Gary M. Hartman

Here’s How Much Obamacare Prices Are Rising Across the Country The new prices make it official: Americans will need to pay more for insurance next year if extra subsidies are allowed to expire.

Republicans are threatening Americans’ health care—again.

If they take away the ACA tax credits, a 60-year-old making $65K could see premiums jump from $460 to $1,380/month.

They’re holding the government hostage to raise your health costs.

Pritzker makes a direct appeal to Greg Bovino to not terrorize kids over the Halloween weekend

Justice Department strips Jan. 6 references from court paper and punishes prosecutors who filed it It’s the latest move by the DOJ to discipline attorneys tied to Jan. 6 prosecutions.

The Justice Department has stripped references to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack from court papers and punished two federal prosecutors who filed the document seeking prison time at sentencing Thursday for a man arrested with guns and ammunition near former President Barack Obama’s home.

Can the current DOJ be anymore corrupt?

Senators criticize Trump administration after Democrats were left out of a drug boat strike briefing Several Republican senators also told NBC News that Democrats should have been in the meeting.

Lawmakers from both parties criticized the Trump administration after Democrats were not invited to a briefing on U.S. military strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats.

Tomorrow morning my commentary about the status of congressional redistricting will be posted on Democracy Docket's YouTube channel. I cover what is happening in red and blue states, in courtrooms and state legislatures. And I do not pull any punches.

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How Xi Walked Away From Trump Trade Talks Looking Stronger (Gift Article) By withholding soybean purchases and rare-earth exports, China extracted relief from U.S. tariffs and delayed export controls, without conceding much in return.

Trump's "China deal" puts the U.S. in better shape this week than last.

But what relative to the day he came to office?
❌ Access to rare earth minerals
❌ Soybean sales
❌ Access to Chinese markets
❌ Predictable rules
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Affordable part of the ACA is no longer affordable for many Americans ACA increases are coming as Congress failed to extend pandemic-era subsidies. Forcing premiums up and sending insurance providers fleeing the marketplace.

It becomes clearer every day that Trump and Congressional Republicans simply don’t care about the average American.
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The cancellation of $500 million of food deliveries to food banks began in mid-May. Now they are cutting off all SNAP funds on November 1.

Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived. On a sweltering morning in Vidalia, Louisiana, Shannan Cornwell and Freddie Green got in a long line to wait for food. The couple has struggled to pay for groceries amid soaring prices and health setb...

The cancellation of $500 million of food deliveries to food banks began in mid-May. Now they are cutting off all SNAP funds on November 1.
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Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived. On a sweltering morning in Vidalia, Louisiana, Shannan Cornwell and Freddie Green got in a long line to wait for food. The couple has struggled to pay for groceries amid soaring prices and health setb...

Today’s GOP thrives on cruelty.

Trump and congressional Republicans are happy to see people go hungry as long as their billionaire donors get the massive tax cuts from their Big Ugly Bill.

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Trump and Noem plan to unleash their out of control, violent goons on the streets on a night usually reserved for families trick-or-treating. This wasn't a concern for parents this time a year ago.

Maureen is right – if Republicans get their way, millions of Americans will lose their health insurance. RIers are seeing huge increases for next year & open enrollment starts this weekend. The time to act is now.

“If Prop 50 is successful, it should fortify in every Democratic elected official and leader that the voters are on the side of action in order to prevent a Republican takeover of the House of Representatives and the 2026 midterms” says @johnbisognano.com

DOJ puts 2 federal prosecutors on leave after they described 'mob of rioters' on Jan. 6 The language was used in a sentencing memo for Taylor Taranto, a Jan. 6 defendant who was separately convicted of weapons charges after he showed up near Barack Obama’s home in 2023.

Earlier this month, another Jan. 6 rioter was charged with threatening House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.
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DOJ puts 2 federal prosecutors on leave after they described 'mob of rioters' on Jan. 6 The language was used in a sentencing memo for Taylor Taranto, a Jan. 6 defendant who was separately convicted of weapons charges after he showed up near Barack Obama’s home in 2023.

Of the hundreds of Jan. 6 defendants pardoned by Trump, many have been accused of separate crimes, including child pornography charges that stemmed from searches of their home on Jan. 6 charges.
#crime #LawllessGOP
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Two U.S. prosecutors put on leave after seeking 27 months in jail for Jan. 6 rioter Taylor Taranto brought illegal guns and ammunition to former President Barack Obama’s house in 2023.

Trump embraces, encourages, and protects violent criminals.

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These Corporations Stopped Worrying About Democracy and Bought Trump a Ballroom It has been nearly five years since the 2020 presidential election, but President Trump continues to baselessly insist it was stolen.

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'SNAP Is Everything': Military Families, Vets Prepare for Empty Fridges A disabled Navy veteran tells Military.com that his family will go hungry as SNAP benefits are slated to expire Nov. 1 due to the government shutdown.

1.2 million vets will lose SNAP, as will many active-duty military members.

On 11/01 the distribution of SNAP benefits are expected to stop because of the shutdown & a ceasing of funding through the fed govt. even as money could be allocated towards the program.
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Trump has put U.S. national security up ‘for sale,’ critics say As a critical Trump-Xi meeting approaches, former national security officials say the president has made trade concessions that aid him politically.

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Absolutely SPINELESS. Where'd your balls go, Mike?

It is absolutely NOT about drugs! Zero fentanyl passes through Venezuela, and only a little bit of cocaine and marijuana. The vast majority of fentanyl enters the United States by land, through legal ports of entry (typically concealed in commercial cargoes), from Mexico.

Millions of Full-Time Workers Rely on Federal Health Care and Food Assistance Programs
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Spurred by Pope Leo’s Plea, Catholics Rally Nationwide Against ICE Raids After Pope Leo XIV urged the American Church to unite and speak out “with one voice” against the mistreatment of migrants, thousands of Catholics across the country hit the streets this week.

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US kills 14 in strikes on four alleged drug boats Mexico's navy is searching for the sole survivor of the latest attack on boats the US says were carrying drugs in both the Pacific and Caribbean.

These extrajudicial killings being carried out by the US regime are acts of war. This is not a government seeking to make peace anywhere. The US must be sanctioned internationally.

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Trump pardons Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht Trump said he had called Ulbricht's mother to let her know he had granted her son a full pardon.

Trump is just itching to get our troops involved in combat at home and abroad.

Is it really about drugs? Trump pardoned a major international drug dealer:

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Keeping the House Absent, Johnson Marginalizes Congress and Himself

House GOP is very happy to get paid to do nothing but praise their dear leader & push propaganda.

“It has all created a strange dynamic on Capitol Hill:
Mr. Johnson appears to be using the considerable power of the speakership to render the House irrelevant.”
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