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For 90 years, Social Security has been a lifeline for millions of Americans.
I’m fighting to defend the promise that helps ensure seniors can live with dignity and stability.
I’m fighting to defend the promise that helps ensure seniors can live with dignity and stability.
August 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
For 90 years, Social Security has been a lifeline for millions of Americans.
I’m fighting to defend the promise that helps ensure seniors can live with dignity and stability.
I’m fighting to defend the promise that helps ensure seniors can live with dignity and stability.
After Fatal Explosion, Focus Turns to Steel Mill’s Future and Past www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/u...
After Fatal Explosion, Focus Turns to Steel Mill’s Future and Past
www.nytimes.com
August 13, 2025 at 10:01 AM
After Fatal Explosion, Focus Turns to Steel Mill’s Future and Past www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/u...
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Half an hour of daily exercise clearly improves and extends lives. It’s difficult to prove that intensive training is much more beneficial.
How to Die in Good Health
The average American celebrates just one healthy birthday after the age of sixty-five. Peter Attia argues that it doesn’t have to be this way.
www.newyorker.com
August 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Half an hour of daily exercise clearly improves and extends lives. It’s difficult to prove that intensive training is much more beneficial.
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When millions get thrown off Medicaid, when costs go up for folks insured through the Marketplace, those impacts will raise costs and shutter hospitals for all – even if you have private insurance.
The GOP’s megabill is an uncontained disaster.
The GOP’s megabill is an uncontained disaster.
July 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
When millions get thrown off Medicaid, when costs go up for folks insured through the Marketplace, those impacts will raise costs and shutter hospitals for all – even if you have private insurance.
The GOP’s megabill is an uncontained disaster.
The GOP’s megabill is an uncontained disaster.
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Rural hospitals are lifelines.
This bill would gut health care for millions—especially in small towns.
Closing hospitals doesn’t save money. It costs lives.
We must stop these devastating cuts.
This bill would gut health care for millions—especially in small towns.
Closing hospitals doesn’t save money. It costs lives.
We must stop these devastating cuts.
Over 300 rural hospitals are at risk of closing because the Big Beautiful Betrayal strips health care from 16 million people and drives $500 billion in Medicare cuts by increasing the national debt.
The impact on rural America would be devastating.
The impact on rural America would be devastating.
June 25, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Rural hospitals are lifelines.
This bill would gut health care for millions—especially in small towns.
Closing hospitals doesn’t save money. It costs lives.
We must stop these devastating cuts.
This bill would gut health care for millions—especially in small towns.
Closing hospitals doesn’t save money. It costs lives.
We must stop these devastating cuts.
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As Americans are living longer and retiring with less, programs like Medicare and Social Security help older adults keep food on the table and a roof over their heads.
The true cost of cutting these anti-poverty programs would be measured not in dollars saved, but in lives destroyed.
The true cost of cutting these anti-poverty programs would be measured not in dollars saved, but in lives destroyed.
Supporting Older Americans’ Basic Needs: Health Care, Income, Housing, and Food - Justice in Aging
After working all their lives, many older adults in our communities cannot afford health and long term care, struggle to keep a roof over their heads and food
justiceinaging.org
June 24, 2025 at 12:30 AM
As Americans are living longer and retiring with less, programs like Medicare and Social Security help older adults keep food on the table and a roof over their heads.
The true cost of cutting these anti-poverty programs would be measured not in dollars saved, but in lives destroyed.
The true cost of cutting these anti-poverty programs would be measured not in dollars saved, but in lives destroyed.
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It's an absurd idea that you don't get to enjoy a secure retirement after a lifetime of hard work.
Social Security fixes that.
Social Security fixes that.
June 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
It's an absurd idea that you don't get to enjoy a secure retirement after a lifetime of hard work.
Social Security fixes that.
Social Security fixes that.
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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is ousting all members of a key CDC vaccination advisory committee and replacing them with his own picks.
The move appears to contradict a pledge he made during his confirmation process.
The move appears to contradict a pledge he made during his confirmation process.
RFK Jr. ousts all members of CDC vaccine advisory panel
Kennedy said the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, a group of experts who recommend vaccines, has been "plagued with persistent conflicts of interest."
www.washingtonpost.com
June 9, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is ousting all members of a key CDC vaccination advisory committee and replacing them with his own picks.
