@farmhousestudio.bsky.social
The BBB stunt will “only offset a little more than one-third of the package’s estimated $137 billion cut to federal Medicaid spending in rural areas”. Rural communities eat the other 2/3 slowing, not preventing, the death of their hospitals, while Orange Menace declares a win and moves on.
Alaska, Montana, Oklahoma crack top five in first rural hospital funding allocation. Story by Shauneen Miranda for @statesnewsroom.com
Alaska, Montana, Oklahoma crack top five in first rural hospital funding allocation
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s administration unveiled Monday hundreds of millions of dollars each state will receive this fiscal year as part of a massive $50 billion rural health fund baked i...
www.newsfromthestates.com
December 30, 2025 at 1:12 AM
The BBB stunt will “only offset a little more than one-third of the package’s estimated $137 billion cut to federal Medicaid spending in rural areas”. Rural communities eat the other 2/3 slowing, not preventing, the death of their hospitals, while Orange Menace declares a win and moves on.
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Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable.
We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
Democrats must remember this — and act on it.
We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
Democrats must remember this — and act on it.
December 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable.
We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
Democrats must remember this — and act on it.
We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
Democrats must remember this — and act on it.
S&P500 index up 16%. With the plummet in the US$ value this year, internatl investors are only up 2.6%. When combined with the risk of permanent capital parked in the US being “one of the easiest things to weaponise” by the US govt, why would a foreign investor move or keep money here?
This piece is a great illustration of how the long-term effect of Trump’s destruction of US institutions won’t be felt in a dramatic market collapse, but rather in permanently worse economic conditions, and lower prosperity.
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... So long, American exceptionalism
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... So long, American exceptionalism
So long, American exceptionalism
For the first time, investors are talking about ‘US risk’
giftarticle.ft.com
December 27, 2025 at 1:52 AM
S&P500 index up 16%. With the plummet in the US$ value this year, internatl investors are only up 2.6%. When combined with the risk of permanent capital parked in the US being “one of the easiest things to weaponise” by the US govt, why would a foreign investor move or keep money here?
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Can someone please respond to Stephen Miller with this message from Frank Sinatra?
December 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Can someone please respond to Stephen Miller with this message from Frank Sinatra?
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The DOJ Epstein files roll out has been a disaster thus far, and exemplifies what many survivors have been saying for years. There is one piece of news that not enough people are talking about, however, and that’s how these files vindicated Maria Farmer. She told the truth in 1996.
December 24, 2025 at 1:11 AM
The DOJ Epstein files roll out has been a disaster thus far, and exemplifies what many survivors have been saying for years. There is one piece of news that not enough people are talking about, however, and that’s how these files vindicated Maria Farmer. She told the truth in 1996.
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Based on what we can see? Oregon is likely to be the first state to transition to Universal Health Care.
Truly! It's audacious to say, but it is tangible. There is a transition plan due to the OR Legislature in 2026. Health Care for All Oregon has been advocating for this change for decades.
Truly! It's audacious to say, but it is tangible. There is a transition plan due to the OR Legislature in 2026. Health Care for All Oregon has been advocating for this change for decades.
December 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Based on what we can see? Oregon is likely to be the first state to transition to Universal Health Care.
Truly! It's audacious to say, but it is tangible. There is a transition plan due to the OR Legislature in 2026. Health Care for All Oregon has been advocating for this change for decades.
Truly! It's audacious to say, but it is tangible. There is a transition plan due to the OR Legislature in 2026. Health Care for All Oregon has been advocating for this change for decades.
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ICE agents illegally break into a woman's bathroom in a NY nutrition bar manufacturing plant. "Pull up your pants," says a male agent. The agents only had a warrant to review employer documents. They didn't have a warrant to search for, detain, or arrest anyone there.
December 22, 2025 at 7:52 PM
ICE agents illegally break into a woman's bathroom in a NY nutrition bar manufacturing plant. "Pull up your pants," says a male agent. The agents only had a warrant to review employer documents. They didn't have a warrant to search for, detain, or arrest anyone there.
Detention thus becomes not merely an enforcement tool but a stabilized commercial product.
Detention capacity is maintained to sustain the business rather than to serve legal necessity.
Warehousing persists not because it is efficient, but because it is financially entrenched.
Not ok. Not my USA.
Detention capacity is maintained to sustain the business rather than to serve legal necessity.
Warehousing persists not because it is efficient, but because it is financially entrenched.
Not ok. Not my USA.
