Under Dr. Oz, Medicare is launching a pilot program that will use AI to determine whether patients would be covered for certain procedures. Companies running the program will be paid a share of the savings from rejecting claims. Who in their right mind voted for this? No one.

The Sanctuary Movement of the 1980s began as a response to US policies in Central America. Churches and cities offered protection to refugees fleeing violence, sparking today's sanctuary city policies. A historian of migration explains: buff.ly/7S5eprn 🗃️ By Laura Madokoro @carleton.ca

Check out the latest episode of The Signal from the @buckscountybeacon.com . On this episode, Cyril talks to journalist Jordan Green on why the Neo-Nazi movement is an escalating threat to U.S. democracy. www.podbean.com/eas/pb-t5kit...

U.S. Army vet George Retes was tear-gassed, dragged from his car, and held by ICE for 3 days; no lawyer, no calls, no reason. He’s a citizen. #AbolishICE #StateViolence #ICEWatch #HumanRights #Fascism #4R

This conversation with @corbintrent.bsky.social & @graceblakeley.substack.com was filled with hope, deep thought, & conversation that is so needed for real, systemic change. Beyond the Politics of Spectacle: Conversation with Grace Blakeley www.americasundoing.com/p/beyond-the...

"Jonathan Caravello...was reportedly “piled on by multiple agents all at once” as “he tried to help a man in a wheelchair” who was having difficulty moving after...[ICE] agents threw canisters of tear gas" our colleague is still missing as of the last info I got dailynous.com/2025/07/12/p...

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This week's Friday News Lunch from the @buckscountybeacon.com is ready to roll! In the second half, we talk to @karenferidun.bsky.social about Shapiro's RESET Plan & giveaways to crypto & AI. Feridun and others effectively stopped the bill in its tracks this week. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PB3...

ICE is using racial profiling and it was completely predictable. ICE (basically): “If they’re brown…we’ll hunt them down!”

“We’re going to deport violent criminals…” ICE arrests garment workers, flower market workers, day laborers, pregnant moms…tries to arrest first graders at an elementary school #Shame #UnmaskICE

Check out Upper Bucks United's Kim Barbaro, Jane Cramer & Laura Foster's discussion w/ @buckscountybeacon.com's @rcpress.bsky.social! They talk about their organizing work from their school boards to starting UBU to their upcoming #NoKingsProtest on June 14 at Quakertown's Triangle Park.

Special Monday edition of the Friday News Lunch is up! Check out this week's show featuring Kim Barbaro, Jane Cramer, and Laura Foster founders of Upper Bucks United. We talk about the upcoming #NoKings protest and building power in our communities. www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1Gn...

“A peaceful protest, and this is what we’re greeted with. Where’s our right to protest?” As Governor Newsom says, they want violence and a spectacle. Imagine the reaction if Biden sent thousands of National Guardsmen and Blackhawks to Tennessee against Gov Lee’s wishes.

Another step over the cliff buckscountybeacon.com/2025/06/trum...

🚨 While working families are told there’s no $$$ for Social Security, Medicaid, SNAP, or schools, Trump is spending nearly $100 million in taxpayer funds on a military parade to celebrate himself on June 14. That’s why on June 14, we’re rising up to say NO KINGS. Find or join a protest: NoKings.org

There's nothing holy about writing discrimination into the law.

"It's about race now. It's not about whether you are here legally or not” It was always about race

Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government. No one has heard from you in 63 days. As vigil, I’m posting a photo of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.

Rep. @khanna.house.gov Returns ‘Home’ to Bucks County as Part of His ‘Benefits Over Billionaires’ Town Hall Tour | Khanna hopes his Republican colleague Brian Fitzpatrick will vote against a budget that looks to gut social programs like Medicaid and SNAP that millions of families rely on. #PA01

🚨 WALMART RAISING PRICES DUE TO TARIFFS “We will do our best to keep our prices as low as possible but given the magnitude of the tariffs, even at the reduced levels announced this week, we aren’t able to absorb all the pressure given the reality of narrow retail margins,” Walmart CEO says.

“This bill confirms what we’ve been saying all along, Trump and Republicans have been lying when they claim they aren’t going to cut Medicaid and take away people’s health care,” Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N.J.), the ranking Democrat on the Energy and Commerce Committee, said.

Why we resist. This is unconscionable. www.nbcboston.com/news/local/h...

ICE dragged a mother from her home in Massachusetts—clinging to her baby—without showing a warrant or ID. When neighbors demanded proof, ICE sneered, “We don’t have to show you anything.” That’s not law enforcement. That’s state-sponsored kidnapping. This is fascism & it’s terrifying.

