xpostfactoid
@xpostfactoid.bsky.social
Blogging mostly healthcare policy at http://xpostfactoid.substack.com. ACA implementation watcher. CSR czar. AKA Andrew Sprung.
Under Trump, CMS becomes very creative in finding ways to undermine the ACA marketplace.
See: federal subsidies for non-network health plans
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See: federal subsidies for non-network health plans
xpostfactoid.substack.com/p/new-cms-sc...
February 14, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Under Trump, CMS becomes very creative in finding ways to undermine the ACA marketplace.
See: federal subsidies for non-network health plans
xpostfactoid.substack.com/p/new-cms-sc...
See: federal subsidies for non-network health plans
xpostfactoid.substack.com/p/new-cms-sc...
As the country soaks up thousands of videos of ICE rampaging, I'm reminded of a precursor: Iranians filming Basij abuses in 2009
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I record, therefore we are
A blog focused on the Affordable Care Act and health care policy
xpostfactoid.blogspot.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:23 PM
As the country soaks up thousands of videos of ICE rampaging, I'm reminded of a precursor: Iranians filming Basij abuses in 2009
xpostfactoid.blogspot.com/2011/11/i-re...
xpostfactoid.blogspot.com/2011/11/i-re...
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So smart. The opportunity is there, we need to take it and run with it.
The extraordinary public backlash to Trump's ICE raids and mass deportations suggests it's time to rethink how information warfare and political persuasion work in the Trump era. Dems have an opening to reset the immigration debate if they act now.
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
How the Democrats Can Play Offense on Immigration
Typically, Democrats run for the hills when immigration comes up. But as two blue-state governors are showing, the winning play is actually to confront ICE and MAGA xenophobia head on.
newrepublic.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:00 PM
So smart. The opportunity is there, we need to take it and run with it.
or clueless sycophants
Good God. Trump's Council of Economic Advisors are either clueless or sycophants.
acasignups.net/26/02/13/goo...
acasignups.net/26/02/13/goo...
Good God. Trump's Council of Economic Advisors are either clueless or sycophants.
From a post of mine last September: Via the HHS Dept. website this morning: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today it is implementing important measures to...
acasignups.net
February 13, 2026 at 2:11 PM
or clueless sycophants
Go WSJ
February 13, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Go WSJ
just forget this ever happened
FORTUITOUS TIMING: In bid to block Minnesota from obtaining records about immigration enforcement in state, Trump admin lawyers cite Homan announcement this morning that Operation Metro Surge is ending. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
MNvUSDiscOpp021226
www.documentcloud.org
February 12, 2026 at 11:07 PM
just forget this ever happened
and now I'm flushing U.S. public health down the toilet
RFK Jr: I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.
February 12, 2026 at 9:19 PM
and now I'm flushing U.S. public health down the toilet
Is this real?
Top public health official in the country
RFK Jr: I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.
February 12, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Is this real?
How can I get gmail to stop offering to write my emails for me?
February 12, 2026 at 8:26 PM
How can I get gmail to stop offering to write my emails for me?
What, fire myself, what?
Q: “Have you fired or disciplined that staffer who posted the video from your account that included the Obamas?”
Trump: “No, I haven't.”
Trump: “No, I haven't.”
February 12, 2026 at 7:20 PM
What, fire myself, what?
Homan can have his fig leaves, but the fact is the people of Minnesota drove ICE out.
Homan: "I want to thank Governor Walz ... I also want to thank Mayor Frey ... I want to thank Police Chief O'Hara. We've seen a big change here in the last couple weeks. It's all good change."
February 12, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Homan can have his fig leaves, but the fact is the people of Minnesota drove ICE out.
This tracks with my longtime intuition as I watch luxury apartments go up in my inner-ring suburb. My perpetual "yes but" to YIMBY tenets.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/r...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/r...
February 12, 2026 at 1:42 PM
This tracks with my longtime intuition as I watch luxury apartments go up in my inner-ring suburb. My perpetual "yes but" to YIMBY tenets.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/r...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/r...
My mother told my 6-year old sister that to get lamb chops, only "old lambs' were killed .
Think about what people are doing in our name. Think about history will judge them - and us.
“While the FBI field office in Boise initially said in a statement that claims of children being zip-tied were ‘completely false,’ officials there later amended that assertion, telling reporters that no ‘young’ children were zip-tied.”
www.cbsnews.com/news/feds-zi...
www.cbsnews.com/news/feds-zi...
February 11, 2026 at 1:32 PM
My mother told my 6-year old sister that to get lamb chops, only "old lambs' were killed .
Yup, that's his party
February 11, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Yup, that's his party
"In the backrooms of MAGA-land, passing around under-age girls is a lot like passing around insider crypto deals."
