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Republicans are quietly rolling back Obamacare. Here’s how | CNN Politics President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are no longer promising to repeal Obamacare, but that doesn’t mean they have given up efforts to take down the landmark health reform law.

Now Republicans are trying something different: quietly weakening the law and hoping you won’t notice. We can’t let them. It’s up to all of us to vote for leaders in every election who will make our healthcare system better, not undermine it. Call your member of Congress and hold them accountable.

Since we passed the Affordable Care Act, Republicans have tried over and over to repeal it. And over and over, they’ve failed — in part because millions of people now depend on the ACA for quality, affordable health care.

Vladimir Putin Could Be Laying a Trap Donald Trump badly wants a deal to end the war in Ukraine. What is he willing to give up?

Foreign-policy experts—and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky—are warning that Donald Trump could be walking into a trap that Vladimir Putin is setting on American soil, @jonlemire.bsky.social reports:

Republicans are saying we need to clean New York City streets of trash, and I just found the worst example of it where we need to start.

Did anyone ever get an answer for why the crimebusters in this administration let a triple murderer back in to the U.S. and walk free?

The President of the United States has unleashed the United States Military against U.S. citizens.

There is no "good" way to spin this. Sorry.

The crime scene in D.C. most damaging to everyday Americans is at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

Update from Kenny Holston

Breaking: Despite official figures showing a sharp drop in crime over the last two years, National Guard troops are starting to appear now on the streets of Washington D.C. because of Trump. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...

I didn't get to see any interesting #SpikesSpots today, it was too hot 🔥
We've been streaming some good shows though. We finished #WednesdaySeason2
#TheLazarusProject and now we're watching #ChiefOfWar . And we finally watched #ResidentAlien series finale 😕
#Spike #Dogsofbluesky #TVPicks

They go fast when they want to go fast and slow when they want to go to slow and the decision is *always* an ideological one.

Talerico: When Democrats had a majority in congress, they voted to ban gerrymandering Do you know how many Republicans joined Democrats to ban gerrymandering? Zero. You can spare me both sides rhetoric.

🚨 New Filing in Callais v. Landry Read the latest filing in Callais v. Landry.

🚨BREAKING: Supreme Court will hear oral argument in critical rehearing in Louisiana redistricting case on October 15. This timing raises the threat that the Court could be looking to limit or strike down VRA Section 2 in advance of 2026 midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/cases/louisi...

But a sweet goofball! Goodnight dear fren ❤️

The dearest fren. Goodnight sweet Bobcat ❤️

A silly orange kitty boy is on top of a tall, well loved cat tree. For once he's not thinking about treats. He's laser focused on a toy fastened to the tree! ❤️

Goodnight, frens ❤️
#Minterland

Video description: A silly orange kitty boy is rolling around on top of a tall, well loved cat tree, like this little goofball he is ❤️

YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen Republicans said Americans would "get over" Medicaid cuts. They won't.

Before Republicans voted to gut Medicaid to fund billionaire tax cuts, they said the American people would just “get over it.”

Tell that to the millions of Americans who are about to lose their coverage and the millions more who are about to see their costs skyrocket.

What Trump is doing in DC isn't about “law and order.” If he cared about that, he wouldn’t have gutted DC’s ability to fund its own police force.

This is about Trump playing king at the expense of DC's 700K residents. The American people must stand against this abuse of power.

Rep. Adam Smith: "Look, it's pretty clear the president wants his own domestic police force and step by step he's trying to create it. We should be deeply alarmed by that regardless of how you feel about crime in DC or any other city ... it's a huge step toward an autocratic government."

For the record, our division commander BANNED things called “presence patrols” in Iraq.

“If you don’t have a specific task & purpose, your ‘presence’ doesn’t do anything.”

National Guard stating they are now doing presence patrols in DC.

A complete waste of soldier’s time & effort.

Democratic Mayors Association: "Let's be clear: Crime is down in most major cities - including Washington, DC - in spite of Donald Trump, not because of him. If Trump actually cared about reducing crime, he wouldn't have made unprecedented cuts to public safety programs that actually work."

Gov. Newsom to Trump: "You are playing with fire, risking the destabilization of our democracy, while knowing that California can neutralize any gains."

"If you will not stand down, I will be forced to lead an effort to redraw the maps in California to offset the rigging of maps in red states."

Sherrod Brown to run for U.S. Senate in 2026, challenging Jon Husted Brown’s decision, which comes after months of speculation, gives Ohio Democrats perhaps their best hope of unseating incumbent U.S. Sen. Jon Husted.

Flag: Democrat Sherrod Brown has decided to run in 2026 for U.S. Senate in Ohio, according to local labor leaders Brown told of his thinking.

Brown's decision gives Ohio Democrats perhaps their best hope of unseating incumbent Jon Husted. www.cleveland.com/news/2025/08...

The Trump administration announced that the United States will not support a voluntary global plan aimed at sharply cutting greenhouse gas emissions from the shipping sector by 2050.

As with the Eric Adams debacle, another judge refuses to give Trump DOJ what it wants While checking the executive’s attempt to override the judiciary’s sentencing power, a judge noted the president’s pardon power is not so restrained.

OPINION by @jordan-s-rubin.bsky.social:

“The judiciary stands as something of a bulwark against the government’s moves to completely bend the justice system to its own ends.”

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SCOTUS Sets October Date to Rehear Case That Could Gut the VRA Read more here.

NEW: The Supreme Court will re-hear a high-stakes Louisiana redistricting case that could upend the Voting Rights Act. Delayed from last term, the case’s arguments in October will focus on whether creating a second majority-Black district under the VRA is unconstitutional.

This Saturday, nationwide “Fight the Trump Takeover” protests will take place with 50 rallies across 20 states to oppose Republican-led redistricting efforts in Texas. “Fight the Trump Takeover” is coordinated by Texas for ALL(@texasforall.bsky.social), the day of action pushes back against

I'm not going to waste my breath quibbling with the headline, what I am going to do is continue screaming about how us basement dwelling shit posters saw this coming a mile away while Peter Baker (the author of this story) and others told us we were being hyperbolic.