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Top Social Security deputies leave amid rumored staff cuts www.govexec.com/transition/2... via @GovExec

submitted 6 hours ago • 12 comments

So dangerous

submitted 6 hours ago • 2 comments

So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID. This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC. What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.

submitted 10 hours ago • 386 comments

Re-writing history is a tool of political fraudsters everywhere. Trump is its keenest proponent. The birth of the European Community, later the EU, was actually actively supported by the US. The joint, transatlantic goal was to secure peace on the Continent. It was a specific vision of FDR.

submitted 7 hours ago • 64 comments

They really are going to kill us.

submitted 7 hours ago • 12 comments

“The pause affects hundreds of VA contracts that Secretary Doug Collins a day earlier described as consulting deals…The AP obtained the list of 875 affected contracts, which shows the cuts would affect everything from cancer care to the ability to assess toxic exposure.” apnews.com/article/doge...

submitted 7 hours ago • 23 comments

Trump cancels grant to St. Thomas University in St. Paul, Minn. that supports future charter school teachers working to earn licensure. www.startribune.com/st-thomas-lo...

submitted 7 hours ago • 1 comment

In a move befitting an authoritarian regime, the White House now dictates which journalists can cover President Trump, undermining the very foundation of a free press.

submitted 9 hours ago • 7 comments

This map from KFF shows which states rely the most on federal help for Medicaid, based upon the percentage of costs paid for by the federal government (FMAP). Mississippi tops the list at 76.9%, followed by W. Virginia, Alabama and New Mexico. www.kff.org/medicaid/sta...

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"The current proposals being discussed by Congress would lead to the largest Medicaid spending cuts and enrollment declines in the program’s history with an unprecedented cut in federal Medicaid funding to states,” said KFF President and CEO Drew Altman."

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💥 BREAKING: At John Deere's annual shareholders meeting today, shareholders overwhelmingly rejected an anti-DEI proposal brought by the same group that targeted Costco and Apple. An anti-DEI proposal from the NCPPR received less than 1 percent of votes. Deere shareholders: DEI is in. Bigots are out

submitted 16 hours ago • 1232 comments

This is all on Trump and his Republican enablers. "The United States was once seen as the world’s policeman, but to many analysts it now seems more like an extortionate Mafia kingpin." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/w...

submitted 12 hours ago • 0 comments

Let's organize a flood of op-eds arguing for personal reproductive liberty, so we can demonstrate the charade Bezos is engaged in ASAP.

submitted 18 hours ago • 64 comments

Brave to @jeffstein.bsky.social, WaPo's chief economics correspondent, for not wasting any time in stating what must be stated. Hopefully the first of many.

submitted 17 hours ago • 574 comments

Over the years, Musk and his businesses have received at least $38 billion in government contracts, loans, subsidies and tax credits, often at critical moments, a Washington Post analysis has found, helping seed the growth that has made him the world’s richest person.

submitted 20 hours ago • 142 comments

Hey Democrats, since the current occupant of the White House is controlling who in media covers him, give the media something to cover. Hire a Press Secretary. And media, spend your time covering everything that is about defending America. www.cnn.com/2025/02/25/m...

submitted 20 hours ago • 46 comments

Deport people who work hard for a living, import international criminals

submitted 1 day ago • 196 comments

This is what a deal with the devil looks like👇 @housegop.bsky.social JUST VOTED TO CUT Medicaid, SNAP benefits, school meals, & housing assistance all in exchange for giving corporations & billionaires a tax cut all at the expense of the middle class.

submitted 1 day ago • 742 comments

At the core of this idea of selling citizenship for $5 million a pop that Trump rolled out today is a core concept of the MAGA GOP: rich people good, poor people bad.

submitted 1 day ago • 23 comments

Nearly a quarter of Mike Lawler’s constituents rely on Medicaid and yet he had the audacity to vote to strip away their health care. Voters are watching. #NY17

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The only thing Tom Barrett loves more than billionaires is slashing access to health care and affordable food for tens of thousands of Michiganders in his district. #MI07

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

Here we go... Pritzker raises the threat to a reality-based level.

submitted 1 day ago • 23 comments

Make no mistake: House Republicans are celebrating because they successfully voted to rip away health care, food assistance, and more, while handing TRILLIONS of your hard-earned dollars to billionaires. This is no cause for celebration—families, children, seniors, and veterans are going to suffer.🧵

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments

WATCH: Republicans CELEBRATE cutting billions from Medicaid, SNAP, and other critical programs to fund a billionaire tax break. Voters will not forget.

