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Lifelong learner, traveler, advocate dedicated to making a country that works for all.
Lifelong learner, traveler, advocate dedicated to making a country that works for all.
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Americans, Not Foreign Exporters, Paid For Trump’s Tariffs
U.S. consumers and businesses footed 95 percent of the cost of Trump’s tariffs between January and August of last year.
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NY Fed study: Until August, a whopping 94 percent of #tariff hikes were paid for by U.S. companies and consumers, not foreign ones. Meanwhile, U.S. import prices for goods subject to Trump’s tariffs grew by 11 percent more than those not.
NC AG Jeff Jackson accused Trump of ignoring a court order to restore a disaster preparedness program. At stake is $225 million for 70 infrastructure resiliency and disaster preparedness projects in NC. @asheville.com @blueridgepublic.bsky.social
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February 18, 2026 at 2:05 PM
NC AG Jeff Jackson accused Trump of ignoring a court order to restore a disaster preparedness program. At stake is $225 million for 70 infrastructure resiliency and disaster preparedness projects in NC. @asheville.com @blueridgepublic.bsky.social
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Shawn Harris,
retired Army brigadier general
and Democratic candidate
for Marjorie Taylor Green's Congressional seat
in Georgia’s 14th,
returns to our @siriusXM #127 show tonight.
retired Army brigadier general
and Democratic candidate
for Marjorie Taylor Green's Congressional seat
in Georgia’s 14th,
returns to our @siriusXM #127 show tonight.
February 18, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Shawn Harris,
retired Army brigadier general
and Democratic candidate
for Marjorie Taylor Green's Congressional seat
in Georgia’s 14th,
returns to our @siriusXM #127 show tonight.
retired Army brigadier general
and Democratic candidate
for Marjorie Taylor Green's Congressional seat
in Georgia’s 14th,
returns to our @siriusXM #127 show tonight.
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Chamberlain Harris, a 26-year-old White House aide and a longtime executive assistant for President Trump, is slated to be sworn into the 126-year-old commission that is set to review his White House ballroom plans.
Harris has no notable arts expertise.
Harris has no notable arts expertise.
Trump picks his White House assistant for panel reviewing ballroom
Chamberlain Harris, a 26-year-old White House aide and the president’s longtime executive assistant, is set to be sworn in Thursday.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 17, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Chamberlain Harris, a 26-year-old White House aide and a longtime executive assistant for President Trump, is slated to be sworn into the 126-year-old commission that is set to review his White House ballroom plans.
Harris has no notable arts expertise.
Harris has no notable arts expertise.
In a series of deals over the past three months, lawmakers rejected some of the president’s most aggressive attempts to whittle down the government. #DOGE
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February 17, 2026 at 9:14 PM
In a series of deals over the past three months, lawmakers rejected some of the president’s most aggressive attempts to whittle down the government. #DOGE
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...
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Adults ages 50 to 64, particularly women, the work requirements will create barriers to keeping their coverage. Many could lose #Medicaid as a result, putting their physical and financial health at risk. ncnewsline.com/2026/02/17/n...
New Medicaid work rules likely to hit middle-aged adults hard • NC Newsline
New Medicaid work rules expected to hit adults ages 50 to 64, particularly women, hard.
ncnewsline.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Adults ages 50 to 64, particularly women, the work requirements will create barriers to keeping their coverage. Many could lose #Medicaid as a result, putting their physical and financial health at risk. ncnewsline.com/2026/02/17/n...
#RFK Allies Target States to Overturn #Vaccine Mandates for Schoolchildren. Proponents of vaccines warn that the efforts will further dismantle the immunization infrastructure and lead to more outbreaks of disease.
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Should Drug Companies Be Advertising to Consumers? Last year, total spending on direct-to-consumer advertising of #prescription drugs topped $9 billion. New Zealand is the only other country to allow it.
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Should Drug Companies Be Advertising to Consumers? Last year, total spending on direct-to-consumer advertising of #prescription drugs topped $9 billion. New Zealand is the only other country to allow it.
Vaccine Makers Curtail Research and Cut Jobs.#RFJ's hostile policies to #vaccines have “sent a chill through the entire industry,” one scientist said
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Vaccine Makers Curtail Research and Cut Jobs.#RFJ's hostile policies to #vaccines have “sent a chill through the entire industry,” one scientist said
Recommendations: Developing large load tariffs for data centers; Encouraging energy efficiency; for homes and businesses; Exploring reforms to how large energy users connect to the grid.
