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What a sh*t show:
VA plans to abruptly eliminate tens of thousands of health care jobs
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
VA plans to abruptly eliminate tens of thousands of health care jobs
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
VA plans to abruptly eliminate tens of thousands of health care jobs
Strains on the Veterans Affairs system could grow with the elimination of as many as 35,000 mostly unfilled health care positions, including doctors and nurses.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:50 PM
What a sh*t show:
VA plans to abruptly eliminate tens of thousands of health care jobs
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
VA plans to abruptly eliminate tens of thousands of health care jobs
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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A federally funded community health center in Kansas has filed at least 1,000 lawsuits since 2020 against patients over unpaid bills.
Many of the patients sued were uninsured and qualified for discounted care, a former employee told ProPublica.
By @aliyyaswaby.bsky.social
Many of the patients sued were uninsured and qualified for discounted care, a former employee told ProPublica.
By @aliyyaswaby.bsky.social
These Health Centers Are Supposed to Make Care Affordable. One Has Sued Patients for as Little as $59 in Unpaid Bills.
Federally funded community health centers receive grants in exchange for serving patients regardless of their ability to pay. But ProPublica found at least five across the country garnishing patients’...
www.propublica.org
December 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
A federally funded community health center in Kansas has filed at least 1,000 lawsuits since 2020 against patients over unpaid bills.
Many of the patients sued were uninsured and qualified for discounted care, a former employee told ProPublica.
By @aliyyaswaby.bsky.social
Many of the patients sued were uninsured and qualified for discounted care, a former employee told ProPublica.
By @aliyyaswaby.bsky.social
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“I think it’s really sad,” Ms. Shamblen, 36, said of the outbreak, her voice breaking. “To see children that are at risk& struggling that could be protected is — it’s just, they’re children. It’s hard to see a vulnerable population be in pain when they don’t need to be” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social
A Measles Outbreak Brings With It Echoes of the Pandemic
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:27 PM
“I think it’s really sad,” Ms. Shamblen, 36, said of the outbreak, her voice breaking. “To see children that are at risk& struggling that could be protected is — it’s just, they’re children. It’s hard to see a vulnerable population be in pain when they don’t need to be” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social
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The Republican revolt.
More Epstein revelations.
A corrupt mega-movie merger.
Join us on this week’s Coffee Klatch, featuring two special guests, to dive into the week’s biggest stories.
https://youtu.be/u8av0BowDjA
More Epstein revelations.
A corrupt mega-movie merger.
Join us on this week’s Coffee Klatch, featuring two special guests, to dive into the week’s biggest stories.
https://youtu.be/u8av0BowDjA
It’s Affordability, Stupid | The Coffee Klatch with Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
December 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The Republican revolt.
More Epstein revelations.
A corrupt mega-movie merger.
Join us on this week’s Coffee Klatch, featuring two special guests, to dive into the week’s biggest stories.
https://youtu.be/u8av0BowDjA
More Epstein revelations.
A corrupt mega-movie merger.
Join us on this week’s Coffee Klatch, featuring two special guests, to dive into the week’s biggest stories.
https://youtu.be/u8av0BowDjA
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NATO chief Rutte: "Russia has brought war back to Europe, and we must be prepared for the scale of war our grandparents and great-grandparents endured." 😳
December 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
NATO chief Rutte: "Russia has brought war back to Europe, and we must be prepared for the scale of war our grandparents and great-grandparents endured." 😳
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This ad from the far-right Heritage Foundation repeats threats made directly by Trump, Vance, and others: "Do exactly as Trump wants, or he will cut off all funding for your state."
Hopefully these types of threats, which underline that Trump is a dangerous dictator wanna-be, will backfire bigly.
Hopefully these types of threats, which underline that Trump is a dangerous dictator wanna-be, will backfire bigly.
December 12, 2025 at 8:10 PM
This ad from the far-right Heritage Foundation repeats threats made directly by Trump, Vance, and others: "Do exactly as Trump wants, or he will cut off all funding for your state."
