When the nearest major hospital is 80+ miles away, rural hospitals (with as few as 2 ER beds) play a critical role in stabilizing trauma patients. The OBBA's $50B rural health fund won't nearly make up for the losses hospitals like these face from Medicaid cuts. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

“The mosquitoes are getting worse”: Life inside Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz detention camp

ICYMI: The 16 states w/ total or 6-week abortion bans have sustained >$64 billion in economic losses annually since the Dobbs decision 3 years ago today. Coupled w/ other abortion restrictions, the national cost balloons to to $133 billion, a new analysis estimates. Exclusive for @motherjones.com:

Florida is leading Trump's immigration crackdown, writes @lauracmorel.bsky.social: Roughly half of the law enforcement agencies that have enrolled this year in ICE's 287(g) program—which deputizes local police and jails with immigration enforcement powers—are from the Sunshine State bit.ly/4lEkXyF

A federal judge paused a Florida law allowing state law enforcement to arrest immigrants for being undocumented. In a clear violation—that left the judge "astounded"—state law enforcement kept arresting immigrants and sending them to ICE www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

For @motherjones.com: From Florida to Hawaii, lawmakers are pushing back against taxpayer funded pregnancy centers. With the GOP's support, the centers have received millions post Dobbs. “That is an inappropriate use of taxpayer money," one state Rep. told me. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I’m covering protests in downtown Saint Petersburg, Fla., where dozens of people are lining the streets with protest signs. @motherjones.com

GOOD DAY AMERICA! Today, #HandsOff protests against the Trump administration are happening across the country and our journalists are spread far and wide to cover it all. 🫡 Want to tune in? Here's who to follow 🧵:

NEW @motherjones.com: HHS gut nearly all of the Division of Reproductive Health this week—which could've helped enact Trump's promises to expand IVF & support healthy pregnancies Spoke to 7 former staffers to report the most complete story thus far on their work: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...