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EMERGENCY MEDICAID REIMBURSES HOSPITALS FOR CARE TO UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS BECAUSE BY LAW HOSPITALS CANNOT TURN AWAY ANYONE IN AN EMERGENCY.
RONALD REGAN SIGNED THIS INTO LAW.
RONALD REGAN SIGNED THIS INTO LAW.
October 2, 2025 at 3:57 AM
EMERGENCY MEDICAID REIMBURSES HOSPITALS FOR CARE TO UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS BECAUSE BY LAW HOSPITALS CANNOT TURN AWAY ANYONE IN AN EMERGENCY.
RONALD REGAN SIGNED THIS INTO LAW.
RONALD REGAN SIGNED THIS INTO LAW.
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#jonchait:
“The members of the Republican majority are behaving not like traditional conservatives but like revolutionaries who, having seized power,believe they must smash up the old order as quickly as possible before the country recognizes what is happening.”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
“The members of the Republican majority are behaving not like traditional conservatives but like revolutionaries who, having seized power,believe they must smash up the old order as quickly as possible before the country recognizes what is happening.”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Largest Upward Transfer of Wealth in American History
House Republicans voted to advance a bill that would offer lavish tax cuts for the rich while slashing benefits for the poor.
www.theatlantic.com
May 24, 2025 at 6:12 AM
#jonchait:
“The members of the Republican majority are behaving not like traditional conservatives but like revolutionaries who, having seized power,believe they must smash up the old order as quickly as possible before the country recognizes what is happening.”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
“The members of the Republican majority are behaving not like traditional conservatives but like revolutionaries who, having seized power,believe they must smash up the old order as quickly as possible before the country recognizes what is happening.”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Sheesh
RFK Jr. ordered the NIH’s Integrated Research Facility in Frederick to stop all research on serious infectious diseases yesterday at 5:00 PM.
They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
RFK Jr.'s HHS Orders Lab Studying Deadly Infectious Diseases to Stop Research
NIAID's Integrated Research Facility is one of the few federal facilities charged with studying Ebola. Tuesday afternoon, all of its work was put on indefinite pause by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s departm...
www.wired.com
April 30, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Sheesh
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"It sounds like Trump’s idea of protecting women is limiting their rights to preserve his own grip on power." - @susanrinkunas.com www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-...
The SAVE Act Extends the GOP’s War on Women to the Voter Rolls
Opinion | It sounds like Trump’s idea of protecting women is limiting their rights to preserve his own grip on power.
www.democracydocket.com
April 28, 2025 at 11:30 AM
"It sounds like Trump’s idea of protecting women is limiting their rights to preserve his own grip on power." - @susanrinkunas.com www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-...
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The Trump administration is damaging the pillars of American exceptionalism. They won’t be easy to get back.
America’s Market Exceptionalism Isn’t Coming Back
With the US’s economic prospects waning, free movement of capital is becoming an Achilles’ heel as investors of all stripes start to flee US assets.
bloom.bg
April 26, 2025 at 6:47 AM
The Trump administration is damaging the pillars of American exceptionalism. They won’t be easy to get back.
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“He is one of the top five, probably, most targeted people in the world for espionage.”
That seems accurate!
That seems accurate!
Hesgeth used his personal phone to log into a 4th-tier sports betting site -- and to relay real-time information about U.S. airstrikes.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
Hegseth’s Personal Phone Use Created Vulnerabilities, Analysts Say
The phone number used in the Signal chat could also be found in a variety of places, including on social media and a fantasy sports site.
www.nytimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
“He is one of the top five, probably, most targeted people in the world for espionage.”
That seems accurate!
That seems accurate!
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It all starts making sense when you stop thinking of the Republican Party as a political movement and instead think of it as a criminal enterprise.
A developing political scandal in Florida has Gov. Ron DeSantis on the defensive
A developing political scandal in Florida has put Gov. Ron DeSantis on the defensive. Republican lawmakers are investigating how $10 million in state money was diverted for use in a campaign.
www.npr.org
April 25, 2025 at 4:09 AM
It all starts making sense when you stop thinking of the Republican Party as a political movement and instead think of it as a criminal enterprise.