The move appears to contradict a pledge he made during his confirmation process.
The move appears to contradict a pledge he made during his confirmation process.
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"Tanner, a chemist at the Univ. of Mississippi working to develop a novel approach for treating glioblastoma, was notified in April that the grant was terminated.
“I would like to cure brain cancer,” Dr. Tanner said. “I think that's not particularly controversial.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
“I would like to cure brain cancer,” Dr. Tanner said. “I think that's not particularly controversial.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Gutting of America’s Medical Research: Here Is Every Canceled or Delayed N.I.H. Grant
Some cuts have been starkly visible, but the country’s medical grant-making machinery has also radically transformed outside the public eye.
www.nytimes.com
June 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
"Tanner, a chemist at the Univ. of Mississippi working to develop a novel approach for treating glioblastoma, was notified in April that the grant was terminated.
“I would like to cure brain cancer,” Dr. Tanner said. “I think that's not particularly controversial.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
“I would like to cure brain cancer,” Dr. Tanner said. “I think that's not particularly controversial.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Musk’s attacks on Social Security were built on a lie. Americans paid for that lie with chaos and confusion.
But we sounded the alarm, we stopped the policy that slowed down claims-processing, and we’ll keep up the pressure to protect benefits.
But we sounded the alarm, we stopped the policy that slowed down claims-processing, and we’ll keep up the pressure to protect benefits.
DOGE went looking for phone fraud at SSA — and found almost none
Since SSA installed new anti-fraud checks on claims made over the phone, only two claims out of over 110,000 were found to likely be fraudulent, according to internal documents obtained by Nextgov/FCW...
www.nextgov.com
May 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Musk’s attacks on Social Security were built on a lie. Americans paid for that lie with chaos and confusion.
But we sounded the alarm, we stopped the policy that slowed down claims-processing, and we’ll keep up the pressure to protect benefits.
But we sounded the alarm, we stopped the policy that slowed down claims-processing, and we’ll keep up the pressure to protect benefits.
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Angie Craig: "I have no idea why we think it's a good idea to repeal a tax on silencers when we are going to feed fewer children in our country as a result of this. It's a moral damn failure is what it is."
May 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Angie Craig: "I have no idea why we think it's a good idea to repeal a tax on silencers when we are going to feed fewer children in our country as a result of this. It's a moral damn failure is what it is."
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Social Security is one of our most successful government programs.
Prior to its creation, as many as three-quarters of Americans lived in poverty.
Today, that number is about 10%.
Social Security WORKS.
Prior to its creation, as many as three-quarters of Americans lived in poverty.
Today, that number is about 10%.
Social Security WORKS.
May 20, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Social Security is one of our most successful government programs.
Prior to its creation, as many as three-quarters of Americans lived in poverty.
Today, that number is about 10%.
Social Security WORKS.
Prior to its creation, as many as three-quarters of Americans lived in poverty.
Today, that number is about 10%.
Social Security WORKS.
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Tell Congress: Don't cut Medicare, Medicaid, or Social Security
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
February 12, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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Let's try and get 1,000 letters out in the next few hours telling Congress no cuts EVER to Medicare, Medicaid, or Social Security actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Tell Congress: Don't cut our social safety net!
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
May 19, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Let's try and get 1,000 letters out in the next few hours telling Congress no cuts EVER to Medicare, Medicaid, or Social Security actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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May is Older Americans Month. Older adults deserve to be able to age in their homes and communities with dignity, and I’ll keep pushing to protect federal programs like Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security that are under threat from the Trump Administration.
May 6, 2025 at 1:38 PM
May is Older Americans Month. Older adults deserve to be able to age in their homes and communities with dignity, and I’ll keep pushing to protect federal programs like Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security that are under threat from the Trump Administration.
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DOGE gutting the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health will have devastating and irreversible effects on workers’ lives.
All workers deserve to go home at the workday end of the day safe and healthy. Without NISOH, that will be less likely.
All workers deserve to go home at the workday end of the day safe and healthy. Without NISOH, that will be less likely.
'I want to live': Coal miners speak out as Trump strips away health protections
Even as President Trump vows to reinvigorate America's coal industry, critics say his administration has stripped away key health protections for miners.
abcnews.go.com
May 6, 2025 at 4:59 PM
DOGE gutting the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health will have devastating and irreversible effects on workers’ lives.
