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Idaho Statesman @idahostatesman.com · 7h

This is evident in Idaho, where 37% of patients referred to home health care after hospitalization did not receive it last year. | Opinion

Medicare cuts risk breaking an already struggling home health system | Opinion

This is evident in Idaho, where 37% of patients referred to home health care after hospitalization did not receive it last year. | Opinion

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6h

Today, Mike Johnson will continue to keep the House adjourned for the 71st day out of the last 83, with Republicans refusing to show up to work again to avoid having to vote on the Epstein files or negotiate with Democrats.

Epstein Shutdown

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NPR @npr.org · 5h

Data from a large, ongoing study of adolescents shows a link between increasing social media use and lower cognition and memory in teens.

Kids who use social media score lower on reading and memory tests, a study shows

Data from a large, ongoing study of adolescents shows a link between increasing social media use and lower cognition and memory in teens.

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 5h

The questions remain. Why did White House border czar Tom Homan accept a bag with $50,000 cash? Who was it from? What was promised in exchange? Why did the DOJ close the investigation? How does bribery and corruption make America great? www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

Pressed on Tom Homan controversy, JD Vance and Pam Bondi struggle to answer

The attorney general and the vice president confronted straightforward questions about the scandal surrounding the border czar. Both Republicans struggled.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 5h

He supported America’s war, escaped Afghanistan and started a family in the U.S. Then ICE arrested him. If he is deported, he expects the Taliban to kill him. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

America saved him from the Taliban. Trump wants to send him back.

He supported America’s war, escaped Afghanistan and started a family in the U.S. Then ICE arrested him. If he is deported, he expects the Taliban to kill him.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

The Trump administration wants us to believe that they are all-powerful forces who control everything and can be reined in by neither Congress nor the Supreme Court, but if anything goes wrong, it's Mastermind Chuck Schumer's fault.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

BRENNAN: CBS confirmed the Trump administration rescinded the layoffs of CDC scientists. Some were involved with the federal measles response. How does a mistake like this happen?

VANCE: The govt shutdown inevitably leads to some chaos. It happened because of Schumer

B: But this was a WH decision

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Lauren Necochea @laurennecochea.bsky.social · 1d

This is an assault on democracy. You don't get to twiddle your thumbs after a Congreswoman has been duly elected by her voters. You swear her in so she can do her job -- just like you'd do if she were Republican.

Democrats @democrats.org · 1d

Earlier this year, two Republicans were sworn in less than 24 hours after their elections.

It’s been 20 days since @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social won her race and Speaker Johnson’s still dragging his feet.

It’s time to swear her in.

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Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 2d

If you work in the Office of Special Education, have been RIF'd and want to talk to a journalist about it, please hit me up on Signal at slooterman.18.

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Lauren Necochea @laurennecochea.bsky.social · 1d

We have a duty to provide quality special education services. The Republican regime is choosing to dismantle our means of ensuring kids get what they need. www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Kelly: I really worry about those aviators, drone operators, special forces guys that are in the Caribbean right now striking these boats and whether or not this is legal..

There’s no authorization for the use of military force. The Congress has not given that to the president. He hasn’t asked.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Pritzker: "You just heard a tidal wave of lies from the VP. It's a bit shocking. And you heard over & over him just making things up. There's a reason why the judge here in federal court said that they admin lacks credibility and why even the Nobel committee chair said the admin lacks integrity."

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

Rep. Jim Himes on Trump blowing up boats in the Caribbean: "The White House has not shared what they believe their legal justification is. They did put out a memo. I will tell you based on what I know now and the reading of that memo, these are illegal killings."

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L.D. Burnett @ldburnett.bsky.social · 1d

a friend just shared this with me. ICE is waiting outside of Catholic churches in Chicago today to detain Latinos as they leave mass:

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From the illinois community on Reddit: Chicago: Ice is going to another level and waiting for people to leave mass.

Explore this post and more from the illinois community

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 1d

Trouble in paradise 🍿

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

PRIORITIES: “Your taxes are coming down! See? Everyone’s happy, honey.” 💰

Instead of stopping health care premiums from skyrocketing for millions while millions more lose coverage, Trump rides around his golf course glazing himself for lowering taxes for his billionaire pals

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Lauren Necochea @laurennecochea.bsky.social · 1d

This regime is sick.

Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 1d

So Kilmer Abrego-Garcia will not challenge a deportation to Costa Rica, who has agreed to for him residency, but DHS won’t agree to send him there because it’s not cruel enough.

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For weeks, Mr. Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who is married to a U.S. citizen, has made clear that he would not challenge his deportation if he were sent to Costa Rica, which has promised him legal residency and guaranteed that he would not be sent back to El Salvador.

But the Trump administration has refused to deport him to Costa Rica, and in an earlier hearing this week, Judge Xinis pressed the administration to consider the option or clarify why it was unacceptable.

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Idaho Statesman @idahostatesman.com · 1d

A recent study discovered that students already enrolled in private schools are the biggest beneficiaries of new voucher programs. | Opinion

Vouchers are nothing but a subsidy for the rich. Idaho can’t afford them | Opinion

A recent study discovered that students already enrolled in private schools are the biggest beneficiaries of new voucher programs. | Opinion

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

As I got to know them, they gave me a $400m plane.

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Wilson Criscione @wilsonc.bsky.social · 1d

More than two dozen women incarcerated in an Idaho prison told us they were sexually abused by staff.

And we identified 37 prison workers accused of sexual misconduct toward imprisoned women in the last 10 years. Most resigned or faced few consequences. www.investigatewest.org/staff-sexual...

Staff sex abuse in Idaho women’s prisons largely unchecked

InvestigateWest reporting exposes sexual abuse by guards, retaliation against victims and a system that fails to track the scope of the problem

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Lauren Necochea @laurennecochea.bsky.social · 1d

This was part of the Trump-Musk assault on medical research grants that save lives. Unforgivable.

NPR @npr.org · 1d

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

As ICE terrorizes communities, remember that some of Trump's biggest supporters are private prison companies that will make bank off his budget bill.

And Stephen Miller recently disclosed over $100K of stock in Palantir, the shady data firm ICE uses to target immigrants.

Cashing in on cruelty.

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 3d

For more information about the Friday night massacre at CDC, I wrote up an analysis of who got terminated and what that means for public health.

Grateful to @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social for supporting and amplifying. We are in really terrible trouble.

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 2d

ICE tactics in Chicago are escalating.

Crashing into a woman’s car so they can grab her is unconscionable!

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d

Just to be clear, this is EXACTLY what Pete Hegseth said, word for word, on video in a formal announcement:

“We’re signing a letter of acceptance to BUILD A QATARI AIR FORCE FACILITY at the Mountain Home Airbase.”

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

The pope calls Trump’s immigration policy “inhuman” and “not pro-life”

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