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The Trump administration is ending a Medicare drug subsidy program. Here's how it could affect costs apnews.com/article/medi...
The Trump administration is ending a Medicare drug subsidy program. Here's how it could affect costsMillions of older adults on Medicare prescription drug coverage could face higher monthly costs in 2027.apnews.com
Contact tracers and public health workers are astonishingly good at their jobs and would have excellent careers as PIs if they ever decided to leave the field.
Nurses Chase Cyclospora, Aided by Interviews, Fast-Food Receipts — And the Messy Details - KFF Health NewsYes, they’ve heard all the poop jokes. Public health staffers are painstakingly tracing the sources of this massive outbreak, combing through fast-food orders and lettuce purchases as they listen to p...kffhealthnews.org
We created this guide for anyone who could experience a miscarriage in a state with abortion restrictions. We wrote it in consultation with dozens of doctors, including those who regularly treat patients who are miscarrying 👇
If You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your LifeWomen experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselv...www.propublica.org
RE: Kansas, look who had the idea. Corrupt Kobach. Now defeat him for AG this year: "two months after the 2022 abortion amendment failed, Republican Kris Kobach floated the idea of amending our constitution to popularly elect our state Supreme Court justices" kansasreflector.com/2026/06/09/w...
Who is pushing the constitutional amendment to change Kansas Supreme Court judicial selection? • Kansas ReflectorOn Aug. 4, Kansans will again vote on whether to change the way in which we select our Kansas Supreme Court Justices.kansasreflector.comStephen WolfRepublican power grabs in Kansas and Missouri are going down in flames with 18-25% of votes reported so far. Missouri's Amendment 4 aimed to make citizen-initiated constitutional amendments practically impossible. Kansas' Amendment 1 was designed to flip the state Supreme Court to ban abortion
Expect her minions in DC media and Maine media to dutifully portray this as a bold move when it's the same old story if Thune needed her, he'd have her. See, for example, Brett Kavanaugh Any Hill reporters who uses "🚨 Breaking News" on an expected Collins vote is pretty much on her comms team
Collins WatchSusan comes out against Todd Blanche now that he's got the votes. So tiresome. (We called it: tinyurl.com/3bepafkz) #MEpolitics
just going to re-up last week's post from @msignorile.bsky.social: Is Rep. Max Miller threatening to out Sen. Bernie Moreno for having sex with men? www.signorile.com/p/is-rep-max...
Is Rep. Max Miller threatening to out Sen. Bernie Moreno for having sex with men?Moreno won’t call for the resignation of Miller, his son-in-law, accused by Moreno’s daughter of domestic abuse. Is it MAGA loyalty, or is it Miller’s threat to uncover something about the senator?www.signorile.comAaron Ruparwhoa -- Max Miller on CNN threatens Sen. Bernie Moreno with "exposing a deeply and personal embarrassing matter" after Moreno called for his resignation
ICE is beginning to outfit Haitian immigrants with ankle monitors after the Trump admin ended their deportation protections www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
ICE begins outfitting Haitian immigrants with ankle monitors, attorneys sayHaitian immigrants in Ohio with temporary protected status are being called to ICE offices for check-ins after federal officials said their protections had ended.www.washingtonpost.com
the intentional abdication by Congress of nearly all of its constitutional responsibilities is at the core of most of our problems as a nation
Aaron RuparCornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"
Bizarre Texts, Gifted Guns, 30 Types of Ice Cream: Rep. Faces Censure Following Sexual Harassment Allegations talkingpointsmemo.com/news/house-e...
Bizarre Texts, Gifted Guns, 30 Types of Ice Cream: Rep. Faces Censure Following Sexual Harassment AllegationsThe bipartisan House Ethics Committee on Monday recommended that Rep. Chuck Edwards...talkingpointsmemo.com
The pedophile protector regime wants to force kids to beg for their lives alone in immigration court. Call your Member of Congress, tell them to demand HHS pay what they owe the lawyers representing 20,000 unaccompanied kids & let them keep doing their jobs. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Thousands of immigrant children risk losing lawyers after Trump aid cutsMore than 20,000 unaccompanied children risk going to US immigration court alone after federal funding cutswww.theguardian.com
This is like JD Vance mansplaining Catholicism to the literal pope. Oh wait he does that frequently!
Liz - High and InsideI remember a couple years ago someone tried to mansplain The Handmaid's Tale to Margaret Atwood, oh to have the confidence of a mediocre man
Overnight, this plane flew to Senegal to refuel and has now made its first removal stop, to Sierra Leone. This is very likely the third third-country removal to Sierra Leone.
Gillian BrockellThe imminent flight that I mentioned at the end of this story has taken off. Sounds like it’s going to go Senegal - Ghana - Central African Republic, with the latter two being third-country removals. At least one of the immigrants being sent to CAR is from Nepal.
i do not understand what the non-nefarious use case for this even is
Joseph CoxNew from 404 Media: Google Earth has introduced an AI feature that lets anyone fabricate completely bullshit satellite images. In our own tests, we added a “bomb blast and crater” to an area of Los Angeles. This is a misinformation time bomb, will 100% be abused www.404media.co/google-earth...
At the start of the Civil War, there were 4 million people who were enslaved in the US. Families were separated so some members could be sold to plantations in other parts of the country, including children.
The good news is it wasn’t 10 years ago. The bad news is it was 11 years ago. The good news is it was the same day as the Great Arizona Llama Breakout
lol hey so this is racist 🤷🏿♀️
RavWhat the fuck?? “While Mr. El-Sayed is fringy and radical, he’s also a Muslim man. Ms. Stevens is a white woman. This puts her at a disadvantage in the identity Olympics that internal Democratic Party politics have become.” www.wsj.com/opinion/free...
"Farah Larrieux has lived in the U.S. for roughly two decades... Her refrigerator and cupboards are stocked with food because she fears leaving home and being arrested by ICE." "If I don't get mistreated by ICE at the detention center, I may be killed in Haiti."
Haitian TPS holders in South Florida brace for end of their legal statusTemporary protected status was given to Haitians after the 2010 quake because Haiti was deemed too dangerous for a safe return. In June, the Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to end TPS.www.npr.org
ICE literally went into a national forest and arrested people who were swimming, etc. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/state/n...
ICE agents target NC’s Pisgah National Forest and make multiple arrests, feds sayImmigration and Customs Enforcement extends its reach to western North Carolina’s wilderness areas and makes 13 arrests in Pisgah National Forest, feds say.www.charlotteobserver.com