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NEW: Drug companies in the U.S. face few restraints on what to charge for their products.
A bipartisan bill would penalize those companies that sell their drugs at higher prices than the average of the prices in other wealthy nations.
By @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social
A bipartisan bill would penalize those companies that sell their drugs at higher prices than the average of the prices in other wealthy nations.
By @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social
Why Do Americans Pay More for Prescription Drugs?
Drug companies in the U.S. face few restraints on what to charge for their products. A bipartisan bill would penalize those companies that sell their drugs at higher prices than the average of the…
www.propublica.org
May 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM
NEW: Drug companies in the U.S. face few restraints on what to charge for their products.
A bipartisan bill would penalize those companies that sell their drugs at higher prices than the average of the prices in other wealthy nations.
By @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social
A bipartisan bill would penalize those companies that sell their drugs at higher prices than the average of the prices in other wealthy nations.
By @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social
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Disability is not a moral failing. Everyone who lives long enough will become disabled eventually.
You can’t “try harder” your way out of it.
People can’t accept disability is a part of life, so they blame us for being sick as a way to convince themselves it’ll never happen to them.
It will.
You can’t “try harder” your way out of it.
People can’t accept disability is a part of life, so they blame us for being sick as a way to convince themselves it’ll never happen to them.
It will.
May 7, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Disability is not a moral failing. Everyone who lives long enough will become disabled eventually.
You can’t “try harder” your way out of it.
People can’t accept disability is a part of life, so they blame us for being sick as a way to convince themselves it’ll never happen to them.
It will.
You can’t “try harder” your way out of it.
People can’t accept disability is a part of life, so they blame us for being sick as a way to convince themselves it’ll never happen to them.
It will.
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They’ll do it in a few high profile cases to set examples. People will say, “No way this holds up in court.” Maybe. But we now know the plan: they’ll do it first, then dare the courts to stop them. And this too will be very difficult for courts to undo. This is end of democracy stuff.
Team Trump Is Gaming Out How to Ship U.S. Citizens to El Salvador
Donald Trump’s administration is talking internally about denaturalizing American citizens — and potentially sending some to El Salvador.
www.rollingstone.com
April 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
They’ll do it in a few high profile cases to set examples. People will say, “No way this holds up in court.” Maybe. But we now know the plan: they’ll do it first, then dare the courts to stop them. And this too will be very difficult for courts to undo. This is end of democracy stuff.
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Mike Johnson just voted to cut Medicaid.
Nearly 40% of his district relies on Medicaid.
Nearly 40% of his district relies on Medicaid.
April 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Mike Johnson just voted to cut Medicaid.
Nearly 40% of his district relies on Medicaid.
Nearly 40% of his district relies on Medicaid.
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Imagine if The Atlantic’s editor chose blackmail over journalistic integrity.
There’s a lot of blackmail potential here. Isn’t that exactly why security clearances get denied?
There’s a lot of blackmail potential here. Isn’t that exactly why security clearances get denied?
March 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Imagine if The Atlantic’s editor chose blackmail over journalistic integrity.
There’s a lot of blackmail potential here. Isn’t that exactly why security clearances get denied?
There’s a lot of blackmail potential here. Isn’t that exactly why security clearances get denied?
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Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald said from the bench that she would issue a temporary restraining order blocking immigration authorities from detaining 21-year-old Columbia junior Yunseo Chung for protesting on campus, per NY Post
Columbia student protester Yunseo Chung can’t be detained by feds, judge rules as Trump admin seeks to deport her
The Columbia University student facing deportation after she was arrested at an anti-Israel protest can’t be detained by the feds, a judge ruled Tuesday. Manhattan federal court Judge Nao…
nypost.com
March 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald said from the bench that she would issue a temporary restraining order blocking immigration authorities from detaining 21-year-old Columbia junior Yunseo Chung for protesting on campus, per NY Post
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WOW: @miamiherald.com reveals that a person imprisoned in El Salvador had LEGAL REFUGEE STATUS.
He entered the USA legally in January and was detained because of his tattoos, EVEN THOUGH he had previously passed a full background check.
Without warning, he was sent to El Salvador on March 15.
He entered the USA legally in January and was detained because of his tattoos, EVEN THOUGH he had previously passed a full background check.
Without warning, he was sent to El Salvador on March 15.
March 25, 2025 at 8:29 PM
WOW: @miamiherald.com reveals that a person imprisoned in El Salvador had LEGAL REFUGEE STATUS.
