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In Trump-Friendly Iowa, the President’s Policies Have Hit Hard www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/u...
In Trump-Friendly Iowa, the President’s Policies Have Hit Hard
www.nytimes.com
October 26, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Reposted by Steve DeMaio
BRENNAN: CBS confirmed the Trump administration rescinded the layoffs of CDC scientists. Some were involved with the federal measles response. How does a mistake like this happen?

VANCE: The govt shutdown inevitably leads to some chaos. It happened because of Schumer

B: But this was a WH decision
October 12, 2025 at 2:47 PM
thehill.com
October 9, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Reposted by Steve DeMaio
This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.
October 6, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Reposted by Steve DeMaio
A North Carolina GOP operative who tried to limit the state’s crucial early voting period has been named to a key post helping to run the state’s elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
GOP Operative Who Pushed to Cut Early Voting Will Help Oversee North Carolina Elections
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
September 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
apnews.com/article/iowa... arrests leader of Iowa's largest school district, says he was living and working in US illegally
ICE arrests leader of Iowa's largest school district, says he was living and working in US illegally
Federal immigration agents have arrested the leader of Iowa’s largest school district in a targeted enforcement action that shocked students and educators. U.S.
apnews.com
September 27, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Reposted by Steve DeMaio
Good to see this getting coverage but California is NOT the largest #ACA market in spite of having the largest population. FLORIDA is.

Over 4.5 MILLION Floridians are enrolled in ACA individual market coverage, and nearly all of them are heavily subsidized right now.

acasignups.net/ira-subsidy-...
September 27, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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🚨 NEW YORK: ~450,000 to lose Essential Plan eligibility as state is forced to end expansion due to GOP's #BigUglyBill:

acasignups.net/25/09/12/new...
New York: 450,000 to lose Essential Plan eligibility as state is forced to end expansion due to GOP's #BigUglyBill
I knew this was coming but it's still depressing to see it officially announced. Via NY State of Health: Following Devastating Federal Funding Cuts, New York State Takes New Action to Preserve Health ...
acasignups.net
September 12, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Supreme Court Lifts Restrictions on L.A. Immigration Stops www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/u...
Supreme Court Lifts Restrictions on L.A. Immigration Stops
www.nytimes.com
September 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
​​Trump Tried to Kill the Infrastructure Law. Now He’s Getting Credit for Its Projects. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/u...
​​Trump Tried to Kill the Infrastructure Law. Now He’s Getting Credit for Its Projects.
www.nytimes.com
September 7, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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COLORADO: Legislature passes/Gov signs bill to backfill ~40% of lost federal subsidies...for now

It's a partial 1-year stopgap fix, but it's still a hell of a lot better than nothing.

acasignups.net/25/09/04/col...
Colorado: Legislature passes, Gov signs bill to backfill 40% of lost federal subsidies...for now (updated)
As I noted last month, Colorado's ~321,000 individual health insurance market enrollees are currently staring down the barrel of massive premium hikes less than four months from today: Perhaps 96,000 ...
acasignups.net
September 4, 2025 at 11:52 AM