#USA #Tyranny #Constitution #Law #DHS #ICE
open.substack.com/pub/defender...
"Unlike historical systems of unfree labor, private immigration detention derives revenue primarily from the physical confinement of migrants as chargeable inventory. "
open.substack.com/pub/defender...
"Unlike historical systems of unfree labor, private immigration detention derives revenue primarily from the physical confinement of migrants as chargeable inventory. "
The For-Profit Warehousing of Immigrants
Custodial Profit, Public Cost, and the Political Economy of Immigration Detention
open.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Detention thus becomes not merely an enforcement tool but a stabilized commercial product.
Detention capacity is maintained to sustain the business rather than to serve legal necessity.
Warehousing persists not because it is efficient, but because it is financially entrenched.
Not ok. Not my USA.
Detention capacity is maintained to sustain the business rather than to serve legal necessity.
Warehousing persists not because it is efficient, but because it is financially entrenched.
Not ok. Not my USA.
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The Associated Press has an excellent story about how FCC boss Brendan Carr bullied a Bay Area AM radio station for the crime of reporting on local ICE activity.
facing existential collapse it immediately demoted journalists end replaced political coverage with safe public interest cack:
facing existential collapse it immediately demoted journalists end replaced political coverage with safe public interest cack:
How an AM radio station in California weathered the Trump administration's assault on media
Six days into President Donald Trump's new administration, the San Francisco Bay-area radio station KCBS-AM and other outlets reported on local immigration raids.
apnews.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The Associated Press has an excellent story about how FCC boss Brendan Carr bullied a Bay Area AM radio station for the crime of reporting on local ICE activity.
facing existential collapse it immediately demoted journalists end replaced political coverage with safe public interest cack:
facing existential collapse it immediately demoted journalists end replaced political coverage with safe public interest cack:
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🧵For those who missed it, they just Trump-proofed the Fed.
A big fuck you to Trump.
The sleepy old pedo has to be losing his shit over this.
Trump will probably take it to the Supreme Court, who will rule that Trump has the power to fire and appoint regional Fed bank presidents.
A big fuck you to Trump.
The sleepy old pedo has to be losing his shit over this.
Trump will probably take it to the Supreme Court, who will rule that Trump has the power to fire and appoint regional Fed bank presidents.
The Fed just ‘Trump-proofed’ itself with a unanimous move to preempt a potential leadership shake-up | Fortune
“If I’m reading this properly, they just Trump-proofed the Fed.”
fortune.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
🧵For those who missed it, they just Trump-proofed the Fed.
A big fuck you to Trump.
The sleepy old pedo has to be losing his shit over this.
Trump will probably take it to the Supreme Court, who will rule that Trump has the power to fire and appoint regional Fed bank presidents.
A big fuck you to Trump.
The sleepy old pedo has to be losing his shit over this.
Trump will probably take it to the Supreme Court, who will rule that Trump has the power to fire and appoint regional Fed bank presidents.
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December 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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ICE whistles work.
The horns and whistles work
What it's like to watch community activists stand up to a Border Patrol raid.
www.motherjones.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
ICE whistles work.
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Twenty-two.
That is the number of lawsuits the DOJ has filed for unfettered access to states’ voter rolls. And Georgia, Illinois, Wisconsin and D.C. just became the latest targets of the department’s unprecedented hunt for their voters’ information.
That is the number of lawsuits the DOJ has filed for unfettered access to states’ voter rolls. And Georgia, Illinois, Wisconsin and D.C. just became the latest targets of the department’s unprecedented hunt for their voters’ information.
DOJ Sues Georgia, Illinois, Wisconsin and DC, Expanding Campaign of Voter Data Lawsuits to 22
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Twenty-two.
That is the number of lawsuits the DOJ has filed for unfettered access to states’ voter rolls. And Georgia, Illinois, Wisconsin and D.C. just became the latest targets of the department’s unprecedented hunt for their voters’ information.
That is the number of lawsuits the DOJ has filed for unfettered access to states’ voter rolls. And Georgia, Illinois, Wisconsin and D.C. just became the latest targets of the department’s unprecedented hunt for their voters’ information.
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Data is beginning to reveal the devastating cumulative effects of the Trump administration’s policies for workers of color.
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-the...
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-the...
How the Trump Administration Is Quietly Resegregating the American Workforce
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis....
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Data is beginning to reveal the devastating cumulative effects of the Trump administration’s policies for workers of color.
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-the...
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-the...
