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It’s got to be so wild trying to teach law school classes now: “Um, yea, so there’s no such thing as ‘precedent’ or ‘law’ anymore — the law is just whatever John Roberts thinks helps Donald Trump the most right now.”

Just take a moment. The whole thing is a scam. They are terrible at governing. Terrible. And all the noise is to distract from their fundamental incompetence in governance.

Read the full statement from Executive Director @awright2care.bsky.social: familiesusa.org/press-releas...

So what happens if Republicans won’t extend the Biden-era boost to ACA subsidies? Put that question to @awright2care.bsky.social @larrylevitt.bsky.social and @charlesgaba.com Some of the numbers surprised even me www.thebulwark.com/p/if-the-gov...

Appreciated Ricky Martin since he was in Menudo... great medley starting with Vida Loca and ending with Cup of Life. How does he look that that while being my age...

The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city. This is not a joke. This is not normal. Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.

Democrats should make a criminal referral to DOJ over Kennedy’s outrageous lying to the committee.

James Stroud, who is one of at least 21 FEMA employees, put on leave after signing a letter criticizing Trump’s disaster preparedness, discusses the culture of fear within the agency. “One thing that is underreported is the day to day agony and humiliation we’ve been suffering this whole time.”

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Oh my God, this was perfect. www.politico.com/news/2024/11...

As we see increasing premium costs as a result of Republican health care cuts, @awright2care.bsky.social shares advice on how you can be smart shoppers and active advocates in the fight to lower health care costs.

Republican’s health care cuts are resulting in skyrocketing premiums for health care consumers across the country. Watch @awright2care.bsky.social highlight some of these premium rate increases and tell your Congressmember to ACT NOW to extend tax credits to help people afford health care coverage.

Watch the full briefing here, including remarks from Families USA’s @awright2care.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/live/ftJsue1...

The number of children injured or killed by cars while walking or riding a bike has fallen steadily since the 1970s, but CDC researcher note that this decline is not because streets are safer, but because fewer kids are out and about in the first place.

Americans who purchase coverage as individuals will will face a one-two punch in their premiums next year: double digit increases in the base rate & expiration of enhanced tax credits--both deliberate decisions in the President's budget bill passed by Congress. insurancenewsnet.com/innarticle/h...

Ignoring the systemic causes of poor health will only harm us all MAHA rhetoric put health responsibility on individuals. Some patients feel blamed for illnesses. www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-... by @stephaniearmour.bsky.social @cbsnews.com CC @drandrealove.bsky.social @awright2care.bsky.social

“It’s that small businessperson, that independent contractor…your real estate agent, your plumber, gig worker” @awright2care.bsky.social on who will feel it if Trump and Rs don’t extend the extra ACA subsidies www.thebulwark.com/p/a-massive-...

Another banger from @citizencohn.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/a-massive-...

Read the full statement from @awright2care.bsky.social: familiesusa.org/press-releas...

"Having non-white voices and perspectives on air does not make us woke. Covering the existence of disagreement and difference in our country does not make us biased. It makes us reflective of the complex, diverse nation we serve." www.status.news/p/npr-kather...

Again: The 20-25% hike is just for *unsubsidized* rates. The vast majority of the ~24 million ACA exchange enrollees (myself included) are looking at MUCH higher rate hikes. In some cases, 3-4x as much or even more. acasignups.net/ira-subsidy-...

No joke.

Sigh...

I’d say that @stephencolbert.bsky.social is (with the lone exception of @maddow.msnbc.com) the most brilliant, humane person I’ve encountered in broadcasting. His mind works faster than anyone else’s at a level of sophistication that is unmatchable. Genuinely a generational talent.

"Denying children health care is cruel & counterproductive. While targeting immigrants, these Trump actions serve to undermine our collective public health & underfund the health & human service providers that all of our communities & children depend on." www.hcinnovationgroup.com/policy-value...

Congress and President Trump’s actions in the big, bad budget bill will increase health care costs for all of us, as health care premiums skyrocket. Watch Executive Director @awright2care.bsky.social break down what this means for YOU.

Rooker gets a home run! Will the All Star Game announcers say the name of the city where he plays? #SacramentoProud

Rooker! Go Sacramento!

Cool Aaron tribute at the All Star Game, with the projection on the field and fireworks.

Home run robbery kid is my new favorite player. Put him in the all star game.

Really excellent @tradeoffs.org interview with Kody Kinsley on the implementation challenges state Medicaid programs are staring down right now. "There have been exactly zero successes at implementing work requirements in this country... we've got two relatively well-documented struggle buses."

Justice Jackson’s criticism is spot-on, of course. But as Justice Sotomayor’s concurrence suggests, SCOTUS’s order looks like a negotiated compromise that leaves the district court room to block future RIFs and agency “restructuring.” So the damage is limited. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

Jupiter, the king of planets. -Credits: NASA

Last night at Moth Night, we saw a lot more than moths. The highlight was happening upon this beaver absolutely chowing down on some wood, corn on the cob style. You’re gonna want to put your sound on for this one.

Sometimes even though you knew it was going to happen, it is still a punch in the gut.

A hospital in rural Nebraska has announced its closing. The CEO faults the "anticipated federal budget cuts to Medicaid:" www.klkntv.com/rural-southw...

Fireflies in Michigan. Made with my Fujifilm X-T4.

Read the full statement from Executive Director @awright2care.bsky.social: familiesusa.org/press-releas...

Protecting his stock portfolio while ripping away health care from 17 million Americans. This is Washington at its worst. We need to ban Congressional stock trading.

Remembering when I was interviewed before the election about the potential impacts on health care, and the reporter laughed at me when I said that the coverage of millions of Americans through #Medicaid and the #ACA was at stake.

Leader Jeffries goes over the various letters written by Republican Representatives supporting Medicaid, SNAP, clean energy, and more--all of which the bill specifically and dramatically cuts, and yet all these signatories are still voting for the budget bill. Even though they know better.

Here's our Families USA summary of the budget bad budget bill that is being debated and voted on today, and the ways it harms health coverage, costs, care, and our communities. familiesusa.org/wp-content/u...

After Senate vote today for the budget bill, Exec Director @awright2care.bsky.social: “All Americans should remember this vote with horror about what the Senate is willing to do to our health coverage, our costs and our care – all to give even bigger tax breaks to billionaires & big corporations."

turns out Trump's big bill is going to cost all of us our healthcare, because Mike Johnson is just going to leave the vote open until we all die of natural causes

One of the central achievements of the Affordable Care Act was to *raise* the Medicaid eligibility threshold to 133% of the federal poverty level—because everyone understood that there are plenty of folks who couldn't otherwise afford health care even though they're just over that (arbitrary) line.

Two years ago today, Xiomara received a kidney from a generous donor and underwent a successful life-saving transplant surgery. She has survived and thrived because of Medicaid. Today, every U.S. senator has the power to #VoteNo to #ProtectMedicaid for medically complex disabled kids like mine.