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   George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽 (georgetakei@universeodon.com)'s status on Friday, 09-Oct-2026 11:01:12 JST George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽

   Trump promised DOGE checks, tariff rebates, and a $5,000 "Trump dividend" if Republicans hold Congress. Most of it was noise. But $500 checks are quietly going out to nearly a million ACA enrollees just weeks before the midterms, framed as refunds for Obamacare overcharges. The fine print may be his most brazen vote-buying scheme yet. https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/trump-bribe-obamacare-overcharge-rebate

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     Miakoda (hellomiakoda@pdx.social)'s status on Friday, 09-Oct-2026 11:05:46 JST Miakoda

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     @georgetakei If we were "wrongfully overcharged", why are the checks (If they exist) smaller than the insurance price hikes people are seeing?

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     FurMamaT (oogiecatt@universeodon.com)'s status on Saturday, 10-Oct-2026 01:40:49 JST FurMamaT

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     @georgetakei We donated our 'bribe' to The Trevor Project.
     https://give.thetrevorproject.org/campaign/851044/donate?c_src=UMCOF271010260&c_src2=Nebo-Paid-Search&utm_medium=fundraising&utm_source=bing&utm_campaign=generaleffort&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&&msclkid=b766b63c86121d75111cdcf59ef7ff1e&gclid=b766b63c86121d75111cdcf59ef7ff1e&gclsrc=3p.ds&gad_source=7&gad_campaignid=23196054228

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     Cainmark Does Not Comply 🚲 (cainmark@mstdn.social)'s status on Saturday, 10-Oct-2026 12:48:25 JST Cainmark Does Not Comply 🚲

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     @georgetakei

     Trying to bribe people with their own tax money. 25th amendment and jail for treason and all the other crimes should have happened years ago.