All workers deserve to go home at the workday end of the day safe and healthy. Without NISOH, that will be less likely.
All workers deserve to go home at the workday end of the day safe and healthy. Without NISOH, that will be less likely.
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BREAKING NEWS: Every Republican Senator just signed off on the DOGE destruction of Social Security!
Frank Bisignano has spent the last few months helping Donald Trump and Elon Musk take a chainsaw to Social Security.
Shame on these Senators for being complicit in the attacks on Social Security.
Frank Bisignano has spent the last few months helping Donald Trump and Elon Musk take a chainsaw to Social Security.
Shame on these Senators for being complicit in the attacks on Social Security.
May 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
BREAKING NEWS: Every Republican Senator just signed off on the DOGE destruction of Social Security!
Frank Bisignano has spent the last few months helping Donald Trump and Elon Musk take a chainsaw to Social Security.
Shame on these Senators for being complicit in the attacks on Social Security.
Frank Bisignano has spent the last few months helping Donald Trump and Elon Musk take a chainsaw to Social Security.
Shame on these Senators for being complicit in the attacks on Social Security.
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15 House Republicans are sounding the alarm over recent staffing cuts and plans for more cutbacks across the Social Security Administration. They’re pressing SSA chief Frank Bisignano to hold off on any more cuts that could “further deteriorate customer service that has been subpar in recent years.”
House Republicans warn Trump administration on Social Security cuts
A new letter comes following confirmation of the new agency chief.
www.politico.com
May 6, 2025 at 11:29 PM
15 House Republicans are sounding the alarm over recent staffing cuts and plans for more cutbacks across the Social Security Administration. They’re pressing SSA chief Frank Bisignano to hold off on any more cuts that could “further deteriorate customer service that has been subpar in recent years.”
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Bernie: You have an obscenity in the wealthiest guy in the world running all over DC firing thousands of dedicated federal employees. At a time when the Social Security Administration doesn't have enough employees right now to service the seniors, they want to discharge thousands of people at SSA.
May 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Bernie: You have an obscenity in the wealthiest guy in the world running all over DC firing thousands of dedicated federal employees. At a time when the Social Security Administration doesn't have enough employees right now to service the seniors, they want to discharge thousands of people at SSA.
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Trump is making American workers less safe. Nearly all of the remaining staff at the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health were laid off Friday, gutting programs ranging from approvals of new safety equipment to firefighter health.
Worker safety agency NIOSH lays off most remaining staff
Laid-off employees ranged from those working in firefighter health programs, to those approving new respirators.
cbsn.ws
May 3, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Trump is making American workers less safe. Nearly all of the remaining staff at the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health were laid off Friday, gutting programs ranging from approvals of new safety equipment to firefighter health.
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Trump's nominee to head #OSHA ran health and safety program at companies where workers died of heat exposure, and currently oppose a new OSHA heat standard. www.levernews.com/workers-frie...
Workers Fried and Died Under Trump’s Workplace Safety Nominee
As David Keeling led companies’ safety operations, workers fell ill and died amid extreme temperatures. Now he could dismantle federal heat protections.
www.levernews.com
May 1, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Trump's nominee to head #OSHA ran health and safety program at companies where workers died of heat exposure, and currently oppose a new OSHA heat standard. www.levernews.com/workers-frie...
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Pitt officials said funding cuts have already terminated 12 research programs, including studies related to HIV, COVID-19 and vaccines. Pitt is the 6th highest recipient of NIH funding in the nation, securing $660M last year alone. About a quarter of that went to just the department of medicine.
University of Pittsburgh medical researchers show state legislators impact of NIH funding cuts
Democratic members of Pennsylvania's state House came to the University of Pittsburgh Tuesday to talk with researchers whose federal funding has been impacted by recent spending cuts.
www.wesa.fm
April 30, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Pitt officials said funding cuts have already terminated 12 research programs, including studies related to HIV, COVID-19 and vaccines. Pitt is the 6th highest recipient of NIH funding in the nation, securing $660M last year alone. About a quarter of that went to just the department of medicine.
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April 28 is Workers Memorial Day. Join us as we pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living. 🧵
April 27, 2025 at 9:09 PM
April 28 is Workers Memorial Day. Join us as we pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living. 🧵