I often see people complaining that schools don’t teach real-world skills. Yeah, they do.
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Wow! This is a massive undertaking. #MEpolitics
A long thread, but worth it.
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If it matters to the Platner people in Maine, the country is watching and not liking what they see. Do better on Tuesday. #MEpolitics
This is only one of several posts about how the changes to the Affordable Care Act is, and will be, affecting Maine enrollees.
Over $150 per month increase for premiums; about $100 in out-of-pocket expenses. It's easy to see where this is headed...
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The “suddenly, magically” modifiers are so accurate.
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@charlesgaba.com has been posting these regularly; today was Maine’s turn. #MEpolitics
Has anyone heard what #Maine is doing? #MEpolitics
Since some of the elections today may need a second round of counting for a final determination, here is the link for information about that process:
www.maine.gov/sos/election...
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President Donald Trump has billed the “Great American State Fair” as a patriotic World’s Fair featuring pavilions created by every US state and territory – but several US states will not participate.
Ranked-choice voting in Maine: Frequently Asked Questions (PDF format)Below is a list of frequently asked questions regarding this voting method, which was first used in Maine's June 12, 2018 primary ...
The ruling affirmed the Democratic secretary of state’s decision to invalidate thousands of signatures due in part to circulator fraud and misconduct.
The Planetary Society built an interactive side-by-side "track changes" comparison for the proposed OMB rules. They show exactly what the current rules say versus what the proposed rules would change, section by section, across all *399* affected provisions.
dashboards.planetary.org/rules-change/ 🧪🔭
There’s an air quality alert today in the greater Bangor area, so I went down a rabbit hole this morning to understand why the former waste-to-energy plant in Orrington, Maine is on fire yet again, after a “once in a career” fire to the facility in 2024 and trash pile fires in 2021, 2022, and 2023.
Posting this to explain that if you doubt that a conservative woman (you don't like) can be assaulted and confined by a (suddenly magically just now) progressive man (with a fetish for rape, killing, Nazi tats), you are perpetrating a form of systemic violence against victims of domestic violence.
A great thread and a perfect example of how the Democratic coalition can collapse: you back someone like Platner because he mouths things about populist politics, and all of a sudden women, GSM, and ethnic minorities no longer feel safe in the big tent, because you privilege white men over others.
Here's what this all boils down to:
Net *premiums* jumped from ~$2,900 per enrollee last year to nearly ~$4,100 this year...a 39% increase.
Net *out of pocket* expenses shot up from ~$2,800 per enrollee last year to ~$3,800 this year...up ~34%.
Combined, that's an avg. net hike of ~$2,100 apiece.
