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They sure did.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

“The program was already bare bones,” he told Spectrum News in an interview. “We were already short-staffed to do the vital work that we do every day, to care for our members and to get new members enrolled.” ny1.com/nyc/all-boro...

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

This is a gut punch to my whole body. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

"[Potential changes to Medicaid] would dramatically alter states’ budgets and could curtail or end care for millions of people with disabilities."

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments

And here’s Rep. Bresnahan (R-PA) on #Medicaid and SNAP cuts required under House GOP budget resolution: “If a bill is put in front of me that guts the benefits my neighbors rely on, I will not vote for it.” www.politico.com/live-updates...

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

More cacio e pepe less carbonara with these ridiculously high egg prices.

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

“At CDC, many of the 50 or so members of the first year class of the Epidemic Intelligence Service—the agency’s prestigious “disease detective’ training program for young epidemiologists—were notified they would be terminated.“ www.science.org/content/arti...

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

At the stonewall monument rn

submitted 13 days ago • 50 comments

Look, if RFK Jr. is going to talk about addressing chronic illnesses, then he should be alarmed by Republican plans to drastically cut Medicaid. Those cuts would make chronic health conditions worse in vulnerable populations like rural tribal communities. www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

Great article on how voting for Medicaid cuts could be politically toxic. Please keep calling your representatives and remind them that cutting Medicaid is a nonstarter. #HandsOffMedicaid

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

“It is disturbing to see the new leadership of this institution move so swiftly to suppress viewpoints they do not agree with,” the union wrote, adding that it intends to enforce its contracts with the center. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

Sept. 2024: The FAA fines SpaceX $600,000+ for safety issues. Sept. 2024: Elon Musk publicly calls for the head of the FAA to resign. Jan. 2025: Trump is sworn in, with Musk as co-president. Jan. 2025: The head of the FAA resigns with years left in his term.

submitted 14 days ago • 32 comments

BREAKING: A fourth judge blocks Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship. "This ruling ... is based on straightforward application of settled Supreme Court precedent reiterated and reaffirmed in various ways for more than a century by all three branches of the federal government."

submitted 14 days ago • 52 comments

A beautiful, inspiring statement from Debra Rutter, President of the Kennedy Center, on her departure from the position today. She will be missed. "The Kennedy Center stands unparalleled as our national cultural center and living memorial to President Kennedy’s legacy and ideals." 1/10

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

As federal Republicans tee up significant Medicaid cuts, state-level Republicans are taking aim at Medicaid expansion, a program that has been popular with voters in purple and red states. stateline.org/2025/02/10/h...

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

From the letter: “States simply cannot absorb these massive funding cuts without hurting children, seniors, people with disabilities, tribal populations, patients with chronic illnesses, and many other Americans who rely on Medicaid.”

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

Just learned from NPR that the federal government is the largest employer in the great Kansas City area, for example. I found it helpful to be reminded that, of course, this isn’t just about people who work and live in DC. Federal employees are in all of our communities.

submitted 19 days ago • 262 comments

Donald Trump, so desperate to rival Andrew Johnson’s depravity, has thrown in his lot with a guy who probably thinks Maggie Thatcher was too tough on South Africa.

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

Gonna launch myself into the sun.

submitted 23 days ago • 18 comments

Now is a good time to read my @motherjones.com article on how attacks on Department of Education will disproportionately harm disabled kids www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

submitted 24 days ago • 22 comments

We have to make this as painful as possible at the committee level. Send everyone you know in Louisiana the StopRFKjr.com link, and ask them to call Bill Cassidy. Their coalition is fracturable.

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

“To have a president implying that somehow the disabled community is damaged goods, that is not able to hold down a job, is such a step backward.”

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

“A new analysis by the Budget Lab at Yale laid out the possible damage to the U.S. economy, saying the average household would lose the equivalent of $1,170 in income from the taxes. Economic growth would slow and inflation would worsen…” apnews.com/article/trum...

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

RFK Jr.’s confirmation is not a done deal. RFK Jr. is dangerous. He’s against medical research. He’s not qualified to oversee our health care programs as secretary of health & human services. Call your senators, tell them to vote NO. We can block this nominee. More in the link. stoprfkjr.com

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

This is a national emergency:

submitted 26 days ago • 2189 comments

This👇 Time to double down to #SaveMedicaid We’ll hear work requirements (aka “community engagement”) are about program integrety. The truth is work requirements are cuts by another name. Savings come from cutting eligble people off Medicaid. Seniors will be harmed justiceinaging.org/cutting-medi...

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

“The American people deserve answers: Have these programs been canceled? And if so, what is Trump’s plan to lower, not raise drug prices?” said a statement from Brown. www.cleveland.com/news/2025/01...

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

As always, @nprjoeshapiro.bsky.social has the best story on disability and how it intersects with politics. www.npr.org/2025/01/30/n...

submitted 26 days ago • 4 comments

I achieved my goal of not buying any books in January and reading off my shelf. The three books: Oye by Melissa Mogollon Fragmented Democracy: Medicaid, Federalism, and Unequal Politics by Jamila Michener Swamplandia! by Karen Russell #Booksky

submitted 26 days ago • 2 comments

“Trump should be looking to investigate the tragedy and provide comfort to the families, not punch down to advance his political agenda with zero evidence,” @seemiaroll.bsky.social said.

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

Based on @marisakabas.bsky.social's reporting: "If you rely on Medicaid, go get the healthcare you need. If you've got an EBT card, go spend against it... Pushing back against these people works, Trump is not a king, the laws of political physics haven't been completely suspended"

submitted 29 days ago • 2 comments