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As always, read @juliametraux.bsky.social: "The White House has made it even harder for disabled and chronically ill people who want to work to find accessible jobs, especially as more companies roll back work-from-home policies, and as the job market craters amid tariffs and slow growth."
Medicaid work requirements are just bad. But, as I wrote for @motherjones.com, there’s an extra level of vileness going on with them being implemented as more work-from-home jobs disappear.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The biggest hurdle to Trump's Medicaid work requirements: the war on disabled workers
The White House is telling Medicaid users to get jobs—while attacking everything that makes that possible.
www.motherjones.com
September 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
As always, read @juliametraux.bsky.social: "The White House has made it even harder for disabled and chronically ill people who want to work to find accessible jobs, especially as more companies roll back work-from-home policies, and as the job market craters amid tariffs and slow growth."
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Let's be clear: No other scientific or public health body agrees with Trump's autism conclusions. But they conveniently line up with RFK Jr.'s attacks on the pharmaceutical industry.
They also appear to take inspiration from a long string of bonkers wellness myths.
They also appear to take inspiration from a long string of bonkers wellness myths.
The bonkers wellness myths that fueled Trump’s autism announcement
Tylenol, folate deficiency, and other still-undetermined “environmental factors” were all to blame.
www.motherjones.com
September 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Let's be clear: No other scientific or public health body agrees with Trump's autism conclusions. But they conveniently line up with RFK Jr.'s attacks on the pharmaceutical industry.
They also appear to take inspiration from a long string of bonkers wellness myths.
They also appear to take inspiration from a long string of bonkers wellness myths.
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While Trump goes after undocumented workers—here's a look back at how his own modeling agency allegedly exploited models without proper visas, some of whom told @jamespwest.bsky.social they were made to live in squalid conditions and were left in debt. [From 2016]
Former models for Donald Trump's agency say they violated immigration rules and worked illegally
"It's like modern-day slavery."
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July 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
While Trump goes after undocumented workers—here's a look back at how his own modeling agency allegedly exploited models without proper visas, some of whom told @jamespwest.bsky.social they were made to live in squalid conditions and were left in debt. [From 2016]
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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Are we clear now a private businessman shouldn’t be in a position to control the space program—that this richest man in the world fueled by drugs, ego & hate shouldn’t be partnering with a malignant sociopath in the WH immunized by the SCOTUS & bent on pocketing billions & flouting the Constitution?
June 6, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Are we clear now a private businessman shouldn’t be in a position to control the space program—that this richest man in the world fueled by drugs, ego & hate shouldn’t be partnering with a malignant sociopath in the WH immunized by the SCOTUS & bent on pocketing billions & flouting the Constitution?
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What people don't seem to understand is that even if *they* are not using Medicaid, a large share of their providers' patient population does.
That means that their healthcare providers may be unable to stay solvent and in practice when Medicaid is cut.
We all lose when Medicaid is cut.
That means that their healthcare providers may be unable to stay solvent and in practice when Medicaid is cut.
We all lose when Medicaid is cut.
Map Shows Where Medicaid Cuts Could Lead to the Closure of Hundreds of Hospitals - Newsweek
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Map shows where Medicaid cuts could close hospitals
Over 300 rural hospitals had already been identified as being at "immediate risk" of shutting down, regardless of potential cuts.
www.newsweek.com
May 25, 2025 at 9:58 PM
What people don't seem to understand is that even if *they* are not using Medicaid, a large share of their providers' patient population does.
That means that their healthcare providers may be unable to stay solvent and in practice when Medicaid is cut.
We all lose when Medicaid is cut.
That means that their healthcare providers may be unable to stay solvent and in practice when Medicaid is cut.
We all lose when Medicaid is cut.
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You saw the video of the ICE agent breaking a car window near the border, right? He wasn’t an ICE agent. He’s the founder of Veterans on Patrol, a FAR-RIGHT MILITIA patrolling the border for migrants. They’re basically deputizing militias to act as federal agents. This is dangerously out of control
April 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
You saw the video of the ICE agent breaking a car window near the border, right? He wasn’t an ICE agent. He’s the founder of Veterans on Patrol, a FAR-RIGHT MILITIA patrolling the border for migrants. They’re basically deputizing militias to act as federal agents. This is dangerously out of control
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Public health experts warn that pulling out of WHO, which Trump attacked for its response to COVID-19, will leave Americans more vulnerable to health threats.
Donald Trump Orders The U.S. Out Of The World Health Organization
Public health experts warn that pulling out of WHO, which Trump attacked for its response to COVID-19, will leave Americans more vulnerable to health threats.
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January 21, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Public health experts warn that pulling out of WHO, which Trump attacked for its response to COVID-19, will leave Americans more vulnerable to health threats.