Stan Tsunoda

Unless Trump backs down to avoid the Gov shutdown, healthcare premiums for many will skyrocket. Sen Dem Leadership have chosen a good strategy to pushback and highlight Trump incompetence and cruelty.

See Paul Krugman: Understanding the Coming Premium Apocalypse

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Brendan Carr’s FCC Power Play: How One Weak Man Threatens America’s Free Speech After Jimmy Kimmel’s remarks on the Charlie Kirk shooting, Carr used FCC leverage to pressure ABC—showing how quickly constitutional rights can be trampled.

When government intimidation and corporate cowardice meet, free speech dies. Boycott ABC and Disney until they stand up to Brendan Carr’s censorship.

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Plane to purgatory: how Trump’s deportation program shuttles immigrants into lawless limbo 44,000 immigrants, 1,700 flights, 100 days: a Guardian investigation of leaked flight data and government detention data reveals the inhumane journey of immigrants shuttled around and outside the US

"Give us your tired, your poor..." and we'll detain them in cruelest and most inhumane way so they decide to self deport.

Opinion | How Democrats Can Shut Down the Government With Voters on Their Side

Democratic leaders, do something! Here is an idea......

Apologies: You Have Reached the End of Your Free-Trial Period of America! Want rule of law? That’s premium.

Latest from Alexandra Petri. So on target!

JB Pritzker calls for ‘all to stand up’ to Trump’s immigration crackdown in Chicago President is preparing for controversial federal takeover of US city in crusade against immigration ‘sanctuary cities’

Pritzker stands up to Trump. He points out that the claimed "crime emergency" is just a ruse for putting Federal troops in place in Democratic cities for the 2026 elections to intimidate voters and influence the vote.

Bravo, Lisa Cook and Susan Monarez, for refusing to go quietly into the night. Fed Governor Cook is suing Trump for her illegal firing. CDC Director Monarez has refused to resign and has accused RFK, Jr of the weaponization of public health.

America's Superintelligence Project U.S. AI labs believe they may soon achieve superintelligence, a technology with profound national security implications. This investigation covers how America can position itself to secure, control, a...

The Gladstone.ai report, "America's Superintelligence Project' commissioned by the US State Dept, discusses the urgent need for better security in AI HW & SW supply chain, infrastructure, and development. It also discusses alignment: How do we control AI to ensure it serves human interests?

E.P.A. Plans to Revoke the Legal Basis for Tackling Climate Change

MAGA (Morons Are Governing America) strikes again. Yet another tragic decision that the world will need to endure.

CP violation in baryons is seen for the first time at CERN – Physics World LHCb result is consistent with the Standard Model, but could provide a path to new physics

Nice explanation of the recent CP violation observed in baryons that may have cosmological implications regarding matter vs anti-matter in the universe.

Justice Dept. Explores Using Criminal Charges Against Election Officials

Trump's DOJ is beginning to encroach on the upcoming elections. They are contemplating prosecuting state and local officials if election security is not "up to standards"

Bill Moyers, Presidential Aide and Veteran of Public TV, Dies at 91

Bill Moyers, rest in peace

‘A moral obligation to protest’: LA residents on being thrust into chaos Angelenos have taken to the streets to resist Ice officials conducting raids at workplaces, schools and churches

"As Americans, we have a constitutionally protected right to protest. As Angelenos, we have a moral obligation to protest the Ice raids on members of our community,"

Alex Berg, 42-year old resident of Los Angeles

Senator Alex Padilla was forced to the ground and handcuffed by federal agents while questioning Kristi Noem at her LA news conference. Trump is cynically inciting violence in LA and elsewhere by federalizing Nat'l Guard and deploying US troops while rounding up immigrants to meet his daily quotas.

Los Angeles gears up for fourth day of protests against immigration raids Rally will demand release of arrested union leader David Huerta as ACLU says ‘we will not be silenced’

LA protestors are on the front lines against the threat of a police state by Trump. They are walking a thin line while Trump is itching for violence that will give him an excuse to crack down and declare martial law.

The proposed Medicaid work requirements are a cynical tool for denying people healthcare to pay for the tax cut. 92% of the targeted recipients already work, are in school, have family caregiving responsibilities or have disabilities. Folks will be thrown off trying to navigate the red tape.

YouTube video by RepAOC Rep. AOC Breaks Down Medicare Advantage

AOC explains how Medicare Advantage makes its subscribers appear sicker than they really are and then denies them proper care in order to maximize private insurance company profits. Senators Bill Cassidy and Jeff Merkley have introduced the No Upcode Bill to address this.

Trump Administration Knew Vast Majority of Venezuelans Sent to Salvadoran Prison Had Not Been Convicted of U.S. Crimes Homeland Security records reveal that officials knew that more than half of the 238 deportees were labeled as having no criminal record in the U.S. and had only violated immigration laws.

The cruelty and recklessness of the Trump regime is obscene.

Another man is deported to El Salvador in violation of court order.

Do you feel more secure? CBO projects that the Dept of Homeland Security will add $67B to the deficit including $45B for detention facilities and $300M for FEMA protection of Trump's residences. In addition, an increase in immigration fees will provide $73B to fund more immigration enforcement.

A hidden measure in the Republican budget bill would crown Trump king | Robert Reich The bill could stop federal courts from enforcing their rulings, eliminating any restraint on Trump

A provision in the proposed GOP budget bill takes away the Judiciary’s only tool to pressure a defiant Executive branch into complying with the law.

Medicaid Work Requirements — Results from the First Year in Arkansas | NEJM Arkansas was among several states that implemented Medicaid work requirements. Results from surveys of low-income adults suggest that work requirements were associated with a decrease in the number...

Effect of 2018 Medicaid Work Requirements in Arkansas

13.2% of respondents targeted with work requirements lost Medicaid compared to those not targeted relative to those in the control states. >95% of them already met work requirements/were exempted! Losses were primarily due to onerous reporting.

Trump Seeks Extensive Student Data in Pressure Campaign to Control Harvard

Hang tough, Harvard.
You have all of academia on your shoulders.

The illegal deportations keep piling up:

3/5/25: Guatemalan deported to Mexico "in error"
3/15/25: 238 Venezuelans deported to El Salvador - no hearing (including Abrego Garcia)
5/7/25: Restraining order on deportation of Asians to Libya
5/20/25: Immigrants deported to S. Sudan - inadequate notice

Judge warns US deportations to South Sudan may breach court order The judge orders the migrants to be kept in US government custody, holding the plane on the tarmac if necessary.

In apparent defiance of a court order, the Trump administration has deported Myanmar and Vietnamese citizens to South Sudan in violation of their due process rights.

Opinion | Josh Hawley: Don’t Cut Medicaid

The truth will out. Here is Josh Hawley sounding like a Democrat!

Trump administration mulling end to habeas corpus, legal right to challenge one’s detention Presidential adviser Stephen Miller announces potential move, which US has made only four times in history

Is this is in preparation for dealing with the increased popular uprisings when tariff price increases, Medicaid cuts, and huge deficit caused interest rate increases start affecting people's daily lives?

Are we heading for another world war – or has it already started? The rules-based world order is in retreat and violence is on the rise, forcing countries to rethink their relationships

A survey of the effects of Trump's withdrawal of the US from the world stage.

Harvard Leaders See Only Bad Outcomes Ahead as They Battle Trump

Harvard, you’re a beacon for the resistance. Tragically, scholarship will be badly battered these next few years. Stand strong against the howling wind.

Opinion | How Will We Know When We Have Lost Our Democracy?

Authors argue that you know you are in an authoritarian regime when citizens are afraid to criticize their government.

So yeah, we are there.