The rural hospital crisis is killing people and rapidly escalating. The Republican cuts to Medicaid are basically going to be the end of hospital services in the rural US.

Virginians need the Affordable Medicine Act now for affordable prescription drugs! My new op ed for @richmond.com: richmond.com/opinion/colu... Ask @abigailspanberger.com to sign the Affordable Medicine Act into law: actionnetwork.org/letters/take...

She was deported without her toddler. Then ICE blamed her for his killing. 
ICE accused Wendy Hernandez Reyes of leaving her child with a violent uncle, but she says her son would still be alive if officers hadn’t detained and deported her.

"A sweeping federal spending package signed by President Donald Trump last year — his “big, beautiful bill” — is expected to slash Medicaid funding by about $1 trillion over the coming decade, just as many states are already struggling with rising costs." www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

High schoolers build kickball launcher so every kid can play field day

Broken school elevator forces student with muscular dystrophy to climb stairs for weeks 6abc.com/post/broken-...

it is the year 2026

Truly monstrous.

Fort Covington, NY - "It was so unfathomable that our children were seeing these boxes and hearing children screaming in these boxes," said Herne, a parent and a member of the tribal community. "I cried, I threw up and I immediately grabbed my laptop and said, What are we going to do?"

NY orders broad reform of public school that held Native children with disabilities in wooden boxes

Vance to states: Prosecute fraud or risk Medicaid funding cuts Move comes months after vice president announced the federal government would halt $259 million in Medicaid payments to Minnesota over fraud concerns. www.startribune.com/vance-to-sta...

Chicago teen battling terminal cancer dies hours after reuniting with parents An 18-year-old Chicago resident battling terminal cancer has died, just one day after being reunited with his parents following their release from U.S. immigration custody.

How many programs to help children and families were cut to fund this vacation

Join us for our monthly meet-up on May 18th! Hear from @ksmainstream.bsky.social Advocacy Director, Laurel Burchfield, about the rise of Christian nationalism and its tension with the constitutional principle of separation of church and state. Sign up here ⬇️ www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

Such a good (but very intense) feature on what happens to families struck not once by gun violence, but multiple times. We know there are cultural and policy solutions to gun violence. We are actively choosing this, every day.

Sending love this Mother’s Day to all… 💐💐💐

Real talk: We don't want to be supermoms 25 hours a day. This Mother's Day, we're sending a giant thank you to the superheroes in Congress who champion real policy change. Together, we're building MOMentum & are unstoppable. @pelosi.house.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @whipkclark.bsky.social

“Eighteen-year-old Kevin González has only days left to live, but his final wish of seeing his parents one last time before he dies could be in jeopardy.” www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/c...

This will result in more children being placed in deplorable conditions within detention centers

THIS WAS ALWAYS THEIR PLAN Gut the Voting Rights Act… then move fast to erase majority-Black districts across the South completely. 📌 Louisiana, 1 in 3 people are Black 📌 Mississippi, 2 in 5 people are Black 📌 N Carolina, 1 in 5 people are Black 📌 Tennessee, 1 in 6 people are Black

Roxbury, New Jersey, is one of many towns across the U.S. that has recently clashed with the federal government over plans for new ICE detention centers. Roxbury residents argue that a nearby planned ICE facility threatens the surrounding environment.

pretty cool

THE REPUBLICAN AGENDA: ❌ Defund Medicaid ✅ Pay For Trump’s Ballroom

REPUBLICANS SAID THERE IS NO MONEY FOR MEDICAID but $1B for a ballroom? Go right ahead amirite?!

1. ICE has not paid for detainee medical care for 7 MONTHS The termination of payments to providers has coincided with a MASSIVE SPIKE in detainee deaths. This is a health crisis and a moral crisis. Follow along for details. 🧵

Rep. Boyle: The Congressional Budget Office projects more than 15 million Americans are about to lose their health care — that will be the single biggest loss of health care in American history.

Minnesota has a plan to support those with disabilities. But will fraud fears derail it? Any time the government provides benefits, politicians now have to weigh concerns about fraud against the needs to deliver services effectively. www.startribune.com/minnesota-so...

