xpostfactoid
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Blogging mostly healthcare policy at http://xpostfactoid.substack.com. ACA implementation watcher. CSR czar. AKA Andrew Sprung.
Open season for China in Taiwan
This strike doesn't represent strength. It's not sound foreign policy. It puts Americans at risk in Venezuela and the region, and it sends a horrible and disturbing signal to other powerful leaders across the globe that targeting a head of state is an acceptable policy for the U.S. government.
January 3, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Open season for China in Taiwan
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If Xi Jinping invaded Taiwan right now, and toppled the president there, on what grounds would the United States object? Or have any credibility to say anything?
January 3, 2026 at 1:13 PM
If Xi Jinping invaded Taiwan right now, and toppled the president there, on what grounds would the United States object? Or have any credibility to say anything?
Our Nazi AG boasts that Maduro and his wife "will soon face the full wrath of American justice on American soil in American courts.”
January 3, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Our Nazi AG boasts that Maduro and his wife "will soon face the full wrath of American justice on American soil in American courts.”
This is illuminating, @gelliottmorris.com, but a quibble: You write as if @WSJ is on the Fox side of the ledger.
It's not. You can't read the great WSJ reporting and think Trump is doing well on the economy. And even the paleo editorial page hits him relentlessly on tariffs.
It's not. You can't read the great WSJ reporting and think Trump is doing well on the economy. And even the paleo editorial page hits him relentlessly on tariffs.
What your news diet says about your politics
Breaking down Trump's approval and 2026 midterms vote by Americans' primary news source
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January 2, 2026 at 2:05 PM
This is illuminating, @gelliottmorris.com, but a quibble: You write as if @WSJ is on the Fox side of the ledger.
It's not. You can't read the great WSJ reporting and think Trump is doing well on the economy. And even the paleo editorial page hits him relentlessly on tariffs.
It's not. You can't read the great WSJ reporting and think Trump is doing well on the economy. And even the paleo editorial page hits him relentlessly on tariffs.
This chart from G. Elliot Morris makes me wonder whether all the angst about newspaper "framing" isn't misplaced.
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open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...
January 2, 2026 at 1:38 PM
This chart from G. Elliot Morris makes me wonder whether all the angst about newspaper "framing" isn't misplaced.
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open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...
Twitter question:
While my Twitter feed is less useful than in the pre-Musk era, I keep the setting on "Following" and don't see a lot of bilge.
What I don't get is why so many people apparently subject themselves to the algorithm (via "For you").
What am I missing?
While my Twitter feed is less useful than in the pre-Musk era, I keep the setting on "Following" and don't see a lot of bilge.
What I don't get is why so many people apparently subject themselves to the algorithm (via "For you").
What am I missing?
January 2, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Twitter question:
While my Twitter feed is less useful than in the pre-Musk era, I keep the setting on "Following" and don't see a lot of bilge.
What I don't get is why so many people apparently subject themselves to the algorithm (via "For you").
What am I missing?
While my Twitter feed is less useful than in the pre-Musk era, I keep the setting on "Following" and don't see a lot of bilge.
What I don't get is why so many people apparently subject themselves to the algorithm (via "For you").
What am I missing?
WSJ paleos have been relentless in hitting Trump's tariffs. Kudos. Also RFK's corruption.
WSJ editorial on the latest of the hundreds of tariff walkbacks by trump (this one for furniture): “Rarely has a President worked so hard to cover the damage from his policies without admitting it.”
January 2, 2026 at 1:46 AM
WSJ paleos have been relentless in hitting Trump's tariffs. Kudos. Also RFK's corruption.
Man, Sliwa is a trip
www.wsj.com/opinion/free...
www.wsj.com/opinion/free...
Q&A: Curtis Sliwa
Free Expression talks to the Guardian Angels founder about his campaign for New York mayor and his hopes for the city under Zohran Mamdani.
www.wsj.com
January 2, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Man, Sliwa is a trip
www.wsj.com/opinion/free...
www.wsj.com/opinion/free...
