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Half the battle is admitting most of us think we’re the reasonable ones. Maybe the real fix is designing spaces where it’s ok to be wrong.

Possible? It’s likely a fact.

How Healthcare Cuts in the ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Will Affect Americans Hospitals’ uncompensated work will increase and insurers will lose big business

Trump’s new “Big, Beautiful” bill slashes over $1 trillion from Medicaid over the next decade, forcing 8–11 million people off coverage and squeezing rural hospitals—even with a $50 b relief fund. It’s a critical test of our nation’s healthcare values.

more: www.wsj.com/health/healt...

SCOTUS just handed every parent a veto over public school lessons. This isn’t about liberty—it’s about fragmentation. One parent objects to history, another to science. Public ed can’t survive as a patchwork of opt-outs. We’re losing the civic glue that holds us together.

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I left Twitter for 6 months because it became a hostile MAGA echo chamber. Sadly, I’m finding BlueSky is becoming a mirror image—just on the other extreme. It’s hard to share nuanced or different views without being met with personal attacks. We can disagree without dehumanizing each other.

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I left Twitter for 6 months because it became a hostile MAGA echo chamber. Sadly, I’m finding BlueSky is becoming a mirror image—just on the other extreme. It’s hard to share nuanced or different views without being met with personal attacks. We can disagree without dehumanizing each other.

Freezing rent sounds nice—until it destroys property rights, freedom, and market incentives. It kills competition, discourages investment, and worsens the housing shortage. NYC needs more supply, not Soviet-style controls from City Hall.

I’m a lifelong Never Trumper—he’s done real damage, especially on immigration. But electing radicals like Zohran Mamdani isn’t the answer. We need normal people with real solutions. A mayor’s job is to run a city efficiently, not stage an ideological revolution.

Ok - but Zohran Mamdani is really horrible. Sorry.

We can loathe the Iranian regime—and still admit that Trump treats nuclear brinkmanship like a reality show cliffhanger. This isn’t art of the deal, it’s roulette with millions of lives.

Sadly, everything gets filtered through whether we like Trump. I’m a Never Trumper—we can debate Iran policy. But can we agree the current regime is brutal and should not have nuclear weapons or even the possibility of them? Let’s start there.

Social Security is mostly self-funded and doesn’t directly add to the deficit now—but future shortfalls could strain the federal budget. Reform debates are valid; let’s focus on facts, not blame. Honest dialogue beats partisan soundbites.

Batted 0 - 5 .

And just like that, America pulled off the legal equivalent of “new phone, who dis?”—9 states ghosted the Articles and boom, we had a Constitution. Revolutionary group chat rules.

Trump claims Harvard and the White House are in active talks on a “historic” settlement—but provides zero details or evidence. Praises Harvard’s behavior in negotiations, yet fails to explain what is being settled. Harvard might be negotiating… with a magician?

www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Court blocks Louisiana law requiring schools to post Ten Commandments in classrooms A panel of three federal appellate judges has ruled that a Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in each of the state’s public school classrooms is unconstitutional.

This isn’t shocking—it’s basic. The Louisiana government knew all along, but chose populism over principle. No surprise here.
Here’s the full story: apnews.com/article/loui...

*CNN polls tho.

New U.S. policy requires student visa applicants to set all social media accounts to public. Refusal may count against them. The State is now judging young people’s ideas online—before they even arrive. Who decides what views disqualify a future student?

An America First president now faces his base’s deepest divide: strike Iran to stop nukes, or hold the line on staying out of foreign wars. MAGA’s internal war isn’t just about policy—it’s about what kind of power the U.S. should wield abroad.

SCOTUS ruled that states can ban gender-affirming care for minors, overriding decisions by families and doctors. The ruling shifts power away from parents and medical experts, placing it in the hands of legislatures. A pivotal moment in state control over personal health.

Not bad actually.

Israel planned to assassinate Iran’s supreme leader Khamenei, but Trump said no: report Israel had a plan to assassinate Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, but President Trump vetoed the operation, according to reports.

Israel reportedly had a real‑time chance to assassinate Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during mid‑June’s Operation Rising Lion, but President Trump vetoed the plan, noting no Americans had been harmed. Source: nypost.com/2025/06/15/w...

Ah yes, the old “we’re being invaded by… democracy” defense under 10 U.S.C. § 12406. Spoiler: this isn’t Red Dawn. It’s just Wednesday. Mobilizing the Guard like this isn’t law and order—it’s cosplay with consequences. Courts better move fast.

Lady G on 🔥.

Florida’s attempt to loosen child labor limits — allowing teens as young as 14–17 to work overnight and longer school‑day shifts to fill gaps from deported migrant workers — has collapsed in the State Senate…for now. But it could resurface.  

Sorry to say this but the optics and messaging in California —so far— favor Trump. Fix this. I’m a never Trumper btw. @meidastouch.com @governor.ca.gov @walshfreedom.bsky.social @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

The World Bank issued a gentle but global “can we talk?” Tariffs too high, growth too low; if countries played fairer on trade, we all do better. Turns out, taxing each other’s stuff like it’s the 1800s isn’t helping anyone. Time to cut it out—literally.
openknowledge.worldbank.org/server/api/c...

Totally. He’s not just chilling turnout—he’s freezing it in liquid nitrogen. Normalize chaos, exhaust voters, throw in some street troops for ambiance. When democracy feels like a headache, apathy wins—and in the right ZIP codes, that’s all he needs.

SCOTUS to gov’t: You can’t cancel folks just because you don’t like their speech. Even if they’re the NRA. Trump’s retribution campaign just hit a First Amendment firewall—unanimous and bulletproof. Thanks.