Medicare portal database exposed health providers’ Social Security numbers 
It is the latest technical problem related to the Trump administration’s push to create a national directory of health providers.

Stacy Staggs is a North Carolina mom of medically complex twin girls. She's reading On the Night You Were Born as part of the #ReadThemHome movement to end family immigration detention — because what's happening in facilities like Dilley, TX isn't okay for anyone's child. #immigration

THEY TOLD US THERE WAS NO MONEY FOR #MEDICAID… and yet 👇

"Even with three jobs, she worries about losing her health coverage when Nebraska, on May 1, becomes the first state to require certain Medicaid enrollees to work, train, or go to school under a rule mandated by Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act." kffhealthnews.org/medicaid/neb...

A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients with Down syndrome, dementia and other disabilities whose parents or relatives receive SNAP benefits.

Florida voter: I struggle every day, and now I’m taking care of my mom who’s older, and being denied simple things like breathing meds. ... What are you going to do? So, I don’t eat this week, because I have to take mom to the doctors tomorrow. You decide, what’s more important?

"Without the infrastructure to support this care economy, the system as a whole will fail." Investing in care –– the #CareEconomy –– includes paid family caregiving. Funding and protecting Medicaid and Home & Community Based Services (HCBS). #CareCantWait www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

“Ten years later, he is going to ask the same question, ‘What happened to my dad?’” Paktiawal said. “All I’m going to tell him is, ‘Your dad was a hero, and he was arrested falsely and he was killed.’ He didn’t die. My brother didn’t die — he was killed.”

I’m showing this to every member of congress who talks about “fraud, water, and abuse”

The child care crisis in America is reaching a breaking point. Child care prices are skyrocketing, providers are closing, and parents are left scrambling. It shouldn’t be this hard. We need accessible, affordable child care. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/us/childcare-daycare.html

Sen. Cortez Masto: I am hearing from people in Nevada who are suffering because of the actions of this administration, but most importantly, [RFK Jr.].

More than 70 Minnesota children detained in Operation Metro Surge, data show Sahan’s analysis of court records and federal deportation data represents the most thorough accounting yet of the Minnesota children detained during Operation Metro Surge.

RFK Jr. draws backlash for ripping Medicaid programs that pay people to care for relatives Advocates for disabled people and those who care for them said they were insulted by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s allegations that the programs are "rife with fraud."

*TURNS ON MEGAPHONE* 🗣️ MEDICAID FRAUD ALLEGATIONS ARE OFTEN A PRETEXT TO CUT ESSENTIAL CARE

Public colleges, K-12 schools, local governments and other public institutions will have an extra year to make their digital materials fully accessible for people with disabilities, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. www.npr.org/2026/04/22/n...

some nice news in bleak times

Disney Adapts Hit Songs Like 'We Don't Talk About Bruno' Into ASL, Expanding Access for Deaf Audiences - CNET www.cnet.com/tech/home-en...

NC lawmakers nearing deal to fund Medicaid as short session kicks off North Carolina lawmakers are nearing a deal to preserve health care access for millions of North Carolinians, and they’re holding out hope they can agree on a broader budget plan www.wral.com/news/nccapit...

About 8 in 10 Americans who re-enrolled in Affordable Care Act marketplace coverage say their health care costs are higher this year, including about half who say their costs are "a lot" higher, according to a survey from the health care research nonprofit KFF. https://to.pbs.org/47HpDOI

Friendly reminder: Republicans continue to block our efforts to lower healthcare costs.

Trump Seeks Monumental Increase in Ability to Detain Immigrant Families The White House’s budget proposal includes funds for up to 30,000 beds in family detention facilities. www.notus.org/immigration/...

Bracing for federal cuts, some states are already paring back Medicaid services www.npr.org/2026/04/07/n...

This is not AI. This is my friend @elenahung.bsky.social , a mom, an activist saying what needs to be said. #ReadThemHome @littlelobbyists.com