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a claim that state policy experts dispute because of the way Republican lawmakers were calculating the numbers. These experts say the long-term savings potential was given short shrift." 7/8
November 14, 2025 at 9:08 PM
...the Republican-led state legislature declined to fund it. State lawmakers argue the program costs more than it saves — 6/8
November 14, 2025 at 9:08 PM
These programs often require longer-term investments, chafing against the cost-cutting instincts that characterize Trump’s second term and legislatures in most red states — the policy level at which most MAHA ideas are put into practice. 5/8
November 14, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The idea was to use fresh food, safe housing and transportation — social and economic factors that researchers say determine 80% of a person’s health — to improve the lives of the sickest, most expensive patients.

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November 14, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The program was unique, funded with a five-year, $650 million federal grant approved by the first Donald Trump administration. 3/8
November 14, 2025 at 9:08 PM
researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill found the program saved $1,020 a year per recipient on health care costs, and the 38,000 participants had “significantly lower” emergency room visits than their peers. 2/8
November 14, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Instead of having five districts where the party can generally count on 60 percent support, say, they’ll create seven districts where their likely share is more like 53 percent — leaving more of them at risk during a wave election." 2/3
November 14, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Trump’s policies, taken together, are more like “an idiosyncratic hodgepodge.”" 2/2

www.politico.com/news/magazin...
‘He’s Actually Weakening the Economy’: Why Trump’s Strategy May Fail
A top economist says Trump is doing industrial policy all wrong.
www.politico.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
It looks like Trump was either involved in Epstein's crimes, or knew about them and kept silent when he should not have. It's possible that Trump didn't really do or know anything, and just doesn't want Epstein or Maxwell to make him look bad. 5/6
Trump Might Be F*cked
YouTube video by The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder
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November 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
in the context where Trump has had many many sex scandals; and in the context where the Trump administration has moved Epstein's coconspirator to a more comfortable prison. 4/6
November 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
This is all in the context of Trump being uncharacteristically resistant to releasing files about Epstein, even pressuring Republican congress people to not do it; in the context where Trump openly said that Epstein likes them young; 3/6
Trump Might Be F*cked
YouTube video by The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
In another email between Michael Wolff and Epstein, Wolf suggests that Trump has been on Epstein's plane and at his house in such a way that Epstein could save Trump by keeping secret about it. 2/6
Trump Might Be F*cked
YouTube video by The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Herzog’s position, while largely ceremonial, is meant to serve as a moral compass and unifying force for the country." 3/3

www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Israel’s president says ‘shocking’ settler violence against Palestinians must end
President Isaac Herzog said the violence committed by a “handful” of perpetrators “crosses a red line."
www.politico.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:39 AM
President Isaac Herzog described the attacks as “shocking and serious,” adding a rare and powerful voice to what has been muted criticism by top Israeli officials of the settler violence. 2/3
November 14, 2025 at 12:39 AM