Are truth social posts policy or not? They can’t have it both ways! Doing Weekend at Bernie’s requires keeping up the pretense that Bernie is competent

And, um, doesn’t this mess with the farmers and grocery stores in those areas? But farmers will win big with China buying all their soybeans, after that amazing Trump trade deal, right? And all the healthcare Congress gave out, and those lower energy costs we’re definitely going to get… right?!?

So Trump is illegally withholding contingency funds he’s required to spend to prevent 42 million people (many of whom are in red parts of the country) going hungry and is proudly declaring that on social media? Okay…just checking my sanity real quick

Good grief, why do they keep writing it in the form of a question

Exactly. My intro health policy class is American government 101 + all the cuts. Every class is like: “In 2024, the policy was this. Now it’s dead. Here’s who we think will be hurt, but we have no data or staff to check because they did something unconstitutional and the Supreme Court allowed it”

Oh, and don’t forget tariffs

Cuts to SNAP and Medicaid + failure to extend ACA marketplace subsidies + reversal of Biden environmental investments will harm rural health in ways that a small, temp fund can’t solve. Tax cuts distribute away from low income populations in those areas. Rural health isn’t a R policy, apparently

I have a lot of students with diverse experiences in public health and healthcare, so some of them have lived this up close and are now seeing it in aggregate

They are smart and engaged but I think it hit them hard. I tried to deliver everything as factually as possible. But there are only so many ways to cushion the impact of the CBO’s redistribution and health insurance analysis.