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Rather than extend the subsidies that keep Obamacare plans affordable, the Trump administration is making it easier for insurers to sell cheap junk insurance. These “catastrophic” plans require people to spend more than $10,000 a year on deductibles before the policies pay most medical costs
Team Trump’s Answer to Ballooning Obamacare Premiums: Less Generous Coverage - KFF Health News
Tens of millions of people face sticker shock enrolling in Affordable Care Act insurance for 2026. To save money, the Trump administration wants them to consider less generous coverage.
kffhealthnews.org
September 21, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Rather than extend the subsidies that keep Obamacare plans affordable, the Trump administration is making it easier for insurers to sell cheap junk insurance. These “catastrophic” plans require people to spend more than $10,000 a year on deductibles before the policies pay most medical costs
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These are people who served honorably, were terminated wrongfully, and whose only crime is being trans.
WASHINGTON (AP) - US Air Force says it will deny retirement pay to transgender service members being separated from the service.
August 7, 2025 at 11:18 PM
These are people who served honorably, were terminated wrongfully, and whose only crime is being trans.
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Don’t forget this point ⬇️
It’s hard not to be dispirited by the capitulation of so many elite institutions. How can our democracy survive if so many powerful people normalize giving up?
But true power in this moment isn’t about prestige or wealth. It’s about courage. And anyone can be courageous.
But true power in this moment isn’t about prestige or wealth. It’s about courage. And anyone can be courageous.
August 2, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Don’t forget this point ⬇️
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Dr. Coni: One patient had been receiving treatment with eye drops, but then I didn’t see her for months.. I wondered what had happened to her.
When she finally returned, she told me she had lost her Medicaid coverage and couldn’t afford her drops. As a result, she had gone blind in one eye.
When she finally returned, she told me she had lost her Medicaid coverage and couldn’t afford her drops. As a result, she had gone blind in one eye.
July 1, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Dr. Coni: One patient had been receiving treatment with eye drops, but then I didn’t see her for months.. I wondered what had happened to her.
When she finally returned, she told me she had lost her Medicaid coverage and couldn’t afford her drops. As a result, she had gone blind in one eye.
When she finally returned, she told me she had lost her Medicaid coverage and couldn’t afford her drops. As a result, she had gone blind in one eye.
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Republicans pulled a fast one—and Lisa Murkowski was in on it.
They used a budget trick called the “current policy baseline.” Learn that phrase. You’re going to hear it a lot.
It lets them pretend massive Medicaid and SNAP cuts aren’t “real” cuts. Total scam.
They used a budget trick called the “current policy baseline.” Learn that phrase. You’re going to hear it a lot.
It lets them pretend massive Medicaid and SNAP cuts aren’t “real” cuts. Total scam.
July 2, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Republicans pulled a fast one—and Lisa Murkowski was in on it.
They used a budget trick called the “current policy baseline.” Learn that phrase. You’re going to hear it a lot.
It lets them pretend massive Medicaid and SNAP cuts aren’t “real” cuts. Total scam.
They used a budget trick called the “current policy baseline.” Learn that phrase. You’re going to hear it a lot.
It lets them pretend massive Medicaid and SNAP cuts aren’t “real” cuts. Total scam.
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NEW FROM CBO: brutal distributional analysis of House GOP "Big Beautiful Bill"
On avg the bottom 30% of households get poorer under the GOP bill
Avg gets little - and are worse off if you include tariffs
This'd be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history
On avg the bottom 30% of households get poorer under the GOP bill
Avg gets little - and are worse off if you include tariffs
This'd be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history
June 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
NEW FROM CBO: brutal distributional analysis of House GOP "Big Beautiful Bill"
On avg the bottom 30% of households get poorer under the GOP bill
Avg gets little - and are worse off if you include tariffs
This'd be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history
On avg the bottom 30% of households get poorer under the GOP bill
Avg gets little - and are worse off if you include tariffs
This'd be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history
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Whoever is advising Democrats to keep sticking to this losing playbook needs to be launched into the sun.
Namby/Pamby 2028 isn’t gonna cut it.
Namby/Pamby 2028 isn’t gonna cut it.
June 6, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Whoever is advising Democrats to keep sticking to this losing playbook needs to be launched into the sun.
Namby/Pamby 2028 isn’t gonna cut it.
Namby/Pamby 2028 isn’t gonna cut it.
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For years we've heard from the right about "welfare queens" and other so-called "freeloaders" pulling one over on the government.
But actually, it's the wealthy who are the real freeloaders — pulling one over on us all by skirting their taxes.
Where is the outrage over that?
But actually, it's the wealthy who are the real freeloaders — pulling one over on us all by skirting their taxes.
Where is the outrage over that?
June 4, 2025 at 7:31 PM
For years we've heard from the right about "welfare queens" and other so-called "freeloaders" pulling one over on the government.
But actually, it's the wealthy who are the real freeloaders — pulling one over on us all by skirting their taxes.
Where is the outrage over that?
But actually, it's the wealthy who are the real freeloaders — pulling one over on us all by skirting their taxes.
Where is the outrage over that?
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I’m glad this made the Times.
