would not be as compact “as may be.”

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Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Donuts are worth pretty close to a dollar now, so the meaning has become muddled due to inflation. Betting a mere dime almost makes it sound like you lack confidence! Maybe we are supposed to infer that the bettor now wins the donuts, instead.

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Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

This one watched me mow the lawn at work

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Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Cut to 2028: the weird Democratic establishment writhes in despair at the thought of a POTUS candidate who genuinely wants to expand health insurance and tax the rich.

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Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

I’m afraid you’re right. The wind sucks and it’s worse than ever

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Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

They do use the term non-justiciable. They say there is no legal standard under to measure when there’s too much partisan gerrymandering.

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Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

That’s nuts. Your piece clearly indicates any of the 11 options would be great. You fought the Corley proposal. That was my stance too. People tell me Abortion Action resented my actions, so they didn’t endorse me. I tried to reach out to them and PP, talked with local people and was easy to find

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Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

I don’t get the anti-A3 arguments It barely won, and the “no gestational limit” option polled worse. Imagine how it would have done after attack ads! As the article concedes, A3 contains more rights than Roe Litigation would always be required to strike down laws. E.g. look at MI 2.5 years later

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Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

That’s sad. I saw the Public Defender’s recommendations at the #moleg hearing in February. I did not hear about any progress policy-wise. They had these recommendations. Your February article on it was also great

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Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Without contempt power, judicial orders can be ignored. Trump wants the power to make and ignore the law in this bill. Yes, the tax cuts for the ultra-rich, loss of health coverage for 13.7 million and explosion of the deficit are also terrible.

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