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Maddow: 88% of the country says no, no, he cannot defy a supreme court ruling. Only 9% say yes he can. And you know, it's not the same thing. But I should mention that 9% is also the proportion of Americans who told yougov this week that they have a favorable view of the black plague
April 25, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Maddow: 88% of the country says no, no, he cannot defy a supreme court ruling. Only 9% say yes he can. And you know, it's not the same thing. But I should mention that 9% is also the proportion of Americans who told yougov this week that they have a favorable view of the black plague
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"The Agriculture Department will not require poultry companies to limit salmonella bacteria in their products, halting a Biden Administration effort to prevent food poisoning from contaminated meat."
www.seattletimes.com/business/usd...
www.seattletimes.com/business/usd...
USDA withdraws a plan to limit salmonella levels in raw poultry
The Agriculture Department says it is withdrawing a plan to limit salmonella bacteria in poultry products.
www.seattletimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM
"The Agriculture Department will not require poultry companies to limit salmonella bacteria in their products, halting a Biden Administration effort to prevent food poisoning from contaminated meat."
www.seattletimes.com/business/usd...
www.seattletimes.com/business/usd...
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Jeffrey Sachs estimates that the Trump tariffs eliminated $10 trillion. That money didn't transfer or switch countries; it was destroyed. In a matter of days, one decision cost as much as 20 years of war in the Middle East or half the cost of the 2008 crash—by choice.
April 24, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Jeffrey Sachs estimates that the Trump tariffs eliminated $10 trillion. That money didn't transfer or switch countries; it was destroyed. In a matter of days, one decision cost as much as 20 years of war in the Middle East or half the cost of the 2008 crash—by choice.
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NBC News EXCLUSIVE: A deadly E. coli outbreak hit 15 states, but the FDA chose not to publicize it
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
A deadly E. coli outbreak hit 15 states, but the FDA chose not to publicize it
The outbreak linked to romaine lettuce killed one person and sickened at least 88 more, including a 9-year-old boy who nearly died of kidney failure.
www.nbcnews.com
April 17, 2025 at 11:05 AM
NBC News EXCLUSIVE: A deadly E. coli outbreak hit 15 states, but the FDA chose not to publicize it
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Voters elected Trump because they thought he'd help lower costs. Instead he's sending regular people into collections. abcnews.go.com/Politics/5-m...
5 million student loan borrowers face mandatory collections starting May 5
Some 5 million Americans with defaulted student loan payments will have their loans sent for collections on May 5, the Department of Education announced on Monday.
abcnews.go.com
April 23, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Voters elected Trump because they thought he'd help lower costs. Instead he's sending regular people into collections. abcnews.go.com/Politics/5-m...
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Let’s dream up to ways to shit on women. Oh hey, let’s cancel the largest clinical trial ever for women www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH cancels its first and largest study centered on women
The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings
www.science.org
April 23, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Let’s dream up to ways to shit on women. Oh hey, let’s cancel the largest clinical trial ever for women www.science.org/content/arti...
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“Articles and forum posts with titles such as ‘Why Is [Insert Hobby] So Expensive Now?’ have become a genre of writing unto themselves.”
Tyler Austin Harper on the problem of hobby inflation:
Tyler Austin Harper on the problem of hobby inflation:
What We Lose When We’re Priced Out of Our Hobbies
For a lot of people, it’s getting too expensive to knit or fish.
bit.ly
April 22, 2025 at 5:15 AM
“Articles and forum posts with titles such as ‘Why Is [Insert Hobby] So Expensive Now?’ have become a genre of writing unto themselves.”
Tyler Austin Harper on the problem of hobby inflation:
Tyler Austin Harper on the problem of hobby inflation:
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President Trump on Thursday said he was allowing commercial fishing in one of the world’s largest ocean reserves, introducing industrial operations for the first time in more than a decade to a vast area of the Pacific dotted with coral atolls and populated by endangered sea turtles and whales.
