Hope Senate kills it. One issue is it lists approved documentation, mentioning Real ID but with a caveat. Far too many now think all they need is a Real ID, but the star doesn't show citizenship. Only 5 states offer Enhanced ID showing citizenship. If passed, a federal election could be a hot mess.

Yep

Does "personal liberties" no longer include free speech?

Farewell old friend WaPo. You were fantastic during Watergate, but now you're dead at the hands of an oligarch authoritarian.

We actually could be great again if we followed the example of a different Republican.

Nothing to add. He says it well. Are we great yet?

He's correct. And all of it is the direct result of DOGE, which is likely a shield for FOTUS.

From Hope In The Dark,
Rebecca Solnit.

Thank you!

Gonna tell on myself from 8 years ago.

May just be superstition, but what the heck. I'll try it anyway.

To me, this says standing up to tyranny may be difficult, but is essential.

Insurers are rationing care now to maximize profits for CEOs & shareholders. So the issue is not rationing care, but profiting from the deaths of others. A publicly funded system would remove the middle man (insurers) profiting from rationing care. Insurance is ghoulish to pay so much for so little.

This is sickening. Our maternal mortality rate has already been the worst of all industrialized nations. Now it will get even worse. Nauseating to just consider.