Monique Stanton
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Michigander - Baker - Novice Gardener - Michigan League for Public Policy - opinions are my own
The Senate voted to add $3.3 trillion to the national deficit & decimate the social safety net all to pay for tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires. Bezos doesnāt need more money for ridiculous weddings. People need food & healthcare.
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Republican Bill Puts Nation on New, More Perilous Fiscal Path
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/us/politics/republican-policy-bill-perilous-fiscal-path.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c&pvid=82CF479F-72CE-4961-92FB-3759D9CFD1EE
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Poverty is a policy choice. Senate Republicans just voted to increase poverty & hunger and take away healthcare from millions of people.
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The rich get richer, the poor get poorer. It's really that simple. There is nothing beautiful about the
#BBB
Read the lastest from
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Distributional Effects of Selected Provisions of the House and Senate Reconciliation Bills
https://budgetlab.yale.edu/research/distributional-effects-selected-provisions-house-and-senate-reconciliation-bills
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The Big Beautiful Bill breaks Trumpās promise to protect Medicaid.
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About 1 in 10 veterans use
#Medicaid
The big, beautiful bill does nothing to protect them.
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Medicaid is esssential to the health and well-being of Michiganders.
#HandsOffMedicaid
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3 months ago
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Excellent kickoff for tonightās Medicaid vigil.
#ProtectMiCare
#medicaid
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Yesterday the Senate Health Policy Committee held a hearing about the federal cuts to
#Medicaid
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#Mileg
Real people will be harmed.
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Great start to
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SNAP is extremely popular. Cutting it is not.
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There is nothing beautiful about taking away healthcare and food. Take action now.
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āI resent people calling my fellow Michiganders waste, and I resent people calling my fellow Michiganders abuse, and I resent people calling my fellow Michiganders fraud. None of those things are whatās happening. What is happening is our government is being unresponsive to the needs of its people.ā
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Just a reminder, 83% of Michiganders think Medicaid funding should be increased or stay the same. There is widespread support for Medicaid. The cuts will be devastating.
#Medicaid
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As you go to bed tonight, the House Committee has scheduled a 1 am hearing to vote on taking away healthcare from millions of Americans. If this was popular, they wouldnāt be doing it in the middle of the night.
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Under the cover of night, the House is planning radical cuts to health care. Peopleās access to care will be terminated. The loss of coverage will make people sicker. And people will lose their lives. The time to act is now. This isnāt hyperbole.
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The House plan takes away healthcare from millions and will make it harder to afford and access care.
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Family friendly policies are key to keeping people in Michigan & creating economic opportunity.
#ChildTaxCredit
#CTC
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Family-friendly policies can help keep people in Michigan and create economic opportunity - Kresge Foundation
This is the second entry in theĀ Families in Neighborhoods blog series. The series offers commentaries that explore efforts underway in Detroit, to reimagine neighborhoods as places of opportunity for ...
https://kresge.org/news-views/family-friendly-policies-can-help-keep-people-in-michigan-and-create-economic-opportunity/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Kresge%20News%205-15-2025&utm_content=Kresge%20News%205-15-2025+CID_668b056685a640854ea750bcc921a071&utm_source=Emails&utm_term=Read%20the%20QA
4 months ago
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reposted by
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Edwin Park
4 months ago
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House Energy and Commerce Committee GOP openly admits
#Medicaid
cuts are ālongstanding Republican policies and priorities so have been talked about for yearsā¦ā despite claims they are newly about curbing fraud/protecting the vulnerable.
www.thebulwark.com/p/how-to-tak...
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How to Take Medicaid from Millions of Americans, in Less Than 72 Hours
Thereās a reason Republicans are in such a rush to get Trumpās ābig, beautiful billā through Congress.
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/how-to-take-medicaid-from-millions-of-americans-republican-congress-72-hours-bill
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The cuts at the federal have real implications on peopleās lives.
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5 months ago
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Excellent testimony from
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We shouldnāt strip away civil rights protections from kids.
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5 months ago
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The cuts to Medicaid, SNAP and so much more will cost people their health and their lives. This isn't hyperbole. Our lawmakers need to put people, not billionaires, first.