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Pollution from closed-loop cooling systems, wetland destruction are among the issues aired at EGLE hearing on Oracle, OpenAI data center’s wetland permit. planetdetroit.org/2025/12/sali...
Data center is threat to Saline River, residents say in wetlands hearing
Michigan regulators held a wetlands hearing for Oracle and OpenAI data center development near the Saline River.
planetdetroit.org
December 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Pollution from closed-loop cooling systems, wetland destruction are among the issues aired at EGLE hearing on Oracle, OpenAI data center’s wetland permit. planetdetroit.org/2025/12/sali...
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Russ Vought set out to ensure a second Trump term would not be hampered by checks and balances:
“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”
(Published October w/ @newyorker.com)
“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”
(Published October w/ @newyorker.com)
Russell Vought, Trump’s Shadow President
From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that inside...
www.propublica.org
December 19, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Russ Vought set out to ensure a second Trump term would not be hampered by checks and balances:
“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”
(Published October w/ @newyorker.com)
“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”
(Published October w/ @newyorker.com)
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“They’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them. It is something I’ve never encountered.” www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...
Trump Administration Says Maryland Woman's Birth Certificate Is Fake In Dystopian Move
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday. ICE won’t release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.
www.huffpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:53 AM
“They’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them. It is something I’ve never encountered.” www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...
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PUBLISHED! My latest piece addresses the inactivity and passivity of the anti-Trump resistance. From my vantage point, it is not doing enough 🫣
I highlight seven lessons from those who have resisted authoritarian rule around the world.
theconversation.com/has-the-trum...
I highlight seven lessons from those who have resisted authoritarian rule around the world.
theconversation.com/has-the-trum...
Has the Trump resistance been too passive? Here are 7 ways to effectively protest authoritarian rule
The ‘No Kings’ protests have been important, but smaller, more sustained acts of resistance have proven successful in other countries around the world.
theconversation.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:35 PM
PUBLISHED! My latest piece addresses the inactivity and passivity of the anti-Trump resistance. From my vantage point, it is not doing enough 🫣
I highlight seven lessons from those who have resisted authoritarian rule around the world.
theconversation.com/has-the-trum...
I highlight seven lessons from those who have resisted authoritarian rule around the world.
theconversation.com/has-the-trum...
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Remember: The oligarchs who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us so they can become more powerful.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
December 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Remember: The oligarchs who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us so they can become more powerful.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
Total white-washing bullshit by Legacy mgmt. You would NEVER place an abuser at the bedside of the abused, yet, if the abuser is ICE, Legacy mgmt says ok. Legacy is putting nursing licenses at risk, forcing mgmt CYA over patient care. Our medical industry at work… for the Orange Menace, not patients
Nurses at Legacy Emanuel hospital are raising alarm bells, saying hospital policies accommodating immigration enforcement agents violate the code of ethics they swore to uphold.
Legacy Staff and Nurses Union Say Hospital Policies Harm Immigrants
Jeremiah Hayden
www.portlandmercury.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Total white-washing bullshit by Legacy mgmt. You would NEVER place an abuser at the bedside of the abused, yet, if the abuser is ICE, Legacy mgmt says ok. Legacy is putting nursing licenses at risk, forcing mgmt CYA over patient care. Our medical industry at work… for the Orange Menace, not patients
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Nurses at Legacy Emanuel hospital are raising alarm bells, saying hospital policies accommodating immigration enforcement agents violate the code of ethics they swore to uphold.
Legacy Staff and Nurses Union Say Hospital Policies Harm Immigrants
Jeremiah Hayden
www.portlandmercury.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Nurses at Legacy Emanuel hospital are raising alarm bells, saying hospital policies accommodating immigration enforcement agents violate the code of ethics they swore to uphold.
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WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.
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*Taking a deep, deep breath* -- Wharton School of Business has A LOT of explaining to do. Would YOU send your kid there after hearing the utter bullshit that comes out of this "graduate's" mouth???
December 10, 2025 at 8:33 PM
*Taking a deep, deep breath* -- Wharton School of Business has A LOT of explaining to do. Would YOU send your kid there after hearing the utter bullshit that comes out of this "graduate's" mouth???
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After saying it would only meet again with the union when the strike ended, Legacy agreed to mediation. But the conversation left the union underwhelmed.
Striking Legacy Health Workers Make (Slight) Headway
Andrew Schwartz
www.wweek.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:38 AM
After saying it would only meet again with the union when the strike ended, Legacy agreed to mediation. But the conversation left the union underwhelmed.