Elena Hung (she/her)

As my colleague Andy Schneider explained there is a complex administrative process CMS has to follow to preemptively withhold or retrospectively disallow federal #Medicaid funding for a state like MN. It would be unlawful to just unilaterally halt federal funding: ccf.georgetown.edu/2026/01/16/c...

Disgusted by this Administration’s ongoing attacks on the state of Minnesota - now an unlawful act to withhold federal Medicaid funding preemptively.
Medicaid serves children, people with disabilities etc.

Photo of (L to R) Maria, me, and Lachi with her sparkly Glam Cane; we are all smiling at the camera and looking gorgeous AF. I am holding a copy of Lachi's book "I identify as blind" in my hand.

Very few people will get me to leave my warm, comfy bed and go outside in this icy snow; @mariatown.bsky.social & @lachimusic.bsky.social did! Thrilled I got to spend the evening listening to their conversation on all things disability, including Lachi's new book "I identify as blind."

Hello, @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social! My name is Juan Escalante, and I am an immigrant rights advocate 👋

I am still up and working on the West Coast, so I'd be more than happy to give you a crash course on why this is a bad ask

Let's talk

We could have health care and help people survive and thrive or ... Americans shot and killed in broad daylight by masked officials. 🤔

I’m ok. I’m a survivor so this small agitator isn’t going to intimidate me from doing my work.

I don’t let bullies win.

Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.

Queer trans ICE protester in small Minn. city recounts agents' violence and humiliation Alice Valentine of St. Cloud was pepper sprayed and jailed by ICE for trying to protect immigrant neighbors.

NEW — ICE violence has spread well beyond Minneapolis, with agents landing in small cities like St. Cloud. I spoke with Alice Valentine, a local queer trans woman, who protested ICE on Monday and was pepper sprayed, beaten and jailed as a result, along with her girlfriend.

This is Alice's story:

The Danger ICE Poses to the Disabled Community | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice. Disabled people face increased rates of violence, abandonment, and medical neglect in ICE custody.

“Denying disabled people accommodations is denying their basic rights. On multiple occasions, ICE has engaged in inhuman treatment when apprehending people who are disabled.”

THE MONEY FUNDING MASKED ICE AGENTS 👇

IS THE SAME MONEY THAT COULD’VE FUNDED #MEDICAID FOR MEDICALLY COMPLEX AND DISABLED CHILDREN

** Periodic reminder **

First they came for ...

What could the physician have done?

Checked vital signs. Sometimes a pulse is slow or thready or there are subtle signs of life.

Administer CPR.

Open the airway.

Staunch the bleed.

Why the %#*^ would you keep a doc away?

Naming a police officer is not doxxing. We aren’t supposed to have secret police in America.

No one seems to know what's next for Venezuela—including the Trump administration While Trump clearly stated his desire for the U.S. to commandeer oil in Venezuela, the actual future of the country under U.S. influence doesn’t give Venezuelans self-determination

Where does Venezuela go from here? No one seems to know—including the Trump Admin

While Trump clearly stated his desire for the U.S. to commandeer Venezuela’s oil, the actual future of the country under U.S. influence doesn’t give Venezuelans self-determination

My latest via @prismreports.org

Emotional vigil held for man killed by off-duty ICE agent on New Year's Eve Sunday evening, a crowd of about 50 gathered at the Village Pointe apartment complex in Northridge to grieve Keith Porter Jr., who was fatally shot on New Year's Eve by an off-duty ICE agent.

Federal immigration agents have now shot and killed multiple people since Trump took office a year ago. Today alone marks the second deadly ICE shooting IN A WEEK. An off-duty shot and killed a 43-year-old father in CA on Dec. 31.

Since Noem became head of DHS and ICE further reduced standards for joining the agency while White House officials such as Stephen Miller demanded enforcement quotas, there has been a huge uptick in horrendous violence from ICE. This was predictable, yet it remains shocking and unacceptable.

TODAY, an ICE agent killed a person

ONGOING, ICE is using #Medicaid records to further terrorize families while expanding their mass deportation efforts

Ensures that all the diseases covered by the previous immunization schedule will still be available to anyone who wants them through Affordable Care Act insurance plans and federal insurance programs, including Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and the Vaccines for Children program. Families will not have to purchase them out of pocket. Among peer nations, the U.S. will continue to offer the most childhood vaccines for free to those who want them.

Copy Editing Matters, from HHS's release on the new childhood vaccine schedule: All the diseases will still be available to anyone who wants them

The Long Road Ahead For Venezuela Welcome to a special edition of Double Click Newsletter. The following are broad thoughts and analysis of the recent events in Caracas, Venezuela. For full disclosure, the author, now a U.S. Citizen a...

Many of you have called or texted to ask my thoughts on the rapidly developing situation in #Venezuela

I hope this blog post helps shed light on where our focus should be in the coming days —> doubleclick.blog/the/

REMEMBER: Talk to Venezuelans about Venezuela!

Once again: elections have consequences

Are we at war with Venezuela?!?

I don't know. You don't know either.

It sure would be nice to have a legitimate Pentagon press corps right about now.

CNN: We have major breaking news. CNN just learning of explosions in Caracas, Venezuela… We have now have CNN's own teams that have personally witnessed explosions.

just thinking about every american media outlet that said something along the lines of "legal experts say there is likely no legal basis for bombing venezuelan boats" and not HEY THIS IS FUCKING ILLEGAL AND AGGRESSIVE

New Year, Same Me.

… because consistency, reliability, and loyalty also matters to the people I love. 😉

Sending love to everyone with depression, anxiety, CPTSD, PTSD, trauma, OCD, and other mental health conditions. May the holidays land gently. ❤️‍🩹

THIS

"It’s important to me to tell our story so people understand the true faces of Medicaid and learn intimately about the people whose lives will be ripped apart by Medicaid cuts."

Forever grateful to all the brave families who share their stories publicly, helping put a face on #Medicaid.

Head Start centers told to avoid 'disability,' 'women' and more in funding requests New court documents reveal a list of nearly 200 words or phrases the Trump administration told Head Start programs it does not want to see in their funding requests.

Head Start is a 60-year-old US Department of Health and Human Services program that, among other things, creates inclusive and accessible classrooms for children with disabilities. But those applying for funding were told by the Trump regime to avoid the words "inclusion" and "disability." 🤡

Federal Government Announces Racial Profiling Campaign, Explains It’s Because of the President’s Personal Bigotry

‘A full-blown crisis’: Americans brace for a surge in healthcare costs West Virginia is at the epicentre of a looming disaster over rising insurance premiums as affordability concerns soar

These are just a few stories of working families struggling to afford the coverage they need. Without the Affordable Care Act tax credits, millions of Americans will see their healthcare costs skyrocket. www.ft.com/content/beec...