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Two-faced Ciscomani pretended to be concerned about Medicaid, but he ended up voting for a reckless GOP budget that could take away health care and food security from tens of thousands in his district. #AZ06

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Zach Nunn is making billionaires’ dreams come true by voting for the GOP budget that would slash Medicaid and SNAP by BILLIONS of dollars. #IA03

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Ken Calvert is a coward who left his district in the dust all to give billionaires a tax break. #CA41

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Spineless David Schweikert threw Arizonans under the bus, backing a reckless GOP budget that could take away health care and food security from tens of thousands in his district to line Trump’s and billionaires’ pockets. #AZ01

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments

Tom Kean was born to run… Medicaid and SNAP into the ground. He just voted for the GOP budget to severely cut Medicaid and SNAP benefits. #NJ07

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Ryan Mackenzie voted to make billionaires richer and working Pennsylvanians poorer. #PA07

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Nearly a quarter of Michiganders in #MI10 depend on Medicaid and CHIP, and John James just voted to take it away from them.

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Scott Perry would rather give billionaires another yacht instead of ensuring his own constituents can access health care and healthy food. #PA10

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Ryan Zinke is avoiding his constituents like the plague because he doesn’t want to explain why he voted to cut Medicaid and SNAP benefits. #MT01

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Derrick Van Orden voted to make Wisconsin families poorer and sicker while giving massive tax breaks to spoiled billionaires. #WI03

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Jen Kiggans just threw Virginians under the bus...again. Her vote is clear: she doesn't think Virginians deserve food on their table or health care access — but she does think billionaires should have more money. #VA02

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Medicaid pays for 40% of births in America. 🤰 Call your Rep! (202) 224-3121

submitted 1 day ago • 87 comments

MEDICAID Basics Over 50% of the spending for Medicaid goes to cover those with DISABILITIES and the AGED 38% of those on Medicaid are CHILDREN. /1

submitted 1 day ago • 13 comments

This is an excellent thread of real facts about the Medicaid system and the critical role it plays in providing care to the elderly, disabled and the poor. Gutting this program in the name of tax breaks is a literal life and death decision.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Musk and Trump reportedly fired 6,000 veterans in their irresponsible, illegal worker purge. The guy making billions off government contracts has stolen the job of a veteran serving our communities.

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Once again they screw veterans first. — Veteran-owned small firms hit first by VA's push for $2B in contract cuts. Service-disabled veteran entrepreneurs bear 89% of the claimed savings. Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins claims this is just step one. washingtontechnology.com/contracts/20...

submitted 1 day ago • 268 comments

Lots of stuff like this going on. Because they've managed to install a Trump/Elon super fan as head of SSA. I don't know the details here. But I do know that DOGE micro-bros have been canceling SSA office leases like crazy. Usually without the staff knowing. So this seems inevitable.

submitted 1 day ago • 25 comments

Trump is replacing highly qualified military leaders with those loyal to him, not the Constitution - his most dangerous move yet.

submitted 1 day ago • 32 comments

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submitted 1 day ago • 1775 comments

💥 BREAKING: At Apple's 2025 annual meeting of shareholders today, proposal entitled “Request to Cease DEI Efforts" is rejected by shareholders. Right-wing nonprofit National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR) proposal was also rejected by Costco shareholders 98-2 percent.

submitted 1 day ago • 687 comments

“After years of yelling that the “Russia hoax” was a witch hunt, Trump is now openly colluding with Putin…The U.S. government is aligning itself with autocrats and oligarchs and attempting to rebuild our country in their image.” www.thebulwark.com/p/whether-fo...

submitted 2 days ago • 66 comments

McGovern: Trump's inauguration, who was in the front row? It wasn't people on medicaid. It wasn't factory workers. It wasn't for teachers or firefighters. It wasn't even his own cabinet. It was the richest people in the world..

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