Amee Vanderpool
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Writer, lawyer, quipster, wonk, and proud creator of SHERO newsletter. Related to Audrey Hepburn. Subscribe to my free newsletter: https://shero.substack.com
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Medicare Benefits Decreasing
Rising health care costs is always an issue, but the Senate's failure to pass legislation that covers the cost of ACA subsidies might be causing a disastrous decrease in services for seniors.
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Are health insurers and politicians trying to pass on the cost of heath care increases to seniors to combat the ongoing uncertainty of who will pay for ACA subsidies? shero.substack.com/p/medicare-b...
Democrat Bennie Thompson to Kristi Norm yesterday: “Do a real service to the country and just resign, that is if President Trump doesn’t fire you first.”
December 12, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Democrat Bennie Thompson to Kristi Norm yesterday: “Do a real service to the country and just resign, that is if President Trump doesn’t fire you first.”
It’s amazing how the 9th Amendment just dissapears when Trump decides he wants to do a favor for his tech buddies. www.npr.org/2025/12/11/n...
Trump is trying to preempt state AI laws via an executive order. It may not be legal
The executive order is the latest in a series of attempts by the Trump administration to hold back state-level AI rules. But many Republicans are also uncomfortable with the effort.
www.npr.org
December 12, 2025 at 1:11 AM
It’s amazing how the 9th Amendment just dissapears when Trump decides he wants to do a favor for his tech buddies. www.npr.org/2025/12/11/n...
All that this Trump nightmare will have taught us in the future is that Trump did not break a system that was already broken, and there isn’t anything that a rich, old, white man won’t do with enough Adderall.
I sound like a late night host.
I sound like a late night host.
December 11, 2025 at 10:14 PM
All that this Trump nightmare will have taught us in the future is that Trump did not break a system that was already broken, and there isn’t anything that a rich, old, white man won’t do with enough Adderall.
I sound like a late night host.
I sound like a late night host.
A grand jury in Alexandria, VA, has rejected the Trump administration’s effort to bring new charges against Letitia James, the New York attorney general that Trump has targeted, exactly one week after another set of jurors did the same. apnews.com/article/leti...
Justice Department again fails to re-indict New York Attorney General Letitia James, AP source says
It’s another major blow to the Justice Department after the dismissal of earlier charges against James and another longtime Trump foe, former FBI Director James Comey.
apnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:07 PM
A grand jury in Alexandria, VA, has rejected the Trump administration’s effort to bring new charges against Letitia James, the New York attorney general that Trump has targeted, exactly one week after another set of jurors did the same. apnews.com/article/leti...
Why does my text autocorrect keep switching “bitch” to “notch” when I KNOW it knows better.
December 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Why does my text autocorrect keep switching “bitch” to “notch” when I KNOW it knows better.
The US Senate has just failed to pass any kind of financing to preserve health care in the United States as careen off a healthcare cliff.
More background on how we got here: shero.substack.com/p/medicare-b...
More background on how we got here: shero.substack.com/p/medicare-b...
Medicare Benefits Decreasing
Rising health care costs is always an issue, but the Senate's failure to pass legislation that covers the cost of ACA subsidies might be causing a disastrous decrease in services for seniors.
shero.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The US Senate has just failed to pass any kind of financing to preserve health care in the United States as careen off a healthcare cliff.
More background on how we got here: shero.substack.com/p/medicare-b...
More background on how we got here: shero.substack.com/p/medicare-b...
Mike Lindell is running for governor in Minnesota next year. #ThoughtsandPrayersforMinnLiberals
December 11, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Mike Lindell is running for governor in Minnesota next year. #ThoughtsandPrayersforMinnLiberals
Based on a finding that ICE has repeatedly failed to produce a so-called final order of removal required for deportation, US District Judge Paula Xinis has ordered the immediate release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from the Trump administration’s custody. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 11, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Based on a finding that ICE has repeatedly failed to produce a so-called final order of removal required for deportation, US District Judge Paula Xinis has ordered the immediate release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from the Trump administration’s custody. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
While the new bids by Paramount and Netflix to take over Warner Bros. Discovery may look like just a battle between streaming giants, it is really another test of executive strength and Trump’s ability to continue profiting from the presidency. shero.substack.com/p/jared-kush...
