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Republicans snuck an amendment into this bill to ban Affordable Care Act insurance plans from covering abortion care.
This is part of their play for a national abortion ban, in the middle of the night, and ripping healthcare away from millions.
This is part of their play for a national abortion ban, in the middle of the night, and ripping healthcare away from millions.
May 22, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Republicans snuck an amendment into this bill to ban Affordable Care Act insurance plans from covering abortion care.
This is part of their play for a national abortion ban, in the middle of the night, and ripping healthcare away from millions.
This is part of their play for a national abortion ban, in the middle of the night, and ripping healthcare away from millions.
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If anything is to come of this, you’d want clear language from Schumer and Jeffries *now*: Dems won’t vote for any legislation this Congress that includes a provision to waive paygo. They will let the Republican Medicare cuts go into effect if Republicans pass their tax cuts.
So yes, as currently written the House GOP budget will require half a trillion dollars in cuts to Medicare. That’s T as in trillion and “care” as in Medicare on top of the cuts to Medicaid and Obamacare. So how did this happen? As near as I can tell House Republicans and the …
May 22, 2025 at 12:34 AM
If anything is to come of this, you’d want clear language from Schumer and Jeffries *now*: Dems won’t vote for any legislation this Congress that includes a provision to waive paygo. They will let the Republican Medicare cuts go into effect if Republicans pass their tax cuts.
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Jonathan was one of the very first journalists I ever followed. He then stood up QED (rip), one of the most interesting policy reporting outlets ever.
Jonathan is the best health reporter in the country, and a must follow as reconciliation gets underway.
Jonathan is the best health reporter in the country, and a must follow as reconciliation gets underway.
This went online this morning
3 things we already know about GOP Medicaid cuts
All still valid www.thebulwark.com/p/3-prebutta...
3 things we already know about GOP Medicaid cuts
All still valid www.thebulwark.com/p/3-prebutta...
3 ‘Prebuttals’ for MAGA’s Coming Health Care Cuts
Here’s what Republican leaders don’t want you to know about their Medicaid plans.
www.thebulwark.com
May 12, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Jonathan was one of the very first journalists I ever followed. He then stood up QED (rip), one of the most interesting policy reporting outlets ever.
Jonathan is the best health reporter in the country, and a must follow as reconciliation gets underway.
Jonathan is the best health reporter in the country, and a must follow as reconciliation gets underway.
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NEW: i spoke with several young AmeriCorps volunteers around the country who were abruptly pulled off projects building homes, readying forests for wildfire season, and working at food banks Tuesday afternoon. they are now on their way home thanks to DOGE cuts —
DOGE Cuts Pull AmeriCorps Volunteers Off of Disaster Relief Jobs
The youth volunteers who were working on projects ranging from rebuilding homes destroyed in storms to distributing supplies for hurricane recovery were suddenly pulled from service. Why? DOGE cuts.
www.wired.com
April 16, 2025 at 9:19 PM
NEW: i spoke with several young AmeriCorps volunteers around the country who were abruptly pulled off projects building homes, readying forests for wildfire season, and working at food banks Tuesday afternoon. they are now on their way home thanks to DOGE cuts —
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Retweeting this 1000x.
The message is: crowd large.
Many politicians, administrators, and business leaders, in bowing to Trump, have drawn confidence and comfort from the perceived vibe shift.
Events like this puncture that delusion.
Many politicians, administrators, and business leaders, in bowing to Trump, have drawn confidence and comfort from the perceived vibe shift.
Events like this puncture that delusion.
You can stop asking where the mass opposition is. It's everywhere.
People poured out to protest not only what Trump has done—and what they fear he will do next.
www.motherjones.com
April 6, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Retweeting this 1000x.
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President Trump's spending cuts have eliminated hundreds of workers who oversee children's programs. Office closures in Chicago and four other cities have left organizations that support vulnerable families without assistance.