He entered the USA legally in January and was detained because of his tattoos, EVEN THOUGH he had previously passed a full background check.
Without warning, he was sent to El Salvador on March 15.
He entered the USA legally in January and was detained because of his tattoos, EVEN THOUGH he had previously passed a full background check.
Without warning, he was sent to El Salvador on March 15.
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Criminalizing a completely normal response to a miscarriage is scary as hell. It’s an attempt to normalize pregnancy surveillance.
I don’t mean to be gross, but it’s important for context: early miscarriages look, basically, like a thick, bloody loogie.
(Video from @jessicavalenti.bsky.social)
I don’t mean to be gross, but it’s important for context: early miscarriages look, basically, like a thick, bloody loogie.
(Video from @jessicavalenti.bsky.social)
March 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Criminalizing a completely normal response to a miscarriage is scary as hell. It’s an attempt to normalize pregnancy surveillance.
I don’t mean to be gross, but it’s important for context: early miscarriages look, basically, like a thick, bloody loogie.
(Video from @jessicavalenti.bsky.social)
I don’t mean to be gross, but it’s important for context: early miscarriages look, basically, like a thick, bloody loogie.
(Video from @jessicavalenti.bsky.social)
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Couldn't get the SAFE Act passed through congress to stop people from voting, so fuck it, just sign another executive order to attempt to suppress votes. Positive takeaway: This administration is still worried about elections...
BREAKING: This executive order would block tens of millions of American citizens from voting. Presidents have no authority to do this. This order, like the SAVE Act now before Congress, would hurt voters and suppress the vote.
Rapid Response 47 on X: "🚨 POTUS signs an executive order on election integrity that includes the following provisions: - Requires documentary, government-issued proof of U.S. citizenship on its voter registration forms. - Conditions federal election-related funds on states complying with the integrity https://t.co/6A5zVdOAYn" / X
🚨 POTUS signs an executive order on election integrity that includes the following provisions: - Requires documentary, government-issued proof of U.S. citizenship on its voter registration forms. - Conditions federal election-related funds on states complying with the integrity https://t.co/6A5zVdOAYn
x.com
March 25, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Couldn't get the SAFE Act passed through congress to stop people from voting, so fuck it, just sign another executive order to attempt to suppress votes. Positive takeaway: This administration is still worried about elections...
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If Trump can disappear green card holders for protesting war, he can disappear you.
If he can disappear visa holders for criticizing him, he can disappear you.
If he can disappear asylum seekers for tattoos, he can disappear you.
We must speak out now — before there is no one left to speak out.
If he can disappear visa holders for criticizing him, he can disappear you.
If he can disappear asylum seekers for tattoos, he can disappear you.
We must speak out now — before there is no one left to speak out.
March 25, 2025 at 8:15 PM
If Trump can disappear green card holders for protesting war, he can disappear you.
If he can disappear visa holders for criticizing him, he can disappear you.
If he can disappear asylum seekers for tattoos, he can disappear you.
We must speak out now — before there is no one left to speak out.
If he can disappear visa holders for criticizing him, he can disappear you.
If he can disappear asylum seekers for tattoos, he can disappear you.
We must speak out now — before there is no one left to speak out.
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Dem leaders: if you fight back, we will rally behind you. This isn't complicated. More of this please.
"Let's not take the soul-sucking path of sacrificing the most persecuted for that which we deem to be most popular. I know that there are transgender children right now looking out at this world and wondering if anyone is going to stand up for them and for their simple right to exist. Well, I am."
March 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Dem leaders: if you fight back, we will rally behind you. This isn't complicated. More of this please.
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"If it continues like this, the United States will not score as a democracy when we release [next year's] data," www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...
ANALYSIS | U.S. could lose democracy status, says global watchdog | CBC News
Possibly defying a court order. Urging his Justice Department to prosecute nemeses. Repeatedly calling the media 'illegal.' Declaring a predecessor's pardon null and void. U.S. President Donald Trump ...
www.cbc.ca
March 21, 2025 at 4:53 AM
"If it continues like this, the United States will not score as a democracy when we release [next year's] data," www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...
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Remember that this is where his discussions with El Salvador began. The migrant detentions there are the dry run. He wants to ship U.S. prisoners to El Salvador.We cannot sleepwalk through this.
March 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Remember that this is where his discussions with El Salvador began. The migrant detentions there are the dry run. He wants to ship U.S. prisoners to El Salvador.We cannot sleepwalk through this.
