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Trump's Social Security Administration commissioner just called for a 50% staff reduction.

This would gut SSA field offices and make it harder for millions of seniors to access benefits. 

Make no mistake: this is an attack on Social Security itself.

Not surprisingly, the Trump and GOP budget has nothing about no tax on tips, nothing on no tax on overtime, and nothing on no tax on social security. It does have a $4.5 trillion tax cut for billionaires however.

Trump administration to cut billions in medical research funding
Source: The Guardian

They have to pay for the tax cuts for rich folks somehow.

I guess early childhood education for kids is as good a source as any…

This is Nazi purge stuff. 40 years of service, only to be kicked to the curb like trash by fascists.

The online portal through which state Medicaid departments receive federal funding stopped working Tuesday, according to state officials. The outage at least temporarily jeopardized payments the federal government legally owes Medicaid programs, which serve tens of millions of low-income Americans.

@repjasmine.bsky.social: Nancy Mace "is not a champion for women. She is someone that likes to say it, but when it comes down to walking the walk, she's not doing it."

Watch the full interview: youtu.be/WBg_t7ZFsLo

"California paid in a lot more [to the federal government] than it got back — $83 billion in total. So did Washington state and much of the Northeast. Most red states were in the reverse position, getting much more from DC than they paid in return."

I’m sorry but the fact that Congress is about to throw immigrants under the bus at the very same time that countless immigrants in California are risking their lives to protect neighborhoods many of them could never aspire live in is breaking my brain in a whole new way.

Preparing for the next four years. Here is a practical guide for coping with and getting through Trump 2.0.

I fear there is deep truth here.

It’s sad that we have to fight the fire and all the lies at the same time, but I’m glad Newsom is acting quickly to get out the facts:
gavinnewsom.com/california-f...

Republican congressman from Ohio calls for halting of disaster relief to California.

It’s worth remembering that California pays more than almost every other state (including Ohio) for every dollar it receives in federal support

In response to the devastating fires raging in LA, a small restaurant in Surf City USA has become a channel for big help — from locals to people across the country — to support their neighbors up north.

57 companies are responsible for 80% of global greenhouse gas emissions since 2016.

These companies include fossil fuel giants like Chevron, Shell, and BP, who have been raking in record profits.

The profits of Big Oil should not be more important than the future of our planet.

"Idaho Republican legislators have introduced a resolution on Tuesday urging the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges, the 2015 decision that established marriage equality nationwide."