Gov. Stein points to energy task force plan to address rising NC power demand
North Carolina Governor Josh Stein also used his visit to western North Carolina to address rising electricity demand and the cost across the state.
wlos.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Recommendations: Developing large load tariffs for data centers; Encouraging energy efficiency; for homes and businesses; Exploring reforms to how large energy users connect to the grid.
RNC drops its effort to purge the contested voters in exchange for the NC Board of Elections continuing its “Registration Repair” program. The board is contacting North Carolinians with incomplete voter registrations.
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February 17, 2026 at 2:16 PM
RNC drops its effort to purge the contested voters in exchange for the NC Board of Elections continuing its “Registration Repair” program. The board is contacting North Carolinians with incomplete voter registrations.
Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights Leader Who Ran for President, Dies at 84. An impassioned orator, he was a moral and political force who formed a “rainbow coalition” of poor and working-class people. His mission, he said, was “to transform the mind of America." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...
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February 17, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights Leader Who Ran for President, Dies at 84. An impassioned orator, he was a moral and political force who formed a “rainbow coalition” of poor and working-class people. His mission, he said, was “to transform the mind of America." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...
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This is weaponizing the very decency that made the Minnesota Resistance possible. It’s grotesque.
Minnesota family says ICE agents faked car trouble to lure man out of home
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February 16, 2026 at 11:43 PM
This is weaponizing the very decency that made the Minnesota Resistance possible. It’s grotesque.
The #EPA estimates that the US will incur $1.4tn in new costs from increased fuel purchases, vehicle repair and maintenance, insurance, traffic congestion and noise. That tops the projected $1.3tn in savings. And there are huge social and climate costs. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump touts climate savings but new rule set to push up US prices
Critics accuse administration of ‘cooking the books’ by claiming US would save $1.3bn from climate finding reversal
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 8:13 PM
The #EPA estimates that the US will incur $1.4tn in new costs from increased fuel purchases, vehicle repair and maintenance, insurance, traffic congestion and noise. That tops the projected $1.3tn in savings. And there are huge social and climate costs. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
#Vaccine Makers Curtail Research and Cut Jobs. Policies under #RFK that are hostile to #vaccines have “sent a chill through the entire industry,” one scientist said. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/h...
www.nytimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 8:13 PM
#Vaccine Makers Curtail Research and Cut Jobs. Policies under #RFK that are hostile to #vaccines have “sent a chill through the entire industry,” one scientist said. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/h...
#MedicareAdvantage Fined Pennies as Seniors Face Delays, Denials. Even as #CMS documents improper denials, ghost networks and unlawful out-of-pocket charges, it only fined billion-dollar insurers $3 million in early 2025. @hcfanc.bsky.social
Medicare Advantage Insurers Face Pennies in Penalties as Seniors Face Delays and Denials
Even as CMS documents improper denials, ghost networks and unlawful out-of-pocket charges, enforcement remains weak with just $3 million in fines levied in early 2025 against billion-dollar insurers.
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February 16, 2026 at 6:45 PM
#MedicareAdvantage Fined Pennies as Seniors Face Delays, Denials. Even as #CMS documents improper denials, ghost networks and unlawful out-of-pocket charges, it only fined billion-dollar insurers $3 million in early 2025. @hcfanc.bsky.social
#RFK Jr. Made Promises in Order To Become Health Secretary. He’s Broken Many of Them, including #vaccine funding and recommendations, his discredited theory about #autism
RFK Jr. Made Promises in Order To Become Health Secretary. He’s Broken Many of Them. - KFF Health News
Before being confirmed to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation’s official…
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February 16, 2026 at 6:31 PM
#Spain, which has one of the lowest birthrates in Europe and a shrinking native-born work force, will give hundreds of thousands of undocumented #immigrants a path to obtain legal status.
www.nytimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 6:30 PM
#Spain, which has one of the lowest birthrates in Europe and a shrinking native-born work force, will give hundreds of thousands of undocumented #immigrants a path to obtain legal status.