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This was always where it was going to go: when the President claims it can detain and remove anyone without judicial review or due process, they will try to deport and remove people without judicial review and due process.
Straight up authoritarian dictator stuff.
Straight up authoritarian dictator stuff.
Trump threatens to put American citizens on deportation flights to a slave prison in El Salvador
March 21, 2025 at 12:53 PM
This was always where it was going to go: when the President claims it can detain and remove anyone without judicial review or due process, they will try to deport and remove people without judicial review and due process.
Straight up authoritarian dictator stuff.
Straight up authoritarian dictator stuff.
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I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
March 14, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
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They're moving to classify constitutionally protected speech as terrorism. This is a five alarm fire.
BREAKING: The US Justice Department is examining whether student protests at Columbia University over the genocide in Gaza violated federal terrorism laws, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said today.
March 14, 2025 at 10:38 PM
They're moving to classify constitutionally protected speech as terrorism. This is a five alarm fire.
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The expected standard of behavior Americans have for Democratic versus Republican politicians has always been clearly unfair, but the way Republicans swallow Trump's short-comings is kind of staggering.
Imagine if Joe Biden had reposted a liberal pundit saying ‘shut up about gas prices’ in 2022. It would have led the news, all of the news, for days, weeks, on end.
March 9, 2025 at 1:14 AM
The expected standard of behavior Americans have for Democratic versus Republican politicians has always been clearly unfair, but the way Republicans swallow Trump's short-comings is kind of staggering.
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This one’s for all the university admins complying in advance: there is another way.
With his permission, I'm sharing Dean Treanor's response to Ed Martin's letter:
March 6, 2025 at 10:08 PM
This one’s for all the university admins complying in advance: there is another way.
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A Defense of Al Green.
"Am I alone in feeling it was good to see some fervent conviction and righteous indignation? Am I the only person who was happy to see, in a sea of Democrats waving little paddles with lame messages, someone literally standing up to Trump?"
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-cabi...
"Am I alone in feeling it was good to see some fervent conviction and righteous indignation? Am I the only person who was happy to see, in a sea of Democrats waving little paddles with lame messages, someone literally standing up to Trump?"
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-cabi...
We Live in the Dumbest Times
Plus, a defense of Al Green.
www.thebulwark.com
March 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
A Defense of Al Green.
"Am I alone in feeling it was good to see some fervent conviction and righteous indignation? Am I the only person who was happy to see, in a sea of Democrats waving little paddles with lame messages, someone literally standing up to Trump?"
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-cabi...
"Am I alone in feeling it was good to see some fervent conviction and righteous indignation? Am I the only person who was happy to see, in a sea of Democrats waving little paddles with lame messages, someone literally standing up to Trump?"
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-cabi...
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"Listen this IS, in fact how it’s done."
'Bravo': Legal experts laud Georgetown law dean's response to Trump official's threat
Georgetown Law School Dean William Treanor earned cheers Thursday from legal observers for his response to the acting U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C., Ed Martin, who attacked the school for having d...
www.rawstory.com
March 6, 2025 at 10:45 PM
"Listen this IS, in fact how it’s done."
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This might sound like a dig or hyperbole. But not enough mention of this. It says quite explicitly in 2.11 Exec Order that end-state level after all cuts is permanent level of govt to equal what it is during a full government shut down. Seems like worth highlighting this?
Trump Orders Permanent Govt Shutdown – No, Really … talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trump...
Trump Orders Permanent Govt Shutdown – No, Really …
It hasn’t gotten a lot of attention but Donald Trump’s February 11th...
talkingpointsmemo.com
March 3, 2025 at 8:54 PM
This might sound like a dig or hyperbole. But not enough mention of this. It says quite explicitly in 2.11 Exec Order that end-state level after all cuts is permanent level of govt to equal what it is during a full government shut down. Seems like worth highlighting this?
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My fellow citizens: don’t be the frog.
February 22, 2025 at 2:35 PM
My fellow citizens: don’t be the frog.
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It is a non-stop source of amazement how invisible misogyny remains to white men, who even now--after the highly respected Coast Guard Commandant was fired for being female & turfed out of her home with 3hrs notice--STILL write about MAGA & the purges of the federal gov as driven only by racism.
February 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
It is a non-stop source of amazement how invisible misogyny remains to white men, who even now--after the highly respected Coast Guard Commandant was fired for being female & turfed out of her home with 3hrs notice--STILL write about MAGA & the purges of the federal gov as driven only by racism.