#Medicaid
#SNAP
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5 months ago
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New Fact Sheet AlertšØ by
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reposted by
Monique Stanton
Michigan Health & Hospital Association
5 months ago
"As a nurse in Michigan, I witness the positive impact of Medicaid every single day. Iāve held the hands of patients who finally got the treatment they needed because of this program." Read more from Tricia Haener, Chief Nursing Officer McLaren Health Care ā”ļø
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Guest opinion: Medicaid cuts put Michigan patients at risk
As a nurse in Michigan, I witness the positive impact of Medicaid every single day. Iāve held the hands of patients who finally got the treatment they needed because of this program. Iāve seen famiā¦
https://bit.ly/4kdeRU6
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More on the House E & C bill. Ultimately these practices will result in people losing their health care & shifts cost to the state
#Medicaid
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5 months ago
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There are serious concerns with the proposed House E&C Medicaid cuts.
#medicaid
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Listen to nurses. Health care is not a luxury.
www.macombdaily.com/2025/05/11/g...
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#Macomb
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Guest opinion: Medicaid cuts put Michigan patients at risk
As a nurse in Michigan, I witness the positive impact of Medicaid every single day. Iāve held the hands of patients who finally got the treatment they needed because of this program. Iāve seen famiā¦
https://www.macombdaily.com/2025/05/11/guest-opinion-medicaid-cuts-put-michigan-patients-at-risk/
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The House is getting ready to discuss the future of our health care system. Our health and quality of life are at stake. Cuts to Medicaid will terminate access to healthcare.
www.freep.com/story/opinio...
@debbiedingell.house.gov
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Dingell: GOP Medicaid cuts will cost Michigan lives. We've got to raise hell. | Opinion
If the Medicaid cuts proposed by congressional Republicans pass, up to 700,000 Michiganders would lose health care immediately.
https://www.freep.com/story/opinion/contributors/2025/05/09/medicaid-cuts-michigan-health-care-trump-budget-congress-debbie-dingell/83522611007/
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Love our team! And food is a human right!!
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Medicaid is essential to our economy and health care delivery system. Itās foundational to how we access healthcare in Michigan. Excellent article from our State Budget Director.
www.crainsdetroit.com/opinion/opin...
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Opinion: Medicaid helps to power Michiganās health ā and economy
Medicaid plays a critical role in the economy of our state, including rural communities, and itās the foundation of Michiganās health care system. In Washington D.C., Congress has proposed cuts to Med...
https://www.crainsdetroit.com/opinion/opinion-medicaid-helps-power-michigans-economy
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Medicaid is essential!
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Monique Stanton
ACLU of Michigan
5 months ago
From our friends at
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- HB 4233 & 4234 are up for a vote on the House floor Tuesday May 6th! These bills unfairly target immigrant communities under the pretense of national security and revive the discriminatory history of Alien Land Laws
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Medicaid is essential. It's the foundation of health care in Michigan, with more than 2.6 million people. Cutting Medicaid means terminating health care for people all across Michigan.
@michleague.bsky.social
@protectmicare.bsky.social
#Medicaid
www.detroitnews.com/story/opinio...
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Stanton: Don't let Washington cut Medicaid
Donāt let Washington cut Medicaid
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/2025/05/05/stanton-dont-let-washington-cut-medicaid/83461691007/
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Medicaid is essential.
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@mihospitalassoc.bsky.social
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Viewpoint: Cutting Medicaid would devastate Michigan health care, economy
Opinion: The effects would ripple beyond those who rely on Medicaid. Every hospital and nursing home that depends on Medicaid funding would feel pain.
https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/opinion/contributors/viewpoints/2025/04/28/viewpoint-medicaid-cuts-devastate-michigan-brian-peters-mhha/83324030007/
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ā ļøā ļøā ļøā ļø New poll results from a Trump pollster! Don't believe the hype -
#Medicaid
is extremely popular.
www.axios.com/2025/04/23/m...
#HandsOffMedicaid
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MAGA world signals Medicaid protectiveness
Attempts to cut the program could be met with strong opposition from Trump loyalists.
