📣 THREAD: Dems are facing strong headwinds in 2022, but DON'T accept defeat as inevitable.

In 2020 we saved democracy. In 2022 we need to do it again. It'll take more than money, but money is still an important tool. Here's links to multiple fed/state races to support: 1/
1. First, we desperately need to keep the #HouseBlueIn22! I know it’s a long shot but if the GOP takes control you’ll have lunatics like MTG, Matt Gaetz & Lauren Boebert in charge and President Biden will be impeached for existing. Donate today! secure.actblue.com/donate/housebl…
2. It's vitally important to not just keep the #SenateBlueIn22 to retain control of judicial appointments, but to *pad* the majority to help prevent a couple of wayward Dems from throwing sand in the gears of President Biden's agenda. Donate today! secure.actblue.com/donate/senateb…
3. While control of the federal government is vital, the pandemic has also underscored how much power individual states have when it comes to public health policy and so much more. Help make #GovsBlueIn22 by donating to these races today! secure.actblue.com/donate/govblue…
4. Secretary of State has always been an important job, but the GOP's endless attempts to overturn the 2020 election and *especially* their aggressive moves to nullify U.S. democracy NOW add a new urgency to making sure it's #SOSBlueIn22. Donate today! secure.actblue.com/donate/sosblue…
5. Besides helping decide whether democracy is saved, if the Supreme Court strikes down or guts Roe vs. Wade as expected, AGs across the country will play a critical role in the fate of women who choose to control their own bodies. Donate today: secure.actblue.com/donate/agsblue…
🚨 6. As many keep warning, it's STATE LEGISLATURES which have the most control over the fate of U.S. democracy. We MUST flip control of as many state Senates / Houses as possible...& in MICHIGAN, we have a shot at both! Donate today to make #MIBlueIn22! secure.actblue.com/donate/bluemi2…
Stay tuned for more state legislature pages to come, as well as a second U.S. House page devoted to flipping RED seats BLUE!

The stakes are even higher than they were last year. In 2020 it was Trump himself. In 2022, Trumpism has metastasized across virtually the *ENTIRE* GOP.

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13 Jan
Fuck you, Matt.
My 15-yr old was THRILLED to get back to in-person school last fall, as long as there was an ENFORCED mask requirement. Now he & his friends are watching their classmates and teachers getting sick & having to quarantine left & right, and want to go virtual again.
The risk to him personally is low—he’s vaxxed & boosted—but no one is enforcing the mask mandate and both kids & staff are getting sloppier about it, not better. Having random schmoes as substitute teachers almost every day doesn’t exactly make for a strong learning environment.
Many of the teachers/students aren’t absent because THEY’RE sick but because they’re caring for a family member who is or they have to quarantine. Going fully remote would allow many of these teachers/students to still teach/attend for the next few weeks…but “hybrid” is a mess.
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12 Jan
This is the Zombie Junk Plan that Refuses to Die. "Aliera" (aka "Trinity Healthshare") has been sued, fined or kicked out of at least a half-dozen states already, I believe.
May 2019: Washington State:
acasignups.net/22/01/12/washi…
May 2019, New Hampshire: acasignups.net/22/01/12/new-h…
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12 Jan
📣⚠️🚨 REMINDER: YOU ONLY HAVE UNTIL *THIS SATURDAY* TO #GETCOVERED IN MOST STATES!!

VISIT HEALTHCARE.GOV *TODAY*!
⚠️ In most states, you only have until midnight on Saturday, Jan. 15th to enroll!

Exceptions:
--MA: You have until 1/23
--CA, NJ, NY, RI: You have until 1/31
--ID: The deadline already passed unless you qualify for a Special Enrollment Period.
⚠️ Avoid scams, junk plans etc. by only enrolling via an AUTHORIZED #ACA exchange website!

These include either the OFFICIAL ACA exchanges *or* APPROVED 3rd-party brokers such as HealthSherpa, W3LL or StrideHealth.

The next 2 tweets link to the official ACA exchanges:
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11 Jan
I *knew* it...and that was when it was folks on the *left* who were ripping on her for her response (don't get me wrong, her phrasing still sounds dismissive of those w/comorbidities, but that's a separate issue).

Why the HELL did GMA edit this in the first place?
I know @CDCDirector can't stop the media from editing her comments (or the GOP/MAGA from taking them out of context), but in terms of her *actual* comments, I think the unedited version shows what her mistake was in this exchange.
She was explaining how amazingly effective the vaccines are, based on a new study. OK.

She starts by saying that the severe illness rate AMONG FULLY VACCINATED INDIVIDUALS in this study was extremely low--an extremely tiny number (0.015% is 180 people out of 1.2 million). Fine.
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11 Jan
📣🚨⚠️ REMINDER: YOU ONLY HAVE 5️⃣ DAYS LEFT TO #GETCOVERED IN MOST STATES!!

VISIT HEALTHCARE.GOV *TODAY*!
📣 In most states, you only have until midnight on Saturday, Jan. 15th to enroll!

Exceptions:
--MASSACHUSETTS: You have until 1/23
--CA, NJ, NY, RI: You have until 1/31
--ID: Unless you qualify for a Special Enrollment Period, you already missed the deadline.
📣 Avoid scams, junk plans etc. by only enrolling via an AUTHORIZED #ACA exchange website!

These include either the OFFICIAL ACA exchanges *or* APPROVED 3rd-party brokers such as HealthSherpa, W3LL or StrideHealth.

A list of the official ACA exchanges follows downthread:
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10 Jan
📣📣 Weekly Update: Whole New Wave, Whole New Ballgame re. #COVID19 case & death rates:
acasignups.net/22/01/10/weekl…
⚠️ Since I've been the one pushing the COVID case/death rate partisan divide so heavily the past 6 months, it behooves me to also note if & when that red tide turns blue again...which it seems to be, at least for the moment. 2/
It's tricky to lock in a "start" & "end" dates for a given wave since variants generally lurk under the radar for some time before spreading widely, but as far as I can tell, Delta "started" in the U.S. in mid/late June while Omicron "started" here around mid/late December. 3/ Image
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