The only expectation I seek to reset is that of small expectations
Mamdani
Mamdani
FULL SPEECH: Zohran Mamdani’s Inaugural Remarks as NYC Mayor Outlines Vision for the City | AC1B
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January 1, 2026 at 9:20 PM
The only expectation I seek to reset is that of small expectations
Mamdani
Mamdani
Happy New Year! If you checked out ACA marketplace coverage for 2026 and saw yourself falling off the subsidy cliff...there may be a way to rappel back.
Gift of the malleable MAGI: Getting on the right side of the subsidy cliff
As Republicans have restored the ACA's income cap on subsidies for now, those with projected income modestly over the 400% FPL cap should look for legal ways to reduce the income that counts
xpostfactoid.substack.com
January 1, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Happy New Year! If you checked out ACA marketplace coverage for 2026 and saw yourself falling off the subsidy cliff...there may be a way to rappel back.
Sounds kind of Final Solutiony
An official account of the United States government is dreamposting about deporting 80+ million citizens
January 1, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Sounds kind of Final Solutiony
Happy New Year! Who wrote this?
"These terms, while formidable, will save much laborious periphrasis."
"These terms, while formidable, will save much laborious periphrasis."
January 1, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Happy New Year! Who wrote this?
"These terms, while formidable, will save much laborious periphrasis."
"These terms, while formidable, will save much laborious periphrasis."
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NEW: Jack Smith's team interviewed Giuliani, and when asked whether Rudy believed his own lies about election fraud, Jack Smith said he did not, and that neither did Donald Trump.
December 31, 2025 at 9:48 PM
NEW: Jack Smith's team interviewed Giuliani, and when asked whether Rudy believed his own lies about election fraud, Jack Smith said he did not, and that neither did Donald Trump.
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Breaking: Trump says he's removing the National Guard from Los Angeles, Chicago, and Portland.
The move comes after the Supreme Court dealt a blow to Trump's authority to send troops to Chicago.
The move comes after the Supreme Court dealt a blow to Trump's authority to send troops to Chicago.
December 31, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Breaking: Trump says he's removing the National Guard from Los Angeles, Chicago, and Portland.
The move comes after the Supreme Court dealt a blow to Trump's authority to send troops to Chicago.
The move comes after the Supreme Court dealt a blow to Trump's authority to send troops to Chicago.
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NEW: Four key lessons that we can and must take out of 2025.
It was a long and difficult year as President Donald Trump and his administration sought to push America into authoritarianism. But, they are losing — and we can get through this.
Closing out the year at Law Dork:
It was a long and difficult year as President Donald Trump and his administration sought to push America into authoritarianism. But, they are losing — and we can get through this.
Closing out the year at Law Dork:
The four key lessons that we can and must take out of 2025
It was a long and difficult year as President Donald Trump and his administration sought to push America into authoritarianism. But, they are losing — and we can get through this.
www.lawdork.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:15 PM
NEW: Four key lessons that we can and must take out of 2025.
It was a long and difficult year as President Donald Trump and his administration sought to push America into authoritarianism. But, they are losing — and we can get through this.
Closing out the year at Law Dork:
It was a long and difficult year as President Donald Trump and his administration sought to push America into authoritarianism. But, they are losing — and we can get through this.
Closing out the year at Law Dork:
Has anyone else ever lamented that if you link to a talking-head video, you often get an unattractive open-mouthed screenshot?
December 31, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Has anyone else ever lamented that if you link to a talking-head video, you often get an unattractive open-mouthed screenshot?
We hope it's temporary but who knows
If you grew up in the 1970s and 1980s, as I did, the world is upside down, backwards and prolapsed. Though I pay attention to politics for a living, it's still hard for me to believe that my country, the United States, is aligned with Russia. As @dennycarter.bsky.social said, none of it makes sense.
BREAKING: A Russian newspaper today — “America no longer sees our country as a threat… The US leader’s philosophy is closer to the values of Russia’s president, not the politicians of the Old World… he sees Europe as a liberal stronghold that must be destroyed…”
Read that again.
