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In 48 other states, new moms have access to Medicaid for up to one year after they give birth. Not in Wisconsin. There, the limit remains two months. And it’s only because of one man: Assembly Speaker Robin Vos. By @megomatz.bsky.social

David Ellison is having convos with potential Middle East partners as Paramount prepares its final bid for Warner Bros. Discovery. Meanwhile, Netflix and Comcast are preparing their bids. All the details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/warner-bro...

The facilities suck up land, water, and power—driving up prices for all—and many locals are fed up. The latest from our friends at @wired.com:

Between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday, join us in hitting pause on buying from corporations that enable Trump’s fascist agenda: weaintbuyingit.com?utm_source=i...

Early iterations of the Schedule F made the case that language in statute allowed the removal of civil service protections to senior officials. Revised version leans into unitary executive theory: the civil service statute is unconstitutional. They are betting SCOTUS will go along.

You know what media is NOT bending the knee in the Trump era? College journalists! The Harvard Crimson's brutal takedown of the lecherous ex-prez Larry Summers is just the latest example of students showing a failing 'grown-up' media how it's done My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...

Political suicide.

It will not go to the 5th Circuit. By law it goes straight to SCOTUS. Ron DeSantis is a moron. For accurate information, analysis and opinion about voting rights and elections in the courts subscribe to Democracy Docket. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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Comment period ends Dec. 1: Stop Trump Admin’s H2A wage changes that could drastically reduce wages and jobs for US workers. Sign on today and say “NO” to slashing wages for farm workers. act.seiu.org/a/h2awagecom... #WeFeedYou

In the wake of the district court action striking down the mid-decade congressional gerrymander in Texas, I am looking at text of California's Proposition 50. I do not see a provision saying that it is operative only if Texas's map stands. #Electionsky, thoughts? vig.cdn.sos.ca.gov/2025/special...

Calling the ABC reporter’s question “insubordinate” explains everything about how Trump sees press freedom.

SCOTUS: “the First Amendment prohibits government officials from relying on the threat of invoking legal sanctions and other means of coercion to achieve the suppression of disfavored speech” TRUMP: My FCC Chair will make ABC reporters stop asking me about Epstein

WATCH: @raskin.house.gov calls out Speaker Johnson for openly asking Sen. John Thune to change the bill to delay it further — and says Trump can release the files today

Q: Do you acknowledge that by voting for this discharge petition today, that's a reversal for you? You could've put this on the floor months ago MIKE JOHNSON: It's not a reversal

I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered. He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here : www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...

Today is just one long demonstration of the One Special Boy virus that has consumed our polity. Immediate presidency-ending stuff for anyone else from at least Truman to Biden. We're not even pretending to care about the law or the Constitution or any of the norms or duct tape anymore.

Raskin: "We hear even the Speaker of the House openly inviting the US Senate to start finger painting on this bill, which we have waited more than 5 months to bring to the floor. The Senate should pass the bill exactly as it's written ... the president could release the Epstein files right now!"

Is it a threat to free speech when the President of the United States threatens to yank the broadcast license of a channel whose reporters are asking him challenging questions? I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?

"But when the Trump Administration reframed its request as a demand to redistrict congressional seats based on their racial makeup, Texas lawmakers immediately jumped on board." — Trump appointee Jeffrey V. Brown, writing for a 3-judge panel storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Chat, is this good

It’s the question.

Saudi money. Qatar money. Dubai money. @variety.com $WBD $PSKY variety.com/2025/biz/new...

I have Medicare now but I have friends who are going from $800 to $2400. If you're in the 60-64 range, you're screwed. And it's not just exchange policies. Employer plans are going up too.

In normaler times, this is front page, above the fold, all caps behavior by an American president

"Experts have called the possibility of losing elimination status for measles 'deeply embarrassing' for a wealthy country with the medical resources of the United States..." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/h...

The journalist who asked is Mary Bruce. Kudos to her for asking.

WTF 🤬 Federal agents are using chemical aerosol spray on protesters in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Trump gets a question on this, asks the reporter who she’s with & says fake news, then talks about business deals before claiming MBS played no role in Khashoggi’s murder (speaking of fake news…)

“Things happen.” @apnews.com apnews.com/live/donald-...

An ABC News reporter asked about U.S. intelligence findings that MBS ordered the killing of Jamal Khashoggi. Trump interrupted, attacked the reporter, then defended MBS: "He knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest by asking something like that."

Listen, Linda. It’s pretty simple—you don’t have the power to do that. This plan gets an “F” from me.

Andrew Johnson — a Jan. 6 rioter who went by "Am🇺🇸rican T🇺🇸rrorist” on Elon Musk’s platform — has been arrested on child molestation charges, with police saying he used the promise of a taxpayer-funded payout from Trump's DOJ to try and keep one of the victims silent. theintercept.com/2025/11/17/p...

just out of frame: a bone saw

contrast Trump's gushing over MBS with how he treated Zelenskyy

wut

A DOJ ethics adviser alleges he was fired for pushing back on improper gifts. Ethics becoming obstacles and self-dealing becoming routine is the operating logic of autocratic governance. www.thedailybeast.com/doj-employee...

re-upping this today -- if you haven't read it yet, it is really worth a look:

I can clearly see that Nancy Mace is an absolute crackpot

New from 404 Media: a contractor is paying random people $300 to physically track immigrants for ICE. Spoke to people briefed on plans. This isn't licensed PIs/bounty hunters. These are just former police/military; members of public "Something doesn't sound right" www.404media.co/contractor-p...

📣 IMPORTANT: If you're on an ACA plan and you expect to earn *slightly* over 400% of the Federal Poverty Level next year ($62,600 for 1 person/ $128,600 for a family of 4), there are PERFECTLY LEGAL WAYS of getting your MAGI income below that threshold in order to qualify for federal tax credits.

“ At just 16 years old, she took a job at Mar a Lago, believing she had secured a dream summer position. But that dream quickly morphed into a nightmare when Ghislaine Maxwell preyed upon her…. They trafficked her”

Authoritarianism arrives with emails like this. The masked brute squad may or may not accost you later, be sure to carry your papers.

Epstein: Trump spent hours at my home with one of the victims, and is one of the sickest fuckers I ever met. Johnson: IT'S THE DEMOCRATS FAULT.

The Crimson has a lot more on the backstory of those creepy Larry Summers/Epstein exchanges 🤢

KEEP SHARING YOUR STORIES about increased ACA premiums due to the disappearance of subsidies. The stories clearly are having an impact, they help people feel less helpless, and they create solidarity that leads to action. Mine went from $395→ $821. What happened for you?

#GildedAge 🥇 @washingtonpost.com $TSLA @emgusk.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...

“Time and again, these agents — and the broader DHS and White House policies behind it — are being exposed not for their strength, but their weakness. Ordinary Americas are stronger — braver and better.” Must read (and subscribe) from @vermontgmg.bsky.social: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/trump-bord...