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/23/maga-trump-medicaid-cuts-congress
5 months ago
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Some good news this morning. Thank you
@aclu.org
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reposted by
Monique Stanton
Brennan Center
6 months ago
The president can already deport members of violent criminal gangs without the Alien Enemies Act. "All it does is virtually guarantee that innocent people will also be deported,"
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tells C-SPAN.
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Elizabeth Goitein on the Militarization of the U.S. Southern Border
Elizabeth Goitein talked about President Donald Trump's militarization of the U.S. southern border and his use of emergency powers to address immigration.
https://www.c-span.org/program/washington-journal/elizabeth-goitein-on-the-militarization-of-the-us-southern-border/658741
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More of this please.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...
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Harvard Will Not Comply With a List of Trump Administration Demands
Federal officials said Harvard must enact āmerit-based reformā in hiring and admissions and report international students who broke rules, among other steps. Harvard called the demands unlawful.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/us/harvard-trump-reject-demands.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
6 months ago
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The math doesn't work. You can't cut $1.5 trillion AND protect Medicaid & SNAP.
#HandsOffMedicaid
#HandsOffSNAP
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6 months ago
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Michigan's free lunch program is at risk because of proposed changes by the Trump administration. As the cost of groceries goes up, now is not that time to take away this important support for kids & families.
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Thousands of Michigan kids could lose free school meals under GOP plan, state leaders say
Republicans say they want to make the change to ensure only the neediest students get free school meals.
https://www.freep.com/story/news/education/2025/04/09/michigan-student-free-school-meals-lunches-gop/83009226007/
6 months ago
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Weāve got measles and mumps in Michigan. Is rubella next?
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6 months ago
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This is a
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spring forecast. Rain, snow, 60 degree temperatures, and storms within 24 hours.
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Sherrilyn Ifill
6 months ago
Well done
@booker.senate.gov
. Well done, indeed.
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Welcome to Chris Harkins, our newest
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board member.
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Finding value in helping others: An interview with the Leagueās newest board member Chris Harkins
Former State Budget Director Chris Harkins recently joined the Leagueās Board of Directors. We sat down for a quick interview with him so that community members could get to know him a little better.Ā ...
https://mlpp.org/finding-value-in-helping-others-an-interview-with-the-leagues-newest-board-member-chris-harkins/?emci=a15d8add-0905-f011-90cd-0022482a9fb7&emdi=50af9e94-4e0e-f011-90cd-0022482a9fb7&ceid=9069128
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Welcome Kate Powers! So glad to have you a part of the team.
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From cookies to community: The path of philanthropy
When I was in first grade I joined the Girl Scouts as a Brownie. I think I may have even had the beanie. In retrospect, I am pretty sure I joined the Brownies because my mom was close friends with the...
https://mlpp.org/from-cookies-to-community-the-path-of-philanthropy/
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Do you love data & fundraising? We are hiring a new Development Data & Stewardship Coordinator at
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#hiring
#fundraising
#data
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NOW HIRING: Development Data and Stewardship Coordinator
Job Announcement ā Michigan League for Public Policy Development Data and Stewardship Coordinator The Michigan League for Public Policy is a statewide research and advocacy organization that works to ...
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6 months ago
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Celebrate the wins! ššš
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6 months ago
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Check out the latest from
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7 months ago
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There is so much wrong about the CR but the impact on DC is a big one. ššššššš
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7 months ago
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Hundreds of people are at the Early Childhood Capitol Day talking about early childhood issues and child care. Great quote from the panel āWe are the workforce behind the workforceā.
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The federal funding cuts and chaos is having a real impact on peopleās lives in Michigan.
www.bridgemi.com/michigan-gov...
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Housing voucher pause sparks fear of āmore homelessnessā in Michigan | Bridge Michigan
Michigan stopped issuing āSection 8ā housing vouchers in July, citing a federal funding shortfall. Nearly 60,000 of the stateās lowest-income residents remain on a waitlist, and experts say many more ...
https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/housing-voucher-pause-sparks-fear-more-homelessness-michigan
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