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Buttigieg urges Hoosiers to oppose GOP redistricting at Statehouse rally Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg urged hundreds of Hoosiers at a Statehouse rally Thursday to hold Republicans accountable if they redraw the state’s congressional map.

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The official numbers just dropped on Trump's Big Beautiful Bill.

Trump officially made the biggest cuts to health care in US history.

Trump made the biggest cuts to food stamps in US history.

Trump added $4.1T to the debt to give tax cuts to the ultra-rich and corporations.

Map shows where Medicaid cuts could close hospitals Over 300 rural hospitals had already been identified as being at "immediate risk" of shutting down, regardless of potential cuts.

Map Shows Where Medicaid Cuts Could Lead to the Closure of Hundreds of Hospitals - Newsweek
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Systems are crumbling – but daily life continues. The dissonance is real If everything feels broken but strangely normal, the Soviet-era concept of hypernormalization can help

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The CHOICE program’s next phase: Medicaid diversion  • Indiana Capital Chronicle Indiana's CHOICE program will formally have a "Medicaid diversion" pilot as part of its mission to extend senior independence.

Credit where credit is due. While it’s underfunded, urs a great program and exactly the kind of thinking we need. indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/05/12/t...

And now, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was the executive producer of 60 Minutes.

We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.

We need the best educated workforce in the world.

We need the best teachers in the world.

We need to pay our teachers fairly for the important work they do.

No teacher in America should begin at less than $60,000 a year.

Exactly the right move!

Quite literally whitewashing the purpose of the Underground Railroad www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

Why Measles Outbreaks May Be the New Normal (Gift Article) Recent Trump administration actions are setting the stage for a measles resurgence, experts fear.

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Target suffers eighth week of foot-traffic losses since caving on DEI Costco, which resisted demands to end DEI, extends its streak of foot-traffic gains to 13.

‘Target suffers eighth week of foot-traffic losses since caving on DEI

Costco, which resisted demands to end DEI, extends its streak of foot-traffic gains to 13.’

Can the Army Make Food Its Soldiers Want to Eat? Robert Irvine has been enlisted to overhaul the dreary mess hall menus that drive many soldiers to less-healthy choices.

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DOGE to cut nearly $400 million in grants from Indiana State Department of Health The cuts come as the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday that it would be making its own cuts, losing as many as 10,000 workers as part of a major restructuring plan.

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Medicaid cuts rippling through rural America could bring hospital closures, job losses WASHINGTON — Americans living in rural communities throughout the country could see their access to health care diminish if Congress changes eligibility for Medicaid or significantly reduces its feder...

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Navajo Code Talkers get "DEI" label as military info disappears under Trump order Also vanishing: The Civil War regiment from "Glory," women pilots from WWII and a Medal of Honor winner.

Exclusive: Navajo Code Talkers disappear from military websites after Trump DEI order

Buttigieg gives the clearest signal yet that he's eyeing a presidential run in 2028 The former Transportation secretary is eyeing something bigger than the Senate.

Exclusive: Pete Buttigieg won't run for Senate next year and has his eyes on a bigger prize: The White House.

International immigration drove Indiana's growth last year, not births, analysis says • Indiana Capital Chronicle Indiana's population swelled to just under 7 million residents — but international immigration accounted for most of the growth, not births.

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Indy residents fear massive cuts to Medicaid People covered by Indiana’s expanded Medicaid program say it has saved them from death and medical debt.

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Too Many Boys & Men Failing to Launch These days, it seems almost fool-hardy to flag another identity-based group—namely American boys & men—that needs our affirmative action.  Initiatives to help other disadvantaged groups are being p...

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High levels of added sugar found in US infant formula despite medical recommendations, study finds Click for more on study in the Journal of Food Composition and Analysis

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Indiana's public access counselor leaves as new law shapes office's future Luke Britt, Indiana’s longest serving public access counselor, is stepping down after 12 years following changes to his office by state lawmakers last year.

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Transgender references removed from Stonewall National Monument website The monument honors the Stonewall Uprising on June 28, 1969, in New York City's Greenwich Village.

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They Came for the Schools NATIONAL BESTSELLER The urgent, revelatory story of how a school board win for the conservative right in one Texas suburb inspired a Christian nationalist campaign now threatening to undermine public ...

Recommended if you want a well researched more in depth version of the reporting from his podcast. share.libbyapp.com/title/10059549

SB 201 and 284 are scheduled for consideration by the Senate this Tuesday, and will likely be voted on this Thursday. Call your State Senator ASAP and ask them to vote No to SB 201 and 284.

Trump imposes 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum | CNN Politics President Donald Trump on Monday imposed a 25% tariff on all steel and aluminum imports into the United States with no exceptions or exemptions.

Donald Trump is making you pay more for beer so he can give tax breaks to the wealthy.

⚡️ The historic moment of Estonia leaving the Russian-fed power grid.

On February 8, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia left Russia and Belarus energy system. By the end of the day today, they will have joined the European grid.

Whenever you hear someone sneer about scientific research that seems useless to them — “they’re studying the spit of lizards?!” — remind them that’s exactly how we got Ozempic.

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Elon Musk wants the power to cut off programs that pay for your grandma's nursing home stay.

There's nothing "efficient" about ripping health care away from millions.

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