Jared Kushner And Trump Family to Profit in Another Deal that Depends on Trump's Approval
A new buyout offer made to Warner Brothers Discovery shareholders to counter a recent offer by Netflix, is being sold to shareholders as a lock due to Paramount's political positioning.
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December 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
While the new bids by Paramount and Netflix to take over Warner Bros. Discovery may look like just a battle between streaming giants, it is really another test of executive strength and Trump’s ability to continue profiting from the presidency. shero.substack.com/p/jared-kush...
With subsidies for the Affordable Care Act set to expire for millions of Americans in a few weeks, the US Senate will vote today on two health care bills today and those votes will fail.
For an explanation off why this is happening, read: shero.substack.com/p/medicare-b...
For an explanation off why this is happening, read: shero.substack.com/p/medicare-b...
Medicare Benefits Decreasing
Rising health care costs is always an issue, but the Senate's failure to pass legislation that covers the cost of ACA subsidies might be causing a disastrous decrease in services for seniors.
shero.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
With subsidies for the Affordable Care Act set to expire for millions of Americans in a few weeks, the US Senate will vote today on two health care bills today and those votes will fail.
For an explanation off why this is happening, read: shero.substack.com/p/medicare-b...
For an explanation off why this is happening, read: shero.substack.com/p/medicare-b...
Judge Breyer granted a preliminary injunction to California officials and has ruled that the Trump Administration must end its deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles and return control of the troops to the state. www.npr.org/2025/12/10/n...
Judge blocks Trump's National Guard deployment in LA with sharp rebuke
In the latest in a series of legal setbacks for Trump's deployments, a judge ruled the administration must end its deployment to Los Angeles and return control of National Guard troops to California.
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December 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Judge Breyer granted a preliminary injunction to California officials and has ruled that the Trump Administration must end its deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles and return control of the troops to the state. www.npr.org/2025/12/10/n...
Less than a year after a US Army helicopter collided with a commercial jet, a new defense bill would allow the military to again fly without location transmitters in congested DC airspace. wapo.st/4pylxzv
DCA crash families, NTSB warn against restoring military flight waiver
Less than a year after an Army helicopter collided with a commercial jet, a new defense bill would allow the military to fly without location transmitters in D.C.
wapo.st
December 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Less than a year after a US Army helicopter collided with a commercial jet, a new defense bill would allow the military to again fly without location transmitters in congested DC airspace. wapo.st/4pylxzv
Eleven women incarcerated at a federal prison in Texas allege they have been subjected to rampant sexual abuse by staff members in the past seven years in a federal prison system rife with claims of inhumane conditions. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Human trafficking behind prison walls’: women jailed in Texas allege rampant sexual abuse
Women at FMC Carswell – long a focus of sexual abuse investigations – say prison officials have turned a blind eye
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Eleven women incarcerated at a federal prison in Texas allege they have been subjected to rampant sexual abuse by staff members in the past seven years in a federal prison system rife with claims of inhumane conditions. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump brazenly seized another tanker in an effort to continue his bullshit posturing. apnews.com/article/trum...
US has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, Trump says
President Donald Trump says the United States has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela as tensions mount with the government of President Nicolás Maduro.
apnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Trump brazenly seized another tanker in an effort to continue his bullshit posturing. apnews.com/article/trum...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered diplomatic correspondence to stop using the Calibri font and return to the smaller Times New Roman, reversing a Biden administration shift meant to help people read the documents more easily.
apnews.com/article/rubi...
apnews.com/article/rubi...
Calibri font becomes the latest DEI target as Rubio orders return to Times New Roman
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered diplomatic correspondence to stop using the Calibri font and return to the more traditional Times New Roman.
apnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered diplomatic correspondence to stop using the Calibri font and return to the smaller Times New Roman, reversing a Biden administration shift meant to help people read the documents more easily.
apnews.com/article/rubi...
apnews.com/article/rubi...
