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Aug 5 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
(sigh) Goddammit. Have had pretty bad insomnia & shortness of breath the past few days, so I went in for a PCR test and voila...

Second time for me; 1st was in May.

Yes, I'm 4x vaxxed. Yes, I still mask up everywhere. Image
The good news: They also ran a chest x-ray and EKG and nothing else showed up, so no bronchitis, pneumonia, tuberculosis, heart issues, etc. I guess that's something...
Y'know what would make me feel a LOT better while I recover? If a bunch of folks chipped in to help Dems win some STATE LEGISLATIVE races, especially here in MICHIGAN, where we have a real shot at flipping *both* the state House and Senate!

americabluein22.com/state_leg/
Here's my updated, post-primary MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE fundraising page, which also includes a new entry: @OaklandDems, which I threw in because Oakland County is the key to Michigan!

Donate to these swing district races to make #MIBlueIn22 TODAY!
secure.actblue.com/donate/bluemi2…

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Aug 6
I joke about the parliamentarian's "unelected authority" like others, but the truth is that she's doing the job assigned to her *by the Senate*.

It's like trying to lose weight by hiring someone to tell you what you can eat, then getting mad when they won't let you eat donuts.
If you want to eat donuts, don't hire someone whose job description is literally to make sure you only eat healthy foods...or at the very least, don't get mad at them for doing exactly what you hired her to do.
Last year during the Am. Rescue Plan vote, a lot of $15MW advocates were demanding that Dems either fire the parliamentarian or that VP Harris override/ignore her.

One problem w/this logic is that Manchin/Sinema weren't onboard w/$15MW in the first place anyway.
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Aug 6
Name a near-perfect film. Difficulty level: No Shawshank.

I’ll start: Nobody’s Fool w/Paul Newman
Here’s one you might not be familiar with: IceMan with Timothy Hutton and John Lone. Probably not “perfect by most standards; I’m biased because it’s the last movie my dad and I watched together before he passed away. Great film, though.
Here’s a little-known cat & mouse thriller: The Silent Partner with Elliott Gould & Christopher Plummer. Shot in Canada. Very suspenseful. Warning: Includes some shocking violence which sort of pops up out of nowhere, but a great film regardless.
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Aug 4
Sadly, the new MI SD-22 is an R+23 district, but still amusing.
However, if you *do* want to take a shot at helping oust Lana Theis, here's her Dem opponent: jordangenso.com
FWIW, the reddest state legislative district in the entire U.S. is Wyoming House District 3.

@davesredist rates WY-HD-03 as being R+82 (89% Republican).
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Aug 4
📣📣📣 THREAD: Dems are facing headwinds in 2022, but the tide has started to turn! WE. CAN. DO. THIS!

In 2022 we need to save democracy again. Money isn't everything, but it's still an important tool.

Here's multiple fed/state races to support: 1/
americabluein22.com
1. First, we desperately need to keep the #HouseBlueIn22! If the GOP takes control you’ll have racist, anti-science lunatics like MTG, Matt Gaetz & Lauren Boebert in charge. DON'T LET THAT HAPPEN.

This page includes races in half the states; donate today! secure.actblue.com/donate/housebl…
2. This page includes federal House races in the other half of the states; donate today!
secure.actblue.com/donate/housebl…
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Aug 2
For anyone who thinks my annual rate filing analysis is easy to do, I present Cigna Healthcare of Illinois: ImageImage
Cigna only has 96 enrollees out of ~350K or so statewide in Illinois, so it doesn't move the needle, but that's a pretty big discrepancy between the actual rate filing and what the federal gov't database claims!
Really, @molinahealth? You've redacted your COMPANY CONTACT INFORMATION from the rate filing? Image
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Aug 2
Can someone explain why a lottery winner should take the lump sum instead of the 29-yr payments when doing so loses like 40% of the total before taxes?

“I can’t wait another year before getting ANOTHER check for $44 million! I have to get it TODAY!”
I suppose they might be suspicious of the state changing their lottery laws over the next 3 decades or whatever?
A lot of people talking about “doing a better job of investing it” but taking the regular payment option amounts to getting a 66% return on an “investment” which you never had to invest in the first place.

I guess I could see that logic for a smaller jackpot in the $10M range…
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