Hopefully these types of threats, which underline that Trump is a dangerous dictator wanna-be, will backfire bigly.
Hopefully these types of threats, which underline that Trump is a dangerous dictator wanna-be, will backfire bigly.
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Baldwin: Without that extension, people are seeing shocking increases in their premiums. I spoke with a small business owner in Milwaukee named Nancy. Nancy is a cancer survivor. She cannot afford to be without health care because she has special medical needs. But her premiums are tripling…
December 13, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Baldwin: Without that extension, people are seeing shocking increases in their premiums. I spoke with a small business owner in Milwaukee named Nancy. Nancy is a cancer survivor. She cannot afford to be without health care because she has special medical needs. But her premiums are tripling…
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The White House is promising to announce a new healthcare plan "very soon." We've heard that one before...
December 12, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The White House is promising to announce a new healthcare plan "very soon." We've heard that one before...
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Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s Nephew speaks out after ICE arrest: I think what I would have to say to Karoline is just because you went to a catholic school doesn't make you a good catholic.
December 13, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s Nephew speaks out after ICE arrest: I think what I would have to say to Karoline is just because you went to a catholic school doesn't make you a good catholic.
John Roberts and the Cynical Cult of Federalist No. 70 newrepublic.com/article/2043... via @newrepublic.com
John Roberts and the Cynical Cult of Federalist No. 70
Alexander Hamilton’s treatise on executive power is one of the conservative legal movement’s favorite texts to quote—and misquote.
newrepublic.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:14 AM
John Roberts and the Cynical Cult of Federalist No. 70 newrepublic.com/article/2043... via @newrepublic.com
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President Donald Trump claimed Thursday that he has issued a “full pardon” to Tina Peters — the Colorado election denier serving a nine-year state sentence — even though presidents have no constitutional authority to pardon state-level crimes. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Trump Grants Tina Peters a Legally Meaningless 'Pardon'
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:18 AM
President Donald Trump claimed Thursday that he has issued a “full pardon” to Tina Peters — the Colorado election denier serving a nine-year state sentence — even though presidents have no constitutional authority to pardon state-level crimes. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Simply despicable:
Trump is "basically shutting down the legal immigration system"
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump is "basically shutting down the legal immigration system"
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump Is “basically shutting down the legal immigration system”
In response to the DC shooting, the administration is blocking pathways for rule-following and vulnerable immigrants.
www.motherjones.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Simply despicable:
Trump is "basically shutting down the legal immigration system"
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump is "basically shutting down the legal immigration system"
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Whitehouse: Not only were the founders extremely interested in checks and balances but they were desperately concerned about corruption.
This Court has consistently taken the side of corruption against every device Congress has created to fight political corruption.
This Court has consistently taken the side of corruption against every device Congress has created to fight political corruption.
December 11, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Whitehouse: Not only were the founders extremely interested in checks and balances but they were desperately concerned about corruption.
This Court has consistently taken the side of corruption against every device Congress has created to fight political corruption.
This Court has consistently taken the side of corruption against every device Congress has created to fight political corruption.
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“The world’s 7 richest individuals are all now powerful media barons, controlling what 🌎 sees, reads, and hears, marking a new chapter in oligarchical control over society and striking another blow at a free, independent press and diversity of opinion.” www.mintpressnews.com/the-seven-ri...
December 12, 2025 at 3:25 AM
“The world’s 7 richest individuals are all now powerful media barons, controlling what 🌎 sees, reads, and hears, marking a new chapter in oligarchical control over society and striking another blow at a free, independent press and diversity of opinion.” www.mintpressnews.com/the-seven-ri...
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‘Safety whitewash’: Defense bill spawns uproar over military helicopters in DC
‘Safety whitewash’: Defense bill spawns uproar over military helicopters in DC
A provision of the Pentagon policy legislation has enraged a top federal accident investigator, key Republicans and families of the January air crash victims.
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December 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
‘Safety whitewash’: Defense bill spawns uproar over military helicopters in DC
YES
Hundreds of kids in S Carolina are being quarantined right now because of a measles outbreak.
