Michael Piccorossi

Pete Hegseth Is Seriously Testing Trump’s ‘No Scalps’ Rule Lawmakers are finally waking up to the problems the defense secretary has created.

Pete’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week …

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In RFK Jr.’s Upside-Down World of Vaccines, Panel Votes To End Hepatitis B Shot at Birth - KFF Health News A session of a vaccine panel dominated by skeptics was chaotically at odds with past practices of the CDC, which HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has described as a “cesspool of corruption.” His…

A vaccine committee dominated by skeptics Trump's HHS secretary RFK Jr. chose voted 8-to-3 to end a 34-year recommendation to inoculate newborns against hepatitis B, a practice that helped reduce childhood infections of the virus by 99%, from around 16k in 1991 to only seven in 2023 bit.ly/48EuAYn

WOW! AN HONOR! — GCN

Chart showing an enormous July spike in ICE arrests in DC of people without criminal records

File under "charts that need no explanatory context to make the story clear" wapo.st/4iC8oCR

I know this is annoying but imagine if Joe Biden slept through a cabinet meeting

CALLOUT: I am looking to interview individuals who have sought health care at crisis pregnancy centers, whether intentionally or unintentionally, and want to talk about their experience. The center can be located anywhere. If you or someone you know might be interested, please email or send me a DM.

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GOP pessimism grows over any deal to extend expiring health care subsidies Senate Republicans don’t see a bipartisan deal to extend enhanced health insurance premium subsidies coming together before the Christmas deadline, given the complexity of the issue and a growing f…

Surprise! GOP pessimism grows over any deal to extend expiring health care subsidies
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The Beguiling, Misunderstood Theremin nyti.ms/441GvOw

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Understanding the Trump Administration’s Negotiated Drug Prices for Medicare While Republicans in Congress have largely opposed the IRA and Medicare drug price negotiation, President Trump appears to be embracing it. With this latest announcement, the Trump administration can ...

New from @kff.org - Understanding the Trump Administration’s Negotiated Drug Prices for Medicare
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tonight is for jfk

“Next year” is the new “in two weeks”

this morning's Fox & Friends featured commercials for Trump Watches *and* Trump-branded handguns. a level of presidential grifting that was unfathomable a decade ago.

Analysis: Polls show Trump’s happy talk on inflation is falling flat | CNN Politics The 2025 election two weeks ago crystallized how big a problem the economy and affordability appear to be for President Donald Trump and the Republican Party.

Despite Trump's protestations to the contrary, inflation has remained stubborn throughout in his second term, and is at about 3% on an annualized basis – right where it was when he took over. And the perception might be even worse. cnn.it/4o6uKNG

$5Trillion foreign investment + in each of the 4 years of the Biden administration bit.ly/3K8ibnj

KFF/New York Times 2025 Survey of Immigrants: Worries and Experiences Amid Increased Immigration Enforcement | KFF Amid the Trump administration’s increased immigration enforcement efforts, one in five immigrants say they personally know someone who has been arrested, detained or deported since January. Four in…

From new @kff.org / @nytimes.com survey of immigrants: More than half (53%) of immigrants say they are not confident they or a family member would receive fair treatment by the U.S. legal system if they were to be arrested or detained on immigration-related charges. bit.ly/4igPfWP

Judge Says Justice Dept. May Have Committed Misconduct in Comey Case The magistrate judge raised the question of whether “government misconduct” in the case might require dismissing the charges against the former F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, altogether.

In his ruling, Judge Fitzpatrick also pointed out that Halligan told grand jurors that they did not have to rely solely “on the record before them” to return an indictment against Mr. Comey, but “could be assured the government had more evidence that would be presented at trial.” nyti.ms/4raxm00

Family of Fisherman Killed in U.S. Military Strike Says It Wants Justice

As mangled bodies have begun washing up on the beaches of Trinidad and Tobago after Trump/Hegseth extrajudicial airstrikes, the family of Colombian fisherman killed in one of the strikes seeks justice

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Dan Haskett animation from Sesame Street: Let's Discuss This (1988)

a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag ALT: a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag

A reminder - last March, republicans promised to restore $1.1B in funding to DC in exchange for funding the government, and Mike Johnson never took it up in the House.

Democrats Scale Back Shutdown Demands, but G.O.P. Digs In

Thune and G.O.P. reject Democrats offer to protect ACA subsidies and reopen government www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...

Jury finds D.C. ‘sandwich guy’ not guilty of assaulting officer Sean C. Dunn admitted he flung the hoagie at a federal agent. His attorneys called it a “harmless gesture” of protest as Trump commandeered D.C. police.

The meatiest factual dispute concerned whether the salami sub – also sometimes referred to as a “hoagie” – had “exploded” on the CBP agent’s uniform.
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He's a busy guy.

I don't want AI. I want to stop filling out my entire medical history every time I go to the same doctor

War Powers Law Does Not Apply to Trump’s Boat Strikes, Administration Says

As death toll from Trump’s extrajudicial bombings rises, administration says War Powers Law does not apply www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/u...

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