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Found it genuinely jarring how much bullshit was contained in this Politico article about GOP Medicaid cuts. The authors create this alt reality where House Republicans are somehow bum rushing him toward steep cuts that he's "wary" of. Meanwhile these wld violate his "long held" pledge never ...
May 1, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Found it genuinely jarring how much bullshit was contained in this Politico article about GOP Medicaid cuts. The authors create this alt reality where House Republicans are somehow bum rushing him toward steep cuts that he's "wary" of. Meanwhile these wld violate his "long held" pledge never ...
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Couldn't agree more. Everyone should want Narcan everywhere. But it's pretty rich for a millionaire's son years long junkie to be preaching pro-overdose tough love.
Anyone else find it strange that a man with a 14-year heroin addiction is railing against Narcan—the lifesaving drug that helped drive a sharp drop in overdose deaths after a federal distribution program?
No one said Narcan cures addiction. It prevents funerals. That’s the point. The facts 👇🏾
No one said Narcan cures addiction. It prevents funerals. That’s the point. The facts 👇🏾
May 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Couldn't agree more. Everyone should want Narcan everywhere. But it's pretty rich for a millionaire's son years long junkie to be preaching pro-overdose tough love.
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SCOOP: A young man with no government experience who hasn’t even finished his undergrad degree is working for Elon Musk’s DOGE at the Department of Housing and Urban Development and has been tasked with using AI to rewrite the agency’s rules and regulations.
DOGE Put a College Student in Charge of Using AI to Rewrite Regulations
A DOGE operative has been tasked with using AI to propose rewrites to the Department of Housing and Urban Development's regulations—an effort sources are told will roll out across government.
www.wired.com
April 30, 2025 at 7:41 PM
SCOOP: A young man with no government experience who hasn’t even finished his undergrad degree is working for Elon Musk’s DOGE at the Department of Housing and Urban Development and has been tasked with using AI to rewrite the agency’s rules and regulations.
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Mike Waltz has been fired for outrageously adding his wife and brother to a classified chat about national security.
Oh, I'm sorry, that was Pete Hegseth, who keeps his job.
Oh, I'm sorry, that was Pete Hegseth, who keeps his job.
May 1, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Mike Waltz has been fired for outrageously adding his wife and brother to a classified chat about national security.
Oh, I'm sorry, that was Pete Hegseth, who keeps his job.
Oh, I'm sorry, that was Pete Hegseth, who keeps his job.
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This is important acasignups.net/25/05/01/and...
And So It Begins: Aetna/CVS pulling out of ACA exchanges next year as GOP allows IRA subsidies to expire
via Bruce Japsen at Forbes, the first shoe has dropped: CVS Plans To Exit Obamacare In 2026, Affecting 1 Million Aetna Members CVS Health plans to exit the individual health insurance business also kn...
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May 1, 2025 at 5:39 PM
This is important acasignups.net/25/05/01/and...
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1. Clay Jackson, a Texas lawyer, provided basic legal advice to an immigrant family fearing deportation
Then, two officers visited him at his home, accusing him of "obstructing an ongoing immigration investigation"
Then, after speaking publicly, he was fired from his job at a Fortune 500 company
Then, two officers visited him at his home, accusing him of "obstructing an ongoing immigration investigation"
Then, after speaking publicly, he was fired from his job at a Fortune 500 company
Fortune 500 company abruptly fires lawyer who helped immigrant family
On March 4, Clay Jackson, an attorney in the Dallas area, was at a gas station near his home when the attendant asked if he would help a local immigrant family.
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April 29, 2025 at 12:59 PM
1. Clay Jackson, a Texas lawyer, provided basic legal advice to an immigrant family fearing deportation
Then, two officers visited him at his home, accusing him of "obstructing an ongoing immigration investigation"
Then, after speaking publicly, he was fired from his job at a Fortune 500 company
Then, two officers visited him at his home, accusing him of "obstructing an ongoing immigration investigation"
Then, after speaking publicly, he was fired from his job at a Fortune 500 company
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wow
Conservative superlawyer Paul Clement joins yet another case challenging the Trump administration. This time he's representing Judge Hannah Dugan, who was was arrested after the FBI said she tried to shield an illegal immigrant from arrest.
www.jsonline.com/story/news/l...
www.jsonline.com/story/news/l...
April 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
wow
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Make Authoritarianism Great Again
April 28, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Make Authoritarianism Great Again
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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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Commerce Department employees caught up in a legal battle over their mass firings are now learning that their health care coverage was cut off weeks ago, even though they were paying their premiums.
Fired, rehired, and fired again: Some federal workers find they're suddenly uninsured
Commerce Department employees caught up in a legal battle over their mass firings are now learning that their health care coverage was cut off weeks ago, even though they were paying their premiums.
www.npr.org
April 25, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Commerce Department employees caught up in a legal battle over their mass firings are now learning that their health care coverage was cut off weeks ago, even though they were paying their premiums.
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A charity tied to Gov. Ron DeSantis’s wife, Casey DeSantis, gave $10 million to nonprofit political committees that helped the governor defeat a ballot measure.
Why Did a Charity Tied to Casey DeSantis Suddenly Get a $10 Million Boost?
