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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29.09.2025 16:41 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Opinion | How Democrats Can Shut Down the Government With Voters on Their Side
Democratic leaders, do something! Here is an idea......
12.09.2025 16:56 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
JB Pritzker calls for โall to stand upโ to Trumpโs immigration crackdown in Chicago
President is preparing for controversial federal takeover of US city in crusade against immigration โsanctuary citiesโ
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.
01.09.2025 17:19 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
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.
28.08.2025 15:43 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
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?
15.08.2025 23:01 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
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.
29.07.2025 17:19 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
CP violation in baryons is seen for the first time at CERN โ 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.
17.07.2025 23:50 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
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"
11.07.2025 23:14 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Bill Moyers, Presidential Aide and Veteran of Public TV, Dies at 91
Bill Moyers, rest in peace
26.06.2025 23:22 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
โA moral obligation to protestโ: 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
13.06.2025 20:22 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
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.
12.06.2025 20:42 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
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 โwe will not be silencedโ
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.
09.06.2025 17:17 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
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.
08.06.2025 21:35 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
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.
01.06.2025 20:59 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
Another man is deported to El Salvador in violation of court order.
31.05.2025 16:26 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
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.
27.05.2025 21:27 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
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 Judiciaryโs only tool to pressure a defiant Executive branch into complying with the law.
27.05.2025 13:53 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Medicaid Work Requirements โ 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.
26.05.2025 22:20 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
Trump Seeks Extensive Student Data in Pressure Campaign to Control Harvard
Hang tough, Harvard.
You have all of academia on your shoulders.
24.05.2025 16:48 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
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
21.05.2025 22:17 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
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.
21.05.2025 04:45 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0
Opinion | Josh Hawley: Donโt Cut Medicaid
The truth will out. Here is Josh Hawley sounding like a Democrat!
12.05.2025 20:46 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Trump administration mulling end to habeas corpus, legal right to challenge oneโs 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?
10.05.2025 20:31 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Harvard Leaders See Only Bad Outcomes Ahead as They Battle Trump
Harvard, youโre a beacon for the resistance. Tragically, scholarship will be badly battered these next few years. Stand strong against the howling wind.
09.05.2025 14:03 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
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.
08.05.2025 17:02 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
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