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18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people: 18f.org

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It’s interesting to go back and look at the work of Congress at this time in 1933. It was rampaging through legislation. The DOGE-era House is just waiting for Elon to fix things.

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Sundays are for dog showing…

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I don't remember signing up to be in a reality show...

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I’ve lost track of how many times they’ve broken something and then gamely tried to at least pretend to glue it back together.

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PEPFAR was the one great accomplishment of George W. Bush, but apparently he’s going to sit by quietly as Trump destroys it.

submitted 3 days ago • 86 comments

The future of new workers’ compensation coverage for cancers mostly affecting women and transgender wildland firefighters is unclear after the Trump administration removed Labor Department announcements made late in Biden’s term. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

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This is extremely upsetting. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Daily reminder: None of this is normal!!

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Not a lawyer, but flagging for the lawyers: HHS just said they're rescinding the Richardson Waiver (the policy under which changes to HHS grants were subject to notice-and-comment rulemaking, by my read). Sure seems like this is about NIH. public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-03300.pdf

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Oliver Darcy has some very good points here

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On this week's #WTHealth podcast: All about the budget resolution and Medicaid; Courts push Trump, Trump pushes back, and the latest on state abortion restrictions. W/ @shefali.bsky.social, @alicemiranda.bsky.social, and Victoria Knight. kffhealthnews.org/news/podcast...

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why i'm keeping my subscription -- for now...

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Latest Medicare Advantage enrollment data are (finally) out: 3.1% annual growth, lowest growth rate in loooong time. MA has become a saturated market filled w/ criticism over its bloated payment system & care denials. Read to see how big insurers fared: www.statnews.com/2025/02/26/m...

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bookmarking this quote...

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Do the oligarchs announcing a "Golden Age" know how "Golden Ages" tend to end 🤔 dutchreview.com/culture/dutc...

submitted 6 days ago • 7 comments

imagine WANTING to receive two million emails

submitted 6 days ago • 92 comments

Today: - @julierovner.bsky.social & @usatoday.com's Alyssa Goldberg on RFK and public health, - @nytimes.com 's Lisa Friedman on Trump's EPA, - NYT's Dionne Searcey on 'egg-flation' in NYC, - Your most memorable public art experiences Live at 10 on 93.9 FM, AM820 or @wnyc.org

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I finally got what's bugged me about all these stories on the crippling of the US govt: all of them speak of "cuts" when, in fact, only Congress can 'cut' funding, and it has done nothing of the sort. The story describes illegal & unconstitutional impoundment, BUT SAYS NOT ONE WORD ABOUT IT

submitted 7 days ago • 91 comments

reminder: Medicaid expansion was approved by Idaho voters in 2018 with more than 60 percent of the vote.

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NEW - Rep. Mark Alford tells fired KC federal workers ‘God has a plan’ at hostile town hall Folks, I've been covering politics for a dozen years in Kansas and Missouri and this is probably the most intense, angry town hall I have ever seen www.kansascity.com/news/politic...

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JUDGE COLLEEN KOLLAR-KOTELLY: Is there an administrator of DOGE at the present time? GOVERNMENT COUNSEL: I don’t know the answer to that

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From inside NIH -- earlier today apparently staff received guidance from HHS that they should in fact respond to the inane five bullets email, but then NIH leadership told them not to, and then hours later HHS leadership told them they'll let everyone know by noon on Monday. Things are going great.

submitted 7 days ago • 100 comments

Nothing screams "limited government" like trying to establish a policy of inspecting students' genitals.

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Words fail.

submitted 10 days ago • 1457 comments

Incredible public service. @propublica.org has catalogued the DOGE crew and their links to Elon. projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-do...

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Seems like the new pardon policy, described below by @kyledcheney.bsky.social, should also help Jeremy Brown, whose weapons conviction are on appeal. When FBI arrested him for J6 crimes, they found 2 live grenades & 2 illegal short-barrel rifles in his possession. bsky.app/profile/kyle...

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Catch up on this very busy week in health care with the new #WTHealth podcast! this week w/@alicemiranda.bsky.social, @joannekenen.bsky.social, and @sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.social. kffhealthnews.org/news/podcast...

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

Rand Paul 2014. Rand Paul 2025.

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my head hurts. I expect that's the goal.

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I am one of more than 750 political scientists who signed this statement "express[ing] our urgent concern about threats to the basic design of American government and democracy" drive.google.com/file/d/1lGk2...

submitted 12 days ago • 82 comments

I have heard this too.

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no one ever banned the Associated Press from the White House for not saying "Latinx"

submitted 13 days ago • 37 comments

Jeffrey Clark, who as lawyer in the environmental division at DOJ was told by an official to stick to oil spills when he tried to interfere in the 2020 election results, is now at the CFPB: www.americanbanker.com/news/cfpbs-l...

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Want to go visit the national parks this year? Sorry. The reservation system is shut down, EMT personnel are gone, so don't get hurt or lost. No one can clean the bathrooms or cabins, so they'll be closed. Rangers are fired. www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

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Reuters: U.S. JUDGE EXTENDS TEMPORARY BLOCK ON ELON MUSK'S DOGE FROM ACCESSING TREASURY DEPARTMENT PAYMENT SYSTEMS - COURT HEARING

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Some of the Trump administration’s dramatic funding and policy shifts are facing major pushback— not from Congress, but from the courts. @julierovner.bsky.social is joined by @shefali.bsky.social, @jessiehellmann.bsky.social, and @maya-goldman.bsky.social on "What the Health?": bit.ly/41d7eGQ

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As is being noted, the acting heads are not random people. They were selected by the Trump administration. Even they are resigning.

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#Medicaid is a pillar of U.S. health care. Deep funding cuts don’t just affect enrollees—they disrupt entire health systems. See Sara Rosenbaum and Alison Barkoff in Health Affairs for how: www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore... #healthpolicy

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BREAKING: A judge in Baltimore has blocked the Trump administration from conditioning federal aid to doctors/health care facilities on withholding health care services for transgender youth. Order was given from the bench with written ruling to come later.

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on this week's #WTHealth podcast: The courts push back on Trump actions, plus budget battles on Capitol Hill, with @shefali.bsky.social, @jessiehellmann.bsky.social, and Maya Goldman. Plus a chat w/Mark McClellan on NIH grants. kffhealthnews.org/news/podcast...

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I don’t want to know when my food is “best by.” I want to know at which point eating it will kill me

submitted 18 days ago • 314 comments

Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.

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