Millions of older adults on Medicare prescription drug coverage could face steeper monthly costs in 2027, after the Trump administration concludes a temporary subsidy program that has helped offset premiums for the past two years.
The Trump administration is ending a Medicare drug subsidy program. Here’s how it could affect costs.www.chicagotribune.com
Republicans alone slashed Medicare with zero Democratic votes and timed it for after the election. A Democratic Congress will restore the cuts, cap insulin at $35, expand dental and vision coverage, and crack down on Big Pharma. Vote them in. #RepublicansCutHealthcare
15-year-old Joniah Walker took an Uber from Milwaukee to Chicago to meet a man who she’d been communicating with online for several years. Investigators say he had been holding her captive in Virginia ever since.
Teen girl kidnapped in Chicago is found alive in Virginia after being held captive for 4 yearsThe case involves a 15-year-old girl who left home in Milwaukee, came to Chicago and vanished. Now she’s been found alive and a man has been charged with kidnapping.nbcnews.to
NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES #RepublicansCutHealthcare (ty @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social ) DAY 30 JULY 2026 61 YEARS AGO TODAY MEDICARE SIGNED INTO LAW Thanks to Trump & Republicans We are watching our benefits being stripped away TELL Republicans & Independents VOTE EVERY REPUBLICAN OUT IN NOVEMBER
TMZ’s Harvey Levin Calls GOP Attacks On Dr. Fauci ‘Heartbreaking,’ Compares It to McCarthyism
TMZ’s Harvey Levin Calls GOP Attacks On Dr. Fauci ‘Heartbreaking,’ Compares It to McCarthyismTMZ's Harvey Levin used his platform's social media channels to blast Sen. Rand Paul's pursuit of Dr. Anthony Fauci as a "heartbreaking" example of the Senator's years-long "witch hunt."www.mediaite.com
🚨BREAKING: In a decisive win for voters, the Kansas Supreme Court rejected Secretary of State Scott Schwab’s (R) final emergency effort to revive a strict Election Day receipt deadline for mail-in ballots right before the state’s primary. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Kansas Supreme Court deals final blow to GOP bid to throw out late-arriving mail ballotsThe ruling is a conclusive defeat for Schwab’s last-minute campaign to enforce a Republican-backed law that attempted to eliminate the grace period and required mail ballots to arrive on Election Day ...www.democracydocket.com
Let’s be clear here, when scientists say mistakes were made at the start of the pandemic, we DO NOT mean that we did too much. We mean not socially distancing quickly enough, not making tests widely available, and not acknowledging COVID is airborne and distributing N95 masks to everyone.
The Fauci hearing was a disgrace. Here are some reminders of how it really went down in 2020. Never forget.
UPDATE: Mandela Barnes dropped out of the Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor, as progressive state lawmaker Francesca Hong surges in the polls. The announcement comes as state Dems brace for damaging media reports about Barnes.
Mandela Barnes drops out of Wisconsin governor raceDemocratic officials in the state have been bracing for the publication of damaging news reports about the former lieutenant governor.www.politico.com
With 5M Texans, Including 1M Children Uninsured, Rep. Al Green Calls for Passage of Medicare for All. Watch Rep. Al Green’s remarks by clicking here: youtu.be/jyhzp9Wkq3s?...
With 5M Texans, Including 1M Children Uninsured, Rep. Al Green Calls for Passage of Medicare for AllYouTube video by Rep. Al Greenyoutu.be
"A concentration camp, in its most basic definition, is a place where a targeted civilian population, not necessarily accused of a crime, is detained and at least some of their basic rights are suspended," writes @jwashing.bsky.social. "That’s precisely what’s happening in the United States today."
Don’t call them ICE detention centers. Call them camps | John WashingtonI’ve spent a decade reporting on immigration enforcement. The word ‘camp’ best captures the political function of these facilitieswww.theguardian.com
The former Pittsburgh Post-Gazette workers who went on strike for 3+ years, only to have the owners sell the paper and fire most of them, have started their own cooperative news org. Important reporting by @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social
Corporate profiteers destroyed journalism. Worker-owned media can save it.Former Pittsburgh Post-Gazette workers went on strike for over three years and won. Then, the owners sold the paper and most strikers lost their jobs. Now, they’ve launched “a cooperative news organiz...therealnews.com
The individual in question is perceived as a detrimental figure to the American populace and should be removed from office promptly through appropriate measures.
🚨BREAKING: Pennsylvania’s top election official, a Republican, rebuffed the Trump administration’s claim that nearly 15,000 noncitizens could be registered to vote in the commonwealth, demanding it explain how that estimate was calculated. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Pennsylvania calls for DHS to substantiate sweeping noncitizen voter roll claims"Notably, DHS has not identified its methodology or what data it relied on in reaching this conclusion," Sec. Schmidt wrote.www.democracydocket.com