June 2, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I’m glad this made the Times.
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This is the kind of sweeping, truth-telling journalism we need more of. Good job, AP.
Deep cuts erode the foundations of US public health system, end progress, threaten worse to come
Americans are losing an array of people and programs dedicated to keeping them healthy.
apnews.com
May 31, 2025 at 6:01 PM
This is the kind of sweeping, truth-telling journalism we need more of. Good job, AP.
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders was once politely asked to leave a restaurant and it generated 100x as much handwringing from the media as this will
Heavily armed paramilitary forces stormed a local San Diego restaurant today, deployed stun grenades against a crowd of onlookers, and kidnapped a handful of kitchen workers.
May 31, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Sarah Huckabee Sanders was once politely asked to leave a restaurant and it generated 100x as much handwringing from the media as this will
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What infuriates me so much about this new operation is that it is literally punishing people for following the rules and showing up to their court hearings. It is so toxic to the basic concept of following the rules.
It is an operation designed by people who hate the concept of the rule of law.
It is an operation designed by people who hate the concept of the rule of law.
These people were following the law and went to check in with immigration like they are supposed to.
This woman's immigration case was dismissed, which made her immediately undocumented.
So ICE took her into custody.
The air conditioning was off in the back of the truck.
"I can't breathe."
This woman's immigration case was dismissed, which made her immediately undocumented.
So ICE took her into custody.
The air conditioning was off in the back of the truck.
"I can't breathe."
June 1, 2025 at 12:32 AM
What infuriates me so much about this new operation is that it is literally punishing people for following the rules and showing up to their court hearings. It is so toxic to the basic concept of following the rules.
It is an operation designed by people who hate the concept of the rule of law.
It is an operation designed by people who hate the concept of the rule of law.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called the lack of healthy food options on Native reservations a “genocide.”
But the Trump administration ended a program that helped provide fresh, locally produced food for tribal food banks, saying the program no longer aligned with its priorities.
But the Trump administration ended a program that helped provide fresh, locally produced food for tribal food banks, saying the program no longer aligned with its priorities.
Trump Pledged to “Make America Healthy Again,” Then Cut a Program Many Tribes Rely on for Healthy Food
The USDA has ended a program that dozens of tribal food banks say has helped them provide fresh, locally produced food that is important to their traditions and cultures.
www.propublica.org
June 1, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called the lack of healthy food options on Native reservations a “genocide.”
But the Trump administration ended a program that helped provide fresh, locally produced food for tribal food banks, saying the program no longer aligned with its priorities.
But the Trump administration ended a program that helped provide fresh, locally produced food for tribal food banks, saying the program no longer aligned with its priorities.
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headline construction masterclass
June 1, 2025 at 1:54 AM
headline construction masterclass
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The Mansfield ISD salutatorian used her platform and time wisely. She gave a terrific speech calling out book bans and vouchers. Bravo!
May 25, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Is this who we want to be? This is insanity.
ICE Arrests Mississippi Father at His Citizenship Hearing
ICE arrested Kasper Eriksen, a Mississippi father, at his citizenship hearing, imprisoning him and threatening him with deportation.
www.mississippifreepress.org
May 22, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Is this who we want to be? This is insanity.
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it would be cool if some members of the mainstream media cared as much about this administration lying about who's running the agency dismantling the federal government as they do about the former president’s age
May 19, 2025 at 3:00 AM
it would be cool if some members of the mainstream media cared as much about this administration lying about who's running the agency dismantling the federal government as they do about the former president’s age
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Sure, let’s dissect the mental and physical acuity of the former president who sought to make lives in America better while minimizing the reality of a deranged arsonist dismantling the country we’ve known and loved. What a failure to meet this moment.
May 18, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Sure, let’s dissect the mental and physical acuity of the former president who sought to make lives in America better while minimizing the reality of a deranged arsonist dismantling the country we’ve known and loved. What a failure to meet this moment.
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Musk and his gang rather disrupt than save lives.
"Internal proposals to release the food remain on hold, awaiting sign-off from the Office of Foreign Assistance, now headed by 28-year-old Elon Musk appointee, Jeremy Lewin."
Call your representatives.
Call your representatives.
Food For Millions Rots in Storage After Trump’s USAID Cuts
Over 60,000 tons of U.S. food is going to waste in warehouses while millions starve and children die.
www.thedailybeast.com
May 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Musk and his gang rather disrupt than save lives.
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A veteran air-traffic controller at the facility that handles flights in and out of Newark Liberty International Airport is calling for more resources and speaking out about the intense pressures workers face amid a staffing shortage and tech outages.
WSJ: Veteran air-traffic controller speaks out about staffing and tech problems amid blackouts and delays at Newark airport | CNN
A veteran air-traffic controller at the facility that handles flights in and out of Newark Liberty International Airport is calling for more resources and speaking out about the intense pressures work...
www.cnn.com
May 16, 2025 at 12:50 PM
A veteran air-traffic controller at the facility that handles flights in and out of Newark Liberty International Airport is calling for more resources and speaking out about the intense pressures workers face amid a staffing shortage and tech outages.
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