Trump targets daycares, children’s programs for massive cuts
Chicago families, preschool providers fear prospect of vital services shutting down, potentially leaving thousands of kids without support.
buff.ly
April 4, 2025 at 11:20 PM
President Trump's spending cuts have eliminated hundreds of workers who oversee children's programs. Office closures in Chicago and four other cities have left organizations that support vulnerable families without assistance.
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Letter from tons of us, including 3 former Senate Budget GOP staffers and 3 former Senate Budget Dem staffers all say that what Rs are doing is breaking budget enforcement.
"There is no point of budget enforcement if Congress gets to pick the score it wants."
www.politico.com/live-updates...
"There is no point of budget enforcement if Congress gets to pick the score it wants."
www.politico.com/live-updates...
Budget experts of all stripes howl about Senate Republicans’ price tag ‘abuse’
Following the private complaints of several Senate Republicans, a dozen off-Hill budget experts warn GOP leaders against a strategy to "fabricate" the cost of their party-line package.
www.politico.com
April 4, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Letter from tons of us, including 3 former Senate Budget GOP staffers and 3 former Senate Budget Dem staffers all say that what Rs are doing is breaking budget enforcement.
"There is no point of budget enforcement if Congress gets to pick the score it wants."
www.politico.com/live-updates...
"There is no point of budget enforcement if Congress gets to pick the score it wants."
www.politico.com/live-updates...
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NEW: Tufts files a declaration in support of Rümeysa Öztürk: "The University has no information to support the allegations that she was engaged in activities at Tufts that warrant her arrest and detention." www.tufts.edu/president/sp...
April 2, 2025 at 11:07 PM
NEW: Tufts files a declaration in support of Rümeysa Öztürk: "The University has no information to support the allegations that she was engaged in activities at Tufts that warrant her arrest and detention." www.tufts.edu/president/sp...
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From The Guardian yesterday. @bernardharcourt.bsky.social
"The legal risks are real. They are perilous, and they are alarming." Tom Durkin @tadurkin.bsky.social and I just penned an opinion piece in @theguardian.com on the ongoing threats to protected speech on campus and the universities' duty to protect their students: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The US is poised to use terror laws against students. This could be worse than McCarthyism | Thomas Anthony Durkin and Bernard Harcourt
A new 7 October 2023 taskforce says it’ll investigate support for Hamas, paving the way for a legal strategy targeting free speech
www.theguardian.com
March 22, 2025 at 2:49 PM
From The Guardian yesterday. @bernardharcourt.bsky.social
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every person involved in this needs to be in prison
“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”
What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
time.com
March 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
every person involved in this needs to be in prison
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said this before and i wasn't exaggerating: RFK has the exact personality type of the kind of person that, in a different sort of regime, oversees mass starvation.
“We have measles outbreaks every year," Trump's health secretary said when asked about the death, which is the nation's first in a decade.
RFK Jr. Dismisses Measles Outbreak As ‘Not Unusual’ After Child's Death
“We have measles outbreaks every year," Trump's health secretary said when asked about the death, which is the nation's first in a decade.
www.huffpost.com
February 27, 2025 at 2:54 AM
said this before and i wasn't exaggerating: RFK has the exact personality type of the kind of person that, in a different sort of regime, oversees mass starvation.
Woke up with a headache.
Yesterday was A LOT. I have a rage hangover.
January 29, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Woke up with a headache.
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"I'm gonna have to check back on whether we shut down 11% of the federal budget and health insurance for poor families" is next level incompetence
www.statnews.com/2025/01/28/f...
www.statnews.com/2025/01/28/f...
January 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM
"I'm gonna have to check back on whether we shut down 11% of the federal budget and health insurance for poor families" is next level incompetence
www.statnews.com/2025/01/28/f...
www.statnews.com/2025/01/28/f...
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for anyone trying to extricate yourself from the clutches of Amazon: bookstores make more than a third of their money between now & New Year’s, & most bookstores ship nationwide 💌
November 11, 2024 at 10:10 PM
for anyone trying to extricate yourself from the clutches of Amazon: bookstores make more than a third of their money between now & New Year’s, & most bookstores ship nationwide 💌