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Health policy nerd * Former Dem politco * Twitter recovery
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Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
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October 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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The Senate extended work requirements to apply to parents of children ages 14+. Exemptions based on disability are complicated because of the administrative burdens of enrolling in SSI (—> low take-up). And we know many eligible people will lose coverage due to administrative burden of documentation
TAPPER: Are you guaranteeing that these changes you are voting for will not hurt recipients in Alabama of Medicaid or food stamps for those who are citizens and truly need it and deserve it?
BRITT: Absolutely. What you are talking about is able-bodied, working-aged Americans without dependents
BRITT: Absolutely. What you are talking about is able-bodied, working-aged Americans without dependents
June 29, 2025 at 1:21 PM
The Senate extended work requirements to apply to parents of children ages 14+. Exemptions based on disability are complicated because of the administrative burdens of enrolling in SSI (—> low take-up). And we know many eligible people will lose coverage due to administrative burden of documentation
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If you’re keeping score at home, a list of medical services that politicians are making it harder to receive: Covid shots for pregnant women/healthy kids; abortion; life-saving care during a miscarriage; life-saving care for ectopic pregnancy. 1/2
www.beckershospitalreview.com/quality/publ...
www.beckershospitalreview.com/quality/publ...
CDC pulls COVID shot recommendation for healthy children, pregnant women - Becker's Hospital Review | Healthcare News & Analysis
The CDC no longer recommends that healthy children and pregnant women receive routine COVID-19 vaccinations, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said May 27. The CDC removed COVID-19 vaccines from its...
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May 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
If you’re keeping score at home, a list of medical services that politicians are making it harder to receive: Covid shots for pregnant women/healthy kids; abortion; life-saving care during a miscarriage; life-saving care for ectopic pregnancy. 1/2
www.beckershospitalreview.com/quality/publ...
www.beckershospitalreview.com/quality/publ...
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Gift article:
As Congress Debates Cutting Medicaid, a Major Study Shows It Saves Lives
The most extensive research on Medicaid coverage to date found that it reduced the risk of death by 21 percent.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/h...
As Congress Debates Cutting Medicaid, a Major Study Shows It Saves Lives
The most extensive research on Medicaid coverage to date found that it reduced the risk of death by 21 percent.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/h...
As Congress Debates Cutting Medicaid, a Major Study Shows It Saves Lives
www.nytimes.com
May 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Gift article:
As Congress Debates Cutting Medicaid, a Major Study Shows It Saves Lives
The most extensive research on Medicaid coverage to date found that it reduced the risk of death by 21 percent.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/h...
As Congress Debates Cutting Medicaid, a Major Study Shows It Saves Lives
The most extensive research on Medicaid coverage to date found that it reduced the risk of death by 21 percent.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/h...
Movie you’ve seen more than six times, no Wars or Trek or LOTR because Millennial teenagers couldn’t relate to those movies but rode hard for boomer divorcees screwed over by their husbands
April 27, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Movie you’ve seen more than six times, no Wars or Trek or LOTR because Millennial teenagers couldn’t relate to those movies but rode hard for boomer divorcees screwed over by their husbands
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60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
April 7, 2025 at 1:29 AM
60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
This exchange is so triggering for women in a way I can’t even explain
April 2, 2025 at 5:03 AM
This exchange is so triggering for women in a way I can’t even explain
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These people are irredeemable. www.mediamatters.org/immigration/...
April 1, 2025 at 4:09 PM
These people are irredeemable. www.mediamatters.org/immigration/...
This part right here
Even though Trump’s advisors are stupid, we need to stop attributing to stupidity what is actually corruption.
The purpose of the Yemen Signal group chat was circumvention of public records disclosure laws. They want to act without accountability (which is also why they used disappearing messages).
The purpose of the Yemen Signal group chat was circumvention of public records disclosure laws. They want to act without accountability (which is also why they used disappearing messages).
March 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
This part right here
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CMS's proposed #ACA marketplace rule would mean fewer people with health coverage, more red tape, higher costs, less time to enroll, plus decreased access for certain groups. People currently struggling to afford the basics would once again lose out. Some highlights (lowlights?) - a 🧵:
March 11, 2025 at 3:54 PM
CMS's proposed #ACA marketplace rule would mean fewer people with health coverage, more red tape, higher costs, less time to enroll, plus decreased access for certain groups. People currently struggling to afford the basics would once again lose out. Some highlights (lowlights?) - a 🧵:
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“Dr. Wendell Parkey, a physician in Gaines County with many Mennonite patients, said the idea that the community was malnourished was mistaken.
Mennonites often avoid processed foods, raise their own livestock and make their own bread, he noted.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/h...
Mennonites often avoid processed foods, raise their own livestock and make their own bread, he noted.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/h...
Kennedy Links Measles Outbreak to Poor Diet and Health, Citing Fringe Theories
In a recent interview, the health secretary also suggested that the measles vaccine had harmed children in West Texas, center of an outbreak.
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March 11, 2025 at 2:28 AM
“Dr. Wendell Parkey, a physician in Gaines County with many Mennonite patients, said the idea that the community was malnourished was mistaken.
Mennonites often avoid processed foods, raise their own livestock and make their own bread, he noted.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/h...
Mennonites often avoid processed foods, raise their own livestock and make their own bread, he noted.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/h...
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One simple way to think about federal cuts to Medicaid is as cuts to state budgets. That reality has consequences for policy--and politics. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/b...
Cutting Medicaid?
How Republicans could change the program.
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March 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
One simple way to think about federal cuts to Medicaid is as cuts to state budgets. That reality has consequences for policy--and politics. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/b...
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“U.S. Food and Drug Administration employees reviewing Elon Musk’s brain implant company Neuralink were fired over the weekend as part of a broader purge of the federal workforce”
Exclusive: FDA staff reviewing Musk’s Neuralink were included in DOGE employee firings, sources say
U.S. Food and Drug Administration employees reviewing Elon Musk’s brain implant company Neuralink were fired over the weekend as part of a broader purge of the federal workforce, according to two sources with knowledge of the matter.
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February 18, 2025 at 4:08 AM
“U.S. Food and Drug Administration employees reviewing Elon Musk’s brain implant company Neuralink were fired over the weekend as part of a broader purge of the federal workforce”
The way by son (not watching the TV) just said, “who’s that girl dying laughing?” about @andersoncooperfnz.bsky.social laughing at Ralph Fiennes doing “very demure, very mindful”
January 1, 2025 at 2:39 AM
The way by son (not watching the TV) just said, “who’s that girl dying laughing?” about @andersoncooperfnz.bsky.social laughing at Ralph Fiennes doing “very demure, very mindful”
The way my kid ran in the room and said, “my song!” when Beyoncé sang Spaghettii does make me question my parenting
December 26, 2024 at 5:46 AM
The way my kid ran in the room and said, “my song!” when Beyoncé sang Spaghettii does make me question my parenting
Just wait until the “good fats”, MAHA crowd realizes they can’t get their avocados
Trump announces blanket tariffs on goods imported from Canada, Mexico, and China
November 26, 2024 at 4:22 AM
Just wait until the “good fats”, MAHA crowd realizes they can’t get their avocados
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Trump announces blanket tariffs on goods imported from Canada, Mexico, and China
November 25, 2024 at 11:48 PM
Trump announces blanket tariffs on goods imported from Canada, Mexico, and China