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NY Fed study: Until August, a whopping 94 percent of #tariff hikes were paid for by U.S. companies and consumers, not foreign ones. Meanwhile, U.S. import prices for goods subject to Trump’s tariffs grew by 11 percent more than those not.
Americans, Not Foreign Exporters, Paid For Trump’s Tariffs
U.S. consumers and businesses footed 95 percent of the cost of Trump’s tariffs between January and August of last year.
www.levernews.com
February 15, 2026 at 3:45 PM
NY Fed study: Until August, a whopping 94 percent of #tariff hikes were paid for by U.S. companies and consumers, not foreign ones. Meanwhile, U.S. import prices for goods subject to Trump’s tariffs grew by 11 percent more than those not.
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Rep. Ro Khanna said the DOJ is “purposefully muddying the waters on who was a predator and who was mentioned in an email” by releasing the list of more than 300 people. #Epstein www.cnn.com/2026/02/15/p...
Justice Department lists hundreds of prominent people named in Epstein files in letter to Congress | CNN Politics
The Department of Justice on Saturday sent Congress a list of “politically exposed persons” in the millions of files released related to its probes into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
www.cnn.com
February 16, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Rep. Ro Khanna said the DOJ is “purposefully muddying the waters on who was a predator and who was mentioned in an email” by releasing the list of more than 300 people. #Epstein www.cnn.com/2026/02/15/p...
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February 16, 2026 at 5:07 PM
This is it. This is big time for us. If we hit our number, we're set. We can come out the other side of this thing with the resources to deliver even more news than we did before.
That's our goal.
If we beat our goal, that goes directly to funding more stories.
That's our goal.
If we beat our goal, that goes directly to funding more stories.
Dr. Leana Wen: To find evidence-based adult #vaccine recommendations, see the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Physicians.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 16, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Dr. Leana Wen: To find evidence-based adult #vaccine recommendations, see the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Physicians.
John Paulson, a hedge fund billionaire and one of Trump’s earliest backers, is plans to offshore an Ohio manufacturing plant to China despite heavy pushback from employees.
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Trump donor who criticized offshoring to close Ohio plant and move work to China
Workers decried John Paulson’s plan after billionaire painted himself as advocate for domestic manufacturing
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 3:04 PM
John Paulson, a hedge fund billionaire and one of Trump’s earliest backers, is plans to offshore an Ohio manufacturing plant to China despite heavy pushback from employees.
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Some 2,000 people marched in downtown Raleigh Saturday to raise awareness of the GOP-controlled legislature redrawing NC’s 1st Congressional District, which covers much of the northeast part of the state, to dilute Democratic voting power. #fairmaps
www.newsobserver.com
February 15, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Some 2,000 people marched in downtown Raleigh Saturday to raise awareness of the GOP-controlled legislature redrawing NC’s 1st Congressional District, which covers much of the northeast part of the state, to dilute Democratic voting power. #fairmaps
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Some 190 #rural hospitals have shut down between 2005 and early 2024 — about 10% of all rural hospitals in the country — because of budget shortfalls and related challenges. Some communities have lost their only hospital.
Dr. Oz pushes AI avatars as a fix for rural health care. Not so fast, critics say
Dr. Mehmet Oz, who heads the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, is advancing a $50 billion plan to modernize rural health care.
www.npr.org
February 15, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Some 190 #rural hospitals have shut down between 2005 and early 2024 — about 10% of all rural hospitals in the country — because of budget shortfalls and related challenges. Some communities have lost their only hospital.
At 75, Myron Cohen isn’t interested in retiring. But fewer titles would be welcome. @UNC Cohen, who became world-known for his research into #HIV, says he’s not ready to quit, but it’s time to pass the torch to the next generation.
www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2026/02/13/m... via @NCHealthNews
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At 75, Myron Cohen isn’t interested in retiring. But fewer titles would be welcome.
UNC Chapel Hill’s Cohen, who became world-known for his research into controlling the spread of HIV, says it’s time to pass the torch.
www.northcarolinahealthnews.org
February 16, 2026 at 2:51 PM
At 75, Myron Cohen isn’t interested in retiring. But fewer titles would be welcome. @UNC Cohen, who became world-known for his research into #HIV, says he’s not ready to quit, but it’s time to pass the torch to the next generation.
www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2026/02/13/m... via @NCHealthNews
www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2026/02/13/m... via @NCHealthNews