Trump Opens Marine National Monument to Commercial Fisheries
The president said the move was aimed at making the United States the world’s “dominant seafood leader.”
nytimes.com
April 18, 2025 at 9:51 AM
President Trump on Thursday said he was allowing commercial fishing in one of the world’s largest ocean reserves, introducing industrial operations for the first time in more than a decade to a vast area of the Pacific dotted with coral atolls and populated by endangered sea turtles and whales.
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President Trump’s decision to move a step closer to imposing tariffs on imported medicines poses considerable political risk, because Americans could face higher prices and more shortages of critical drugs.
Trump’s Tariff Threat for Imported Medicines Poses Political Risks
Levies on Americans’ daily prescriptions and other medicines could raise costs, spur rationing and lead to shortages of critical drugs.
www.nytimes.com
April 16, 2025 at 8:03 AM
President Trump’s decision to move a step closer to imposing tariffs on imported medicines poses considerable political risk, because Americans could face higher prices and more shortages of critical drugs.
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ATTENTION DC Bar Members — Pam Bondi’s brother wants to protect his sister! VOTE FOR
A WORKING BAR.
A WORKING BAR.
I’ve just posted this video message to members of the DC Bar, urging them to vote *AGAINST* AG Pam Bondi’s brother to be its next president. Please pass this on to anyone who is eligible to vote.
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www.instagram.com/reel/DIcQFxt...
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Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.
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April 15, 2025 at 4:37 AM
ATTENTION DC Bar Members — Pam Bondi’s brother wants to protect his sister! VOTE FOR
A WORKING BAR.
A WORKING BAR.
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Unvaccinated adults are uniquely vulnerable to the measles, because the disease only becomes nastier and deadlier with age. And the virus is finding them, @sarahzhang.bsky.social reports:
What Makes Modern Measles Outbreaks Different
Unvaccinated children are becoming unvaccinated adults, who are at risk of dangerous complications.
bit.ly
April 15, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Unvaccinated adults are uniquely vulnerable to the measles, because the disease only becomes nastier and deadlier with age. And the virus is finding them, @sarahzhang.bsky.social reports:
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Called my congressman who voted for the SAVE act.
Me: What documents will I need to vote if this passes?
Staffer: a DL and birth certificate.
Me: The documents don’t match
Staffer: Then a marriage certificate.
Me: Will my husband need the marriage certificate too?
Staffer: No
Me: See the problem?
Me: What documents will I need to vote if this passes?
Staffer: a DL and birth certificate.
Me: The documents don’t match
Staffer: Then a marriage certificate.
Me: Will my husband need the marriage certificate too?
Staffer: No
Me: See the problem?
April 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Called my congressman who voted for the SAVE act.
Me: What documents will I need to vote if this passes?
Staffer: a DL and birth certificate.
Me: The documents don’t match
Staffer: Then a marriage certificate.
Me: Will my husband need the marriage certificate too?
Staffer: No
Me: See the problem?
Me: What documents will I need to vote if this passes?
Staffer: a DL and birth certificate.
Me: The documents don’t match
Staffer: Then a marriage certificate.
Me: Will my husband need the marriage certificate too?
Staffer: No
Me: See the problem?
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This crisis is like the COVID pandemic except it's caused by a guy who ran for president on a platform of "I have engineered a virus that will shut down the global economy, and if you elect me, I will release it"
April 9, 2025 at 11:23 AM
This crisis is like the COVID pandemic except it's caused by a guy who ran for president on a platform of "I have engineered a virus that will shut down the global economy, and if you elect me, I will release it"
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Amy Sherald, who painted former First Lady Michelle Obama's portrait in 2018, has a major survey of her work opening this week at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.
Painter Amy Sherald asks: What is American?
Amy Sherald, who painted former First Lady Michelle Obama's portrait in 2018, has a major survey of her work opening this week at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.
www.npr.org
April 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Amy Sherald, who painted former First Lady Michelle Obama's portrait in 2018, has a major survey of her work opening this week at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.
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Last week, I wrote about how authoritarianism leads to poverty and corruption. Feels like an appropriate moment to post it again.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
America’s Future Is Hungary
MAGA conservatives love Viktor Orbán. But he’s left his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished.
www.theatlantic.com
April 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Last week, I wrote about how authoritarianism leads to poverty and corruption. Feels like an appropriate moment to post it again.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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