Brandon Badillo

They should pray to stay in business

The Pardon-to-Prison Pipeline Trump granted clemency to people who keep ending up back in trouble with the law.

The Pardon-to-Prison Pipeline www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Ohio Medicaid got rid of big middlemen. Says it paid pharmacies a lot more — and saved $140M • Ohio Capital Journal The Ohio Department of Medicaid department in 2022 gave powerful prescription drug middlemen the boot and created a new system. The result: Fees paid to pharmacies were boosted more than 1,200% while ...

Ohio Medicaid got rid of big middlemen. Says it paid pharmacies a lot more — and saved $140M ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/04/17/o...

Tax the churches!

CBP says latest tariffs have generated $500 million, well below Trump's estimate Trump has repeatedly said the United States is taking in $2 billion per day from tariffs.

#econsky

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Hard to believe that RFK Jr. is spreading ignorance.

I love this pod!

Called my congressman who voted for the SAVE act.

Me: What documents will I need to vote if this passes?
Staffer: a DL and birth certificate.
Me: The documents don’t match
Staffer: Then a marriage certificate.
Me: Will my husband need the marriage certificate too?
Staffer: No
Me: See the problem?

Killer sign. A+++ sign

Since ARKANSAS Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders is who came to help push Gov. Lee’s voucher scam — let’s see how things are going with their program… 🤔 arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...

Not a single word to help the 33m small businesses in this country. Not from anyone in the administration.

So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives.

So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory

Jeanine: We found out there are people who are between the ages of one and four who are getting social security

Jessica: That's the benefit for kids whose parents are dead.

Project 2025 has proved to be a good road map for what the Trump administration has done so far—and what may yet be on the way, @dgraham.bsky.social writes. https://theatln.tc/6v0K6vST

This is unusual.

Before the tariffs were put into place, Democratic US politician Greg Landsman and their spouse sold over a million dollars worth of stocks on March 27.

Since then stocks have dipped globally down nearly 17% after US tariffs.

You can see when they sold in blue.

We found the government “waste, fraud, and abuse”.

a cartoon of a union army soldier drinking a water machine jug of rebel tears, against a painting of union army troops marching past a burning atlanta

happy confederate surrender day to all

Judge sides with AP over White House ban for press coverage The AP's case served as a litmus test for how far the Trump administration could push the bounds of the First Amendment in its efforts to control its press coverage.

BREAKING: Judge reinstates AP's access to Oval Office in blow to White House

Amy Coney Barrett Joins Liberals to Defy Trump—Again The conservative justice got blasted by MAGAworld for an earlier ruling against the Trump administration, but the backlash didn’t stop her from doing it again.

Amy Coney Barrett has risked the ire of the MAGAverse again as she sides with the court’s three liberal justices.

N.C. Supreme Court halts decision requiring verification of 65,000 votes in tight judicial race The order temporarily pauses a ruling that had the potential to tip the results of a North Carolina Supreme Court race that the Democratic candidate currently leads by 734 votes.

JUST IN: North Carolina Supreme Court temporarily blocks a lower court’s ruling that would have required that more than 65,000 votes cast in the disputed 2024 state Supreme Court race be recounted and verified.

WATCH: “Oh, really? Oh shit. Ok.”

A CEO realizes Trump tanked his stock live on an earnings call.

Stock futures plunge as Trump pushes tariffs

Stock futures plunge as Trump pushes tariffs — U.S. equity futures plunged, as S&P 500 nears bear market territory amid ongoing tariff tensions.

https://www.thestreet.com/investing/stock-futures-resume-plunge-as-trump-remains-defiant-on-tariffs

CNN to host town hall with Bernie Sanders on April 9 | CNN Politics CNN will host a town hall with independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday, the network announced Sunday.

CNN will host a town hall with Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, moderated by CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Wednesday, April 9 at 9p ET: cnn.it/43Jw0jC

Second child dies from measles in West Texas outbreak In Texas, 98% of the infected with measles in this outbreak have been unvaccinated.

An 8-year-old girl died in a Lubbock hospital Thursday morning, The New York Times reports. The outbreak, which began in January, has infected a little under 500 people across the state, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services.

Boy's death in Kentucky flooding raises questions about why school district didn't cancel classes A 9-year-old Kentucky boy who died in floodwaters while walking to catch his school bus is being remembered by his teacher as the “sweetest, kindest boy.”

A 9-year-old Kentucky boy who died in floodwaters while walking to catch his school bus is being remembered by his teacher as the “sweetest, kindest boy.”

He’s skipping funerals for soldiers to golf with the Saudis.