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29 Nov, 4 tweets, 2 min read
🚨 Weekly Update: How #COVID19 has spread across every U.S. state & territory per capita over time: 1/
acasignups.net/20/11/29/weekl…
North Dakota is the first state to cross the 10% confirmed infection threshold, w/South Dakota right behind. Four other states could potentially hit 10% by New Year's Eve (Iowa, Wisconsin, Nebraska & Utah). 2/
In terms of *mortality*, New Jersey & New York are still well above the rest of the country...but likely not for long. #COVID19 has killed nearly 1 out of every 500 NJ residents, but there's 4 others where it's taken the lives of at least 1 out of every 750. 3/
👀 At their current trajectories, it's even conceivable that North and/or South Dakota could hit 1 out of 500 *before* New Jersey does. /END

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1 Dec
AGAIN: I'm not a huge fan of the guy, but like it or not, ANY federal legislation will almost certainly require Joe Manchin's blessing to get signed into law whether Dems flip the GA Senate seats or not.

Posting posting photos of him being glared at isn't going to change that.
Manchin has already stated that killing the filibuster is a non-starter. He's proposing a different rule in which any legislation which has bipartisan Senate support (via a committee) would have to be given a floor vote, which would at least be a partial improvement, I suppose.
This, again, is why I'm guessing the full #BidenCare proposal is unlikely to make it through. The #ACA2.0 part probably would, however.

A full PO is unlikely. Lowering the Medicare buy-in age to 60 is a possibility (which I suspect is why Biden included it in the first place).
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1 Dec
I managed movie theatres for 9 years so this one’s kind of a gimme...
The movie I had the most fun with was probably Arachnophobia w/Jeff Daniels.

I’d occasionally stand in the back of the theatre with a fishing pole with a big rubber spider tied to the end of the line. I’ll let you fill in the rest.
Once I accidentally spliced reels 3 & 4 of “Patch Adams” out of order. The saddest part is it was two weeks before anyone noticed, which was especially surprising given that a major character dies during the 4th reel. Not sure what the audience though had happened.
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Charles #GetCovered-ba Profile picture
30 Nov
📣 MASSACHUSETTS: @HealthConnector reports 284.6K #ACA exchange enrollments; 97% have already paid their first premium:
acasignups.net/20/11/30/massa…
Long-time readers may recall "BUT HOW MANY HAVE *PAID*???" was a HUGE talking point back in 2014. The GOP was *obsessed* w/claiming that only 2/3 of ACA exchange enrollees paid their first premium.

This was always bullshit--it was at least 85% even that 1st, chaotic year. 1/
I wrote numerous analyses over the years showing that it was more like 90%...and last year, I was proven correct...by the Trump Admin of all sources: 2/
acasignups.net/19/08/16/five-…
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30 Nov
No actual nudity, but my best friends father thought it would be a great idea to take two 9-yr old boys to see “Alien” at the theatre in 1979. Aside from the trauma of the chest-burster scene, there was also Sigourney Weaver in her underwear near the end, if that counts...
Oh, wait...I thought it came out later, but I actually saw Animal House the prior summer at a drive-in. I think my parents completely misinterpreted the ad campaign and had no idea what it was about.
They also took us to a double feature of “Grease” and “Sgt. Peppers Lonely Heart’s Club Band.” Yes, the godawful Bee Gees movie. Yes, the one with George Burns as Mr. Kite.
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30 Nov
Is it just me or does this sound on par with the pilot episode of The West Wing?

POTUS FELL OFF A BICYCLE
As an aside, something always bothered me about the WW pilot: Laurie tells Sam, "Tell your friend POTUS that he's got a funny name." and Sam has to explain that POTUS = President of the United States.

Laurie is a sophisticated woman who lives in DC. She didn't already know this?
I'm sure "POTUS" as an acronym wasn't a household term back in 1999, but I have to imagine it was well known to anyone who lived or worked in DC or the area...especially someone like Laurie, who was a law student *and* a high-priced call girl whose clientele included politicos.
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29 Nov
(sigh) Once Again: Yes. She. Is.

Here (again) is my deep dive into #Med4America, the universal healthcare coverage bill introduced by @rosadelauro & @RepSchakowsky, endorsed by @BetoORourke, which is largely based on @amprog's #MedicareExtra4All proposal:
acasignups.net/20/04/10/reall…
Furthermore, @KamalaHarris' own universal healthcare plan from the primaries (which she also branded "Medicare for All", much to Bernie's dismay) shared many similarities with #Med4America & #MedExtra4All.

acasignups.net/19/07/29/updat…
Of course, even if Dems flip *both* GA Senate seats in January, nothing *close* to M4All, MedExtra4All *or* Med4America is gonna get passed before 2023 anyway; we'll be very lucky to get #BidenCare passed in anything close to its' current form, which makes this a bit academic.
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