The Hope Florida Foundation quietly gave the money to two nonprofit political committees that helped Gov. Ron DeSantis and his allies defeat a ballot measure.
www.nytimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 12:09 AM
A charity tied to Gov. Ron DeSantis’s wife, Casey DeSantis, gave $10 million to nonprofit political committees that helped the governor defeat a ballot measure.
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The SAVE Act, a.k.a the Save the Republicans' Asses Act, is a shameless attempt to block Americans—especially married women—from voting. Requiring birth certificates to cast a ballot? That’s not election security. That’s voter suppression.
April 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The SAVE Act, a.k.a the Save the Republicans' Asses Act, is a shameless attempt to block Americans—especially married women—from voting. Requiring birth certificates to cast a ballot? That’s not election security. That’s voter suppression.
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here's today's post: "did Donald Trump do some stock market fuckery, or what?" — just what exactly happened?
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did Donald Trump do some stock market fuckery, or what?
just what exactly happened?
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April 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
here's today's post: "did Donald Trump do some stock market fuckery, or what?" — just what exactly happened?
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Tyler Cowen: "This is perhaps the worst economic own goal I have seen in my lifetime. I cannot think of any credentialed economist colleague—Dem, Rep, or indep—who would endorse it. And I haven’t even mentioned the risk that some foreign nations will retaliate against American exporters."
Tyler Cowen: ‘Liberation Day’ Was Even Worse Than Expected
This is perhaps the worst economic own goal I have seen in my lifetime.
www.thefp.com
April 3, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Tyler Cowen: "This is perhaps the worst economic own goal I have seen in my lifetime. I cannot think of any credentialed economist colleague—Dem, Rep, or indep—who would endorse it. And I haven’t even mentioned the risk that some foreign nations will retaliate against American exporters."
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CMS is the agency that manages Medicare, Medicaid and other govt health programs. On Monday they were instructed to devise a plan to cut their budget by roughly one third and four days to decide what to cut. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-a...
The Axe Rises Over Medicare and Medicaid
Earlier this week I noted the fact that the Center for Medicare...
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April 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
CMS is the agency that manages Medicare, Medicaid and other govt health programs. On Monday they were instructed to devise a plan to cut their budget by roughly one third and four days to decide what to cut. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-a...
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so as i understand it the president has driven an improvised fertilizer bomb directly into the foundation of global trade?
April 2, 2025 at 9:51 PM
so as i understand it the president has driven an improvised fertilizer bomb directly into the foundation of global trade?
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I don’t do this often and promise not to make a habit of it, but just this once: WE TRIED TO WARN YOU!!!!!
April 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I don’t do this often and promise not to make a habit of it, but just this once: WE TRIED TO WARN YOU!!!!!
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Donald Trump not imposing *any* tariffs on Russia is all the more revealing as he is levying them on our closest ally, the United Kingdom.
Anything to win Putin's affection.
Anything to win Putin's affection.
April 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Donald Trump not imposing *any* tariffs on Russia is all the more revealing as he is levying them on our closest ally, the United Kingdom.
Anything to win Putin's affection.
Anything to win Putin's affection.
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@nbcnews.com what in the name if all that is holy are you doing with this headline. Disgraceful
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Trump won’t rule out seeking a third term in the White House, tells NBC News ‘there are methods’ for doing so
President Donald Trump said in a Sunday-morning phone call that he was “not joking” about a third term, adding that “it is far too early to think about it.”
www.nbcnews.com
March 30, 2025 at 5:25 PM
@nbcnews.com what in the name if all that is holy are you doing with this headline. Disgraceful
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
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We are currently living in The Age of Incompetent Hypocrites.
March 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
We are currently living in The Age of Incompetent Hypocrites.
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Hard to say what this is yet. But keep an eye on this. www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/l...
FBI, Homeland Security agents search house on Xavier Court in Bloomington
FBI, Homeland Security provide no details about Friday's raid at Bloomington home involving at least a dozen agents
www.heraldtimesonline.com
March 29, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Hard to say what this is yet. But keep an eye on this. www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/l...
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USA to coal miners - Drop Dead. Literally. And take your towns with you
www.post-gazette.com/business/pow...
www.post-gazette.com/business/pow...
Deep fear in coal country: DOGE cuts put region's miners and families on edge
For federal safety inspectors, the urgent call to their sprawling mining office near Pittsburgh was bleak: Man crushed in the rubble of an aging mine in...
www.post-gazette.com
March 30, 2025 at 5:53 PM
USA to coal miners - Drop Dead. Literally. And take your towns with you
www.post-gazette.com/business/pow...
www.post-gazette.com/business/pow...
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very important and I've been hearing the same
I have been hearing from people that they have been having issues accessing their Social Security accounts. INSTEAD of going to a branch which may be hundreds or 1Ks+ of miles away from you, call your members of Congress. They have constituent services that will help you regain access. Please share!
March 30, 2025 at 3:25 PM
very important and I've been hearing the same
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This continues to be the biggest story in the country: DOGE has already squandered half a trillion dollars in 6 weeks. Not billion. half a trillion, $500 billion talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/irs-p...
IRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USA
The Post reports today that the IRS’ internal projections estimate that the...
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March 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This continues to be the biggest story in the country: DOGE has already squandered half a trillion dollars in 6 weeks. Not billion. half a trillion, $500 billion talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/irs-p...