Update on the Barstool Philly antisemitism: The ringleader, Mohammad Adnan Khan (aka Mo Khan), uploaded the “F*ck the Jews” video himself—now he’s pretending it wasn’t him. Temple suspended him, but he’s hiding behind mommy & daddy. Cowardice on full display. We see you hater.

Good morning everyone #MomSky #MayThe4thBeWithYou Love to all of YOU Peaceful Sunday Happy Star Wars Day MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU ALWAYS Keep Fighting (and a big thank you to @markhamillofficial.bsky.social for following me ...So Grateful you are a FORCE for Democracy)

It’s #WorldPressFreedomDay! Here’s 1 easy way to support our free press. Subscribe to trusted news organizations! Want more? 🔗 shorturl.at/U4PDC

Stay tuned. #FiftyFiftyOne #50501Movement #PeoplesMovement #ImpeachTrump

Bucks county voters are asking Republican Congressman Fitzpatrick to have the courage to *actually* stand up for what's best for his constituents! buckscountybeacon.com/2025/04/prot...

“Woman from Haiti dies while in ICE custody at detention facility in Florida” They grabbed her in February, shuttled her from one detention center to another, dumped her in for-profit detention, and let her die of a heart attack. How is this not negligent homicide? apple.news/ATSDiBGAHQRa...

RubIo: "We are actively searching for other countries to take people from third countries. Not just El Salvador. We are working with other countries to say, 'We want to send some of the most despicable to your countries. Will you do that as a favor to us?' And the further from the US the better."

Yes, it can and will get worse. I hope we're all exercising our direct action, fight back muscles.

A day in the life in the world today. At dinner my middle school daughter asks if it's true that Trump is deporting little kids, some w/ cancer, to Central America where they don't know anyone & you have to say, yes. Yes, that's true. Just rocked me a bit tonight. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Yes, this is a real tweet.

every word of this kfor.com/news/local/w...

NASA is canceling the lease of its NYC climate center, made famous when its first-floor diner, Tom's, appeared o̶n̶ ̶"̶S̶e̶i̶n̶f̶e̶l̶d̶"̶ in a Suzanne Vega song. Staff are expected to work remotely until a new space is found. 🎁🔗 with @lorengrush.bsky.social : www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

don’t give them their freedom, because they’re not going to give you yours

Enormously consequential Canadian election concludes today. Lesson 1: Trump's assault on Canada contributed to a 180 degree shift in the country's political trajectory; 2: minority & more progressive parties are sidelined, leaving open what's next for the NDP, Greens, & others. bit.ly/4jXEFDT

SIGN PETITION: Urge Sheriff Harran to reconsider 287(g) & hold a community forum bit.ly/4cQEFTz. CALL: Bucks County Sheriff’s Office at 215-348-6124 to ask him to rescind the application for ICE’s 287g program. EMAIL: [email protected] buckscountybeacon.com/2025/04/opin...

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Wisconsin Judge Arrested, Accused of Shielding Immigrant From Federal Agents. We there yet? Did we arrive at authoritarianism yet? Mainstream media and Dem leadership seem to think we're not there yet. Pro Tip: Look in the rearview mirror. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...

Note that none of the PA State System of Higher Ed universities signed. PASSHE as a whole did not sign. Neither did Penn State or U of Pittsburgh. Kudos to these PA universities that joined 457 other US universities that signed as well. buckscountybeacon.com/2025/04/thes...

The @buckscountybeacon.com's Friday News Lunch live today at noon! Terrible Trump Tariffs, Head Start cuts, #BucksCounty Sheriff applies to be ICE collaborator, JD Vance's visit to the Pope, the Pope's death & more! Join the chat on the Beacon's YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@buckscounty...

🔥 @ninajankowicz.com to the European Parliament: "Before I describe the details of Russia's recent online influence campaigns, I would like to call upon you to stand firm against another autocracy: The United States of America."

This is one for @maddow.msnbc.com, @majorityreport.bsky.social, @chrislhayes.bsky.social, @theprospect.bsky.social? Sheriffs signing up for the assault on immigrants? buckscountybeacon.com/2025/04/excl...

WTF! Like we haven't had to deal with enough of this garbage in #BucksCounty?!? Bucks County Sheriff seems to want their own little piece of fascism right here. Good on @buckscountybeacon.bsky.social for breaking this one! buckscountybeacon.com/2025/04/excl...

On this #EarthDay episode of The Signal, Editor @cmychalejko.bsky.social speaks with Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund’s Ben Price, trailblazer in the Rights of Nature Movement, on his new book, Wouldn’t You Say: A Collection of Essays About Environment and Community. LISTEN: bit.ly/4jImPV1