In the name of canceling so-called #DEI, the #NIH won't renew grants to study #health and #diseases#health#nih#dei different groups of people -- information that's critical to understand how to keep *everyone* healthy. This is absolute scientific malpractice […]

Every year, the maximum out-of-pocket ceiling for ACA enrollees goes up based on a formula tied to average health insurance premium hikes. Under Trump/RFKJr/Oz, CMS tweaked this formula in a way which means the 2026 MOOP will be *an additional* $450 / $900 higher than it otherwise would have been.

...and since "being a Native Americans/Alaska Native" isn't technically a "Qualifying Life Experience" (usually defined as losing existing coverage, getting married/divorced, giving birth, etc), this may mean that Native Americans/Alaska Natives aren't eligible for year-round enrollment any longer.

Under the ACA, Native Americans & Alaska Natives are eligible to enroll year-round via a Special Enrollment Period (SEP). H.R.1 eliminates SEPs for "non-qualifying life experiences..."

Currently people in states that use HealthCare.Gov (+ some other states) who earn < 150% FPL can apply for a year-round Special Enrollment Period (SEP) to sign up for coverage. Nearly half of all ACA enrollees in HC.Gov states earned < 150% FPL this year. This SEP is eliminated as of midnight.

--Under current law, lawfully present immigrants with incomes < 100% FPL who don't qualify for Medicaid coverage due to immigration status are they're eligible for ACA coverage & subsidies. H.R. 1 eliminates all federal subsidies for this population as of midnight.

ARPA had a financial incentive for states that newly adopt Medicaid expansion. Only two states took it up (MO & OK). It would've provided $70M - $5.0B to the remaining 10 states if they expanded Medicaid under the ACA. Under H.R. 1, that funding is gone as of midnight.

🚨 In addition to the enhanced ACA tax credits expiring half an hour from now, there's several OTHER awful healthcare policies which are about to go into effect starting January 1st due to either the #BigUglyBill or regulatory changes by RFK Jr & Dr. Oz: acasignups.net/25/07/30/hea...

If ACA enrollees receive excess tax credits because their estimated income was lower than their actual income, they must repay the excess. However, for most enrollees, there has been a repayment cap based on income. Under H.R. 1, 100% of any excess has to be repaid no matter what.

JACK SMITH: “Trump was getting calls from people he trusts, people he relies on, and still refused to come to the aid of the people at the Capitol — that’s very important evidence for criminal intent in our case.”

Federal appellate court okays Planned Parenthood funding halt https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2025/12/31/planned-parenthood-medicaid/4521767232564/

Fun to do each #newyearseve on the Fediverse… go to the full federated view and watch the New Year roll in across the open social web, in real time….

Mr. Trump's cases represented ones "in which the offense [was] the most flagrant, the public harm the greatest, and the proof most certain." --Jack Smith, "Final Report of the Special Counsel under 28 C.F.R. § 600.8"

Motorcade protest this January 4 at 4:30 PM in front of Dreher Park on the north side of Southern Boulevard in West Palm Beach #westpalmbeach #protest

This decision was made the day after Netanyahu met with Trump, it makes Israel one of the few countries, which includes Russia, Afghanistan, and Niger, to ban (MSF) Doctors Without Borders. #3E

Israel, allied to Trump & Putin, has banned (MSF) Doctors Without Borders and 37 humanitarian orgs from helping people in Gaza, Palestine. The move is designed to kill hundreds of thousands of survivors by depriving them from lifesaving healthcare, another phase of the genocide. #3E

As of January 1, 2026 US citizens over the age of 16 must show government issued photo ID to enter 11 major national parks. Without an ID they will pay a $100 surcharge as well as the entrance fee, and a pass will cost $250. #nationalparks fee.https://www.thetravel […]

Nick Shirley, a MAGA online outrage farming grifter, has begun a massive wave of racist attacks against Somali refugees who came to work in the USA. Here's a picture of Nick Shirley on J6:

Here is the 255-page Jack Smith deposition transcript. The House Judiciary Committee just released it. Don't let it get buried and obscured with all the bs news Trump and his thugs are going to flood us with.

The Trump administration is closing NASA’s largest research library on Friday, a facility that houses tens of thousands of books, documents and journals — many of them not digitized or available anywhere else. Jacob Richmond, a NASA spokesman, said the agency would review the library holdings […]

An utter stupidity, domestic terrorism… https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/climate/nasa-goddard-library-closing.html

8 hours and 21 mins of Republicans stepping on their dicks. No greater proof of the idiocy and stupidity of elected Republicans! JACK SMITH DEPOSITION BEFORE THE GOP CONTROLLED HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR-bhPzQYUE

Patrick Boyle's video on the Epstein Files #epstein #EpsteinFiles #trumpepstein https://youtu.be/GAJf2F1BbRA

Ukraine damages major Russian oil assets in New Year's Eve strikes, military reports #Ukraine

RE: https://mastodon.social/@gwaldby/115814662768358033 This was extraordinary.