I don’t have patience for niceties when it comes to this crap, so if you’re an anti-vaxxer, keep your damn kids at home and don’t travel for the holidays.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
I don’t have patience for niceties when it comes to this crap, so if you’re an anti-vaxxer, keep your damn kids at home and don’t travel for the holidays.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
December 12, 2025 at 11:13 PM
YES
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"I have spoken to seniors in my state who are not quite yet old enough for Medicare, and they are seeing their premiums jump by over $1000 a month starting in a few weeks.
That is just really unaffordable for so many families, let alone seniors on a fixed income." - @murray.senate.gov
That is just really unaffordable for so many families, let alone seniors on a fixed income." - @murray.senate.gov
December 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
"I have spoken to seniors in my state who are not quite yet old enough for Medicare, and they are seeing their premiums jump by over $1000 a month starting in a few weeks.
That is just really unaffordable for so many families, let alone seniors on a fixed income." - @murray.senate.gov
That is just really unaffordable for so many families, let alone seniors on a fixed income." - @murray.senate.gov
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For the first time in decades, I handed my successor an air traffic controller workforce that was growing instead of shrinking.
Disturbingly, the Trump administration can't or won't say whether that’s still the case.
Disturbingly, the Trump administration can't or won't say whether that’s still the case.
December 12, 2025 at 8:43 PM
For the first time in decades, I handed my successor an air traffic controller workforce that was growing instead of shrinking.
Disturbingly, the Trump administration can't or won't say whether that’s still the case.
Disturbingly, the Trump administration can't or won't say whether that’s still the case.
LOLOLOLOL
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 12, 2025 at 11:08 PM
LOLOLOLOL
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ProPublica spoke to about 150 people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.”
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
December 12, 2025 at 3:15 AM
ProPublica spoke to about 150 people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.”
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
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"We should not be talking about cutting Social Security, as some of my Republican colleagues are doing.
We should be talking about expanding Social Security." - @sanders.senate.gov
We should be talking about expanding Social Security." - @sanders.senate.gov
December 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
"We should not be talking about cutting Social Security, as some of my Republican colleagues are doing.
We should be talking about expanding Social Security." - @sanders.senate.gov
We should be talking about expanding Social Security." - @sanders.senate.gov
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Under the previously undisclosed program, TSA provides a list to ICE of travelers who will be coming through airports. ICE can then match the list against its own database of people subject to deportation and send agents to the airport to detain those people. nyti.ms/4oUnl4J
December 12, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Under the previously undisclosed program, TSA provides a list to ICE of travelers who will be coming through airports. ICE can then match the list against its own database of people subject to deportation and send agents to the airport to detain those people. nyti.ms/4oUnl4J
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Ramirez to Noem: "You lied on the record and you lied to members of this committee. You violated court orders by not turning around deportation flights bound for El Salvador where we know that hundreds of people under your leadership reported they were raped, beaten, and nearly died."
December 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Ramirez to Noem: "You lied on the record and you lied to members of this committee. You violated court orders by not turning around deportation flights bound for El Salvador where we know that hundreds of people under your leadership reported they were raped, beaten, and nearly died."
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The president has no authority to pardon Tina Peters or anyone convicted of state crimes. Peters attempted to undermine the integrity of American elections, putting the system and the election officials who administer it at risk. 1/2
December 12, 2025 at 10:42 PM
The president has no authority to pardon Tina Peters or anyone convicted of state crimes. Peters attempted to undermine the integrity of American elections, putting the system and the election officials who administer it at risk. 1/2
Trump Accidentally Sabotages Case for Bombings in New Interview Fiasco newrepublic.com/article/2041... via @newrepublic.com
Trump Accidentally Sabotages Case for Bombings in New Interview Fiasco
The president’s claims about the boat killings and his pardon of the Honduran ex-president in a new Politico interview should finally convince Republicans that they, and we, must get to the bottom of ...
newrepublic.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Trump Accidentally Sabotages Case for Bombings in New Interview Fiasco newrepublic.com/article/2041... via @newrepublic.com