At least 2.5 million low-income people quickly lost help affording groceries under a Republican-passed law that added new requirements for the nation’s largest nutrition program and shifted hundreds of millions of dollars in costs from the federal government to states. By @fischler.bsky.social

Israel got away with targeting healthcare in Gaza. It's no surprise it is doing it in Lebanon too | Seema Jilani

ArcelorMittal, a European steel maker, is donating tens of millions of dollars of foreign steel for President Trump’s new ballroom. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/u...

Half-dozen Indian drugmakers have launched generic #semaglutide, with 40+ expected to follow. The cheapest version costs $14 a month. The drug goes for as much as $349 a month in the US without insurance (where patents last until 2032).

#Nursinghome residents are being sedated without medical need to an “alarming” degree, purely for the convenience of a facility’s operators and staff, according to a report from the HHS OIG.

A growing chorus of disaffected Trump supporters is sounding off in the replies to his posts on the social media platform he founded. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/u...

Commentary: If we don’t immediately halt the buildout of hyperscale data centers in the American West, we will continue the legacy of failed water management: giving our water away to polluters and profit-hungry developers at the expense of our communities and our future.

A toll on the Strait of Hormuz isn’t technically a carbon tax, but ... it still kind of is? @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social does the math of what Trump’s latest astounding act of climate policy means: heatmap.news/energy/trump...

Some wells can be turned on in days or weeks, but bringing the Gulf’s energy system back to something akin to normal will take months. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/b...

DHS spox Tricia McLaughlin previously said that "Brown made a 'deliberate attempt' to run officers down. A D.C. police officer, however, testified that no LEOs were standing at Brown’s car, and Brown’s attorney told a judge that the bullets entered the car from the side, not the front."

We're living through the doom loop once again.

At least 38 #abortion clinics shut down last year in states where they're still legal, according to I Need an A, a project supported by nonprofits. Communities are coming up with alternatives, such as urgent care clinics. www.npr.org/2026/04/08/n...

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Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sánchez: “The Government of Spain will not applaud those who set the world on fire just because they show up with a bucket.” 🍿

Amid the war with Iran, the president has proposed to scale back some of the very programs meant to ease families’ financial burdens

#AHIP and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association found health plans reduced #priorauthorizations for an array of services by 11% under the pledge. This means 6.5 million fewer prior auth requests for patients. Reductions in #MedicareAdvantage were 15%.

More than 20 Democratic members of Congress have called for Trump’s cabinet to invoke the 25th amendment to the constitution to remove a president who is deemed unfit for office, while Republicans are silent. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

"It is highly unusual for the wife of a soldier to be detained because of her immigration status, and the case highlights how the administration’s mass deportation campaign has extended beyond targeting those with criminal histories." www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/u...

OH. MY. GOD. THIS IS THE EARTHSET PHOTO FROM ARTEMIS II. IM SPEECHLESS.

Lawmakers are openly floating #impeachment or even removal via the #25thAmendment. With the Democratic base raging at Trump's corruption and Constitutional violations, their allies on Capitol Hill have warmed to more drastic methods. www.axios.com/2026/04/07/t...

Six months of bridge funding are over and the uncertainty is repeating itself. The #CDC told many organizations that the bridge plan is extended for another three months: April through June. www.npr.org/2026/04/04/n...

The chaotic but successful rescue mission shows that Hegseth’s claims of air dominance come with serious caveats, and has reinforced concerns that his messaging about the war is overly optimistic and risks misinforming both the public and the president. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

President Trump, his administration and G.O.P. lawmakers have claimed widespread issues with mailed ballots and fraudulent voting, but the evidence doesn’t support them www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/u...

Tucker Carlson: "It's vile. It begins w/ a promise to use the US military to commit a war crime. Those people who are in direct contact w/ the president need to say 'No. I'll resign. I'll do whatever I can do legally to stop this, bc this is insane. And if given the order, I'm not carrying it out'"

The President is threatening genocide and possible use of nuclear weapons against Iran. It’s clear the President has continued to decline and is not fit to lead. The members of his Cabinet must invoke the 25th Amendment immediately.