Meet the 12 billionaires who have held roles in the Trump administration this year. wapo.st/48OTPra
Meet the Trump administration’s 12 billionaires
At a net worth of $390 billion, it’s the wealthiest White House in modern history.
wapo.st
December 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Meet the 12 billionaires who have held roles in the Trump administration this year. wapo.st/48OTPra
Federal tax prosecutions fell to their lowest level in decades this year, declining more than 27% from the year before as Trump has cut the ranks of attorneys and agents who pursue those cases.
Trump is helping all of his rich grifter buddies. www.reuters.com/world/tax-pr...
Trump is helping all of his rich grifter buddies. www.reuters.com/world/tax-pr...
Exclusive: Tax prosecutions plunge as Trump shifts crime-fighting efforts
Federal tax prosecutions fell to their lowest level in decades this year, declining more than 27% from the year before as the Trump administration cut the ranks of attorneys and agents who pursue thos...
www.reuters.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Federal tax prosecutions fell to their lowest level in decades this year, declining more than 27% from the year before as Trump has cut the ranks of attorneys and agents who pursue those cases.
Trump is helping all of his rich grifter buddies. www.reuters.com/world/tax-pr...
Trump is helping all of his rich grifter buddies. www.reuters.com/world/tax-pr...
WOW. 👀
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
WOW. 👀
Due to the recent ICE detention of thousands in Chicago as a result of Trump's "Operation Midway Blitz," Gov. Pritzker signed legislation on Tuesday to protect immigrants from "unjust" federal immigration enforcement actions by creating safeguards. gov-pritzker-newsroom.prezly.com/gov-pritzker...
December 9, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Due to the recent ICE detention of thousands in Chicago as a result of Trump's "Operation Midway Blitz," Gov. Pritzker signed legislation on Tuesday to protect immigrants from "unjust" federal immigration enforcement actions by creating safeguards. gov-pritzker-newsroom.prezly.com/gov-pritzker...
A New York Federal Judge has granted a Justice Department request to release grand jury material related to Ghislaine Maxwell's case, saying he has taken great care to “put in place a mechanism to protect victims" from having their privacy invaded. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 9, 2025 at 8:03 PM
A New York Federal Judge has granted a Justice Department request to release grand jury material related to Ghislaine Maxwell's case, saying he has taken great care to “put in place a mechanism to protect victims" from having their privacy invaded. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Merry Christmas from the owner of Twitter, ya lazy idiots.
December 8, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Merry Christmas from the owner of Twitter, ya lazy idiots.
Alina Habba has resigned as US Attorney for New Jersey, after a court determined she was disqualified from holding that position.
AG Pam Bondi said that Habba would remain at the Department of Justice as senior advisor to the attorney general for US Attorneys. 😳
www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/12/...
AG Pam Bondi said that Habba would remain at the Department of Justice as senior advisor to the attorney general for US Attorneys. 😳
www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/12/...
Former Trump lawyer Alina Habba resigns as New Jersey U.S. Attorney after disqualification
Alina Habba previously served as a defense lawyer for President Donald Trump, before being tapped to become the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey.
www.cnbc.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Alina Habba has resigned as US Attorney for New Jersey, after a court determined she was disqualified from holding that position.
AG Pam Bondi said that Habba would remain at the Department of Justice as senior advisor to the attorney general for US Attorneys. 😳
www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/12/...
AG Pam Bondi said that Habba would remain at the Department of Justice as senior advisor to the attorney general for US Attorneys. 😳
www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/12/...
Alina Habba just resigned.
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December 8, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Alina Habba just resigned.
Our family will be watching the Taylor Swift football game for Christmas.
December 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Our family will be watching the Taylor Swift football game for Christmas.
SCOTUS heard arguments today on a lower court's decision finding that Trump exceeded his authority when he moved to fire a Democratic FTC member for political reasons. Conservatives sound like they are leaning toward extending POTUS power.
Full hearing: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTma...
Full hearing: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTma...
WATCH LIVE: Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments For Case On Trump's Firing Of FTC Commissioner
YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News
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December 8, 2025 at 7:10 PM
SCOTUS heard arguments today on a lower court's decision finding that Trump exceeded his authority when he moved to fire a Democratic FTC member for political reasons. Conservatives sound like they are leaning toward extending POTUS power.
Full hearing: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTma...
Full hearing: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTma...