Jennifer LaFleur

The biggest hurdle to Trump's Medicaid work requirements: the war on disabled workers The White House is telling Medicaid users to get jobs—while attacking everything that makes that possible.

Medicaid work requirements are just bad. But, as I wrote for @motherjones.com, there’s an extra level of vileness going on with them being implemented as more work-from-home jobs disappear.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

CDC's HIV Prevention Division Readies for Its Demise A first-term Trump administration HIV prevention project is on the chopping block as well

"Not only are we preventing new infections, but we're doing better at keeping people alive," www.medpagetoday.com/hivaids/hiva...

RFK Jr. says there aren't autistic poets. We asked an autistic poet. "I will challenge RFK Jr. to write a poem as good as me any day of the week."

"You can’t eradicate autism without eradicating autistic people. It’s genocidal rhetoric against us that’s justified by 'autism destroys families. It destroys children.' No, it doesn’t. It’s bias against autistic people."

From an interview at @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

D.C. residents are deeply disquieted by masked feds It is legal for ICE and other agents to obscure their identity, but it comes at a cost

I don't live in DC anymore, but for following DC news, @51st.news is my go to source. 51st.news/masked-feds-...

Penn State trustees undergo transparency training as part of settlement with Spotlight PA STATE COLLEGE — All voting members of Penn State’s board completed training on the Sunshine Act this month as part of the governing board’s legal settlement with Spotlight PA over

Impact! www.dailycourier.com/news/penn-st...

Programs for Students With Hearing and Vision Loss Harmed by Trump’s Anti-Diversity Push Citing concerns about DEI, the U.S. Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states. “How low can you go?” one advoc...

“How can you do this to children?”
www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Supreme Court Rules Supreme Court Rules WASHINGTON, DC—In a landmark decision Monday, the United States Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that it rules.

“In the case of The U.S. Supreme Court v. Everyone Else, this court wins by a serious landslide.”

Payment Receipt Fee Type PACER Case Search Tracking Id Payment Amount $379.70 Transaction Date 09/09/2025 Approval Code

The PACER bill always comes due.

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In a single email, the EPA ended her research into how climate change endangers children Jane Clougherty spent years studying how extreme weather affects kids’ health, but as climate threats continue to rise, the Trump administration cancelled her work.

"It’s work that would have helped some of the country’s most vulnerable children at a time when extreme weather events are becoming more common..." 19thnews.org/2025/09/epa-... via @19thnews.org

‘It's Just a Mess:' 23 People Explain How Tariffs Have Suddenly Ruined Their Hobby "The real kick in the teeth is no matter how much manufacturing is brought back to the US these items will never be made in the USA. There is no upside."

Talked to 23 people who suddenly have to pay huge tariffs or otherwise cannot get chainmail from Pakistan, yarn from France, retro computers from Japan, metal music from the Netherlands, DVDs from Germany, cosplay supplies, sunscreen, etc.

www.404media.co/its-just-a-m...

Supreme Court upholds 'roving patrols' for immigration arrests in Los Angeles The Supreme Court says immigration agents may stop and question people they suspect are here illegally based on little more than working at a car wash, speaking Spanish or having brown skin.

"Half the population” of greater Los Angeles "now meet the government’s criteria for reasonable suspicion," in the wake of today's 6-3 SCOTUS ruling.

www.latimes.com/politics/sto...

Artificial intelligence and government secrecy Done right, AI could help state and local governments become more open and transparent about how they are making decisions and using tax dollars.

"What can I do now?...Insist that your state and local governments become more open and transparent about how they are going about making decisions that use your tax dollars, deal with the loss of federal funds, and impact your community." contrarian.substack.com/p/artificial...

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Telecom Chief and United Group CEO in Talks to Weaken Serbia’s Last Independent Broadcaster United Group's flagship Serbian TV channel N1 has been an outlet for opposition voices amid mass anti-government protests.

"...most Serbian media coverage has reflected the government narrative, depicting student and other protestors, as well as journalists, as “terrorists” conspiring to destabilize the country." www.occrp.org/en/scoop/tel...?