Krugman
Krugman
The Banality of MAGA Evil
Instead of criminal masterminds we got amoral, stupid grifters like Howard Lutnick
open.substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:28 PM
"In the backrooms of MAGA-land, passing around under-age girls is a lot like passing around insider crypto deals."
Krugman
Krugman
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We now have confirmation that the Social Circle warehouse cost ICE $130 million, bringing the total spent on warehouses to $714 million. ICE is also reportedly planning on buying a second warehouse in Oakwood, GA and is finalizing the sale now.
Billions more will be spent on retrofitting/staffing.
Billions more will be spent on retrofitting/staffing.
February 10, 2026 at 10:15 PM
We now have confirmation that the Social Circle warehouse cost ICE $130 million, bringing the total spent on warehouses to $714 million. ICE is also reportedly planning on buying a second warehouse in Oakwood, GA and is finalizing the sale now.
Billions more will be spent on retrofitting/staffing.
Billions more will be spent on retrofitting/staffing.
I opened my eyes—and all the sea was ice-nine. The moist green earth was a blue-white pearl. The sky darkened. Borasisi, the sun, became a sickly yellow ball, tiny and cruel.
The sky was filled with worms. The worms were tornadoes.
www.wired.com/story/ice-ex...
The sky was filled with worms. The worms were tornadoes.
www.wired.com/story/ice-ex...
ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next
ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, monthslong expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
www.wired.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:23 PM
I opened my eyes—and all the sea was ice-nine. The moist green earth was a blue-white pearl. The sky darkened. Borasisi, the sun, became a sickly yellow ball, tiny and cruel.
The sky was filled with worms. The worms were tornadoes.
www.wired.com/story/ice-ex...
The sky was filled with worms. The worms were tornadoes.
www.wired.com/story/ice-ex...
Trump:
Till Birnam wood remove to Dunsinane,
I cannot taint with fear.
Till Birnam wood remove to Dunsinane,
I cannot taint with fear.
February 9, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Trump:
Till Birnam wood remove to Dunsinane,
I cannot taint with fear.
Till Birnam wood remove to Dunsinane,
I cannot taint with fear.
Stalingrad didn't last
Cities generally name buildings after you
bc you did good things for people.
Blackmailing cities
by withholding funds
to force them to name buildings after you
is not how you make cities
want to name buildings after you.
bc you did good things for people.
Blackmailing cities
by withholding funds
to force them to name buildings after you
is not how you make cities
want to name buildings after you.
Trump wanted Dulles Airport and Penn Station named after him as condition of releasing rail tunnel funds
February 9, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Stalingrad didn't last
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read this thread
these are the hardened criminals Stephen Miller, Trump, and ICE want to protect us from
these are the hardened criminals Stephen Miller, Trump, and ICE want to protect us from
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 1:21 PM
read this thread
these are the hardened criminals Stephen Miller, Trump, and ICE want to protect us from
these are the hardened criminals Stephen Miller, Trump, and ICE want to protect us from
Kudos to independent journalist Anna Oakes, who hung out in the Delaney Hall visitors' tent yesterday, the coldest day in years.
Visitors to Delaney Hall Wait for Hours in an Unheated Tent to See Their Loved Ones - Documented
The tent, purchased by county officials, was installed after complaints about the lack of protection against cold temperatures.
documentedny.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Kudos to independent journalist Anna Oakes, who hung out in the Delaney Hall visitors' tent yesterday, the coldest day in years.
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By the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet
February 7, 2026 at 3:38 AM
By the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet
Good in depth coverage of lawless torture of lawfully present noncitizens
A Minneapolis woman immigrated legally to the United States and was in the process of acquiring her green card, but was detained through Operation PARRIS.
By @ncsscibelli.bsky.social and Anshu Patel
sahanjournal.com/immigration/...
By @ncsscibelli.bsky.social and Anshu Patel
sahanjournal.com/immigration/...
Refugees’ futures uncertain as Operation PARRIS legal fight proceeds
A Minneapolis woman immigrated legally to the United States and was in the process of acquiring her green card, but was detained through Operation PARRIS.
sahanjournal.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Good in depth coverage of lawless torture of lawfully present noncitizens
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Every American needs to watch this:
February 5, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Every American needs to watch this:
How did 25 Delaney Hall detainees get a handwritten letter out, detailing their lawless treatment?
www.lahuelga.com/elgrito
www.lahuelga.com/elgrito
February 6, 2026 at 2:17 PM
How did 25 Delaney Hall detainees get a handwritten letter out, detailing their lawless treatment?
www.lahuelga.com/elgrito
www.lahuelga.com/elgrito