I'm not an economist but I don't see how this doesn't end in economic collapse. 1. Deporting the labor force that maintains our basic necessities 2. Slashing funding for education, government, and healthcare 3. Massive layoffs across the private sector 4. Destroying relationships with allies […]

It's so Manchurian Candidate. Trump negotiates with Zelensky in public but Putin in private. And the press pool just sits there. @atrupar.com

BREAKING NEWS Colombian President Gustavo Petro says President Trump has begun land strikes in Venezuela. #aurefreepress #News #press #headline #gop #Politics #uspolitics #USpol #Breaking #breakingnews

Jeffrey Epstein connection database with 500+ different nodes. The website allows you to search for official documents that connect affiliates and co-conspirators. #epstein #EpsteinFiles #trumpepstein https://epsteinsecrets.com/network?nodes=500&edges=3000&minMentions=8&minWeight=12

How Close Are You to the “Slaughter Line”? How the U.S. System Decides When You’re No Longer Worth Saving https://open.substack.com/pub/patricemersault/p/how-close-are-you-to-the-slaughter

Israel says it will halt operations of several humanitarian organizations in Gaza - including Doctors Without Borders and CARE - https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20251231/p2g/00m/0in/010000c

This is the new pizzagate, caravans, eating the dogs and cats. Buckle up.

🥳🥳🥳 Keep ‘em coming! #Iowa

They really cut $1 Trillion from Medicaid then put $50 billion back and think we’re all too dumb to notice

Iran may be on the verge of Internet shutdowns again. If you have friends or family in #iran, now is the time to let them onboard for example with https://tiiiz.ir -- because using in-country servers helps to stay connected. If you need support for setting up a relay in or for Iran, send us a DM […]

The San Francisco Ballet has 7 performances scheduled at the Kennedy Center, May 27-31. You may email their Director of Events Chloe Mecum at [email protected] #kennedycenter

go.bsky.app/JFmisZS Thank you very much 🙏🙏💙💙 Very Appreciated 🙌🥂

7/ Peter Thiel spoke at NatCon 1, 2, and 3. He also signed NatCon’s Statement of Principles, donated to the Edmund Burke Foundation, which organizes NatCon, and recommended NatCon founder Yoram Hazony’s book.

Yet to #us military officers who had spent the last 3½ years fighting to shore up the Ukrainian cause, the interrupted journey of the 18k shells seemed to encompass the entirety of America’s new, erratic & corrosive role in the #war. “This has happened so many times that I’ve lost count,” a […]

But on July 2, as the train approached the Ukrainian border, a new order came in to the #us military’s European Command: “Divert everything. Immediately.” Exactly why the liberated shells had been taken captive again was never explained. In the end, they waited for just 10 days, in a rail yard […]

Day after day, then, thousands upon thousands of 155s earmarked for #ukraine had lain waiting on pallets at the ammunitions depot. The #us commander in #europe, General Christopher G. Cavoli, had fired off email after email, pleading with the #pentagon to free them. The jam had been broken only […]

Three months earlier, in fact, #hegseth had, unannounced, decided to hold back one crucial class of munitions — American-made 155s. The US military’s stocks were running low, his advisers had warned; withholding them would force the Europeans to step up, to take greater responsibility for the […]

The battle was for territory & strategic advantage but also for bragging rights: #putin wanted to show #trump, that #russia was indeed winning. Advertising their war plan, the Russians had told Trump’s advisers. “We’re going to slam them harder there. We have the munitions to do that.” In […]

Inside the Unraveling #us – #ukraine Partnership As #trump sought a peace deal & #putin sought victory, factions in the #whitehouse & #pentagon bled the Ukrainian #war effort. #geopolitics #russia #europe #allies #nato #putinspuppet #standwithukraine […]

"A newly unsealed order in the criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia reveals that high-level Justice Department officials pushed for his indictment, calling it a “top priority,” only after he was mistakenly deported and then ordered returned to the U.S."

In 2009, when the NYT was having severe financial problems, a Mexican mobster showed up to save the paper Mexican mafia kingpin Carlos Slim, who enables drug & human trafficking at scale, provided crucial $250 million loan At the same time, the Kremlin was investing heavily in FB thru Yuri Milner