Opinion | I'm a Stage IV Cancer Patient. Trump Is Cutting My Hope to Survive. Funding cuts don't just hurt institutions

"...these decisions don't just hurt institutions. They hurt people. Real people like me, and the countless others I've sat with during long chemo infusions." www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...

Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips THE CITY reported the incident to law enforcement and was promptly contacted by the Brooklyn U.S. attorney’s office.

Note that is was an open bag of "Herr’s Sour Cream & Onion ripple potato chips" www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/w...

DOGE Targeted Him on Social Media. Then the Taliban Took His Family. Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland. Then DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U...

www.propublica.org/article/doge...

With respect, the two uses that CJR tests are among the top 10 I might consider, but they are not the best uses of AI in journalism, imo. Would caution against over-interpretation here.

RFK Jr. Vowed to Find the Environmental Causes of Autism. Then He Shut Down Research Trying to Do Just That. While touting a $50 million initiative to identify the causes of autism, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is helping lead an administration that is rolling back protections against pollution and toxic chemicals,...

“I don’t think he’s aware of my work...or most of the literature that’s been published on what the causes of autism are.” www.propublica.org/article/rfk-...

Texas Lawmakers Push ‘Massive Secrecy Grab’ to Shield Police Files As public attention has shifted away from policing reform, legislators attempt to shove information into the dark.

“San Antonio spent thousands of taxpayer dollars on legal fees to withhold information from the public—and kept losing at every turn” www.texasobserver.org/secrecy-g-fi... - via @TexasObserver

America’s Largest Landlord to Stop Using RealPage Rent-Setting Software, Makes Deal With DOJ Greystar, which manages nearly 950,000 apartments, has agreed to stop using “anti-competitive” algorithms to suggest rents. ProPublica previously showed how such software lets landlords set rents in a...

NEW: Greystar, which manages nearly 950,000 apartments, has agreed to stop using “anti-competitive” algorithms to suggest rents.

ProPublica previously showed how such software lets landlords set rents in a way that could result in cartel-like behavior.

By @heathervogell.bsky.social

In life and in art, Patty Berne made space for disabled people to thrive The influential artist and organizer died in May at the age of 58. Her work championed queer people and women of color who felt excluded by the mainstream disability rights movement.

“It was so revolutionary for me, to come into the space that I had never occupied before. It blew me away..." 19thnews.org/2025/08/patt... via @19thnews.org

RFK Jr. Quietly Endorses Flu Vaccine for Kids and Adults New CDC director also backed a new option for infant immunization against RSV

"Kennedy's false claims have extended to flu vaccines... including saying there is 'zero evidence that the flu shot prevents any hospitalizations or any deaths' and that people who get the flu shot are 'six times more likely to give the flu to somebody else.'" www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...

These GOP Lawmakers Referred Constituents to the CFPB for Help. Then They Voted to Gut the Agency. Many of the same Republican lawmakers who have targeted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for cuts have collectively directed thousands of constituents’ complaints about banks, credit cards, lo...

“In the CFPB’s absence, consumers will be left without critical resources” www.propublica.org/article/cfpb...

if you haven’t already, my recommended Friday reading 👇🏻

Fired Speechwriter From First Trump Term Appointed to Lead the Institute of Peace

“Competent white men must be in charge if you want things to work,” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/a...

American Crisis exclusive: The 'Media Capitulation Index' A sweeping report — with rankings — on the decline of independence in our corporatized media

margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/american-c...

RFK Jr. Reportedly Planning to Fire All USPSTF Members Move would come on the heels of abrupt cancellation of task force meeting

"Kennedy plans to remove the 16 task force members because he considers them 'too woke.'" www.medpagetoday.com/primarycare/...

Brewing trust: How a newsroom and brewery built community through beer - Editor and Publisher What happens when a local newspaper and a craft brewery join forces? In Spokane, Washington, it results in the First Amendment beer — a bold collaboration between The Spokesman-Review and No-Li Brewho...

“What we’re doing right now, we’re just swimming in the same lakes, we’re tilling the same fields, and we’re expecting a different result.” www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/brew...