The President is openly threatening genocide. A crime against humanity. He must be removed from office. The 25th Amendment must be invoked. If not, Congress has to do our damn job. Speaker Johnson, call us into session. War powers & impeachment. Remove this man from office.

Eliminating outreach to people with severe #mentalillness set off such a cascade of bad outcomes that Idaho has scrambled to reverse the cuts.

Even as the US stock market has dipped down, share prices including ExxonMobil, Shell and Chevron have all jumped by over 20% this year. US oil producers could be in for an additional $63bn in profit as oil has climbed past $100 a barrel, www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

These #privateequity companies now own everything from nurseries to care homes, squeezing vital services for profit while we foot the bill. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Eighty-five countries have sought a roadmap to phasing out #fossilfuels. A conference this month offers hope they could unite. #renewables www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The biological age testing market reached $1.28 billion globally in 2024, . Costs range from $299 saliva-based tests to $499 blood tests. Expert: “The data and the value of those kinds of tests is quite uncertain." #longevity

Researchers say that understanding #Alzheimers may require looking back to how the brain develops, and that insights into #autism might, in turn, reshape how we understand Alzheimer’s itself. #dementia

Trump's megabill barred some lawfully present immigrants — including temporary protected status holders, refugees, asylum-seekers, survivors of domestic violence, trafficking victims, and with work visas — from #Medicare. They in the will be cut by Jan. 4

Retired 4-Star Navy Admiral and former Navy SEAL William McRaven on Donald Trump: "Through your actions, you have embarrassed us in the eyes of our children, humiliated us on the world stage and, worst of all, divided us as a nation."

BREAKING: President Trump threatens that "a whole civilization will die tonight" if a deal with Iran is not reached and the Strait of Hormuz is not reopened by his deadline at 8 p.m. ET.

He is insane. And this is an open declaration of intended genocide. If any other world leader said this, there would be sanctions and an arrest warrant, not just for him, but for his whole regime.

Seriously, what the fuck is this. This is completely deranged, and anyone who can’t say so is a coward.

Around the country, optional #Medicaid services — such as doula support, home health care, and dental work — are at risk of losing funding as states brace for federal Medicaid cuts.

State Study Commission: NC should set up a legal, regulated  #marijuana and #hemp market for adults. Residents spent $3 billion in 2022 on illegal marijuana. NC is the second  largest marijuana market in the country #cannabis   www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...

Trump Threatens to Jail Journalist Who First Reported Missing Airman Donald Trump issued the nonsensical threat to a supposed leaker and an unnamed media company. ...

At its closest point, the crew of Artemis II will loop about 4,000 miles from the lunar surface late Monday. The astronauts will also venture farther into space than any previous human mission. www.wunc.org/2026-04-06/n...

Multiple media outlets are reporting that UNC-Chapel Hill is expected to hire Michael Malone as its next men’s basketball coach. www.wunc.org/term/news/20...

This man is still serving in Congress with the support of Mike Johnson.

Struggling families like mine don’t talk about the cost of living any more – now it’s the cost of survival | Ella Michalski

The biological age testing market reached $1.28 billion globally in 2024, . Costs range from $299 saliva-based tests to $499 blood tests. Expert: “The data and the value of those kinds of tests is quite uncertain." #longevity

#MarjorieTaylorGreene and #BernieSanders among those responding with alarm to Trump writing ‘open the fuckin’ strait, you crazy bastards’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

When the viral video cooled off, people thought the case against the 62-year-old would be dropped. Prosecutors doubled down. theintercept.com/2026/04/03/p...

Researchers say that understanding #Alzheimers may require looking back to how the brain develops, and that insights into #autism might, in turn, reshape how we understand Alzheimer’s itself. #dementia