Read that again.
December 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
We hope it's temporary but who knows
A significant number of auto re-enrollees are likely to drop coverage when they get their first bill
📣 IMPORTANT: "But How Many Have PAID???" Revisited: #ACA enrollment drop-off won't be fully known for months:
acasignups.net/25/12/29/how...
acasignups.net/25/12/29/how...
"But how many have PAID?" Revisited: Enrollment drop-off won't be fully known for months
Long ago in a galaxy far, far away, during the first batcrap insane 2014 Open Enrollment Period, a common refrain from Republicans looking to attack the newly-ramping up healthcare law was to demand "...
acasignups.net
December 29, 2025 at 9:21 PM
A significant number of auto re-enrollees are likely to drop coverage when they get their first bill
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I feel like "attention hacking" is most of politics now. The Minnesota aid fraud story is becoming a perfect example.
Recap: In 2022, the Biden DOJ filed the first charges against dozens of fraudsters, many of them Somali-American, who'd fleeced a state food aid program. (1/x)
Recap: In 2022, the Biden DOJ filed the first charges against dozens of fraudsters, many of them Somali-American, who'd fleeced a state food aid program. (1/x)
December 29, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I feel like "attention hacking" is most of politics now. The Minnesota aid fraud story is becoming a perfect example.
Recap: In 2022, the Biden DOJ filed the first charges against dozens of fraudsters, many of them Somali-American, who'd fleeced a state food aid program. (1/x)
Recap: In 2022, the Biden DOJ filed the first charges against dozens of fraudsters, many of them Somali-American, who'd fleeced a state food aid program. (1/x)
Along with betrayal, caputulation and defeat
🇺🇸🇺🇦 A slice of Trump cake that the US president is treating Zelensky and the Ukrainian delegation to today
Also on the menu is chicken broth and steaks with fries.
Also on the menu is chicken broth and steaks with fries.
December 28, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Along with betrayal, caputulation and defeat
Nationally, lowest cost gold is on average priced slightly benchmark silver for the first time in 2026.
@xpostfactoid.bsky.social is awesome.
Here's more details on how dramatic a difference Premium Alignment can make when it comes to #ACA coverage:
charlesgaba.substack.com/p/there-will...
Here's more details on how dramatic a difference Premium Alignment can make when it comes to #ACA coverage:
charlesgaba.substack.com/p/there-will...
There Will Be Graphs: A deeper dive into how 14 states are dramatically mitigating the expiring tax credits
tl;dr version: A lot of people are eligible for Gold plans at a bargain or dirt-cheap Bronze plans
charlesgaba.substack.com
December 27, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Nationally, lowest cost gold is on average priced slightly benchmark silver for the first time in 2026.
p.s. If you think the WSJ is just a Murdoch-owned tool...the great reporting there never stopped.
If this is true, it is the most impeachable offense ever.
December 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM
p.s. If you think the WSJ is just a Murdoch-owned tool...the great reporting there never stopped.
Did Geo Group clear the sidewalk this morning for visitors to those detained at Delaney Hall? Nah...let the volunteers knock themselves out.
Geo did leave this "music" playing from 6:30 to 9:00 a.m., and most likely far beyond.
Geo did leave this "music" playing from 6:30 to 9:00 a.m., and most likely far beyond.
December 27, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Did Geo Group clear the sidewalk this morning for visitors to those detained at Delaney Hall? Nah...let the volunteers knock themselves out.
Geo did leave this "music" playing from 6:30 to 9:00 a.m., and most likely far beyond.
Geo did leave this "music" playing from 6:30 to 9:00 a.m., and most likely far beyond.
Great news from the Workhouse Party...
CMS touts Nebraska being first to launch Big Ugly Bill Medicaid work reporting requirements by misspelling the name of the state.
As of March 2025, around 72,000 Nebraska residents were enrolled in Medicaid via the ACA's expansion of the program. Last summer, after Congressional Republicans passed their Big Ugly Bill, I warned p...
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December 26, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Great news from the Workhouse Party...