eok
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community lover & pragmatic dreamer. urban policy, community dev't, & antiracism student for life.
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Today's Supreme Court decision does not opine on the constitutionality of Trump's assault on birthright citizenship. It is limited to the question of universal injunctions. But its ruling on that front is MASSIVE—a huge blow to plaintiffs and judges trying to block Trump's most lawless policies.
June 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Today's Supreme Court decision does not opine on the constitutionality of Trump's assault on birthright citizenship. It is limited to the question of universal injunctions. But its ruling on that front is MASSIVE—a huge blow to plaintiffs and judges trying to block Trump's most lawless policies.
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Yes, the US is marching down path to autocracy familiar to countries around the world; this too is a recognizable part of a playbook. But fear is a goal we don't have to buy into. This is security theater in 1 town. It's bad. It's not martial law. Keep doing what you can do. /end
June 8, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Yes, the US is marching down path to autocracy familiar to countries around the world; this too is a recognizable part of a playbook. But fear is a goal we don't have to buy into. This is security theater in 1 town. It's bad. It's not martial law. Keep doing what you can do. /end
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It would also be by far the largest SNAP cuts in history, ripping food assistance away from millions, including households with children as young as seven years old.
May 22, 2025 at 12:26 PM
It would also be by far the largest SNAP cuts in history, ripping food assistance away from millions, including households with children as young as seven years old.
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This bill would cause so much additional suffering. It would be by far the largest Medicaid cuts in history, kicking millions off their health insurance and condemning thousands of those people each year to die due to lack of coverage.
(note the House-passed version is actually worse than this)
(note the House-passed version is actually worse than this)
May 22, 2025 at 12:25 PM
This bill would cause so much additional suffering. It would be by far the largest Medicaid cuts in history, kicking millions off their health insurance and condemning thousands of those people each year to die due to lack of coverage.
(note the House-passed version is actually worse than this)
(note the House-passed version is actually worse than this)
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CBO estimates that the combined effect of Republican Medicaid proposals, allowing enhanced ACA premium tax credits to expire, and President Trump’s proposed ACA rules would increase the number of uninsured by 13.7 million. That would take us back to close to pre-ACA levels.
May 12, 2025 at 12:20 PM
CBO estimates that the combined effect of Republican Medicaid proposals, allowing enhanced ACA premium tax credits to expire, and President Trump’s proposed ACA rules would increase the number of uninsured by 13.7 million. That would take us back to close to pre-ACA levels.